5 Mose 15

1 Muntwa mo aka mu mfe ason awiei biara.

At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

2 Ɔkwan a ɛsɛ sɛ mofa so ni: Ɛsɛ sɛ obiara a wabɔ ne yɔnko Israelni bosea no, de kyɛ no. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔdan ne yɔnko no anaa ne busuani ka, efisɛ wɔapae mu aka Awurade bere a wɔde ka kyɛ no.

This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.

3 Saa ka a wotwa mu yi ka mo yɔnkonom Israelfo no nko ara. Ahɔho a wɔte mo mu no de, sɛ mopɛ a mobɛma wɔn atua.

You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.

4 Mmom, ɛnsɛ sɛ ahiafo ba mo mu efisɛ, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no behyira mo wɔ asase a ɔde rema mo sɛ mo agyapade no so,

There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,

5 sɛ motɔ mo bo ase di Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, mmara a mede rema mo nnɛ yi nyinaa so a.

if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.

6 Efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo sɛnea wahyɛ mo bɔ no. Mobɛbɔ aman bebree bosea, nanso moremmɔ obiara hɔ bosea da. Mubedi aman bebree so, nanso obiara renni mo so da.

When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.

7 Sɛ mudu nkurow a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no so na sɛ ehia mo yɔnkonom Israelfo no bi a, mummpirim mo koma anaa mommma mo nsam nyɛ den wɔ wɔn so.

If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

8 Mmom, mungow mo nsam na momfɛm wɔn nea ehia wɔn biara.

Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.

9 Monhwɛ na moannya saa adwemmɔne yi wɔ mo tirim sɛ: “Afe a ɛto so ason, afe a wotwa aka mu no, abɛn,” na moannyina so ammɔ mo mfɛfo Israelfo a ahia wɔn no atirimɔden a moremma wɔn hwee. Ɛba saa a, wobesu afrɛ Awurade de atia mo, na ɛbɛma wɔabu mo bɔne ho fɔ.

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

10 Mumfi koma pa mu mma na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo wɔ mo nnwuma nyinaa ne biribiara a mode mo nsa bɛka no mu.

Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.

11 Bere biara, mubehu ahiafo wɔ asase no so. Ɛno nti merehyɛ mo sɛ, biribiara a mowɔ no, mumfi ɔpɛ pa mu mma mo mfɛfo Israelfo a ahia wɔn wɔ asase no so no.

For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

12 Sɛ wo nua Hebrini, sɛ ɔyɛ barima anaa ɔbea, tɔn ne ho ma wo na ɔsom wo mfirihyia asia a, ɛsɛ sɛ wugyaa no ma ɔde ne ho afe a ɛto so ason no.

If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.

13 Na sɛ woregya no kwan a, mma no nkɔ nsapan.

And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.

14 Fa nsa a emu gow so ma no wo nguan no bi, wʼawiporowbea mu ade ne wo nsakyi amoa mu ade bi. Hwɛ sɛnea Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn no, asi ahyira wo no so na ma no.

You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.

15 Monkae sɛ na moyɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, yii mo fii hɔ. Ɛno nti na mede saa mmara yi rema mo nnɛ yi.

Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

16 Na sɛ ɛba sɛ wʼakoa ka kyerɛ wo se, “Merennyaw wo hɔ nkɔ,” efisɛ ɔpɛ wo ne wʼabusuafo asɛm na ne ho tɔ no wɔ wo nkyɛn a,

But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,

17 ɛno de, fa fitii bɔre nʼaso mu na ɔnyɛ wʼakoa daa. Wo mfenaa nso, yɛ wɔn saa ara.

then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.

18 Momma no nyɛ wo den sɛ mubegyaa mo asomfo no ama wɔafa wɔn ho akodi. Monkae sɛ, mfe asia a wɔasom mo no sɛ wokɔfaa apaafo sɛ wɔnsom mo a, anka mubetua apaafo no sika mmɔho abien na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo wɔ biribiara a moyɛ ho.

Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

19 Munyi mo anantwi ne mo nguan mmakan anini no nsi hɔ mma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no. Mo anantwi mmakan no, mommfa wɔn nkɔ mo mfuw mu nkɔyɛ adwuma, na munntwitwa mo nguan mmakan ho nwi nso.

You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.

20 Mmom, mo ne mo abusuafo na afe biara monwe saa mmoa yi wɔ baabi a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw ama mo no wɔ nʼanim.

Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.

21 Na sɛ ɛba sɛ abakan no bi adi dɛm, sɛ ebia, ɔtɔ apakye anaa nʼani afura anaa wadi dɛm foforo bi a, mommfa no mmɔ afɔre mma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no.

But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

22 Mmom, momfa no nyɛ aduan mma abusuafo wɔ fie. Sɛ obi ho tew o, sɛ ne ho ntew o, otumi di bi sɛnea obiara tumi we ɔtwe anaa ɔdabɔ nam no.

Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.

23 Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ mudi mogya no. Munhwie ngu fam te sɛ nsu.

But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.