Mose 5 22

1 “Ne èkpɔ ame aɖe ƒe nyi alo alẽ wòtra mɔ la, mègawɔ abe ɖe mèkpɔe ene o; kplɔe yi na nutɔ.

When thou seest the calf of thy brother or his sheep wandering in the way, thou shalt not overlook them; thou shalt by all means turn them back to thy brother, and thou shalt restore them to him.

2 Ne mènya nutɔ o la, kplɔe yi wòatsi gbɔwò va se ɖe esime nutɔ nava dii, eye nàɖe asi le eŋu nɛ.

And if thy brother do not come nigh thee, and thou dost not know him, thou shalt bring it into thy house within; and it shall be with thee until thy brother shall seek them, and thou shalt restore them to him.

3 Nenema kee nàwɔ tedziwo, ame ƒe nudodo kple eƒe nu bubu ɖe sia ɖe si nàkpɔ. Kpɔ wo dzi na nutɔwo.

Thus shalt thou do to his ass, and thus shalt thou do to his garment, and thus shalt thou do to every thing that thy brother has lost; whatsoever shall have been lost by him, and thou shalt have found, thou shalt not have power to overlook.

4 “Ne èkpɔ ame aɖe, eƒe nyi alo tedzi wòdze anyi, eye nutɔ le agbagba dzem be yeafɔe ɖe tsitre la, mègatrɔ kɔ ɖe adzɔge o; yi nàkpe ɖe eŋu!

Thou shalt not see the ass of thy brother, or his calf, fallen in the way: thou shalt not overlook them, thou shalt surely help him to raise them up.

5 “Nyɔnu mekpɔ mɔ ado ŋutsuwu o. Nenema ke ŋutsu hã mekpɔ mɔ ado nyɔnuwu o. Nu sia wɔwɔ nye ŋunyɔnu na Yehowa, wò Mawu la.

The apparel of a man shall not be on a woman, neither shall a man put on a woman's dress; for every one that does these things is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

6 “Ne èkpɔ xevi aɖe ƒe atɔ le anyigba alo le ati aɖe dzi, eye xevi suewo alo aziwo le eme le xevi sueawo dadaa te la, mègalé xeviawo dadaa kpe ɖe xevi sueawo ŋu o.

And if thou shouldest come upon a brood of birds before thy face in the way or upon any tree, or upon the earth, young or eggs, and the mother be brooding on the young or the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young ones.

7 Ɖe asi le wo dadaa ŋu, eye nàlé sueawo ko. Yehowa ayra wò ɖe nu sia ta.

Thou shalt by all means let the mother go, but thou shalt take the young to thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long.

8 “Ele be woatɔ kpɔ aƒo xlã xɔ yeye ɖe sia ɖe si wogba eƒe tame le gbadza la ƒe tame kpe ɖo, ale be ame aɖeke magage tso xɔ la tame, eye wòade hlɔ̃fe aƒea kple aƒea tɔ siaa ŋu o.

If thou shouldest build a new house, then shalt thou make a parapet to thy house; so thou shalt not bring blood-guiltiness upon thy house, if one should in any wise fall from it.

9 “Mègaƒã nuku bubuwo ɖe wò waintiwo dome o; ne menye nenema o la, nukuawo kple waintsetseawo katã azu nu kɔkɔewo na nunɔlawo.

Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diverse seed, lest the fruit be devoted, and whatsoever seed thou mayest sow, with the fruit of thy vineyard.

10 “Mègade kɔkuti ɖeka ma kɔ na nyitsu kple tedzi hena dɔwɔwɔ le wò agble me o.

Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together.

11 “Mègado awu si wolɔ̃ kple ka ƒomevi eve, abe lãfuka kple ɖetika ene o.

Thou shalt not wear a mingled [garment], woollen and linen together.

12 “Ele be nàde gbo wò avɔ tsyɔtsyɔ ƒe dzogoe eneawo nu.”

Thou shalt make fringes on the four borders of thy garments, with which soever thou mayest be clothed.

13 Ne ŋutsu aɖe ɖe srɔ̃, eye wòdɔ egbɔ,

And if any one should take a wife, and dwell with her, and hate her,

14 emegbe wògblɔ be edɔ ŋutsu gbɔ kpɔ do ŋgɔ na srɔ̃ɖeɖe la, eye wòtsɔ nya ɖe eŋu be, “Menye ɖetugbi si menya ŋutsu kpɔ wònye hafi meɖee o” la,

and attach to her reproachful words, and bring against her an evil name, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her I found not her tokens of virginity:

15 ekema ɖetugbi la fofo kple dadaa aɖe ɖetugbi la ƒe ŋutsumanyamanya do ŋgɔ na srɔ̃ɖeɖe la afia dua ƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo.

then the father and the mother of the damsel shall take and bring out the damsel's tokens of virginity to the elders of the city to the gate.

16 Ɖetugbi la fofo agblɔ na wo be, “Metsɔ vinyenyɔnu na ŋutsu sia be wòaɖe. Eɖee, ke fifia edo vloe

And the father of the damsel shall say to the elders, I gave this my daughter to this man for a wife;

17 hele ŋukpenanyawo gblɔm ɖe eŋuti be enya ŋutsu hafi yeɖee. Ke nyateƒe la ƒe ɖeɖefiae nye esi.” Ekema wòakeke nyɔnu la ƒe avɔ me afia ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo.

and now he has hated her, and attaches reproachful words to her, saying, I have not found tokens of virginity with thy daughter; and these [are] the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall unfold the garment before the elders of the city.

18 Ekema ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo aɖe gbe, eye woaƒo ŋutsu la,

And the elders of that city shall take that man, and shall chastise him,

19 eye woana wòaxe klosalo alafa ɖeka na ɖetugbi la fofo, elabena eka aʋatso ɖe Israel ɖetugbi dzadzɛ aɖe si. Nyɔnu la aganye ŋutsu la srɔ̃, eye ŋutsua mekpɔ mɔ agbee o.

and shall fine him a hundred shekels, and shall give [them] to the father of the damsel, because he has brought forth an evil name against a virgin of Israel; and she shall be his wife: he shall never be able to put her away.

20 Ke ne nya si ŋutsu la tsɔ ɖe eŋu nye nyateƒe be nyɔnu la de ŋutsu aɖe gbɔ kpɔ do ŋgɔ na eƒe srɔ̃ɖeɖe la,

But if this report be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel;

21 ekema ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo akplɔ nyɔnu la ayi fofoa ƒe aƒememɔnu, afi si dua me ŋutsuwo aƒu kpee le wòaku. Ewɔ nu vɔ̃, eye wògblẽ kɔ ɖo na Israel to gbolowɔwɔ me le edzilawo ƒe aƒe me. Ele be miaɖe nu vɔ̃ sia tɔgbi ɖa le mia dome.

then shall they bring out the damsel to the doors of her father's house, and shall stone her with stones, and she shall die; because she has wrought folly among the children of Israel, to defile the house of her father by whoring: so thou shalt remove the evil one from among you.

22 Ne wolé ŋutsu aɖe wòle ahasi wɔm la, woawu eya kple ŋutsu kemɛ srɔ̃ la siaa. To mɔ sia dzi la, woaɖe nu vɔ̃ ɖa le Israel.

And if a man be found lying with a woman married to a man, ye shall kill them both, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou remove the wicked one out of Israel.

23 Ne wobia ɖetugbi aɖe ta hafi ŋutsu bubu de asi eŋu le dua me la,

And if there be a young damsel espoused to a man, and a man should have found her in the city and have lain with her;

24 woakplɔ ɖetugbi la kple ŋutsu si de asi eŋu siaa ayi du la godo, eye woaƒu kpe wo woaku. Woawu ɖetugbi la, elabena medo ɣli be woaxɔ na ye o. Woawu ŋutsu la, elabena ede asi nyɔnu si ta ŋutsu bubu bia la ŋu.

ye shall bring them both out to the gate of their city, and they shall be stoned with stones, and they shall die; the damsel, because she cried not in the city; and the man, because he humbled his neighbour's spouse: so shalt thou remove the evil one from yourselves.

25 Ale nàɖe nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ ɖa le mia dome. Ke ne wowɔ nu vɔ̃ sia le gbedzi, le dua godo la, woawu ŋutsu la ɖeɖe ko.

But if a man find in the field a damsel that is betrothed, and he should force her and lie with her, ye shall slay the man that lay with her only.

26 Womawu nyɔnu la ya o,

And the damsel has not [committed] a sin worthy of death; as if a man should rise up against his neighbour, and slay him, so [is] this thing;

27 elabena woate ŋu axɔe ase be edo ɣli, gake ame aɖeke menɔ gbedzi le dua godo axɔ nɛ o.

because he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to help her.

28 Ne ŋutsu aɖe de asi ɖetugbi si ta womebia o ŋu sesẽtɔe, eye wolé wo la,

And if any one should find a young virgin who has not been betrothed, and should force [her] and lie with her, and be found,

29 ele be ŋutsu la naxe fe aɖe na ɖetugbi la fofo ekema aɖe ɖetugbi la, eye magbee akpɔ o.

the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the damsel fifty silver didrachms, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her; he shall never be able to put her away.

30 Ŋutsu aɖeke mekpɔ mɔ ade asi fofoa ƒe ahosi ŋu o, elabena fofoa srɔ̃e wònye kpɔ.

A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.