Leviticus 11
1 The Lord told Moses and Aaron,
Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron sɛ,
2 “Give these instructions to the Israelites. These are the animals you are allowed to eat:
“Monka nkyerɛ Israelfoɔ no sɛ, ‘yei ne mmoa a mobɛtumi awe wɔ asase so mmoa no mu.
3 any animal that both has a divided hoof and also chews the cud.
Motumi we aboa biara a ne tɔte mu apae na ɔpu wesa no.
4 However, if it either chews the cud, or has a divided hoof, then you may not eat it. These include: the camel, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.
“‘Monnnwe mmoa a ɛdidi so yi. Yoma, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔpu wesa nanso ne tɔte mu mpaeɛ;
5 The rock hyrax, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.
Atwaboa, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔpu wesa nanso ne tɔte mu mpaeɛ.
6 The hare, which though it chews the cud doesn't have a divided hoof, so it is unclean for you.
Adanko, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔpu wesa nanso ne tɔte mu mpaeɛ.
7 The pig, which though it has a divided hoof doesn't chew the cud, so it is unclean for you.
Ɔprako, ɛfiri sɛ, ne tɔte mu apae nanso ɔmpu nwesa.
8 You are not to eat their meat or touch their bead bodies. They are unclean for you.
Monnnwe wɔn nam anaa mommfa mo nsa nka wɔn funu; wɔyɛ akyiwadeɛ nnuane ma mo.
9 You are allowed to eat any creature with fins and scales that lives in the water, whether in the sea or in fresh water.
“‘Monni nsuomnam biara a ɛwɔ ntɛtɛ ne abon a ɛfiri nsubɔntene anaa ɛpo mu;
10 But you are not allowed to eat any of the many creatures that don't have fins and scales that live in the water, whether in the sea or in fresh water.
nanso nsuomnam a aka no deɛ, mokyi.
11 They are repulsive. You must not eat their meat, and you must treat their dead bodies as repulsive.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe wɔn nam anaa mode mo nsa ka wɔn afunu.
12 All such water creatures that don't have fins and scales are to be repulsive to you.
Meti mu bio sɛ, nsuomnam biara a ɛnni ntɛtɛ anaa abon no, mokyi.
13 As for the birds, these must not be eaten because they are repulsive: eagle, griffon vulture, bearded vulture,
“‘Nnomaa a mokyi no korakora nso ne: ɔkɔdeɛ, ne ɔkɔrewa ne ɔkomfufuo,
14 buzzard, kite and similar birds of prey,
ɔkompete (wɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa), ɔsansa,
15 any raven or crow,
anene (wɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa),
16 tawny owl, long-eared owl, gulls, any kind of hawk,
sohori, anadwokorɔma, ɛpo so akorɔma, akorɔma (wɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa),
17 little owl, fish owl, eagle owl,
ɔpatuo, ɛserɛ so patuo, patukɛseɛ,
18 barn owl, desert owl, Egyptian vulture,
bakanoma, nantwinoma, opete,
19 storks and any kind of heron, hoopoe, and bats.
asukɔnkɔn (wɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa), asɔkwaa ne apan.
20 All flying insects that crawl are repulsive to you.
“‘Ntuboa a wɔnante no, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔwe
21 But you can eat the following kinds of flying insects that crawl: those that have jointed legs they use to jump.
agye wɔn a wɔhuri;
22 So in this category you can eat any kind of locust, bald locust, cricket, or grasshopper.
ntutummɛ ahodoɔ nyinaa, nketekyire, ne mmɛbɛ nyinaa motumi we.
23 All other flying insects that crawl are repulsive to you,
Nanso mmoawa a wɔtu na wɔwɔ nan ɛnan no deɛ, mokyi.
24 and will make you unclean. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,
“‘Obiara a ɔde nsa bɛka wɔn funu no mpo ho bɛgu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ
25 and if you pick up one of their dead bodies you must wash your clothes, and you will be unclean until the evening.
na amonom hɔ ara, ɛsɛ sɛ onii no si ne ntoma na ɔtwe ne ho firi nnipa mu kɔsi anwummerɛ de kyerɛ sɛ, ne ho agu fi.
26 Every animal with hooves that are not divided, or that does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. If you touch any of them you will be unclean.
“‘Obiara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka aboa biara a ne tɔte mu mpae nwieeɛ anaa aboa a ɔmpu nnwesa no, wagu ne ho fi.
27 Any four-legged animal that walks on its paws are unclean for you. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,
Aboa biara a ne nan yɛ ɛnan na ɔnam ne mmɔwerɛ so no, mokyiri ne nam. Obiara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka aboa a ɔte saa funu no ho agu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ; ɛyɛ mo akyiwadeɛ.
28 and if you pick up one of their dead bodies you must wash your clothes, and you will be unclean until the evening. They are unclean for you.
Obiara a ɔbɛfa saa aboa no funu no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsi ne ntoma na ne ho nnte ara kɔsi anwummerɛ.
29 The following animals that run along the ground are unclean for you: rats, mice, any kind of large lizard,
“‘Mmoa a wɔwea fam a wɔn ho nte no nie: Kɔkɔbo, okusie, akura,
30 gecko, monitor lizard, wall lizard, skinks, and chameleon.
efiewura, ɔmampam, ɔkoterɛ, srɛ so koterɛ, abosomakoterɛ.
31 These animals that run along the ground are unclean for you. If you touch a dead one of them you will be unclean until the evening.
Obiara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka wɔn mu bi funu no ho bɛyɛ fi kɔsi anwummerɛ
32 Anything that one of them dies and lands on becomes unclean. Whatever it is—something made of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any work tool—it must be washed with water and will be unclean until the evening. Then it will become clean.
na biribiara a wɔn funu no ho bɛka no nso ho bɛgu fi, sɛ ɛyɛ dua, ntoma, kuntu, kotokuo; biribiara a wɔn ho bɛka no, wɔmfa ngu nsuo mu nkɔsi anwummerɛ. Ɛno akyi, wɔtumi de di dwuma bio.
33 If one of them falls into a clay pot, all that's in it becomes unclean. You must smash the pot.
Kukuo biara a ebi bɛtɔ mu no, deɛ ɛwɔ mu biara ho bɛgu fi enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbɔ saa kukuo no.
34 If water from that pot touches any food, that food becomes unclean, and any drink from a pot like that also becomes unclean.
Nsuo a wɔde bɛhohoro nneɛma a ɛho nte wɔ kukuo no mu no, sɛ ebi ka aduane bi a, ɛgu aduane no ho fi. Na nsã biara a ɛwɔ kukuo a ɛho agu fi no mu no nso ho gu fi saa ara.
35 Anything that one of their dead bodies falls on becomes unclean. If it's an oven or a stove, it must be smashed. It is permanently unclean for you.
Sɛ aboa biara a ne ho agu fi funu ka fononoo a wɔde ɛboɔ anwono a, na ɛno nso ho agu fi enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbubu guo.
36 On the other hand, if it's a spring or cistern containing water then it will remain clean, but if you touch one of these dead bodies in it you will be unclean.
Sɛ aboa no te hwe asutire anaa abura bi a nsuo wɔ mu mu a, nsuo no ho nguu fi, na mmom, onipa a ɔbɛyi aboa no ho agu fi.
37 Similarly, if one of their dead bodies falls on any seed used for sowing, the seed remains clean;
Na sɛ aboa no funu ka aduane a wɔbɛdua no afuom a, ɛho nguu fi,
38 but if the seed has been soaked in water and one of their dead bodies falls on it, it is unclean for you.
nanso sɛ wɔfɔ aba no na efunu no te tɔ so a, aba no ho agu fi.
39 If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches the dead body will be unclean until the evening.
“‘Sɛ yadeɛ bi kum aboa a wɔama wo ho kwan sɛ we ne nam a, obi a ɔde ne nsa bɛka ne funu no no ho gu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ.
40 If you eat anything from the dead body you must wash your clothes and you will be unclean until the evening. If you pick up the dead body you must wash your clothes and you will be unclean until the evening.
Saa ara nso na onipa a ɔbɛwe ne ɛnam no bɛsi ne ntoma na ne ho agu fi akɔsi anwummerɛ.
41 Every animal that crawls along the ground is repulsive—you must not eat it.
“‘Monnnwe mmoa a wɔwea fam no ɛnam.
42 Don't eat any animal that crawls along the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on four feet or many feet. All such animals are repulsive.
Wɔn a wɔtwe wɔn ho ase fa wɔn afuru so ne wɔn a wɔnam wɔn nan ɛnan so nyinaa ka ho. Monnnwe wɔn a wɔwɔ nan bebree na wɔwea no nam nso, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn ho agu fi.
43 Don't defile yourselves by any such crawling animal. Don't make yourselves unclean or defiled by them,
Mfa wo ho nka wɔn na wo ho angu fi.
44 because I am the Lord your God; so dedicate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Don't defile yourselves by any animal that crawls along the ground.
Mene Awurade wo Onyankopɔn. Momma mo ho nte wɔ saa nneɛma yi nyinaa ho na monyɛ kronkron, ɛfiri sɛ, meyɛ kronkron. Yei enti, mommfa mo nsa nkɔka mmoa a wɔwea fam yi mu biara mfa ngu mo ho fi.
45 I am the Lord who led you out of Egypt so that I could be your God. So be holy, because I am holy.
Mene Awurade a meyii mo firii Misraim de mo bɛyɛɛ mo Onyankopɔn no. Ɛno enti, ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ kronkron, ɛfiri sɛ, meyɛ kronkron.
46 These are the regulations about animals, birds, everything that lives in the water, and all animals that crawl along the ground.
“‘Yei ne mmara a ɛfa mmoa, nnomaa, nsuomnam ne wɔn a wɔwea asase so no ho.
47 You must recognize the difference between unclean and clean, between those animals that can be eaten and those that can't.”
Yei ne nsonsonoeɛ a ɛda mmoa a wɔn ho te a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔwe wɔn ɛnam ne wɔn a wɔn ho nte a ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔwe wɔn ɛnam wɔ mmoa a wɔwɔ asase so no ntam.’”
