3 Mose 19

1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Ka kyerɛ Israelfoɔ no sɛ, ‘Ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ kronkron, ɛfiri sɛ, me Awurade a meyɛ mo Onyankopɔn no, meyɛ kronkron.

Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

3 “‘Ɛsɛ sɛ mode anidie ma mo maamenom ne mo agyanom na modi me homeda mmara no so, ɛfiri sɛ, meyɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.

You shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

4 “‘Monnsom ahoni, ɛfiri sɛ, meyɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.

Turn you not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

5 “‘Ɛsɛ sɛ mobɔ asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ ma Awurade a momfa ɛkwan pa so mmɔ na asɔ Awurade ani.

And if you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it at your own will.

6 Ɛda a mobɛbɔ saa afɔdeɛ no, monni no ɛda no ara, na aboro so koraa na ɛsɛ sɛ modi no adekyeeɛ. Monhye deɛ ɛbɛdi nnansa no.

It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the morrow: and if any remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.

7 Na deɛ mobɛdi no nnansa so no yɛ akyiwadeɛ ma me, enti mɛpo.

And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

8 Sɛ modi no nnansa so a, modi ho fɔ na moagu Awurade kronkronyɛ nso ho fi, na wɔbɛtwa mo asuo afiri Awurade nkurɔfoɔ mu.

Therefore every one that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

9 “‘Sɛ motwa mo nnɔbaeɛ a, monntwa nnɔbaeɛ a ɛwɔ mo mfuo nhanoa no. Sɛ moretwa a, aba a ɛbɛgu fam no nso, monntase.

And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

10 Saa ara na mo bobe so aba no nso, ɛnsɛ sɛ mote so nyinaa. Na deɛ ɛbɛte agu aseɛ no nso, monntase. Monnya mma ahiafoɔ ne akwantufoɔ a wɔbɛfa hɔ no na mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.

And you shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

11 “‘Mommmɔ korɔno. “‘Monntwa atorɔ. “‘Na monnsisi obiara.

You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

12 “‘Monnka ntanhunu mfa ngu mo Onyankopɔn din ho fi, ɛfiri sɛ, mene Awurade.

And you shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

13 “‘Nwia wo yɔnko na monnsisi obi. “‘Na mo apaafoɔ nso, montua wɔn ka ntɛm na mommma adeɛ nkye so.

You shall not defraud your neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with you all night until the morning.

14 “‘Monnnome ɔsotifoɔ na monntwintwane onifirani akwan mu. Monsuro mo Onyankopɔn; Mene Awurade.

You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

15 “‘Ɛsɛ sɛ ɛberɛ biara atemmufoɔ bu atɛntenenee a wɔnhwɛ sɛ deɛ wɔrebu no atɛn no yɛ ohiani anaa osikani. Ɛsɛ sɛ daa wɔn atemmuo yɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ.

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

16 “‘Monnni nsekuro. “‘Mfa bɔne bi ho asɛm nto wo yɔnko so, na mene Awurade.

You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor; I am the LORD.

17 “‘Ntane wo nua. Ka obiara a ɔyɛ bɔne anim; mma ɔbɔnefoɔ mfa ne ho nni. Sɛ woyɛ saa a, wo nso wodi ho fɔ saa ara.

You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall in any wise rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin on him.

18 “‘Ntɔ were. Nnya obi ho menasepɔ; na mmom, dɔ wo yɔnko sɛ wo ho, na mene Awurade.

You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

19 “‘Monni me mmara so: “‘Mma wo nantwie mforo aboa foforɔ bi. “‘Nnua afifideɛ a ɛgu ahodoɔ mmienu wɔ wʼafuo mu. “‘Nhyɛ atadeɛ a ɛfa yɛ kuntu na ɛfa nso yɛ serekye.

You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle engender with a diverse kind: you shall not sow your field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come on you.

20 “‘Sɛ obi bɔ afenaa bi a obi asi no asiwaa asɔn a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔdi wɔn asɛm wɔ asɛnniiɛ nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔkum wɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, afenaa no nne ne ho.

And whoever lies carnally with a woman, that is a female slave, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

21 Ɔbarima no na ɔde ne fɔdie afɔrebɔdeɛ bɛbrɛ Awurade wɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no kwan ano. Ɛsɛ sɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ no yɛ odwennini.

And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.

22 Ɔsɔfoɔ no de odwennini no bɛyɛ mpatadeɛ ama ɔbarima no bɔne a ɔyɛeɛ no na ama wɔde ne bɔne no akyɛ no.

And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he has done: and the sin which he has done shall be forgiven him.

23 “‘Sɛ mokɔ asase bi so kɔdua nnuaba ahodoɔ pii wɔ so a, nnɔbaetwa mmiɛnsa a ɛdi ɛkan no, monnni, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔbu no sɛ ɛho agu fi.

And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised to you: it shall not be eaten of.

24 Na ne mfeɛ ɛnan so no, momfa aba no nyinaa mma Awurade mfa nkamfo no.

But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD with.

25 Na ne mfeɛ enum so no, aba no yɛ mo dea. Mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.

And in the fifth year shall you eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield to you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.

26 “‘Monnwe aboa biara a wɔnsɔnee ne mu mogya ɛnam. “‘Na mommfa mo ho nto ntafowayie anaa bayie so.

You shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall you use enchantment, nor observe times.

27 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ motwitwa mo moma so nwi twitwa mo abɔgyesɛ so sɛdeɛ abosonsomfoɔ yɛ no.

You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall you mar the corners of your beard.

28 “‘Mommotabota mo ho mma ayiyɛ, na monnyɛ nsohyɛdeɛ wɔ mo honam ani nso. Mene Awurade.

You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you: I am the LORD.

29 “‘Mma wo babaa nkɔbɔ adwaman mfa ngu ne ho fi na asase no annane abɔnefoɔ asase.

Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

30 “‘Monni me homeda mmara no so na monni mʼAhyiaeɛ Ntomadan no ni, ɛfiri sɛ, mene Awurade.

You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

31 “‘Monnkɔ abisa wɔ adebisafoɔ ne abayifoɔ nkyɛn mmfa ngu mo ho fi, na mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.

Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

32 “‘Momfa obuo ne anidie mma mpanimfoɔ wɔ Onyamesuro mu. Mene Awurade.

You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.

33 “‘Mommfa no sɛ yɛwɔ ahɔhoɔ wɔ yɛn ɔman yi mu enti yɛbɛsisi wɔn.

And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land, you shall not vex him.

34 Mommu wɔn sɛdeɛ mobu onipa biara. Monnodɔ wɔn sɛ mo ho na monkae sɛ, na mo nso moyɛ ahɔhoɔ wɔ Misraim asase so. Mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.

But the stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

35 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ mobu ntɛnkyea wɔ adesusuo, adekari anaa ade dodoɔ mu.

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in length, in weight, or in measure.

36 Ɛsɛ sɛ mo nsania ne mo nkariboɔ yɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ. Adeɛ a mode susu nsunsudeɛ ne nneɛma a ɛnyɛ nsunsu no nso, ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn a mede mo firi Misraim baeɛ no.

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall you have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

37 “‘Ɛsɛ sɛ modi me mmaransɛm ne mʼahyɛdeɛ no nyinaa so, na mene Awurade.’”

Therefore shall you observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.