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 be a controversy between men, and they call upon the judges: they shall give the prize of justice to him whom they perceive to be just: and him whom they find to be wicked, they shall condemn of wickedness.

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.

And if they see that the offender be worthy of stripes: they shall lay him down, and shall cause him to be beaten before them. According to the measure of the sin shall the measure also 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.

Yet so, that they exceed not the number of forty: lest thy brother depart shamefully torn before thy eyes.

4 Nkyekyere nantwi a ɔreporow atoko ano.

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out thy corn on the floor.

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 brethren dwell together, and one of them dieth without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry to another: but his brother shall take her, and raise up seed 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 he shall have of her he shall call by his name, that his name be not abolished out of 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 will not take his brother’s wife, who by law belongeth to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and call upon the ancients, and say: My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up his brother’s name in Israel: and will not take me to wife.

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 they shall cause him to be sent for forthwith, and shall ask him. If he answer: I will not take her to 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.”

The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not 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 words together, and one begin to fight against the other, and the other’s wife willing to deliver her husband out of the hand of the stronger, shall put forth her hand, and take him by the secrets,

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

Thou shalt cut off her hand, neither shalt thou be moved with any pity in her regard.

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

Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less:

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

Neither shall there be in thy house a greater bushel and a less.

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.

Thou shalt have a just and a true weight, and thy bushel shall be equal and true: that thou mayest live a long time upon the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.

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

For the Lord thy God abhorreth him that doth these things, and he hateth all injustice.

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

Remember what Amalec did to thee in the way when thou camest out of 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 thee: and slew the hindmost of the army, who sat down, being weary, when thou wast spent with hunger and labour, and he feared not 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 thy God shall give thee rest, and shall have subdued all the nations round about in the land which he hath promised thee: thou shalt blot out his name from under heaven. See thou forget it not.