Make You Holy As Your Papa Holy
To be holy as dia Papa dey holy na everyday tin: leave di edge of di harvest for poor people, pay worker di same day, no curse person wey no dey hear or make blind person fall, judge well, love your neighbour and di stranger, keep honest scale.
19 1Our Papa talk give Moses, say:
2"Talk give di whole community of Israel: Make una holy, because Me, your Papa, I holy.
3"Every one of una must respect im mama and papa, and keep my Sabbath dem. Na Me be your Papa.
4"No turn go idol dem or make god wey dem melt metal take mould for unaself. Na Me be your Papa.
5"Wen you sacrifice peace offering give me, offer am so dat dem go accept you. 6Chop am di same day you offer am, or di next day; anytin wey remain reach di third day, burn am for fire. 7If dem chop any for di third day, e don spoil and dem no go accept am. 8Whoever chop am go carry im own guilt, because e don spoil wetin holy give me; dat person go comot from im people. a a v8 "Comot from di people" mean say dem go drive am comot from di Covenant community for evva, wit God im judgment inside.
9"Wen you dey harvest your land, no reap reach di edge of di field or gada di small small wey remain for your harvest. 10No strip your vineyard finish or gada di grape wey don fall. Leave dem for di poor people and di stranger. Na Me be your Papa.
11"No tief; no do jaga-jaga; no lie give una one anoda.
12"No swear lie for my name, dey spoil your Papa im name. Na Me be your Papa.
13"You no go oppress your neighbour or rob am. No hold worker wey you hire im pay make e sleep for your hand overnight.
14"No curse deaf person or put stumbling-block for front of blind person, but fear your Papa. Na Me be your Papa.
15"No spoil judgement for di way you dey judge. No favour di poor or bow give di big man, but judge your neighbour di correct way.
16"No dey carry gossip up and down among your people, and no stand dey look wen your neighbour im life dey for danger. Na Me be your Papa.
17"No hate your broda for your heart; correct your neighbour openly, so dat you no go carry sin because of am. 18No revenge or hold vex against your own people, but love your neighbour like yourself. Na Me be your Papa.
19"Keep my decree dem. No breed your animal dem wit anoda kind. No sow your field wit two kind of seed, or wear cloth wey dem make wit two kind of material.
20"If man sleep wit slave woman wey dem promise anoda man, and dem neva buy am back or set am free, dem must ask questions. Dem no go kill dem, because she neva free. 21E go bring im guilt offering give me, for di door of di tent of meeting—one ram as di guilt offering. 22Di priest go make atonement for am wit di ram of di guilt offering for my front, for di sin wey e commit; and dem go forgive am di sin wey e commit.
23"Wen you enter di land and plant any food tree, take im fruit as tin wey dem forbid. For three years e forbidden give you; no chop am. 24For di fourth year all im fruit go holy, offering of praise give me. 25But di fifth year you fit chop im fruit, so e go bring more for you. Na Me be your Papa.
26"No chop anytin wey blood still dey inside. No dey do fortune-telling or read sign dem.
27"No round di hair for di side of your head or spoil di edge of your beard. b b v27 Dis kain cut na mark of pagan mourning and religion rite dem wey Israel no suppose copy.
28"No cut your body for dead person or draw tattoo for unaself. Na Me be your Papa.
29"No spoil your pikin-woman by making am ashawo, if not di land go turn to ashawo work and full wit bad-bad tin.
30"You go keep my Sabbath dem and honour my holy place. Na Me be your Papa.
31"No turn go meet people wey dey call spirit or dead-people caller; no go find make dem make you unclean. Na Me be your Papa.
32"Stand up for front of grey-hair person and respect old people. Fear your Papa. Na Me be your Papa.
33"Wen stranger dey live among una for your land, no do am bad. 34Di stranger wey dey live among una must be to una like person wey dem born for di land, and love am like yourself, because una too bin be stranger for Egypt. Na Me be your Papa.
35"You no go do anytin wrong for judgement, for measure of length, weight, or quantity. 36Get correct scale, correct weight, correct measure for grain, correct measure for liquid. Na Me be your Papa, wey carry una comot from di land of Egypt.
37"Keep all my statute and all my rule, and do dem. Na Me be your Papa."
