5 Mose 17

1 Mommfa anantwi anaa nguan a wɔadi dɛm anaa wonnye mmɔ afɔre mma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, efisɛ ɛyɛ nʼakyiwade.

You must not sacrifice to Yahweh your God an ox or a sheep in which is any blemish or anything bad, for that would be an abomination to Yahweh your God.

2 Sɛ ɛba sɛ muhu sɛ ɔbarima anaa ɔbea a ɔka mo ho wɔ kurow baako bi a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no mu reyɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anim, atia nʼapam no,

If there is found among you, within any of your city gates that Yahweh your God is giving you, any man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God and transgresses his covenant,

3 na wabu mʼahyɛde so resom anyame afoforo, rekotow wɔn; anaa ɔresom owia, ɔsram anaa wim nsoromma,

anyone who has gone and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, either the sun, the moon, or any of the host of heaven—nothing that I have commanded—

4 na sɛ mote saa asɛm no a, monhwehwɛ mu yiye. Sɛ ɛyɛ nokware na wɔkɔ mu hu sɛ wɔayɛ saa akyiwade yi wɔ Israel a,

and if you are told about this, or if you have heard of it, then you must make a careful investigation. If it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel, this is what you should do.

5 momfa saa ɔbarima anaa ɔbea a wayɛ saa bɔne no mmra mo kuropɔn pon ano na munsiw saa onipa no abo nkum no.

You must bring that man or woman, who has done this evil thing, to your city gates, that very man or woman, and you must stone that person to death.

6 Nnansefo baanu anaa baasa ano asɛm so na ɛsɛ sɛ wogyina kum saa ɔbarima no. Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ wogyina ɔdanseni baako pɛ ano asɛm so kum obi.

At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, will he who must die be put to death; but at the mouth of only one witness he must not be put to death.

7 Ɛsɛ sɛ nnansefo no nsa ano abo na wɔtow di kan na akyiri no, nnipa no nyinaa atotow wɔn de de akum no. Saa ɔkwan yi so na mobɛfa atu amumɔyɛfo ase afi mo mu.

The hand of the witnesses must be the first to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people; and you will remove the evil from among you.

8 Sɛ wɔde nsɛm bi ba mo asennii a ne di yɛ mo den sɛ mubebu ho atɛn, sɛ ɛyɛ awudi, nnipa bi ntam manso anaa ntɔkwaw a, momfa wɔn nkɔ faako a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw no.

If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge—perhaps a question of murder or accidental death, of one person's right and another person's right, or a question of one kind of harm done, or another kind of matter, matters of controversy within your city gates—then you must go up to the place that Yahweh your God will choose as his sanctuary.

9 Monkɔ asɔfo a wɔyɛ Lewifo ne otemmufo a ɔte agua mu saa bere no nkyɛn. Mummisa wɔn na wɔbɛkyerɛ mo atɛn a mummu.

You must go to the priests, the descendants of Levi, and to the judge who will be serving at that time; you will seek their advice, and they will give you the verdict.

10 Munni gyinae a wobesi wɔ beae a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monhwɛ yiye na munni biribiara a wɔbɛkyerɛ mo sɛ monyɛ no so pɛpɛɛpɛ.

You must follow the law given to you at the place Yahweh will choose as his sanctuary. You will be careful to do everything that they direct you to do.

11 Munni mmara a wɔkyerɛ mo ne gyinae a wobesi ama mo no so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Monnnan nea wɔka kyerɛ mo no ani. Monnkɔ nifa anaa benkum.

Follow the law they teach you, and do according to the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right hand or to the left.

12 Ɛsɛ sɛ wokum obiara a obebu otemmufo anaa ɔsɔfo a ogyina hɔ resom Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, animtiaa no. Ɛsɛ sɛ motɔre amumɔyɛsɛm ase wɔ Israel.

Anyone who acts arrogantly, in not listening to the priest who is standing to serve before Yahweh your God, or in not listening to the judge—that man will die; you will put away the evil from Israel.

13 Nnipa nyinaa bɛte na wɔasuro na wɔremmu animtiaa bio.

All the people must hear and fear, and act arrogantly no more.

14 Sɛ mudu asase a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no so na mofa tena so na moka se. “Momma yensi yɛn so hene te sɛ aman a atwa yɛn ho ahyia no nyinaa a,”

When you have come to the land that Yahweh your God gives you, and when you take possession of it and begin to live in it, and then you say, 'I will set a king over myself, like all the nations that are round about me,'

15 monhwɛ sɛ mobɛfa obi a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw no asi mo so hene. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ mo nuanom no mu bi. Mommfa ɔhɔho a ɔnyɛ mo nua Israelni nsi mo so hene.

then you must surely set as king over yourself someone whom Yahweh your God will choose. You must set as king over yourself someone from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner, who is not your brother, over yourself.

16 Ɛnsɛ sɛ saa ɔhene no pɛ apɔnkɔ dodow sɛ nʼagyapade anaasɛ ɔma nnipa san kɔ Misraim kɔtɔ apɔnkɔ dodow bi, efisɛ Awurade aka akyerɛ mo se. “Ɛnsɛ sɛ mosan kɔ mo akyi bio.”

But he must not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt so that he may multiply horses, for Yahweh had said to you, 'You will never return that way again.'

17 Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔware yerenom bebree anyɛ saa a, ne koma befi Awurade so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔboaboa dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ pii ano.

He must not take many wives for himself, so that his heart does not turn away. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

18 Sɛ ɔtena ahengua no so sɛ ɔhene a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔkyerɛw saa mmara yi wɔ nhoma mmobɔwee so wɔ Lewifo asɔfo anim na ɔfa.

When he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he must write for himself in a scroll a copy of this law, from the law that is before the priests, who are Levites.

19 Mmere dodow a ɔte ase no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔkora mmara a ɛwɔ ne nkyɛn no na ɔkenkan no daa sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, obedi mmara no so na wasuro Awurade, ne Nyankopɔn no.

The scroll must be with him, and he must read in it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to honor Yahweh his God, so as to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to observe them.

20 Kenkan a ɔkenkan no daa no remma ɔnyɛ ahantan, nhoran ne ho nkyerɛ sɛ ɔsen ne manfo no. Ɛremma no ntwe ne ho mfi mmara no ho nkɔ nifa anaa benkum. Na ɔne nʼasefo bedi ade akyɛ wɔ nʼaheman Israel mu.

He must do this so that his heart is not lifted up above his brothers, and so that he does not turn away from the commandments, to the right hand or to the left; for the purpose that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, among Israel.