Deuteronomy 22

¹ If una see a cow wey don lost, make una take am back to the person wey get am.

² If the place wey the person dey stay dey too far, or if una no know who the owner be, make una take the animal go home and take care of am. Person wey get am go come find am later, and then make una give am back.

³ Na wetin una go dey do when una find something wey be another person own be that. Make una do wetin una fit do to help, whether una find cow or sheep or donkey or some cloth.

⁴ Oxen or donkey wey carry heavy load fit fall, and e fit no get strength to stand by themselves. So as una dey waka for road, make una help anyone wey dey try get ox or donkey stand on their feet.

⁵ Make woman no form say dem be men, and make men no form say dem be women. The LORD una God no like people wey do that kind thing.

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⁷ As una dey waka for road, una fit see bird house on top tree or for ground. If the mother bird dey inside am with their egg or her baby birds, una fit take the baby birds or the egg, but make una no take the mother. Allow am go free, and God go bless una with long and successful life.

⁸ If una build a house, make una dey sure say una put low wall round edge of the flat roof. Then if person fall from the roof and die, e no go be una fault.

⁹ If una plant a vineyard, make una no plant any other fruit or crop inside am. If una plant another thing for there, una must bring everything wey una harvest from the vineyard come place of worship.

¹⁰ Una must not use ox and donkey work together for una farm.

¹¹ When una dey make cloth, una fit use thread wey una make with linen or wool, but make una no use the two together.

¹² And when una make a coat, make una put tassel for all the four corners.

¹³ Suppose say a man begin dey hate him wife soon after dem marry.

¹⁴ He fit tell ugly lie about her, and say, "I marry this woman, but when we sleep together, I find out say she no be virgin."

¹⁵ If e happen like this, make the bride father and mother go town gate and show the town leaders proof say the woman na virgin.

¹⁶ Her father go say, "Na me allow my daughter marry this man, but he begin dey hate her

¹⁷ and he dey accuse her say she no be virgin. But na lie, because na proof say she be virgin be this." Then the bride parent go show them the bedsheet from the woman wedding night.

¹⁸ The town leaders go beat the man with cane

¹⁹ because he accuse him bride say she no be virgin. He go pay her father 100 pieces of silver and dem no go allow him divorce her.

²⁰ But if na true the man talk and proof no dey to show say the bride na virgin,

²¹ the town men go take the woman go door of her papa house and stone her to death. This woman don bring evil enter una community as she don sleep with someone before she marry, and una must chase that evil by killing her.

²² People of Israel, if una catch a man dey have sex with another man wife, make una kill both of them. For that way, una go get rid of the evil dem don do for Israel.

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²⁴ If una catch a man dey have sex with a woman wey don engage wey no dey cry for help, make una kill the two of them. The man dey guilty say he dey have sex with a woman wey don marry. And the woman dey guilty because she no cry for help, even though she dey inside town and people dey near. Make una take the two of them go town gate and stone them to death. Una must get rid of the evil wey dem bring come una community.

²⁵ If a man find a woman wey don engage for field and rape her, make una only kill the man.

²⁶ make una no punish the woman at all; she no do anything wrong, and she no do anything wey una need to kill her for. Na like murder this crime be,

²⁷ because the woman dey alone for field when the man attack her. She shout, but nobody dey there to help her.

²⁸ Suppose say a woman never engage for marriage, and a man force her to have sex with her. If una catch him,

²⁹ make una force them to marry. Make he give the father 50 pieces of silver for bride-price and he no fit divorce her.

³⁰ Make a man no marry a woman wey him father don marry. Na disgrace that kind thing go be for him father.