5 Mose 24

1 Sɛ ɔbarima ware yere na sɛ nʼani nnye ne ho bio, ɛfiri sɛ wahunu ade bɔne bi wɔ ne ho, na sɛ ɔtwerɛ awaregyaeɛ krataa de ma no, na ɔpamoo no firi ne fie,

“When a man takes a wife and has married her, and it has been, if she does not find grace in his eyes (for he has found nakedness in her of anything), then he has written a writing of divorce for her, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house;

2 na ɔfiri fie hɔ na ɔbarima foforɔ kɔware no,

when she has gone out of his house, and has gone and been another man’s,

3 na ne kunu a ɔtɔ so mmienu no gyaa no anaa sɛ ɔwu a,

and the latter man has hated her, and written a writing of divorce for her, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dies, who has taken her to himself for a wife,

4 ne kunu a ɔdi ɛkan a ɔgyaa no no nni ho ɛkwan sɛ ɔware no bio, ɛfiri sɛ, wagu ne ho fi. Ɛyɛ akyiwadeɛ wɔ Awurade ani so. Mommfa afɔbuo mma asase a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo sɛ agyapadeɛ no so.

her former husband who sent her away is not able to return to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she has become defiled; for it [is] an abomination before YHWH, and you do not cause the land to sin which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance.

5 Sɛ ɔbarima aware foforɔ a, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔde no kɔ ɔko anaasɛ nso wɔde dwuma bi die to no so. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔtena fie afe a ɔnyɛ adwuma biara sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔbɛma ne yere foforɔ a waware no no anya ahotɔ.

When a man takes a new wife, he does not go out into the host, and [one] does not pass over to him for anything; he is free at his own house [for] one year, and his wife, whom he has taken, he has made glad.

6 Obi nnye adeyam boba kɛseɛ no ne ne ketewa no anaa adeyam boba ketewa no nko ara awowa, ɛfiri sɛ, deɛ ɛyɛ ne dea no, ɛno ho na ɔdidi.

No one takes millstones and rider in pledge, for it [is one’s] life he is taking in pledge.

7 Sɛ obi kyere ne yɔnko Israelni na ɔdi no nya sɛ ɔdɔnkɔ anaa ɔtɔn no a, ɛsɛ sɛ onyadifoɔ no wuo. Ɛsɛ sɛ motu bɔne ase firi mo mu.

When a man is found stealing a person from his brothers, from the sons of Israel, and has tyrannized over him and sold him, then that thief has died, and you have put away evil out of your midst.

8 Monhwɛ honam ani nsaneyadeɛ nyinaa yie na monni ɛho mmara a Lewifoɔ asɔfoɔ bɛkyerɛ mo no so; monni mmara a mahyɛ ama mo no so.

Take heed in the plague of leprosy, to watch greatly, and to do according to all that the priests, the Levites, teach you; you observe to do as I have commanded them;

9 Monkae deɛ ɛberɛ a mofiri Misraim reba no Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, yɛɛ Miriam.

remember that which your God YHWH has done to Miriam in the way, in your coming out of Egypt.

10 Sɛ wode biribi fɛm wo yɔnko a, nkɔ wo yɔnko fie nkɔgye awowasideɛ.

When you lift up a debt of anything on your brother, you do not go into his house to obtain his pledge;

11 Gyina afikyire na ɔyɔnko a ɔfɛm wʼadeɛ no de awowasideɛ no bɛbrɛ wo.

you stand at the outside, and the man on whom you are lifting [it] up is bringing out the pledge to you at the outside.

12 Sɛ ɔyɔnko no yɛ ohiani na ɔwɔ ntoma baako a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔde si wo awowa a, nkora ntoma no nkɔsi adekyeeɛ.

And if he is a poor man, you do not lie down with his pledge;

13 Fa ntoma no kɔma wo yɔnko no owiatɔberɛ sɛdeɛ ɔde bɛda na wahyira wo. Na Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn, bɛka sɛ woayɛ wo nyamedwuma na wahyira wo.

you certainly give back the pledge to him at the going in of the sun, and he has lain down in his own raiment and has blessed you; and it is righteousness to you before your God YHWH.

14 Nhyɛ ɔpaani mmɔborɔni a ɔyɛ wo nua Israelni anaa ɔhɔhoɔ a ɔte mo nkuro baako mu no so.

You do not oppress a hired worker, poor and needy, of your brothers or of your sojourner who is in your land within your gates;

15 Tua nʼapaadeɛ ma no ɛda biara ansa na owia akɔtɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔyɛ ohiani na nʼani da saa akatua no so. Anyɛ saa a, ɔbɛsu afrɛ Awurade atia wo, na wobɛdi bɔne ho fɔ.

you give his hire in his day, and the sun does not go in on it, for he [is] poor, and he is supporting his life on it, lest he cries against you to YHWH, and it has been sin in you.

16 Ɛnsɛ sɛ mma bɔne bi a wɔayɛ enti wɔkum wɔn awofoɔ de si anan. Saa ara nso na ɛnsɛ sɛ awofoɔ bɔne bi a wɔayɛ enti wɔkum wɔn mma de si anan. Wɔn a owuo sɛ wɔn no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum wɔn wɔ wɔn ankasa bɔne ano.

Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers—they are each put to death for his own sin.

17 Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbu ahɔhoɔ a wɔte mo mu no ne nwisiaa atɛntenenee, na ɛnsɛ sɛ mogye okunafoɔ ɔbaa ntoma de si ɛka a ɔde ho awowa.

You do not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take the garment of a widow in pledge;

18 Daa monkae sɛ, na mo nso moyɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim na Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, na ɔgyee mo. Ɛno enti na mede saa mmara yi ama mo no.

and you have remembered that you have been a servant in Egypt, and your God YHWH ransoms you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.

19 Sɛ woretwa wʼafuo mu nnɔbaeɛ, na wo werɛ firi afi bi wɔ afuom hɔ a, nsane nkɔfa. Gya wɔ hɔ ma ahɔhoɔ, awisiaa anaa akunafoɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛhyira mo nsa ano nnwuma nyinaa so.

When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in a field, you do not return to take it; it is for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, so that your God YHWH blesses you in all the work of your hands.

20 Sɛ wote wo ngo nnua so aba a, nkɔ so mprenu. Gya aba no a aka so no ma ahɔhoɔ, nwisiaa ne akunafoɔ.

When you beat your olive, you do not examine the branch behind you; it is for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

21 Saa nso na wote wo bobe nturo so aba a, nkɔ so mprenu. Gya aba a aka wɔ so no ma ahɔhoɔ, nwisiaa ne akunafoɔ.

When you cut your vineyard, you do not glean behind you; it is for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow;

22 Monkae sɛ, moyɛɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim. Ɛno enti na mehyɛ mo sɛ monyɛ yei no.

and you have remembered that you have been a servant in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.”