Mose 5 25
1 “Ne dzre dzɔ ɖe ŋutsu eve dome la, ʋɔnudrɔ̃la adrɔ̃ nya la na wo, atso afia na ame si tɔ dzɔ, eye wòabu fɔ ame si tɔ medzɔ o.
If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
2 Ne ʋɔnudrɔ̃la la kpɔ be ele be woaƒo agɔdzela la, ekema ana agɔdzela la namlɔ anyi, eye woaƒoe le eŋkume ati xexlẽme ale si dze na agɔdzedze la.
It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
3 Woaƒoe zi blaene ko, ke mawu nenema o. Ne woƒoe wu nenema la, tohehe la asẽ akpa, eye wòaɖi gbɔ̃ nɔviwò le wò ŋkume.
He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.
4 “Mègade ga nu na nyitsu si le agble me le dɔ wɔm o.”
You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
5 “Ne ŋutsu aɖe nɔviŋutsu ku, eye vi aɖeke mele ame kuku la si o la, ahosi la mekpɔ mɔ aɖe srɔ̃ tso ƒome bubu me o, ke boŋ srɔ̃a kukua nɔviŋutsu naɖee, eye wòadɔ egbɔ.
If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
6 Woabu vi gbãtɔ si ahosi la adzi la abe ame si ku la ƒe vi ene, ale be ame si ku la ƒe ŋkɔ mabu le Israel o.
It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
7 Ke ne nɔviŋutsu la gbe be yemawɔ yeƒe dɔdeasi le go sia me o hegbe ahosi la ɖeɖe la, ekema ahosi la ayi dumemetsitsiwo gbɔ, eye wòagblɔ na wo be, ‘Srɔ̃nye nɔviŋutsu gbe be yemana nɔvia ŋutsu si ku la ƒe ŋkɔ natsi anyi le Israel o. Egbe be yemaɖem o.’
If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”
8 “Dumemetsitsiwo ayɔ ŋutsu la aƒo nu kplii tso nya la ŋu. Ne egagbe kokoko la,
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says, “I don’t want to take her,”
9 ekema nyɔnu la ate ɖe ŋutsu la ŋu le ametsitsiawo ŋkume, aɖe tokota le afɔ nɛ, eye wòaɖe ta ɖe mo nɛ. Le esia megbe la, nyɔnu la agblɔ be, ‘Nu siae wɔa ŋutsu si gbe be yematu ye nɔvi si ku la ƒe aƒe ɖo o.’
then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”
10 Tso gbe ma gbe dzi la, woayɔ ŋutsu la ƒe aƒe me le Israel be, ‘Ŋutsu si woɖe tokota le afɔ na la ƒe aƒe me!’
His name shall be called in Israel, “The house of him who had his sandal removed.”
11 “Ne ŋutsu eve le avu wɔm, eye ɖeka srɔ̃ va de srɔ̃a dzi helé ŋutsu kemɛ ɖe asi na srɔ̃a la,
When men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and grabs him by his private parts,
12 ekema woalã nyɔnu la ƒe asi ɖa. Mègakpɔ nublanui nɛ o.”
then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.
13 “Nudakpe eve tɔgbi, esi de tututu kple esi mede tututu o la, meganɔ kotoku me na wò o.
You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.
14 Nenema ke dzidzeka eve tɔgbi, esi de tututu kple esi mede o la, meganɔ asiwò o.
You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.
15 Ke boŋ wɔ nudakpe kple dzidzeka siwo de tututu la ko ŋu dɔ, ale be wò ŋkekewo nasɔ gbɔ le anyigba si Yehowa, wò Mawu la ana wò la dzi.
You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
16 Ame siwo katã baa wo nɔviwo to nudanu kple dzidzeka mademadewo ŋu dɔ wɔwɔ me la nye ŋunyɔnu le Yehowa, wò Mawu ŋkume.
For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
17 “Mele be nàŋlɔ nu si Amalekitɔwo wɔ mi esi miegbɔna tso Egipte la be gbeɖegbeɖe o.
Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt,
18 Ɖo ŋku edzi be wowɔ aʋa kpli mi, eye wowu ame siwo ŋu ŋusẽ vɔ le, ame siwo ŋu ɖeɖi te kple ame siwo tsi megbe. Womesro Mawu ɖa alo vɔ̃e o,
how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.
19 eya ta ne Yehowa, wò Mawu la na nèvo tso wò futɔwo katã ƒe asi me le ŋugbedodonyigba la dzi la, ele na wò be nàtsrɔ̃ Amaleki ƒe ŋkɔ ɖa keŋkeŋ le dziƒoa te. Mègaŋlɔ nu sia be gbeɖe o.”
Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget.
