Aka Mu Twa
1Muntwa mo aka mu mfe ason awiei biara. 2Ɔkwan 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. 3Saa 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. 4Mmom, ɛnsɛ sɛ ahiafo ba mo mu efisɛ, Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no behyira mo wɔ asase a ɔde rema mo sɛ mo agyapade no so, 5sɛ motɔ mo bo ase di Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, mmara a mede rema mo nnɛ yi nyinaa so a. 6Efisɛ 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.
7Sɛ 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. 8Mmom, mungow mo nsam na momfɛm wɔn nea ehia wɔn biara. 9Monhwɛ 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. 10Mumfi koma pa mu mma na Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, behyira mo wɔ mo nnwuma nyinaa ne biribiara a mode mo nsa bɛka no mu. 11Bere 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.
Asomfo Ahofadi
12Sɛ 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. 13Na sɛ woregya no kwan a, mma no nkɔ nsapan. 14Fa 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. 15Monkae 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.
16Na 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, 17ɛno de, fa fitii bɔre nʼaso mu na ɔnyɛ wʼakoa daa. Wo mfenaa nso, yɛ wɔn saa ara.
18Momma 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.
Mmoa Mmakan
19Munyi 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. 20Mmom, mo ne mo abusuafo na afe biara monwe saa mmoa yi wɔ baabi a Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn no, bɛpaw ama mo no wɔ nʼanim. 21Na 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. 22Mmom, 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. 23Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ mudi mogya no. Munhwie ngu fam te sɛ nsu.
The year for cancelling debts
1At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. 2This is how it is to be done: every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for cancelling debts has been proclaimed. 3You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you. 4However, there need be no poor people among you, for in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess as your inheritance, he will richly bless you, 5if only you fully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. 6For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you.
7If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted towards them. 8Rather, be open-handed and freely lend them whatever they need. 9Be careful not to harbour this wicked thought: ‘The seventh year, the year for cancelling debts, is near,’ so that you do not show ill will towards the needy among your fellow Israelites and give them nothing. They may then appeal to the Lord against you, and you will be found guilty of sin. 10Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. 11There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be open-handed towards your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.
Freeing servants
12If any of your people – Hebrew men or women – sell themselves to you and serve you for six years, in the seventh year you must let them go free. 13And when you release them, do not send them away empty-handed. 14Supply them liberally from your flock, your threshing-floor and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you. 15Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I give you this command today.
16But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your family and is well off with you, 17then take an awl and push it through his ear lobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life. Do the same for your female servant.
18Do not consider it a hardship to set your servant free, because their service to you these six years has been worth twice as much as that of a hired hand. And the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.
The firstborn animals
19Set apart for the Lord your God every firstborn male of your herds and flocks. Do not put the firstborn of your oxen to work, and do not shear the firstborn of your sheep. 20Each year you and your family are to eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose. 21If an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. 22You are to eat it in your own towns. Both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it, as if it were gazelle or deer. 23But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.
