Thothuengnah 11
1 BOEIPA. loh Moses neh Aaron te a voek tih,
Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
2 “Israel ca rhoek te voek rhoi lamtah, diklai hmankah rhamsa boeih khuiah na caak uh ham mulhing he thui pah.
“Tell the Israeli people that [this is what Yahweh says]: From all the animals that live on the land, these are the ones that you are permitted to eat:
3 Rhamsa khuiah a khomae rhak tih a khomae dongkah a khorhaek aka thal neh caknaih aka naih boeih te tah ca uh.
The ones that have hooves that are completely split and that (chew their cuds/bring their food up from their stomachs to chew it again).
4 Tedae caknaih aka naih neh khomae aka rhak khuiah Kalauk he ca uh boeh. Caknaih a naih dae a khomae a rhak pawt dongah nangmih ham rhalawt.
There are some animals that chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, and some animals that have split hooves but do not chew their cuds. You must not eat any of those animals. [For example], camels chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
5 Saphih he khaw caknaih a naih dae a khomae a rhak pawt dongah nangmih ham rhalawt.
Rock badgers chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
6 Saveh khaw caknaih a naih dae a khomae a rhak pawt dongah nangmih ham rhalawt.
Rabbits chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
7 Ok he a khomae rhak tih a khomae dongkah a khorhaek thal dae caknaih a naih pawt dongah nangmih ham rhalawt.
Pigs have completely split hooves but they do not chew their cuds, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
8 A saa te ca uh boeh. A rhok khaw ben uh boeh. Te rhoek te nangmih ham rhalawt.
All of those animals are unacceptable for you, so you must not eat their meat or even touch their carcasses.
9 Tui dongkah aka om boeih khuiah he ca uh. tui dongkah khaw, tuitunli dongkah khaw, soklong kah khaw a phae neh a lip aka om boeih tah ca uh.
From all the creatures that live in the oceans and the streams, you are permitted to eat any that have fins and scales.
10 Tedae tuitunli dongkah khaw, soklong kah khaw, tui dongkah rhulcai boeih neh tui khuikah aka hing hinglu boeih khuiah a phae neh a lip aka om pawt boeih te nangmih ham konawhnah ni.
But you must detest [and not eat] those that do not have fins and scales. That includes ones that are very small.
11 Nangmih ham konawhnah la a om uh dongah a saa te ca uh boeh. A rhok te khaw tuei uh.
You must despise them, and you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
12 A phae khaw, a lip khaw a khueh mueh la tui dongah aka om boeih te nangmih ham konawhnah ni.
You must detest everything that lives in the water that does not have fins and scales.
13 Vaa khuiah he rhoek tah tuei uh, caak ham moenih. atha khaw, langta khaw, thamuk khaw konawhnah ni.
There are some birds that you must detest [and not eat]. They include eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,
14 murhung neh maisi hui khaw,
kites, any kind of falcon/buzzard,
15 vangak neh anih hui boeih,
any kind of raven,
16 Tuirhuk khaw, kirhoeng, khangkhoe, mutlo neh anih hui boeih,
horned owls, screech owls, seagulls, any kind of hawk,
17 thathawt, tuiliim, saelbu,
small owls, cormorants, large owls,
18 abuu, khosoek saelbu, tamcu,
white owls, desert owls, vultures that eat dead animals,
19 bungrho, kaikoi neh anih hui, thongpanai neh pumphak.
storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats.
20 Vaa bangla om tih a kho pali neh aka yuel rhulcai boeih khaw nangmih ham konawhnah ni.
You must detest [and not eat] flying insects that [sometimes] walk on the ground [MTY].
21 Tedae vaa bangla om tih a kho pali neh yuel cakhaw diklai dongah cungpet nah ham a kho phoeiah a kho aka khueh rhulcai boeih tah ca uh.
But you are permitted to eat creatures with wings that sometimes walk on the ground if they have jointed legs for hopping around.
22 Kaisih neh a hui, tangboeng neh a hui khaw, tungrhit neh a hui khaw, tangku neh anih hui khaw ca uh.
They include locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.
23 Tedae vaa bangla om tih a kho pali aka khueh rhulcai boeih tah nangmih ham konawhnah ni.
But you must detest [and not eat] other insects with wings that have four legs.
24 A rhok aka ben boeih tah te nen te na poeih uh ni. Amih te kholaeh duela a poeih ni.
‘There are certain creatures that if you touch their carcasses you will become defiled. Anyone who touches their carcasses must not touch other people until that evening.
25 A rhok aka phuei boeih long khaw a himbai te til saeh. Anih te kholaeh duela poeih uh ni.
Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening.
26 Rhamsa boeih khaw a khomae rhak tih a khorhaek aka thal pawt neh caknaih aka naih pawt tah nangmih ham rhalawt. Te te aka ben boeih tah poeih uh ni.
‘The animals whose carcasses you must not touch are those that have hooves that are not completely divided or animals that do not chew their cuds. Anyone who touches the carcasses of any of those animals becomes (defiled/unacceptable to me).
27 A kho pali neh aka yuel mulhing boeih khuiah a kut neh aka yuel boeih khaw nangmih ham rhalawt. A rhok aka ben boeih tah kholaeh duela a poeih ni.
From all the animals that walk on the ground, you must not touch the carcasses of those that have paws to walk on. Anyone who touches one of their carcasses must not touch other people until that evening.
28 A rhok aka phuei long tah a himbai te til saeh. Hlaem duela a poeih uh vaengah tah amih te nangmih ham rhalawt.
Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening, because touching their carcasses (defiles you/causes you to become unacceptable to me).
29 Diklai kah aka luem rhulcai khuiah saham, su, imrhai neh anih hui boeih,
‘From all the animals that walk on the ground, these are the ones that (defile you/cause you to become unacceptable to me) [if you touch them]: Moles, rats, any kind of lizard,
30 tawkke, tangkong, cangdawl, lainaat, hambo he khaw nangmih ham rhalawt.
geckos, skinks, and chameleons.
31 Rhulcai boeih khuiah nangmih ham aka rhalawt rhoek te a duek vaengah aka ben boeih khaw kholaeh duela poeih uh ni.
Those creatures that scurry across the ground (defile you/cause you to become unacceptable to me); anyone who touches one of their carcasses must not touch other people until the evening.
32 A duek vaengah anih soah aka cungku boeih tah poeih uh ni. Te dongah thing hnopai boeih neh himbai khaw, maehpho mai khaw, tolkhui mai khaw, te rhoek neh bitat la a saii hnopai boeih te tah tui dongah duung saeh. Hlaem due poeih uh saeh lamtah caihcil saeh.
When one of those creatures dies and falls on something, the thing that it falls on, whatever it is used for, will become (defiled/unacceptable to me), whether it is made of wood or cloth or the hide of some animal or from rough cloth. You must put it in water. Then you must not use it until that evening.
33 Tedae amih khuikah te lai umam khat khat khuila a tlak atah a khui neh a khui kah boeih khaw a poeih dongah rhek dae uh laeh.
If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it becomes defiled, and you must break that pot into pieces.
34 Caak ham cakok khat khat te tekah am tui loh a pha thil atah a poeih coeng. Te dongah umam khat khat khui lamkah ok ham koi tui khaw boeih a poeih coeng.
If you pour water from that pot on any food, you must not eat that food. And you must not drink any water from that pot.
35 Amih rhok loh a cuhu thil boeih tah tapkhuel khaw, lungthu khaw a poeih coeng. Te rhoek rhalawt rhoek te tah palet saeh. Nangmih ham khaw rhalawt la om.
Anything that one of the carcasses of those creatures falls on becomes (defiled/unacceptable to me); even if it falls on an oven or a cooking pot, anything that it falls on must be broken into pieces. It becomes unacceptable to me and you must not use it again.
36 Tedae tuisih neh tangrhom tui tungnah a tlak thil atah tuicil la om mai cakhaw a rhok aka ben te a poeih.
If one of their carcasses falls into a spring or a pit for storing water, the water may still be drunk, but anyone who touches one of those carcasses becomes unacceptable to me.
37 Tedae te cangti ballung boeih tah a rhok. loh tlak thil cakhaw cuem ngawn dongah tue ngawn saeh.
If one of those carcasses falls on seeds that are to be planted, those seeds are still acceptable to be planted.
38 Tedae cangti te tui dongah a khueh vaengah a rhok loh a cuhu thil atah nangmih ham rhalawt.
But if water has been put on the seeds and then a carcass falls on them, the seeds must be thrown away.
39 Na caak ham koi rhamsa a duek vaengah khaw a rhok aka ben tah hlaem duela poeih uh ni.
‘If an animal [whose meat] you are permitted to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass must not touch other people until that evening.
40 A rhok aka ca tah a himbai te til saeh. Anih khaw hlaem duela poeih uh ni. A rhok aka phuei te khaw a himbai te til saeh. Hlaem due la poeih uh ni. Diklai
Anyone who eats some meat from that carcass must wash his clothes, and then he must not touch anyone until that evening.
41 ah aka luem rhulcai boeih khaw konawhnah, caak koi moenih.
‘All creatures that scurry across the ground, including those that move on their bellies and those that crawl, are detestable, and they must not be eaten.
42 A bung neh aka colh boeih, a kho pali neh aka van boeih khaw, a kho aka ping boeih khaw, diklai ah aka luem rhulcai boeih he tah konawhnah ni ca uh boeh.
43 Aka luem rhulcai boeih neh na hinglu te rhun uh boeh. Amih nen khaw poeih uh boel lamtah amih long khaw nang m'poeih uh boel saeh.
Do not (defile yourselves/cause you to become unacceptable to me) by [eating] any of those creatures [DOU].
44 Kai tah nangmih Pathen BOEIPA ni. Te dongah ciim uh lamtah ka cim bangla a cim la om uh. Te dongah diklai kah aka colh rhulcai boeih dongah na hinglu te poeih uh boeh.
I am Yahweh your God, and I am holy, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy. You must avoid eating things that cause you to be unacceptable to me. Do not cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me by eating creatures that scurry across the ground.
45 Nangmih kah Pathen la om ham Egypt khohmuen lamloh nangmih aka khuen khaw BOEIPA kamah ni. Te dongah kai ka cim bangla a cim la om uh.
I am Yahweh, the one who freed you from [being slaves in] Egypt, in order to be your God. Therefore, because I am holy, you must be holy.
46 He tah rhamsa neh vaa, tui dongkah aka hing tih aka colh hinglu boeih neh diklai dongkah aka luem hinglu boeih ham,
'Those are the regulations concerning animals and birds, all the living creatures that live in water or scurry across the ground.
47 rhalawt laklo neh cuemcaih laklo ah, caak ham mulhing laklo neh caak koi pawh mulhing laklo ah paekboe ham olkhueng ni,” a ti nah.
You must learn what things [I say] are acceptable to me and what things are not, and learn what things you are permitted to eat and what things you are not permitted to eat.’”
