2 Mose 20

1 Na Onyankopɔn kaa nsɛm yi yi nyinaa:

And God speaks all these words, saying,

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

“I [am] your God YHWH, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.

3 “Monnsom onyame foforo biara nka me ho.

You have no other Gods before Me.

4 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 do not make a carved image for yourself, or any likeness which [is] in the heavens above, or which [is] in the earth beneath, or which [is] in the waters under the earth.

5 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 do not bow yourself to them, nor serve them: for I, your God YHWH, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third and on a fourth [generation] of those hating Me,

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

and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.

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

You do not take up the Name of your God YHWH for a vain thing, for YHWH does not acquit him who takes up His Name for a vain thing.

8 Monkae homeda na munni no sɛ da kronkron.

Remember the Sabbath day to sanctify it;

9 Nnansia na momfa nyɛ mo nnwuma nyinaa,

six days you labor and have done all your work,

10 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 anaa mo ahɔho yɛ adwuma biara.

and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to your God YHWH; you do not do any work, you, and your son, and your daughter, your manservant, and your handmaid, and your livestock, and your sojourner who is within your gates—

11 Efisɛ Awurade de nnansia na ɛbɔɔ ɔsoro, asase ne po ne biribiara a ɛwɔ ne nyinaa mu, na ɔhomee ne nnanson so; enti ohyiraa homeda no so sɛ wɔmfa nhome.

for [in] six days YHWH has made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and rests in the seventh day; therefore YHWH has blessed the Sabbath day and sanctifies it.

12 Di wʼagya ne wo na ni na wo nna aware wɔ asase a Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn, de rema wo no so.

Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.

13 Nni awu.

You do not murder.

14 Nsɛe aware.

You do not commit adultery.

15 Mmɔ korɔn.

You do not steal.

16 Nni adansekurum.

You do not answer [with] a false testimony against your neighbor.

17 Mma wʼani mmere wo yɔnko fi anaa ne yere anaa nʼasomfo anaa nʼanantwi anaa ne mfurum anaa biribiara a ɛyɛ ne de.”

You do not desire the house of your neighbor, you do not desire the wife of your neighbor, or his manservant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything which [is] your neighbor’s.”

18 Nnipa no nyinaa huu anyinam ne wusiw kumɔnn wɔ bepɔw no so. Wɔtee aprannaa ne torobɛnto nne a ɛyɛ hu a ɛrebɔ denneennen. Enti wɔtew gyinae a ehu ama wɔn ho rewosow.

And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the horn, and the mountain smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand far off,

19 Wɔka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Ka asɛm biara a Onyankopɔn aka akyerɛ wo sɛ ka kyerɛ yɛn, na yebetie. Na mma Onyankopɔn ankasa nkasa nkyerɛ yɛn na yɛanwuwu.”

and say to Moses, “Speak with us, and we hear, and do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

20 Mose nso ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Munnsuro na Onyankopɔn pɛ sɛ ɔda ne tumi adi kyerɛ mo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, efi nnɛ rekɔ no, mubesuro sɛ mobɛyɛ bɔne atia no.”

And Moses says to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to try you, and in order that His fear may be before your faces—that you do not sin.”

21 Nanso, nnipa no tew wɔn ho gyinaa akyirikyiri baabi. Mose de, owuraa sum kabii no mu kɔɔ faako a Onyankopɔn wɔ hɔ no.

And the people stand far off, and Moses has drawn near to the thick darkness where God [is].

22 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Ka saa asɛm yi kyerɛ Israelfo no. ‘Mudi ho adanse sɛ, mifi ɔsoro ada me pɛ adi akyerɛ mo.

And YHWH says to Moses, “Thus you say to the sons of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens;

23 Monkae sɛ ɛnsɛ sɛ moyɛ anaa mosom ahoni a wɔde sika anaa dwetɛ anaa biribi foforo ayɛ.

you do not make gods of silver and gods of gold [to be] with Me—you do not make [any idol] for yourselves.

24 “‘Dɔte afɔremuka na monyɛ mma me. Ɛso na mommɔ mo afɔre mma me. Mo ɔhyew afɔre ne asomdwoe afɔre a mode nguan ne anantwi bɔ no nyinaa mommɔ mma me. Faako a mɛkyerɛ mo sɛ munsi afɔremuka no na munsi na mɛba hɔ abehyira mo.

You make an altar of earth for Me, and you have sacrificed on it your burnt-offerings and your peace-offerings, your flock and your herd; in every place where I cause My Name to be remembered I come to you, and have blessed you.

25 Mutumi de abo nso si afɔremuka, nanso abo a wontwae na momfa nsi. Sɛ mode afiri bi twa abo no di no adwinni a, enye sɛ wɔde si, efisɛ moagu ho fi.

And if you make an altar of stones for Me, you do not build them of hewn work; when you have waved your tool over it, then you defile it;

26 Monnyɛ atrapoe mma afɔremuka no anyɛ saa a, obi bɛhwɛ mo ntade ase ahu mo adagyaw mu.’

neither do you go up by steps on My altar, that your nakedness is not revealed on it.