< 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.
'When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,
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.
then it hath come to pass, if the wrong-doer is to be smitten, that the judge hath caused him to fall down, and [one] hath smitten him in his presence, according to the sufficiency of his wrong-doing, 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.
forty [times] he doth smite him — he is not adding, lest, he is adding to smite him above these — many stripes, and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes.
4 “Mègade ga nu na nyitsu si le agble me le dɔ wɔm o.”
'Thou dost not muzzle an ox in its threshing.
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.
'When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother;
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.
and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away 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.’
'And if the man doth not delight to take his brother's wife, then hath his brother's wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband's brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband's brother;
8 “Dumemetsitsiwo ayɔ ŋutsu la aƒo nu kplii tso nya la ŋu. Ne egagbe kokoko la,
and the elders of his city have called for him, and spoken unto him, and he hath stood and said, I have no desire 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 hath his brother's wife drawn nigh unto him, before the eyes of the elders, and drawn his shoe from off his foot, and spat in his face, and answered and said, Thus it is done to the man who doth not build up the house of his brother;
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!’
and his name hath been called in Israel — The house of him whose shoe is drawn off.
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 together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his secrets,
12 ekema woalã nyɔnu la ƒe asi ɖa. Mègakpɔ nublanui nɛ o.”
then thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare.
13 “Nudakpe eve tɔgbi, esi de tututu kple esi mede tututu o la, meganɔ kotoku me na wò o.
'Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.
14 Nenema ke dzidzeka eve tɔgbi, esi de tututu kple esi mede o la, meganɔ asiwò o.
Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a 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.
Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;
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 the abomination of Jehovah thy God [is] any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.
17 “Mele be nàŋlɔ nu si Amalekitɔwo wɔ mi esi miegbɔna tso Egipte la be gbeɖegbeɖe o.
'Remember that which Amalek hath done to thee in the way, in your going out from 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,
that he hath met thee in the way, and smiteth in all those feeble behind thee (and thou wearied and fatigued), and is not fearing 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.”
And it hath been, in Jehovah thy God's giving rest to thee, from all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — an inheritance to possess it — thou dost blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens — thou dost not forget.