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.

These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days that you live on the earth.

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 surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green 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.

You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy 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 to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come 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.

You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock there.

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.

There you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.

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

You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

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

for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the LORD your 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.

But when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the LORD your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety,

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.

then it shall happen that to the place which the LORD your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD.

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.

You shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

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

Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you 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.

but in the place which the LORD chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

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.

Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the LORD your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.

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 earth like 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 may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your free will offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;

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 you shall eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you put your hand to.

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

Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

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.

When the LORD your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after 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.

If the place which the LORD your God shall choose to put his name is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all 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.

Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.

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

Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.

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

You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like 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 go well with you and with your children after you, when you do that which is right in the LORD’s eyes.

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

Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD shall choose.

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.

You shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the LORD your God’s altar. The blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the LORD your God’s altar, and you shall eat the meat.

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.

Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the LORD your God’s eyes.

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,

When the LORD your God cuts off the nations from before you where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them 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.

be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them after they are destroyed from before you, and that you not enquire after their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve 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 the LORD your God; for every abomination to the LORD, which he hates, they have done to their gods; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.

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

Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.