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.

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, to the statutes and to the judgments, which I teach you, to do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD 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 to the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish [aught] 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 because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

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

But ye who adhered to 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 judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go 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!”

Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which will hear all these statutes, and 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 nation [is there so] great, which [hath] God [so] nigh to them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him [for]?

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 nation [is there so] great, that hath statutes and judgments [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 shouldst forget the things which thy eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them to thy sons, and thy sons' sons:

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.”

[Specially] the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall 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 to the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, 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 to you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only [ye heard] 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 to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, [even] ten commandments; 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 judgments, 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 to yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spoke to 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 corrupt [yourselves], and make to you a graven image, the similitude 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 air,

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 waters beneath 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 shouldst lift up thy eyes to heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldst be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided to all nations 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 the LORD hath taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, [even] from Egypt, to be to 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.

Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not enter 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 Jordan: but ye shall 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 to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, [or] 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 consuming fire, [even] 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 remained long in the land, and shall corrupt [yourselves], and make a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

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 the land to which ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong [your] days upon it, but shall be utterly 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 nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

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 if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find [him], if thou shalt seek 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.

When thou art in tribulation, and all these things have come upon thee, [even] in the latter days, if thou shalt turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient to 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 forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he swore to 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 that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and [ask] from the one side of heaven to 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] people hear the voice of God speaking from 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 essayed to go [and] take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an out-stretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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

To thee it was shown, that thou mightest know that the LORD he [is] God; [there is] none besides 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 showed thee his great fire; and thou heardst his words from 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, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out of Egypt in his sight with his mighty power.

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 [art], 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 therefore this day, and consider [it] in 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.

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes and his commandments which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

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

Then Moses set apart three cities on the side of Jordan, towards the sun-rising;

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 slayer might flee thither, who should kill his neighbor unawares, and when he had not hated him in times past; and that fleeing to 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.

[Namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of 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 judgments, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, after they came forth from 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.

On the east side of 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, after they had come forth from 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 possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who [were] on the side of Jordan, towards the sun-rising;

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] by the bank of the river Arnon, even to mount Sion, which [is] Hermon,

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

And all the plain on the side of Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.