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 Yhwh 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 an holy people unto Yhwh thy God, And Yhwh hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon 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 shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

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

The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

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

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall 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 chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore 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 it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

9 Nsuomnam a wɔwɔ tɛtɛ ne abon nyinaa motumi we.

These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall 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 may not eat; it is unclean unto you.

11 Anomaa biara a ne ho te no, monwe.

Of all clean birds ye shall eat.

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

But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

13 ɔkompete, nkorɔma ahodoɔ nyinaa

And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

14 kwaakwaadabi ahodoɔ nyinaa,

And every raven after his kind,

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

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

16 ɔpatuo, ɔpatukɛseɛ, bakanoma

The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

17 nantwinoma, opete ne ɛpo so anene,

And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

18 ne asukɔnkɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa, asɔkwaa ne apan.

And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

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

And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

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

But of all clean fowls 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 shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto Yhwh thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his 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 truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth 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 Yhwh thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear Yhwh 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; or if the place be too far from thee, which Yhwh thy God shall choose to set his name there, when Yhwh thy God hath blessed 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 thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which Yhwh 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 that money for whatsoever thy soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before Yhwh thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine 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 part 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 three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt 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 part nor inheritance with thee, ) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yhwh thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.