Leviticus 22
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
2 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that they beware of those things that are consecrated of the children of Israel, and defile not the name of the things sanctified to me, which they offer. I am the Lord.
“Ka kyerɛ Aaron ne ne mmammarima sɛ, wɔmfa anidie mma afɔrebɔdeɛ kronkron a Israelfoɔ ate ho ama me no, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔnngu me din ho fi. Mene Awurade.
3 Say to them and to their posterity: Every man of your race, that approacheth to those things that are consecrated, and which the children of Israel have offered to the Lord, in whom there is uncleanness, shall perish before the Lord. I am the Lord.
“Ɛfiri ɛnnɛ rekorɔ, sɛ ɔsɔfoɔ biara a ne ho agu fi de ne nsa ka mmoa anaa akyɛdeɛ biara a nnipa no de aba sɛ wɔmfa mmɔ afɔdeɛ mma Awurade a, wɔbɛworɔ nʼatadeɛ. Mene Awurade.
4 The man of the seed of Aaron, that is a leper, or that suffereth a running of the seed, shall not eat of those things that are sanctified to me, until he be healed. He that toucheth any thing unclean by occasion of the dead, and he whose seed goeth from him as in generation,
“Ɔsɔfoɔ biara a ɔwɔ honam ani nsane yadeɛ biara nni ho kwan sɛ ɔdi afɔrebɔdeɛ kronkron no bi gye sɛ, wɔasa no yadeɛ ama ne ho afiri ansa. Ɔsɔfoɔ biara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka funu anaa ɛnam ahosene enti ne ho bɛgu fi no,
5 And he that toucheth a creeping thing, or any unclean thing, the touching of which is defiling,
anaa ɔde ne nsa bɛka aboa biara a ɔwea fam anaa akyiwadeɛ bi anaa obi a biribi enti, wɔagu ne ho fi no,
6 Shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat those things that are sanctified: but when he hath washed his flesh with water,
saa ɔsɔfoɔ no ho bɛgu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ. Ɔrenni afɔrebɔdeɛ a wɔate ho no bi kɔsi anwummerɛ a ɔbɛdware.
7 And the sun is down, then being purified, he shall eat of the sanctified things, because it is his meat.
Sɛ owia kɔtɔ a, ne ho bɛte na ɛno akyi ɔbɛtumi adi afɔrebɔdeɛ kronkron no bi, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ nʼaduane.
8 That which dieth of itself, and that which was taken by a beast, they shall not eat, nor be defiled therewith, I am the Lord.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔdi aboa funu anaa deɛ akekaboa bi atete ne mu, na amma ne ho angu fi. Mene Awurade.
9 Let them keep my precepts, that they may not fall into sin, and die in the sanctuary, when they shall have defiled it. I am the Lord who sanctify them.
“Bɔ asɔfoɔ no kɔkɔ na wɔnni saa mmara yi so yie, anyɛ saa a, wɔbɛtwe wɔn aso na wɔawuwu sɛ wɔabu saa mmara yi so enti. Mene Awurade a mate wɔn ho.
10 No stranger shall eat of the sanctified things: a sojourner of the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of them.
“Obiara nni ho kwan sɛ ɔdi afɔrebɔdeɛ kronkron no bi gye sɛ ɔyɛ ɔsɔfoɔ. Ɔhɔhoɔ a wabɛsra ɔsɔfoɔ no nni ho kwan sɛ ɔdi bi. Na saa ara nso na ɔsomfoɔ a wɔtua no ka nni ho kwan sɛ ɔdi bi.
11 But he whom the priest hath bought, and he that is his servant, born in his house, these shall eat of them.
Nanso sɛ ɛba sɛ ɔsɔfoɔ no de ɔno ara ne sika tɔ akoa a, saa akoa no tumi di bi. Na akoa no mma biara a ɔbɛwo wɔn wɔ fie hɔ no wɔ ho kwan sɛ wɔdi bi.
12 If the daughter of a priest be married to any of the people, she shall not eat of those things that are sanctified, nor of the firstfruits.
Sɛ ɔsɔfoɔ babaa kɔware firi abusuakuo no akyi baabi a, ɔnni ho kwan sɛ ɔdi afɔrebɔdeɛ kronkron no bi.
13 But if she be a widow, or divorced, and having no children return to her father’s house, she shall eat of her father’s meats, as she was wont to do when she was a maid, no stranger hath leave to eat of them.
Na sɛ ɔyɛ okunafoɔ anaa obi a wɔagyaa no awadeɛ na ɔnni babarima a ɔbɛhwɛ no na ɛno enti ɔsane ba nʼagya nkyɛn a, ɔtumi di nʼagya aduane no bi bio. Yeinom akyi no, asɔfoɔ no abusuafoɔ nko ara na wɔwo ho kwan sɛ wɔdi afɔrebɔdeɛ kronkron no.
14 He that eateth of the sanctified things through ignorance, shall add the fifth part with that which he ate, and shall give it to the priest into the sanctuary.
“Sɛ obi anhunu na ɔkɔdi saa afɔrebɔdeɛ kronkron no bi a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔtua ho ka na ɔsane bɔ ho nkyɛmu ɔha mu aduonu de ka ho.
15 And they shall not profane the sanctified things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord:
Ɛfiri sɛ, afɔrebɔdeɛ kronkron a Israelfoɔ de aba no, ɛnsɛ sɛ nnipa a wɔmmaa wɔn ho kwan sɛ wɔnni bi no di bi, ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade na ɔde saa afɔrebɔdeɛ yi nyinaa abrɛ no.
16 Lest perhaps they bear the iniquity of their trespass, when they shall have eaten the sanctified things. I am the Lord who sanctify them.
Na obiara a ɔbɛbu saa mmara yi so no di ho fɔ, na asɛm da ne so, ɛfiri sɛ, wadi afɔrebɔdeɛ kronkron. Na mene Awurade a mete afɔrebɔdeɛ nyinaa ho.”
17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
18 Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man of the house of Israel, and of the strangers who dwell with you, that offereth his oblation, either paying his vows, or offering of his own accord, whatsoever it be which he presenteth for a holocaust of the Lord,
“Ka kyerɛ Aaron ne ne mmammarima ne Israelfoɔ nyinaa sɛ, ‘Sɛ Israelni anaa obi a ɔne mo te bɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ma Awurade a, sɛ ɛyɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ a ɛyɛ bɔhyɛ bi enti anaa ɔno ara ne pɛ mu na ɔrebɔ no,
19 To be offered by you, it shall be a male without blemish of the beeves, or of the sheep, or of the goats.
sɛ afɔrebɔdeɛ no yɛ aboanini a ne ho nni dɛm biara a ɔyɛ nantwie ba anaa odwan anaa abirekyie no, Awurade bɛgye.
20 If it have a blemish you shall not offer it, neither shall it be acceptable.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔde biribiara a ɛdɛm wɔ ho bɔ afɔdeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔrennye.
21 The man that offereth a victim of peace offerings to the Lord, either paying his vows, or offering of his own accord, whether of beeves or of sheep, shall offer it without blemish, that it may be acceptable: there shall be no blemish in it.
Obiara a ɔfiri nʼanantwie anaa ne nnwan mu sɛ ɔrebɔ asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ ama Awurade no, sɛ ɛyɛ bɔhyɛ bi ho afɔrebɔ anaa ɔno ara ne pɛ mu no, ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔde aboa a wadi dɛm na ɛbɔ saa afɔdeɛ no, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔrennye.
22 If it be blind, or broken, or have a scar or blisters, or a scab, or a dry scurf: you shall not offer them to the Lord, nor burn any thing of them upon the Lord’s altar.
Aboa a nʼani abɔ anaa wadi dɛm anaa wapira anaa ekuro anaa nweweeɛ wɔ ne ho, anaa wedeɛ ani yadeɛ ayɛ no no, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔde no bɔ afɔdeɛ ma Awurade. Ɔmfata sɛ wɔde no ba afɔrebukyia so bɛbɔ afɔdeɛ ma Awurade.
23 An ox or a sheep, that hath the ear and the tail cut off, thou mayst offer voluntarily: but a vow may not be paid with them.
Sɛ biribi a ɛboro so anaa ɛtɔ sin wɔ nantwie ba anaa odwan ba a wɔde no rebrɛ Awurade no ho a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde no bɔ ɔpɛ mu afɔdeɛ na mmom, ɛnyɛ bɔhyɛ afɔdeɛ.
24 You shall not offer to the Lord any beast that hath the testicles bruised, or crushed, or cut and taken away: neither shall you do any such thing in your land.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔde aboa a wɔasa no bɔ Awurade afɔdeɛ ɛkwan biara so.
25 You shall not offer bread to your God, from the hand of a stranger, nor any other thing that he would give: because they are all corrupted, and defiled: you shall not receive them.
Saa mmara yi da hɔ ma ahɔhoɔ a wɔfra mo mu a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔbɔ afɔdeɛ ne mo ankasa, ɛfiri sɛ, aboa biara a wadi dɛm no nyɛ mma saa afɔrebɔ no.’”
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, they shall be seven days under the udder of their dam: but the eighth day, and thenceforth, they may be offered to the Lord.
“Sɛ wɔwo nantwie, odwan anaa abirekyie a, ɛsɛ sɛ aboa no tena ne maame nkyɛn nnanson. Na ɛfiri nnawɔtwe rekorɔ no, sɛ wɔde no bɔ ogya afɔdeɛ a, Awurade bɛgye.
28 Whether it be a cow, or a sheep, they shall not be sacrificed the same day with their young ones.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ mokum aboa bi ne ne ba ɛda koro, sɛ ɔyɛ nantwie anaa odwan.
29 If you immolate a victim for thanksgiving to the Lord, that he may be favourable,
“Sɛ morebɔ asomdwoeɛ afɔdeɛ ama Awurade a, ɛsɛ sɛ mofa ɛkwan pa so,
30 You shall eat it the same day, there shall not any of it remain until the morning of the next day. I am the Lord.
ɛne sɛ, mobɛwe aboa a wɔde no bɔɔ afɔdeɛ no nam ɛda no ara a wɔkumm no no. Mommma adeɛ nnkye ebi so. Mene Awurade.
31 Keep my commandments, and do them. I am the Lord.
“Monni me mmarahyɛ nyinaa so na mene Awurade.
32 Profane not my holy name, that I may be sanctified in the midst of the children of Israel. I am the Lord who sanctify you,
Ɛnsɛ sɛ mogu me din kronkron ho fi. Monni me ni na me, Awurade, na metee mo ho de mo bataa me ho,
33 And who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God: I am the Lord.
nam so gyee mo firii Misraim ma mobɛyɛɛ mʼankasa me nnipa! Mene Awurade.”
