1Suppose you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep wandering away. Then don’t act as if you didn’t see it. Instead, make sure you take it back to its owner. 2Its owner might not live near you. Or you might not know who owns it. So take the animal home with you. Keep it until the owner comes looking for it. Then give it back to them. 3Do the same thing if you find their donkey, coat or anything they have lost. Don’t act as if you didn’t see it.
4Suppose you see your neighbor’s donkey or ox that has fallen down on the road. Then don’t act as if you didn’t see it. Help the owner get it up on its feet again.
5A woman must not wear men’s clothes. And a man must not wear women’s clothes. The Lord your God hates it when anyone does this.
6Suppose you happen to find a bird’s nest beside the road. It might be in a tree or on the ground. And suppose the mother bird is sitting on her little birds or on the eggs. Then don’t take the mother along with the little ones. 7You can take the little ones. But make sure you let the mother go. Then things will go well with you. You will live for a long time.
8If you build a new house, put a low wall around the edge of your roof. Then you won’t be responsible if someone falls off your roof and dies.
9Don’t plant two kinds of seeds in your vineyard. If you do, the crops you grow there will be impure. Your grapes will also be impure.
10Don’t let an ox and a donkey pull the same plow together.
11Don’t wear clothes made out of wool and linen woven together.
12Make tassels on the four corners of the coat you wear.
Breaking Marriage Laws
13Suppose a man marries a woman and sleeps with her. But then he doesn’t like her. 14So he tells lies about her and says she’s a bad woman. He says, “I married this woman. But when I slept with her, I discovered she wasn’t a virgin.” 15Then the young woman’s parents must bring proof that she was a virgin. They must give the proof to the elders at the gate of the town. 16Her father will speak to the elders. He’ll say, “I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife. But he doesn’t like her. 17So now he has told lies about her. He has said, ‘I discovered that your daughter wasn’t a virgin.’ But here’s the proof that my daughter was a virgin.” Then her parents will show the elders of the town the cloth that has her blood on it. 18The elders will punish the man. 19They’ll make him weigh out two and a half pounds of silver. They’ll give it to the young woman’s father. That’s because the man has said an Israelite virgin is a bad woman. She will continue to be his wife. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
20But suppose the charge is true. And there isn’t any proof that the young woman was a virgin. 21Then she must be brought to the door of her father’s house. There the people of her town will put her to death by throwing stones at her. She has done a very terrible thing in Israel. She has slept with a man before she was married. Get rid of that evil person.
22Suppose a man is seen sleeping with another man’s wife. Then the man and the woman must both die. Get rid of those evil people.
23Suppose a man happens to see a virgin in a town. And she has promised to marry another man. But the man who happens to see her sleeps with her. 24Then you must take both of them to the gate of that town. You must put them to death by throwing stones at them. You must kill the young woman because she was in a town and didn’t scream for help. And you must kill the man because he slept with another man’s wife. Get rid of those evil people.
25But suppose a man happens to see a young woman out in the country. And she has promised to marry another man. But the man who happens to see her rapes her. Then only the man who has done that will die. 26Don’t do anything to the woman. She hasn’t committed a sin worthy of death. That case is like the case of someone who attacks and murders a neighbor. 27The man found the young woman out in the country. And she screamed for help. But there wasn’t anyone around who could save her.
28Suppose a man happens to see a virgin who hasn’t promised to marry another man. And the man who happens to see her rapes her. But someone discovers them. 29Then the man must weigh out 20 ounces of silver. He must give it to her father. The man must marry the young woman, because he raped her. And he can never divorce her as long as he lives.
30A man must not marry his stepmother. He must not bring shame on his father by sleeping with her.
1Sɛ wohunu sɛ obi nantwie anaa sɛ ne dwan nam basabasa a, ɛnyɛ sɛdeɛ wonhunuu no. Kyere no kɔma ne wura. 2Sɛ ne wura nte mmɛn wo, anaasɛ wonnim no a, fa no kɔ wo fie kɔsi sɛ ne wura no bɛba abɛhwehwɛ no na fa nʼaboa ma no. 3Sɛ wohunu wo nua bi afunumu anaa ne ntoma anaa ne biribi a ayera wɔ ɛkwan no so a, yɛ no saa ara. Mmu wʼani ngu so.
4Sɛ wohunu sɛ wo nua bi afunumu anaa ne nantwie da ɛkwan mu a, nhwɛ nkyɛn. Kɔboa wo yɔnko no na ɔmma aboa no nsɔre.
5Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbaa hyɛ mmarima atadeɛ, saa ara nso na ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔbarima hyɛ mmaa atadeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn a wɔyɛ yei yɛ Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn, akyiwadeɛ.
6Sɛ wokɔto sɛ anomaa pirebuo da ɛkwankyɛn, sɛ ɛhyɛ dua mu anaa ɛda fam na sɛ anomaa no maame te ne ba no ho anaa ɔbutu nkosua so a, mfa anomaa no maame ne ne ba no nkɔ. 7Wotumi fa ne ba no, nanso hwɛ no yie sɛ wobɛma ne maame no akɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛsi wo yie, na wo nkwa nna aware.
8Sɛ wosi ɛdan foforɔ a, si ban fa wo ɛdan no atifi ho nyinaa, na obi amfiri hɔ ante anhwe na woamfa mogyahwie ho asodie anto wo ne wo ɛdan no so.
9Wo bobefuo no, nnua nnɔbaeɛ foforɔ biara wɔ bobe no ntam. Sɛ woyɛ saa a, wonni ho kwan sɛ wote bobe aba wɔ bobefuo no mu anaasɛ nnɔbaeɛ foforɔ no so aba biara.
10Mfa nantwie ne afunumu mmɔ mu mfuntum afuo.
11Mfira ntoma a wɔde kuntu ne serekye afra anwono.
12Sɛ wopam atadeɛ a, yɛ mpɛsɛe wɔ nʼahinanan ɛnan no biara ano.
Nneyɛɛ A Ɛmfata Wɔ Awadeɛ Mu
13Sɛ ɔbarima ware ɔbaa na ɔne no da na akyire no, ɔmpɛ no bio, 14na enti ɔka ne ho asɛmmɔne, bɔ no edin bɔne sɛ, “Mewaree no no, manhunu sɛ ɔyɛ ɔbaabunu,” 15a, ɔbaa no agya ne ne maame wɔ ho ɛkwan sɛ wɔde adansedie a ɛkyerɛ sɛ wɔn babaa no yɛ ɔbaabunu bɛkyerɛ kuro no mpanimfoɔ wɔ kuro no ɛpono ano. 16Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbaa no agya ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, “Mede me babaa maa ɔbarima yi awadeɛ nanso ɔse ɔmpɛ no bio. 17Wabɔ no kwaadu agu nʼanim ase aka sɛ, ɔwaree no no wahunu sɛ ɔnyɛ ɔbaabunu. Nanso adansedeɛ a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ɔyɛ ɔbaabunu no nie.” Afei, wɔbɛtrɛ ntoma no mu wɔ atemmufoɔ no anim. 18Atemmufoɔ no bɛtwe ɔbarima no aso. 19Wɔbɛbɔ no ka dwetɛ kilogram baako sɛ wahyɛ da agu Israel ɔbaabunu no anim ase sɛ ɔnyɛ ɔbaabunu. Wɔbɛtua sika no ama ɔbaa no agya. Afei, ɔbabaa no bɛyɛ ɔbarima no yere a ɔrennyaa no bio.
20Sɛ ɛkɔba sɛ kwaadu a wɔde bɔɔ no no yɛ, na wɔannya adansedeɛ a ɛfa ne baabunuyɛ no ho ankyerɛ a, 21wɔde ɔbaa no bɛba nʼagya fie abɔntenpono ano na kurom hɔ mmarima asi no aboɔ wɔ hɔ akum no. Ɔnam adwamammɔ so ayɛ animguaseɛ bɔne wɔ Israel ɛberɛ a ɔne nʼawofoɔ te. Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔpepa saa bɔne no firi mo mu.
22Sɛ wɔhunu sɛ ɔbarima bi ne ɔbarima foforɔ bi yere da a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum ɔbarima a ɔne ɔbaa no daeɛ no ne ɔbaa no nyinaa. Ɛsɛ sɛ motu saa bɔne no ase wɔ Israel.
23Sɛ ɔbarima bi hyia ababaawa a ɔyɛ ɔbaabunu a ɔne obi ahyehyɛ awadeɛ na ɔbarima no ne ababaawa no da, na sɛ saa asɛm no sii kuro no mu a, 24ɛsɛ sɛ mode wɔn baanu no kɔ kuro no apono ano kɔsi wɔn aboɔ kum wɔn. Ababaawa no di fɔ, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔanteateam ampɛ mmoa. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbarima no nso wu, ɛfiri sɛ, wafa obi yere. Saa ɛkwan yi so na monam bɛtu bɔne afiri asase no so.
25Sɛ ɔbarima bi hyia ɔbaa a obi ahyehyɛ no awadeɛ wɔ baabi a ɛnyɛ wɔn ɔman mu, na ɔbarima no hyɛ no ne no da a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum saa ɔbarima no. 26Monnyɛ ababaawa no biribiara, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔnyɛɛ akunneɛ biara. Saa asɛm yi te sɛ obi a wato ahyɛ ne yɔnko so akum no. 27Esiane sɛ ɔbarima no hyɛɛ no ne no daeɛ wɔ wiram enti, wɔfa no sɛ, ɔteateaam nanso wannya ɔgyefoɔ biara annye no.
28Sɛ wɔkyere ɔbarima bi a ɔne ababaawa bi a obi ne no nhyehyɛeɛ awadeɛ ada a, 29ɛsɛ sɛ ɔtua dwetɛ kilogram mmienu ne fa ma ababaawa no agya. Na ɛno akyi, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbarima no ware ababaawa no, ɛfiri sɛ, wagu nʼanim ase na ɔrentumi nnyae no awadeɛ da.
30Ɔbarima biara nni ho ɔkwan sɛ ɔne nʼagya yere da, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔgu nʼagya mpa ho fi.
