Di Laws for House and Neighbor
Laws wey dey protect people when dem dey most open to danger: new husband no go war for one year, nobody go take grinding stone as security, poor man cloth go return before sun go down, pay worker the same day. Bundle wey you forget and olive and grape wey remain na for the stranger, orphan and widow.
24 1When man marry woman, if she no dey please am again because he see something wey no correct for her body, make he write her divorce paper, put am for her hand, and send her comot from im house, a a v1 Moses allow divorce because of how human being heart hard; Jesus point back go our Papa im first design of union wey go last for life (Matthew 19:8). 2and if she comot from im house go become another man wife, 3and her second husband come hate am, write her divorce paper, put am for her hand, and send her comot from im house—or if that second husband wey take her as im wife die, 4then her first husband, wey send her comot, no fit marry her again after dem don make her unclean; that thing na abomination for front of our Papa, and you no must bring guilt come the land wey your Papa dey give you as inheritance.
5When man take new wife, he no must join army or dem no must give am any work; make he dey free for house one year, to bring joy give the wife wey he take.
6Nobody no fit collect grinding stone, or even just the one wey dey on top, as security for debt—because that one na to pledge the very thing wey person dey take live.
7If dem catch man wey kidnap im fellow Israelite, wey make am slave or sell am, that kidnapper must die. So make you comot the evil from among you.
8For the matter of skin disease wey dey make person unclean, take am serious well well to do exactly as the Levite priests dey teach you, just as I command dem. 9Remember wetin your Papa do Miriam for road as una comot from Egypt.
10When you borrow your neighbor anything, no enter im house to collect the thing wey he pledge. 11Make you stand for outside, and the person wey borrow must bring the pledge come outside give you. 12And if he be poor man, you no must keep im pledge till morning. 13Return im pledge before sun go down, so he fit sleep inside im cloth and bless you; your Papa go count am for you as correct-and-holy way.
14No cheat poor hired worker wey dey need, whether na brother or stranger wey dey live for your land, for your towns. 15Pay im wages the same day, before sun go down—because he be poor man and he dey depend on am. If not, he fit cry out to our Papa against you, and e go be sin for you.
16Dem no must kill papa and mama because of dem children, and dem no must kill children because of dem papa and mama; each person go die for im own sin.
17You no must refuse justice to stranger or the pikin wey no get papa, and you no must collect widow im cloth as pledge. 18Remember say una bin be slave for Egypt; your Papa redeem una from there—na why I command you to do this thing.
19When you dey harvest your farm and you forget one bundle of corn, no go back go collect am. Leave am for the stranger, the pikin wey no get papa, and the widow, so your Papa go bless you for all the work of your hand. 20When you beat your olive tree, no go over the branches again; leave wetin remain for the stranger, the pikin wey no get papa, and the widow.
21When you gather the grapes for your vineyard, no clean-out wetin remain; leave am for the stranger, the orphan, and the widow. 22Remember say una bin be slave for the land of Egypt; na why I command you to do this thing.
