Exodus 22

¹ If person thief cow or sheep and kill am or sell am, he go pay five cow for one cow and four sheep for one sheep.

2-4 He go pay wetin he thief. If he no get anything, dem go sell am as slave to pay for wetin he don thief. If dem find the animal wey he thief, whether cow, donkey, or sheep alive with him, he go pay two for one. If dem catch thief wey dey break inside house for night and kill am, the person wey kill am no dey guilty. But if na during the day e happen, he dey guilty of murder.

⁵ If person allow him animal go chop for field or vineyard and dem miss way, and go eat crops wey dey grow for another person field, then the person go pay the owner back from the best of him own field or vineyard.

⁶ If person start fire for him own field and e spread go another person field and burn the crops wey dey grow or wey dem don cut and arrange, the person wey start the fire go pay for the damage.

⁷ If anyone agree to keep person money or other things wey dey valuable for him and dem thief am from him house, the thief go repay double, if dem find am.

⁸ But if dem no find the thief, make dem bring the person wey dey keep the valuables to worship place and make he take oath say he no thief the other person property.

⁹ For every case of fight about property, whether e involve cattle, donkey, sheep, cloth, or any other thing wey lost, make dem take the two people wey dey claim the property go place of worship. Na the person wey God declare guilty go pay double to other person.

¹⁰ If person agree say e go keep him neighbor donkey, cow, sheep, or other animal for him, and the animal die or get wound or dem carry am for raid, and witness no dey,

¹¹ the man must go take oath say he no thief the other man animal for place of worship. If dem no thief the animal, the owner go accept the loss, and the other man no need to repay;

¹² But if dem thief the animal, the man go repay the owner.

¹³ If na wild animal kill am, the man go bring the part wey remain for evidence; him no need to pay for wetin wild animal kill.

¹⁴ If anyone borrow animal from another person and get wound or die when the owner no dey, he must pay for am.

¹⁵ But if e happen when the owner dey there, he no go repay. If he hire the animal, the hire payment don cover the loss.

¹⁶ If a man go flirt with virgin wey never engage, he go pay bride price and marry her.

¹⁷ But if the father no allow him marry her, he go pay the father money wey dey equal to bride price for a virgin.

¹⁸ Kill any woman wey practice magic.

¹⁹ Kill any man wey have sex with animal.

²⁰ Kill any person wey offer sacrifice to any other god except to me, the LORD.

²¹ No oppress foreigner or treat them bad; remember say una be foreigner for Egypt.

²² No treat widow or orphan bad.

²³ If una do, I, the LORD, go answer them when dem cry out to me for help,

²⁴ and I go vex and kill una for war. Una wives go become widows, and una children go become fatherless.

²⁵ If una lend money to any of my people wey dey poor, no act like money lender and require am to pay with interest.

²⁶ If you take person cloak as pledge say he go pay you, you must give am back to him before the sun set.

²⁷ because na the only covering wey him get to keep am warm. Wetin him go use sleep? When he cry out to me for help, I go answer him because I dey merciful.

²⁸ No talk evil about God, and make una no curse a leader of una people.

²⁹ Make una give offering from una corn, una wine, and una olive oil when dem don due. Una must give me una firstborn sons.

³⁰ Una must also give me firstborn of una cattle, sheep, and goats. But make una leave newborn animal with their mother for seven days; una go give am to me on eight day.

³¹ Una be my holy people, so make una no eat animal wey wild animal kill; make una dey give am to dog.”