Mose 3 25
1 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose le Sinai to la dzi bena,
And the Lord spoke to Moses on mount Sinai, saying:
2 “Ƒo nu na Israelviwo, eye nàgblɔ na wo be, ‘Ne miege ɖe anyigba si mele mia na ge dzi la, ele be anyigba la naɖu dzudzɔgbe na Yehowa.
Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: When you will have entered into the land which I will give to you, rest on the Sabbath of the Lord.
3 Miaƒã miaƒe nukuwo, aɖe miaƒe waintiwo ŋu, eye miaxa miaƒe agblemenukuwo,
For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall care for your vineyard, and you shall gather its fruits.
4 ke le ƒe adrelia me la, miagblẽ anyigba la ɖi le Yehowa ŋkume; miagade agble ɖe edzi o. Migaƒã nukuwo o, eye migaɖe miaƒe waintiwo ŋu le ƒe blibo la me o.
But in the seventh year, there shall be a Sabbath of the land, a resting of the Lord. You shall not sow your field, and you shall not care for your vineyard.
5 Migaŋe nuku siwo mie le wo ɖokuiwo si o; migagbe wain tsetsewo gɔ̃ hã na mia ɖokuiwo o, elabena ƒe adrelia nye dzudzɔƒe na anyigba la.
What the soil shall spontaneously produce, you shall not harvest. And you shall not gather the grapes of the first-fruits as a crop. For it is a year of rest for the land.
6 Nuɖuɖu ɖe sia ɖe si ado tso anyigba la me le dzudzɔƒe la me la, anye nuɖuɖu na mi, na wò ŋutɔ, wò ŋutsusubɔla kple wò nyɔnusubɔla kple agbatedɔwɔla kple ame si le gbɔwò le ŋkeke mawo me ko,
But these shall be yours for food, for you and for your men and women servants, and for your hired hands, and for the newcomers who sojourn with you:
7 hekpe ɖe wò aƒemelãwo kple lã wɔadã siwo le wò anyigba dzi la ŋu. Nu sia nu si anyigba la na la, woate ŋu aɖui.
all that grows on its own shall provide food for your beasts and cattle.
8 “‘Xlẽ dzudzɔƒe teƒe adre ale be dzudzɔƒe teƒe adreawo ƒe teƒe adre nanye ƒe blaene-vɔ-asiekɛ.
You shall also number for yourselves seven weeks of years, that is, seven times seven, which together makes forty-nine years.
9 Ekema na woaku kpẽ le afi sia afi le ɣleti adrelia ƒe ŋkeke ewoa gbe; le Avuléŋkeke la dzi la, na woaku kpẽ le wò anyigba blibo la dzi.
And you shall sound the trumpet in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, at the time of the atonement, throughout all your land.
10 Kɔ ƒe blatɔ̃lia ŋuti, eye nàɖe gbeƒã ablɔɖe le anyigba blibo la dzi na edzinɔlawo. Anye Aseyetsoƒe na mi. Mia dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe atrɔ ayi eƒe ƒome ƒe nunɔamesiwo gbɔ, eye ame sia ame atrɔ ayi eƒe to si me wòtso la me.
And you shall sanctify the fiftieth year, and you shall proclaim a remission for all the inhabitants of your land: for the same is the Jubilee. A man shall return to his possession, and each one shall go back to his original family,
11 Ƒe blaatɔ̃lia anye Aseyetsoƒe na mi. Migaƒã nu alo axa nuku siwo mie le woawo ŋutɔ ɖokui si alo agbe waintsetse siwo tsi gbe me o,
for it is the Jubilee and the fiftieth year. You shall not sow, and you shall not reap what grows in the field of its own accord, and you shall not gather the first-fruits of the crop,
12 elabena Aseyetsoƒe kɔkɔe aɖee wònye na mi. Le ƒe ma me la, miaƒe nuɖuɖu anye nuku siwo miexa tso agble me.
due to the sanctification of the Jubilee. But you shall eat them as they present themselves.
13 “‘Ɛ̃, le ƒe ma me la, ame sia ame atrɔ ayi wo de, ayi nu si nye eƒe ƒomea tɔ la gbɔ; ne edzra nane la, woagbugbɔe nɛ!
In the year of the Jubilee, all shall return to their possessions.
14 “‘Ne èdzra anyigba na Israelvi aɖe alo ƒlee le esi la, mègabae o.
When you will sell anything to your fellow citizen, or buy anything from him, do not cause your brother grief, but buy from him according to the number of years from the Jubilee,
15 Aseyetsoƒe la ŋu nàƒle nu le nɔviwo si ɖo, eye ƒe ale si sinu nàŋe nu la ŋu wòadzrae na wò ɖo.
and he shall sell to you according to the computation of the produce.
16 Ne Aseyetsoƒe la le ŋgɔ ƒe geɖe la, anyigba la ƒe home akɔ. Ke ne ƒe ʋɛ aɖewo koe susɔ la, asi la abɔbɔ, elabena nu si ŋuti wole asi dom ɖo lae nye agblemenuku siwo anyigbatɔ yeye la akpɔ le anyigba la dzi.
The more years that will remain after the Jubilee, the more the price shall increase, and the less the time is numbered, so much less shall the purchase price be. For he will sell to you the time for the produce.
17 Migaba mia nɔewo o, ke boŋ mivɔ̃ miaƒe Mawu; nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.
Do not be willing to afflict your countrymen, but let each one fear his God. For I am the Lord your God.
18 “‘Milé nye ɖoɖowo me ɖe asi, eye miakpɔ egbɔ be yewowɔ nye seawo dzi, ekema mianɔ dedie le anyigba la dzi.
Accomplish my precepts, and observe my judgments, and complete them, so that you may be able to live in the land without any fear,
19 Ne miewɔ seawo dzi la, miaƒe agblemenukuwo aʋã, eye miaɖu nu aɖi ƒo.
and so that the soil may produce its fruits for you, from which you may eat, even to fullness, dreading violence by no one.
20 Ke miabia be, “Nu ka míaɖu le ƒe adrelia me esi womeɖe mɔ na mí be míaƒã nu alo aŋe nu le ƒe ma me o?”
But if you will say: What shall we eat in the seventh year, if we do not sow and do not gather our produce?
21 Mayra mi le ƒe adelia me ale gbegbe be anyigba la ana nuɖuɖu si asu mia nu ƒe etɔ̃.
I will give my blessing to you in the sixth year, and it shall yield the produce of three years.
22 Ne mieƒã nukuwo le ƒe enyilia me la, miaɖu miaƒe nu xoxowo, eye miayi wo ɖuɖu dzi va se ɖe esime ƒe asiekɛlia ƒe nuŋeɣi naɖo.
And in the eighth year you shall sow, but you shall eat from the old produce, until the ninth year, until what is new matures, you shall eat what is old.
23 “‘Miɖo ŋku edzi be tɔnyee nye anyigba la, eya ta migadzrae ɖikaa o. Gbɔnyenɔlawo kple amedzro siwo le agble dzi nam ko mienye!
Also, the land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for it is mine, and you are newcomers and settlers to me.
24 Le anyigbadzadzra ƒe ɖoɖo ɖe sia ɖe me la, ele be woaɖo kpe edzi be anyigbadzrala la agate ŋu agbugbɔ anyigba la axɔ ɣe sia ɣi.
Therefore, every region of your possession shall be sold under the condition of redemption.
25 “‘Ne hiã tu ame aɖe, eye wòdzra eƒe anyigba ƒe akpa aɖe la, ekema eƒe ƒometɔ tututuwo ate ŋu axe fe ɖe eta, axɔe.
If your brother, being in need, will have sold his little possession and his close relative is willing, he is able to redeem what he had sold.
26 Ne ƒometɔ aɖeke meli si ate ŋu axɔe o, eye wòva kpɔ ga emegbe la,
But if he has no near relative, and he himself is able to find the price to redeem it,
27 ekema eya ŋutɔ agate ŋu aƒlee ɣe sia ɣi, eye wòaxe ga ɖe eta ɖe nuŋeɣi siwo susɔ hafi Aseyetsoƒe naɖo la nu. Ele be anyigbaƒlela la naxɔ ga la, eye wòagbugbɔ anyigba la na anyigbatɔ gbãtɔ.
the produce shall be calculated from that time when he sold it. And what is lacking, he shall repay to the buyer, and so he shall receive his possession.
28 Ke ne anyigbatɔ gbãtɔ la mete ŋu gbugbɔe ƒle o la, ekema anyigba la anye eƒlela la tɔ va se ɖe Aseyetsoƒe la dzi. Ke ele be wòagbugbɔe na anyigbatɔ la le Aseyetsoƒe la me kokoko.
But if his hand will not have discovered a way to repay the price, the buyer shall have what he bought, until the year of the Jubilee. For in that year all that has been sold shall return to the owner, and to the original possessor.
29 “‘Ne ame aɖe dzra eƒe aƒe le du si woɖo gli ƒo xlãe me la, agate ŋu axɔe le ƒe ɖeka me ko.
Whoever will have sold a house within the walls of a city shall have the freedom to redeem it, until one year has been completed.
30 Ke ne mete ŋu xɔe le ƒe ɖeka ma me o la, ekema azu eƒlela kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo tɔ ɖikaa, eye magbugbɔ ayi edzrala ƒe asi me le Aseyetsoƒe la gɔ̃ hã me o.
If he has not redeemed it, and the year will have turned full circle, the buyer and his posterity shall possess it, in perpetuity, and it is not able to be redeemed, even in the Jubilee.
31 Ke aƒe siwo le du siwo womeɖo gli ƒo xlã o me ya la le ko abe aƒe siwo wotso ɖe agblewo dzi ene, eya ta woate ŋu agbugbɔ wo axɔ ɣe sia ɣi, eye woagbugbɔ wo na nutɔ gbãtɔwo le Aseyetsoƒe la me kokoko.
But if the house is in a village, which has no walls, it shall be sold by the law of the fields. If it has not been redeemed beforehand, then in the Jubilee it shall return to the owner.
32 “‘Mele alea le Levitɔwo ya gome o. Levitɔwo ya ate ŋu agbugbɔ woƒe aƒewo axɔ ɣe sia ɣi, le du siwo wotsɔ na wo la me,
The buildings of the Levites, which are in the cities, are always able to be redeemed.
33 ke ne Levitɔ aɖeke mexɔe o la, ekema woaɖe asi le aƒe si wodzra le woawo ŋutɔ ƒe du me la ŋuti le Aseyetsoƒe la dzi, elabena Levitɔwo ƒe duwo nye woawo ŋutɔ tɔ le Israelviwo dome.
If they have not been redeemed, then in the Jubilee they shall return to the owners, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are for their possession among the sons of Israel.
34 Womeɖe mɔ na Levitɔwo be woadzra lãnyiƒenyigba siwo ƒo xlã woƒe duwo o, elabena wonye wo tɔ ɖikaa, eye womagate ŋu anye ame bubu aɖeke tɔ o.
But let not their suburbs be sold, for it is an everlasting possession.
35 “‘Ne hiã tu hawòvi, Israelvi, eye magate ŋu akpɔ eɖokui dzi o la, enye wò dɔdeasi be nàkpe ɖe eŋu. Na wòava nɔ gbɔwò le wò aƒe me abe amedzro si dze gbɔwò ene.
If your brother has become impoverished, or infirm of hand, and you take him in, like a newcomer or a sojourner, and he lives with you,
36 Mègaxɔ deme ɖe ga si nèdo nɛ la dzi o, ke boŋ vɔ̃ wò Mawu, eye nàna wòanɔ gbɔwò.
do not accept usury from him, nor anything more than what you gave. Fear your God, so that your brother may be able to live with you.
37 Ɖo ŋku edzi be deme aɖeke mele eme o, eye nàna nu sia nu si hiãe la adzɔmaxɔe. Mègati viɖe yome o.
You shall not give him your money by usury, nor exact from him an overabundance of produce.
38 Esiae nye sedede tso nye, Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la gbɔ, ame si kplɔ mi tso Egiptenyigba dzi be matsɔ Kanaanyigba ana mi, eye manye miaƒe Mawu.
I am the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, so that I might give to you the land of Canaan, and so that I may be your God.
39 “‘Ne nɔviwò Israelvi aɖe ɖo ko, eye wòdzra eɖokui na wò la, mele be nàwɔ eŋu dɔ abe kluvi bubuawo ene o,
If your brother, having been compelled by poverty, will have sold himself to you, you shall not oppress him with the servitude of indentured servants.
40 ke boŋ nàbui abe wò agbatedɔwɔla alo wò amedzro ene, eye wòasubɔ wò va se ɖe Aseyetsoƒe la me.
But he shall be like a hired hand or a settler; he shall work with you, until the year of the Jubilee.
41 Le Aseyetsoƒe la me la, ate ŋu adzo kple viawo, eye wòatrɔ ayi eya ŋutɔ ƒe ƒometɔwo kple eƒe domenyinuwo gbɔ.
And after that, he shall depart with his children, and he shall return to his kindred, to the possession of his fathers.
42 Esi wònye nyee kplɔ mi tso Egiptenyigba dzi, eye nye subɔlawo mienye ta la, mele be woadzra mi abe kluvi bubuawo ene loo
For these are my servants, and I led them away from the land of Egypt; let them not be sold into the condition of servitude.
43 alo awɔ fu mi o. Mivɔ̃ miaƒe Mawu.
Do not afflict him by power, but be fearful of your God.
44 “‘Miate ŋu aƒle kluviwo tso dukɔ bubu siwo ƒo xlã mi la me,
Let your male and female servants be from the nations which are all around you,
45 eye miate ŋu aƒle amedzro siwo ƒo xlã mi la ƒe viwo, togbɔ be wodzi wo le miaƒe anyigba dzi hã.
and from the newcomers who sojourn with you, or who have been born from them in your land. These you shall have as servants,
46 Woanye kluviwo na mi tegbetegbe, eye miagblẽ wo ɖi na mia viwo. Ke mele be miawɔ mia nɔvi, Israelviwo ya nenema o.
and, by the right of inheritance, you shall transmit them to your posterity, and you shall possess them forever. But do not oppress your brothers, the sons of Israel, by power.
47 “‘Ne amedzro aɖe si le mia dome zu hotsuitɔ, eye ne Israelvi aɖe ɖo ko, eye wòdzra eɖokui na amedzro hotsuitɔ la alo hotsuitɔ la ƒe ƒometɔ la,
If the hand of a newcomer or a sojourner will have grown strong among you, and your brother, having become impoverished, will have sold himself to him, or to any of his stock,
48 Israelvi la nɔviŋutsu,
after the sale, he is able to be redeemed. Whoever is willing among his brothers shall redeem him:
49 fofoa alo dadaa nɔviŋutsu, nɔvia ŋutsu alo nɔvia nyɔnu, viŋutsu alo ame sia ame si nye eƒe ƒometɔ tututu la ate ŋu axɔe. Eya ŋutɔ hã ate ŋu axɔ eɖokui ne ate ŋu akpɔ ga home la.
either the paternal uncle, or the paternal uncle’s son, or his close relative, by blood or by affinity. But if he himself will be able also, he shall redeem himself,
50 Fe si wòaxe ɖe eƒe ablɔɖe ta la, aku ɖe ƒe siwo susɔ hafi Aseyetsoƒe la naɖo la ŋu. Esɔ kple fe si woaxe na agbatedɔwɔlawo le ƒe mawo me.
considering only the years from the time of his selling until the year of the Jubilee, and calculating the money for which he was sold, according to the number of years and the accounting of a hired hand.
51 Ne ƒe geɖewo ava yi hafi Aseyetsoƒe la naɖo la, ekema amea axe ga si wòxɔ esime wòdzra eɖokui la ƒe akpa gãtɔ.
If there will have been many years which remain until the Jubilee, according to these shall he also repay the price.
52 Ne ƒeawo va yi, eye wòsusɔ ƒe ʋɛ aɖewo ko Aseyetsoƒe la naɖo la, ekema axe ga si wòxɔ esi wòdzra eɖokui la ƒe akpa sue aɖe ko.
If few, he shall determine the accounting with him according to the number of years, and he shall repay to the buyer by what is left remaining of the years;
53 Ne edzra eɖokui na amedzro aɖe la, ele be amedzro la nalé be nɛ abe agbatedɔwɔla ene, ke mawɔ eŋu dɔ abe kluvi alo nu si nye etɔ la ene o.
his wages being charged by what served before. He shall not afflict him violently in your sight.
54 “‘Ne womete ŋu xɔe hafi Aseyetsoƒe la ɖo o la, ekema woana ablɔɖe eya ŋutɔ kple viawo le Aseyetsoƒe la me.
But if, by these means, he will not be able to be redeemed, then in the year of the Jubilee he shall depart with his children.
55 Elabena nye amewoe nye Israelviwo. Nyee ɖe wo tso Egiptenyigba dzi. Nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu.’”
For they are my servants, the sons of Israel, whom I led away from the land of Egypt.
