5 Mose 16

1 Daa munni Twam Afahyɛ no wɔ ɔsram Abib no mu mma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, efisɛ ɔsram Abib mu da bi anadwo na Onyankopɔn yii mo fii Misraim.

“[Each year] honor Yahweh our God by celebrating the Passover [Festival] in the month of Abib [in early spring]. It was on a night in that month that Yahweh rescued your ancestors from Egypt.

2 Munkum anantwi anaa nguan sɛ Twam afɔrebɔde mma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, wɔ faako a Awurade beyi sɛ atenae wɔ ne din mu no.

[In order to celebrate that festival], go to the place that Yahweh will choose [for you to worship him], and offer [there one young animal] from your cattle or your sheep to be the Passover sacrifice, to honor Yahweh [MTY].

3 Munnni mmɔkaw brodo nka ho; na mmom, nnanson so na munni apiti amanehunu brodo, efisɛ mufii Misraim ɔhare so, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mo nkwanna nyinaa mu no mobɛkae bere a mutu fii Misraim no.

[When you eat the Passover meal], the bread that you eat must not have yeast in it. You must eat this kind of bread, which will be called the bread of suffering/misery, for seven days. This is to help you to remember all during the time that you are alive that when your ancestors left Egypt, [where they were suffering because they were slaves], they left very quickly. [They did not put in yeast and wait for the dough to swell up].

4 Mommma wonhu sɛ mowɔ mmɔkaw wɔ mo nkyɛn wɔ mo nsase nyinaa so nnanson. Mommma nam a mode bɔɔ afɔre da a edi kan no anwummere no nka gya so nkosi anɔpa.

[During that festival], you must not have any yeast in any house in your land for seven days. Furthermore, the meat [of the animals] that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day [of the Passover Festival must be eaten during that night]; do not allow any of it to remain until the next day.

5 Mommɔ Twam Afahyɛ afɔre no wɔ nkurow a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no mu biara so,

“To honor Yahweh our God, you must offer the Passover sacrifice only at the place that he chooses for you [to worship him]; do not offer that sacrifice in any other town in the land that Yahweh is giving to you. Offer that sacrifice when the sun is setting, at the same time of day that your ancestors [started to] leave Egypt.

6 gye faako a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, beyi sɛ wɔnkamfo ne din wɔ hɔ no. Ɛhɔ na mommɔ Twam afɔre no anwummere mfa nni mo Misraimfi bere no afahyɛ.

7 Montoto na monwe no wɔ faako a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw ama mo no. Na ade kye a, monsan nkɔ mo ntamadan mu.

Boil [the meat] and eat it at the place [of worship] that Yahweh our God chooses. The next morning, you may return to your tents.

8 Nnansia na momfa nni apiti, na ne nnanson so no, nnipa no nyinaa nhyia wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim. Na saa da no, obiara nyɛ adwuma.

Each day for six days the bread that you eat must have no yeast in it. On the seventh day, you must all gather to worship Yahweh our God. [It will be a day of rest]; you must not do any work on that day.”

9 Mumfi bere a mubefi ase atwa atoko no nkan nnaawɔtwe ason.

“[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.

10 Na monhwɛ sɛnea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, asi ahyira mo no so mfi mo pɛ mu mmɔ afɔre, nnyina so nni Asese Afahyɛ no mma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no.

Then, to honor Yahweh our God, celebrate the Harvest Festival. Do that by bringing to him an offering [of grain]. Yahweh has blessed you [by causing it to grow in your fields during that year]. If you had a big harvest, bring a big offering. If you had a small harvest, bring a small offering.

11 Na munnye mo ani wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim wɔ faako a ɔbɛpaw sɛ atenae ma ne din no. Mo ne mo mmabarima ne mo mmabea, mo nkoa ne mo mfenaa, Lewifo a wɔwɔ mo nkurow mu ne ahɔho, nyisaa ne akunafo a wɔne mo te nyinaa.

[Each married couple] should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh. Their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should also be joyful. Bring those offerings to the place of worship that Yahweh will choose.

12 Monkae sɛ na moyɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim enti monhwɛ yiye na munni saa mmara yi nyinaa so.

[“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”

13 Sɛ moboaboa mo awiporowbea ne mo nsakyi amoa mu ade ano wie a, momfa nnanson nni Asese Afahyɛ no.

“[Each year], after you have threshed all your grain and pressed [the juice from] all your grapes, you must celebrate the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days.

14 Munnye mo ani wɔ mo afahyɛ yi se; mo ne mo abusuafo, mo asomfo ne Lewifo, ahɔho, nyisaa ne akunafo a wofi mo nkurow mu.

[Each married couple] along with their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh.

15 Momfa nnanson nni saa afahyɛ yi mfa nhyɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anuonyam wɔ faako a ɔbɛpaw, efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, na ɔma mo nnɔbae bɔ pii na ohyira mo nnwuma nyinaa so; na mo anigye bewie pɛyɛ.

Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that Yahweh chooses [for you to worship him]. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done.

16 Afe biara mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ mo mmarima no nyinaa hyia wɔ mo Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim faako a ɔbɛpaw no mprɛnsa de ama Apiti Afahyɛ, Otwabere Afahyɛ ne Asese Afahyɛ no. Ɛnsɛ sɛ obiara ba Awurade anim nsapan.

“So, each year all of you Israeli men must gather [with your families] to worship Yahweh our God at the place that he will choose, [to celebrate three festivals]: The Passover Festival, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. Each of you men must bring [LIT] an offering [for Yahweh to these festivals]

17 Ɛsɛ sɛ obiara de akyɛde a ɛne nhyira a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, nhyira no no sɛ ba.

in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”

18 Munsisi atemmufo ne mpanyimfo mfi mo mmusuakuw biara mu wɔ nkurow a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no mu, na wobebu nnipa no atɛntrenee.

“Appoint judges and other officials throughout your tribes, in all the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you. They must judge people fairly/justly.

19 Mummmu ntɛnkyew anaa monnhwɛ nnipa anim mmu atɛn. Monnnye adanmude, efisɛ adanmude fura onyansafo ani ma ɔdan nea odi bem no asɛm ani.

They must not judge unjustly. They must not favor one person more than another. The judges must not accept bribes, because if a judge accepts a bribe, even if he is wise and honest, it will be very difficult for him to judge fairly [IDM]; [he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that] the righteous/innocent people [must be punished].

20 Mummu atɛntrenee nkutoo, na ama moatumi atena asase a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no so.

You must be completely fair and just [DOU], in order that you will enter and occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”

21 Mummfi afɔremuka a mubesi ama Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, akyi nsi abosonnua foforo biara,

“When you make an altar to worship Yahweh our God, do not put next to it any wooden statue [that represents] the goddess Asherah.

22 na munnsi ɔbo kronkron, efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, kyi eyinom.

And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”