5 Mose 12

1 Eyinom ne mmara ne ahyɛde a ɛsɛ sɛ mohwɛ na mudi so, mmere dodow a mote asase a Awurade, mo agyanom Nyankopɔn, de ama mo no so.

And these [are] the ordinances and the judgements, which you shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives you for an inheritance, all the days which you live upon the land.

2 Sɛ mutu aman a wɔtete hɔ no fi hɔ a, mosɛe mmeae ahorow bi sɛ mmepɔw atifi, nkoko so, ne nnua a atrɛtrɛw no ase a wɔsom wɔn anyame no nyinaa.

You shall utterly destroy all the places in which they served their gods, whose [land] you inherit, on the high mountains and on the hills, and under the thick tree.

3 Mummubu wɔn afɔremuka nyinaa na monyam wɔn ɔsom adum no. Momfa ogya nhyew wɔn abosompɔw na mommobɔ wɔn ahoni a wɔayeyɛ no. Mompepa wɔn ahoni no din mfi mmeae ahorow a ɛwɔ no.

And you shall destroy their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their groves, and you shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods, and you shall abolish their name out of that place.

4 Mommfa wɔn akwan no so nsom Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn.

You shall not do so to the Lord your God.

5 Na mmom, monhwehwɛ faako a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, beyi afi mo mmusuakuw mu ama mo no na munnyina ne din wɔ hɔ sɛ nʼatenae. Beae hɔ na ɛsɛ sɛ mokɔ.

But in the place which the Lord your God shall choose in one of your cities to name his name there, and to be called upon, you shall even seek [him] out and go there.

6 Ɛhɔ na momfa mo hyew afɔrebɔde mmra mmɛbɔ a mo ntotoso du du, akyɛde sononko, ade a moaka ho ntam sɛ mode bɛba ne afɔrebɔde a efi mo pɛ mu, mo anantwi ne mo nguan mu mmakan nso nka ho.

And you shall carry there your whole burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your first fruits, and your vowed-offerings, and your free will offerings, and your offerings of thanksgiving, the firstborn of your herds, and of your flocks.

7 Ɛhɔ, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no anim hɔ no, na mo ne mo abusuafo bedidi na mo ani agye wɔ biribiara a mode mo nsa aka ho, efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, ahyira mo.

And you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice in all the things on which you shall lay your hand, you and your houses, as the Lord your God has blessed you.

8 Nnɛ yi, nea mopɛ biara na moyɛ, nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ ɛba saa,

You shall not do altogether as we do here today, every man that which is pleasing in his own sight.

9 efisɛ munnuu ahomegyebea ne agyapade a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de rebɛma mo no hɔ ɛ.

For hitherto you have not arrived at the rest and the inheritance, which the Lord our God gives you.

10 Nanso mubetwa Asubɔnten Yordan akɔtena asase a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de rema mo sɛ agyapade no so. Na ɔbɛma mo ahomegye ne bammɔ afi mo atamfo a wɔatwa mo ho ahyia no nsam na moatena ase dwoodwoo.

And you shall go over Jordan, and shall dwell in the land, which the Lord our God takes as an inheritance for you; and he shall give you rest from all your enemies round about, and you shall dwell safely.

11 Momfa biribiara a mehyɛ mo sɛ momfa mmra sɛ ɛyɛ mo ɔhyew afɔrebɔde, ntotoso du du, akyɛde sononko ne mo ɔma ahorow no mfa nhyɛ mo ntanka no mu kena wɔ beae a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, beyi ama mo a sɛ monsɔre ne din wɔ hɔ no.

And there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose for his name to be called there, there shall you bring all things that I order you today; your whole burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the first fruits of your hands, and every choice gift of yours, whatever you shall vow to the Lord your God.

12 Mo ne mo mmabarima, mo mmabea ne mo nkoa nyinaa nnye mo ani wɔ hɔ wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim. Na monkae Lewifo a wɔtete mo nkurow so no a wonni wɔn ankasa agyapade no.

And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants and your maidservants, and the Levite that is at your gates; because he has no portion or inheritance with you.

13 Monhwɛ yiye na moammɔ mo hyew afɔre wɔ baabiara a mopɛ.

Take heed to yourself that you offer not your whole burnt offerings in any place which you shall see;

14 Mommɔ wɔ baabi pɔtee a Awurade ayi afi mo mmusua asase bi mu ama mo no nkutoo. Ɛhɔ na monyɛ biribiara a mehyɛ mo sɛ monyɛ no.

save in the place which the Lord your God shall choose, in one of your tribes, there shall you offer your whole burnt offerings, and there shall you do all things whatever I charge you this day.

15 Nanso kurow biara a mopɛ so no, mutumi kum mmoa we sɛnea mukum atwe ne adabɔ no. Mutumi we nam dodow biara a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, de behyira mo no. Wɔn a wɔn ho tew ne wɔn a wɔn ho ntew no nyinaa tumi we bi.

But you shall kill according to all your desire, and shall eat flesh according to the blessing of the Lord your God, which he has given you in every city; the unclean that is within you and the clean shall eat it on equal terms, as the doe or the stag.

16 Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ mudi mogya no. Muntwa ngu fam te sɛ nsu.

Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the ground as water.

17 Ɛnsɛ sɛ mudi mo afɔre, ntotoso du du a efi mo atoko mu, mo nsa foforo ne ngo anaa mo anantwi ne mo nguan abakan wɔ mo kurow mu. Biribiara a moaka ho ntam sɛ mode bɛma Awurade anaa nea mufi mo koma mu ahyɛ ho bɔ anaa akyɛde sononko biara no, ɛnsɛ sɛ mudi.

You shall not be able to eat in your cities the tithe of your corn, and of your wine, and of your oil, the firstborn of your herd and of your flock, and all [your] vows as many as you shall have vowed, and your thank-offerings, and the first fruits of your hands.

18 Mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ mudi wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, anim wɔ faako a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛkyerɛ mo a mo, mo mmabarima ne mo mmabea, mo nkoa ne mo mfenaa ne Lewifo a wofi mo nkurow mu ka ho no, munnye mo ani wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim wɔ biribiara a mobɛyɛ no ho.

But before the Lord your God you shall eat it, in the place which the Lord your God shall choose for himself, you, and your son, and your daughter, your man-servant, and your maidservant, and the stranger that is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, on whatever you shall lay your hand.

19 Monhwɛ yiye na moanyi Lewifo no mu wɔ mmere dodow a mote mo asase so no.

Take heed to yourself that you do not desert the Levite all the time that you live upon the earth.

20 Sɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, trɛw mo hye mu sɛnea wahyɛ mo ho bɔ no, na sɛ mo kɔn dɔ nam ka se, “Yenya nam bi a anka yɛbɛwe” a, ɛno de, mubetumi awe nam dodow biara a mopɛ.

And if the Lord your God shall enlarge your borders, as he said to you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh; if your soul should desire to eat flesh, you shall eat flesh according to all the desire of your soul.

21 Sɛ faako a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ayi ama mo sɛ monkamfo ne din hɔ no ne mmeae a mowɔ no ntam ware a, mutumi kum mo anantwi anaa nguan a Awurade de ama mo no dodow biara a mopɛ no wɔ mo afi mu sɛnea mahyɛ mo no.

And if the place be far from you, which the Lord your God shall choose for himself, that his name be called upon it, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock which God shall have given you, even as I commanded you, and you shall eat in your cities according to the desire of your soul.

22 Monwe sɛnea mowe atwe anaa adabɔ. Wɔn a wɔn ho ntew ne wɔn a wɔn ho tew no nyinaa tumi we bi.

As the doe and the stag are eaten, so shall you eat it; the unclean in you and the clean shall eat it in like manner.

23 Monhwɛ sɛ morenni mogya no, efisɛ mogya no ne nkwa no, na ɛnsɛ sɛ mudi nkwa no ne nam no.

Take diligent heed that you eat no blood, for blood [is] the life of it; the life shall not be eaten with the flesh.

24 Munni mogya no; mmom, munhwie ngu fam sɛ nsu.

You shall not eat [it]; you shall pour it out on the ground as water.

25 Munnni mogya no na asi mo ne mo mma yiye, efisɛ moyɛ saa a na moayɛ nea ɛteɛ wɔ Awurade ani so.

You shall not eat it, that it may be well with you and with your sons after you, if you shall do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord your God.

26 Momfa mo nneɛma a moatew ho ne nea moaka ho ntam sɛ mobɛma biara no, na monkɔ beae a Awurade bɛpaw no.

But you shall take your holy things, if you have any, and your vowed-offerings, and come to the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name named upon it.

27 Momfa mo ɔhyew afɔre, nam ne mogya no nyinaa, ngu Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, afɔremuka so. Ɛsɛ sɛ muhwie mo afɔrebɔde no mogya no gu Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, afɔremuka no nkyɛn. Mmom, mubetumi awe nam no.

And you shall sacrifice your whole burnt offerings, you shall offer the flesh upon the altar of the Lord your God; but the blood of your sacrifices you shall pour out at the foot of the altar of the Lord your God, but the flesh you shall eat.

28 Monhwɛ sɛ mubedi mmara ahorow a mede rema mo yi nyinaa so, na asi mo ne mo mma a wɔbɛba wɔ mo akyi no yiye, efisɛ ɛno na ɛbɛyɛ nea eye ne nea ɛteɛ wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no ani so.

Beware and listen, and you shall do all the commands which I charge you, that it may be well with you and with your sons for ever, if you shall do that which is pleasing and good before the Lord your God.

29 Na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bedi mo anim kan akɔsɛe aman a morekɔtoa wɔn no na mopam wɔn. Na sɛ mopam wɔn kɔtena wɔn nsase no so,

And if the Lord your God shall utterly destroy the nations, to whom you go in there to inherit their land, from before you, and you shall inherit it, and dwell in their land;

30 na sɛ wonya di mo anim sɛe wɔn a, monhwɛ yiye na moammisa wɔn anyame no ase anka se, “Ɔkwan bɛn so na saa aman yi fa som wɔn anyame? Yɛpɛ sɛ yɛyɛ saa bi,” amfa so ankɔtɔ afiri mu.

take heed to yourself that you seek not to follow them after they are destroyed before you, saying, How do these nations act towards their gods? I will do likewise.

31 Mommfa wɔn kwan so nsom Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, efisɛ wɔn anyame no som mu no, wɔyɛ akyiwade ahorow a Awurade kyi no nyinaa mpɛ. Mpo, wɔhyew wɔn mmabarima ne wɔn mmabea wɔ ogya sɛ wɔde rebɔ afɔre ama wɔn anyame no.

You shall not do so to your God; for they have sacrificed to their gods the abominations of the Lord which he hates, for they burn their sons and their daughters in fire to their gods.

32 Monhwɛ sɛ mubedi nea mahyɛ mo no nyinaa so; mommfa bi nka ho na munnyi bi nso mfi mu.

Every word that I command you this day, it shall you observe to do: you shall not add to it, nor diminish from it.