5 Mose 14
1 Moyɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, mma. Ɛno nti monnsesa mo ho anaa monntworɔtworɔw mo moma so mma awufo,
All of you are the children of the LORD your God: all of you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your 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 you are an holy people unto the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be an exclusive people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
3 Munnni akyiwade biara.
You shall not eat any abominable thing.
4 Eyinom ne mmoa a ɛsɛ sɛ mowe: nantwi, oguan, abirekyi
These are the beasts which all of you shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5 ɔforote, adowa, ɔwansan, ewi, ɔtwe, ne ɛko.
The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
6 Na munni tɔteboa biara a ne tɔte mu apae abien na opuw wosaw.
And every beast that parts the hoof, and cleaves the cleft into two claws, and chews the cud among the beasts, that all of 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.
Nevertheless these all of you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are 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, because it divides the hoof, yet chews not the cud, it is unclean unto you: all of you shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass.
9 Nsumnam a wɔwɔ ntɛtɛ ne abon nyinaa mutumi we.
These all of you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall all of you eat:
10 Nanso nsumnam a wonni ntɛtɛ ne abon de, monnwe. Wɔn ho ntew mma mo.
And whatsoever has not fins and scales all of you may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
11 Anomaa biara a ne ho tew no, monwe.
Of all clean birds all of you shall eat.
12 Nnomaa a ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe ni: ɔkɔre, opete, asu so kɔre,
But these are they of which all of you shall not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the buzzard,
13 ɔkompete, nkorɔma ahorow nyinaa
And the vulture, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
14 kwaakwaadabi ahorow nyinaa,
And every raven after his kind,
15 sohori, anadwo akoroma, ɛpo so asomfena ne akoroma ahorow nyinaa,
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind,
16 patu, ɔpatukɛse, bakanoma
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
17 nantwinoma, opete ne ɛpo so kwaakwaadabi,
And the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the cormorant,
18 ne asukɔnkɔn ahorow nyinaa, asuɔkwaa ne ampan.
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
19 Ntummoa a wɔwea nyinaa ho ntew mma mo; monnwe.
And every creeping thing that flies is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
20 Nanso aboa a ɔwɔ ntaban a ne ho tew biara no motumi we.
But of all clean fowls all of you may 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.
All of you shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you shall give it unto the stranger that is in your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it unto an foreigner: for you are an holy people unto the LORD your God. You shall not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
22 Afe biara monhwɛ na munyi mo mfuw mu nnɔbae nkyɛmu du mu baako.
You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth 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 you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of your corn, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks; that you may learn to fear the LORD your 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 way be too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from you, which the LORD your God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD your God has blessed you:
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 shall you turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go unto the place which the LORD your 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 you shall bestow that money for whatsoever your soul lusts after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever your soul desires: and you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household,
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 within your gates; you shall not forsake him; for he has no part nor inheritance with you.
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 you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase the same year, and shall lay it up 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, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you, ) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
