3 Mose 19
1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
Yahweh 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 assembly of the people of Israel and say to them, 'You must be holy, for I Yahweh 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.
Everyone must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
4 “‘Monnsom ahoni, ɛfiri sɛ, meyɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.
Do not turn to worthless idols, nor make for yourselves gods out of metal. I am Yahweh your God.
5 “‘Ɛsɛ sɛ mobɔ asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ ma Awurade a momfa ɛkwan pa so mmɔ na asɔ Awurade ani.
When you offer a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to Yahweh, you must offer it that you may be accepted.
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 must be eaten the same day you offer it, or on the next day. If anything remains until the third day, it must be burned up with fire.
7 Na deɛ mobɛdi no nnansa so no yɛ akyiwadeɛ ma me, enti mɛpo.
If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is unclean meat; it must 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.
and everyone who eats it must carry his own guilt because he has defiled what is holy to Yahweh, and that person must be cut off from 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.
When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not completely reap the corners of your field, neither will you gather all the produce 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.
You must not gather every grape from your vineyard, nor gather the grapes that have fallen on the ground in your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.
11 “‘Mommmɔ korɔno. “‘Monntwa atorɔ. “‘Na monnsisi obiara.
Do not steal. Do not lie. Do not deceive each other.
12 “‘Monnka ntanhunu mfa ngu mo Onyankopɔn din ho fi, ɛfiri sɛ, mene Awurade.
Do not swear by my name falsely and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
13 “‘Nwia wo yɔnko na monnsisi obi. “‘Na mo apaafoɔ nso, montua wɔn ka ntɛm na mommma adeɛ nkye so.
Do not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant must not stay with you all night until the morning.
14 “‘Monnnome ɔsotifoɔ na monntwintwane onifirani akwan mu. Monsuro mo Onyankopɔn; Mene Awurade.
Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind. Instead, you must fear your God. I am Yahweh.
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.
Do not cause judgment to be false. You must not show favoritism to someone because he is poor, and you must not show favoritism to someone because he is important. Instead, judge your neighbor righteously.
16 “‘Monnni nsekuro. “‘Mfa bɔne bi ho asɛm nto wo yɔnko so, na mene Awurade.
Do not walk around spreading slander among your people, but seek to protect your neighbor's life. I am Yahweh.
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.
Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must honestly rebuke your neighbor so as not to share in sin because of him.
18 “‘Ntɔ were. Nnya obi ho menasepɔ; na mmom, dɔ wo yɔnko sɛ wo ho, na mene Awurade.
Do not take vengeance or hold any grudge against any of your people, but instead love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
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 must keep my commands. Do not try to breed your animals with different kinds of other animals. Do not mix two different kinds of seeds when planting your field. Do not wear clothing made of two kinds of material mixed together.
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.
Whoever sleeps with a slave girl who is promised to a husband, but who has not been ransomed or given her freedom, they must be punished. They must 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.
A man must bring his guilt offering to Yahweh to the entrance to the tent of meeting—a ram as a guilt offering.
22 Ɔsɔfoɔ no de odwennini no bɛyɛ mpatadeɛ ama ɔbarima no bɔne a ɔyɛeɛ no na ama wɔde ne bɔne no akyɛ no.
Then the priest will make atonement for him with the ram for the guilt offering before Yahweh, for the sin that he has committed. Then the sin which he has committed will be forgiven.
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.
When you come into the land and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you must regard the fruit they produce as forbidden to be eaten. The fruit must be forbidden to you for three years. It must not be eaten.
24 Na ne mfeɛ ɛnan so no, momfa aba no nyinaa mma Awurade mfa nkamfo no.
But in the fourth year all the fruit will be holy, an offering of praise to Yahweh.
25 Na ne mfeɛ enum so no, aba no yɛ mo dea. Mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.
In the fifth you may eat the fruit, having waited so that the trees might produce more. I am Yahweh your God.
26 “‘Monnwe aboa biara a wɔnsɔnee ne mu mogya ɛnam. “‘Na mommfa mo ho nto ntafowayie anaa bayie so.
Do not eat any meat with blood still in it. Do not consult spirits about the future, and do not seek to control others by supernatural powers.
27 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ motwitwa mo moma so nwi twitwa mo abɔgyesɛ so sɛdeɛ abosonsomfoɔ yɛ no.
You will not round off the corners of the hair on the sides of your head or shave off the edge of your beard.
28 “‘Mommotabota mo ho mma ayiyɛ, na monnyɛ nsohyɛdeɛ wɔ mo honam ani nso. Mene Awurade.
Do not cut your body for the dead or put tattoo marks on your body. I am Yahweh.
29 “‘Mma wo babaa nkɔbɔ adwaman mfa ngu ne ho fi na asase no annane abɔnefoɔ asase.
Do not disgrace your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the nation will fall to prostitution and the land will become full of wickedness.
30 “‘Monni me homeda mmara no so na monni mʼAhyiaeɛ Ntomadan no ni, ɛfiri sɛ, mene Awurade.
You must keep my Sabbaths and honor the sanctuary of my tabernacle. I am Yahweh.
31 “‘Monnkɔ abisa wɔ adebisafoɔ ne abayifoɔ nkyɛn mmfa ngu mo ho fi, na mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.
Do not turn to those who talk with the dead or with spirits. Do not seek them out, or they will defile you. I am Yahweh your God.
32 “‘Momfa obuo ne anidie mma mpanimfoɔ wɔ Onyamesuro mu. Mene Awurade.
You must rise before the gray-headed person and honor the presence of an old man. You must fear your God. I am Yahweh.
33 “‘Mommfa no sɛ yɛwɔ ahɔhoɔ wɔ yɛn ɔman yi mu enti yɛbɛsisi wɔn.
If a foreigner lives among you in your land, you must not do him any wrong.
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.
The foreigner who lives with you must be to you like the native-born Israelite who lives among you, and you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.
35 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ mobu ntɛnkyea wɔ adesusuo, adekari anaa ade dodoɔ mu.
Do not use false measures when measuring length, weight, or quantity.
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.
You must use just scales, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 “‘Ɛsɛ sɛ modi me mmaransɛm ne mʼahyɛdeɛ no nyinaa so, na mene Awurade.’”
You must obey all my decrees and all my laws, and do them. I am Yahweh.'”
