5 Mose 14

1 Moyɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, mma. Ɛno nti monnsesa mo ho anaa monntworɔtworɔw mo moma so mma awufo,

“Be sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make yourselves bald, because of 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 you are a holy people, for the Lord your God. And he chose you, so that you may be a people particularly his, out of all the nations on earth.

3 Munnni akyiwade biara.

You shall not eat the things that are unclean.

4 Eyinom ne mmoa a ɛsɛ sɛ mowe: nantwi, oguan, abirekyi

These are the animals which you ought to eat: the ox, and the sheep, and the goat,

5 ɔforote, adowa, ɔwansan, ewi, ɔtwe, ne ɛko.

the stag and the roe deer, the gazelle, the wild goat, the addax, the antelope, the giraffe.

6 Na munni tɔteboa biara a ne tɔte mu apae abien na opuw wosaw.

Every beast which has a hoof divided into two parts and which also chews the cud, you 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.

But those which chew over again, but do not have a divided hoof, you must not eat, such as the camel, the hare, and the hyrax. Since these chew the cud, but do not have a divided the hoof, they shall be 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.

The pig also, since it has a divided hoof, but does not chew over again, shall be unclean. Their flesh shall not be eaten, and you shall not touch their carcasses.

9 Nsumnam a wɔwɔ ntɛtɛ ne abon nyinaa mutumi we.

These you shall eat out of all that dwells in the waters: whatever has fins and scales, you shall eat.

10 Nanso nsumnam a wonni ntɛtɛ ne abon de, monnwe. Wɔn ho ntew mma mo.

Whatever is without fins and scales, you shall not eat, for these are unclean.

11 Anomaa biara a ne ho tew no, monwe.

All the clean birds, you shall eat.

12 Nnomaa a ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe ni: ɔkɔre, opete, asu so kɔre,

You shall not eat those that are unclean: such as the eagle, and the griffin, and the osprey,

13 ɔkompete, nkorɔma ahorow nyinaa

the crane, and the vulture, and the kite, according to their kind,

14 kwaakwaadabi ahorow nyinaa,

and any kind of raven,

15 sohori, anadwo akoroma, ɛpo so asomfena ne akoroma ahorow nyinaa,

and the ostrich, and the owl, and the gull, and the hawk, according to their kind,

16 patu, ɔpatukɛse, bakanoma

the heron, and the swan, and the ibis,

17 nantwinoma, opete ne ɛpo so kwaakwaadabi,

and the sea bird, the marsh hen, and the night raven,

18 ne asukɔnkɔn ahorow nyinaa, asuɔkwaa ne ampan.

the pelican and the plover, each in their kind, likewise the crested hoopoe and the bat.

19 Ntummoa a wɔwea nyinaa ho ntew mma mo; monnwe.

And anything which crawls and also has little wings shall be unclean, and shall not be eaten.

20 Nanso aboa a ɔwɔ ntaban a ne ho tew biara no motumi we.

All that is clean, you shall eat.

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.

But whatever has died of itself, you shall not eat from it. Give it to the sojourner, who is within your gates, so that he may eat, or sell it to him. For you are the holy people of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of his mother.

22 Afe biara monhwɛ na munyi mo mfuw mu nnɔbae nkyɛmu du mu baako.

Each year, you shall separate the tithes out of all your crops which spring forth from the earth.

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 you shall eat these in the sight of the Lord your God, in the place which he will choose, so that his name may be invoked there: the tenth part of your grain and wine and oil, and the firstborn from the herds and your sheep. So may you learn to fear the Lord your God at all times.

24 Sɛ beae a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛkyerɛ mo sɛ monkamfo ne din no ne nea mote no ntam kwan ware a,

But when the way and the place which the Lord your God will have chosen is further away, and he will have blessed you, so that you are not able to carry all these things to it,

25 ɛno de, momfa mo ntotoso du du no nsesa dwetɛ na momfa dwetɛ no nkɔ beae a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw no.

you shall sell them all, so as to turn them into money, and you shall carry it in your hand, and you shall set out for the place which the Lord will 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 you shall buy with the same money whatever pleases you, either from the herds or from the sheep, and also wine and liquor, and all that your soul desires. And you shall eat in the sight of the Lord your God, and you shall feast: you and your household.

27 Na mummu mo ani ngu Lewifo a wɔfra mo mu no so, efisɛ wonni wɔn ankasa wɔn agyapade biara.

As for the Levite, who is within your gates, take care that you do not abandon him, for he has no other portion within your possession.

28 Mfe abiɛsa biara awiei no, momfa mo nnɔbae so ntotoso du du no mmra mmɛkora wɔ mo nkurow mu,

In the third year, you shall separate another tenth part of all the things which spring forth for you at that time, and you shall store it within your gates.

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, who has no other portion or possession with you, and the sojourner as well as the orphan and the widow who are within your gates, shall approach and eat and be satisfied, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works of your hands which you shall do.”