Exodus 23
1 'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
“Monkeka nkontomposɛm. Mo ne ɔbɔnefo nni nsawɔso, na moanni adansekurum.
2 'Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause [others] to turn aside;
“Mommfa wo ho nhyehyɛ nnipadɔm bi a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔyɛ bɔne mu. Sɛ moredi adanse a, monnhwɛ nnipa bi dodow so nni mmoa wɔn,
3 and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.
na munni adanse mmoa ohiani wɔ asennibea.
4 'When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;
“Sɛ muhu mo tamfo nantwi anaa nʼafurum a wayera a, monkyere no nkɔma ne wura no.
5 when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving [it] to it — thou dost certainly leave [it] with him.
Sɛ mokɔto sɛ mo tamfo bi repagyaw nʼafurum agyina ne nan so wɔ adesoa duruduru ase a, monntwa ne ho nkɔ, mmom mommoa no.
6 'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
“Mommfa atɛntrenee nkame ahiafo wɔ asennibea.
7 from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.
Mommfa asɛm a munhui nto obi a odi bem anaa ɔnokwafo so mma wonkum no, efisɛ merennyaa ɔfɔdifo.
8 'And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open -[eyed], and perverteth the words of the righteous.
“Munnye adanmude na adanmudegye fura onipa ani. Adanmudegye ma nea nʼasɛm yɛ dɛ no asɛm sɛe.
9 'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye — ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
“Monnhyɛ ɔnanani so; mo ankasa munim sɛnea ɔnananiyɛ te, efisɛ na moyɛ ananafo wɔ Misraim.
10 'And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase;
“Munnua na muntwa no nnɔbae ntoatoa so saa ara nkosi mfe asia,
11 and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard — to thine olive-yard.
nanso afe a ɛto so ason so de, momma asase no nna hɔ kwa mma ahiafo ntwa nnɔbae biara a ebenyin wɔ so no; nkae no, munnyaw mma mmoa nwe. Saa ara na monyɛ mo bobeturo ne wo ngonnua turo nso.
12 'Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;
“Nnansia na momfa nyɛ adwuma na monhome ne nnanson so. Eyi bɛma mo anantwi, mo mfurum, mo fifo, mo asomfo ne mo ahɔho nso ahome.
13 and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth.
“Munni asɛm biara a maka no so. Monnkankye mmɔ onyame foforo biara din; momma wɔnnte bi mmfi mo ano.”
14 'Three times thou dost keep a feast to Me in a year;
“Afe biara mu, monhyɛ fa mprɛnsa mfa nhyɛ me anuonyam.
15 the Feast of Unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at the time appointed [in] the month of Abib; for in it thou hast come forth out of Egypt, and ye do not appear [in] My presence empty;
“Nea edi kan no, munni Apiti Afahyɛ no. Sɛ edu so a, munnni brodo a mmɔkaw wɔ mu nnanson, sɛnea mehyɛɛ mo no. Ɛsɛ sɛ afe biara mohyɛ saa fa yi wɔ ɔsram Abib mu, ɔsram a mode tu fii Misraim no mu. “Edu saa bere no a, obiara mmrɛ me afɔrebɔde.
16 and the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy works which thou sowest in the field; and the Feast of the In-Gathering, in the outgoing of the year, in thy gathering thy works out of the field.
“Ɛno akyi no, Otwabere Afahyɛ na edi so. Saa afahyɛ yi du so a, momfa mo aduankan mmrɛ me. “Nea etwa to yɛ nnɔbae anoboa afahyɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ wodi no otwa bere no akyi.
17 'Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah.
“Afahyɛ ahorow abiɛsa yi mu nyinaa, ɛsɛ sɛ Israel mmarima nyinaa ba Awurade Nyankopɔn anim.
18 'Thou dost not sacrifice on a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice, and the fat of My festival doth not remain till morning;
“Mommfa biribiara a mmɔkaw wɔ mu mmɔ mogya afɔre mma me. “Saa ara na ɛnsɛ sɛ mʼafahyɛ afɔrebɔde mu srade no tena hɔ ma ade kye so.
19 the beginning of the first-fruits of thy ground thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
“Sɛ mutwa mo nnɔbae a, Momfa mo nnɔbae mu nea ɛsɔ ani koraa no mmra Awurade mo Nyankopɔn fi. “Monnoa abirekyi ba wɔ ne na nufusu mu.
20 'Lo, I am sending a messenger before thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee in unto the place which I have prepared;
“Meresoma ɔbɔfo na wadi mo anim de mo akɔ asase a masiesie ama mo no so dwoodwoo.
21 be watchful because of his presence, and hearken to his voice, rebel not against him, for he beareth not with your transgression, for My name [is] in his heart;
Momfa nidi mma no na munni ne nsɛm so; monnsɔre ntia no, efisɛ ɔremfa mo amumɔyɛ nkyɛ mo. Ɔyɛ me nsiananmu, na me din na ɛda ne so.
22 for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.
Na sɛ motɔ mo bo ase, na mutie no, di me nsɛm nyinaa so a, mɛyɛ ɔtamfo atia mo atamfo.
23 'For My messenger goeth before thee, and hath brought thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I have cut them off.
Me bɔfo bedi mo anim de mo aba Amorifo, Hetifo, Perisifo, Kanaanfo, Hewifo ne Yebusifo asase so na moatena hɔ. Na mɛsɛe saa nnipa no nyinaa wɔ mo anim.
24 'Thou dost not bow thyself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but dost utterly devote them, and thoroughly break their standing pillars.
Monnsom anyame a saa aman yi som wɔn no bi, na mommmɔ afɔre mma wɔn da biara da. Munnni saa abosonsomfo yi akyi. Munni wɔn so na mummubu wɔn ahoni a ɛyɛ animguasede no ngu.
25 'And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart;
Mo Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn nko ara na monsom no. Na mehyira mo ama moanya aduan ne nsu na meyi nyarewa nyinaa afi mo so.
26 there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil:
Ɔpɔn anaa abonin remma mo asase no so na mɛma mo nna amee mo.
27 My terror I send before thee, and I have put to death all the people among whom thou comest, and I have given the neck of all thine enemies unto thee.
“Awurade ho hu bɛka aman a mubedi wɔn so no so nnipa nyinaa na wɔaguan wɔ mo anim.
28 'And I have sent the hornet before thee, and it hath cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee;
Mɛma kotokurodu abɛpam Hewifo, Kanaanfo ne Hetifo afi mo anim.
29 I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;
Merenyɛ eyinom nyinaa afe baako pɛ mu na asase no annan sare amma nkekaboa ammu amfa mo so.
30 little [by] little I cast them out from before thee, till thou art fruitful, and hast inherited the land.
Mɛpam wɔn nkakrankakra kosi sɛ mobɛdɔɔso, atumi ahyɛ asase no so ma.
31 'And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou hast cast them out from before thee;
“Mɛto mo ahye afi Po Kɔkɔɔ no ano akosi Filistifo mpoano, na mede afi sare a ɛwɔ anafo fam no so akosi Asu Eufrate, na mɛma mo adi nnipa a wɔte asase no so no so, na moapam wɔn afi mo anim.
32 thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods;
Mo ne wɔn nnyɛ apam biara, na saa ara nso na mo ne wɔn anyame no nnyɛ biribiara.
33 they do not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against Me when thou servest their gods, when it becometh a snare to thee.'
Mommma wɔmmɛtena mo mu, anyɛ saa a wɔbɛma mo ayɛ bɔne atia me; esiane sɛ ɛnyɛ dɛn ara a, wɔn abosonsom no som bɛyɛ afiri a ebeyi mo.”
