Deuteronomy 25
1 'When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,
Sɛ akasakasa si mmarima baanu ntam a, wɔmfa asɛm no nkɔ asɛnniiɛ na ɔtemmufoɔ no nni asɛm no. Ɔbɛgyaa deɛ ɔdi bem no na wɔatwe deɛ ɔdi fɔ no aso.
2 then it hath come to pass, if the wrong-doer is to be smitten, that the judge hath caused him to fall down, and [one] hath smitten him in his presence, according to the sufficiency of his wrong-doing, by number;
Sɛ ɔbarima a ɔdi fɔ no fata sɛ wɔtwa no mmaa a, ɔtemmufoɔ no bɛma no ada hɔ na watwa no mmaa dodoɔ a ɛfata ne bɔne no wɔ nʼanim.
3 forty [times] he doth smite him — he is not adding, lest, he is adding to smite him above these — many stripes, and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes.
Nanso, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔtwa no mmaa boro aduanan. Sɛ wɔtwa no boro saa a, na wɔagu wo nua anim ase wɔ wʼanim.
4 'Thou dost not muzzle an ox in its threshing.
Nkyekyere nantwie a ɔreporo atokoɔ ano.
5 'When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother;
Sɛ nuammarima baanu te fie na wɔn mu baako wu a wanwo ɔba a, ɛnsɛ sɛ okunafoɔ no kɔware ɔhɔhoɔ. Mmom, ne kunu a wawuo no nuabarima na ɛsɛ sɛ ɔware okunafoɔ no, na wayɛ okunu nua asɛdeɛ ama okunafoɔ no.
6 and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel.
Abakan a wɔbɛwo no no, wɔde no bɛto nʼagya a wawuo no sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, owufoɔ no din rempepa mfiri Israel.
7 'And if the man doth not delight to take his brother's wife, then hath his brother's wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband's brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband's brother;
Na sɛ ɛba sɛ owufoɔ no nuabarima mpɛ sɛ ɔware ne nua no yere no a, ɔbaa no bɛkɔ kuro no mpanimfoɔ nkyɛn wɔ kuro no ɛpono ano akɔka akyerɛ wɔn sɛ, “Me kunu nua no mpɛ sɛ ne nua no din bɛka Israel. Ɔrentumi nyɛ okunu nua asɛdeɛ mma me.”
8 and the elders of his city have called for him, and spoken unto him, and he hath stood and said, I have no desire to take her;
Afei, ɔbarima no kurom mpanimfoɔ bɛfrɛ no akasa akyerɛ no. Sɛ ɔse pene ara na ɔrempene no so a, ɔbɛka sɛ, “Mempɛ sɛ meware no” a,
9 'Then hath his brother's wife drawn nigh unto him, before the eyes of the elders, and drawn his shoe from off his foot, and spat in his face, and answered and said, Thus it is done to the man who doth not build up the house of his brother;
okunafoɔ no bɛkɔ ɔbarima no anim a mpanimfoɔ no nso wɔ hɔ bi. Ɔbɛworɔ ɔbarima no mpaboa baako, ate ntasuo agu nʼanim na waka sɛ, “Sei na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ ɔbarima a ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔtoa ne nua abusua so.”
10 and his name hath been called in Israel — The house of him whose shoe is drawn off.
Wɔbɛfrɛ saa onipa no asefoɔ wɔ Israel sɛ abusua a wɔaworɔ wɔn mpaboa.
11 'When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his secrets,
Sɛ Israelfoɔ mmarima baanu reko na wɔn mu baako yere pɛ sɛ ɔboa ne kunu enti, ɔsɔ ɔbarima baako no barima mu a,
12 then thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare.
ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwa ɔbaa no nsa no a ahummɔborɔ biara nni mu.
13 'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.
Momfa nsania papa nkari adwadeɛ
14 Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a small.
na monsusu adwadeɛ no pɛpɛɛpɛ.
15 Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;
Aane, momfa nsania pa na monsusu adwadeɛ nso pɛpɛɛpɛ na moanya nkwa nna tenten wɔ asase a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo no so.
16 for the abomination of Jehovah thy God [is] any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.
Wɔn a wɔfa nsania bɔne ne nkontompo so kari adwadeɛ no yɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, akyiwadeɛ.
17 'Remember that which Amalek hath done to thee in the way, in your going out from Egypt,
Mommma mo werɛ mfiri deɛ Amalekfoɔ yɛɛ mo ɛberɛ a mofiri Misraim reba no ɛda biara da.
18 that he hath met thee in the way, and smiteth in all those feeble behind thee (and thou wearied and fatigued), and is not fearing God.
Wɔto hyɛɛ mo so ɛberɛ a moabrɛbrɛ na moatotɔ baha no, na wɔn a wɔaka akyi no nso, wɔbobɔɔ wɔn hwehwee fam. Na wɔnsuro Onyankopɔn.
19 And it hath been, in Jehovah thy God's giving rest to thee, from all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — an inheritance to possess it — thou dost blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens — thou dost not forget.
Ɛno enti, sɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn ma mo ahomegyeɛ firi mo atamfoɔ nyinaa nsam wɔ asase a ɔde rema mo sɛ agyapadeɛ sononko no so a, ɛsɛ sɛ mosɛe Amalekfoɔ, na yɛankae wɔn bio wɔ asase yi so. Mommma mo werɛ mfiri yei da!
