Mose 5 12

1 “Esiawoe nye se siwo dzi wòle be miawɔ tegbetegbe ne mieva ɖo anyigba si Yehowa, mia fofowo ƒe Mawu la na mi la dzi.

These are the statutes and ordinances, which ye shall observe to do, in the land which the Lord, the God of thy fathers, giveth unto thee to possess it, and all the days that ye live upon the earth.

2 “Ele be miagbã trɔ̃wo ƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo le afi sia afi si miakpɔ wo le, le towo dzi loo, le togbɛwo tame loo, alo le ati damawo te.

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places whereon the nations which ye are about to drive out served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree;

3 Migbã woƒe vɔsamlekpuiwo kple woƒe legbawo. Mitɔ dzo woƒe aƒeliwo. Mimu woƒe legba siwo wotsɔ ga tu la ƒu anyi. Migagblẽ naneke si aɖo ŋku woƒe trɔ̃wo dzi na mi la ɖi o.

And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their statues, and their groves shall ye burn with fire; and the graven images of their gods shall ye hew down; and ye shall destroy their name out of the same place.

4 Miekpɔ mɔ asa vɔ na Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la le afi sia afi ko abe ale si trɔ̃subɔlawo sãa vɔe na woƒe mawuwo ene o,

Ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God;

5 ke boŋ mitu kɔkɔeƒe aɖe ɖe afi si Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu ŋutɔ afia asii na mi abe eƒe aƒe ene le miawo ŋutɔ mia dome.

But unto the place which the Lord your God may choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye repair, and thither shalt thou come;

6 Afi mae miatsɔ miaƒe numevɔsawo kple vɔsa bubuawo, miaƒe nukpɔkpɔ ƒe akpa ewolia, miaƒe vɔsa siwo woatsɔ ana Mawu to wo nyenye le yame le vɔsamlekpui la ŋgɔ me, miaƒe adzɔgbeɖefewo, lɔlɔ̃nununanawo kple miaƒe lãwo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo ayi.

And ye shall bring thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the first-born of your herds and of your flocks;

7 Afi mae miawo kple miaƒe ƒometɔwo miaɖo kplɔ̃ ɖo le Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ŋkume, eye miatso aseye le nu siwo katã wòwɔ na mi la ta.

And ye shall eat there before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice with all the acquisition of your hand, ye and your households, wherewith the Lord thy God may have blessed thee.

8 “Azɔ la, migalé miaƒe mɔwo atsɔ abe ale si miele wɔwɔm fifia ene, eye ame sia ame le nu si wòbu be enyo la wɔm o,

Ye shall not do after all the manner that we do here this day, every one whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

9 elabena se siawo mebla mi haɖe o va se ɖe esime miaɖo dzudzɔƒe si Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ana mi.

For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

10 Ke ne mietso Yɔdan tɔsisi la heɖo ŋugbedodonyigba la dzi, eye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu na dzudzɔ mi, eye wòna mievo tso miaƒe futɔwo katã ƒe asi me la,

But ye will go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God causeth you to inherit, and he will give you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye may dwell in safety.

11 ekema ele be miatsɔ miaƒe numevɔsawo kple vɔsa bubuawo katã ayi kɔkɔeƒe la, afi si eya ŋutɔ atia abe eƒe nɔƒe ene.

And then shall it be, that the place which the Lord your God will choose to cause his name to dwell there, —[even] thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye may vow unto the Lord;

12 Miawo kple mia viŋutsuwo kple mia vinyɔnuwo kple miaƒe dɔlaŋutsuwo kple dɔlanyɔnuwo miatso aseye le afi ma le Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu ŋkume. Miɖo ŋku edzi miakpe Levitɔwo be woaɖu nu kpli mi, elabena anyigba aɖeke mele woawo ya si o.

And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite who is within your gates; because he hath not any portion nor inheritance with you.

13 “Mele be miasa miaƒe numevɔwo le afi sia afi ko o;

Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place which thou mayest see;

14 misa wo le teƒe si Yehowa ŋutɔ atia ko. Atia teƒe aɖe tso afi si woma na toawo dometɔ ɖeka la me. Afi ma ko miasa vɔ le, eye miatsɔ miaƒe nunanawo ayi.

But in the place which the Lord will choose in one of thy tribes, there shalt thou offer thy burnt-offerings, and there shalt thou do all that I command thee.

15 Aleke wòle hã la, miate ŋu awu lãwo le miaƒe du ɖe sia ɖe me, aɖu lã si sinu mielɔ̃, abe ahlɔ̃e alo zi ene, le yayra si Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la na mi la nu. Ame siwo ŋuti kɔ kple ame siwo ŋuti mekɔ o la siaa ate ŋu aɖui faa.

Notwithstanding, according to all the longing of thy soul, mayest thou kill and eat flesh, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee, in all thy gates: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

16 Ʋu la koe miaɖu o; mina wòatsyɔ ɖe anyigba abe tsi ene.

Only the blood shall ye not eat: upon the earth shall ye pour it out as water.

17 “Migaɖu miaƒe bli, ano wain yeye, alo ami ƒe ewolia o, miaƒe alẽha alo nyiha ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo kple nu sia nu si mieɖe adzɔgbe be miana, lɔlɔ̃nununana loo alo nunana tɔxɛwo le mia ŋutɔwo ƒe du me o.

Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, nor the first-born of thy herds or of thy flocks, nor any of thy vows which thou mayest vow, nor thy freewill-offerings, and the heave-offering of thy hand;

18 Woatsɔ nu siawo katã va vɔsamlekpui la gbɔ, afi si miawo, mia viŋutsuwo kple vinyɔnuwo, miaƒe dɔlaŋutsuwo kple dɔlanyɔnuwo kple Levitɔwo tso miaƒe duwo me, miaɖu wo le, le Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ŋkume. Yehowa agblɔ afi si vɔsamlekpui la anɔ la na mi. Mitso aseye le Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ŋkume le nu sia nu si miawɔ la me.

But before the Lord thy God must thou eat them in the place which the Lord thy God may choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite who is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God with all the acquisition of thy hand.

19 Mikpɔ nyuie be miagaŋlɔ Levitɔwo be o, zi ale si mienɔ miaƒe anyigba dzi.

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land.

20 “Ne Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la keke miaƒe liƒowo ɖe edzi abe ale si wòdo ŋugbee ene la, miate ŋu aɖu lã ɣe sia ɣi si mielɔ̃.

When the Lord thy God will enlarge thy border, as he hath spoken unto thee, and thou dost say, I wish to eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh: then mayest thou, according to all the longing of thy soul, eat flesh.

21 Ne teƒe si miesubɔa Mawu le didi akpa la, ekema ɣe sia ɣi si mielɔ̃ la, miate ŋu awu nyi alo alẽ si Yehowa tsɔ na mi, eye miaɖu lã la le aƒe me abe ale si mede se na mi la ene.

If the place which the Lord thy God may choose to put his name there be too far for thee: then mayest thou kill of thy herds and of thy flocks, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee; and thou shalt eat in thy gates according to all the longing of thy soul.

22 Ame si ŋuti kɔ kple ame si ŋuti mekɔ o hã ate ŋu aɖu lã ma abe ale si wòaɖu zi alo ahlɔ̃e ƒe lã ene,

But as the roebuck and the hart are eaten, so shalt thou eat the same: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof together.

23 gake migaɖu lã si me ʋu le la o, elabena lã ƒe agbe le eƒe ʋu me, eye mele be miaɖu agbe la kple lã la o.

Only be firm so as not to eat the blood; for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

24 Migawɔ lã ƒe ʋu ŋu dɔ abe nuɖuɖu ene o, ke boŋ mitsyɔe ɖe anyigba abe tsi ene.

Thou shalt not eat it: upon the earth shalt thou pour it out like water.

25 Ne miewɔ se sia dzi la, miadze Yehowa ŋu, eye nu sia nu adze edzi na mi kple miaƒe dzidzimeviwo siaa.

Thou shalt not eat it; in order that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou wilt do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

26 Mitsɔ miaƒe vɔsawo kple nu siwo ŋugbe miedo na Yehowa la yi ɖe Mawusubɔƒe ɖeka ma.

Nevertheless thy holy things which thou mayest have, and thy vows, shalt thou take, and go unto the place which the Lord may choose:

27 Mitsɔ vɔsa siwo woame, woafia keŋkeŋ la da ɖe Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ƒe vɔsamlekpui dzi. Mitsɔ vɔsa siwo ƒe lã miaɖu, eye miakɔ ʋu la ɖe vɔsamlekpui la dzi la hã yi afi ma ke.

And thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and the flesh shalt thou eat.

28 Miwɔ se siwo katã mede na mi la dzi pɛpɛpɛ anukwaretɔe ekema nu sia nu adze edzi na mi kple miaƒe dzidzimeviwo nyuie tegbetegbe, elabena mianɔ nu si dzɔ, eye wòdzea Yehowa ŋu la wɔm.

Observe and hear all these words which I command thee; in order that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou wilt do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord thy God.

29 “Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la atsrɔ̃ dukɔwo ne miege ɖe woƒe anyigbawo dzi. Miaxɔ woƒe anyigba, eye mianɔ edzi.

When the Lord thy God will cut off the nations, whither thou goest to drive them out from before thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land:

30 Ne Yehowa tsrɔ̃ dukɔ mawo vɔ la, mikpɔ nyuie be miewɔ ɖe woƒe mawusubɔsubɔ ƒe kɔnyinyiwo dzi o, elabena wo dzi wɔwɔ ahe ku vɛ na mi. Migadze agbagba be yewoanya ale si wosubɔa woƒe mawuwo, ale be yewo hã yewoasubɔ le mɔ ma dzi o.

Then take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after they have been destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

31 Migasubɔ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la le mɔ si dzi wosubɔa woƒe mawuwo le la o, elabena le woƒe mawusubɔsubɔ me la, wowɔa nu dziŋɔ siwo Yehowa lé fue. Wotsɔa wo viwo gɔ̃ hã sãa vɔe le dzo si le woƒe vɔsamlekpui dzi la me.

Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God; for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters have they burnt in the fire to their gods.

32 “Miwɔ se ɖe sia ɖe si mede na mi la dzi. Migakpe naneke ɖe wo ŋu o, eye migaɖe naneke le wo me hã o.”

What thing soever I command you, even that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, and thou shalt not diminish therefrom.