3 Mose 18

1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Ka kyerɛ Israelfo no se,

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 ‘Mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn,

Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, I am the Lord your God.

3 enti mommmɔ mo bra sɛ abosonsomfo. Monnyɛ sɛ nnipa a na mo ne wɔn te wɔ Misraim anaa Kanaan wɔ faako a mede mo rekɔ no. Munnsuasua wɔn.

After ye doings of the land of Egypt, wherin ye dwelt, shall ye not doe: and after the maner of the land of Canaan, whither I will bring you, shall ye not do, neither walke in their ordinances,

4 Me mmara ne mʼahyɛde ara so na ɛsɛ sɛ mudi; na ɛsɛ sɛ mudi so pɛpɛɛpɛ, efisɛ mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn.

But do after my iudgements, and keepe mine ordinances, to walke therein: I am the Lord your God.

5 Sɛ mudi so a, mubenya nkwa. Mene Awurade.

Ye shall keepe therefore my statutes, and my iudgements, which if a man doe, he shall then liue in them: I am the Lord.

6 “‘Mo mu biara nni ho kwan sɛ ɔware obusuani a ɔbɛn no. Mene Awurade.

None shall come neere to any of ye kinred of his flesh to vncouer her shame: I am the Lord.

7 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbabea ware nʼagya anaasɛ ɔbabarima ware ne na.

Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy father, nor the shame of thy mother: for she is thy mother, thou shalt not discouer her shame.

8 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ wo ne wʼagya yerenom mu bi da; ebebu wʼagya animtiaa.

The shame of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer: for it is thy fathers shame.

9 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ wo ne wo nuabea anaa wʼagya babea anaa wo na babea da, sɛ wɔwoo no ofi no mu anaa ofi foforo mu.

Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy sister the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether shee bee borne at home, or borne without: thou shalt not discouer their shame.

10 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ moware mo nenabea, sɛ ɔyɛ mo babarima babea anaa mo babea babea, efisɛ ebebu mo animtiaa.

The shame of thy sonnes daughter, or of thy daughters daughter, thou shalt not, I say, vncouer their shame: for it is thy shame.

11 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ woware wo nuabea a ɔyɛ wʼagya yerenom bi babea.

The shame of thy fathers wiues daughter, begotten of thy father (for she is thy sister) thou shalt not, I say, discouer her shame.

12 “‘Anaa wo sewaa—wo agya nuabea, efisɛ ɔyɛ wʼagya busuani pɛɛ.

Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy fathers sister: for she is thy fathers kinswoman.

13 “‘Saa ara na ɛnsɛ sɛ woware wo na a ɔyɛ wo na nuabea, efisɛ, ɔyɛ wo na busuani pɛɛ.

Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy mothers sister: for she is thy mothers kinsewoman.

14 “‘Wʼagya nuabarima yere nso, wunni ho kwan sɛ woware no.

Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy fathers brother: that is, thou shalt not goe in to his wife, for she is thine aunte.

15 “‘Wunni ho kwan sɛ woware wo babarima yere, efisɛ ɔyɛ wʼase.

Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy daughter in lawe: for she is thy sonnes wife: therefore shalt thou not vncouer her shame.

16 “‘Saa ara nso na wuntumi nnware wo nuabarima yere, efisɛ ɔyɛ wo nuabarima dea.

Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy brothers wife. for it is thy brothers shame.

17 “‘Worentumi nware ɔbea bi nsan nware ne babea anaa ne nenabea nka ho, efisɛ wɔn nyinaa yɛ abusuafo pɛɛ na ɛyɛ awudisɛm nso.

Thou shalt not discouer the shame of the wife and of her daughter, neither shalt thou take her sonnes daughter, nor her daughters daughter, to vncouer her shame: for they are thy kinsfolkes, and it were wickednesse.

18 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ woware nuabeanom baanu sɛ akorafo, bere a wo yere te ase.

Also thou shalt not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vexe her, in vncouering her shame vpon her.

19 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ wofa ɔbea a ɔwɔ afikyirikɔ mu.

Thou shalt not also go vnto a woman to vncouer her shame, as long as she is put apart for her disease.

20 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ wofa wo yɔnko yere de gu mo ho fi.

Moreouer, thou shalt not giue thy selfe to thy neighbours wife by carnall copulation, to be defiled with her.

21 “‘Mfa wo mma mu biara mma Molek mma ɔmmfa no mmɔ afɔre wɔ nʼafɔremuka so. Ngu wo Nyankopɔn din ho fi, efisɛ mene Awurade.

Also thou shalt not giue thy children to offer them vnto Molech, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: for I am the Lord.

22 “‘Ɔbarima a ɔne ne yɔnko barima da yɛ akyiwade kɛse na ɛyɛ bɔne a ɛso nso.

Thou shalt not lie with ye male as one lieth with a woman: for it is abomination.

23 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbarima fa aboa de gu ne ho fi. Saa ara nso na ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbea de ne ho ma aboanini ma ɔfa no. Ɛyɛ akyiwade kɛse.

Thou shalt not also lie with any beast to bee defiled therewith, neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie downe thereto: for it is abomination.

24 “‘Munngu mo ho fi wɔ saa akwan ahorow yi biara so na eyinom ne nea abosonsomfo yɛ. Esiane sɛ wɔyɛ saa nti, merebeyi wɔn afi asase a morekɔ so no so.

Yee shall not defile your selues in any of these things: for in al these the nations are defiled, which I will cast out before you:

25 Saa ahohwibra no agu ɔman mu no nyinaa ho fi; ɛno nti na meretwe nnipa a wɔte hɔ no aso na mayi wɔn afi asase no so.

And the land is defiled: therefore I wil visit the wickednesse thereof vpon it, and the lande shall vomit out her inhabitants.

26 Ɛsɛ sɛ mudi me mmara ne mʼahyɛde no nyinaa so pɛpɛɛpɛ na ɛnsɛ sɛ moyɛ saa akyiwade yi mu bi koraa. Saa mmara yi ka mo a wɔwoo mo Israelman mu ne ahɔho a wɔne mo te nyinaa bi.

Ye shall keepe therefore mine ordinances, and my iudgements, and commit none of these abominations, aswell hee that is of the same countrey, as the straunger that soiourneth among you.

27 Ampa ara, efisɛ daa nnipa a wɔte saa asase a mede mo rekɔ so no so yɛ saa akyiwade yi nti, asase no ho agu fi.

(For all these abominations haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled:

28 Monnyɛ saa ade no bi, anyɛ saa a, mɛpam mo afi asase no so sɛnea mɛyɛ wɔn a wɔte hɔ mprempren no.

And shall not the lande spue you out if ye defile it, as it spued out the people that were before you?)

29 “‘Obiara a ɔbɛyɛ akyiwade yi mu bi no, ɛsɛ sɛ wotwa no asu fi ɔman no mu.

For whosoeuer shall commit any of these abominations, the persons that doe so, shall bee cut off from among their people.

30 Enti monhwɛ sɛ mubedi me mmara no so na monnyɛ saa abusude kɛse yi bi. Monnkɔyɛ abususɛm a wɔn a wɔte asase a morekɔ so no yɛ no bi mmfa ngu mo ho fi. Mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn.’”

Therefore shall yee keepe mine ordinances that ye do not any of the abominable customes, which haue bene done before you, and that yee defile not your selues therein: for I am the Lord your God.