Exodus 23
1 Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.
“Mègakaka aʋatsonyawo o, eye mègaɖu aʋatsoɖasefo na ame vɔ̃ɖi o.
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth.
“Mègadze amehawo yome le nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ me o, eye ne woyɔ wò ɖasefoe le nya aɖe me la, mègatrɔ nyateƒe la ƒe ta tu be ne yeadze amehawo ŋu o,
3 Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.
eye mègaɖe ami ɖe nya la be ne wò ɖaseɖiɖi la nade ame aɖe dzi le eƒe amedahenyenye ta o.
4 If thou meete thine enemies oxe, or his asse going astray, thou shalt bring him to him againe.
“Ne èkpɔ wò futɔ aɖe ƒe nyi alo tedzi si tra mɔ la, ele be nàkplɔe ayi na nutɔ.
5 If thou see thine enemies asse lying vnder his burden, wilt thou cease to helpe him? thou shalt helpe him vp againe with it.
Ne agba te wo futɔ ƒe tedzi ɖe to, eye nèkpɔ wò futɔ wòle agbagba dzem be yeado alɔ tedzi la wòatsi tsitre la, mele be nàtso eme adzo o, ke boŋ ele be nàkpe ɖe eŋu.
6 Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.
“Mègana ame aɖeke ƒe ahedada nana nàtrɔ eƒe nya dzɔdzɔe wòazu nya gbegblẽ o.
7 Thou shalt keepe thee farre from a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.
“Mègada alakpa ɖe ame aɖeke si be ewɔ vɔ̃ o. Mègana woawu ame maɖifɔ gbeɖe o. Nyemalɔ̃ ɖe nuwɔna vɔ̃ɖi sia dzi o.
8 Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
“Mègaxɔ zãnu o, elabena zãnuxɔxɔ nana be màdze si nu si le dzedzem gãa o. Zãnuxɔxɔ gblẽa nu le ame si ƒe nya dzɔ la ŋuti.
9 Thou shalt not oppresse a stranger: for ye knowe the heart of a stranger, seeing yee were strangers in the land of Egypt.
“Mègate amedzrowo ɖe to o, wò ŋutɔ ènya nu si amedzronyenye nye. Ɖo ŋku wò nuteƒekpɔkpɔwo le Egipte dzi.
10 Moreouer, sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy land, and gather the fruites thereof,
“Miƒã nu, eye miaŋe nu ƒe ade,
11 But the seuenth yeere thou shalt let it rest and lie still, that the poore of thy people may eat, and what they leaue, the beastes of the fielde shall eate. In like maner thou shalt doe with thy vineyard, and with thine oliue trees.
ke migblẽ anyigba la ɖi wòadzudzɔ le ƒe adrelia me. Mina ame dahe siwo le mia dome la naxa nuku siwo mieɖe le miaƒe agble dzi le wo ɖokuiwo si, eye migblẽ nuku siwo susɔ la ɖi na lãwo woaɖu. Se sia ke ku ɖe miaƒe waingblewo kple amitivewo hã ŋu.
12 Sixe dayes thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest, that thine oxe, and thine asse may rest, and the sonne of thy maide and the stranger may be refreshed.
“Miwɔ dɔ ŋkeke ade ko, eye miadzudzɔ le ŋkeke adrelia dzi. Miwɔ alea ale be miana dzudzɔ miaƒe nyiwo kple tedziwo kple miaƒe aƒemetɔwo, kluviwo kple amedzrowo siaa.
13 And ye shall take heede to all things that I haue sayde vnto you: and ye shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shall it be heard out of thy mouth.
“Mikpɔ egbɔ be miewɔ se siawo katã dzi. Miɖo ŋku edzi, migayɔ mawu bubu aɖeke ƒe ŋkɔ le gbedodoɖa alo atamkaka me o.”
14 Three times thou shalt keepe a feast vnto me in the yeere.
“Mawusubɔsubɔ ƒe ŋkekenyui etɔ̃e li wòle be miaɖu ƒe sia ƒe.
15 Thou shalt keepe the feast of vnleauened bread: thou shalt eate vnleauened bread seue dayes, as I commanded thee, in the season of the moneth of Abib: for in it thou camest out of Egypt: and none shall appeare before me emptie:
“Gbãtɔe nye Abolo Maʋamaʋã ƒe Ŋkekenyui. Migaɖu abolo si wowɔ kple amɔ ʋaʋã o ŋkeke adre abe ale si mede se na mi kpɔ ene. Ŋkekenyui sia ɖuɖu anɔ edzi ƒe sia ƒe le Tedoxe si nye ɣleti si me miedzo le Egipte. “Ame sia ame asa vɔ nam le ɣeyiɣi sia me.
16 The feast also of the haruest of the first fruites of thy labours, which thou hast sowen in the fielde: and the feast of gathering fruites in the ende of the yere, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the fielde.
“Eveliae nye Nuŋeŋeŋkekenyui. Ele be miatsɔ miaƒe agblemenuku gbãtɔwo vɛ nam. “Etɔ̃liae nye Ƒuƒoƒo Nukuwo ƒe Ŋkekenyui si miaɖu le nuŋeɣi ƒe nuwuwu.
17 These three times in the yeere shall all thy men children appeare before the Lord Iehouah.
“Le ŋkekenyui etɔ̃ siawo katã ɖuɣiwo, le ƒe sia ƒe me la, ele be Israel ŋutsu ɖe sia ɖe nado ɖe Yehowa ŋkume.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leauened bread: neyther shall the fatte of my sacrifice remayne vntill the morning.
“Megakpe nye vɔsalãwo ƒe ʋu ɖe abolo si woƒo kple amɔ ʋaʋã la ŋu o. “Megana vɔsalã aɖeke ƒe ami natsi anyi ŋu nake ɖe edzi o.
19 The first of the first fruites of thy lande thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God: yet shalt thou not seeth a kid in his mothers milke.
“Ne èxa wò agblemenukuwo la, ele be nàtsɔ wò ŋkeke gbãtɔ ƒe nuku nyuitɔwo ƒe ɖe va Yehowa, wò Mawu ƒe aƒe me. “Mègaɖa gbɔ̃vi le dadaa ƒe notsi me o.
20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keepe thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place which I haue prepared.
“Kpɔ ɖa, mele Mawudɔla aɖe dɔm ɖe ŋgɔwò be wòakplɔ wò dedie ayi anyigba si medzra ɖo ɖi na wò la dzi.
21 Beware of him, and heare his voyce, and prouoke him not: for he will not spare your misdeedes, because my name is in him.
Vɔ̃e, eye nàwɔ eƒe ɖoɖowo katã dzi. Mègadze aglã ɖe eŋu o, elabena matsɔ wò nu vɔ̃wo ake wò o. Eyae nye nye teƒenɔla, eye nye ŋkɔ le eŋu.
22 But if thou hearken vnto his voyce, and do all that I speake, the I wil be an enemie vnto thine enemies, and will afflict them that afflict thee.
Ke ne èɖɔ ŋu ɖo, ɖo toe, eye nèwɔ nye Sewo katã dzi la, ekema manye futɔ na wò futɔwo,
23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee vnto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, and I will destroy them.
elabena nye Dɔla adze ŋgɔ na wò, akplɔ wò ayi Amoritɔwo, Hititɔwo, Perizitɔwo, Kanaantɔwo, Hivitɔwo kple Yebusitɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi be mianɔ afi ma. Matsrɔ̃ dukɔ siawo ɖa le ŋgɔwò.
24 Thou shalt not bow downe to their gods, neither serue them, nor doe after the workes of them: but vtterly ouerthrowe them, and breake in pieces their images.
“Mègasubɔ dukɔ bubu siawo ƒe mawu alo asa vɔ na wo le mɔ aɖeke nu o, eye mègadze trɔ̃subɔdukɔ siawo ƒe kpɔɖeŋu vɔ̃ɖiwo yome o. Ele na wò be nàɖu wo dzi, eye nàgbã woƒe legbawo.
25 For ye shall serue the Lord your God, and he shall blesse thy bread and thy water, and I will take all sickenes away from the middes of thee.
“Subɔ Yehowa, wò Mawu la ɖeɖe ko, ekema mayra wò kple nuɖuɖu kple tsi, eye maɖe dɔléle ɖa le mia dome.
26 There shall none cast their fruite nor be baren in thy lande: the number of thy dayes will I fulfill.
Fu mage le nyɔnuwo ƒo o, kotsitsi manɔ anyigba blibo la dzi o, eye ànɔ agbe ŋkeke ale si meɖo na wò.
27 I will send my feare before thee, and will destroy all the people among whome thou shalt go: and I will make all thine enemies turne their backes vnto thee:
“Mana vɔvɔ̃ si le ŋunye la nalé dukɔ siwo katã ƒe anyigba ŋu miaho aʋa ɖo, woasi le mia ŋgɔ.
28 And I will sende hornets before thee, which shall driue out the Hiuites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from thy face.
Maɖo nudzodzoe teamewo ɖa woanya Hivitɔwo, Kanaantɔwo kple Hititɔwo ɖa le ŋgɔwò.
29 I will not cast them out from thy face in one yeere, least the land grow to a wildernes: and the beasts of the field multiplie against thee.
Nyemawɔ esiawo katã le ƒe ɖeka me o. Ne menye nenema o la, anyigba la ava zu gbedadaƒo, eye lã wɔadãwo ava sɔ gbɔ akpa.
30 By litle and litle I will driue them out from thy face, vntill thou increase, and inherite the lande.
Ke manɔ wo nyam ɖa vivivi va se ɖe esime wò amewo adzi axɔ anyigba blibo la dzi.
31 And I will make thy coastes from the red sea vnto the sea of the Philistims, and from the desert vnto the Riuer: for I will deliuer the inhabitants of the lande into your hande, and thou shalt driue them out from thy face.
“Mana wò anyigba ƒe liƒowo natso Ƒu Dzĩ la nu ayi Filistitɔwo ƒe ƒu la nu, eye wòagatso gbegbe siwo le anyigbeme va se ɖe Frat tɔsisi la nu. Mana nàɖu ame siwo katã le anyigba la dzi fifia la dzi, eye mana woasi le ŋgɔwò.
32 Thou shalt make no couenant with them, nor with their gods:
“Mègawɔ nubabla aɖeke kpli wo loo alo nàna kadodo aɖeke nanɔ wò kple woƒe mawuwo dome o.
33 Neither shall they dwell in thy lande, least they make thee sinne against me: for if thou serue their gods, surely it shall be thy destruction.
Mègana woanɔ mia dome o, elabena menya be woana miadze woƒe mawuwo subɔsubɔ ƒe nu vɔ̃ me; esia anye mɔtetre na mi, eye wòahe dzɔgbevɔ̃e gã va mia dzi.”
