5 Mose 14
1 Moyɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, mma. Ɛno nti monnsesa mo ho anaa monntworɔtworɔw mo moma so mma awufo,
Ye are sons of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person.
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 unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
3 Munnni akyiwade biara.
Thou shalt 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 ox, the sheep, and the goat;
5 ɔforote, adowa, ɔwansan, ewi, ɔtwe, ne ɛko.
the hart, and the gazelle, and the stag, and the wild goat, and the dishon and the oryx, and the wild sheep.
6 Na munni tɔteboa biara a ne tɔte mu apae abien na opuw wosaw.
And every beast that hath cloven hoofs, and the feet quite split open into double hoofs, [and] which cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that 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.
Only these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with hoofs cloven and split open: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger; for they chew the cud, but have not cloven hoofs — they shall be unclean unto 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 the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, yet cheweth not the cud — it shall be unclean unto you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch.
9 Nsumnam a wɔwɔ ntɛtɛ ne abon nyinaa mutumi we.
These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales shall ye eat;
10 Nanso nsumnam a wonni ntɛtɛ ne abon de, monnwe. Wɔn ho ntew mma mo.
but whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat: it shall be unclean unto you.
11 Anomaa biara a ne ho tew no, monwe.
All clean birds shall ye eat.
12 Nnomaa a ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe ni: ɔkɔre, opete, asu so kɔre,
But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,
13 ɔkompete, nkorɔma ahorow nyinaa
and the falcon, and the kite, and the black kite after its kind;
14 kwaakwaadabi ahorow nyinaa,
and every raven after its kind;
15 sohori, anadwo akoroma, ɛpo so asomfena ne akoroma ahorow nyinaa,
and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;
16 patu, ɔpatukɛse, bakanoma
the owl, and the ibis and the swan,
17 nantwinoma, opete ne ɛpo so kwaakwaadabi,
and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,
18 ne asukɔnkɔn ahorow nyinaa, asuɔkwaa ne ampan.
and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
19 Ntummoa a wɔwea nyinaa ho ntew mma mo; monnwe.
And every winged crawling thing shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.
20 Nanso aboa a ɔwɔ ntaban a ne ho tew biara no motumi we.
All clean fowls shall ye 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.
Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
22 Afe biara monhwɛ na munyi mo mfuw mu nnɔbae nkyɛmu du mu baako.
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, the produce of the 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 before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he will choose to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God continually.
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 way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God will choose to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God blesseth 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 shalt thou give it for money, and bind the money together in thy hand, and go to the place which Jehovah thy God 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 thou shalt give the money for whatever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy house.
27 Na mummu mo ani ngu Lewifo a wɔfra mo mu no so, efisɛ wonni wɔn ankasa wɔn agyapade biara.
And thou shalt not forsake the Levite that is within thy gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.
28 Mfe abiɛsa biara awiei no, momfa mo nnɔbae so ntotoso du du no mmra mmɛkora wɔ mo nkurow mu,
At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy 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 — for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee — and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
