3 Mose 25

1 Mose wɔ Sinai Bepɔw so no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no se,

Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,

2 “Ka kyerɛ Israelfo no se, ‘Sɛ mudu asase a mede rebɛma mo no so a, mfe ason biara, momma asase no nya Awurade mu homeda.

“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land that I give you, then the land must be made to keep a Sabbath for Yahweh.

3 Momfa mfe asia nnua mo nnɔbae wɔ mo mfuw mu na munyiyi mo bobe nturo mu na muntwa mo nnɔbae.

You must plant your field for six years, and for six years you must prune your vineyard and gather the produce.

4 Na mfe ason so no, asase no nna hɔ kwa wɔ Awurade anim. Monnyɛ so hwee. Munnnua so aba. Afe no nyinaa mu, munnyiyi mo bobe nturo no mu.

But in the seventh year, a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land must be observed, a Sabbath for Yahweh. You must not plant your field or prune your vineyard.

5 Na aba biara a ebefifi no, monntew mfa, na bobe no nso, mommmoaboa ano mfa. Efisɛ ɛyɛ afe a ɛsɛ sɛ asase no home.

You must not conduct an organized harvest of whatever grows by itself, and you must not conduct an organized harvest of whatever grapes grow on your unpruned vines. This will be a year of solemn rest for the land.

6 Nanso aba biara a asase no bɛma saa afe no bɛyɛ aduan ama wo ne wʼakoa, wʼafenaa, wo paani ne wo hɔho,

Whatever the unworked land grows during the Sabbath year will be food for you. You, your male and female servants, your hired servants and the foreigners who live with you may gather food,

7 wo nyɛmmoa ne wuram mmoa a ɛwɔ asase no so nyinaa. Munni biribiara a asase no bɛma biara.

and your livestock and also wild animals may eat whatever the land produces.

8 “‘Bubu Homeda mfe ason, mfe ason ahorow ason, na wubenya mfe aduanan akron.

You must count off seven Sabbaths of years, that is, seven times seven years, so that there will be seven Sabbaths of years, totaling forty-nine years.

9 Afei, ɔsram a ɛto so ason no da du no yɛ Mpata Da. Monhyɛn torobɛnto wɔ baabiara. Mpata Da no, monhyɛn torobɛnto no denneennen nkyɛ wɔ ɔman no mu baabiara.

Then you must blow a loud trumpet everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you must blow a trumpet throughout all your land.

10 Montew mfe aduonum no ho na mompae ahofadi mma wɔn a wɔtete asase no so mmaa nyinaa. Ɛbɛyɛ mfirihyia aduonum afahyɛ ama mo, na mo mu biara bɛsan akɔ asase a wɔde ama mo agyanom no so, na moakɔka mo abusuafo ho.

You must set apart the fiftieth year to Yahweh and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It will be a Jubilee for you, in which property and slaves must be returned to their families.

11 Mfe aduonum so no bɛyɛ mfirihyia aduonum afahyɛ ama mo; munnnua biribiara na munntwa nnɔbae biara, na bobe a moadua nso, monntew so aba.

The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you. You must not plant or conduct an organized harvest. Eat whatever grows by itself, and gather the grapes that grow on the unpruned vines.

12 Efisɛ ɛyɛ mfirihyia aduonum afahyɛ, na ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ sononko na ɛho tew. Munni nea munya fi asase no mu nko ara.

For it is a Jubilee, which will be holy for you. You must eat the produce that grows by itself out of the fields.

13 “‘Saa mfirihyia aduonum afahyɛ yi, obiara bɛkɔ asase a wɔde maa nʼagyanom no so.

You must return everyone to his own property in this year of Jubilee.

14 “‘Sɛ wo ne wo yɔnko yɛ nhyehyɛe a wonam so retɔ anaa woretɔn agyapade bi a, ɛnsɛ sɛ obi sisi ne yɔnko.

If you sell any land to your neighbor or buy any land from your neighbor, you must not cheat or wrong each other.

15 Sɛ woretɔ asase afi wo yɔnko nkyɛn a, mobɛkan mfe dodow no so fa afi Mfirihyia Aduonum Afahyɛ a etwaa mu no. Ɔdetɔnfo no begye wo bo a egyina mfe dodow a aka ansa na mfirihyia aduonum afahyɛ a ɛreba no.

If you buy land from your neighbor, consider the number of years and crops that can be harvested until the next Jubilee. Your neighbor selling the land must consider that also.

16 Mfe no dodow na ɛma ɛbo no kɔ soro. Saa ara nso na mfe kakra bi ma ɛbo no kɔ fam. Eyinom nyinaa mu no, onipa a ɔretɔn asase no retɔn otwa dodow a wobetwa afi asase no so.

A larger number of years until the next Jubilee will increase the value of land, and a smaller number of years until the next Jubilee will decrease the value, because the number of harvests the land will produce for the new owner is related to the number of years before the next Jubilee.

17 Munsuro mo Nyankopɔn na obi ansisi ne yɔnko. Na mene Awurade.

You must not cheat or wrong one another; instead, you must honor your God, for I am Yahweh your God.

18 “‘Sɛ mopɛ sɛ motena asase no so asomdwoe mu de a, munni me mmara so.

Therefore you must obey my decrees, keep my laws, and carry them out. Then you will live in the land in safety.

19 Sɛ moyɛ osetie a, aduan bebu so wɔ asase no so na moadi amee wɔ asomdwoe mu.

The land will yield its produce, and you will eat your fill and live there in safety.

20 Mubebisa se, “Na sɛ wose yennnua anaa yenntwa saa afe no so a, dɛn na yebedi wɔ mfe ason no so no?”

You might say, “What will we eat during the seventh year? Look, we cannot plant or gather our produce.”

21 Mmuae ara ne sɛ, mfe asia no so, mehyira mo ama nnɔbae aba abu so kosi sɛ mubetwa mfe awotwe mu nnɔbae no.

I will command my blessing to come upon you in the sixth year, and it will produce harvest enough for three years.

22 Sɛ mudua nnɔbae wɔ mfe awotwe no mu a, mobɛkɔ so adi afe a etwaa mu no mu nnuan. Nokware, nnuan dedaw no na mubedi akosi sɛ otwabere bedu so mfe akron no mu.

You will plant in the eighth year and continue to eat from the previous years' produce and the stored food. Until the harvest of the ninth year comes in, you will be able to eat from the provisions stored in the previous years.

23 “‘Na monkae sɛ asase no yɛ me dea enti munni ho kwan sɛ motɔn no afebɔɔ. Moyɛ ahɔho na meyɛ asase wura ma mo.

The land must not be sold to a new permanent owner, because the land is mine. You are all foreigners and temporary residents on my land.

24 Asasetɔn mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ nhyehyɛe sɛ asasetɔnfo no tumi san begye asase no bere biara.

You must observe the right of redemption for all the land that you acquire; you must allow the land to be bought back by the family from whom you bought it.

25 “‘Sɛ ohia hia obi ma ɔtɔn nʼasase fa bi a, nʼabusuafo tumi begye.

If your fellow Israelite became poor and for that reason sold some of his property, then his nearest relative may come and buy back the property that he sold to you.

26 Sɛ onni obi a obegye ama no na sɛ ɔno ankasa nya sika a,

If a man has no relative to redeem his property, but if he has prospered and has the ability to redeem it,

27 wɔbɛsese ɛso nnɔbae a wɔatwa ansa na Ahosɛpɛw Afe no reba na wɔagyina so atua ka no, na nea ɔtɔe no nso adan asase no ama no.

then he may calculate the years since the land was sold and repay the balance to the man to whom he sold it. Then he may return to his own property.

28 Na sɛ nea asase no yɛ ne de no ankasa antumi annye a, ɛno de, ɛbɛyɛ nea ɔtɔ no dea ara kosi Mfirihyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no, na nea ɔtɔe no de onipa no ade asan ama no.

But if he is not able to get the land back for himself, then the land he has sold will remain in the ownership of the one who bought it until the year of Jubilee. At the year of Jubilee, the land will be returned to the man who sold it, and the original owner will return to his property.

29 “‘Sɛ obi tɔn ofi wɔ kurom a, ɔwɔ afe a otumi san gye nʼade a biribiara nsiw no ho kwan.

If a man sells a house in a walled city, then he may buy it back within a whole year after it was sold. For a full year he will have the right of redemption.

30 Na sɛ afe no mu wantumi annye a, ɛbɛyɛ nea ɔtɔe no de korakora. Ɔrensan mfa mma onipa a kan no na ɛyɛ ne dea no wɔ Ahosɛpɛw Afe no mu.

If the house is not redeemed within a full year, then the house in the walled city will become the permanent property of the buyer and his descendants. It is not to be returned in the year of Jubilee.

31 Nanso akuraa dan a wɔntoo ɔfasu ntwaa ho nhyiae te sɛ agyapade a ɛwɔ wuram de, wotumi san kogye no bere biara, na Mfe Aduonum Afahyɛ mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsan de ma ne wura ankasa.

But the houses of the villages that have no wall around them will be considered as the field of the land. They may be redeemed, and they must be returned during the year of Jubilee.

32 “‘Asɛm baako bi na ɛnka ho. Lewifo afi a ɛwɔ nkurow a wɔde afasu atwa ho mu no, wotumi san gye no bere biara.

However, the houses owned by the Levites in their cities may be redeemed at any time.

33 Enti Lewifo de, wotumi gye wɔn agyapade; wɔn kurow biara mu ofi a wɔtɔnee, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔdan ma wɔn wuranom wɔ Ahosɛpɛw Afe no mu, efisɛ afi no yɛ wɔn dea.

If one of the Levites does not redeem a house he sold, then the house that was sold in the city where it is located must be returned in the year of Jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their property among the people of Israel.

34 Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔtɔn nsase a atwa Lewifo no nkurow ho ahyia, efisɛ eyinom yɛ wɔn agyapade afebɔɔ a ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔne obiara kyɛ.

But the fields around their cities may not be sold because they are the permanent property of the Levites.

35 “‘Sɛ ohia hia wo nua a, ɛsɛ sɛ woboa no; ma no mmra ma ɔmmɛtena hɔ bi.

If your fellow countryman becomes poor, so that he can no longer provide for himself, then you must help him as you would help a foreigner or anyone else living as an outsider among you.

36 Suro wo Nyankopɔn na ma wo nua ntena wo nkyɛn; na sɛ wobɔ no bosea a, nnye no ho mfɛntom.

Do not charge him interest or try to profit from him in any way, but honor your God so that your brother may keep living with you.

37 Kae sɛ worennye ho mfɛntom biara; na ma no biribiara a ɛho hia no na ɛnyɛ wo ka. Mpɛ mfaso!

You must not give him a loan of money and charge interest, nor sell him your food to earn a profit.

38 Efisɛ me Awurade a meyɛ mo Nyankopɔn no yii mo fii Misraim de Kanaan asase maa mo sɛnea mɛyɛ mo Nyankopɔn.

I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, in order that I might give you the land of Canaan, and that I might be your God.

39 “‘Sɛ ohia hia wo yɔnko Israelni na ɔtɔn ne ho ma wo a, nhyɛ ne so sɛ ɔdɔnkɔ;

If your fellow countryman has become poor and sells himself to you, you must not make him work like a slave.

40 na mmom, yɛ no sɛ obi a wutua no ne som a ɔsom ho ka, anaa fa no sɛ wo hɔho na ɔnsom wo nkosi Mfirihyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no.

Treat him as a hired servant. He must be like someone living temporarily with you. He will serve with you until the year of Jubilee.

41 Edu saa bere no a, ɔne ne mma nyinaa tumi tu de wɔn agyapade nyinaa kɔ wɔn abusuafo nkyɛn.

Then he will go away from you, he and his children with him, and he will return to his own family and to his fathers' property.

42 Efisɛ Israelfo no yɛ mʼasomfo a mede wɔn fi Misraim asase so bae; ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔtɔn wɔn sɛ nkoa.

For they are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They will not be sold as slaves.

43 Mommfa atirimɔden nni wɔn so; munsuro mo Nyankopɔn.

You must not rule over them harshly, but you must honor your God.

44 “‘Nanso mubetumi atɔ asomfo afi aman afoforo a atwa mo ho ahyia no so.

As for your male and female slaves, whom you can obtain from the nations who live around you, you may buy slaves from them.

45 Saa ara nso na mutumi tɔ ahɔho a mo ne wɔn te no mma a ɛmfa ho sɛ wɔte mo mu.

You may also buy slaves from the foreigners who are living among you, that is, from their families who are with you, children who have been born in your land. They may become your property.

46 Mubetumi ayɛ wɔn nkoa afebɔɔ ama mo ne mo nkyirimma, nanso mo nuanom Israelfo no de, ɛnsɛ sɛ moyɛ wɔn saa.

You may provide such slaves as an inheritance for your children after you, to hold as property, and make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your brothers among the people of Israel with harshness.

47 “‘Sɛ ɔhɔho a ɔte mo mu no bɛyɛ ɔdefo, na sɛ Israelni di hia, na ɔtɔn ne ho ma ɔhɔho no anaa ɔhɔho no abusuafo a,

If a foreigner or someone living temporarily with you has become wealthy, and if one of your fellow Israelites has become poor and sells himself to that foreigner, or to someone in a foreigner's family,

48 ɔwɔ kwan sɛ wogye no wɔ ne tɔn akyi; ne nuanom bi tumi begye no.

after your fellow Israelite has been bought, he may be bought back. Someone in his family may redeem him.

49 Saa ara nso na ne wɔfa, ne wɔfaase anaa ne ho nipa bi a ɔbɛn no tumi gye no ara ne no. Sɛ ɔno ara nso benya sika a, otumi de begye ne ho.

It might be the person's uncle, or his uncle's son, who redeems him, or anyone who is his close relative from his family. Or, if he has become prosperous, he may redeem himself.

50 Ne ho a obegye no gyina mfe a aka na Mfirihyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no adu ne sika dodow a sɛ anka wɔde kɔfaa ɔsomfo a, anka obegye saa mfe a aka no mu no so.

He must bargain with the man who bought him; they must count the years from the year he sold himself to his purchaser until the year of Jubilee. The price of his redemption must be figured in keeping with the rate paid to a hired servant, for the number of years he might continue to work for the one who bought him.

51 Sɛ aka mfe pii ansa na Ahosɛpɛw Afe no aso a, obetua sika a ogyee wɔ bere a ɔtɔn ne ho no nyinaa.

If there are still many years until the year of Jubilee, he must pay back as the price for his redemption an amount of money that is in proportion to the number of those years.

52 Sɛ mfe no pii atwam ama aka kakra na Mfirihyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no adu a, ɛno de, obetua sika a ogyee bere a ɔtɔn ne ho no mu kakraa bi.

If there are only a few years to the year of Jubilee, then he must bargain with his purchaser to reflect the number of years left before the year of Jubilee, and he must pay for his redemption in keeping with the number of years.

53 Sɛ ɔtɔn ne ho ma ɔhɔho a, ɔhɔho no bɛfa no sɛ ne somfo a otua no ka. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔfa no sɛ ne somfo koraa anaa nʼagyapade.

He is to be treated like a man hired year by year. You must make sure he is not treated with harshness.

54 “‘Sɛ Mfirihyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no du na wonnyee no a, wobegyaa ɔne ne mma nyinaa,

If he is not redeemed by these means, then he must serve until the year of Jubilee, he and his children with him.

55 efisɛ wɔyɛ mʼasomfo. Mede wɔn fi Misraim na ɛbae. Mene Awurade mo Nyankopɔn no.

To me the people of Israel are servants. They are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.'”