5 Mose 25

1 Sɛ akasakasa si nnipa bi ntam a, wɔmfa asɛm no nkɔ asennii na atemmufo no nni asɛm no. Wobegyaa nea odi bem no na wɔatwe de odi fɔ no aso.

“If there is a case between persons, and they apply to the judges, they shall give the palm of justice to the one whom they perceive to be just, and they shall condemn of impiety the one who is impious.

2 Sɛ nea odi fɔ no fata sɛ wotwa no mmaa a, atemmufo no bɛma no ada hɔ na wɔatwa no mmaa dodow a ɛfata ne bɔne no wɔ nʼanim.

But if they see that the one who has sinned is worthy of stripes, they shall prostrate him and cause him to be beaten before them. According to the measure of the sin, so shall the measure of the stripes be.

3 Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ otemmufo no ma wotwa mmaa boro aduanan. Sɛ wotwa boro saa a, na wɔagu wo yɔnko Israelni anim ase wɔ wʼanim.

Even so, these shall not exceed the number of forty. Otherwise, your brother may depart, having been wounded shamefully before your eyes.

4 Nkyekyere nantwi a ɔreporow atoko ano.

You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out your crops in the field.

5 Sɛ nuabarimanom baanu te fie na wɔn mu baako wu a wanwo ɔba a, ɛnsɛ sɛ okunafo no kɔware ɔhɔho. Mmom, ne kunu a wawu no nuabarima na ɛsɛ sɛ ɔware okunafo no ma ɔyɛ okunu nua no asɛde.

When brothers are living together, and one of them dies without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry another. Instead, his brother shall take her, and he shall raise up offspring for his brother.

6 Wɔde abakan a wɔbɛwo no no bɛto nʼagya a wawu no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a owufo no din rempepa mfi Israel.

And the first son from her, he shall call by his brother’s name, so that his name will not be abolished from Israel.

7 Na sɛ ɛba sɛ owufo no nuabarima mpɛ sɛ ɔware ne nua no yere no a, ɔbea no bɛkɔ kurow no mpanyimfo nkyɛn wɔ kurow no pon ano akɔka akyerɛ wɔn se, “Me kunu nua no mpɛ sɛ ne nua no din bɛka Israel. Ɔrenyɛ okunu nua asɛde mma me.”

But if he is not willing to take his brother’s wife, who by law must go to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and she shall call upon those greater by birth, and she shall say: ‘The brother of my husband is not willing to raise up his brother’s name in Israel; nor will he join with me.’

8 Afei, ɔbarima no kurom mpanyimfo bɛfrɛ no akasa akyerɛ no. Sɛ ose pene ara na ɔrempene nti ɔka se, “Mempɛ sɛ meware no a,”

And immediately, they shall summon him to be sent, and they shall question him. If he responds, ‘I am not willing to accept her as a wife,’

9 okunafo no bɛkɔ ɔbarima no anim a mpanyimfo no nso wɔ hɔ bi. Ɔbɛworɔw ɔbarima no mpaboa baako, ate ntasu agu nʼanim na waka se, “Sɛɛ na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ ɔbarima a ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔtoa ne nua abusua so.”

then the woman shall approach him in the sight of the elders, and she shall remove his shoe from his foot, and she shall spit in his face, and she shall say: ‘So shall it be done to the man who was not willing to build up his brother’s house.’

10 Wɔbɛfrɛ saa onipa no asefo wɔ Israel se Abusua a Wɔaworɔw wɔn Mpaboa.

And his name shall be called in Israel: The House of the Unshod.

11 Sɛ Israelfo mmarima baanu reko na wɔn mu baako yere pɛ sɛ ɔboa ne kunu nti, oso ɔbarima baako no barima mu a,

If two men have a conflict between themselves, and one begins to do violence to the other, and if the other’s wife, wanting to rescue her husband from the hand of the stronger one, extends her hand and grasps him by his private parts,

12 ɛsɛ sɛ motwa ɔbea no nsa no a ahummɔbɔ biara nni mu.

then you shall cut off her hand. Neither shall you weep over her with any mercy.

13 Monnkita nsania ahorow abien a baako yɛ duru na baako yɛ hare.

You shall not have differing weights, greater and lesser, in your bag.

14 Monnkora olonka ahorow abien a baako so na baako su wɔ mo fi.

Neither shall there be in your house a greater and a lesser measure.

15 Momfa nsania ne olonka a ɛyɛ pɛpɛ na nokwaredi wɔ mu nsusuw aguade na moanya nkwanna tenten wɔ asase a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no so.

You shall have a just and a true weight, and your measure shall be equal and true, so that you may live for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

16 Wɔn a wɔfa nsania bɔne ne nkontompo so kari aguade no yɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, akyiwade.

For the Lord your God abominates him who does these things, and he loathes all injustice.

17 Monkae nea Amalekfo yɛɛ mo bere a mufi Misraim reba no.

Remember what Amalek did to you, along the way, when you were departing from Egypt:

18 Wɔtow hyɛɛ mo so bere a moabrɛbrɛ na moatotɔ beraw no na wɔn a wɔaka akyi no nso, wɔbobɔɔ wɔn hwehwee fam. Na wonsuro Onyankopɔn.

how he met you and cut down the stragglers of the troops, who were sitting down, exhausted, when you were consumed by hunger and hardship, and how he did not fear God.

19 Sɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ma mo ahomegye fi mo atamfo nyinaa nsam, wɔ asase a ɔde rema mo sɛ agyapade no so a, ɛsɛ sɛ mosɛe Amalekfo na wɔankae wɔn bio wɔ asase yi so. Mommma mo werɛ mfi eyi da!

Therefore, when the Lord your God will give you rest, and you will have subdued all the surrounding nations, in the land which he has promised to you, you shall delete his name from under heaven. Take care not to forget this.”