Mose 2 23
1 “Mègakaka aʋatsonyawo o, eye mègaɖu aʋatsoɖasefo na ame vɔ̃ɖi o.
THOU shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
2 “Mègadze amehawo yome le nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ me o, eye ne woyɔ wò ɖasefoe le nya aɖe me la, mègatrɔ nyateƒe la ƒe ta tu be ne yeadze amehawo ŋu o,
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
3 eye mègaɖe ami ɖe nya la be ne wò ɖaseɖiɖi la nade ame aɖe dzi le eƒe amedahenyenye ta o.
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
4 “Ne èkpɔ wò futɔ aɖe ƒe nyi alo tedzi si tra mɔ la, ele be nàkplɔe ayi na nutɔ.
If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
5 Ne agba te wo futɔ ƒe tedzi ɖe to, eye nèkpɔ wò futɔ wòle agbagba dzem be yeado alɔ tedzi la wòatsi tsitre la, mele be nàtso eme adzo o, ke boŋ ele be nàkpe ɖe eŋu.
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6 “Mègana ame aɖeke ƒe ahedada nana nàtrɔ eƒe nya dzɔdzɔe wòazu nya gbegblẽ o.
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
7 “Mègada alakpa ɖe ame aɖeke si be ewɔ vɔ̃ o. Mègana woawu ame maɖifɔ gbeɖe o. Nyemalɔ̃ ɖe nuwɔna vɔ̃ɖi sia dzi o.
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8 “Mègaxɔ zãnu o, elabena zãnuxɔxɔ nana be màdze si nu si le dzedzem gãa o. Zãnuxɔxɔ gblẽa nu le ame si ƒe nya dzɔ la ŋuti.
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
9 “Mègate amedzrowo ɖe to o, wò ŋutɔ ènya nu si amedzronyenye nye. Ɖo ŋku wò nuteƒekpɔkpɔwo le Egipte dzi.
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
10 “Miƒã nu, eye miaŋe nu ƒe ade,
And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
11 ke migblẽ anyigba la ɖi wòadzudzɔ le ƒe adrelia me. Mina ame dahe siwo le mia dome la naxa nuku siwo mieɖe le miaƒe agble dzi le wo ɖokuiwo si, eye migblẽ nuku siwo susɔ la ɖi na lãwo woaɖu. Se sia ke ku ɖe miaƒe waingblewo kple amitivewo hã ŋu.
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
12 “Miwɔ dɔ ŋkeke ade ko, eye miadzudzɔ le ŋkeke adrelia dzi. Miwɔ alea ale be miana dzudzɔ miaƒe nyiwo kple tedziwo kple miaƒe aƒemetɔwo, kluviwo kple amedzrowo siaa.
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
13 “Mikpɔ egbɔ be miewɔ se siawo katã dzi. Miɖo ŋku edzi, migayɔ mawu bubu aɖeke ƒe ŋkɔ le gbedodoɖa alo atamkaka me o.”
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
14 “Mawusubɔsubɔ ƒe ŋkekenyui etɔ̃e li wòle be miaɖu ƒe sia ƒe.
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
15 “Gbãtɔe nye Abolo Maʋamaʋã ƒe Ŋkekenyui. Migaɖu abolo si wowɔ kple amɔ ʋaʋã o ŋkeke adre abe ale si mede se na mi kpɔ ene. Ŋkekenyui sia ɖuɖu anɔ edzi ƒe sia ƒe le Tedoxe si nye ɣleti si me miedzo le Egipte. “Ame sia ame asa vɔ nam le ɣeyiɣi sia me.
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty: )
16 “Eveliae nye Nuŋeŋeŋkekenyui. Ele be miatsɔ miaƒe agblemenuku gbãtɔwo vɛ nam. “Etɔ̃liae nye Ƒuƒoƒo Nukuwo ƒe Ŋkekenyui si miaɖu le nuŋeɣi ƒe nuwuwu.
And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
17 “Le ŋkekenyui etɔ̃ siawo katã ɖuɣiwo, le ƒe sia ƒe me la, ele be Israel ŋutsu ɖe sia ɖe nado ɖe Yehowa ŋkume.
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.
18 “Megakpe nye vɔsalãwo ƒe ʋu ɖe abolo si woƒo kple amɔ ʋaʋã la ŋu o. “Megana vɔsalã aɖeke ƒe ami natsi anyi ŋu nake ɖe edzi o.
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
19 “Ne èxa wò agblemenukuwo la, ele be nàtsɔ wò ŋkeke gbãtɔ ƒe nuku nyuitɔwo ƒe ɖe va Yehowa, wò Mawu ƒe aƒe me. “Mègaɖa gbɔ̃vi le dadaa ƒe notsi me o.
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
20 “Kpɔ ɖa, mele Mawudɔla aɖe dɔm ɖe ŋgɔwò be wòakplɔ wò dedie ayi anyigba si medzra ɖo ɖi na wò la dzi.
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
21 Vɔ̃e, eye nàwɔ eƒe ɖoɖowo katã dzi. Mègadze aglã ɖe eŋu o, elabena matsɔ wò nu vɔ̃wo ake wò o. Eyae nye nye teƒenɔla, eye nye ŋkɔ le eŋu.
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
22 Ke ne èɖɔ ŋu ɖo, ɖo toe, eye nèwɔ nye Sewo katã dzi la, ekema manye futɔ na wò futɔwo,
But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
23 elabena nye Dɔla adze ŋgɔ na wò, akplɔ wò ayi Amoritɔwo, Hititɔwo, Perizitɔwo, Kanaantɔwo, Hivitɔwo kple Yebusitɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi be mianɔ afi ma. Matsrɔ̃ dukɔ siawo ɖa le ŋgɔwò.
For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
24 “Mègasubɔ dukɔ bubu siawo ƒe mawu alo asa vɔ na wo le mɔ aɖeke nu o, eye mègadze trɔ̃subɔdukɔ siawo ƒe kpɔɖeŋu vɔ̃ɖiwo yome o. Ele na wò be nàɖu wo dzi, eye nàgbã woƒe legbawo.
Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
25 “Subɔ Yehowa, wò Mawu la ɖeɖe ko, ekema mayra wò kple nuɖuɖu kple tsi, eye maɖe dɔléle ɖa le mia dome.
And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
26 Fu mage le nyɔnuwo ƒo o, kotsitsi manɔ anyigba blibo la dzi o, eye ànɔ agbe ŋkeke ale si meɖo na wò.
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
27 “Mana vɔvɔ̃ si le ŋunye la nalé dukɔ siwo katã ƒe anyigba ŋu miaho aʋa ɖo, woasi le mia ŋgɔ.
I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
28 Maɖo nudzodzoe teamewo ɖa woanya Hivitɔwo, Kanaantɔwo kple Hititɔwo ɖa le ŋgɔwò.
And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
29 Nyemawɔ esiawo katã le ƒe ɖeka me o. Ne menye nenema o la, anyigba la ava zu gbedadaƒo, eye lã wɔadãwo ava sɔ gbɔ akpa.
I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
30 Ke manɔ wo nyam ɖa vivivi va se ɖe esime wò amewo adzi axɔ anyigba blibo la dzi.
By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
31 “Mana wò anyigba ƒe liƒowo natso Ƒu Dzĩ la nu ayi Filistitɔwo ƒe ƒu la nu, eye wòagatso gbegbe siwo le anyigbeme va se ɖe Frat tɔsisi la nu. Mana nàɖu ame siwo katã le anyigba la dzi fifia la dzi, eye mana woasi le ŋgɔwò.
And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
32 “Mègawɔ nubabla aɖeke kpli wo loo alo nàna kadodo aɖeke nanɔ wò kple woƒe mawuwo dome o.
Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
33 Mègana woanɔ mia dome o, elabena menya be woana miadze woƒe mawuwo subɔsubɔ ƒe nu vɔ̃ me; esia anye mɔtetre na mi, eye wòahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e gã va mia dzi.”
They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
