5 Mose 28

1 Na sɛ mutie Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, na mudi mmara a mede rema mo nnɛ yi so a, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpagyaw mo wɔ aman a wɔwɔ wiase nyinaa no so.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

2 Sɛ mutie Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, a mubenya saa nhyira yi nyinaa:

And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

3 Wobehyira mo wɔ mo nkurow ne mo man mu.

Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.

4 Wobehyira mo yafunu mu aba, ne mo nsase so nnɔbae, ne mo nyɛmmoa, nantwimma ne nguamma.

Blessed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

5 Wɔde nnuaba nkɛntɛn amaama, ne mmɔre korow a brodo no ahyɛ ma behyira mo.

Blessed [shall be] thy basket and thy store.

6 Wobehyira mo fieba mu ne mo adifi mu.

Blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.

7 Sɛ atamfo tow hyɛ mo so a, Awurade bedi wɔn so. Wobefi baabi atow ahyɛ mo so na wɔafa akwan ason so ahwete, afi mo anim.

The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

8 Biribiara a mobɛyɛ no, Awurade behyira so na obehyira mo asan. Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo wɔ asase a ɔde rema mo no so.

The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

9 Sɛ mudi Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ahyɛde so na moyɛ osetie ma no a, Awurade begyina mo sɛ ne nnipa kronkron sɛnea ɔhyɛɛ mo bɔ sɛ ɔbɛyɛ no.

The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.

10 Afei, asase so nnipa nyinaa behu sɛ, moyɛ nnipa a Awurade de ne din afrɛ mo na wobesuro mo.

And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.

11 Awurade bɛma mo yiyedi a ɛboro so–mo yafunu mu aba, nyɛmmoa mma ne mo asase so nnɔbae—wɔ asase a ɔhyɛɛ mo agyanom bɔ sɛ ɔde bɛma mo no so.

And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

12 Awurade fi nʼahonya dodow a ɛwɔ soro no mu bɛma osu atɔ wɔ ne bere mu, nam so ahyira mo nnwuma a moyɛ so. Mobɛfɛm aman pii, nanso mo de, moremfɛm hwee mfi wɔn nkyɛn.

The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

13 Sɛ mutie saa Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, ahyɛde a mede rema mo nnɛ yi na mudi so pɛpɛɛpɛ a, Awurade bɛyɛ mo eti na ɛnyɛ bodua, na moakorɔn daa.

And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them: ]

14 Ɛnsɛ sɛ moman fa benkum anaa nifa fi ahyɛde a mede rema mo nnɛ yi biara ho sɛ morekodi anyame foforo akyi asom wɔn.

And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

15 Na sɛ moantie Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anni ne mmara ne nʼahyɛde a mede rema mo nnɛ yi nyinaa so pɛpɛɛpɛ a, saa nnome yi nyinaa bɛba abebunkam afa mo so.

But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

16 Nnome bɛka mo wɔ mo nkuropɔn ne mo man mu.

Cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the city, and cursed [shalt] thou [be] in the field.

17 Wɔde nkɛntɛn a aduaba biara nni mu ne mmɔre korow a brodo nni mu bɛdome mo.

Cursed [shall be] thy basket and thy store.

18 Wɔbɛdome wo yafunu aba, ne wʼasase so nnɔbae. Ne wo nyɛmmoa mu nantwimma ne nguamma.

Cursed [shall be] the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

19 Wɔbɛdome wo fieba ne wo adifi.

Cursed [shalt] thou [be] when thou comest in, and cursed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out.

20 Awurade bɛma nnome, basabasayɛ ne huammɔdi aba ade biara a moyɛ mu, kosi sɛ awiei no wɔbɛsɛe mo koraa sɛ moayɛ bɔne na moagyaw no nti.

The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

21 Awurade de nyarewa bɛba mo so akosi sɛ ɔbɛsɛe mo nyinaa wɔ asase a morebɛkɔ akɔfa no so.

The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

22 Awurade de ɔyare a ɛbɛma mo afonfɔn bɛka mo. Ɔbɛma atiridii ne ahonhon abɔ mo na wama ɔhyew a ano yɛ den, nnɔbae nyarewa ne kakawirewire aba mo so na ahaw mo ara akosi sɛ mo ase bɛtɔre.

The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

23 Ɔsoro a ɛkata mo ti so no bɛdan sumpii na fam adan dade.

And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron.

24 Awurade bɛdan osutɔ a ɛwɔ mo man mu no mfutuma; ɛbɛtɔ afi soro agu mo so akosi sɛ mobɛsɛe.

The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

25 Awurade bɛma mo adi nkogu wɔ mo atamfo anim. Mobɛfa baabi akɔtow ahyɛ mo atamfo so, nanso mobɛfa akwan ahorow ason so aguan afi wɔn anim. Mobɛyɛ atantanne ama ahenni a ɛwɔ asase yi so no nyinaa.

The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

26 Mo afunu bɛyɛ nnomaa ne wuram mmoa aduan na obiara nso nni hɔ saa bere no a, ɔbɛpam wɔn.

And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray [them] away.

27 Awurade bɛma mpɔmpɔ a esisii wɔ Misraim no bi asisi mo. Na ɔde mpɔmpɔ, ntutui ne ntwom a wɔrentumi nsa bɛbobɔ mo.

The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

28 Awurade de adammɔ, anifurae ne adwene mu basabasayɛ bɛto mo so.

The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

29 Mode mo nsa bɛkeka awia ketee te sɛnea onifuraefo de ne nsa keka anadwo no. Biribiara a moyɛ no, morenni mu nkonim. Wɔbɛhyɛ mo so, abɔ mo korɔn daa na obiara remmegye mo.

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save [thee].

30 Mubesi ɔbea asiwa nso obi bɛhyɛ no ne no ada. Mubesi dan, nanso morentena mu. Mobɛyɛ bobeturo nanso morenni mu aba.

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

31 Wobekum mo nantwi wɔ mo anim, nanso morennya ne nam bi nwe. Wobegye mo afurum afi mo nsam a wɔrensan mfa mmrɛ mo. Wɔde mo nguan bɛma mo atamfo na morennya ɔboafo a obegye wɔn ama mo.

Thine ox [shall be] slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass [shall be] violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep [shall be] given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue [them].

32 Wɔde mo mmabarima ne mo mmabea bɛma ɔman foforo na daa mobɛhwɛ wɔn ara ama mo ani atɔ dwe nanso morentumi nyɛ ho hwee.

Thy sons and thy daughters [shall be] given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail [with longing] for them all the day long: and [there shall be] no might in thine hand.

33 Nnipa a munnim wɔn na wɔbɛfow mo brɛ so ade adi na daa wɔasan ahyɛ mo so.

The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

34 Mo ani so ade a mubehu no bɛbɔ mo dam.

So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

35 Awurade bɛma mpɔmpɔ a ɛyɛ yaw a wɔko a ɛnkɔ abobɔ mo nkotodwe ne mo anan ho na atrɛw afi mo nantin akosi mo mpampam.

The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

36 Awurade bɛpam mo ne mo hene a odi mo so no akɔ ɔman bi a mo ne mo agyanom nnim so so. Ɛhɔ na mobɛsom anyame afoforo, anyame a wɔde nnua ne abo ayɛ.

The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

37 Mobɛyɛ atantanne, akyiwade ne aserewde ama aman a Awurade de mobɛkɔ so no nyinaa so.

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

38 Mubedua bebree wɔ mo nsase so, nanso mubetwa kakraa bi, efisɛ mmoadabi bɛwe mo nnɔbae.

Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather [but] little in; for the locust shall consume it.

39 Mobɛyɛ bobe nturo ahwɛ so yiye nanso morennom anaa morenni so aba, efisɛ asunson bedi.

Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress [them], but shalt neither drink [of] the wine, nor gather [the grapes; ] for the worms shall eat them.

40 Mubedua ngonnua afa mo nsase so nyinaa, nanso morennya mu ngo biara, efisɛ ngo aba no bɛtetew agu fam.

Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint [thyself] with the oil; for thine olive shall cast [his fruit].

41 Mobɛwo mmabarima ne mmabea, nanso nyɛ mo na mobɛtetew wɔn, efisɛ wɔbɛkɔ nnommum mu.

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.

42 Mmoadabi kuw bɛfa mo asase so nnua ne nnɔbae.

All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

43 Ahɔho a wɔte mo mu no bɛkorɔn abunkam mo so, nanso mobɛkɔ so amem akɔ fam.

The stranger that [is] within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

44 Wɔbɛbɔ mo bosea a moremmɔ wɔn bi. Wɔbɛyɛ eti na moayɛ dua.

He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

45 Sɛ moanyɛ osetie amma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, anni ahyɛde a ɔde ama mo no so a, saa nnome yi nyinaa bɛba mo so na ebedi mo akyi na abunkam afa mo so akosi sɛ wɔbɛsɛe mo.

Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

46 Saa nsɛm a ɛyɛ hu yi bɛba sɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne ne kɔkɔbɔ ama mo ne mo asefo daa nyinaa.

And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

47 Esiane sɛ moamfa anigye ne ahosɛpɛw ansom Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, wɔ bere a esii mo yiye no, nti,

Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things; ]

48 enti mubefi ɔkɔm ne osukɔm, adagyaw ne ohia buruburoo mu asom mo atamfo a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛsoma wɔn aba mo so no. Wɔbɛhyɛ mo nnade konnua akosi sɛ mobɛsɛe.

Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all [things: ] and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

49 Awurade de ɔman bi a ɛwɔ akyirikyiri baabi, wɔ asase ano, ɔman a monte wɔn kasa no, bɛba mo so na wɔatow ahyɛ mo so te sɛnea ɔkɔre sian no,

The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, [as swift] as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

50 ɔman a wɔn ho yɛ hu na wommu ɔpanyin, na wonni ahummɔbɔ mma mmofra.

A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

51 Nʼasraafo bɛtow ahyɛ mo nyɛmmoa ne mo asase so nnɔbae so adi no fuu akosi sɛ mubewuwu. Wɔrennyaw atoko, nsa foforo anaa ngo; mo nyɛmmoa nantwimma anaa nguamma kosi sɛ mobɛsɛe.

And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which [also] shall not leave thee [either] corn, wine, or oil, [or] the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.

52 Wobetua mo nkuropɔn nyinaa ano akosi sɛ wɔbɛka mo afasu dennen a mode mo ho too so sɛ ɛbɛbɔ mo ho ban wɔ mo asase no so no nyinaa no agu. Wobetua asase a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no so nkuropɔn no nyinaa ano.

And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

53 Esiane ɔhaw ne abɛbrɛsɛ a ɔtamfo de bɛba mo so wɔ bere a wɔatua mo ano no mu no nti, mobɛwe mo yafunu mu aba, mo mmabarima ne mmabea a Awurade mo Nyankopɔn no de ama mo no nam.

And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

54 Mpo, mo mu ɔhobrɛaseni a nʼani da hɔ no renhu ɔno ara ne nuabarima anaa ne yere a ɔdɔ no, anaa ne mma a wɔte ase no mmɔbɔ,

[So that] the man [that is] tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

55 na ɔremma wɔn mu biara ne mma no mu bi nam a ɔrewe no. Esiane sɛ ɛno ara ne nea aka a ɔbɛwe wɔ bere a mo atamfo atua mo nkuropɔn no nyinaa ano rehiahia mo ho no nti.

So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

56 Mo mu ɔbea a ɔbrɛ ne ho ase na ɔwɔ nkatede wɔ ne mu, a mpo ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔde ne nantin besi fam no benya ne kunu a ɔdɔ no ne ɔno ara ne mmabarima anaa ne mmabea ho menasepɔw.

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

57 Ɔbea no de awo akyi ade ne abofra a wawo no foforo no besie wɔn sɛnea obetumi awe ne nyinaa wɔ kokoa mu, esiane ɔhaw ne abɛbrɛsɛ a mo atamfo de bɛba mo so, bere a wɔatua mo nkuropɔn ano no nti.

And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all [things] secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

58 Sɛ moanni mmara a wɔakyerɛw wɔ saa nhoma yi mu no nyinaa so pɛpɛɛpɛ, na moanni saa onuonyamfo ne ɔnwonwani Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, no din ni a,

If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

59 Awurade de ɔyaredɔm a ɛyɛ hu bɛba mo ne mo asefo. Ɛbɛyɛ atoyerɛnkyɛm a ano yɛ den ne ɔyaredɔm a ano yɛ den na ɛbɛtena hɔ akyɛ.

Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, [even] great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

60 Ɔde ɔyaredɔm ahorow a ɛbaa wɔ Misraim a ɛbɔɔ mo hu no bɛba bɛtena mo so.

Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

61 Awurade de nyarewa ahorow bebree ne atoyerɛnkyɛm a wɔnkyerɛw wɔ Mmara Nhoma yi mu no bɛbrɛ mo akosi sɛ mobɛsɛe.

Also every sickness, and every plague, which [is] not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

62 Mo a na modɔɔso te sɛ ɔsoro nsoromma no, mo so bɛtew koraa, efisɛ moantie Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no.

And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.

63 Sɛnea na ɛyɛ Awurade anisɔ sɛ ɔbɛma mo adi yiye na moadɔɔso no, saa ara nso na ɛbɛyɛ no anisɔ sɛ ɔbɛdwerɛw mo na wasɛe mo. Obetutu mo ase afi asase a morekɔ so akɔfa no so.

And it shall come to pass, [that] as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.

64 Na Awurade bɛbɔ mo apansam afra aman nyinaa afi asase ano akosi asase ano. Ɛhɔ na mobɛsom ahɔho anyame a mo anaa mo agyanom nhuu bi da; anyame a wɔde nnua ne abo ayɛ!

And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, [even] wood and stone.

65 Morennya guankɔbea anaa homebea mma mo anantin wɔ saa aman no so. Ɛhɔ na Awurade bɛma mo adwene a ɛpere, aniwa a ayɛ siamoo ne koma a apa abawa.

And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

66 Mo asetena bedi nsensɛnmu daa, na ehu bɛhyɛ mo so anadwo ne awia a munnim nea ɛrekɔ so wɔ mo asetena mu.

And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

67 Anɔpa mobɛka se, “Sɛ ɛyɛɛ anwummere a!” Na anwummere nso mobɛka se, “Sɛ ɛyɛɛ anɔpa a!” Mobɛka saa, esiane ehu a ɛbɛhyɛ mo koma amaama ne nea atwa mo ho ahyia a mo ani behu no.

In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

68 Na Awurade bɛma mo atenatena ahyɛn mu asan akɔ Misraim, akwantu a mehyɛɛ sɛ ɛnsɛ sɛ mutu bio no. Ɛhɔ na mode mo ho bɛma mo atamfo sɛ wɔntɔ mo sɛ nkoa, nanso obiara rempɛ sɛ ɔbɛtɔ mo.

And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy [you].