Deuteronomium

18 “Lewifoɔ a wɔyɛ asɔfoɔ no, Lewi abusuakuo no nyinaa, Wɔremma obiara kyɛfa anaa agyapadeɛ biara wɔ Israel. Yehowa kyɛfa a ɛne afɔreɛ a wɔde gya hye ma no no, ɛno na wɔbɛdi.+ 2 Enti ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔnya agyapadeɛ biara wɔ wɔn nuanom mu. Yehowa ne wɔn agyapadeɛ, sɛdeɛ waka akyerɛ wɔn no.

3 “Deɛ ɔman no de bɛma asɔfoɔ no nie: Obiara a ɔde aboa bɛbɔ afɔreɛ no, nantwie oo, odwan oo, ɔmfa n’abasa, n’abɔdwe, ne n’afuru mma asɔfoɔ no. 4 Fa wo nnɔbaeɛ a ɛdi kan, wo bobesa foforɔ, wo ngo, ne wo nnwan ho nwi a wobɛdi kan atwitwa ma no.+ 5 Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn ayi ɔne ne mma afiri wo mmusuakuo no nyinaa mu sɛ wɔnsom wɔ Yehowa din mu daa.+

6 “Nanso sɛ Lewini bi te Israel nkuro no bi mu+ na ɔpɛ* sɛ ɔkɔ baabi a Yehowa ayi* no+ a, 7 ɛnneɛ ɔno nso bɛtumi asom wɔ Yehowa ne Nyankopɔn din mu sɛdeɛ ne nuanom Lewifoɔ a wɔgyina Yehowa anim no nyinaa som no.+ 8 Deɛ wɔbɛdi no, wɔbɛkyɛ mu pɛ ama ɔno nso anya ne kyɛfa,+ na deɛ ɔbɛnya afiri n’agyanom nneɛma a ɔbɛtɔn mu no, ɛno nso bɛyɛ ne dea.

9 “Sɛ woduru asaase a Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn de rema wo no so a, nsua akyiwadeɛ a saa aman no yɛ no bi.+ 10 Ɛnsɛ sɛ obi a ɔyɛ abusudeɛ yi bi tena mo mu: obi a ɔhye ne babarima anaa ne babaa wɔ gya mu,*+ deɛ ɔhyɛ abosonkɔm anaa ɔyi nkonyaa,+ deɛ ɔkɔ abisa,+ deɛ ɔdi asumansɛm,+ 11 deɛ ɔkyekyere* nkurɔfoɔ, deɛ ɔkɔ akɔmfoɔ anaa wɔn a wɔka daakye asɛm hɔ,+ anaa deɛ ɔne awufoɔ kasa.+ 12 Yehowa kyiri obiara a ɔyɛ saa nneɛma yi bi, na saa akyiwadeɛ yi nti na Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn repamo wɔn afiri w’anim. 13 Hwɛ na wo ho amma asɛm wɔ Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn anim.+

14 “Aman a worekɔtu wɔn no tie nkonyaayifoɔ+ na wɔkɔ abisa.+ Nanso wo deɛ, Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn mma kwan sɛ wobɛyɛ saa nneɛma yi. 15 Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn bɛyi odiyifoɔ bi a ɔte sɛ me afiri wo nuanom mu ama wo; ɛsɛ sɛ wotie no.+ 16 Ɛda a ɔman no bɔɔ dwa no, wei ne mmuaeɛ a wonyaeɛ berɛ a wode w’abisadeɛ too Yehowa wo Nyankopɔn anim wɔ Horeb no.+ Saa da no na wokaa sɛ, ‘Mma mennte Yehowa me Nyankopɔn nne bio, na mma mennhu egya kɛseɛ yi bio na manwu.’+ 17 Ɛnna Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, ‘Deɛ wɔaka no yɛ. 18 Mɛyi odiyifoɔ bi a ɔte sɛ wo afiri wɔn nuanom mu ama wɔn,+ na mede me nsɛm bɛhyɛ n’ano,+ na deɛ mɛka akyerɛ no biara, ɔbɛka akyerɛ wɔn.+ 19 M’asɛm a ɔbɛka no me din mu no, sɛ obi antie a, mɛbisa saa onipa no.+

20 “‘Na sɛ odiyifoɔ bi di ahantansɛm de me din ka asɛm a mensomaa no sɛ ɔnka anaa ɔka asɛm bi wɔ anyame foforɔ din mu a, ɛsɛ sɛ saa odiyifoɔ no wu.+ 21 Nanso ebia wobɛka no w’akomam sɛ: “Yɛbɛyɛ dɛn ahunu sɛ asɛm no mfiri Yehowa hɔ?” 22 Sɛ odiyifoɔ no de Yehowa din ka asɛm bi na amma mu a, ɛnneɛ na asɛm no mfiri Yehowa. Ahantan na ɛmaa odiyifoɔ no yɛɛ saa. Nsuro no.’