Deuteronomy 15

1 At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts.

Muntwa mo aka mu mfe ason awiei biara.

2 This is the way it shall be done: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not require payment from his neighbor and his brother, because Yahweh’s release has been proclaimed.

Ɔkwan a ɛsɛ sɛ mofa so ni: Ɛsɛ sɛ obiara a wabɔ ne yɔnko Israelni bosea no, de kyɛ no. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔdan ne yɔnko no anaa ne busuani ka, efisɛ wɔapae mu aka Awurade bere a wɔde ka kyɛ no.

3 Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand shall release.

Saa ka a wotwa mu yi ka mo yɔnkonom Israelfo no nko ara. Ahɔho a wɔte mo mu no de, sɛ mopɛ a mobɛma wɔn atua.

4 However there will be no poor with you (for Yahweh will surely bless you in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess)

Mmom, ɛnsɛ sɛ ahiafo ba mo mu efisɛ, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no behyira mo wɔ asase a ɔde rema mo sɛ mo agyapade no so,

5 if only you diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you today.

sɛ motɔ mo bo ase di Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, mmara a mede rema mo nnɛ yi nyinaa so a.

6 For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.

Efisɛ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo sɛnea wahyɛ mo bɔ no. Mobɛbɔ aman bebree bosea, nanso moremmɔ obiara hɔ bosea da. Mubedi aman bebree so, nanso obiara renni mo so da.

7 If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

Sɛ mudu nkurow a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, de rema mo no so na sɛ ehia mo yɔnkonom Israelfo no bi a, mummpirim mo koma anaa mommma mo nsam nyɛ den wɔ wɔn so.

8 but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.

Mmom, mungow mo nsam na momfɛm wɔn nea ehia wɔn biara.

9 Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.

Monhwɛ na moannya saa adwemmɔne yi wɔ mo tirim sɛ: “Afe a ɛto so ason, afe a wotwa aka mu no, abɛn,” na moannyina so ammɔ mo mfɛfo Israelfo a ahia wɔn no atirimɔden a moremma wɔn hwee. Ɛba saa a, wobesu afrɛ Awurade de atia mo, na ɛbɛma wɔabu mo bɔne ho fɔ.

10 You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because it is for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you put your hand to.

Mumfi koma pa mu mma na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo wɔ mo nnwuma nyinaa ne biribiara a mode mo nsa bɛka no mu.

11 For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

Bere biara, mubehu ahiafo wɔ asase no so. Ɛno nti merehyɛ mo sɛ, biribiara a mowɔ no, mumfi ɔpɛ pa mu mma mo mfɛfo Israelfo a ahia wɔn wɔ asase no so no.

12 If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

Sɛ wo nua Hebrini, sɛ ɔyɛ barima anaa ɔbea, tɔn ne ho ma wo na ɔsom wo mfirihyia asia a, ɛsɛ sɛ wugyaa no ma ɔde ne ho afe a ɛto so ason no.

13 When you let him go free from you, you shall not let him go empty.

Na sɛ woregya no kwan a, mma no nkɔ nsapan.

14 You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, out of your threshing floor, and out of your wine press. As Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.

Fa nsa a emu gow so ma no wo nguan no bi, wʼawiporowbea mu ade ne wo nsakyi amoa mu ade bi. Hwɛ sɛnea Awurade, wo Nyankopɔn no, asi ahyira wo no so na ma no.

15 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you. Therefore I command you this thing today.

Monkae sɛ na moyɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, yii mo fii hɔ. Ɛno nti na mede saa mmara yi rema mo nnɛ yi.

16 It shall be, if he tells you, “I will not go out from you,” because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you,

Na sɛ ɛba sɛ wʼakoa ka kyerɛ wo se, “Merennyaw wo hɔ nkɔ,” efisɛ ɔpɛ wo ne wʼabusuafo asɛm na ne ho tɔ no wɔ wo nkyɛn a,

17 then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.

ɛno de, fa fitii bɔre nʼaso mu na ɔnyɛ wʼakoa daa. Wo mfenaa nso, yɛ wɔn saa ara.

18 It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for he has been double the value of a hired hand as he served you six years. Yahweh your God will bless you in all that you do.

Momma no nyɛ wo den sɛ mubegyaa mo asomfo no ama wɔafa wɔn ho akodi. Monkae sɛ, mfe asia a wɔasom mo no sɛ wokɔfaa apaafo sɛ wɔnsom mo a, anka mubetua apaafo no sika mmɔho abien na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo wɔ biribiara a moyɛ ho.

19 You shall dedicate all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock to Yahweh your God. You shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

Munyi mo anantwi ne mo nguan mmakan anini no nsi hɔ mma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no. Mo anantwi mmakan no, mommfa wɔn nkɔ mo mfuw mu nkɔyɛ adwuma, na munntwitwa mo nguan mmakan ho nwi nso.

20 You shall eat it before Yahweh your God year by year in the place which Yahweh shall choose, you and your household.

Mmom, mo ne mo abusuafo na afe biara monwe saa mmoa yi wɔ baabi a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw ama mo no wɔ nʼanim.

21 If it has any defect—is lame or blind, or has any defect whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.

Na sɛ ɛba sɛ abakan no bi adi dɛm, sɛ ebia, ɔtɔ apakye anaa nʼani afura anaa wadi dɛm foforo bi a, mommfa no mmɔ afɔre mma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no.

22 You shall eat it within your gates. The unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle and as the deer.

Mmom, momfa no nyɛ aduan mma abusuafo wɔ fie. Sɛ obi ho tew o, sɛ ne ho ntew o, otumi di bi sɛnea obiara tumi we ɔtwe anaa ɔdabɔ nam no.

23 Only you shall not eat its blood. You shall pour it out on the ground like water.

Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ mudi mogya no. Munhwie ngu fam te sɛ nsu.