Justice for di Gate
Beating no fit pass forty lashes so your brother no go become nothing for your eye. No tie ox mouth when e dey thresh grain. Brother go keep im dead brother name for the widow, or dem go shame am for the gate. Weights and measures must dey honest.
25 1If men get quarrel and go court, di judges wey dey settle di matter go clear di person wey no do wrong and condemn di person wey do wrong, 2if di guilty man deserve beating, di judge go make am lie down and dem go beat am for im front, di number of lashes go fit im crime. 3Forty lashes, no pass am; if dem beat am pass dis, your brother go disgrace for your eye.
4You no go tie mouth for ox wey dey waka on top di grain to comot am.
5If brothers dey stay togeda and one die without pikin wey be son, di dead man wife no go marry outsider. Her husband brother go take am as im wife, sleep with am, and do wetin brother-in-law suppose do for am. 6Di firstborn wey she born go take di dead brother name, so dat im name no go rub comot from Israel.
7If di man no wan take im brother wife, she go go meet di elders for di gate and talk say, “My husband brother refuse to raise up im brother name for Israel; e no gree act as my brother-in-law.” 8Den di elders of im town go call am come and talk to am. If e still stand gidigba, dey talk say, “I no wan take am,” 9im brother wife go come near am for di front of di elders, pull im sandal comot from im leg, spit for im face, and talk say, “Na so dem go do di man wey no wan build im brother house.” 10And im family go dey called for Israel “Di house of di man wey dem pull im sandal comot.”
11If two men dey fight and one man wife come to rescue her husband from di person wey dey attack am, and she stretch her hand hold di man private part, 12den you go cut off her hand. No show am any pity.
13You no go get two different weights for your bag, one big and one small. 14You no go get two different measures for your house, one big and one small. 15Get full, correct weight; get full, correct measure, so dat your days fit long for di land wey your Papa dey give you. 16Bicos everybody wey dey do dis kind things, everybody wey dey do cheating, na abomination for your Papa.
17Remember wetin Amalek do you for di road as you dey comot from Egypt, 18how e meet you for di road, cut down all di people wey dey drag behind you when you tire and weak, and e no fear our Papa. 19When your Papa give you rest from all your enemies wey dey surround you, for di land wey your Papa dey give you as inheritance to possess, rub comot Amalek memory from under heaven. No forget.
