Truth and Fair Witness
Justice no suppose bend because of crowd, bribe, or even pity, and even your enemy donkey wey fall still need your help. Di land go rest every seventh year so dat di poor fit chop, three festival mark di year, and messenger wey carry our Papa name go dia front.
23 1"No carry lie-lie report waka, no join hand wit wicked person to be witness wey wan do person bad.
2"No follow crowd to do wetin no correct, no talk for court case say na di crowd side you dey, so as to spoil justice, 3and no do partiality gi poor person for im court case.
4"If you see your enemy im cow or im donkey wey don lost dey waka anyhow, make you sure say you carry am go back gi am. 5If you see your enemy im donkey wey don fall down for under load wey heavy am, no leave am—help am comot di load.
6"No refuse justice gi your poor people for dem court case. 7Comot far from lie-lie accuse; no kill innocent and correct-and-holy person, because I no go free guilty person.
8"No collect bribe—e dey blind person wey dey see clear, and e dey twist di word of di correct-and-holy person.
9"No oppress stranger—you know how stranger im belle dey be, because una too been be stranger for di land of Egypt.
Rest for di Land
10"For six year you go plant your land and gada wetin e produce, 11but di seventh year, leave am rest and no plough am, so di poor people among your people fit chop; wetin remain, bush animal fit chop. Do di same thing for your grape farm and your olive farm.
12"Work for six day; rest for di seventh, so your cow and donkey fit rest, and your slave woman im pikin and di stranger fit catch dem breath.
13"Watch yourself well-well for everything wey I don tell you. No call di name of oda gods; make dem no hear am for your mouth.
Three Festival Before Your Papa
14"Three times for a year you go hold festival gi me. 15Keep di Festival of Bread Wey No Get Yeast: chop bread wey no get yeast for seven day, as I command you, for di time wey I set for di month of Abib—because na dat time you comot from Egypt. Nobody go come stand before me wit empty hand. a a v15 Aviv na di spring month wen di grain dey ripe — later dem come call am Nisan. Israel comot from Egypt for dis month. 16Keep di Harvest Festival—di first fruit of wetin you plant for your farm—and di Gathering-In Festival for di end of di year, wen you gada your produce from di farm. 17Three times for a year all your men go come stand before di Sovereign Papa.
18"No offer di blood of my sacrifice wit anything wey get yeast, and no leave di fat of my festival offering reach morning.
19"Bring di best of di first fruit of your ground come your Papa house. No cook young goat inside im mama milk.
Di Messenger Wey Dem Send Go Front
20"See, I dey send messenger go front of you to guard you for road and carry you reach di place wey I don prepare. 21Watch yourself well before am and obey im voice. No stubborn am—e no go forgive your rebellion, because my name dey inside am. b b v21 'My name dey inside am' mean say di messenger dey carry God im full authority and presence. 22But if you truly listen to im voice and do everything wey I talk, I go be enemy to your enemy, I go fight your fighters. 23My messenger go go front of you, carry you reach di Amorite people, Hittite people, Perizzite people, Canaanite people, Hivite people, and Jebusite people, and I go wipe dem comot. 24No bow for dem gods, no serve dem, no follow dem way. Pull dem down finish and break dem holy pillar to pieces. 25You go serve your Papa, and e go bless your bread and your water; I go comot sickness from among una. 26Nobody go lose belle or barren for your land; I go make your days full. 27I go send my fear go front of you, confuse every nation wey you meet, and make all your enemy turn dem back run from you. 28I go send di hornet go front of you, wey go drive comot di Hivite people, Canaanite people, and Hittite people before you. c c v28 'Di hornet' fit mean real hornet or di fear and confusion wey God dey send go front of Israel. 29I no go drive dem comot before you for one year, if not di land go turn waste and bush animal go plenty pass you. 30Small-small I go drive dem comot before you, until you plenty and take di land. 31I go set your border from di Red Sea reach di Philistine Sea, and from di wilderness reach di River, because I go hand di people of di land gi you, and you go drive dem comot before you. d d v31 "Red Sea" na wetin Hebrew Yam Suf ("Sea of Reeds") mean; "Sea of di Philistines" = di Mediterranean; "di River" = di Euphrates. 32No make Covenant wit dem or wit dem gods. 33Dem no go live for your land, if not dem go make you sin against me—if you serve dem gods, e go sure trap you."
