3 Mose 25

1 Mose wɔ Sinai Bepɔ so no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ,

And Yahweh spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai, saying—

2 “Kasa kyerɛ Israelfoɔ no sɛ, ‘Sɛ moduru asase a mede rebɛma mo no so a, mfeɛ nson biara, momma asase no nya Awurade mu homeda.

Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them: —When ye enter into the land which, I, am giving you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Yahweh.

3 Momfa mfeɛ nsia nnua mo nnɔbaeɛ wɔ mo mfuo mu na monyiyi mo bobe turo mu na montwa mo nnɔbaeɛ.

Six years, shalt thou sow thy field, and, six years, shalt thou prune thy vineyard, —and gather the increase thereof;

4 Na mfeɛ nson so no, asase no nna hɔ kwa wɔ Awurade anim. Monnyɛ so hwee. Monnnua so aba. Afe no nyinaa mu, monnyiyi mo bobe turo no mu.

but, in the seventh year—a sabbath of sacred rest, shall there be unto the land, a sabbath unto Yahweh: thy field, shalt thou not sow, and, thy vineyard, shalt thou not prune;

5 Na aba biara a moadua no, monnte mfa, na bobe no nso, mommmoaboa ano mfa. Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ afe a ɛsɛ sɛ asase no home.

that which groweth of itself of thy harvest, shalt thou not reap; and the grapes of thine unpruned vines, shalt thou not cut off: a year of sacred rest, shall there be to the land.

6 Nanso, aba biara a asase no bɛma saa afe no bɛyɛ aduane ama wo ne wʼakoa, wʼafenaa, wo paani ne wo hɔhoɔ,

So shall the sabbath of the land be unto you for food: unto thee, and unto thy servant and unto thy handmaid, —and unto thy hireling, and unto thy settlers that are sojourning with thee;

7 wʼayɛmmoa ne wiram mmoa a ɛwɔ asase no so nyinaa. Monni biribiara a asase no bɛma biara.

and unto thy tame-beasts, and unto the wild-beasts that are in thy land, shall belong all the increase thereof for food.

8 “‘Bubu Homeda mfeɛ nson, mfeɛ nson ahodoɔ nson, na wobɛnya mfeɛ aduanan nkron.

And thou shalt count to thee seven weeks of years, seven years, seven times, —so shall the days of the seven weeks of years become to thee forty-nine years.

9 Afei, bosome a ɛtɔ so nson no ɛda edu no yɛ Mpata Ɛda. Monhyɛn totorobɛnto wɔ baabiara. Mpata Ɛda no, monhyɛn totorobɛnto no dendeenden nkyɛ wɔ ɔman no mu baabiara.

Then shalt thou cause a signal-horn to pass through in the seventh month, on the tenth of the month: on the Day of Propitiation, shall ye cause a horn to pass throughout all your land.

10 Monte mfeɛ aduonum no ho na mompae ahofadie mma wɔn a wɔtete asase no so mmaa nyinaa. Ɛbɛyɛ mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ ama mo, na mo mu biara bɛsane akɔ asase a wɔde ama mo agyanom no so, na moakɔka mo abusuafoɔ ho.

So shall ye hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim freedom throughout the land to all the dwellers thereof, —a jubilee, shall it be unto you, and ye shall return, every man unto his possession, and every man unto his family, shall ye return.

11 Aane, mfeɛ aduonum no bɛyɛ mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ ama mo; monnnua biribiara na monntwa nnɔbaeɛ biara, na bobe a moadua nso, monnte so aba.

A jubilee, shall that fiftieth year be unto you, —ye shall not sow, neither shall ye reap the self-grown corn thereof, nor cut off the grapes of the unpruned vines thereof.

12 Ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ, na ɛsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ sononko na ɛho teɛ. Monni deɛ monya firi asase no mu nko ara.

For, a jubilee, it is, holy, shall it be unto you, —out of the field, shall ye eat her increase.

13 “‘Saa mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ yi, obiara bɛkɔ asase a wɔde maa nʼagyanom no so.

In this same jubilee year, shall ye return every man unto his possession.

14 “‘Sɛ wo ne wo yɔnko yɛ nhyehyɛeɛ a wonam so retɔ anaa woretɔn agyapadeɛ bi a, ɛnsɛ sɛ obi sisi ne yɔnko.

And when ye sell anything to thy neighbour, or buy aught at thy neighbour’s hand, do not overreach one another.

15 Sɛ woretɔ asase afiri wo yɔnko nkyɛn a, mobɛkan mfeɛ dodoɔ no so fa afiri Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ a ɛtwaam no. Ɔdetɔnfoɔ no bɛgye wo boɔ a ɛgyina mfeɛ dodoɔ a aka ansa na mfirinhyia aduonum afahyɛ a ɛreba no.

By the number of years after the jubilee, shalt thou buy of thy neighbour, —by the number of the years of increase, shall he sell unto thee;

16 Mfeɛ no dodoɔ na ɛma ɛboɔ no kɔ soro. Saa ara nso na mfeɛ kakra bi ma ɛboɔ no kɔ fam. Yeinom nyinaa mu, onipa a ɔretɔn asase no retɔn otwa dodoɔ a wɔbɛtwa afiri asase no so.

according to the multitude of the years, shalt thou increase the price thereof, and, according to the fewness of the years, shalt thou diminish the price thereof, —because the sum of the increase, it is that he selleth thee.

17 Monsuro mo Onyankopɔn na moammɔ ɛboɔ a ɛboro so! Na mene Awurade.

So then ye shall not overreach one another; but thou shalt stand in awe of thy God, —for, I—Yahweh, am your God.

18 “‘Sɛ mopɛ sɛ motena asase no so asomdwoeɛ mu deɛ a, monni me mmara so.

Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and my regulations, shall ye observe and do them, —so shall ye dwell upon the land with confidence;

19 Sɛ moyɛ ɔsetie a, aduane bɛbu so wɔ asase no so na moadi amee wɔ asomdwoeɛ mu.

and the land shall yield her fruit; and ye shall eat to the full, —and shall dwell with confidence thereupon.

20 Nanso, mobɛbisa sɛ, “Na sɛ wɔse yɛnnnua anaa yɛnntwa saa afe no so a, ɛdeɛn na mfeɛ nson no so yɛbɛdie?”

And since ye may say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? Lo! we are not to sow, neither are we to gather our increase!

21 Mmuaeɛ ara ne sɛ, mfeɛ nsia no so, mɛhyira mo ama nnɔbaeɛ aba abu so kɔsi sɛ mobɛtwa mfeɛ nwɔtwe mu nnɔbaeɛ no.

Therefore will I command my blessing upon you, in the sixth year, —and it shall make the increase of three years;

22 Sɛ modua nnɔbaeɛ wɔ mfeɛ nwɔtwe no mu a, mobɛkɔ so adi afe a ɛtwaam no mu nnuane. Nokorɛm, nnuane dada no na mobɛdi kɔsi sɛ otwaberɛ bɛduru so mfeɛ nkron no mu.

and ye shall sow, the eighth year, and eat of old store, —until the ninth year until the coming in of the increase thereof, shall ye eat old store.

23 “‘Na monkae sɛ asase no yɛ me dea enti monni ho ɛkwan sɛ motɔn no afebɔɔ. Moyɛ ahɔhoɔ na meyɛ asasewura ma mo.

The land moreover shall not be sold beyond recovery, for, mine, is the land, —for, sojourners and settlers, ye are with me.

24 Asasetɔn mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ nhyehyɛeɛ sɛ asasetɔnfoɔ no tumi sane bɛgye asase no ɛberɛ biara.

And, in all the land of your possession, a right of redemption, shall ye give to the land.

25 “‘Sɛ ohia hia obi ma ɔtɔn nʼasase fa bi a, nʼabusuafoɔ tumi bɛgye.

When thy brother waxeth poor, and so selleth aught of his possession, then may his kinsman that is near unto him come in, and redeem that which was sold by his brother.

26 Sɛ ɔnni obi a ɔbɛgye ama no na sɛ nʼankasa nya sika a,

And, when, any man, hath no kinsman, —but his own hand getteth enough, so that he findeth what is needed to redeem it,

27 wɔbɛsese ɛso nnɔbaeɛ a wɔatwa ansa na Ahosɛpɛ Afe no reba na wɔagyina so atua ɛka no, na deɛ ɔtɔeɛ no nso adane asase no ama no.

then shall he reckon the years since he sold it, and restore the overplus to the man to whom he sold it, —and shall return to his possession.

28 Na sɛ deɛ asase no yɛ ne dea no ankasa antumi annye a, ɛnneɛ, ɛbɛyɛ deɛ ɔtɔeɛ no dea ara kɔsi Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no, na deɛ ɔtɔeɛ no de onii no adeɛ asane ama no.

But, if his hand have not found enough to get it back unto him, then shall that which he sold remain in the hand of him that bought it, until the year of the jubilee, —and shall go out in the jubilee, and he shall return unto his possession.

29 “‘Sɛ obi tɔn efie wɔ kurom a, ɔwɔ afe a ɔtumi sane gye nʼadeɛ a biribiara nsi no ho ɛkwan.

And, when, any man, selleth a dwelling-house in a walled city, then shall his right of redemption remain until the completion of a year after he sold it, —for, [a year of] days, shall his right of redemption remain.

30 Na sɛ afe no mu wantumi annye a, ɛbɛyɛ deɛ ɔtɔeɛ no dea korakora. Ahosɛpɛ Afe no mu, ɔrensane mfa mma onipa a kane no na ɛyɛ ne dea no bio.

But, if it be not redeemed before the end of a full year, then shall the house that is in the city that hath walls be confirmed, beyond recovery, to him who bought it, unto his generations, —it shall not go out in the jubilee.

31 Nanso akuraase dan a wɔntoo ɔfasuo ntwaa ho nhyiaeɛ te sɛ agyapadeɛ a ɛwɔ wiram deɛ, wɔtumi sane kɔgye no ɛberɛ biara, na Mfeɛ Aduonum Afahyɛ mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsane de ma ne wura ankasa.

But as for the houses of villages which have no wall round about them, with the fields of land, shall it be reckoned, —a right of redemption, shall belong to it, and, in the jubilee, shall it go out.

32 “‘Asɛm baako bi na ɛnka ho. Lewifoɔ afie a ɛwɔ nkuro a wɔde afasuo atwa ho mu no, wɔtumi sane gye ɛberɛ biara,

And as for the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, an age-abiding right of redemption, shall pertain unto the Levites.

33 na wɔde ama wɔn wuranom Ahosɛpɛ Afe no mu. Na Lewifoɔ no deɛ, wɔremma wɔn mfuo nsase te sɛ mmusuakuo a aka no, na mmom, wɔbɛma wɔn afie wɔ wɔn nkuro ne wɔn mfuo a atwa wɔn ho ahyia no mu.

And, if one of the Levites should not redeem, then shall the sale of the house and the city of his possession go out in the jubilee; for, the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession, in the midst of the sons of Israel.

34 Mma wɔnntɔn nsase a atwa Lewifoɔ nkuro ho ahyia, ɛfiri sɛ, yeinom yɛ wɔn agyapadeɛ afebɔɔ a ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔne obiara kyɛ.

But the field of the pasture-land of their cities, shall not be sold, —for an age-abiding possession, it is unto them.

35 “‘Sɛ ohia hia wo nua a, ɛsɛ sɛ woboa no; ma no mmra ma ɔmmɛtena hɔ bi.

And, when thy brother waxeth poor, and his hand becometh feeble with thee, then shalt thou strengthen him, as a sojourner and a settler, so shall he live with thee.

36 Suro wo Onyankopɔn na ma wo nua ntena wo nkyɛn; na sɛ wobɔ no bosea a, nnye no ho ba.

Do not accept from him interest or profit, but stand thou in awe of thy God, —so shall thy brother live with thee.

37 Kae sɛ, worennye ho nsiho biara, na aduane a wode ma no nso, nnye ho nsiho biara. Mpɛ mfasoɔ!

Thy silver, shalt thou not give him on interest, —neither, for profit, shalt thou give him thy food.

38 Ɛfiri sɛ, me Awurade a meyɛ mo Onyankopɔn yii mo firii Misraim de Kanaan asase maa mo sɛdeɛ mɛyɛ mo Onyankopɔn.

I—Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, —to give unto you the land of Canaan, to become your God,

39 “‘Sɛ ohia hia wo yɔnko Israelni na ɔtɔn ne ho ma wo a, nhyɛ ne so sɛ ɔdɔnkɔ

And when thy brother waxeth poor with thee, and so selleth himself unto thee, thou shalt not bind him with the bondage of a bondman:

40 na mmom, yɛ no sɛ obi a wotua no ne som a ɔsom ho ka, anaa fa no sɛ wo hɔhoɔ na ɔnsom wo nkɔsi Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no.

as a hired servant, as a settler, shall he remain with thee, —until the year of the jubilee, shall he serve with thee:

41 Ɛduru saa mmerɛ no a, ɔne ne mma nyinaa tumi tu de wɔn agyapadeɛ nyinaa kɔ wɔn abusuafoɔ nkyɛn.

then shall he go forth from thee, he and his sons with him, —and shall return unto his family, and unto the possession of his fathers, shall he return.

42 Me na mede mo firi Misraim asase so baeɛ sɛ mommɛsom me sɛdeɛ obi rentumi ntɔn mo sɛ nnipa hunu bi

For, my bondmen, they are, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt, —they shall not sell themselves with the sale of a bondman.

43 na obi nso ntumi nha mo; monsuro mo Onyankopɔn.

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour, —so shalt thou stand in awe of thy God.

44 “‘Nanso mobɛtumi atɔ asomfoɔ afiri aman foforɔ a atwa mo ho ahyia no so.

And as for thy bondman and thy bond-maid which thou shalt have, of the nations that are round about you—from them, may ye buy bondman and bond-maid.

45 Saa ara nso na motumi tɔ ahɔhoɔ a mo ne wɔn te no mma a ɛmfa ho sɛ wɔte mo mu.

Moreover also, of the sons of the settlers who are sojourning with you—of them, may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land, —so shall they become yours, as a possession;

46 Wɔbɛyɛ nkoa afebɔɔ ama mo ne mo nkyirimma, nanso mo nuanom Israelfoɔ no deɛ, ɛnsɛ sɛ moyɛ wɔn saa.

and ye may take them as an inheritance for your sons after you to inherit as a possession, unto times age-abiding, of them, may ye take to be bondmen, —but, over your brethren the sons of Israel—a man over his brother, ye shall not rule, over him with rigour.

47 “‘Sɛ ɔhɔhoɔ a ɔte mo mu no bɛyɛ osikani, na sɛ Israelni di hia, na ɔtɔn ne ho ma ɔhɔhoɔ no anaa ɔhɔhoɔ no abusuafoɔ a,

And, when the hand of the sojourner and settler with thee getteth possessions, and thy brother with him, waxeth poor, —and so he selleth himself to the sojourner [who is] a settler with thee, or to one who hath taken root, of the family of the sojourner,

48 ne nuanom bi tumi bɛgye no.

after that he hath sold himself, a right of redemption, pertaineth to him, —one of his brethren, may redeem him;

49 Saa ara nso na ne wɔfa, ne wɔfaase anaa ne ho onipa bi a ɔbɛn no tumi gye no ara ne no. Sɛ ɔno ara nso bɛnya sika a, ɔtumi de bɛgye ne ho.

or, his uncle or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or, a near flesh-relation of his, of his family, may redeem him, or, his own hand may have gotten enough, and, so he may redeem himself.

50 Nʼahogyeɛ no gyina mfeɛ a aka na Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no aduro ne sika dodoɔ a sɛ anka wɔde kɔfaa ɔsomfoɔ a, anka ɔbɛgye saa mfeɛ a aka no mu.

Then shall he reckon with him that bought him, from the year that he was sold to him, unto the year of the jubilee, —and the silver for which he was sold shall be by the number of years, according to the days of a hired servant, shall he be with him.

51 Sɛ aka mfeɛ pii ansa na Ahosɛpɛ Afe no aso a, ɔbɛtua sika a ɔgyeeɛ wɔ ɛberɛ a ɔtɔn ne ho no nyinaa;

If there is yet a multitude of years, according to them, shall he return, as his redemption price, of the silver of him that bought him.

52 na sɛ mfeɛ no pii atwam ama aka kakra na Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no aduru a, ɛnneɛ, ɔbɛtua sika a ɔgyeeɛ ɛberɛ a ɔtɔn ne ho no mu kakraa bi.

Or, if [there is] but a small remainder of years, until the year of the jubilee, then shall he reckon to himself, according to the years thereof, shall he return his price of redemption.

53 Sɛ ɔtɔn ne ho ma ɔhɔhoɔ a, ɔhɔhoɔ no bɛfa no sɛ ne ɔsomfoɔ a ɔtua no ka. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔfa no sɛ ne ɔsomfoɔ buruburo anaa nʼagyapadeɛ.

As a servant hired year by year, shall he be with him, he shall not rule over him with rigour, before thine eyes.

54 “‘Sɛ Mfirinhyia Aduonum Afahyɛ no duru na wɔnnyee no a, wɔbɛgyaa ɔne ne mma nyinaa.

But if he be not redeemed in any of these ways, then shall he go out in the jubilee year, he, and his sons with him.

55 Israelfoɔ yɛ mʼasomfoɔ. Mede wɔn firi Misraim na ɛbaeɛ. Mene Awurade mo Onyankopɔn.

For, unto me, are the sons of Israel, bondmen, my bondmen, they are, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I, Yahweh, am your God.