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.

You shall not see your brother’s ox or his sheep go astray and hide yourself from them. You shall surely bring them again to your brother.

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

If your brother isn’t near to you, or if you don’t know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall be with you until your brother comes looking for it, and you shall restore it to him.

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

So you shall do with his donkey. So you shall do with his garment. So you shall do with every lost thing of your brother’s, which he has lost and you have found. You may not hide yourself.

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!

You shall not see your brother’s donkey or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide yourself from them. You shall surely help him to lift them up again.

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 shall not wear men’s clothing, neither shall a man put on women’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to 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 come across a bird’s nest on the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the hen sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the hen with the young.

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

You shall surely let the hen go, but the young you may take for yourself, that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days.

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, then you shall make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there.

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

You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest all the fruit be defiled, the seed which you have sown, and the increase of the vineyard.

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

You shall not plough with an ox and a donkey together.

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

You shall not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.

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

You shall make yourselves fringes on the four corners of your cloak with which you cover yourself.

13 Ne ŋutsu aɖe ɖe srɔ̃, eye wòdɔ egbɔ,

If any man takes a wife, and goes in to her, hates 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,

accuses her of shameful things, gives her a bad name, and says, “I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn’t find in her the 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 young lady’s father and mother shall take and bring the tokens of the young lady’s virginity to the elders of the city in the gate.

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

The young lady’s father shall tell the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man as his wife, and he hates 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.

Behold, he has accused her of shameful things, saying, ‘I didn’t find in your daughter the tokens of virginity;’ and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity.” They shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

18 Ekema ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo aɖe gbe, eye woaƒo ŋutsu la,

The elders of that city shall take the man and 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.

They shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has given a bad name to a virgin of Israel. She shall be his wife. He may not put her away all his days.

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 thing is true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady,

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 they shall bring out the young lady to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done folly in Israel, to play the prostitute in her father’s house. So you shall remove the evil from amongst 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 lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall remove the evil from Israel.

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

If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies 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.

then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn’t cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbour’s wife. So you shall remove the evil from amongst 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.

But if the man finds the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die;

26 Womawu nyɔnu la ya o,

but to the lady you shall do nothing. There is in the lady no sin worthy of death; for as when a man rises against his neighbour and kills him, even so is this matter;

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

for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was no one to save her.

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

If a man finds a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, grabs her and lies with her, and they are found,

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

then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady’s father fifty shekels of silver. She shall be his wife, because he has humbled her. He may not put her away all his days.

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.