5 Mose 22
1 Sɛ wuhu sɛ wo yɔnko Israelni bi nantwi anaa ne guan nam basabasa a, mmu wʼani ngu so; mmom kyere no kɔma ne wura.
Thou shalt not pass by if thou seest thy brother’s ox, or his sheep go astray: but thou shalt bring them back to thy brother.
2 Sɛ ne wura nte mmɛn wo, anaasɛ wunnim no a, fa no kɔ wo fi kosi sɛ ne wura no bɛba abɛhwehwɛ no na wode nʼaboa ma no.
And if thy brother be not nigh, or thou know him not: thou shalt bring them to thy house, and they shall be with thee until thy brother seek them, and receive them.
3 Sɛ wuhu wo nua bi afurum anaa ne ntama anaa ne biribi a ayera a, yɛ no saa ara. Mmu wʼani ngu so.
Thou shalt do in like manner with his ass, and with his raiment, and with every thing that is thy brother’s, which is lost: if thou find it, neglect it not as pertaining to another.
4 Sɛ wuhu sɛ wo yɔnko Israelni bi afurum anaa ne nantwi bi atew ahwe wɔ ɔkwan mu a, mmu wʼani ngu so. Kɔboa ne wura no na ɔmma aboa no so nnyina hɔ.
If thou see thy brother’s ass or his ox to be fallen down in the way, thou shalt not slight it, but shalt lift it up with him.
5 Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbea hyɛ mmarima atade, saa ara nso na ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbarima hyɛ mmea atade, efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, kyi obiara a ɔyɛ eyi.
A woman shall not be clothed with man’s apparel, neither shall a man use woman’s apparel: for he that doeth these things is abominable before God.
6 Sɛ wokɔto anomaa berebuw wɔ ɔkwankyɛn, sɛ ɛhyɛ dua mu anaa ɛda fam, na sɛ anomaa no na butuw ne ba no so anaa obutuw nkesua so a, mfa anomaa no na ne ne ba no nkɔ.
If thou find as thou walkest by the way, a bird’s nest in a tree, or on the ground, and the dam sitting upon the young or upon the eggs: thou shalt not take her with her young:
7 Wutumi fa ne ba no nanso hwɛ sɛ wobɛma ne na no akɔ, sɛnea ebesi wo yiye na wo nkwanna aware.
But shalt let her go, keeping the young which thou hast caught: that it may be well with thee, and thou mayst live a long time.
8 Sɛ wusi ɔdan foforo a, yɛ ban fa wo dan no nkuruso no ho na obi amfi hɔ antew anhwe amma woamfa mogyahwiegu ho afɔdi amma wo ne wo dan no so.
When thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a battlement to the roof round about: lest blood be shed in thy house, and thou be guilty, if any one slip, and fall down headlong.
9 Nnua nnɔbae foforo biara wɔ bobe ntam wɔ wo bobeturo mu. Sɛ woyɛ saa a, na wo nnɔbae no ne bobeturo no so aba nyinaa ho agu fi.
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest both the seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of the vineyard, be sanctified together.
10 Nsa nantwi ne afurum mmɔ mu mfuntum afuw.
Thou shalt not plough with an ox and an ass together.
11 Mfura ntama a wɔde kuntu ne sirikyi afra anwen.
Thou shalt not wear a garment that is woven of woollen and linen together.
12 Yɛ ntama a wufura no ano anan no nyinaa mpɛsɛ.
Thou shalt make strings in the hem at the four corners of thy cloak, wherewith thou shalt be covered.
13 Sɛ ɔbarima ware ɔbea na ɔne no da na akyiri no ɔmpɛ no bio,
If a man marry a wife, and afterwards hate her,
14 na enti ɔka ne ho asɛmmɔne, bɔ no din bɔne se, “Mewaree no no, manhu biribiara a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɔyɛ ɔbabun,”
And seek occasions to put her away, laying to her charge a very ill name, and say: I took this woman to wife, and going in to her, I found her not a virgin:
15 a, ɔbea no agya ne ne na wɔ ho kwan sɛ wɔde adansede a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔn babea no yɛ ɔbabun bɛkyerɛ kurow no mpanyimfo wɔ kurow no pon.
Her father and mother shall take her, and shall bring with them the tokens of her virginity to the ancients of the city that are in the gate:
16 Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbea no agya ka kyerɛ wɔn se, “Mede me babea maa ɔbarima yi aware nanso ose ɔmpɛ no bio.
And the father shall say: I gave my daughter unto this man to wife: and because he hateth her,
17 Wagu nʼanim ase aka se, ‘Manhu sɛ wo babea no yɛ ɔbabun.’ Nanso adansede a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɔyɛ ɔbabun no ni.” Afei, wɔbɛtrɛw ntama no mu wɔ kurow no mpanyimfo anim,
He layeth to her charge a very ill name, so as to say: I found not thy daughter a virgin: and behold these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the ancients of the city:
18 na mpanyimfo no bɛfrɛ ɔbarima no atwe nʼaso.
And the ancients of that city shall take that man, and beat him,
19 Wɔbɛbɔ no ka kilogram baako sɛ wagu Israel ɔbabun no anim ase. Wobetua sika no ama ɔbea no agya. Afei, ɔbabea no bɛyɛ ɔbarima no yere a ɔrennyaa no bio.
Condemning him besides in a hundred sides of silver, which he shall give to the damsel’s father, because he hath defamed by a very ill name a virgin of Israel: and he shall have her to wife, and may not put her away all the days of his life.
20 Sɛ ɛkɔba sɛ kwaadu a wɔde bɔɔ no no yɛ nokware na wɔannya adansede a ɛfa ne babunyɛ no ho ankyerɛ a,
But if what he charged her with be true, and virginity be not found in the damsel:
21 wɔde ɔbea no bɛba nʼagya fi abɔntenpon ano na kurom hɔ mmarima asiw no abo akum no. Ɔnam aguamammɔ so ayɛ animguase ade wɔ Israel, bere a ɔne nʼawofo te. Ɛsɛ sɛ mutu saa bɔne no ase fi mo mu.
They shall cast her out of the doors of her father’s house, and the men of the city shall stone her to death, and she shall die: because she hath done a wicked thing in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee.
22 Sɛ wohu sɛ ɔbarima bi ne ɔbarima foforo bi yere da a, ɛsɛ sɛ wokum ɔbarima a ɔne ɔbea no dae no ne ɔbea no nyinaa. Ɛsɛ sɛ mutu saa bɔne no ase wɔ Israel.
If a man lie with another man’s wife, they shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the adulteress: and thou shalt take away the evil out of Israel.
23 Sɛ ɔbarima bi hyia ababaa a ɔyɛ ɔbabun a ɔne obi ahyehyɛ aware na ɔbarima no ne ababaa no da na sɛ saa asɛm no sii wɔ kurow no mu a,
If a man have espoused a damsel that is a virgin, and some one find her in the city, and lie with her,
24 ɛsɛ sɛ mode wɔn baanu no kɔ kurow no apon ano kosiw wɔn abo kum wɔn. Ababaa no di fɔ, efisɛ na ɔwɔ kurom nanso wanteɛteɛ mu ampɛ mmoa. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbarima no nso wu, efisɛ wafa obi yere. Ɛsɛ sɛ mutu saa bɔne no ase fi mo mu.
Thou shalt bring them both out to the gate of that city, and they shall be stoned: the damsel, because she cried not out, being in the city: the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife. And thou shalt take away the evil from the midst of thee.
25 Sɛ ɔbarima bi hyia ɔbea a obi ne no ahyehyɛ aware wɔ wuram, na ɔbarima no hyɛ no ne no da a, ɛsɛ sɛ wokum ɔbarima a ɔyɛɛ saa no nkutoo.
But if a man find a damsel that is betrothed, in the field, and taking hold of her, lie with her, he alone shall die:
26 Monnyɛ ababaa no hwee, efisɛ ɔnyɛɛ bɔne biara a ɛma ɔfata owu. Saa asɛm yi te sɛ obi a watow ahyɛ ne yɔnko so akum no,
The damsel shall suffer nothing, neither is she guilty of death: for as a robber riseth against his brother, and taketh away his life, so also did the damsel suffer:
27 efisɛ ɔbarima no hyiaa ɔbea no wɔ wuram, na asiwa no teɛteɛɛ mu de, nanso wannya ogyefo biara.
She was alone in the field: she cried, and there was no man to help her.
28 Sɛ wɔkyere ɔbarima bi sɛ wahyɛ ababaa bi a obi ne no nhyehyɛe aware, ne no ada a,
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, who is not espoused, and taking her, lie with her, and the matter come to judgment:
29 ɛsɛ sɛ otua dwetɛ kilogram abien ne fa ma ababaa no agya. Na ɛno akyi no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbarima no ware ababaa no, efisɛ wagu nʼanim ase na ɔrentumi nnyae no aware da.
He that lay with her shall give to the father of the maid fifty sides of silver, and shall have her to wife, because he hath humbled her: he may not put her away all the days of his life.
30 Ɔbarima biara nni ho kwan sɛ ɔne nʼagya yere da; ɛnsɛ sɛ ogu nʼagya mpa ho fi.
No man shall take his father’s wife, nor remove his covering.
