Exodus 23

1 Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

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

2 Thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil: neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth.

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

3 Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in judgment.

na munni adanse mmoa ohiani wɔ asennibea.

4 If thou meet thy enemy’s ox or ass going astray, bring it back to him.

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

5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lie underneath his burden, thou shalt not pass by, but shalt lift him up with him.

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

6 Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man’s judgment.

“Mommfa atɛntrenee nkame ahiafo wɔ asennibea.

7 Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.

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

8 Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.

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

9 Thou shalt not molest a stranger, for you know the hearts of strangers: for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

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

10 Six years thou shalt sow thy ground, and shalt gather the corn thereof.

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

11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it alone, and suffer it to rest, that the poor of thy people may eat, and whatsoever shall be left, let the beasts of the field eat it: so shalt thou do with thy vineyard and thy oliveyard.

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.

12 Six days thou shalt work: the seventh day thou shalt cease, that thy ox and thy ass may rest: and the son of thy handmaid and the stranger may be refreshed.

“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.

13 Keep all things that I have said to you. And by the name of strange gods you shall not swear, neither shall it be heard out of your mouth.

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

14 Three times every year you shall celebrate feasts to me.

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

15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month of new corn, when thou didst come forth out of Egypt: thou shalt not appear empty before me.

“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.

16 And the feast of the harvest of the firstfruits of thy work, whatsoever thou hast sown in the field. The feast also in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in all thy corn out of the field.

“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.

17 Thrice a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God.

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

18 Thou shalt not sacrifice the blood of my victim upon leaven, neither shall the fat of my solemnity remain until the morning.

“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.

19 Thou shalt carry the firstfruits of the corn of thy ground to the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of his dam.

“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.

20 Behold I will send my angel, who shall go before thee, and keep thee in thy journey, and bring thee into the place that I have prepared.

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

21 Take notice of him, and hear his voice, and do not think him one to be contemned: for he will not forgive when thou hast sinned, and my name is in him.

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.

22 But if thou wilt hear his voice, and do all that I speak, I will be an enemy to thy enemies, and will afflict them that afflict thee.

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

23 And my angel shall go before thee, and shall bring thee in unto the Amorrhite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, whom I will destroy.

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.

24 Thou shalt not adore their gods, nor serve them. Thou shalt not do their works, but shalt destroy them, and break their statues.

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.

25 And you shall serve the Lord your God, that I may bless your bread and your waters, and may take away sickness from the midst of thee.

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

26 There shall not be one fruitless nor barren in thy land: I will fill the number of thy days.

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

27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come: and will turn the backs of all thy enemies before thee.

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

28 Sending out hornets before, that shall drive away the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, before thou come in.

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

29 I will not cast them out from thy face in one year: lest the land be brought into a wilderness, and the beasts multiply against thee.

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

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, till thou be increased, and dost possess the land.

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

31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea to the sea of the Palestines, and from the desert to the river: I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hands, and will drive them out from before you.

“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.

32 Thou shalt not enter into league with them, nor with their gods.

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

33 Let them not dwell in thy land, lest perhaps thy make thee sin against me, if thou serve their god: which undoubtedly will be a scandal to thee.

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.”