Mose 5 18
1 “Ɖo ŋku edzi be womana domenyinu nunɔlawo kple Levitɔ bubuawo abe Israelvi bubuawo ene o. Le esia ta la, ele be woatsɔ vɔsa siwo wotsɔ va Yehowa ƒe vɔsamlekpui dzi la kple nunana bubu siwo amewo atsɔ vɛ na Yehowa la akpɔ wo dzii.
The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Yhwh made by fire, and his inheritance.
2 Womehiã domenyinu o, elabena Yehowa nye woƒe domenyinu! Esia nye ŋugbe si Yehowa do na wo!
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: Yhwh is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
3 Ele be woatsɔ nyitsu kple alẽ ɖe sia ɖe si woatsɔ vɛ na vɔsasa la ƒe abɔ, glã kple dɔgbo na nunɔlawo.
And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
4 Kpe ɖe esiawo ŋu la, nunɔlawo axɔ nuku siwo wotsɔ vɛ hena akpedada na Yehowa. Nu siawoe nye bli yeye, wain yeye, ami kple fu si woko le lãwo ŋuti,
The firstfruit also of thy grain, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
5 elabena Yehowa, wò Mawu la tia Levitɔwo tso to bubuawo dome be woawɔ subɔsubɔdɔwo na Yehowa tso dzidzime yi dzidzime.
For Yhwh thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Yhwh, him and his sons for ever.
6 “Ne Levitɔ aɖe tso miaƒe du aɖe me le Israel ƒe akpa sia akpa, afi si wòle koŋ, eye wòyi teƒe si Yehowa tia la nyateƒe me la,
And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which Yhwh shall choose;
7 ate ŋu asubɔ le Yehowa, Mawu ƒe ŋkɔ me abe nɔvia Levitɔ bubuawo katã siwo subɔna le afi ma le Yehowa ŋkume ene.
Then he shall minister in the name of Yhwh his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before Yhwh.
8 Ele be woatsɔ vɔsanuwo kple nunana bubuawo nɛ, abe nu si dze be woatsɔ nɛ la ene, eye menye ne nu siawo le ehiãm la ko o.”
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
9 “Ne èva ɖo Ŋugbedodonyigba Yehowa wò Mawu la le na wò ge dzi la, ele be nàkpɔ nyuie be dukɔ siwo le anyigba la dzi fifia la ƒe kɔnyinyi vlowo magblẽ kɔ ɖo na mi o.
When thou art come into the land which Yhwh thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
10 Le kpɔɖeŋu me, ne Israelvi aɖe atsɔ via ana be woatɔ dzoe abe vɔsa na anyigba ma dzi tɔwo ƒe mawuwo ene la, ele be woawui. Mele be Israelvi aɖeke nanye bokɔnɔ, goloɖola, zidoedola, dzosala,
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 busudoamela, adzetɔ, nukala kple ŋɔliyɔla o.
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 Ame sia ame si awɔ nu siawo la anye ŋunyɔnu na Yehowa, eye esi wònye dukɔ mawo wɔa nu siawo tae Yehowa, wò Mawu la aɖe wo ɖa.
For all that do these things are an abomination unto Yhwh: and because of these abominations Yhwh thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
13 Ele be nàzɔ ale be fɔɖiɖi aɖeke manɔ wò zɔzɔme ŋu le Yehowa, wò Mawu la ŋkume o.”
Thou shalt be perfect with Yhwh thy God.
14 Dukɔ siwo katã ƒe teƒe nàxɔ la ɖoa to goloɖolawo kple bokɔnɔwo, ke Yehowa, wò Mawu la maɖe mɔ na wò ya be nàwɔ nu mawo o.
For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, Yhwh thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
15 Yehowa wò Mawu ŋutɔ aɖo nyagblɔɖila tɔxɛ aɖe ɖe mia dome, tso mia nɔviwo Israelviwo dome abe nye ene. Ele be nàɖo to ame sia,
Yhwh thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
16 elabena nu siae wò ŋutɔ nèbia Yehowa wò Mawu le Horeb to la dzi. Èɖe kuku le toa te le afi ma be, màgase Yehowa ƒe ŋɔdzigbe la azɔ loo alo agakpɔ dzo dziŋɔ ma le to la dzi be yeaku o.
According to all that thou desiredst of Yhwh thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Yhwh my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
17 Yehowa gblɔ nam be, “Enyo; mawɔ wo biabia dzi na wo.
And Yhwh said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
18 Maɖo nyagblɔɖila aɖe na mi tso mia dome wòanye Israelvi abe wò ene. Magblɔ nu si wòagblɔ la nɛ, eye eyae anye nye nyasela kple nyagblɔla na ameawo.
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
19 Nye ŋutɔ mahe to na ame sia ame si maɖo toe, awɔ nye nya si wòagblɔ nɛ la dzi o.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
20 Ke nyagblɔɖila si ada alakpa be yeƒe nya tso gbɔnye la aku. Nenema ke nyagblɔɖila ɖe sia ɖe si agblɔ be yeƒe nya tso mawu bubuwo gbɔ la, aku.”
But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
21 Ne èbia be, “Aleke míawɔ hafi anya ne nyagblɔɖi la tso Yehowa gbɔ loo alo metso egbɔ o?”
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which Yhwh hath not spoken?
22 Nenye be nya si wògblɔ ɖi la meva eme o la, ekema menye Yehowae gblɔ nya la nɛ o, eya ŋutɔe kpae. Migaɖo to eƒe nya aɖeke o.
When a prophet speaketh in the name of Yhwh, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Yhwh hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
