5 Mose 15

1 Mfirinhyia nson biara awieeɛ, montwa mo aka mu.

At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

2 Ɛkwan a ɛsɛ sɛ mofa so nie: Ɛsɛ sɛ boseabɔni biara a wabɔ ne yɔnko Israelni bosea no, ɔde kyɛ no. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔdan wɔn yɔnko anaa wɔn busuani ka, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade ɛberɛ a wɔde bosea kyɛ no aduru.

This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.

3 Saa bosea a wɔtwa mu yi ka mo yɔnkonom Israelfoɔ nko ara. Ahɔhoɔ a wɔte mo mu no nka ho.

You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.

4 Ɛnsɛ sɛ ahiafoɔ ba mo mu ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn bɛhyira mo wɔ asase a ɔde rema mo sɛ mo agyapadeɛ sononko no so.

There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,

5 Sɛ moto mo bo ase di Awurade mo Onyankopɔn mmara a mede rema mo ɛnnɛ yi so a, mobɛnya saa nhyira yi.

if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today.

6 Awurade mo Onyankopɔn bɛhyira mo sɛdeɛ wahyɛ mo bɔ no. Mobɛbɔ aman bebree bosea nanso mo deɛ, morenkɔ aboseabɔ da. Mobɛdi aman bebree so nanso wɔrenni mo so.

When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.

7 Sɛ moduru nkuro a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo no so na sɛ ahiafoɔ wɔ hɔ a, mommpirim mo akoma anaa mommma mo nsam nyɛ den wɔ wɔn so.

If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

8 Mmom, mongo mo nsam na momfɛm wɔn deɛ ɛhia wɔn.

Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.

9 Monhwɛ na moannya saa adwemmɔne yi wɔ mo tirim sɛ ɛka mu twa berɛ no reyɛ aduru so enti, obi bɛbisa mo bosea a moremma no. Sɛ moammɔ ahiafoɔ no bosea na sɛ wɔsu frɛ Awurade a, wɔbɛbu mo fɔ sɛ moayɛ bɔne.

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

10 Momma no akoma pa mu na Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛhyira mo ne biribiara a mobɛyɛ so.

Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.

11 Ɛberɛ biara, mobɛhunu ahiafoɔ wɔ mo mu. Ɛno enti na merehyɛ mo sɛ, biribiara a mowɔ no, mo ne ahiafoɔ ne mo nuanom Israelfoɔ nkyɛ.

For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

12 Sɛ wo nua Hebrini barima anaa ɔbaa tɔn ne ho ma wo na ɔsom wo mfirinhyia nsia a, afe a ɛtɔ so nson no, gya no ɛkwan.

If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.

13 Na sɛ woregya no ɛkwan a, mma no nkɔ nsapan.

And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.

14 Fa nsa a emu go gya no ɛkwan na ma no wo nnwan no, wʼayuporebea mu adeɛ ne wo nsakyimena mu adeɛ bi. Wo ne no nkyɛ wʼadonneɛ bi a Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn, de ahyira wo no bi.

You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.

15 Monkae sɛ na moyɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim na Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn yii mo firii hɔ. Ɛno enti na mede saa mmara yi rema mo ɛnnɛ yi.

Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

16 Na sɛ ɛba sɛ wʼakoa ka kyerɛ wo sɛ, “Merennya wo hɔ nkɔ”, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔpɛ wo ne wʼabusuafoɔ asɛm na ne ho tɔ no wɔ wo nkyɛn a,

But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,

17 ɛnneɛ, fa fitiiɛ bɔne nʼaso mu na ɔnyɛ wʼakoa daa. Wo mfenaa nso, yɛ wɔn saa ara.

then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.

18 Mma no nyɛ wo ya sɛ woregyaa wʼasomfoɔ no ama wɔafa wɔn ho akɔdie. Monkae sɛ, mfeɛ nsia ni no, wɔasom wo a sɛ wokɔfaa apaafoɔ sɛ wɔnsom wo a, anka wobɛtua apaafoɔ no sika mmɔho mmienu, na Awurade mo Onyankopɔn bɛhyira mo wɔ biribiara a moyɛ ho.

Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.

19 Mo anantwie ne mo nnwan mmakan anini no, monyi nsi hɔ mma Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn. Mo anantwie mmakan no, mommfa wɔn nkɔ mo mfuo mu nkɔyɛ nnwuma na monntwitwa mo nnwan mmakan ho nwi nso.

You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.

20 Mmom, mo ne mo abusuafoɔ, afe biara, monnwe saa mmoa yi wɔ baabi a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn bɛyi ama mo no wɔ nʼanim.

Each year you and your household are to eat it before the LORD your God in the place the LORD will choose.

21 Na sɛ ɛba sɛ abakan no bi adi dɛm, sɛ ebia, ɔtɔ apakye anaa nʼani afira anaa wadi ɛdɛm foforɔ bi a, mommfa no mmɔ afɔdeɛ mma Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.

But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

22 Mmom, momfa no nyɛ aduane mma abusuafoɔ wɔ fie. Sɛ obi ho te o, sɛ ne ho nte o, ɔtumi di bi sɛdeɛ obiara tumi we ɔtwe anaa ɔdabɔ nam no.

Eat it within your gates; both the ceremonially unclean and clean may eat it as they would a gazelle or a deer.

23 Nanso, monnni mogya no. Monhwie ngu fam te sɛ nsuo.

But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.