Deuteronomy 22

22 ¹No make you see your brother im ox or sheep wey dey waka comot go astray, come dey do like say you no see am; make sure say you carry dem go back give your brother. ²If your brother no dey near, or you no sabi am, carry di animal go your house make e stay with you till your brother come ask for am, then you go return am give am. ³Do di same thing for im donkey, di same for im cloth, di same for anything wey your brother lose wey you find; you no fit do like say you no see am. ⁴You no fit see your brother im donkey or ox wey fall for road come dey do like say you no see am; make sure say you help am make e lift am up.

⁵Woman no fit wear man cloth, and man no fit wear woman cloth, because anybody wey dey do dis kind thing, na abomination e be for your Papa.

⁶If you jam bird nest for road, for any tree or for ground, wey get small pikin bird or eggs, and di mama dey siddon on top di small ones or di eggs, no take di mama comot with di young ones. ⁷You must send di mama comot make e go, but you fit take di young ones for yourself, so that things go dey good for you and your days go long.

⁸When you build new house, put railing for di roof, so that your house no go carry blood-guilt if person fall from am.

⁹No plant your vineyard with mix seed, if not di whole harvest—di seed wey you plant and di fruit of di vineyard—go turn thing wey you no fit use. ¹⁰You no fit use ox and donkey wey dem yoke together plough ground. ¹¹You no fit wear cloth wey dem weave wool and linen together.

¹²Put tassel for di four corner of di cloak wey you dey wear.

Honour Di Marriage Covenant

¹³If man marry woman, and after e don sleep with am, e come dey hate am, ¹⁴come accuse am say she do shameful thing, dey give am bad name, dey talk say, “I take dis woman, but when I come near am I no find any proof say she be virgin,” ¹⁵then di young woman im papa and mama go take bring out di proof of her virginity give di elders of di city for di gate. ¹⁶Di young woman im papa go tell di elders, “I give my daughter to dis man as wife, and now e dey hate am. ¹⁷See now, e don accuse am say she do shameful thing, dey talk say, ‘I no find any proof say your daughter be virgin.’ But see di proof of my daughter im virginity.” Then dem go spread di cloth for di front of di elders of di city. ¹⁸Then di elders of dat city go take di man come discipline am, ¹⁹and dem go make am pay fine like one year salary for silver, come give am di young woman im papa, because e don give bad name to one virgin of Israel. She go still be im wife; e no fit divorce am for as long as e dey alive.

²⁰But if di accusation na true, and dem no find any proof say di young woman be virgin, ²¹dem must bring di young woman go di entrance of her papa im house, and di men of her city go stone am make e die because she don do disgraceful thing for Israel—dey do ashawo for her papa im house. Comot di evil from among una.

²²If dem catch man wey dey sleep with anoda man im wife, di two of dem must die—di man wey sleep with am, and di woman. Comot di evil from Israel. ²³If young woman wey be virgin dey engage to man, and anoda man jam am for di city come sleep with am, ²⁴carry di two of dem go di gate of dat city come stone dem make dem die: di young woman, because she no shout for help for di city; di man, because e don spoil im neighbour im wife. Comot di evil from among una. ²⁵But if na for farm di man jam di young woman wey dey engage, come grab am, come sleep with am, na only di man go die. ²⁶No do di young woman anything; she no get any sin wey deserve death. Dis matter be like man wey attack im neighbour come kill am: ²⁷because e jam am for farm; di young woman wey dey engage cry out, but nobody dey to save am. ²⁸If man jam young virgin wey nobody don promise to marry, come grab am, come sleep with am, and dem catch dem, ²⁹di man wey sleep with am must give di young woman im papa like half year salary for silver; she go become im wife because e don spoil am, and e no fit divorce am for im whole life. ³⁰Man no fit marry im papa im wife; e no fit disgrace im papa im marriage bed.