3 Mose 20
1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Ka kyerɛ Israelfo no se,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 ‘Obiara a ofi mo mu a ɔde ne ba bɛbɔ ɔhyew afɔre ama Molek no, sɛ ɔyɛ Israelni anaa ɔhɔho no, ɛsɛ sɛ wokum no. Ɛsɛ sɛ wosiw no abo.
Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: If any man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers, that dwell in Israel, give of his seed to the idol Moloch, dying let him die: the people of the land shall stone him.
3 Na mʼankasa metia saa onipa no na mayi no afi ne nkurɔfo mu, efisɛ ɔde ne ba ama Molek ama wagu me kronkronbea ne me din kronkron no ho fi.
And I will set my face against him: and I will cut him off from the midst of his people, because he hath given of his seed to Moloch, and hath defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my holy name.
4 Na sɛ nnipa a wɔte mpɔtam hɔ no nso boapa yɛ wɔn ho sɛ wonnim sɛ ɔbarima no de ne ba abɔ afɔre ama Molek na wɔankum no a, mʼankasa metia
And if the people of the land neglecting, and as it were little regarding my commandment, let alone the man that hath given of his seed to Moloch, and will not kill him:
5 ɔbarima no ne ne fifo na matwa ɔno ne nnipa a wɔde wɔn ho to anyame foforo so no nyinaa afi wɔn nkurɔfo mu.
I will set my face against that man, and his kindred, and will cut off both him and all that consented with him, to commit fornication with Moloch, out of the midst of their people.
6 “‘Metia obiara a ɔkɔ asuman ne ahonhom nkyɛn okodi wɔn akyi aguaman so, na matwa saa onipa no afi ne nkurɔfo mu.
The soul that shall go aside after magicians, and soothsayers, and shall commit fornication with them, I will set my face against that soul, and destroy it out of the midst of its people.
7 “‘Enti montew mo ho na monyɛ kronkron na mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn.
Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy because I am the Lord your God.
8 Ɛsɛ sɛ mudi me mmara nyinaa so, efisɛ mene Awurade a meyɛ mo kronkron no.
Keep my precepts, and do them. I am the Lord that sanctify you.
9 “‘Obiara a ɔbɛdome nʼagya anaa ne na no, ɛsɛ sɛ wokum no, efisɛ wadome ne na ne nʼagya, ne mogya begu nʼatifi.
He that curseth his father, or mother, dying let him die: he hath cursed his father, and mother, let his blood be upon him.
10 “‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi kɔfa obi yere a, ɛsɛ sɛ wokum ɔbarima no ne ɔbea no nyinaa wɔabɔ aguaman.
If any man commit adultery with the wife of another, and defile his neighbour’s wife, let them be put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.
11 “‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi ne nʼagya yere da a, ɛsɛ sɛ wokum ɔbarima no ne ɔbea no, wɔn mogya begu wɔn atifi.
If a man lie with his stepmother, and discover the nakedness of his father, let them both be put to death: their blood be upon them.
12 “‘Na sɛ ɔbarima bi kɔfa nʼase a ɔyɛ ne babarima yere a, ɛsɛ sɛ wokum wɔn baanu no nyinaa; wɔn ankasa na wɔagu wɔn ho wɔn ho fi; wɔn mogya begu wɔn atifi.
If any man lie with his daughter in law, let both die, because they have done a heinous crime: their blood be upon them.
13 “‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi fa ne yɔnko barima a, wonkum wɔn baanu no nyinaa; wɔn mogya begu wɔn ankasa atifi.
If any one lie with a man as with a woman, both have committed an abomination, let them be put to death: their blood be upon them.
14 “‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi fa ɔbea bi na ɔsan kɔfa ɔbea no na ka ho a, ɛyɛ atiwuisɛm. Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhyew saa nnipa baasa yi nyinaa anikann de apepa amumɔyɛsɛm no afi mo mu.
If any man after marrying the daughter, marry her mother, he hath done a heinous crime: he shall be burnt alive with them: neither shall so great an abomination remain in the midst of you.
15 “‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi fa aboa a, ɛsɛ sɛ wokum ɔbarima no na wokum aboa no nso.
He that shall copulate with any beast or cattle, dying let him die, the beast also ye shall kill.
16 “‘Sɛ ɔbea nso ma aboa fa no a, munkum ɔbea no ne aboa no nyinaa; wɔn mogya begu wɔn ankasa atifi.
The woman that shall lie under any beast, shall be killed together with the same: their blood be upon them.
17 “‘Sɛ ɔbarima ne ne nuabea da a, sɛ ɛyɛ nʼagya babea o, sɛ nso ɛyɛ ne na babea o, ɛyɛ animguasesɛm, wobegyina bagua mu ayi wɔn afi wɔn nkurɔfo mu. Ɔbarima no ara bɛsoa nʼafɔdi.
If any man take his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother, and see her nakedness, and she behold her brother’s shame: they have committed a crime: they shall be slain, in the sight of their people, because they have discovered one another’s nakedness, and they shall bear their iniquity.
18 “‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi kɔfa ɔbea a wabu ne nsa a, ɛsɛ sɛ woyi wɔn fi wɔn nkurɔfo mu, efisɛ ɔbarima no ada ɔbea no adagyaw adi.
If any man lie with a woman in her flowers, and uncover her nakedness, and she open the fountain of her blood, both shall be destroyed out of the midst of their people.
19 “‘Sɛ obi ne nʼagya nuabea da a, ɛyɛ akyiwade. Saa ara nso na ɔne ne na nuabea da a, ɛyɛ akyiwade ara ne no, efisɛ, wɔn nyinaa yɛ mogya baako. Wɔn baanu nyinaa bɛsoa wɔn afɔdi.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy aunt by thy mother, and of thy aunt by thy father: he that doth this, hath uncovered the shame of his own flesh, both shall bear their iniquity.
20 “‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi fa nʼagya nuabarima yere a, wafa ade a ɛyɛ nʼagya nuabarima no dea; wɔn asotwe ne sɛ, wɔbɛsoa wɔn bɔne awu a wɔrenwo ba.
If any mall lie with the wife of his uncle by the father, or of his uncle by the mother, and uncover the shame of his near akin, both shall bear their sin: they shall die without children.
21 “‘Sɛ ɔbarima bi ware ne nua yere a, ɛyɛ afide, efisɛ wafa ne nua ade na wɔn nyinaa renwo ba.
He that marrieth his brother’s wife, doth an unlawful thing, he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness: they shall be without children.
22 “‘Ɛsɛ sɛ mudi me mmara nyinaa so na mampam mo amfi mo asase foforo yi so.
Keep my laws and my judgments, and do them: lest the land into which you are to enter to dwell therein, vomit you also out.
23 Munnni ɔman no amanne a maka no mo anim sɛ enye no akyi, efisɛ nneɛma a wɔyɛ a enye no nyinaa, mabɔ mo ho kɔkɔ dedaw. Ɛno nti na mikyi saa aman no.
Walk not after the laws of the nations, which I will cast out before you. For they have done all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
24 Mahyɛ mo wɔn asase no ho bɔ sɛ mede bɛma mo. Ɛyɛ asase a nufusu ne ɛwo sen wɔ so. Mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn a mama mo ada nsow wɔ aman a aka no nyinaa mu.
But to you I say: Possess their land which I will give you for an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, who have separated you from other people.
25 “‘Ɛsɛ sɛ mo nso muhu nnomaa ne mmoa a mama mo ho kwan sɛ monwe wɔn nam ne wɔn a ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe wɔn nam no ntam nsonoe. Ɛwɔ mu sɛ mmoa ne nnomaa a mabra sɛ monnnwe no, wɔabu so wɔ asase no so de, nanso monnnwe mfa ngu mo ho fi nhyɛ me abufuw.
Therefore do you also separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the clean fowl from the unclean: defile not your souls with beasts, or birds, or any things that move on the earth, and which I have shewn you to be unclean.
26 Mobɛyɛ kronkron ama me, efisɛ me Awurade, meyɛ kronkron na mayi mo afi nnipa nyinaa mu asi nkyɛn sɛ moyɛ me de.
You shall be holy unto me, because I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.
27 “‘Ɔbarima anaa ɔbea a ɔyɛ samanfrɛfo anaasɛ osumanni wɔ mo mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ mukum no. Ɛsɛ sɛ musiw no abo; ne mogya begu nʼankasa atifi.’”
A man, or woman, in whom there is a pythonical or divining spirit, dying let them die: they shall stone them: their blood be upon them.
