Bawknae 11
1 BAWIPA ni Mosi hoi Aron bout a kaw teh,
Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
2 Nangmouh roi ni Isarelnaw koe patuen bout na dei pouh hane teh, talai van kaawm e moithang pueng dawk,
“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 A khoksamen samka ni teh a thepkaai e moithangnaw teh ca thainae kâ ao.
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 Hatei, thepkaai ni teh khoksamen samka hoeh e moithang thung dawk, ca hoeh hane moithangnaw teh Kalauk teh athepai hoeh eiteh khoksamen samka hoeh dawkvah nangmouh hanlah thoung hoeh.
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 Kovei teh thepkaai eiteh a khoksamen samka hoeh dawkvah nangmouh hanlah thoung hoeh.
Rock badgers chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
6 Saveh teh thepkaai eiteh a khoksamen samka hoeh dawkvah nangmouh hanlah thoung hoeh.
Rabbits chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
7 Vok teh a khoksamen samka eiteh thepkaai hoeh dawkvah nangmouh hanlah thoung hoeh.
Pigs have completely split hooves but they do not chew their cuds, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
8 Hot patet e moithangnaw e a moi na cat awh mahoeh. Ro haiyah na tek awh mahoeh. Kathounghoehe lah na pouk awh han.
All of those animals are unacceptable for you, so you must not eat their meat or even touch their carcasses.
9 Tuipui hoi sawkca dawk kaawm e moithangnaw thung dawk a rathei hoi a lakep kaawm e teh na ca awh han.
From all the creatures that live in the oceans and the streams, you are permitted to eat any that have fins and scales.
10 A rathei hoi a lakep kaawm hoeh e tuipui hoi sawkca dawk kaawm e moithang pueng teh nangmouh hanlah thoung hoeh.
But you must detest [and not eat] those that do not have fins and scales. That includes ones that are very small.
11 A rathei hoi a lakep kaawm hoeh e tui dawk e moithang na cat awh mahoeh.
You must despise them, and you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
12 A ronaw hai panuettho e lah na pouk awh han.
You must detest everything that lives in the water that does not have fins and scales.
13 Nangmouh ni panuettho e lah na pouk awh vaiteh na ca awh hoeh hane tavanaw teh: Mataw, Langta, Tawbu,
There are some birds that you must detest [and not eat]. They include eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,
14 Mataw phun,
kites, any kind of falcon/buzzard,
15 Vonga phun kuep,
any kind of raven,
16 Kalauk tava, bukbu phun kuep, batuiling phun kuep,
horned owls, screech owls, seagulls, any kind of hawk,
17 Kawhna hoi balengek,
small owls, cormorants, large owls,
18 Tuicawmpai,
white owls, desert owls, vultures that eat dead animals,
19 Butakok phun kuep, Bongpi, Bongcakhat phun kuep,
storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats.
20 A rathei ka tawn ni teh a khok pali touh hoi kacetnaw pueng teh nangmouh hanlah kathounghoehe lah ao.
You must detest [and not eat] flying insects that [sometimes] walk on the ground [MTY].
21 Hateiteh, a rathei a tawn teh a khok pali touh hoi ka cet e phun dawk dawkcawk nahanlah a khok kasaw poung naw teh:
But you are permitted to eat creatures with wings that sometimes walk on the ground if they have jointed legs for hopping around.
22 Samtong, pâluen, tawktaboe, Tawngkaruetnaw teh na ca awh han.
They include locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.
23 A rathei ka tawn ni teh a khok pali touh hoi ka cet e alouke moithang pueng teh nangmouh hanlah thoung hoeh.
But you must detest [and not eat] other insects with wings that have four legs.
24 Hote moithang lahoi nangmae thoungnae hah a khin thai. Hot patet e ro katek e tami teh tangmin totouh thoung hoeh.
‘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 Hote kadout e ro ka sin e tami teh khohna a pâsu han, tangmin totouh thoung hoeh.
Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening.
26 A khoksamen samka hoeh e, a thepkaai hoeh e saring pueng teh nangmouh hanlah thoung hoeh.
‘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 khoksamen samka hoeh e saring pueng teh nangmouh hanlah thoung hoeh. Hote ro ka tek e tami teh tangmin totouh thoung hoeh.
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 Hote ro ka phawt e tami pueng teh a khohna a pâsu han. Tangmin totouh thoung hoeh.
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 Talai dawk a vonpui hoi kâva e saring thung dawk thangbui, moihnam, Insi phun,
‘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 Tawkkei, Tawngkang, Cingkadawt, Dekko hoi Khaipadounnaw teh nangmouh hanlah thoung hoeh.
geckos, skinks, and chameleons.
31 Hotnaw e ro katek e tami teh tangmin totouh thoung hoeh.
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 Hote kadout e a ro hah thingkawlung, khohna, a pho, cawngko patetlah e im dawk e hno e buet touh van bawt pawiteh thoung hoeh. Tui dawk ranup han. Tangmin totouh thoung hoeh. Hathnukkhu a thoung han.
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 Talai hlaam buetbuet touh van ro hah bawt pawiteh, Hote talai hlaam teh a thounghoeh dawkvah rek hem han.
If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it becomes defiled, and you must break that pot into pieces.
34 Hote talai hlaam dawk e tui cakawi moi van vah, bawt pawiteh moi thoung hoeh. Hote talai hlaam dawk e nei hane tui hai thoung hoeh.
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 Takhuen dawk thoseh, lunghmu dawk thoseh, hote hno buetbuet touh bawt pawiteh nangmouh hanelah a thounghoeh dawkvah, peng raphoe han.
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 Hatei, sambuem, tai e tui im teh kathounghoehe lah awm hoeh. Ro ni a bosin e dueng doeh kathounghoehe lah ao.
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 Cati dawk hote ro bawt pawiteh, Cati teh kathounghoehe lah awm mahoeh.
If one of those carcasses falls on seeds that are to be planted, those seeds are still acceptable to be planted.
38 Tui dawk padung tangcoung e cati dawk hote ro bawt pawiteh cati teh nangmouh hanlah thoung hoeh.
But if water has been put on the seeds and then a carcass falls on them, the seeds must be thrown away.
39 Nangmouh ni na ca han kawi saring dout pawiteh, ro katek e tami teh tangmin totouh thoung hoeh.
‘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 Hote ro ka cat e tami teh a khohna a pâsu han. Tangmin totouh thoung hoeh. Hote ro ka phawt e tami hai amae a khohna a pâsu han. Tangmin totouh thoung hoeh.
Anyone who eats some meat from that carcass must wash his clothes, and then he must not touch anyone until that evening.
41 Talai dawk kâva e saringnaw pueng teh panuettho e lah ao dawkvah na cat awh mahoeh.
‘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 khok tawn hoeh, a von hoi ka cet e thoseh, khok pali touh hoi ka cet e thoseh, khok pali hlak kapap e khok hoi ka cet e thoseh, talai dawk kâva e saring buet touh boehai na cat awh mahoeh. Panuetkatho e lah ao.
43 Kâva e saring buetbuet touh kecu namahoima kâkhinsak awh hanh. Hotnaw hoi nama kâkhinsak awh hanh.
Do not (defile yourselves/cause you to become unacceptable to me) by [eating] any of those creatures [DOU].
44 Kai teh nangmae BAWIPA Cathut lah ka o. Kai teh kathoung dawkvah nangmouh haiyah namahoima kâthoung sak awh nateh thoungnae tawn awh. Talai dawk kâva e saring buet touh boe hoi hai kâkhinsak awh hanh.
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 Kai teh nangmae Cathut lah ka o nahanlah nangmouh teh Izip ram hoi na ka rasat e BAWIPA lah ka o. Kai teh kathoung dawkvah nangmouh hai thoungnae tawn awh.
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 Hetnaw teh, kathoung, kathoung hoeh, cakawi hoi cakawi hoeh e saringnaw kapek thai nahanelah,
'Those are the regulations concerning animals and birds, all the living creatures that live in water or scurry across the ground.
47 Moi, tava, tui dawk kaawm e moithang, talai dawk kâva e moithangnaw puenghoi ka kâkuen e phunglawk doeh ati.
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.’”
