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.
If you see someone's cow or sheep wandering around, don't just ignore it. Make sure you take it back to its owner.
2 Ne mènya nutɔ o la, kplɔe yi wòatsi gbɔwò va se ɖe esime nutɔ nava dii, eye nàɖe asi le eŋu nɛ.
If its owner doesn't live near you, or if you don't know who it is, take the animal home with you and keep it until the owner comes looking, then you can return it.
3 Nenema kee nàwɔ tedziwo, ame ƒe nudodo kple eƒe nu bubu ɖe sia ɖe si nàkpɔ. Kpɔ wo dzi na nutɔwo.
Do the same for whatever else you find that someone has lost—a donkey, a cloak, anything. Don't just ignore it.
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!
If you see someone's donkey or cow that has fallen down on the road, don't just ignore it. Help lift it 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.
A woman must not wear men's clothing, and a man must not wear women's clothing. Anyone who does this offends the Lord your 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.
If you happen to find a bird's nest with chicks or eggs, whether it's in a tree or on the ground beside the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, don't take the mother with the young.
7 Ɖe asi le wo dadaa ŋu, eye nàlé sueawo ko. Yehowa ayra wò ɖe nu sia ta.
You may take the young, but make sure you let the mother go, so that you will do well and have a good long life.
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.
When you build a new house, be sure to install a railing around your roof, so that you won't be held guilty if someone dies falling 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.
Don't plant your vineyard with another kind of crop. Otherwise everything you produce—the crop you planted and the fruit of your vineyard—must be dedicated to the Lord.
10 “Mègade kɔkuti ɖeka ma kɔ na nyitsu kple tedzi hena dɔwɔwɔ le wò agble me o.
Don't harness an ox and a donkey together when you plow.
11 “Mègado awu si wolɔ̃ kple ka ƒomevi eve, abe lãfuka kple ɖetika ene o.
Don't wear clothes made of wool and linen woven together.
12 “Ele be nàde gbo wò avɔ tsyɔtsyɔ ƒe dzogoe eneawo nu.”
Put tassels on the hem of the cloak you use to cover yourself.
13 Ne ŋutsu aɖe ɖe srɔ̃, eye wòdɔ egbɔ,
If a man marries a woman and sleeps with her, but ends up hating 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 accuses her of being immoral, giving her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and slept with her, but I found out she wasn't a virgin.”
15 ekema ɖetugbi la fofo kple dadaa aɖe ɖetugbi la ƒe ŋutsumanyamanya do ŋgɔ na srɔ̃ɖeɖe la afia dua ƒe ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo.
The woman's parents are to bring the proof of her virginity to the elders at the town gate,
16 Ɖetugbi la fofo agblɔ na wo be, “Metsɔ vinyenyɔnu na ŋutsu sia be wòaɖe. Eɖee, ke fifia edo vloe
and the father will explain to them, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has ended up hating her.
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.
Now he has accused her of being immoral, saying, ‘I found out that your daughter wasn't a virgin.’ But here's the proof of her virginity.” The parents shall spread out the sheet in front of the town elders.
18 Ekema ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo aɖe gbe, eye woaƒo ŋutsu la,
Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish 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.
They shall also fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give the money to the young woman's father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She is to remain his wife; he is not allowed to divorce her as long as he lives.
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 the accusation is true, and there's no proof of the woman's virginity,
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.
she is to be taken to the door of her father's house, and there the men of her town are to stone her to death. She has done something disgraceful in Israel by acting immorally in her father's house. You must eliminate the evil 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.
If a man is found sleeping with someone else's wife, both the man and the woman must die. You must eliminate the evil from Israel.
23 Ne wobia ɖetugbi aɖe ta hafi ŋutsu bubu de asi eŋu le dua me la,
If a man meets a girl, a virgin engaged to another man, and sleeps with her there in the town,
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.
then you must take both of them to the town gate and stone them to death. The young woman is guilty because she did not cry out for help in the town, and the man is guilty because he has brought shame on someone else's fiancée. You must eliminate the evil from among you.
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.
However, if the man happens to meet a woman who is engaged out in the countryside, and he attacks her and rapes her, only the man has to die.
26 Womawu nyɔnu la ya o,
Don't do anything to the woman, because she has not committed a sin punishable by death. (This is the same kind of situation as when a man attacks someone else and murders them.)
27 elabena woate ŋu axɔe ase be edo ɣli, gake ame aɖeke menɔ gbedzi le dua godo axɔ nɛ o.
When the man raped the woman who was engaged out in the countryside, she shouted out, but there wasn't anyone there to rescue her.
28 Ne ŋutsu aɖe de asi ɖetugbi si ta womebia o ŋu sesẽtɔe, eye wolé wo la,
If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not engaged, and he grabs her and rapes her, and someone sees them,
29 ele be ŋutsu la naxe fe aɖe na ɖetugbi la fofo ekema aɖe ɖetugbi la, eye magbee akpɔ o.
the man must pay the woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and he must marry her because he has brought shame on her. He is not allowed to divorce her as long as he lives.
30 Ŋutsu aɖeke mekpɔ mɔ ade asi fofoa ƒe ahosi ŋu o, elabena fofoa srɔ̃e wònye kpɔ.
A man must not marry his father's wife, so that he won't bring shame on his father.
