Deuteronomy 14

1 Nangcae loe na Angraeng Sithaw ih caa ah na oh o; kadueh kami hanah, ngan to aat hmah loe, na mik salak ih hma sam doeh aat hmah.

You are the people of Jehovah your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

2 Nangcae loe na Angraeng Sithaw han ciimcai kami ah na oh o; long kaminawk boih thungah, Angraeng mah angmah ih kami ah suek hanah, nangcae to qoih boeh.

For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.

3 Panuet thok hmuen kawbaktih doeh caa hmah.

You shall not eat any abominable thing.

4 Na caak han ih moinawk loe maitaw, tuu hoi maeh,

These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

5 Tasuk, tasuk kalen, sakhi, sathar, taw ih maeh, saza hoi mae nui ih tuunawk,

the deer, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the ibex, and the antelope, and the chamois.

6 moi thungah a khokpadae hnetto kangbawk, rawkcak pathok thaih moinawk to caa oh.

Every animal that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven in two and chews the cud, among the animals, that may you eat.

7 Rawkcak loe pathok thaih, toe khokpadae kangbawk moi thungah, kaengkuu hrang, saveh hoi kanghmong thlungkhaw thungah kaom moinawk to caa o hmah; to moinawk loe rawkcak pathok o thaih, toe a khok hnetto angbawk ai pongah, nangcae hanah ciim ai.

Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, they are unclean to you.

8 Ok loe a khok hnetto angbawk, toe rawkcak pathok ai pongah, nangcae han ciim ai; a moi to caa o hmah, kadueh qok doeh sui o hmah.

The pig, because it has a split hoof, but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.

9 Tui thungah kaom moinawk boih thungah, pakhraeh hoi ahlip kaom tanganawk to caa oh.

These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales may you eat;

10 Toe pakhraeh hoi ahlip kaom ai tanganawk to loe caa o hmah; nangcae han ciim ai.

and whatever doesn't have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean to you.

11 Kaciim tavaanawk to na caak o boih thaih.

Of all clean birds you may eat.

12 Toe tahmu, tahmu prawn, moi caa kamnum tahmu prawnnawk,

But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,

13 tahmu, masih hoi tahmu congcanawk boih,

and the kite, and the buzzard, and the vulture after its kind,

14 pangaah tavaanawk boih,

and every raven after its kind,

15 bukbuh, tahnongsawk tui tavaa, aqum ah tavaa kacop thaih tahmunawk,

and the ostrich, and the owl, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,

16 kathoeng hoi kalen bukbuh tavaa boih, tahnongsawk tui tavaanawk,

the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl,

17 praezaek ih bukbuh, tanga kacaa tahmu, tahnong ah rawkcak patunghaih kaom tavaanawk,

and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,

18 tahmawh sawk tui tavaa, akhok sawk moe, tahnong angkawn tavaa hoi pungpihnawk to caa o hmah.

and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.

19 Pakhraeh kaom, kavak hinghaih tawn hmuennawk loe nangcae han ciim ai pongah caa o hmah.

All winged crawling creatures are unclean to you: they shall not be eaten.

20 Toe kaciim tavaanawk boih to caa oh.

Of all clean birds you may eat.

21 Nangcae loe na Angraeng Sithaw han ciimcai kami ah na oh o pongah, kadueh qok to caa o hmah; na vangpui thungah kaom angvin caak hanah paek oh; to tih ai boeh loe kalah kaminawk khaeah zaw oh; maeh caa loe amno ih tahnutui hoiah nawnto thong o hmah.

You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you may give it to the foreigner living among you who is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner: for you are a holy people to Jehovah your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

22 Na lawk thung hoi saning kruek tacawt thingthai qumponawk to, hato thungah maeto paek oh.

You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes forth from the field year by year.

23 Hato thungah maeto paek ih cang, misrutui hoi situi, tapen tangsuek maitawnawk hoi tuucaanawk to, angmah ih ahmin ohsak hanah, a qoih ih ahmuen ah na Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah caa oh; to tiah na sak o nahaeloe, na Angraeng Sithaw to dungzan ah zit hanah nam tuk o thai tih.

You shall eat before Jehovah your God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Jehovah your God always.

24 Na Angraeng Sithaw mah tahamhoihaih paek naah, Angraeng angmah ih ahmin to suek hanah, qoih ih ahmuen loe angthla parai pongah, hato thungah maeto na sin o thai ai nahaeloe,

If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which Jehovah your God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah your God shall bless you;

25 hato thungah maeto paek ih hmuen to phoisa hoiah zaw oh; phoisa to sin oh loe, na Angraeng Sithaw mah qoih ih ahmuen ah caeh oh;

then you shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose:

26 to phoisa hoiah na koeh ih hmuen to qan ah; na caak koeh ih maitaw maw, to tih ai boeh loe tuu caa, to tih ai boeh loe misurtui maw, to tih ai boeh loe kalah naek koi tui maw, to tih ai boeh loe na koeh ih hmuen to na qan pacoengah, nangmacae Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah, nangmah hoi na imthung takoh boih nawnto caa oh loe, kanawm ah om oh.

and you shall bestow the money for whatever your soul desires, for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

27 Na vangpui thungah kaom Levinawk loe, nangcae salakah taham tawn o ai moe, qawk doeh toep o ai pongah, nihcae to pahnawt o sut hmah.

The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him; for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

28 Saning thumto boeng pacoengah, saning kruek na sin o ih hato thungah maeto loe, nangmacae ih vangpui thungah suem oh;

At the end of every three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase in the same year, and shall lay it up within your gates:

29 to naah nangcae salakah taham katawn ai, qawk doeh toep ai Levinawk, angvinnawk, na vangpui thungah kaom ampa tawn ai kaminawk hoi lamhmainawk angzo o ueloe, zok kamhah ah caa o tih; to tiah na sak o nahaeloe, na Angraeng Sithaw mah na ban hoiah sak ih hmuennawk boih ah tahamhoihaih paek tih.

and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.