Wɔpam Amanaman No
1Sɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de mo ba asase a morebɛkɔ akɔtena so no so a, ɔbɛpam amanaman pii a wɔwɔ mo anim no a wɔyɛ Hetifoɔ, Girgasifoɔ, Amorifoɔ, Kanaanfoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Hewifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ. Yeinom yɛ aman nson a wɔsoso na wɔyɛ den sen mo. 2Sɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de saa aman yi hyɛ mo nsa na modi wɔn so a, monsɛe wɔn pasapasa. Mo ne wɔn nnhyehyɛ apam biara na monnhunu wɔn mmɔbɔ. 3Mo ne wɔn nni awadeɛ na mommma mo mmammaa ne mo mmammarima nnware wɔn mmammarima ne wɔn mmammaa. 4Ɛfiri sɛ, wɔakɔsom wɔn anyame foforɔ. Na Awurade abufuo bɛhuru atia mo na wasɛe mo. 5Deɛ ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ wɔn ne sɛ, mommubu wɔn afɔrebukyia na monnwiri wɔn abosom adum no ngu. Montwitwa wɔn abosompɔ ngu na monhye wɔn ahoni. 6Na moyɛ nnipa kronkron a moyɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn dea. Nnipa a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa, mo na Awurade mo Onyankopɔn ayi mo sɛ nʼagyapadeɛ sononko.
7Ɛnyɛ sɛ modɔɔso sene nnipa a aka no enti na Awurade anya mo ho dɔ no, na mo na mosua koraa wɔ nnipa no nyinaa mu. 8Na mmom, ɛyɛ Awurade dɔ a ɔdɔ mo, ne ne ntam a ɔdii so no: ntam a ɔka kyerɛɛ mo agyanom sɛ ɔde ne nsa a tumi wɔ mu no bɛyi mo afiri nkoasom asase so ne Misraimhene Farao tumi ase no. 9Monhunu sɛ Awurade mo Onyankopɔn yɛ Onyankopɔn; ɔyɛ nokorɛ Onyankopɔn a ɔdi ne dɔ apam so kɔsi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ apem a wɔdɔ no na wɔdi nʼahyɛdeɛ so. 10Nanso, ɔntwentwɛn na ɔsɛe. Ɔtwe wɔn a wɔmpɛ nʼasɛm aso, sɛe wɔn. 11Ɛno enti, monni ahyɛdeɛ ne mmara a mede rema mo ɛnnɛ yi nyinaa so.
12Sɛ motie mmara yi na modi ne nyinaa so nokorɛm a, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, nso bɛdi nʼapam a ɔfiri ne nokorɛ dɔ mu ne mo agyanom pameeɛ no so. 13Ɔbɛdɔ mo na wahyira mo na wayɛ mo ɔman kɛseɛ. Ɔbɛma mo awo mma bebree na wama mo asase adɔre na mo nyɛmmoa ase ayɛ bebree. Sɛ moduru asase a ɔhyɛɛ ho bɔ sɛ ɔde bɛma mo agyanom no so a, mobɛnya aburoo, nsã, ngo, anantwie, nnwan ne mpɔnkye bebree. 14Wɔbɛhyira mo aboro aman a wɔwɔ asase so nyinaa so. Mo mmarima renyɛ saadwe, na mo mmaa nso renyɛ abonini, na mo nyɛmmoa nso bɛwowo. 15Na Awurade bɛbɔ mo ho ban afiri yadeɛ nyinaa ho. Ɔremma owuyadeɛ a ebi bɔɔ mo wɔ Misraim no bi mmɔ mo, na ɔde saa yadeɛ no nyinaa bɛma mo atamfoɔ. 16Monsɛe aman a Awurade mo Onyankopɔn de bɛhyɛ mo nsa no nyinaa. Monnhunu wɔn mmɔbɔ na monnsom wɔn anyame. Sɛ moyɛ saa a, ɛbɛsum mo afidie.
17Mobɛbisa mo ho sɛ, “Na sɛ saa aman yi yɛ den kyɛn yɛn a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na yɛatumi apamo wɔn?” 18Nanso, monnsuro wɔn. Monkae adeɛ a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, de yɛɛ Farao ne ne manfoɔ nyinaa wɔ Misraim. 19Mode mo ankasa mo ani hunuu amanehunu, nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛyɛ hu ne anwanwasɛm a ɛbaa wɔn so. Mohunuu tumi nsa ne abasa a wɔatrɛ mu a Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, nam so yii mo firii hɔ no. Nnipa a mosuro wɔn seesei no, Awurade Onyankopɔn de wɔn bɛfa saa ɛkwan korɔ no ara so. 20Ɛno akyi, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛma mmɔborɔ abɛpam kakra a aka no afiri wɔn atɛeɛ mu kɔsi sɛ wɔn ase bɛhye. 21Monnsuro saa aman no, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, a ɔso na ne ho yɛ nwanwa no wɔ mo afa. 22Nkakrankakra, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, bɛpamo saa aman no adi mo anim ɛkan. Ɔrenyi wɔn nyinaa mfiri hɔ prɛko pɛ; anyɛ saa a, nkekaboa no ase bɛdɔre ntɛm na wɔaba mo so. 23Nanso, Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn de wɔn bɛhyɛ mo nsa, na ɔbɛma wɔn adwene ayɛ basabasa kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛsɛe wɔn. 24Ɔde wɔn ahemfo bɛhyɛ mo nsa na mobɛpepa wɔn din afiri ɔsoro ase. Obiara rentumi nsɔre ntia mo; mobɛsɛe wɔn. 25Wɔn anyame ahoni no, momfa ogya nhye wɔn. Mommma mo ani mmere ɛso dwetɛ anaa sikakɔkɔɔ no, na mommfa nto mo ho na anyɛ afidie anyi mo, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, akyiwadeɛ. 26Mommfa akyiwadeɛ biara mma mo fie, na moankɔyɛ nnome sɛ saa nneɛma no, na amma wɔansɛe mo. Ɛsɛ sɛ mokyi saa nneɛma no korakora, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ abusudeɛ.
Driving Out the Nations
1When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— 2and when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally.7:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. 3Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 4for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the Lord’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you. 5This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles7:5 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in Deuteronomy and burn their idols in the fire. 6For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
7The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. 8But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. 10But
those who hate him he will repay to their face by destruction;
he will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him.
11Therefore, take care to follow the commands, decrees and laws I give you today.
12If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors. 13He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. 14You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young. 15The Lord will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you. 16You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you. Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
17You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?” 18But do not be afraid of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt. 19You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear. 20Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished. 21Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. 22The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you. 23But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed. 24He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them. 25The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire. Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the Lord your God. 26Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.
