5 Mose 12

1 Yeinom ne mmara ne ahyɛdeɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ modi so, ɛberɛ a mote asase a Awurade, mo agyanom Onyankopɔn, de ama mo no so.

These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall observe to do in the land which Adonai, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.

2 Sɛ motu amanaman a wɔtete hɔ no firi hɔ a, ɛsɛ sɛ mosɛe mmeammea a wɔsom wɔn anyame no nyinaa—mmepɔ no atifi, nkokoɔ no atifi ne nnua a ɛyi nhahammono no ase nyinaa.

You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess abad ·served· their deities, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

3 Mommubu wɔn afɔrebukyia nyinaa na monyam wɔn ɔsom adum no. Momfa ogya nhye wɔn abosompɔ na mommobɔ wɔn ahoni a wɔayeyɛ no. Mompepa wɔn ahoni no din mfiri mmeammea hɔ.

You shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their deities. You shall destroy their name out of that place.

4 Mommfa wɔn akwan no so nsom Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn.

You shall not do so to Adonai your God.

5 Na mmom, monhwehwɛ baabi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛyi afiri mo mmusuakuo mu ama mo no na montim ne din hɔ sɛ nʼatenaeɛ. Beaeɛ hɔ na ɛsɛ sɛ mokɔ.

But to the place which Adonai your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and there you shall come.

6 Ɛhɔ na momfa mo hyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ mmra mmɛbɔ a mo ntotosoɔ dudu, akyɛdeɛ sononko, adeɛ a moaka ho ntam sɛ mode bɛba ne afɔrebɔdeɛ a ɛfiri akoma pa mu, mo anantwie ne mo nnwan mu mmakan nso ka ho.

There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.

7 Ɛhɔ na Awurade mo Onyankopɔn anim, mo ne mo abusuafoɔ bɛdidi na mo ani agye wɔ biribiara a mo nsa aka wɔ hɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ahyira mo.

There you shall eat before Adonai your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Adonai your God has blessed you.

8 Ɛnnɛ yi, deɛ mopɛ biara na moyɛ, nanso, ɛnyɛ ne kwan ne no,

You shall not do after all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

9 ɛfiri sɛ, monnuruu ahomegyebea a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de rebɛma mo no hɔ.

for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Adonai your God gives you.

10 Ɛrenkyɛre biara, mobɛtwa Asubɔnten Yordan akɔtena asase a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo sɛ agyapadeɛ sononko no so. Sɛ ɔma mo ahomegyeɛ ne banbɔ wɔ mo atamfoɔ ho a,

But when you go over the Jordan [Descender], and dwell in the land which Adonai your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety;

11 momfa biribiara a mɛhyɛ mo sɛ momfa mmra a ɛyɛ mo ɔhyeɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ, ntotosoɔ dudu, akyɛdeɛ sononko ne mo ɔma ahodoɔ ne mo bɔhyɛ afɔdeɛ. Momfa nkɔ beaeɛ a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn bɛyi ama mo a mobɛkamfo ne din wɔ hɔ no.

then it shall happen that to the place which Adonai your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I enjoin you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Adonai.

12 Mo ne mo mmammarima, mo mmammaa ne mo nkoa nyinaa nnye mo ani wɔ hɔ wɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, anim. Na monkae Lewifoɔ a wɔtete mo nkuro so no sɛ, wɔnni asase a ɛyɛ wɔn dea.

You shall rejoice before Adonai your God, you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite [Descendant of United with] who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

13 Monhwɛ yie na moammɔ mo hyeɛ afɔdeɛ wɔ baabiara kwa.

Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;

14 Motumi yɛ saa wɔ baabi pɔtee a Awurade ayi afiri mo mmusua asase bi mu ama mo. Ɛhɔ na motumi bɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ na moyɛ biribiara a mɛhyɛ mo sɛ monyɛ no.

but in the place which Adonai chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I enjoin you.

15 Nanso, kuro biara a mopɛ so no, motumi kum mmoa we sɛdeɛ mokum atwe ne adabɔ no. Motumi we ɛnam dodoɔ biara a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de bɛma mo. Mo nyinaa, sɛ mo ho te anaa mo ho nte no, motumi we bi.

Notwithstanding, you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to Adonai your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the deer.

16 Mmara a ɛbata ho ara ne sɛ, monnni mogya no. Montwa ngu fam te sɛ nsuo.

Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.

17 Ɛnsɛ sɛ modi mo afɔdeɛ, ntotosoɔ dudu a ɛfiri mo aburoo mu, mo nsã foforɔ ne ngo anaa mo anantwie ne mo nnwan abakan wɔ mo kuro mu. Biribiara a moaka ho ntam sɛ mode bɛma Awurade anaa deɛ mofiri akoma pa mu ahyɛ ho bɔ anaa akyɛdeɛ sononko biara, ɛnsɛ sɛ modi.

You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your free will offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;

18 Mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ modi no wɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, anim wɔ baabi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛkyerɛ mo no a mo, mo mmammarima ne mo mmammaa mo nkoa ne mo mfenaa ne Lewifoɔ a wɔfiri mo nkuro mu ka mo ho. Monnye mo ani wɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn anim wɔ biribiara a mobɛyɛ no ho.

but you shall eat them before Adonai your God in the place which Adonai your God shall choose, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite [Descendant of United with] who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Adonai your God in all that you put your hand to.

19 Monhwɛ yie na moantwa Lewifoɔ no annya wɔ mmerɛ dodoɔ a mote mo asase so yi.

Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

20 Sɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, trɛ mo asase mu sɛdeɛ wahyɛ mo ho bɔ no a, ɛnneɛ, mobɛtumi awe ɛnam mmerɛ biara a mopɛ.

When Adonai your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.

21 Ɛtumi ba sɛ baabi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ayi ama mo sɛ monkamfo ne din hɔ no ne mo fie kwan ware. Sɛ ɛba saa a, motumi kum mo anantwie anaa nnwan a Awurade de ama mo no bi we ɛnam no wɔ mo fie sɛdeɛ mahyɛ mo no.

If the place which Adonai your God shall choose, to put his name there, is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Adonai has given you, as I have enjoined you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.

22 Obi a ne ho te anaa ne ho nte tumi we ɛnam no bi sɛdeɛ mowe ɔtwe ne ɔdabɔ no.

Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.

23 Mmara a ɛwɔ ho ara ne sɛ, monnni mogya no, ɛfiri sɛ, mogya no yɛ nkwa enti ɛnsɛ sɛ modi nkwa no fra ɛnam no.

Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.

24 Mmom, monhwie mogya no ngu fam sɛ nsuo.

You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.

25 Monnni mogya no, na asi mo ne mo mma yie, ɛfiri sɛ, moayɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade ani.

You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in Adonai’s eyes.

26 Momfa mo akyɛdeɛ kronkron ne mo bɔhyɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ nkɔ beaeɛ a Awurade akyerɛ.

Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Adonai shall choose.

27 Ɛsɛ sɛ mode ɛnam ne mogya a mode bɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ no gu Awurade mo Onyankopɔn no afɔrebukyia so. Mogya a ɛka mo afɔdeɛ foforɔ bi a mobɔ ho no, monhwie ngu Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, afɔrebukyia no nkyɛn nanso motumi we ɛnam no.

You shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on Adonai your God’s altar; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on Adonai your God’s altar; and you shall eat the meat.

28 Monhwɛ yie na monni me mmara so na biribiara bɛkɔ yie ama mo ne mo mma, ɛfiri sɛ, mobɛyɛ deɛ ɛsɔ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn ani.

Observe and sh'ma ·hear obey· all these words which I enjoin you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in Adonai your God’s eyes.

29 Sɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, sɛe aman no na mopam wɔn kɔtena wɔn asase no so a,

When Adonai your God cuts off the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them, and dwell in their land;

30 mommma ɛkwan a wɔfa so som wɔn anyame no nyɛ afidie mma mo. Mommmisa sɛ “Ɛkwan bɛn so na saa aman yi fa som wɔn anyame? Yɛpɛ sɛ yɛdi wɔn akyi.”

be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you not inquire after their deities, saying, “How do these nations abad ·serve· their deities? I will do likewise.”

31 Mommfa saa ɛkwan yi so nsom Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn anyame no som mu no, wɔyɛɛ akyiwadeɛ bebree a Awurade mpɛ. Mpo, wɔhyee wɔn mmammarima ne wɔn mmammaa wɔ ogya a wɔde rebɔ afɔdeɛ ama wɔn anyame no mu.

You shall not do so to Adonai your God; for every abomination to Adonai, which he hates, have they done to their deities; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their deities.

32 Monhwɛ sɛ, deɛ mahyɛ mo no nyinaa mobɛdi so; mommfa bi nka ho na monnyi bi nso mfiri mu.

Whatever thing I enjoin you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.