5 Mose 4

1 Afei, Israel montie mmara ne nhyehyɛeɛ a merebɛkyerɛkyerɛ mo yi yie. Monni so na moanya nkwa, na moatumi akɔ asase a Awurade mo agyanom Onyankopɔn de rema mo no so na moatena hɔ.

And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, giveth you.

2 Mommfa bi nka ho, na monnyi biribiara nso mfiri mmara a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de ama me sɛ memfa mma mo no mu, na mmom monni so.

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

3 Mode mo ani hunuu deɛ Awurade yɛɛ mo wɔ Baal-peor no. Ɔsɛee nnipa pii a na wɔsom abosom no.

Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal-peor; for all the men that followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.

4 Nanso, wɔn a na wɔdi Awurade mo Onyankopɔn nokorɛ nyinaa da so te ase bɛsi ɛnnɛ.

But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

5 Sɛ moduru asase a mobɛtena so no so a, yeinom ne mmara a ɛsɛ sɛ modi so. Ɛfiri Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn, nkyɛn. Ɔde ama me sɛ memfa mma mo.

Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it.

6 Sɛ modi so a, ɛbɛma mo agye nim wɔ adwene ne nyansa mu. Na sɛ aman a wɔatwa mo ho ahyia no te saa mmara yi a, wɔbɛteam sɛ, “Ɔman bɛn na wɔwɔ nyansa ne adwene sɛ Israel!”

Observe therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that, when they hear all these statutes, shall say: 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'

7 Ɔman kɛseɛ bɛn na ɛwɔ onyame a ɔbɛn wɔn pɛɛ te sɛ Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn, a yɛfrɛ no a ɔgye yɛn so yi?

For what great nation is there, that hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is whensoever we call upon Him?

8 Na ɔman bɛn na ɛwɔ edin sei a ɛwɔ mmara pa te sɛ saa mmara yi a mede rema mo ɛnnɛ yi?

And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

9 Monhwɛ yie! Monhwɛ yie pa ara na mo werɛ amfiri deɛ moahunu sɛ Awurade yɛ ma mo. Sɛ mote ase yi, mommma saa nsɛm yi mfiri mo adwene mu da! Na monhwɛ nso sɛ mo mma ne mo nananom nso bɛte.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;

10 Ka kyerɛ wɔn, ne titire no, ɛda a mokɔgyinaa Awurade mo Onyankopɔn anim wɔ bepɔ Horeb a ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Frɛ ɔmanfoɔ no wɔ mʼanim na mɛkyerɛ wɔn deɛ wɔnyɛ no. Sɛ ɛba saa a, wɔbɛsua sɛdeɛ wɔbɛdi me ni berɛ dodoɔ a wɔte ase no, na ɛnam so ma wɔatumi akyerɛ wɔn mma mmara no.”

the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me: 'Assemble Me the people, and I will make them hear My words that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.'

11 Mobɛgyina bɛnee bepɔ no ayaase ɛberɛ a na bepɔ no rehye no. Egyaframa no tu kɔɔ soro a omununkum ne esum kabii aduru no.

And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

12 Na Awurade kasa faa ogya no mu kyerɛɛ mo. Motee nsɛm no, nanso moanhunu no. Ɛnne kɛkɛ na ɛbaeɛ.

And the LORD spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire; ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only a voice.

13 Ɔdaa nʼapam a ɔkyerɛɛ mo sɛ monni so no adi; mmaransɛm edu a ɔtwerɛɛ guu aboɔ ɛpono mmienu so no.

And He declared unto you His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, even the ten words; and He wrote them upon two tables of stone.

14 Saa ɛberɛ no na Awurade hyɛɛ me sɛ memfa mmara a ɛsɛ sɛ modi so wɔ asase a morebɛhyɛne so akɔtena so no mma mo.

And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

15 Monhwɛ yie! Ɛberɛ a Awurade kasa faa ogya mu kyerɛɛ mo firi bepɔ Horeb so no, moanhunu no.

Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves — for ye saw no manner of form on the day that the LORD spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire —

16 Ɛno enti, Monnnaadaa mo ho nyɛ mfoni hunu bi wɔ mo tirim sɛ ɔyɛ ɔbaa anaa ɔbarima,

lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

17 aboa anaa anomaa,

the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,

18 aboa a ɔwea fam anaa nsuomnam.

the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

19 Na sɛ mohwɛ ewiem na mohunu owia, ɔsrane ne nsoromma a, mma wɔnntwetwe mo nkɔsom wɔn. Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, yɛɛ saa ewiem abɔdeɛ yi maa nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa.

and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.

20 Na mo deɛ, Awurade yii mo firii dadeɛ fononoo mu wɔ Misraim sɛ mommɛyɛ nʼadedifoɔ sɛdeɛ mote ɛnnɛ yi.

But you hath the LORD taken and brought forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto Him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

21 Mo enti, Awurade bo fuu me yie. Ɔkaa ntam sɛ, merentwa Asubɔnten Yordan nkɔ asase pa a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de rema mo sɛ mo agyapadeɛ sononko no so da.

Now the LORD was angered with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance;

22 Ɛwom sɛ mobɛtwa Yordan akɔtena hɔ asase no so, na me deɛ, mɛwu wɔ asuo no fa ha.

but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye are to go over, and possess that good land.

23 Enti, monhwɛ yie na moammu apam a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, ne mo ayɛ no so. Sɛ moyɛ abosom sɛso biara a mo Awurade mo Onyankopɔn abra mo no a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ, moabu apam no so.

Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make you a graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

24 Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, yɛ Onyame ninkunfoɔ ne ogya a ɔhye adeɛ Onyankopɔn.

For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

25 Moawowo mma ne mmanana akyi, na moatena asase no so akyɛre no, sɛ bɔne fa mo na moyɛ ohoni bi nam so yɛ bɔne wɔ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn ani so nam so hyɛ no Abufuo a,

When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall deal corruptly, and make a graven image, even the form of any thing, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke Him;

26 mefrɛ ɔsoro ne fam sɛ mʼadansefoɔ de tia mo saa ɛda yi sɛ, ntɛm so, mobɛhye afiri asase a moretwam wɔ so akɔ Yordan akɔfa no so. Morentena hɔ nkyɛ na wɔasɛe mo pasapasa.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

27 Na Awurade bɛbɔ mo apansam aman mu a mo mu kakra bi na wɔbɛtena ase.

And the LORD shall scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither the LORD shall lead you away.

28 Ɛhɔ a ɛyɛ ahɔhosase no so na mobɛsom ahoni a wɔde nnua ne aboɔ na ayɛ, anyame a wɔnhunu adeɛ na wɔnte asɛm na wɔnnidi nte hwa no.

And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

29 Ɛhɔ na mobɛpere bio ahwehwɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn. Na sɛ mode mo akoma ne mo kra nyinaa hwehwɛ no a, mobɛhunu no.

But from thence ye will seek the LORD thy God; and thou shalt find Him, if thou search after Him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

30 Sɛ ɔhaw bi to mo na yeinom nyinaa ba mo so a, akyire no, mobɛsane akɔ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn nkyɛn na moayɛ ɔsetie ama no.

In thy distress, when all these things are come upon thee, in the end of days, thou wilt return to the LORD thy God, and hearken unto His voice;

31 Ɛfiri sɛ, mo Awurade mo Onyankopɔn no yɛ mmɔborɔhunu Onyankopɔn. Ɔrennya mo na ɔrensɛe mo anaa ne werɛ remfiri apam a ɔne mo agyanom pameeɛ a ɔkaa ntam sii so no.

for the LORD thy God is a merciful God; He will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He swore unto them.

32 Hwehwɛ abakɔsɛm mu firi ɛberɛ a Onyankopɔn bɔɔ nnipa wɔ asase so bɛsi ɛnnɛ yi. Afei, hwehwɛ firi ɔsoro ano kɔsi ɔsoro ano. Hwɛ sɛ biribi kɛseɛ a ɛte sɛ yei asi pɛn anaasɛ woate biribi saa pɛn?

For ask now of the days past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

33 Ɔman bi ate Onyankopɔn nne sɛ ɔrekasa afiri ogya mu sɛdeɛ moteeɛ na wɔda so te ase yi anaa?

Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

34 Onyame foforɔ bi nam ɔgye a ɔnam amanehunu, nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛyɛ nwanwa, ɔko, tumidie ne ahodwiredeɛ so agye ɔman bi afiri ɔman foforɔ bi nsam afa sɛ ne dea anaa? Nanso, saa na Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, yɛ maa mo wɔ Misraim a mo ani hunuiɛ.

Or hath God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before thine eyes?

35 Ɔdaa yeinom nyinaa adi kyerɛɛ mo sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mobɛhunu sɛ Awurade yɛ Onyankopɔn a nʼakyi obi nni hɔ.

Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightiest know that the LORD, He is God; there is none else beside Him.

36 Ɔmaa motee ne nne firi soro nam so tenetenee mo so. Ɔmaa mohunuu ne ogya fadum wɔ asase so, ɛnna motee ne nne firii ogya no mfimfini.

Out of heaven He made thee to hear His voice, that He might instruct thee; and upon earth He made thee to see His great fire; and thou didst hear His words out of the midst of the fire.

37 Esiane sɛ na ɔpɛ mo agyanom asɛm, na ɔpɛɛ sɛ ɔhyira wɔn asefoɔ enti na ɔno ara nam ne tumi kɛseɛ so yii mo firii Misraim no.

And because He loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with His presence, with His great power, out of Egypt,

38 Ɔpamoo saa aman yi a na wɔn ho yɛ den sene mo wɔ mo anim sɛdeɛ mobɛba wɔn asase so abɛdi so sɛdeɛ ɛte ɛnnɛ yi.

to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day;

39 Enti, monkae na momma no ntim mo akoma mu: Awurade yɛ Onyankopɔn wɔ ɔsoro ne asase so, na onyame bi nka ne ho bio!

know this day, and lay it to thy heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.

40 Sɛ moyɛ ɔsetie ma mmara no ne ahyɛdeɛ no a mede bɛma mo ɛnnɛ no a, ɛbɛsi mo ne mo mma yie. Mobɛnyini akyɛre wɔ asase a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de rema mo afebɔɔ no so.

And thou shalt keep His statutes, and His commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

41 Afei, Mose yii nkuropɔn mmiɛnsa bi wɔ Yordan apueeɛ fam

Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

42 a, sɛ ɛba sɛ obi akum obi a wanhyɛ da na ɔnni onipa ko no ho menasepɔ bi a, ɔtumi dwane kɔ hɔ kɔbɔ ne ho adwaa.

that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

43 Ɔyii Beser a ɛda ɛserɛ ne asase tata so no maa Rubenfoɔ. Ɔde Ramot a ɛwɔ Gilead no maa Gadfoɔ ɛnna ɔde Golan a ɛwɔ Basan no nso maa Manase abusuakuo.

Bezer in the wilderness, in the table-land, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

44 Yeinom ne mmara a Mose de maa Israelfoɔ no.

And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel;

45 Israelfoɔ no firii Misraim no, yeinom ne akwankyerɛ, mmara ne ahyɛdeɛ a Mose de maa wɔn

these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt;

46 ɛberɛ a wɔduruu bɔnhwa a ɛbɛn Bet-Peor a ɛda Asubɔnten Yordan apueeɛ fam. Kane no, na Amorifoɔ na wɔte asase yi so ɛberɛ a wɔn ɔhene Sihon a ɔfiri Hesbon di adeɛ. Mose ne Israelfoɔ firi Misraim ɛreba no, wɔsɛe ɔhene yi ne nkurɔfoɔ.

beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt;

47 Wɔfaa nʼasase no sane faa Basanhene Og asase nso kaa ho. Saa ahemfo baanu yi na wɔyɛ Amorifoɔ ahemfo a wɔte Yordan apueeɛ.

and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;

48 Saa asase yi na ɛfiri Aroer a ɛda Arnon subɔnhwa ano kɔsi Sion bepɔ, a wɔfrɛ no Hermon no ho.

from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion — the same is Hermon —

49 Israelfoɔ no sane faa nsaase a ɛfiri Araba ɛpo no ano kɔsi bepɔ Pisga ase.

and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.