5 Mose 15

1 Muntwa mo aka mu mfe ason awiei biara.

At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

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.

And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbour; he shall not exact it of his neighbour and his brother; because the LORD'S release hath 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.

Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it; but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall release.

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,

Howbeit there shall be no needy among you — for the LORD will surely bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it —

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

if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.

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.

For the LORD thy God will bless thee, as He promised thee; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.

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 be among you a needy man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates, in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

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

but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.

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.

Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand'; and thine eye be evil against thy needy brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin in thee.

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.

Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing the LORD thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.

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 the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy poor and needy brother, in thy 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 thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, he shall serve thee six years; and in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

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

And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty;

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.

thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

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.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing to-day.

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,

And it shall be, if he say unto thee: 'I will not go out from thee'; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he fareth well with thee;

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

then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door, and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise.

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.

It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years; and the LORD thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.

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.

All the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God; thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the firstling of thy 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.

Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.

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.

And if there be any blemish therein, lameness, or blindness, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy 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.

Thou shalt eat it within thy gates; the unclean and the clean may eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart.

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

Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.