5 Mose 22

1 Sɛ wohunu sɛ obi nantwie anaa sɛ ne dwan nam basabasa a, ɛnyɛ sɛdeɛ wonhunuu no. Kyere no kɔma ne wura.

Thou shalt not see thy brothers oxe nor his sheepe go astray, and withdraw thy selfe from them, but shalt bring the againe vnto thy brother.

2 Sɛ ne wura nte mmɛn wo, anaasɛ wonnim no a, fa no kɔ wo fie kɔsi sɛ ne wura no bɛba abɛhwehwɛ no na fa nʼaboa ma no.

And if thy brother bee not neere vnto thee, or if thou knowe him not, then thou shalt bring it into thine house, and it shall remaine with thee, vntill thy brother seeke after it: then shalt thou deliuer it to him againe.

3 Sɛ wohunu wo nua bi afunumu anaa ne ntoma anaa ne biribi a ayera wɔ ɛkwan no so a, yɛ no saa ara. Mmu wʼani ngu so.

In like maner shalt thou do with his asse, and so shalt thou do with his rayment, and shalt so doe with all lost things of thy brother, which he hath lost: if thou hast found them, thou shalt not withdraw thy selfe from them.

4 Sɛ wohunu sɛ wo nua bi afunumu anaa ne nantwie da ɛkwan mu a, nhwɛ nkyɛn. Kɔboa wo yɔnko no na ɔmma aboa no nsɔre.

Thou shalt not see thy brothers asse nor his oxe fal downe by the way, and withdrawe thy selfe from them, but shalt lift them vp with him.

5 Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbaa hyɛ mmarima atadeɛ, saa ara nso na ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbarima hyɛ mmaa atadeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn a wɔyɛ yei yɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, akyiwadeɛ.

The woman shall not weare that which perteineth vnto the man, neither shall a man put on womans rayment: for all that doe so, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.

6 Sɛ wokɔto sɛ anomaa pirebuo da ɛkwankyɛn, sɛ ɛhyɛ dua mu anaa ɛda fam na sɛ anomaa no maame te ne ba no ho anaa ɔbutu nkosua so a, mfa anomaa no maame ne ne ba no nkɔ.

If thou finde a birdes nest in the way, in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be yong or egges, and the damme sitting vpon the yong, or vpon the egges, thou shalt not take ye damme with the yong,

7 Wotumi fa ne ba no, nanso hwɛ no yie sɛ wobɛma ne maame no akɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛsi wo yie, na wo nkwa nna aware.

But shalt in any wise let the damme go, and take the yong to thee, that thou mayest prosper and prolong thy dayes.

8 Sɛ wosi ɛdan foforɔ a, si ban fa wo ɛdan no atifi ho nyinaa, na obi amfiri hɔ ante anhwe na woamfa mogyahwie ho asodie anto wo ne wo ɛdan no so.

When thou buildest a newe house, thou shalt make a battlemet on thy roofe, that thou lay not blood vpon thine house, if any man fal thence.

9 Wo bobefuo no, nnua nnɔbaeɛ foforɔ biara wɔ bobe no ntam. Sɛ woyɛ saa a, wonni ho kwan sɛ wote bobe aba wɔ bobefuo no mu anaasɛ nnɔbaeɛ foforɔ no so aba biara.

Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diuers kinds of seedes, lest thou defile the increase of the seede which thou hast sowen, and the fruite of the vineyarde.

10 Mfa nantwie ne afunumu mmɔ mu mfuntum afuo.

Thou shalt not plow with an oxe and an asse together.

11 Mfira ntoma a wɔde kuntu ne serekye afra anwono.

Thou shalt not weare a garment of diuers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.

12 Sɛ wopam atadeɛ a, yɛ mpɛsɛe wɔ nʼahinanan ɛnan no biara ano.

Thou shalt make thee fringes vpon the foure quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou couerest thy selfe.

13 Sɛ ɔbarima ware ɔbaa na ɔne no da na akyire no, ɔmpɛ no bio,

If a man take a wife, and when he hath lyen with her, hate her,

14 na enti ɔka ne ho asɛmmɔne, bɔ no edin bɔne sɛ, “Mewaree no no, manhunu sɛ ɔyɛ ɔbaabunu,”

And laye slaunderous thinges vnto her charge, and bring vp an euill name vpon her, and say, I tooke this wife, and when I came to her, I found her not a mayde,

15 a, ɔbaa no agya ne ne maame wɔ ho ɛkwan sɛ wɔde adansedie a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔn babaa no yɛ ɔbaabunu bɛkyerɛ kuro no mpanimfoɔ wɔ kuro no ɛpono ano.

Then shall the father of the mayde and her mother take and bring the signes of the maydes virginitie vnto the Elders of the citie to the gate.

16 Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbaa no agya ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, “Mede me babaa maa ɔbarima yi awadeɛ nanso ɔse ɔmpɛ no bio.

And the maydes father shall say vnto the Elders, I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wife, and he hateth her:

17 Wabɔ no kwaadu agu nʼanim ase aka sɛ, ɔwaree no no wahunu sɛ ɔnyɛ ɔbaabunu. Nanso adansedeɛ a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɔyɛ ɔbaabunu no nie.” Afei, wɔbɛtrɛ ntoma no mu wɔ atemmufoɔ no anim.

And lo, he layeth slaunderous things vnto her charge, saying, I founde not thy daughter a mayde: loe, these are the tokens of my daughters virginitie: and they shall spreade the vesture before the Elders of the citie.

18 Atemmufoɔ no bɛtwe ɔbarima no aso.

Then the Elders of the citie shall take that man and chastise him,

19 Wɔbɛbɔ no ka dwetɛ kilogram baako sɛ wahyɛ da agu Israel ɔbaabunu no anim ase sɛ ɔnyɛ ɔbaabunu. Wɔbɛtua sika no ama ɔbaa no agya. Afei, ɔbabaa no bɛyɛ ɔbarima no yere a ɔrennyaa no bio.

And shall condemne him in an hundreth shekels of siluer, and giue them vnto the father of the mayde, because he hath brought vp an euill name vpon a mayde of Israel: and she shalbe his wife, and he may not put her away all his life.

20 Sɛ ɛkɔba sɛ kwaadu a wɔde bɔɔ no no yɛ, na wɔannya adansedeɛ a ɛfa ne baabunuyɛ no ho ankyerɛ a,

But if this thing be true, that the mayde be not found a virgine,

21 wɔde ɔbaa no bɛba nʼagya fie abɔntenpono ano na kurom hɔ mmarima asi no aboɔ wɔ hɔ akum no. Ɔnam adwamammɔ so ayɛ animguaseɛ bɔne wɔ Israel ɛberɛ a ɔne nʼawofoɔ te. Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔpepa saa bɔne no firi mo mu.

Then shall they bring forth the mayde to the doore of her fathers house, and the men of her citie shall stone her with stones to death: for shee hath wrought follie in Israel, by playing ye whore in her fathers house: so thou shalt put euill away from among you.

22 Sɛ wɔhunu sɛ ɔbarima bi ne ɔbarima foforɔ bi yere da a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum ɔbarima a ɔne ɔbaa no daeɛ no ne ɔbaa no nyinaa. Ɛsɛ sɛ motu saa bɔne no ase wɔ Israel.

If a man be found lying with a woman marryed to a man, then they shall dye euen both twaine: to wit, the man that lay with the wife, and the wife: so thou shalt put away euil from Israel.

23 Sɛ ɔbarima bi hyia ababaawa a ɔyɛ ɔbaabunu a ɔne obi ahyehyɛ awadeɛ na ɔbarima no ne ababaawa no da, na sɛ saa asɛm no sii kuro no mu a,

If a maid be betrothed vnto an husband, and a man finde her in the towne and lye with her,

24 ɛsɛ sɛ mode wɔn baanu no kɔ kuro no apono ano kɔsi wɔn aboɔ kum wɔn. Ababaawa no di fɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔanteateam ampɛ mmoa. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbarima no nso wu, ɛfiri sɛ, wafa obi yere. Saa ɛkwan yi so na monam bɛtu bɔne afiri asase no so.

Then shall yee bring them both out vnto the gates of the same citie, and shall stone them with stones to death: the mayde because she cried not, being in the citie, and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbours wife: so thou shalt put away euill from among you.

25 Sɛ ɔbarima bi hyia ɔbaa a obi ahyehyɛ no awadeɛ wɔ baabi a ɛnyɛ wɔn ɔman mu, na ɔbarima no hyɛ no ne no da a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum saa ɔbarima no.

But if a man finde a betrothed mayde in the field, and force her, and lye with her, then the man that lay with her, shall dye alone:

26 Monnyɛ ababaawa no biribiara, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔnyɛɛ akunneɛ biara. Saa asɛm yi te sɛ obi a wato ahyɛ ne yɔnko so akum no.

And vnto the mayd thou shalt do nothing, because there is in the mayde no cause of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour and woundeth him to death, so is this matter.

27 Esiane sɛ ɔbarima no hyɛɛ no ne no daeɛ wɔ wiram enti, wɔfa no sɛ, ɔteateaam nanso wannya ɔgyefoɔ biara annye no.

For he found her in the fieldes: the betrothed mayde cryed, and there was no man to succour her.

28 Sɛ wɔkyere ɔbarima bi a ɔne ababaawa bi a obi ne no nhyehyɛeɛ awadeɛ ada a,

If a man finde a mayde that is not betrothed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde,

29 ɛsɛ sɛ ɔtua dwetɛ kilogram mmienu ne fa ma ababaawa no agya. Na ɛno akyi, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbarima no ware ababaawa no, ɛfiri sɛ, wagu nʼanim ase na ɔrentumi nnyae no awadeɛ da.

Then the man that lay with her, shall giue vnto the maydes father fiftie shekels of siluer: and she shalbe his wife, because he hath humbled her: he can not put her away all his life.

30 Ɔbarima biara nni ho ɔkwan sɛ ɔne nʼagya yere da, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔgu nʼagya mpa ho fi.

No man shall take his fathers wife, nor shall vncouer his fathers skirt.