Deuteronomium
17 “Mfa nantwie anaa odwan a wadi dɛm anaa deɛ adebɔne biara wɔ ne ho mmɔ afɔreɛ mma Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn, ɛfiri sɛ ɛyɛ Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn akyiwadeɛ.+
2 “Ebia na ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa bi akɔyɛ bɔne anaa wabu Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn apam so wɔ nkuro a Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn de ama wo no bi mu.+ 3 Sɛ ɔtwe ne ho kɔsom anyame foforɔ anaa ɔkoto awia anaa bosome anaa ɔsoro asafo biara,+ biribi a memmaa ho kwan,+ 4 na sɛ wɔka kyerɛ wo anaa wote ho asɛm a, hwehwɛ asɛm no mu yie. Sɛ ɛbɛda adi sɛ ampa wayɛ akyiwadeɛ a ɛte saa wɔ Israel a,+ 5 ɛnneɛ fa ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa a ɔyɛɛ saa bɔne no bra kuro no pono ano, na si ɔbarima anaa ɔbaa no aboɔ ku no.+ 6 Adansefoɔ mmienu anaa mmiɛnsa anom asɛm so+ na wɔnnyina nku no. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔgyina ɔdansefoɔ baako anom asɛm so ku no.+ 7 Adansefoɔ no nni kan nsi no aboɔ, na ɔman no nyinaa nni akyire nsi no aboɔ nku no. Yɛ saa fa yi adebɔne no firi wo mu.+
8 “Sɛ asɛm bi sɔre wɔ wo nkuro no baako mu, na sɛ asɛm no mu yɛ duru ma wo sɛ wobɛdi a, sɛ ɛyɛ mogyahwieguo ho asɛm oo,+ ɛyɛ manso na nkurɔfoɔ retwe oo, ɛyɛ obi na ɔto hyɛɛ ne yɔnko so oo, sɔre kɔ baabi a Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn ayi no,+ 9 na kɔhu Lewifoɔ a wɔyɛ asɔfoɔ no ne ɔtemmufoɔ+ a ɔwɔ hɔ saa berɛ no, na fa asɛm no to wɔn anim na wɔmmua mma wo.+ 10 Asɛm biara a wɔbɛka akyerɛ wo wɔ baabi a Yehowa ayi no, di so, na biribiara a wɔbɛkyerɛ wo sɛ yɛ no, yɛ no saa pɛpɛɛpɛ. 11 Mmara no mu asɛm biara a wɔbɛkyerɛ wo anaa atɛn biara a wɔbɛbu no, di so.+ Atɛn a wɔbɛbu no, mmane mfiri ho nkɔ benkum anaa nifa.+ 12 Sɛ obi yɛ ahantan na wantie ɔsɔfoɔ a ɔgyina Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn anim resom anaa ɔtemmufoɔ no a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔwu;+ yi adebɔne no firi Israel.+ 13 Ɛba saa a, ɔman no nyinaa bɛte na wɔasuro, na obiara amma ne ho so bio.+
14 “Sɛ wonya kɔfa asaase a Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn de rema wo no tena so, na woka sɛ, ‘Ma mensi ɔhene na ɔnni me so te sɛ aman a atwa me ho ahyia+ no nyinaa’ a, 15 ɛnneɛ obi a Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn bɛyi no na ɛsɛ sɛ wode no si wo so hene.+ Ma wo nuanom no bi nni wo so hene. Worentumi mma ɔhɔhoɔ a ɔnyɛ wo nua nni wo so. 16 Nanso ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔhwehwɛ apɔnkɔ pii+ anaa ɔma nkurɔfoɔ no san kɔ Egypt kɔpɛ apɔnkɔ pii,+ ɛfiri sɛ Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ mo sɛ, ‘Monnsan mo akyi nnkɔfa ɛkwan yi so bio.’ 17 Afei nso, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔware mmaa bebree na n’akoma ammane,+ na ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔhwehwɛ dwetɛ ne sika kɔkɔɔ pii nso.+ 18 Sɛ ɔbɛtena n’ahennwa so a, Mmara a ɛwɔ Lewifoɔ a wɔyɛ asɔfoɔ no nkyɛn no,+ ɔnhwɛ so ntwerɛ bi wɔ nwoma* mu.
19 “Ɔmfa nto ne ho na ɔnkenkan no ne nkwa nna nyinaa+ na ama no asua sɛ ɔbɛsuro Yehowa ne Nyankopɔn, na wadi Mmara yi mu nsɛm ne ahyɛdeɛ yi nyinaa so.+ 20 Ɔyɛ saa a, ɔremma ne ho so nsene ne nuanom wɔ n’akoma mu, na ɔremmane mfiri ahyɛdeɛ yi ho nkɔ benkum anaa nifa, na ama no atena n’ahennwa no so akyɛ wɔ Israel, ɔne ne mma nyinaa.