5 Mose 14
1 Moyɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, mma. Ɛno nti monnsesa mo ho anaa monntworɔtworɔw mo moma so mma awufo,
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not make any baldness between you eyes for the dead.
2 efisɛ, moyɛ nnipa kronkron ma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no. Nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa, mo na Awurade ayi mo sɛ nʼagyapade a ɛsom bo.
For thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God, and the Lord thy God has chosen thee to be a peculiar people to himself of all the nations on the face of the earth.
3 Munnni akyiwade biara.
Ye shall not eat any abominable thing.
4 Eyinom ne mmoa a ɛsɛ sɛ mowe: nantwi, oguan, abirekyi
These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat; the calf of the herd, and lamb of the sheep, and kid of the goats;
5 ɔforote, adowa, ɔwansan, ewi, ɔtwe, ne ɛko.
the stag, and doe, and pygarg, and wild goat, and camelopard.
6 Na munni tɔteboa biara a ne tɔte mu apae abien na opuw wosaw.
Every beast that divides the hoofs, and makes claws of two divisions, and that chews the cud among beasts, these ye shall eat.
7 Nanso ntɔteboa a wopuw wosaw anaa wɔn tɔte mu apae abien no mu no, monnwe yoma, adanko ne atwaboa, efisɛ, wopuw wosaw de, nanso wɔn tɔte mu mpae; wɔn ho ntew mma mo.
And these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, and of those that divide the hoofs, and make distinct claws; the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud, and do not divide the hoof, these are unclean to you.
8 Prako nso ho ntew. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ ne tɔte mu apae de, nanso ompuw nwosaw. Ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe ne nam anaa mode mo nsa so ne funu mu koraa.
And as for the swine, because he divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, ye shall not touch their dead bodies.
9 Nsumnam a wɔwɔ ntɛtɛ ne abon nyinaa mutumi we.
And these ye shall eat of all that are in the water, ye shall eat all that have fins and scales.
10 Nanso nsumnam a wonni ntɛtɛ ne abon de, monnwe. Wɔn ho ntew mma mo.
And all that have not fins and scales ye shall not eat; they are unclean to you.
11 Anomaa biara a ne ho tew no, monwe.
Ye shall eat every clean bird.
12 Nnomaa a ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe ni: ɔkɔre, opete, asu so kɔre,
And these of them ye shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,
13 ɔkompete, nkorɔma ahorow nyinaa
and the vulture, and the kite and the like to it,
14 kwaakwaadabi ahorow nyinaa,
15 sohori, anadwo akoroma, ɛpo so asomfena ne akoroma ahorow nyinaa,
and the sparrow, and the owl, and the seamew,
16 patu, ɔpatukɛse, bakanoma
and the heron, and the swan, and the stork,
17 nantwinoma, opete ne ɛpo so kwaakwaadabi,
and the cormorant, and the hawk, and its like, and the hoopoe, and the raven,
18 ne asukɔnkɔn ahorow nyinaa, asuɔkwaa ne ampan.
and the pelican, and the diver and the like to it, and the red-bill and the bat.
19 Ntummoa a wɔwea nyinaa ho ntew mma mo; monnwe.
All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; ye shall not eat of them.
20 Nanso aboa a ɔwɔ ntaban a ne ho tew biara no motumi we.
Ye shall eat every clean bird.
21 Monnwe aboa biara a mubehu sɛ wawu. Momfa mma ɔhɔho a ɔne mo te, anaasɛ montɔn ma ɔnanani. Na mo ankasa de, monnwe, efisɛ wɔayi mo asi nkyɛn sɛ ɔman kronkron ama Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no. Monnnoa abirekyi ba wɔ ne na nufusu mu.
Ye shall eat nothing that dies of itself; it shall be given to the sojourner in thy cities and he shall eat it, or thou shalt sell it to a stranger, because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a lamb in his mother's milk.
22 Afe biara monhwɛ na munyi mo mfuw mu nnɔbae nkyɛmu du mu baako.
Thou shalt tithe a tenth of all the produce of thy seed, the fruit of thy field year by year.
23 Munni mo atoko, nsa, ne ngo, ne mo anantwi ne nguan abakan wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim wɔ faako a ɔbɛpaw sɛ ɛyɛ atenae wɔ ne din mu na ama moasua sɛnea wosi di Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no ni daa.
And thou shalt eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called there; ye shall bring the tithe of thy corn and of thy wine, and of thine oil, the first-born of thy herd and of thy flock, that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.
24 Sɛ beae a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛkyerɛ mo sɛ monkamfo ne din no ne nea mote no ntam kwan ware a,
And if the journey be too far for thee, and thou art not able to bring them, because the place [is] far from thee which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called there, because the Lord thy God will bless thee;
25 ɛno de, momfa mo ntotoso du du no nsesa dwetɛ na momfa dwetɛ no nkɔ beae a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw no.
then thou shalt sell them for money, and thou shalt take the money in thy hands, and thou shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose.
26 Sɛ mudu hɔ a, momfa sika no ntɔ biribiara a mo kɔn dɔ, sɛ ebia, nantwi, oguan, bobesa, anaa nsa biara a ɛyɛ den ne ade biara a mo kra pɛ na mo ne mo fifo nni wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim na mo ani nnye.
And thou shalt give the money for whatsoever thy soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or [thou shalt lay it out] on strong drink, or on whatsoever thy soul may desire, and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice and thy house,
27 Na mummu mo ani ngu Lewifo a wɔfra mo mu no so, efisɛ wonni wɔn ankasa wɔn agyapade biara.
and the Levite that is in thy cities, because he has not a portion or inheritance with thee.
28 Mfe abiɛsa biara awiei no, momfa mo nnɔbae so ntotoso du du no mmra mmɛkora wɔ mo nkurow mu,
After three years thou shalt bring out all the tithes of thy fruits, in that year thou shalt lay it up in thy cities.
29 sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Lewifo a wonni agyapade mu kyɛfa wɔ mo mu no ne ananafo a wɔwɔ mo nkurow so ne nyisaa ne akunafo a wɔwɔ mo nkurow so no betumi adidi amee; na ama Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ahyira mo nsa ano nnwuma nyinaa so.
And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with thee, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in thy cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works which thou shalt do.
