Kwan 19
1 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa gi Harun niya,
Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
2 “Ma e dwaro mar chik ma Jehova Nyasaye osechiko: Nyis jo-Israel mondo okel nyaroya ma silwal maonge songa kata ma ok ongʼol kendo mapok otwe e jok.
“I am now giving to you another regulation. Tell the Israeli people to bring to you one reddish-brown cow that has no defects. It must be an animal that (has never been/no one has ever) used for plowing ground.
3 Chiwe ne Eliazar jadolo; kendo nyaroyano nyaka gol oko mar kambi mi yangʼe ka oneno.
Give it to Eleazar, the priest. He must take it outside the camp and slaughter it [and drain the blood in a basin].
4 Bangʼe Eliazar jadolo nyaka kaw rembe moko e lith lwete kendo okwoye nyadibiriyo kochiko nyim Hemb Romo.
He must dip one of his fingers in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times [on the ground] near the Sacred Tent.
5 E kinde ma pod ongʼicho nyaroyano nyaka wangʼ piende, ringe, rembe kod wen.
Then, while Eleazar watches, the cow must be burned completely—its hide, its meat, [the rest of] its blood, and even its dung.
6 Jadolo nokaw yiende moko mag sida, owino gi usi marakwaro kendo owitgi kuom nyaroya ma wangʼno.
Eliezer then must take a stick of cedar wood, a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop, and some scarlet/red yarn, and throw them into the fire where the cow is burning.
7 Bangʼ mano, jadolo nyaka luok lepe kendo olwokre gi pi. Bangʼe onyalo donjo e kambi, makmana ni obiro bedo mochido nyaka chop odhiambo.
“Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe. After doing that, he may return to the camp. But he will be unfit for doing any sacred work until that evening.
8 Ngʼatno mowangʼo nyaroyano bende nyaka luok lepe, kendo olwokre, en bende nobed mochido nyaka chop odhiambo.
The man who burns the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe, and he will also be unacceptable to me until that evening.
9 “Ngʼat maler nochok buru mag nyaroyano kendo oketgi kar misango maler e oko mar kambi. Ginikan-gi gi dhout oganda mar jo-Israel mondo ti kodgi e pi pwodhruok; nikech en mar pwodho ji aa e richo.
“Then someone who has not become unacceptable to me must gather up the ashes of the cow and put them in a (sacred place/place that is acceptable to me) outside the camp. The ashes must be kept there for the people of Israel to [use when they] mix it with water for the ritual to remove the guilt of sin.
10 Ngʼatno mochoko buch nyaroyano nyaka luok lepe bende, to en bende nobed mochido nyaka chop odhiambo. Ma nobedi chik mosiko ne jo-Israel kaachiel gi jopinje mamoko modak kodgi.
The man who gathers up the ashes of the cow must [also] wash his clothes, and he [also] will be unfit to do any more sacred work until that evening. That is a regulation that will never be changed. It must be obeyed by you Israeli people and by any foreigners who live among you.
11 “Ngʼato angʼata momulo ringre ngʼama otho biro bedo mochido kuom ndalo abiriyo.
“All those who touch a corpse will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
12 Nyaka opwodhre owuon gi pi chiengʼ mar adek kod chiengʼ mar abiriyo; eka obiro bedo maler. To ka ok opwodhore owuon chiengʼ mar adek gi chiengʼ mar abiriyo, to ok obi bedo maler.
On the third day and on the seventh day [after touching a corpse], in order to become acceptable to me again, [they must have sprinkled on them] some of that water for removing the guilt of their sin. If they do not do that on both of those days, they will continue to be unacceptable to me.
13 Ngʼato angʼata momulo ringre ngʼama otho kendo ma ok opwodhore owuon ochido hekalu mar Jehova Nyasaye. Ngʼatno nyaka gol oko mar Israel. Nikech pi mar pwodhruok pod ok okir kuome, ochido; kendo chidono odongʼ kuome.
All those who touch a corpse, and do not perform in the correct way the ritual to become acceptable to me again, defile Yahweh’s Sacred Tent. They will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people. The water to remove the guilt of sin was not sprinkled on them, so they continue to be unacceptable to me.
14 “Chik momako ngʼama otho e hema ema: Ngʼato angʼata modonjo ei hema kendo ngʼato angʼata mantiere e iye nobed mochido kuom ndalo abiriyo,
“There is another ritual that must be performed when someone dies inside a tent. All those who were inside that tent when that person died or who enter that tent will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
15 kendo mikebe moro amora maonge raum moumego nobed mochido.
Any jars that are inside that tent that are not covered are not permitted to be used.
16 “Ngʼato angʼata man oko momulo ngʼatno mane onegi gi ligangla kata ngʼat motho kende, kata ngʼatno momulo chok dhano, kata liel, nobedi mochido kuom ndalo abiriyo.
If someone who is out in a field touches the corpse of someone who was murdered, or who died from natural causes, or if someone touches a bone from some human or touches a grave, that person will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
17 “Ne ngʼatno mochido, ket buru moko moa e misango mar pwodhruok kendo uruw gi pi maler mi uol e wigi.
“For someone like that to become acceptable to me again, some of the ashes from [the cow] that was burned must be taken and put in a jar. Then some fresh water must be poured over the ashes.
18 Eka ngʼatno maler nokaw owino, gilute e pi kendo gikuo pi e hema kod e gik moko duto molosgo ii hekalu gi ji man kanyo. Bende nyaka okwo pi kuom ngʼato angʼata mabed ni osemulo chok ngʼama osetho kata liel kata ngʼato ma osenegi kata ngʼato motho athoya.
Then someone who is still acceptable to me must take a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop and dip it into the water. Then that person must sprinkle some of the water on the tent where that person died, on the things that are in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent. He must also sprinkle some of that water on any person who touched a human bone or who touched a person who died, or who touched a grave.
19 Ngʼat maler ema nyaka kir pi kuom ngʼat mochidono chiengʼ mar adek gi mar abiriyo, to kochopo e odiechiengʼ mar abiriyo nyaka opwodhe. Ngʼama ipwodhono nyaka luok lepe kendo luokre gi pi, kendo odhiambono nobed mapoth.
On the third day and on the seventh day after that, the person who is acceptable to me must sprinkle some of that water on those who have become unacceptable to me. On the seventh day, the people who are performing that ritual to become acceptable to me again must wash their clothes and bathe. If they do that, on that evening they will become acceptable to me again.
20 To ka ngʼat mochido ok opwodhore owuon, nyaka gole oko e dier oganda, nikech osemiyo kama ler mar lemo mar Jehova Nyasaye ochido. Pi pwodhruokgo pod ok okir kuome, omiyo ochido.
“If those who have become unacceptable to me do not become acceptable to me again by doing this, they will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people, because they have defiled my Sacred Tent. They did not sprinkle on themselves the water that removes the guilt of their sins, so they remain unacceptable to me.
21 Chik mosiko ne gin ema. “Ngʼat mokiro pi mar pwodhruok nyaka luok lepe bende, kendo ngʼato angʼata momulo pi mar pwodhruok nobed mochido nyaka chop odhiambo.
That is a law for the Israeli people that will never be changed. Those who sprinkle that water on themselves must then wash their clothes. And anyone who touches that water which removes guilt for sins will remain unacceptable to God until that evening.
22 Gimoro amora ma ngʼat mochido omulo nobed mochido, kendo ngʼato angʼata momule nobed mochido nyaka chop odhiambo.”
“If someone touches a thing or a person that has become unacceptable to me, that person will remain unacceptable to me until that evening.”
