5 Mose 14

1 Moyɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn mma. Ɛno enti mommotabota mo ho anaa monnnyi mo moma so mma awufoɔ,

Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

2 ɛfiri sɛ, moyɛ nnipa kronkron ma Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn. Nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa, mo na Awurade ayi mo sɛ nʼagyapadeɛ a ɛsom bo.

For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be His own treasure out of all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

3 Monnni akyiwadeɛ biara.

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

4 Yeinom ne mmoa a ɛsɛ sɛ mowe: nantwie, odwan, abirekyie

These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

5 ɔforoteɛ, adowa, ɔwansane, eyuo, ɔtwe, ɛkoɔ ne abereɛ.

the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the mountain-sheep.

6 Na monni atɔteboa biara a ne tɔte mu apae mmienu na ɔpu wesa.

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof wholly cloven in two, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye may eat.

7 Nanso, ntɔteboa a wɔpu wesa anaa wɔn tɔte mu apae mmienu koraa mu no, monnwe yoma, adanko ne atwaboa, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔpu wesa deɛ, nanso wɔn tɔte mu mpaeɛ; wɔn ho nte mma mo.

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that only chew the cud, or of them that only have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger, because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you;

8 Ɔprako nso ho nte. Ɛwom sɛ ne tɔte mu apae deɛ, nanso ɔmpu nwesa. Ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe ne nam anaa mode mo nsa sɔ ne funu mu koraa.

and the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you; of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.

9 Nsuomnam a wɔwɔ tɛtɛ ne abon nyinaa motumi we.

These ye may eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat;

10 Nanso, nsuomnam a wɔnni tɛtɛ ne abon deɛ, monnwe. Wɔn ho nte mma mo.

and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat; it is unclean unto you.

11 Anomaa biara a ne ho te no, monwe.

Of all clean birds ye may eat.

12 Nnomaa a ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe nie: ɔkɔdeɛ, opete, asuo so ɔkɔdeɛ,

But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray;

13 ɔkompete, nkorɔma ahodoɔ nyinaa

and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kinds;

14 kwaakwaadabi ahodoɔ nyinaa,

and every raven after its kinds;

15 sohori, anadwo akorɔma, ɛpo so asomfena ne akorɔma ahodoɔ nyinaa,

and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds;

16 ɔpatuo, ɔpatukɛseɛ, bakanoma

the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl;

17 nantwinoma, opete ne ɛpo so anene,

and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant;

18 ne asukɔnkɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa, asɔkwaa ne apan.

and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

19 Ntuboa a wɔnante nyinaa ho nnte mma mo; monnwe.

And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

20 Nanso ntuboa a wɔn ho te nyinaa deɛ, monwe.

Of all clean winged things ye may eat.

21 Monnwe aboa bi a ɔno ankasa awuo. Momfa ma ɔhɔhoɔ a ɔne mo te, anaasɛ montɔn ma ɔnanani. Na mo ankasa deɛ, monnwe, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔayi mo asi nkyɛn sɛ ɔman kronkron ama Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn. Monnoa abirekyie ba wɔ ne maame nufosuo mu.

Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself; thou mayest give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.

22 Mo mfuo mu nnɔbaeɛ no, monyi mu ntotosoɔ dudu a ɛyɛ nkyɛmu edu mu baako wɔ mo nnɔbaeɛ mu afe biara otwaberɛ mu.

Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which is brought forth in the field year by year.

23 Momfa saa ntotosoɔ dudu yi mmra baabi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛkyerɛ mo na momfa nkamfo ne din na monni wɔ nʼanim. Mo aburoo, mo nsa, mo ngo ne mo anantwie ne mo nnwan abakan mmarima nso, monyɛ wɔn saa ara. Ntotosoɔ dudu no botaeɛ ne sɛ, ɛkyerɛ mo sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ daa mosuro Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn.

And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which He shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

24 Sɛ beaeɛ a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛkyerɛ mo sɛ monkamfo ne din no kwan ware firi mo fie a,

And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set His name there, when the LORD thy God shall bless thee;

25 motumi tɔn mo afudeɛ ne mo nyɛmmoa ntotosoɔ dudu no kyɛfa gye sika de kɔ faako a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, akyerɛ mo hɔ.

then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose.

26 Sɛ moduru hɔ a, momfa sika no ntɔ biribiara a mo kɔn dɔ, sɛ ebia, nantwie, odwan, bobesa, anaa nsã biara a ɛyɛ den ne adeɛ biara a mo kra pɛ na monni wɔ hɔ wɔ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn anim, na mo ne mo fiefoɔ ani nnye.

And thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.

27 Lewifoɔ a wɔfra mo mu no, mommma mo werɛ mfiri wɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔnni kyɛfa biara a wɔdi so sɛdeɛ mowɔ no.

And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

28 Mfeɛ mmiɛnsa biara awieeɛ no, momfa mo mfudeɛ ntotosoɔ dudu no mmra mmɛkora no wɔ kuro a ɛbɛn mu.

At the end of every three years, even in the same year, thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase, and shall lay it up within thy gates.

29 Momfa mma Lewifoɔ a wɔnni kyɛfa wɔ mo mu no ne ananafoɔ a wɔwɔ mo nkuro so no, nwisiaa ne akunafoɔ a wɔwɔ mo nkuro so sɛdeɛ wɔbɛtumi adidi amee. Na Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛhyira mo nnwuma nyinaa so.

And the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.