Mose 5 15

1 “Le ƒe adrelia ɖe sia ɖe ƒe nuwuwu la, woate fli ɖe fe sia fe me.

At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

2 Nudonamela ɖe sia ɖe aŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ si Israelvi si nye nudola la na la dzi be, ‘Eɖo nu sia nu teƒe pɛpɛpɛ,’ elabena Yehowa tsɔ nu sia nu ke ame sia ame.

This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.

3 Ke tsɔtsɔke sia melɔ amedzrowo ya ɖe eme o.

You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.

4 Nudonamela aɖeke maɖo ko le tsɔtsɔke sia ta o, elabena Yehowa miaƒe Mawu akɔ yayra geɖe ɖe mia dzi le anyigba si wòle mia nam la dzi, ne miewɔ eƒe sewo dzi.

There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,

5 Nu si hiã na eƒe yayra sia xɔxɔ koe nye miawɔ Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ƒe se siwo katã mele dedem na mi egbe la dzi pɛpɛpɛ.

if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.

6 Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ayra mi abe ale si wòdo ŋugbe ene. Miado ga na dukɔ geɖewo, gake mahiã gbeɖegbeɖe be miawo ya miado ga o! Miaɖu dukɔ geɖewo dzi, gake woawo ya maɖu mia dzi o!

When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.

7 “Ke ne mieva ɖo anyigba si Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ana mi dzi, eye ame dahe aɖewo le mia dome la, mele be miasẽ dzi me alo amia asiʋlome ɖe ame daheawo ŋu o.

If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

8 Ele be miado nu sia nu si woahiã la na wo.

Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.

9 Mikpɔ nyuie! Migagbe gadodo na ame, elabena ƒe si me woate fli ɖe fewo me la gogo o! Ne miegbe gadodo na hiãtɔ la, eye hiãtɔ la ƒo koko na Yehowa la, Yehowa abui na mi nu vɔ̃e.

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

10 Ele be nàdo nu si hiãtɔ la hiã la nɛ, eye mègafa konyi tso eŋu hã o! Elabena Yehowa wò Mawu ana nuwo nadze edzi na wò le nu sia ta!

Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.

11 Ame dahe aɖewo anɔ mia dome ɣe sia ɣi kokoko. Esia ta se sia le vevie ɖo. Ele be mianyo dɔ me, ado nu na wo.”

For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

12 “Ne èƒle kluvi aɖe si nye Hebritɔ, ŋutsu alo nyɔnu la, ele be wòasubɔ wò ƒe ade, eye nàna ablɔɖee le ƒe adrelia me.

If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.

13 Mègana wòayi asi ƒuƒlu o!

And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.

14 Do mɔe kple lã aɖewo tso wò lãha la me kple ami tso wò amiɖaƒe kple wain tso wò wainfiaƒe. Na nui ɖe ale si Yehowa wò Mawu ayra wòe la nu.

You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.

15 Miɖo ŋku edzi be mienye kluviwo le Egiptenyigba dzi kpɔ, eye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ɖe mi! Eya tae mele se sia dem na mi.

Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

16 “Ke ne Hebri kluvi la medi be yeadzo le gbɔwò o, ke boŋ wògblɔ be yelɔ̃ wò, wò aƒemenɔnɔ dze edzi na ye, eye wò beléle na ye dze ye ŋu la,

But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,

17 ekema nàtsɔ nuŋɔnu aŋɔ to nɛ amimi ɖe ʋɔtru ŋu, ekema le esia megbe la, kluvi la atsi gbɔwò ɖikaa. Wɔ nenema ke na wò kosiwo hã.

then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.

18 Ne èɖe asi le kluvi aɖe ŋu la, mègana wòave wò o, elabena ɖo ŋku edzi be kluvi ɖeka ma wɔ agbatedɔwɔla eve ƒe dɔ na ye le ƒe adeawo me! Yehowa, wò Mawu la ayra wò dɔwɔwɔwo katã ɖe esi nèna ablɔɖe wò kluvi la ta!”

Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

19 “Ele be nàkɔ wò alẽwo kple nyiwo ƒe ŋgɔgbevi siwo nye atsu la ŋu na Yehowa, wò Mawu la. Mègana wò nyitsu si nye ŋgɔgbevi la nawɔ dɔ le agble me o, eye mègako fu le wò alẽwo kple gbɔ̃wo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo ŋu o.

You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.

20 Le esia teƒe la, ele be wò kple wò ƒometɔwo miaɖu lã siawo le Yehowa, wò Mawu la ŋkume ƒe sia ƒe le eƒe kɔkɔeƒe la.

Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.

21 Ke ne mede blibo o, afɔ ŋe nɛ, eƒe ŋku gbã alo nu gblẽ le eƒe teƒe bubu aɖe ŋu la, mèkpɔ mɔ atsɔe asa vɔe na Yehowa wò Mawu o,

But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

22 ke boŋ ɖui kple wò ƒometɔwo le aƒe me. Ame sia ame ate ŋu aɖu lã sia faa ne amea ŋu mekɔ le ɣe ma ɣi me o hã, abe ale si ame sia ame ate ŋu aɖu sẽ kple zi ene,

Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.

23 gake migaɖu lã la ƒe ʋu ya o, ke boŋ mina wòaɖuɖu ɖe anyigba abe tsi ene.”

But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.