Deuteronomy 14

1 You are the children of Yahweh your God. You shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

“Esi wònye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ƒe amewo mienye ta la, migasi ŋuti na mia ɖokuiwo gbeɖegbeɖe abe ale si trɔ̃subɔlawo wɔna ne wole woƒe legbawo subɔm la ene o. Gawu la, ne ame ku la, mele be mialũ miaƒe ŋgonu kple dzodome o.

2 For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ɖeɖe ko tɔe mienye. Eyae tia mi be mianye ye tɔ wu dukɔ bubu ɖe sia ɖe le xexea me.

3 You shall not eat any abominable thing.

“Migaɖu nu siwo ŋuti mekɔ o la dometɔ aɖeke o.

4 These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

Lã siwo miate ŋu aɖu la woe nye: nyi, alẽ, gbɔ̃,

5 the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the chamois.

zi, sẽ, afiã, gbɔ̃ si le gbe me, avugbɔ̃e kple alẽ si nɔa towo dzi.

6 Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

Miate ŋu aɖu lã siwo katã ƒe afɔkli me fe, eye wodzɔa nu gaɖuna.

7 Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof split: the camel, the hare, and the rabbit. Because they chew the cud but don’t part the hoof, they are unclean to you.

Ke lã siwo ƒe afɔkli me fe alo woɖua nu gadzɔna la, migaɖu esiawo ya o, woawoe nye kposɔ, fɔmizi kple xɔfie, elabena togbɔ be wodzɔa nu gaɖuna hã la, woƒe afɔkli me mefe ɖe eve o, eya ta wonye lã makɔmakɔwo.

8 The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses.

Nenema ke, migaɖu ha hã o, elabena togbɔ be eƒe afɔkli me fe hã la, medzɔa nu gaɖuna o. Mele be miaka asi lã siawo ƒe kukuawo gɔ̃ hã ŋu o.

9 These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat whatever has fins and scales.

“Tɔmelã siwo ko miekpɔ mɔ aɖu la woe nye esiwo ŋu adza kple tsro le.

10 You shall not eat whatever doesn’t have fins and scales. It is unclean to you.

Ke tɔmelã bubuawo katã siwo ŋu tsro kple adza mele o la nye nu makɔmakɔwo; migaɖu wo o.

11 Of all clean birds you may eat.

Miekpɔ mɔ aɖu xe ɖe sia ɖe si ŋuti kɔ

12 But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,

negbe hɔ̃, akaga, akpɔ̃,

13 the red kite, the falcon, the kite of any kind,

doɖi, aʋako dzĩtɔ kple yibɔtɔwo, akpaviã ƒomevi vovowo, ayisu ƒomevi ɖe sia ɖe,

14 every raven of any kind,

akpaviã ƒomevi ɖe sia ɖe,

15 the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the hawk of any kind,

golo, sagbadre, tsalɛ̃ kple aʋako ƒomevi ɖe sia ɖe,

16 the little owl, the great owl, the horned owl,

ʋlukuku, favieʋuto kple aŋɔɣi,

17 the pelican, the vulture, the cormorant,

aluge, akaga kple tsimese,

18 the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

damixe kple ako ƒomevi ɖe sia ɖe, agudzixe kple dro.

19 All winged creeping things are unclean to you. They shall not be eaten.

“Nudzodzoewo katã kloe nye nu makɔmakɔwo, eya ta miekpɔ mɔ aɖu wo o.

20 Of all clean birds you may eat.

Ke miekpɔ mɔ aɖu xe siwo katã ŋu kɔ.

21 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

“Migaɖu naneke si ku le eɖokui si o, Ke amedzro si le mia dome la ate ŋu aɖui. Miate ŋu atsɔe nɛ alo adzrae nɛ, gake miawo ŋutɔ ya migaɖui o, elabena mienye dukɔ kɔkɔe na Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la. “Migaɖa gbɔ̃vi le dadaa ƒe notsi me o.”

22 You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes out of the field year by year.

“Ele be miana miaƒe agblemenukuwo ƒe ewolia ƒe sia ƒe pɛpɛpɛ.

23 You shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he chooses to cause his name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always.

Mitsɔ agblemenukuwo ƒe ewolia sia va ɖu le Yehowa, mia Mawu la ŋkume le teƒe si wòatia abe eƒe kɔkɔeƒe ene. Nu siawoe nye miaƒe bli, wain yeye, ami kple miaƒe alẽwo kple nyiwo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo. Nu ewolia nana ƒe taɖodzinue nye be, miatsɔ teƒe gbãtɔ na Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la le miaƒe agbenɔnɔ me.

24 If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it because the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to set his name there is too far from you, when Yahweh your God blesses you,

Ne teƒe si Yehowa miaƒe Mawu tia abe eƒe kɔkɔeƒe ene didi ale gbegbe be manɔ bɔbɔe be miatsɔ miaƒe nuwo ƒe ewolia ayi afi ma ke o la,

25 then you shall turn it into money, bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose.

ekema miate ŋu adzra miaƒe agblemenukuwo kple lãwo ƒe ewolia, eye miatsɔ ga la ayi Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ƒe kɔkɔeƒe la.

26 You shall trade the money for whatever your soul desires: for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you. You shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

Ne mieɖo afi ma la, ekema mitsɔ ga la ƒle nyitsu ɖeka kple alẽ ɖeka, eye miadze wain alo aha sesẽ aɖe, miaɖu nu le afi ma le Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ŋkume, eye miatso aseye kple miaƒe aƒemetɔwo.

27 You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

“Migaŋlɔ be, eye miagbe miaƒe ga la ƒe akpa aɖe nana Levitɔ siwo le mia dome o, elabena domenyinu alo agblemenuku aɖeke mele woawo si abe miawo ene o.

28 At the end of every three years you shall bring all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall store it within your gates.

“Le ƒe etɔ̃lia ɖe sia ɖe me la, ele be miawɔ miaƒe nuwo ƒe ewolia katã ŋu dɔ hena dɔwɔwɔ le miaƒe nutowo me.

29 The Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, as well as the foreigner living among you, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

Mitsɔe na Levitɔwo, ame siwo si domenyinu aɖeke mele le mia dome o alo miatsɔ wo ana amedzro, ahosi alo tsyɔ̃evi siwo le miaƒe du me ale be woaɖu nu aɖi ƒo. Ekema Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ayra mi kple miaƒe dɔwɔwɔwo.”