5 Mose 14
1 Moyɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn mma. Ɛno enti mommotabota mo ho anaa monnnyi mo moma so mma awufoɔ,
You are the children of the Lord your God: you shall not make any baldness between you 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 you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord your God has chosen you to be a peculiar people to himself of all the nations on the face of the earth.
3 Monnni akyiwadeɛ biara.
You shall not eat any abominable thing.
4 Yeinom ne mmoa a ɛsɛ sɛ mowe: nantwie, odwan, abirekyie
These [are] the beasts which you shall eat; the calf of the herd, and lamb of the sheep, and kid of the goats;
5 ɔforoteɛ, adowa, ɔwansane, eyuo, ɔtwe, ɛkoɔ ne abereɛ.
the stag, and doe, and pygarg, and wild goat, and camelopard.
6 Na monni atɔteboa biara a ne tɔte mu apae mmienu na ɔpu wesa.
Every beast that divides the hoofs, and makes claws of two divisions, and that chews the cud among beasts, these you 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.
And these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, and of those that divide the hoofs, and make distinct claws; the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud, and do not divide the hoof, these are unclean to 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 as for the swine, because he divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, you shall not touch their dead bodies.
9 Nsuomnam a wɔwɔ tɛtɛ ne abon nyinaa motumi we.
And these you shall eat of all that are in the water, you shall eat all that have fins and scales.
10 Nanso, nsuomnam a wɔnni tɛtɛ ne abon deɛ, monnwe. Wɔn ho nte mma mo.
And all that have not fins and scales you shall not eat; they are unclean to you.
11 Anomaa biara a ne ho te no, monwe.
You shall eat every clean bird.
12 Nnomaa a ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe nie: ɔkɔdeɛ, opete, asuo so ɔkɔdeɛ,
And these of them you shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,
13 ɔkompete, nkorɔma ahodoɔ nyinaa
and the vulture, and the kite and the like to it,
14 kwaakwaadabi ahodoɔ nyinaa,
15 sohori, anadwo akorɔma, ɛpo so asomfena ne akorɔma ahodoɔ nyinaa,
and the sparrow, and the owl, and the cormorant,
16 ɔpatuo, ɔpatukɛseɛ, bakanoma
and the heron, and the swan, and the stork,
17 nantwinoma, opete ne ɛpo so anene,
and the cormorant, and the hawk, and its like, and the hoopoe, and the raven,
18 ne asukɔnkɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa, asɔkwaa ne apan.
and the pelican, and the diver and the like to it, and the red-bill and the bat.
19 Ntuboa a wɔnante nyinaa ho nnte mma mo; monnwe.
All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; you shall not eat of them.
20 Nanso ntuboa a wɔn ho te nyinaa deɛ, monwe.
You shall eat every clean bird.
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.
You shall eat nothing that dies of itself; it shall be given to the sojourner in your cities and he shall eat it, or you shall sell it to a stranger, because you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a lamb 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.
You shall tithe a tenth of all the produce of your seed, the fruit of your 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 you shall eat it in the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there; you shall bring the tithe of your corn and of your wine, and of your oil, the firstborn of your herd and of your flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your 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 journey be too far for you, and you are not able to bring them, because the place [is] far from you which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there, because the Lord your God will bless you;
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 you shall sell them for money, and you shall take the money in your hands, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your 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 you shall give the money for whatever your soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or [you shall lay it out] on strong drink, or on whatever your soul may desire, and you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice and your house,
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 in your cities, because he has not a portion or inheritance with you.
28 Mfeɛ mmiɛnsa biara awieeɛ no, momfa mo mfudeɛ ntotosoɔ dudu no mmra mmɛkora no wɔ kuro a ɛbɛn mu.
After three years you shall bring out all the tithes of your fruits, in that year you shall lay it up in your cities.
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 shall come, because he has no part or lot with you, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in your cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works which you shall do.
