Exodus 22:1-31:Wetin God Talk About Stealing, Respect, and Justice for People

Exodus 22:1-31 explain wetin God talk about stealing, respect, justice, and how to treat people right.

1. If person tief cow or goat, kill am or sell am, e go pay back five cow for one cow, and four goat for one goat.

2. If thief break enter house and dem kill am for night, nobody go blame di person wey kill am.

3. But if na daytime dem catch am and kill am, e no good. Di thief suppose pay back wetin e tief, but if e no get money, dem go sell am as slave to pay di debt.

4. If dem catch thief wey still get di cow, goat, or anytin wey e tief, e go pay double.

5. If person carry im animal go another man farm make e chop di crops, di owner go pay back from di best crops for im own farm.

6. If fire burn farm or bush by mistake and e catch another person farm, di person wey start di fire go pay for di damage.

7. If person give anoda person money or property make e keep, and thief come tief am, if dem catch di thief, di thief go pay double.

8. But if dem no catch di thief, di owner of di house go swear say e no tief am.

9. If two people dey fight over property – cow, goat, cloth, or anytin – dem go carry di mata go meet God, and di person wey lie go pay double.

10. If person give im neighbor cow, goat, or sheep keep and di animal die or get injury without witness, di owner of di house go swear say e no do am, and di oda person no go pay.

11. But if thief tief di animal, di person wey dem give am to keep go pay.

12. If wild animal kill am, di person go bring di remain body as evidence, and e no go pay.

13. If person borrow cow or goat, and e die or wound, di person go pay back.

14. But if di owner dey dia when e die, e no go pay. If na rented, di rent money go cover di loss.

15. If man force woman wey never marry to sleep with am, e go pay bride price marry am.

16. If di papa refuse to give di girl, di man go still pay bride price.

17. Any woman wey dey do juju or witchcraft, make dem kill am.

18. Anybody wey sleep with animal, make dem kill am.

19. If person sacrifice to any god wey no be di Lord, e must die.

20. No cheat stranger, because una sef be stranger before for Egypt.

21. No treat widow and orphan bad.

22. If una oppress dem and dem cry to God, God go vex, kill una with sword, and una wife go turn widow, una children go turn orphan.

23. If person borrow money give poor person, no collect interest from am.

24. If person collect another man cloth as security, e must return am before night, because na di only tin wey di person get to cover im body.

25. If e cry to God, God go hear am because e dey pity people.

26. No curse God or insult leader wey God put for una.

27. Make una give una first fruit, including una firstborn pikin.

28. Una go do same thing for una cow, goat, and sheep – di firstborn go stay with di mama for seven days, on di eighth day, give am to God.

29. Una must no chop meat wey animal kill by itself – throw am give dog.

30. Make una dey holy, because una be God pikin.

31. No chop meat of animal wey wild beast tear for bush, throw am give dog.