تَثنِيَة 14

١ 1 أَنْتُمْ أَبْنَاءُ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، فَلا تُجَرِّحُوا أَجْسَادَكُمْ، وَلا تَحْلِقُوا مُقَدِّمَةَ رُؤُوسِكُمْ حُزْناً عَلَى مَيْتٍ،

Ye [are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

٢ 2 لأَنَّكُمْ شَعْبٌ مُقَدَّسٌ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، وَقَدِ اخْتَارَكُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ شُعُوبِ الأَرْضِ كَافَّةً لِتَكُونُوا لَهُ شَعْباً خَاصّاً.

For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth.

٣ 3 لَا تَأْكُلُوا شَيْئاً رِجْساً.

Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

٤ 4 أَمَّا الْبَهَائِمُ الَّتِي تَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهَا فَهِيَ: الْبَقَرُ وَالضَّأْنُ وَالْمَعْزُ

These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

٥ 5 وَالأُيَّلُ وَالظِّبَاءُ وَبَعْضُ أَنْوَاعِ الْوُعُولِ وَالْغُزْلانِ الْبَيْضَاءِ، وَالْبَقَرُ الْوَحْشِيُّ،

The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

٦ 6 وَكُلُّ بَهِيمَةٍ ذَاتِ ظِلْفٍ مَشْقُوقٍ وَمُجْتَرَّةٍ تَأْكُلُونَهَا.

And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, [and] cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

٧ 7 وَلَكِنْ لَا تَأْكُلُوا الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الْمُجْتَرَّةَ غَيْرَ مَشْقُوقَةِ الظِّلْفِ، كَالْجَمَلِ وَالأَرْنَبِ وَالْوَبَرِ، فَإِنَّهَا تَجْتَرُّ وَلَكِنَّهَا غَيْرُ مَشْقُوقَةِ الظِّلْفِ، لِذَلِكَ هِيَ نَجِسَةٌ لَكُمْ،

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; [as] the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; [therefore] they [are] unclean unto you.

٨ 8 وَالْخِنْزِيرِ لأَنَّهُ مَشْقُوقُ الظِّلْفِ وَلَكِنَّهُ غَيْرُ مُجْتَرٍّ، لِذَلِكَ فَهُوَ نَجِسٌ لَكُمْ. فَلا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ لَحْمِ جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الْبَهَائِمِ وَلا تَلْمَسُوا جُثَثَهَا.

And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it [is] unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

٩ 9 أَمَّا مَا يَعِيشُ فِي الْمَاءِ فَكُلُوا مِنْ كُلِّ مَالَهُ زَعَانِفُ وَقُشُورٌ،

These ye shall eat of all that [are] in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

١٠ 10 وَلَكِنْ لَا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَيْسَ لَهُ زَعَانِفُ وَقُشُورٌ لأَنَّهُ نَجِسٌ لَكُمْ.

And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it [is] unclean unto you.

١١ 11 كُلُوا مِنْ كُلِّ طَيْرٍ طَاهِرٍ،

[Of] all clean birds ye shall eat.

١٢ 12 وَلَكِنْ مِنَ الطُّيُورِ التَّالِيَةِ لَا تَأْكُلُوا: النَّسْرَ وَالأَنُوقَ وَالْعُقَابَ

But these [are they] of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

١٣ 13 وَالْحِدَأَةَ وَالْبَاشِقَ وَالشَّاهِينَ بِمُخْتَلَفِ أَنْوَاعِهِ،

And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

١٤ 14 وَجَمِيعَ أَصْنَافِ الْغِرْبَانِ،

And every raven after his kind,

١٥ 15 وَالنَّعَامَةَ وَالظَّلِيمَ وَالسَّأَفَ وَكُلَّ أَجْنَاسِ الْبَازِ،

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

١٦ 16 وَالْبُومَ وَالْكُرْكِيَّ وَالْبَجَعَ،

The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

١٧ 17 وَالْقُوقَ وَالرَّخَمَ وَالْغَوَّاصَ،

And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

١٨ 18 وَاللَّقْلَقَ وَالْبَبْغَاءَ عَلَى مُخْتَلَفِ أَنْوَاعِهِ، وَالْهُدْهُدَ وَالْخُفَّاشَ.

And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

١٩ 19 وَكُلُّ حَشَرَةٍ تَطِيرُ، هِيَ نَجِسَةٌ لَكُمْ. لَا تَأْكُلُوهَا.

And every creeping thing that flieth [is] unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

٢٠ 20 وَلَكِنْ كُلُوا مِنْ كُلِّ طَيْرٍ طَاهِرٍ.

[But of] all clean fowls ye may eat.

٢١ 21 لَا تَأْكُلُوا جُثَّةَ حَيَوَانٍ مَيْتٍ، بَلْ أَعْطُوهَا لِلْغَرِيبِ الْمُقِيمِ فِي جِوَارِكُمْ فَيَأْكُلَهَا أَوْ يَبِيعَهَا لأَجْنَبِيٍّ، لأَنَّكُمْ شَعْبٌ مُقَدَّسٌ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ. لَا تَطْبُخُوا جَدْياً بِلَبَنِ أُمِّهِ.

Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

٢٢ 22 قَدِّمُوا عُشُورَ مَحَاصِيلِكُمُ الَّتِي تُغِلُّهَا حُقُولُكُمْ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ،

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

٢٣ 23 وَكُلُوا عُشُورَ قَمْحِكُمْ وَخَمْرِكُمْ وَزُيُوتِكُمْ وَأَبْكَارَ بَقَرِكُمْ وَغَنَمِكُمْ لَدَى الرَّبِّ، فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ لِيُحِلَّ اسْمَهُ فِيهِ، لِتَتَعَلَّمُوا أَنْ تَتَّقُوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ دَائِماً.

And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

٢٤ 24 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَتِ الطَّرِيقُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ سُكْنَى الرَّبِّ طَوِيلَةً، بِحَيْثُ يَتَعَذَّرُ عَلَيْكُمْ حَمْلُ عُشُورِكُمْ إِلَيْهِ، وَإذَا كَانَ الْمَكَانُ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لِيَجْعَلَ اسْمَهُ فِيهِ بَعِيداً عَلَيْكُمْ، وَكَانَ الرَّبُّ قَدْ بَارَكَكُمْ،

And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; [or] if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

٢٥ 25 فَبِيعُوا عُشُورَ غَلَّاتِكُمْ بِفِضَّةٍ وصُرُّوهَا وَامْضُوا إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ،

Then shalt thou turn [it] into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:

٢٦ 26 وَأَنْفِقُوا الْفِضَّةَ عَلَى مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ أَنْفُسُكُمْ مِنْ بَقَرٍ وَغَنَمٍ وَخَمْرٍ وَمُسْكِرٍ وَكُلِّ مَا تَرْغَبُونَ فِيهِ، وَاحْتَفِلُوا أَنْتُمْ وَأَهْلُ بُيُوتِكُمْ لَدَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

٢٧ 27 وَلا تُهْمِلُوا اللّاوِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي مُدُنِكُمْ لأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَرِثُوا مِلْكاً أَوْ نَصِيباً مَعَكُمْ.

And the Levite that [is] within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

٢٨ 28 وَفِي نِهَايَةِ كُلِّ ثَلاثِ سِنِينَ، أَخْرِجُوا عُشُورَ مَحْصُولِ السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ وَاخْزُنُوهَا فِي مُدُنِكُمْ،

At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay [it] up within thy gates:

٢٩ 29 فَيُقْبِلَ اللّاوِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يَرِثُوا مِلْكاً أَوْ نَصِيباً مَعَكُمْ، وَالْغَرِيبُ وَالْيَتِيمُ وَالأَرْمَلَةُ، الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي مُدُنِكُمْ فَيَأْكُلُونَ وَيَشْبَعُونَ لِيُبَارِكَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ فِي كُلِّ مَا تُنْتِجُهُ أَيْدِيكُمْ.

And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee, ) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which [are] within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.