Deuteronomy 19

When the Lord your God has destroyed the nations whose land he is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their towns and houses,

Pilato ma wɔbɔɔ Yesu mmaa.

then set aside for yourselves three cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.

Asraafo no de nsɔe nwenee ahenkyɛw de hyɛɛ Yesu; afei wɔde atade kɔkɔɔ nso hyɛɛ no.

Determine the distances involved and divide into three parts the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that a person who kills someone may flee for refuge to one of these cities.

Wodii ne ho fɛw, bobɔɔ no asotɔre, kae se, “Yudafo hene, wo nkwa so!”

This is the rule concerning anyone who kills a person and flees there for safety—anyone who kills a neighbor unintentionally, without malice aforethought.

Pilato fii adi kɔka kyerɛɛ dɔm no bio se, “Mɛsan de no abrɛ mo ama moahu sɛ minni asɛm biara a megyina so abu no fɔ.”

For instance, a man may go into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and as he swings his ax to fell a tree, the head may fly off and hit his neighbor and kill him. That man may flee to one of these cities and save his life.

Bere a Yesu fii adi bae no, na ɔhyɛ ahenkyɛw a wɔde nsɔe anwene ne atade kɔkɔɔ. Pilato ka kyerɛɛ dɔm no se, “Onipa no ni!”

Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue him in a rage, overtake him if the distance is too great, and kill him even though he is not deserving of death, since he did it to his neighbor without malice aforethought.

Bere a asɔfo mpanyin ne awɛmfo no huu Yesu no, wɔteɛteɛɛm se, “Bɔ no asɛnnua! Bɔ no asɛnnuam!” Pilato ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Mo ara ankasa momfa no nkɔ nkɔbɔ no asɛnnuam, efisɛ, minni asɛm biara a megyina so abu no fɔ.”

This is why I command you to set aside for yourselves three cities.

Yudafo no buae se, “Yɛwɔ mmara a ɛkyerɛ sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ owu, efisɛ, ɔkae se, ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn Ba.”

If the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he promised on oath to your ancestors, and gives you the whole land he promised them,

Bere a Pilato tee asɛm a wɔkae no, ɔbɔɔ hu yiye.

because you carefully follow all these laws I command you today—to love the Lord your God and to walk always in obedience to him—then you are to set aside three more cities.

Ɔsan kɔɔ ahemfi hɔ kobisaa Yesu se, “Ɛhe na wufi?” Nanso Yesu ammua no.

Do this so that innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

Pilato bisaa no se, “Woremmua me anaa? Ɛsɛ sɛ wuhu sɛ, mewɔ tumi sɛ migyaa wo na mewɔ tumi nso sɛ mema wɔbɔ wo asɛnnuam!”

But if out of hate someone lies in wait, assaults and kills a neighbor, and then flees to one of these cities,

Yesu buaa no se, “Sɛ Onyankopɔn amfa saa tumi no amma wo a, anka wunni me so tumi biara. Enti onipa a ɔde me brɛɛ wo no na wayɛ bɔne a ɛso.”

the killer shall be sent for by the town elders, be brought back from the city, and be handed over to the avenger of blood to die.

Bere a Pilato tee asɛm a Yesu kae no, ɔhwehwɛɛ ɔkwan bi a ɔbɛfa so agyaa no. Nanso Yudafo no teɛteɛɛm se, “Sɛ wugyaa no a, na wonyɛ Kaesare adamfo! Obiara a ɔbɛka se ɔyɛ ɔhene no, yɛ Kaesare tamfo!”

Show no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.

Bere a Pilato tee asɛm a Yudafo no kae no, ɔde Yesu fii adi na ɔkɔtenaa n’ahengua so wɔ faako a wɔfrɛ hɔ Abo Sɛ, a Hebri kasa mu, ɛyɛ “Gabata.”

Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.

Witnesses

Ade rebɛkye ama Twam Afahyɛ no adu so no, ɛbɛyɛ owigyinae no, Pilato ka kyerɛɛ Yudafo no se, “Mo hene no ni!”

One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Ɛdɔm no nso teɛteɛɛm bio se, “Kum no! Kum no! Bɔ no asɛnnuam!” Pilato bisaa wɔn se, “Mopɛ sɛ mebɔ mo hene no asɛnnuam anaa?” Asɔfo mpanyin no kae se, “Yɛn hene a yɛwɔ ara ne Kaesare!”

If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime,

Afei Pilato de Yesu maa Yudafo no sɛ wɔnkɔbɔ no asɛnnuam.

Wɔbɔ Yesu asɛnnuam

the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.

Enti wɔde Yesu a n’asɛnnua da ne kɔn ho no kɔɔ kurow no mfikyiri baabi a wɔfrɛ hɔ se, “Nitiriso” hɔ, a Hebri kasa mu ɛyɛ “Golgota.”

The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite,

Ɛhɔ na wɔbɔɔ Yesu asɛnnuam. Wɔbɔɔ nnipa baanu bi nso asɛnnuam kaa ne ho. Na ɔbaako sɛn ne benkum so ɛnna ɔbaako nso sɛn ne nifa so a Yesu sɛn wɔn mfinimfini.

then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party. You must purge the evil from among you.

Pilato kyerɛwee se, “YESU NASARETNI, YUDAFO HENE,” ma wɔde taree n’asɛnnua no atifi.

The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be done among you.

Esiane sɛ faako a wɔbɔɔ Yesu asɛnnuam ne kurow no mu kwan nware, na bio wɔakyerɛw nsɛm no wɔ Hebri, Roma ne Hela kasa mu no nti, nnipa bebree hu kenkanee.

Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Yudafo asɔfo mpanyin no ka kyerɛɛ Pilato se, “Nkyerɛw se, ‘Yudafo hene’ na mmom kyerɛw se, ‘Saa ɔbarima yi na ɔkae se, mene Yudafo hene!’ “

Pilato kae se, “Nea makyerɛw no, makyerɛw.”

Asraafo no bɔɔ Yesu asɛnnuam wiei no, wɔkyɛɛ ne ntade mu maa ɔsraani biara faa mu baako ma ɛkaa n’atade nhyɛase. Na saa atade no yɛ atade bi a, wɔanwene fi ne soro kosi ne fam a enni mpamee.

Asraafo no nyinaa kae se, “Mommma yɛnntetew mu. Momma yɛmmɔ so ntonto na yenhu onipa a obenya.” Ade a wɔyɛe yi sii sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Kyerɛwsɛm a ɛka se, ‘Wɔkyekyɛɛ me ntade mu, bɔɔ so ntonto fae’ no bɛba mu. Nea asraafo no yɛe ne no.

Nnipa a na wogyina Yesu asɛnnua no ho pɛɛ no ne ne na, ne na nuabea, Maria, a ɔyɛ Klopa yere ne Maria Magdalene.

Yesu huu ne na ne osuani a ɔdɔ no no sɛ ogyina hɔ no, ɔka kyerɛɛ ne na se, “Ɔbea, wo ba ni.”

Afei ɔka kyerɛɛ osuani no se, “Wo na ni.” Efi saa bere no, osuani no faa no ne no kɔtenae.

Yesu wu

Saa bere no, Yesu hui sɛ afei de biribiara aba n’awiei, na sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Kyerɛwsɛm no bɛba mu no nti, ɔkae se, “Osukɔm de me.”

Wɔde sapɔw a etua hisope ano bɔɔ nsa a emu keka mu de kaa n’ano.

Yesu nom wiei no, ɔkae se, “Mawie!” Ɔkaa eyi wiei no, osii ne ti ase na ogyaa mu.

Na ahosiesie da no adu a n’adekyee so wobedi Twam Afahyɛ no. Saa da no ara nso ɛyɛ Homeda. Esiane sɛ na Yudafo no mpɛ sɛ wɔma amu no sensɛn asɛnnua no so nti, wɔkɔka kyerɛɛ Pilato se wɔpɛ sɛ wobubu nnipa no nan sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wobetumi ayiyi wɔn amu no afi asɛnnua no so.

Asraafo no kobubuu ɔbarima a odi kan a ɔka nnipa baanu a wɔbɔɔ wɔne Yesu asɛnnuam ho no nan; wowiei no, wokobubuu ɔbarima a ɔto so abien no nso nan.

Nanso woduu Yesu so no, wohui sɛ ɔno de, na wawu dedaw enti wɔammubu ne nan bi.

Asraafo no mu baako de ne peaw wɔɔ ne mfe maa mogyasufi fi ne mfe mu bae.

Onipa a ohuu nea esii yi no, na wadi ho adanse. N’adanse no yɛ nokware. Onim sɛ nea ɔka no yɛ nokware. Odi adanse sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a mo nso mubegye adi.

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Eyinom nyinaa sii sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Kyerɛwsɛm a ɛka se, “Wɔremmu ne dompe bi” ne “Nnipa bɛhwɛ onipa a wɔwɔɔ ne mfe mu peaw” no bɛba mu.

Wosie Yesu

Eyi akyi no, Yosef a ofi Arimatea a esiane Yudafo ho hu nti, na ɔyɛ Yesu suani wɔ kokoam no kɔsrɛɛ Pilato se ɔmma no kwan na onkoyi Yesu amu no. Pilato penee n’adesrɛ no so, ɛno nti, okoyii Yesu amu no.

Nikodemo a da bi anadwo ɔkɔɔ Yesu nkyɛn no nso de krobow ne aduhuam mfrafrae bɛyɛ nkaribo ɔha bae.

Wɔn baanu no de nwera ne aduhuam mfrafrae no kyekyeree Yesu amu no sɛnea Yudafo kwan a wɔfa so sie wɔn amu no te no.

Na ɔboda foforo bi a wonsiee obi wɔ mu da wɔ turo bi a ɛwɔ baabi a wɔbɔɔ Yesu asɛnnuam no.

Esiane sɛ na saa ɔboda no bɛn no nti, wosiee Yesu amu no wɔ hɔ.