Deuteronomy 5

1 And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the ceremonies and judgments, which I speak in your ears this day: learn them, and fulfill them in work.

Mose frɛɛ Israelfo no nyinaa ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se: Israel, muntie, mmara ne ahyɛde a mede rema mo nnɛ no. Munsua na munni so.

2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Bere a yɛwɔ Horeb no, Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn ne yɛn yɛɛ apam bi.

3 He made not the covenant with our fathers, but with us, who are now present and living.

Ɛnyɛ yɛn agyanom na Awurade ne wɔn yɛɛ apam no, na mmom, ɔne yɛn a yɛte ase nnɛ yi nyinaa na ɛyɛe.

4 He spoke to us face to face in the mount out of the midst of fire.

Awurade fi bepɔw so ogya mu ne mo kasaa anikann.

5 I was the mediator and stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you his words, for you feared the fire, and went not up into the mountain, and he said:

Migyinaa mo ne Awurade ntam, na mekaa Awurade asɛm kyerɛɛ mo efisɛ na musuro ogya no nti, moamforo bepɔw no. Nsɛm a ɔkae no ni:

6 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

“Mene Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, a miyii mo fii nkoasom mu wɔ Misraim no.

7 Thou shalt not have strange gods in my sight.

“Monnsom onyame foforo biara nka me ho.

8 Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any things, that are in heaven above, or that are in the earth beneath, or that abide in the waters under the earth.

Monnyɛ ohoni anaa biribiara a ɛsɛ ade a ɛwɔ wim, anaa nea ɛwɔ asase so, anaa nea ɛwɔ nsu mu, anaa nea ɛwɔ asase ase.

9 Thou shalt not adore them, and thou shalt not serve them. For I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon their children unto the third and fourth generation, to them that hate me,

Monnkotow ohoni biara nsom no wɔ ɔkwan biara so, na me, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, meyɛ ninkufo a metwe mma a wɔtan me no aso wɔ awofonom bɔne a wɔyɛ no ho kɔ awo ntoatoaso abiɛsa ne anan mu,

10 And shewing mercy unto many thousands, to them that love me, and keep my commandments.

nanso meda ɔdɔ adi kyerɛ awo ntoatoaso mpem a wɔdɔ me na wodi mʼahyɛde so no.

11 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for he shall not be unpunished that taketh his name upon a vain thing.

Mommmɔ Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, din basabasa. Sɛ moyɛ saa a, obebu mo fɔ.

12 Observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.

Monkae homeda na munni no sɛ da kronkron.

13 Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works.

Nnansia na momfa nyɛ mo nnwuma nyinaa,

14 The seventh is the day of the sabbath, that is, the rest of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not do any work therein, thou nor thy son nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant nor thy maidservant, nor thy ox, nor thy ass, nor any of thy beasts, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest, even as thyself.

na da a ɛto so ason no yɛ Homeda ma Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn. Saa da no, ɛnsɛ sɛ moyɛ adwuma biara; ɛnsɛ sɛ mo mmabarima, mo mmabea anaa mo asomfo anaa mo anantwi ne mo mfurum anaa mo ahɔho yɛ adwuma biara.

15 Remember that thou also didst serve in Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out from thence with a strong hand, and a stretched out arm. Therefore hath he commanded thee that thou shouldst observe the sabbath day.

Monkae sɛ bere bi a atwa mu no na moyɛ nkoa wɔ Misraim na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, nam anwonwatumi ne tumi nnwuma so na oyii mo fii hɔ. Ɛno nti na Awurade mo Nyankopɔn hyɛ mo sɛ munni Homeda no.

16 Honour thy father and mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, that thou mayst live a long time, and it may be well with thee in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee.

Di wʼagya ne wo na ni sɛnea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, ahyɛ mo no, na ama wo nkwanna aware, na asi wo yiye wɔ asase a Awurade wo Nyankopɔn de rema wo no so.

17 Thou shalt not kill.

Nni awu.

18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

Nsɛe aware.

19 And thou shalt not steal.

Mmɔ korɔn

20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Nni wo yɔnko ho adansekurum

21 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife: nor his house, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.

Mma wʼani mmere wo yɔnko yere. Mma wʼani mmere wo yɔnko fi anaa nʼasase anaa nʼakoa anaa nʼafenaa, ne nʼanantwi, nʼafurum anaa biribiara a ɛyɛ wo yɔnko dea.”

22 These words the Lord spoke to all the multitude of you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire and the cloud, and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more: and he wrote them in two tables of stone, which he delivered unto me.

Eyinom ne mmaransɛm a Awurade de nne kɛse a efi ogyaframa no mu pae mu ka kyerɛɛ mo fii omununkum a esum kabii atwa ho ahyia mu wɔ bepɔw no so a wamfa hwee anka ho. Na ɔkyerɛw guu abo pon abien so de maa me.

23 But you, after you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and saw the mountain burn, came to me, all the princes of the tribes and the elders, and you said:

Motee nne no fii esum mu bere a bepɔw no so redɛw ogya framfram no, mmusuakuw mu ntuanofo no nyinaa baa me nkyɛn.

24 Behold the Lord our God hath shewn us his majesty and his greatness, we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire, and have proved this day that God speaking with man, man hath lived.

Wɔkae se, “Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, akyerɛ yɛn nʼanuonyam ne ne tumi na yɛate ne nne afi ogya no mu. Nnɛ, yɛahu sɛ, sɛ Onyankopɔn ne onipa kasa koraa a, onipa tumi tena ase.

25 Why shall we die therefore, and why shall this exceeding great Are consume us: for if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die.

Na afei, adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ yewuwu? Sɛ Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, kasa kyerɛ yɛn bio a, akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ yebewu na ogya no ahyew yɛn pasaa.

26 What is all flesh, that it should hear the voice of the living God, who speaketh out of the midst of the fire, as we have heard, and be able to live?

Efisɛ ɔkra teasefo bɛn na wate Onyankopɔn teasefo no nne sɛ ɛrekasa fi ogyaframa no mu na watena ase ana?

27 Approach thou rather: and hear all things that the Lord our God shall say to thee, and thou shalt speak to us, and we will hear and will do them.

Kɔ na kotie nea Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn no, ka no. Na afei, bra na bɛka biribiara a ɔka kyerɛɛ wo no kyerɛ yɛn, na yebetie na yɛadi so.”

28 And when the Lord had heard this, he said to me: I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they spoke to thee: they have spoken all things well.

Awurade tee mo nne bere a mokasa kyerɛɛ me no, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ me se, “Mate nsɛm a saa nnipa yi ka kyerɛɛ wo no. Nsɛm a wɔkaa no nyinaa ye.

29 Who shall give them to have such a mind, to fear me, and to keep all my commandments at all times, that it may be well with them and with their children for ever?

Ao, sɛ daa wobenya koma sɛnea ɛbɛma wɔasuro me na wɔadi mʼahyɛde nyinaa so a, anka ebeye ama wɔn ne wɔn asefo nyinaa afebɔɔ.

30 Go and say to them: Return into your tents.

“Kɔ na kɔka kyerɛ wɔn se, wɔnsan mmra wɔn ntamadan mu.

31 But stand thou here with me, and I will speak to thee all my commandments, and ceremonies and judgments: which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land, which I will give them for a possession.

Nanso wo de, wo ne me ntena ha sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a metumi de mʼahyɛde ne me mmara ama wo. Wobɛkyerɛkyerɛ nnipa no sɛnea wobetie wɔ asase a mede rema wɔn no so sɛ wɔn agyapade no.”

32 Keep therefore and do the things which the Lord God hath commanded you: you shall not go aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

Enti mohwɛ yiye na n monyɛ nea Awurade mo Nyankopɔn ahyɛ mo no; momman mfa nifa anaa benkum.

33 But you shall walk in the way that the Lord your God hath commanded, that you may live, and it may be well with you, and your days may be long in the land of your possession.

Munni nea Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, ahyɛ mo no nyinaa so na ama moanya nkwa, na asi mo yiye, na no nna aware wɔ asase a morekɔfa no so.