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 the judgments which you shall observe to do in the land which Adonai, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on 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.

You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess abad ·served· their deities, on the high mountains, and on 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.

You shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their deities. You shall destroy their name out of that 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,

You shall not do so to Adonai 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 to the place which Adonai your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and there you shall 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.

There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.

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.

There you shall eat before Adonai your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Adonai your God has blessed you.

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,

You shall not do after all the things that we do here today, every man whatever 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 you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Adonai your God gives you.

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 when you go over the Jordan [Descender], and dwell in the land which Adonai your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you 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.

then it shall happen that to the place which Adonai your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I enjoin you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Adonai.

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.

You shall rejoice before Adonai your God, you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite [Descendant of United with] who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

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

Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you 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 Adonai chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I enjoin you.

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, you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to Adonai your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the deer.

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

Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like 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.

You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your free will offerings, nor the wave offering of your 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 you shall eat them before Adonai your God in the place which Adonai your God shall choose, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite [Descendant of United with] who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Adonai your God in all that you put your hand to.

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

Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your 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 Adonai your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.

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 Adonai your God shall choose, to put his name there, is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Adonai has given you, as I have enjoined you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your 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,

Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.

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 sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.

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

You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.

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

You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in Adonai’s eyes.

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

Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Adonai shall 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.

You shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on Adonai your God’s altar; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on Adonai your God’s altar; and you shall eat the meat.

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 sh'ma ·hear obey· all these words which I enjoin you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in Adonai your God’s eyes.

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

When Adonai your God cuts off the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them, and dwell 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.

be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you not inquire after their deities, saying, “How do these nations abad ·serve· their deities? I will 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.

You shall not do so to Adonai your God; for every abomination to Adonai, which he hates, have they done to their deities; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their deities.

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.”

Whatever thing I enjoin you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.