5 Mose 5

1 Mose frɛɛ Israelfo no nyinaa ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se: Israel, muntie, mmara ne ahyɛde a mede rema mo nnɛ no. Munsua na munni so.

Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.

2 Bere a yɛwɔ Horeb no, Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn ne yɛn yɛɛ apam bi.

The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

3 Ɛnyɛ yɛn agyanom na Awurade ne wɔn yɛɛ apam no, na mmom, ɔne yɛn a yɛte ase nnɛ yi nyinaa na ɛyɛe.

He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.

4 Awurade fi bepɔw so ogya mu ne mo kasaa anikann.

The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.

5 Migyinaa mo ne Awurade ntam, na mekaa Awurade asɛm kyerɛɛ mo efisɛ na musuro ogya no nti, moamforo bepɔw no. Nsɛm a ɔkae no ni:

At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:

6 “Mene Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, a miyii mo fii nkoasom mu wɔ Misraim no.

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

7 “Monnsom onyame foforo biara nka me ho.

You shall have no other gods before Me.

8 Monnyɛ ohoni anaa biribiara a ɛsɛ ade a ɛwɔ wim, anaa nea ɛwɔ asase so, anaa nea ɛwɔ nsu mu, anaa nea ɛwɔ asase ase.

You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

9 Monnkotow ohoni biara nsom no wɔ ɔkwan biara so, na me, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, meyɛ ninkufo a metwe mma a wɔtan me no aso wɔ awofonom bɔne a wɔyɛ no ho kɔ awo ntoatoaso abiɛsa ne anan mu,

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

10 nanso meda ɔdɔ adi kyerɛ awo ntoatoaso mpem a wɔdɔ me na wodi mʼahyɛde so no.

but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

11 Mommmɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, din basabasa. Sɛ moyɛ saa a, obebu mo fɔ.

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

12 Monkae homeda na munni no sɛ da kronkron.

Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

13 Nnansia na momfa nyɛ mo nnwuma nyinaa,

Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

14 na da a ɛto so ason no yɛ Homeda ma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn. Saa da no, ɛnsɛ sɛ moyɛ adwuma biara; ɛnsɛ sɛ mo mmabarima, mo mmabea anaa mo asomfo anaa mo anantwi ne mo mfurum anaa mo ahɔho yɛ adwuma biara.

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

15 Monkae sɛ bere bi a atwa mu no na moyɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, nam anwonwatumi ne tumi nnwuma so na oyii mo fii hɔ. Ɛno nti na Awurade mo Nyankopɔn hyɛ mo sɛ munni Homeda no.

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

16 Di wʼagya ne wo na ni sɛnea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, ahyɛ mo no, na ama wo nkwanna aware, na asi wo yiye wɔ asase a Awurade wo Nyankopɔn de rema wo no so.

Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

17 Nni awu.

You shall not murder.

18 Nsɛe aware.

You shall not commit adultery.

19 Mmɔ korɔn

You shall not steal.

20 Nni wo yɔnko ho adansekurum

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

21 Mma wʼani mmere wo yɔnko yere. Mma wʼani mmere wo yɔnko fi anaa nʼasase anaa nʼakoa anaa nʼafenaa, ne nʼanantwi, nʼafurum anaa biribiara a ɛyɛ wo yɔnko dea.”

You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

22 Eyinom ne mmaransɛm a Awurade de nne kɛse a efi ogyaframa no mu pae mu ka kyerɛɛ mo fii omununkum a esum kabii atwa ho ahyia mu wɔ bepɔw no so a wamfa hwee anka ho. Na ɔkyerɛw guu abo pon abien so de maa me.

The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

23 Motee nne no fii esum mu bere a bepɔw no so redɛw ogya framfram no, mmusuakuw mu ntuanofo no nyinaa baa me nkyɛn.

And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,

24 Wɔkae se, “Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, akyerɛ yɛn nʼanuonyam ne ne tumi na yɛate ne nne afi ogya no mu. Nnɛ, yɛahu sɛ, sɛ Onyankopɔn ne onipa kasa koraa a, onipa tumi tena ase.

and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.

25 Na afei, adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ yewuwu? Sɛ Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, kasa kyerɛ yɛn bio a, akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ yebewu na ogya no ahyew yɛn pasaa.

But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.

26 Efisɛ ɔkra teasefo bɛn na wate Onyankopɔn teasefo no nne sɛ ɛrekasa fi ogyaframa no mu na watena ase ana?

For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

27 Kɔ na kotie nea Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn no, ka no. Na afei, bra na bɛka biribiara a ɔka kyerɛɛ wo no kyerɛ yɛn, na yebetie na yɛadi so.”

Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”

28 Awurade tee mo nne bere a mokasa kyerɛɛ me no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Mate nsɛm a saa nnipa yi ka kyerɛɛ wo no. Nsɛm a wɔkaa no nyinaa ye.

And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

29 Ao, sɛ daa wobenya koma sɛnea ɛbɛma wɔasuro me na wɔadi mʼahyɛde nyinaa so a, anka ebeye ama wɔn ne wɔn asefo nyinaa afebɔɔ.

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

30 “Kɔ na kɔka kyerɛ wɔn se, wɔnsan mmra wɔn ntamadan mu.

Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’

31 Nanso wo de, wo ne me ntena ha sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a metumi de mʼahyɛde ne me mmara ama wo. Wobɛkyerɛkyerɛ nnipa no sɛnea wobetie wɔ asase a mede rema wɔn no so sɛ wɔn agyapade no.”

But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”

32 Enti mohwɛ yiye na n monyɛ nea Awurade mo Nyankopɔn ahyɛ mo no; momman mfa nifa anaa benkum.

So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.

33 Munni nea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, ahyɛ mo no nyinaa so na ama moanya nkwa, na asi mo yiye, na no nna aware wɔ asase a morekɔfa no so.

You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.