Deuteronomy 14

1 Ye are sons of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person.

You are the people of Yahweh your God. Do not cut yourselves, nor shave any part of your face for the dead.

2 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, more than all peoples that are on the surface of the earth.

3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

You must not eat any abominable thing.

4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;

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

5 the hart, and the gazelle, and the stag, and the wild goat, and the dishon and the oryx, and the wild sheep.

the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, and ibex, and the antelope, and the mountain sheep.

6 And every beast that hath cloven hoofs, and the feet quite split open into double hoofs, [and] which cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

You may eat any animals that parts the hoof, that is, that has the hoof divided in two, and that chews the cud.

7 Only these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with hoofs cloven and split open: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger; for they chew the cud, but have not cloven hoofs — they shall be unclean unto you;

Nevertheless, you must not eat some animals that chew the cud or that have the hoof divided in two: the camel, the rabbit, and the rock badger; because they chew the cud but do not part the hoof, they are unclean to you.

8 and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, yet cheweth not the cud — it shall be unclean unto you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch.

The pig is unclean to you as well because he parts the hoof but does not chew the cud; he is unclean to you. Do not eat pig meat, and do not touch their carcasses.

9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales shall ye eat;

Of these things that are in water you may eat: whatever has fins and scales;

10 but whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat: it shall be unclean unto you.

but whatever has no fins and scales you must not eat; they are unclean to you.

11 All clean birds shall ye eat.

All clean birds you may eat.

12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,

But these are the birds that you must not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the osprey,

13 and the falcon, and the kite, and the black kite after its kind;

the red kite and black kite, any kind of falcon.

14 and every raven after its kind;

You must not eat any kind of raven,

15 and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;

and the ostrich, and the night hawk, the sea gull, any kind of hawk,

16 the owl, and the ibis and the swan,

the little owl, the great owl, the white owl,

17 and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,

the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant.

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

You must not eat the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

19 And every winged crawling thing shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.

All winged, swarming things are unclean to you; they must not be eaten.

20 All clean fowls shall ye eat.

You may eat all clean flying things.

21 Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

You must not eat of anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the foreigner who is within your towns, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a nation that is set apart to Yahweh your God. You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, the produce of the field, year by year.

You must surely tithe all the yield of your seed, that which comes out from the field year after year.

23 And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he will choose to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God continually.

You must eat before Yahweh your God, in the place that he will choose as his sanctuary, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock; that you may learn to always honor Yahweh your God.

24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God will choose to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God blesseth thee;

If the journey is too long for you so that you are not able to carry it, because the place that Yahweh your God will choose as his sanctuary is too far from you, then, when Yahweh God blesses you,

25 then shalt thou give it for money, and bind the money together in thy hand, and go to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose,

you will convert the offering into money, tie up the money in your hand, and go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose.

26 and thou shalt give the money for whatever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy house.

There you will spend the money for whatever you desire: for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever you desire; you will eat there before Yahweh your God, and you will rejoice, you and your household.

27 And thou shalt not forsake the Levite that is within thy gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

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

28 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;

At the end of every three years you will present all the tithe of your produce in the same year, and you will store it up within your gates;

29 and the Levite — for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee — and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow who are within your gates, will come and eat and be satisfied. Do this so that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand that you do.