2 Mose 23

1 “Monkeka nkontomposɛm. Mo ne ɔbɔnefo nni nsawɔso, na moanni adansekurum.

Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.

2 “Mommfa wo ho nhyehyɛ nnipadɔm bi a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔyɛ bɔne mu. Sɛ moredi adanse a, monnhwɛ nnipa bi dodow so nni mmoa wɔn,

Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert [judgment].

3 na munni adanse mmoa ohiani wɔ asennibea.

Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

4 “Sɛ muhu mo tamfo nantwi anaa nʼafurum a wayera a, monkyere no nkɔma ne wura no.

— If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.

5 Sɛ mokɔto sɛ mo tamfo bi repagyaw nʼafurum agyina ne nan so wɔ adesoa duruduru ase a, monntwa ne ho nkɔ, mmom mommoa no.

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving [it] to him: thou shalt certainly loosen [it] with him.

6 “Mommfa atɛntrenee nkame ahiafo wɔ asennibea.

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

7 Mommfa asɛm a munhui nto obi a odi bem anaa ɔnokwafo so mma wonkum no, efisɛ merennyaa ɔfɔdifo.

Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.

8 “Munnye adanmude na adanmudegye fura onipa ani. Adanmudegye ma nea nʼasɛm yɛ dɛ no asɛm sɛe.

And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

9 “Monnhyɛ ɔnanani so; mo ankasa munim sɛnea ɔnananiyɛ te, efisɛ na moyɛ ananafo wɔ Misraim.

And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

10 “Munnua na muntwa no nnɔbae ntoatoa so saa ara nkosi mfe asia,

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in its produce;

11 nanso afe a ɛto so ason so de, momma asase no nna hɔ kwa mma ahiafo ntwa nnɔbae biara a ebenyin wɔ so no; nkae no, munnyaw mma mmoa nwe. Saa ara na monyɛ mo bobeturo ne wo ngonnua turo nso.

but in the seventh thou shalt let it rest and lie [fallow], that the poor of thy people may eat [of it]; and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thine olive-tree.

12 “Nnansia na momfa nyɛ adwuma na monhome ne nnanson so. Eyi bɛma mo anantwi, mo mfurum, mo fifo, mo asomfo ne mo ahɔho nso ahome.

— Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshed.

13 “Munni asɛm biara a maka no so. Monnkankye mmɔ onyame foforo biara din; momma wɔnnte bi mmfi mo ano.”

And ye shall be on your guard as to everything that I have said unto you; and shall make no mention of the name of other gods — it shall not be heard in thy mouth.

14 “Afe biara mu, monhyɛ fa mprɛnsa mfa nhyɛ me anuonyam.

Thrice in the year thou shalt celebrate a feast to me.

15 “Nea edi kan no, munni Apiti Afahyɛ no. Sɛ edu so a, munnni brodo a mmɔkaw wɔ mu nnanson, sɛnea mehyɛɛ mo no. Ɛsɛ sɛ afe biara mohyɛ saa fa yi wɔ ɔsram Abib mu, ɔsram a mode tu fii Misraim no mu. “Edu saa bere no a, obiara mmrɛ me afɔrebɔde.

Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread, (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I have commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear in my presence empty; )

16 “Ɛno akyi no, Otwabere Afahyɛ na edi so. Saa afahyɛ yi du so a, momfa mo aduankan mmrɛ me. “Nea etwa to yɛ nnɔbae anoboa afahyɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ wodi no otwa bere no akyi.

and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the field, and the feast of in-gathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.

17 “Afahyɛ ahorow abiɛsa yi mu nyinaa, ɛsɛ sɛ Israel mmarima nyinaa ba Awurade Nyankopɔn anim.

Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the presence of the Lord Jehovah.

18 “Mommfa biribiara a mmɔkaw wɔ mu mmɔ mogya afɔre mma me. “Saa ara na ɛnsɛ sɛ mʼafahyɛ afɔrebɔde mu srade no tena hɔ ma ade kye so.

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.

19 “Sɛ mutwa mo nnɔbae a, Momfa mo nnɔbae mu nea ɛsɔ ani koraa no mmra Awurade mo Nyankopɔn fi. “Monnoa abirekyi ba wɔ ne na nufusu mu.

The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

20 “Meresoma ɔbɔfo na wadi mo anim de mo akɔ asase a masiesie ama mo no so dwoodwoo.

Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place that I have prepared.

21 Momfa nidi mma no na munni ne nsɛm so; monnsɔre ntia no, efisɛ ɔremfa mo amumɔyɛ nkyɛ mo. Ɔyɛ me nsiananmu, na me din na ɛda ne so.

Be careful in his presence, and hearken unto his voice: do not provoke him, for he will not forgive your transgressions; for my name is in him.

22 Na sɛ motɔ mo bo ase, na mutie no, di me nsɛm nyinaa so a, mɛyɛ ɔtamfo atia mo atamfo.

But if thou shalt diligently hearken unto his voice, and do all that I shall say, then I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.

23 Me bɔfo bedi mo anim de mo aba Amorifo, Hetifo, Perisifo, Kanaanfo, Hewifo ne Yebusifo asase so na moatena hɔ. Na mɛsɛe saa nnipa no nyinaa wɔ mo anim.

For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.

24 Monnsom anyame a saa aman yi som wɔn no bi, na mommmɔ afɔre mma wɔn da biara da. Munnni saa abosonsomfo yi akyi. Munni wɔn so na mummubu wɔn ahoni a ɛyɛ animguasede no ngu.

Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their deeds; but thou shalt utterly destroy them, and utterly shatter their statues.

25 Mo Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn nko ara na monsom no. Na mehyira mo ama moanya aduan ne nsu na meyi nyarewa nyinaa afi mo so.

And ye shall serve Jehovah your God; and he shall bless thy bread and thy water; and I will take sickness away from thy midst.

26 Ɔpɔn anaa abonin remma mo asase no so na mɛma mo nna amee mo.

There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days will I fulfil.

27 “Awurade ho hu bɛka aman a mubedi wɔn so no so nnipa nyinaa na wɔaguan wɔ mo anim.

I will send my fear before thee, and confound every people to which thou comest, and will make all thine enemies turn their back to thee.

28 Mɛma kotokurodu abɛpam Hewifo, Kanaanfo ne Hetifo afi mo anim.

And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

29 Merenyɛ eyinom nyinaa afe baako pɛ mu na asase no annan sare amma nkekaboa ammu amfa mo so.

I will not drive them out from before thee in one year: lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

30 Mɛpam wɔn nkakrankakra kosi sɛ mobɛdɔɔso, atumi ahyɛ asase no so ma.

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou art fruitful, and possess the land.

31 “Mɛto mo ahye afi Po Kɔkɔɔ no ano akosi Filistifo mpoano, na mede afi sare a ɛwɔ anafo fam no so akosi Asu Eufrate, na mɛma mo adi nnipa a wɔte asase no so no so, na moapam wɔn afi mo anim.

And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee.

32 Mo ne wɔn nnyɛ apam biara, na saa ara nso na mo ne wɔn anyame no nnyɛ biribiara.

Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

33 Mommma wɔmmɛtena mo mu, anyɛ saa a wɔbɛma mo ayɛ bɔne atia me; esiane sɛ ɛnyɛ dɛn ara a, wɔn abosonsom no som bɛyɛ afiri a ebeyi mo.”

They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it is sure to be a snare unto thee.