Mose 3 19
1 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
The Lord told Moses,
2 “Ƒo nu na Israel ƒe ƒuƒoƒo blibo la, eye nàgblɔ na wo be, ‘Minɔ kɔkɔe, elabena nye, Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu, mele kɔkɔe.
“Tell all the Israelites: You must be holy because I am holy; I am the Lord your God.
3 “‘Ele be mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe nabu fofoa kple dadaa, eye miaɖo ŋku nye Dzudzɔgbewo dzi. Nyee nye Yehowa miaƒe Mawu.
Show respect for your mother and father, and keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
4 “‘Migatrɔ ɖe legbawo ŋu alo miatsɔ ga awɔ mawuwo na mia ɖokuiwo o. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
Don't turn to idols for help or make for metal images of gods. I am the Lord your God.
5 “‘Ne miesa akpedavɔ na Yehowa la, misae tututu ɖe sea nu ale be mate ŋu axɔe.
When you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, make sure you do it correctly so God will accept you.
6 Miɖui le ŋkeke si dzi miesa vɔ la le alo ne ŋu ke. Nu si atsi anyi va se ɖe ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, woatɔ dzoe,
It needs to be eaten the day you sacrifice it, or the next day. Whatever is left over on the third day must be burned.
7 elabena esi woaɖu le ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, madze ŋunye o, eye nyemate ŋu axɔe o.
If you do eat some of it on the third day, the sacrifice becomes repulsive and won't be accepted.
8 Ne mieɖui le ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, mieɖi fɔ, elabena miedo ŋunyɔ Yehowa ƒe kɔkɔenyenye, eye woaɖe mi ɖa tso Yehowa ƒe amewo dome.
Anyone who eats it eats it will bear responsibility for their guilt, for they have made unclean what is holy to the Lord. They must be expelled from their people.
9 “‘Ne miexa miaƒe agblemenuwo la, migaŋe nuku siwo le agblea to o, eye migafɔ nuku siwo dudu ɖe anyigba hã o.
When you harvest the crops grown on your land, don't harvest right up to the edges of your field, or collect what has been missed.
10 Miwɔ nenema ke le miaƒe wain tsetsewo hã gome. Migagbe kutsetseawo katã o, eye migafɔ esiwo ge ɖe anyigba hã o. Migblẽ wo ɖi na ame dahewo kple amedzro siwo le mia dome, elabena nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
Don't take every last grape from your vineyard or pick up the ones that have fallen. Leave them for the poor people and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.
11 “‘Migafi fi o. “‘Migada alakpa o. “‘Ame aɖeke megaba nɔvia o.
Don't steal. Don't lie. Don't deceive each other.
12 “‘Migatsɔ nye ŋkɔ aka atam ɖe aʋatsonya aɖeke dzi, eye miato nu sia wɔwɔ me aƒo fi ade nye ŋkɔ o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
Don't swear oaths in my name that are not true, otherwise you defame the character of your God. I am the Lord.
13 “‘Migaba ame aɖeke alo ate ame aɖeke ɖe to o. “‘Mikpɔ egbɔ be yewoxe fe na yewoƒe agbatedɔwɔlawo kaba. Ne fe aɖe li miaxe na agbatedɔwɔlawo la, migana fe ma natsi mia ŋuti ŋu nake ɖe edzi o.
Don't cheat others or rob them. Don't refuse to pay wages due to workers until the morning.
14 “‘Migaƒo fi de tekunɔ o, eye migada nu ɖe ŋkuagbãtɔ si va yina la ƒe mɔ me o. Mivɔ̃ miaƒe Mawu. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
Don't speak badly about deaf people. Don't put objects in the way of blind people to trip them up. Instead show respect to your God. I am the Lord.
15 “‘Ele be ʋɔnudrɔ̃lawo nafia dzɔdzɔenyenye le woƒe nyametsotsowo me, eye womakpɔ ame aɖeke ƒe ahedada alo hotsuikpɔkpɔ dzi ɖa o. Ele be woawɔ nuteƒe ɣe sia ɣi.
Don't be a corrupt judge. Don't show favoritism to the poor or to the rich. Judge others fairly.
16 “‘Mèganye sakplisala anɔ yiyim le wò dukɔ me o. “‘Mègade nɔviwò asi be woatso kufia nɛ o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
Don't go around spreading false rumors about people. Don't keep quiet when the lives of others are at risk. I am the Lord.
17 “‘Mègalé fu nɔviwò o. Ka mo na ame si wɔ nu vɔ̃. Ne ègbe mokaka nɛ la, wò hã èwɔ nu vɔ̃ abe eya ke ene.
Don't hold onto hateful feelings towards others. Talk honestly with your neighbors, so that you don't sin because of them.
18 “‘Mègabia hlɔ̃ o. Mègalé nya ɖe dɔ me o, ke boŋ lɔ̃ nɔviwò abe ɖokuiwò ene, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
Don't look for revenge or hold a grudge against anybody, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
19 “‘Miwɔ nye seawo dzi. “‘Migana lã nayɔ asi lã ƒomevi bubu o. “‘Mègaƒã nuku ƒomevi vovovowo ɖe wò agble me o. “‘Mègado awu si wotɔ kple avɔ si wotsɔ lãfu tsaka ɖeti lɔ̃ la o.
Do what I tell you! Don't make different kinds of livestock breed together. Don't sow your fields with two different kinds of seed. Don't wear clothes made of two different kinds of material.
20 “‘Ne ŋutsu aɖe de asi kosi si menye ablɔɖeme o ŋu, eye wòbia eta na ɖeɖe la, woadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu wo le ʋɔnudrɔ̃ƒe, gake womawu wo o, elabena kosi la menye ablɔɖeme o.
If a man has sex with a servant girl promised to become another man's wife, but who hasn't yet been bought or set free, then compensation has to be paid. However, they are not to be killed, because she hadn't been set free.
21 Ele be ŋutsu la natsɔ eƒe fɔɖivɔsa vɛ na Yehowa le Agbadɔ la ƒe mɔnu. Nu si wòanae nye agbo.
But the man must bring a ram as his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
22 Nunɔla la alé avu kple agbo la le nu vɔ̃ si ŋutsu la wɔ ta, eye woatsɔe akee.
The priest will set things right for him before the Lord using the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and his sin will be forgiven.
23 “‘Ne mieva ɖo anyigba la dzi, eye miedo kutsetseti ƒomevi vovovowo la, migaɖu ƒe gbãtɔ etɔ̃awo ƒe tsetseawo o, elabena wole abe nu siwo ŋu wogbe nu le ene. Womaɖu wo o.
When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, treat the fruit at first as unclean. For three years you are forbidden to eat it.
24 Woatsɔ ƒe enelia ƒe kutsetsewo katã ana Yehowa abe eƒe kafukafunu ene.
The fourth year all the fruit must be dedicated to the Lord as a praise offering.
25 Ƒe atɔ̃lia ƒe kutsetsewoe nye mia tɔ. Nyee nye Yehowa miaƒe Mawu.
However, the fifth year you may eat the fruit and in this way you will have an even greater harvest. I am the Lord your God.
26 “‘Migaɖu lã si me ʋu metsyɔ le la o. “‘Migaka afa alo miawɔ adze o.
Don't eat meat with blood in it. Don't use fortune-telling or witchcraft.
27 “‘Mègalũ wò loglo o, eye mègafɔ wò ge dzi hã o.
Don't cut your hair on the sides of your head or trim the sides of your beard,
28 “‘Migasi mia ɖokuiwo alo miasi ame aɖe ŋuti le tsyɔ̃wɔwɔ me o. Nyee nye Yehowa.
don't cut your bodies in some pagan ritual for the dead, and don't get yourselves tattoos. I am the Lord.
29 “‘Mègagblẽ viwò ɖetugbi ƒe dzadzɛnyenye me to ewɔwɔ gboloe me o. Ne menye nenema o la, anyigba la azu gbolonyigba, eye ŋukpenanuwo anɔ edzi.
Don't bring shame on your daughter by making her a prostitute, otherwise the land will become morally and spiritually depraved.
30 “‘Milé se si ku ɖe nye Dzudzɔgbe ŋuti la me ɖe asi, eye miade bubu nye Agbadɔ la ŋu, elabena nyee nye Yehowa.
Keep my Sabbaths and show respect for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
31 “‘Migaƒo ɖi mia ɖokuiwo to ŋɔliyɔlawo kple bokɔnɔwo gbɔ dede me o, elabena nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
Don't try and find help from mediums or spiritists—don't even go looking for them, otherwise they will corrupt you. I am the Lord your God.
32 “‘Ele be miatsɔ bubu kple sisiɖa si dze la na ame tsitsiwo le Mawuvɔvɔ̃ ta. Nyee nye Yehowa!
Stand up and be respectful of older people. Show reverence for your God. I am the Lord.
33 “‘Migate amedzro siwo le miaƒe anyigba dzi la ɖe to o, eye migaba wo o.
Don't mistreat foreigners who live in your country.
34 Ele be mialé be na wo abe mia ɖokuiwo ene, eye miaɖo ŋku edzi be miawo hã mienye amedzrowo kpɔ le Egiptenyigba dzi. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu!
Treat them in the same way as a fellow citizen, and love them as you love yourself, because you were once foreigners living in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
35 “‘Migawɔ dzidzenu mademadewo ŋu dɔ ne miele didime, kpekpeme kple agbɔsɔsɔ dzidzem o.
Don't use dishonest weights and measures.
36 Miwɔ nudanu kple nudakpe anukwaretɔwo, nudanu kple nudzidzenu anukwaretɔwo ŋu dɔ. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu, ame si ɖe mi tso Egipte.
Make sure your scales and weights are accurate, that your measures of ephah and hin are correct. I am the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt.
37 “‘Ele be mialé nye sewo kple ɖoɖowo katã me ɖe asi, eye miawɔ wo dzi, elabena nyee nye Yehowa!’”
Keep all my rules and regulations, and make sure you follow them. I am the Lord.”
