Leviticus 19
1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
2 'Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy [am] I, Jehovah, your God.
“Ka kyerɛ Israelfo no se, ‘Monyɛ kronkron, efisɛ me Awurade a meyɛ mo Nyankopɔn no, meyɛ kronkron.
3 'Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I [am] Jehovah your God.
“‘Ɛsɛ sɛ mode nidi ma mo nanom ne mo agyanom na mudi me homeda mmara no so, efisɛ meyɛ Awurade mo Nyankopɔn.
4 'Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I [am] Jehovah your God.
“‘Monnsom ohoni, anaa monnyɛ nnade anyame bi mma mo ho. Mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn.
5 'And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, at your pleasure ye do sacrifice it;
“‘Sɛ mobɔ asomdwoe afɔre ma Awurade a momfa ɔkwan pa so mmɔ na asɔ Awurade ani.
6 in the day of your sacrificing it is eaten, and on the morrow, and that which is left unto the third day with fire is burnt,
Da a mobɛbɔ saa afɔre no, munni no da no ara, na aboro so koraa na ɛsɛ sɛ mudi no adekyee. Monhyew nea ebedi nnansa no.
7 and if it be really eaten on the third day, it [is] an abomination, it is not pleasing,
Na nea mubedi no nnansa so no yɛ akyiwade ma me, enti mɛpo.
8 and he who is eating it his iniquity doth bear, for the holy thing of Jehovah he hath polluted, and that person hath been cut off from his people.
Sɛ mudi no nnansa so a, mudi ho fɔ na moagu Awurade kronkronyɛ nso ho fi, na wobetwa mo asu afi Awurade nkurɔfo mu.
9 'And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather,
“‘Sɛ mutwa mo nnɔbae a, munntwa nnɔbae a ɛwɔ mo mfuw nhanoa no. Sɛ moretwa a, aba a ebegu fam no nso, monntase.
10 and thy vineyard thou dost not glean, even the omitted part of thy vineyard thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I [am] Jehovah your God.
Saa ara na mo bobe so aba no nso, ɛnsɛ sɛ motew ne nyinaa. Na nea ɛbɛtew agu ase no nso, monntase. Munnyaw mma ahiafo ne akwantufo a wɔbɛfa hɔ no na mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn.
11 'Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.
“‘Mommmɔ korɔn. “‘Munntwa atoro. “‘Na munnsisi obiara.
12 'And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.
“‘Monnka ntamhunu mfa ngu mo Nyankopɔn din ho fi, efisɛ mene Awurade.
13 'Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.
“‘Nwia wo yɔnko na munnsisi obi. “‘Na mo apaafo nso, muntua wɔn ka ntɛm. Na sɛ ɛka bi bɛtɔ mo ne wɔn ntam a, mommma ade nkye so.
14 'Thou dost not revile the deaf; and before the blind thou dost not put a stumbling block; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.
“‘Monnnome ɔsotifo na munntwintwan onifuraefo akwan mu. Munsuro mo Nyankopɔn; Mene Awurade.
15 'Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.
“‘Ɛsɛ sɛ bere biara atemmufo bu atɛntrenee a wɔnhwɛ sɛ nea worebu no atɛn no yɛ ohiani anaa ɔdefo. Ɛsɛ sɛ daa wɔn atemmu yɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ.
16 'Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I [am] Jehovah.
“‘Munnni nseku. “‘Mfa bɔne bi ho asɛm nto wo yɔnko so, na mene Awurade.
17 'Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.
“‘Ntan wo nua. Ka obiara a ɔyɛ bɔne anim; mma ɔbɔnefo mfa ne ho nni. Sɛ woyɛ saa a, wo nso wudi ho fɔ saa ara.
18 'Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I [am] Jehovah.
“‘Ntɔ were. Nnya obi ho menasepɔw; na mmom, dɔ wo yɔnko sɛ wo ho, na mene Awurade.
19 'My statutes ye do keep: thy cattle thou dost not cause to gender [with] diverse kinds; thy field thou dost not sow with diverse kinds, and a garment of diverse kinds, shaatnez, doth not go up upon thee.
“‘Munni me mmara so. “‘Mma wo nantwi mforo aboa foforo bi. “‘Nnua afifide a egu ahorow abien wɔ wʼafuw mu. “‘Nhyɛ atade a wɔde atam ahorow abien na anwen.
20 'And when a man lieth with a woman with seed of copulation, and she a maid-servant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom hath not been given to her, an investigation there is; they are not put to death, for she [is] not free.
“‘Sɛ obi ne afenaa bi a obi asi no asiwa da a, ɛsɛ sɛ wodi wɔn asɛm wɔ asennii nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ wokum wɔn, efisɛ afenaa no nne ho.
21 'And he hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, a ram [for] a guilt-offering,
Ɔbarima no na ɔde nʼafɔdi afɔrebɔde bɛbrɛ Awurade wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no kwan ano. Ɛsɛ sɛ afɔrebɔde no yɛ odwennini.
22 and the priest hath made atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering before Jehovah, for his sin which he hath sinned, and it hath been forgiven him because of his sin which he hath sinned.
Ɔsɔfo no de odwennini no bɛyɛ mpata ama ɔbarima no bɔne a ɔyɛe no na ama wɔde ne bɔne no akyɛ no.
23 'And when ye come in unto the land, and have planted all [kinds] of trees [for] food, then ye have reckoned as uncircumcised its fruit, three years it is to you uncircumcised, it is not eaten,
“‘Sɛ mokɔ asase bi so kodua nnuaba ahorow pii a, nnɔbaetwa abiɛsa a edi kan no, munnni, efisɛ wobu no sɛ ɛho agu fi.
24 and in the fourth year all its fruit is holy — praises for Jehovah.
Na ne mfe anan so no, momfa aba no nyinaa mma Awurade mfa nkamfo no.
25 And in the fifth year ye do eat its fruit — to add to you its increase; I [am] Jehovah your God.
Na ne mfe anum so no, aba no yɛ mo dea. Eyi bɛma mo nnɔbae so ato. Mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn.
26 'Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds.
“‘Monnwe aboa biara a wɔnsɔnee ne mu mogya no nam. “‘Mommfa mo ho nkɔ asumansɛm anaa abayisɛm mu.
27 'Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.
“‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ mutwitwa mo moma so nwi twitwa mo abɔgyesɛ so.
28 'And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I [am] Jehovah.
“‘Munntwitwa mo honam mma awufo anaa monnyɛ agyiraehyɛde ahorow wɔ mo ho. Mene Awurade.
29 'Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.
“‘Mma wo babea nkɔbɔ aguaman mfa ngu ne ho fi na asase no annan abɔnefo ne nguamanfo asase.
30 'My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I [am] Jehovah.
“‘Munni me homeda mmara no so na munni me kronkronbea no ni, efisɛ mene Awurade.
31 'Ye do not turn unto those having familiar spirits; and unto wizards ye do not seek, for uncleanness by them; I [am] Jehovah your God.
“‘Monnkɔ asuman anaa ahonhom nkyɛn abisa mmfa ngu mo ho fi, na mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn.
32 'At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.
“‘Momfa obu ne nidi mma mpanyimfo wɔ Onyamesuro mu. Mene Awurade.
33 'And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost not oppress him;
“‘Sɛ ɔhɔho bɛtena mo mu a munnsisi no.
34 as a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I [am] Jehovah your God.
Mummu wɔn sɛnea mubu onipa biara. Monnodɔ wɔn sɛ mo ho na monkae sɛ, na mo nso moyɛ ahɔho wɔ Misraim asase so. Mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn.
35 'Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;
“‘Mommfa atoro nsusuwde nsusuw, nkari anaa nkan mo biribiara.
36 righteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I [am] Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;
Momfa nokware nsania, nkaribo ne asusuwde a eye. Mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn a mede mo fi Misraim bae no.
37 and ye have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I [am] Jehovah.'
“‘Munni me mmaransɛm ne mʼahyɛde no nyinaa so, na mene Awurade.’”
