5 Mose 6

1 Yeinom ne ahyɛdeɛ, mmara ne nhyehyɛeɛ a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ menkyerɛ mo na monni so wɔ asase a moretwa Yordan akɔtena so no,

“These are the precepts and ceremonies, as well as the judgments, which the Lord your God has commanded that I teach to you, which you shall do in the land to which you will travel in order to possess it.

2 sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mo, mo mma ne wɔn mma bɛsuro Awurade mo Onyankopɔn mmerɛ dodoɔ a mote ase. Sɛ modi ne mmara ne nʼahyɛdeɛ nyinaa so a, mo nkwa nna bɛware.

So may you fear the Lord your God, and keep all his commandments and precepts, which I am entrusting to you, and to your sons and grandsons, all the days of your life, so that your days may be prolonged.

3 Montie, Ao Israel, na monhwɛ yie nni so sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɛbɛsi mo yie na mo ase atrɛ yie wɔ asase a nufosuo ne ɛwoɔ resene wɔ so sɛdeɛ Awurade, mo agyanom Onyankopɔn, hyɛɛ mo ho bɔ no.

Listen and observe, O Israel, so that you may do just as the Lord has instructed you, and it may be well with you, and you may be multiplied all the more, for the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey.

4 Tie, Ao Israel, Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn yɛ Awurade koro.

Listen, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord.

5 Dɔ Awurade wo Onyankopɔn firi wʼakoma mu nyinaa ne wo kra nyinaa mu ne wʼahoɔden nyinaa mu.

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.

6 Momma saa mmaransɛm a mede rema wo ɛnnɛ yi ntena mo akoma mu.

And these words, which I instruct to you this day, shall be in your heart.

7 Momfa nhyɛ mo mma mu. Sɛ mowɔ fie anaa monam ɛkwan so, sɛ moda hɔ anaa mosɔre anɔpa a, monkyerɛkyerɛ wɔn.

And you shall explain them to your sons. And you shall meditate upon them sitting in your house, and walking on a journey, when lying down and when rising up.

8 Monkyekyere no sɛ agyinahyɛdeɛ mmɔ mo nsa na momfa bi mmɔ abotire.

And you shall bind them like a sign on your hand, and they shall be placed and shall move between your eyes.

9 Montwerɛ ngu mo fie aponnwa ne mo aboboanopono ho.

And you shall write them at the threshold and on the doors of your house.

10 Ɛrenkyɛre biara, Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de mo bɛba asase a ɔkaa ntam sɛ ɔde bɛma mo agyanom Abraham, Isak ne Yakob no. Ɛyɛ asase a animuonyam nkuropɔn a ɛnyɛ mo na mokyekyereeɛ ahyɛ so ma.

And when the Lord your God will have led you into the land, about which he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and when he will have given to you great and excellent cities, which you did not build;

11 Wɔde nneɛma pa a ɛnyɛ mo na moyɛeɛ bɛhyɛ no ma. Mobɛto nsuo afiri abura a ɛnyɛ mo na motuiɛ mu, na mobɛdidi afiri turo a ɛnyɛ mo na moyɛeɛ mu ne ngo nnua a ɛnyɛ mo na moduaeɛ. Sɛ modidi mee wɔ saa asase yi so wie a,

houses full of goods, which you did not amass; cisterns, which you did not dig; vineyards and olive groves, which you did not plant;

12 monhwɛ yie na mo werɛ amfiri Awurade a ɔgyee mo firii nkoasom mu Misraim asase so no.

and when you will have eaten and been satisfied:

13 Ɛsɛ sɛ mosuro Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, na mosom ɔno nko ara. Ne din nko ara na momfa nka ntam.

take care diligently, lest you forget the Lord, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude. You shall fear the Lord your God, and you shall serve him alone, and you shall swear by his name.

14 Monnni anyame foforɔ akyi—anyame a wɔyɛ nnipa a wɔatwa mo ho ahyia no dea;

You shall not go after the strange gods of all the Gentiles, who are around you.

15 na Awurade mo Onyankopɔn a ɔwɔ mo ntam no yɛ Onyankopɔn ninkunfoɔ a nʼabufuhyeɛ no bɛhye mo na ɔbɛsɛe mo afiri asase so.

For the Lord your God is a jealous God in your midst. Otherwise, at some time, the fury of the Lord your God may be enraged against you, and he may take you away from the face of the earth.

16 Monnsɔ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, nhwɛ sɛdeɛ moyɛeɛ ɛberɛ a na mowɔ Masa no.

You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in the place of temptation.

17 Ɛsɛ sɛ modi Awurade mo Onyankopɔn ahyɛdeɛ so pɛpɛɛpɛ—monni mmara no mu nsɛm nyinaa so sɛdeɛ ɔde ama mo no.

Keep the precepts of the Lord your God, as well as the testimonies and ceremonies, which he has instructed to you.

18 Monyɛ deɛ ɛtene na ɛyɛ wɔ Awurade ani so na biribiara awie mo yie. Na moakɔ akɔtena asase pa a Awurade hyɛɛ ho bɔ kyerɛɛ mo agyanom no.

And do what is pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord, so that it may be well with you, and so that, when you enter, you may possess the excellent land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers

19 Mobɛpam atamfoɔ a wɔte mo asase no so nyinaa sɛdeɛ Awurade ka kyerɛɛ mo sɛ ɔbɛyɛ no.

that he would wipe away all your enemies before you, just as he has spoken.

20 Daakye bi, mo mma bɛbisa mo sɛ, “Saa mmara ne nʼahyɛdeɛ a Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn de ama yɛn yi aseɛ ne sɛn?”

And when your son will ask you tomorrow, saying: ‘What do these testimonies and ceremonies and judgments mean, which the Lord our God has entrusted to us?’

21 Monka nkyerɛ wɔn sɛ “Na yɛyɛ Farao nkoa wɔ Misraim, nanso Awurade nam anwanwatumi so yii yɛn firii Misraim.

You shall say to him: ‘We were servants of Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord led us away from Egypt with a strong hand.

22 Yɛhunuu Awurade nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ nnwuma a ɔyɛ tiaa Misraim, Farao ne ne nkurɔfoɔ nyinaa.

And he wrought signs and wonders, great and very grievous, in Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his house, in our sight.

23 Ɔyii yɛn firii Misraim sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔbɛtumi de asase a wahyɛ yɛn agyanom ho bɔ no ama yɛn.

And he led us away from that place, so that he might lead us in and give us the land, about which he swore to our fathers.

24 Na Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ yɛn sɛ yɛnni mmara no nyinaa so na yɛmfa obuo ne anidie mma no sɛdeɛ ɛbɛma daakye asi yɛn yie sɛdeɛ ɛte ɛnnɛ yi.

And the Lord instructed us that we should do all these ordinances, and that we should fear the Lord our God, so that it may be well with us all the days of our life, just as it is today.

25 Ɛfiri sɛ, sɛ yɛdi mmara no nyinaa a Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn, de ama yɛn no so a, ɛbɛma yɛayɛ ateneneefoɔ.”

And he will be merciful to us, if we keep and perform all his precepts, in the sight of the Lord our God, just as he has commanded us.’”