Leviticus 11
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron sɛ,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which you shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
“Monka nkyerɛ Israelfoɔ no sɛ, ‘yei ne mmoa a mobɛtumi awe wɔ asase so mmoa no mu.
3 Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven footed, and chews the cud, among the beasts, that shall you eat.
Motumi we aboa biara a ne tɔte mu apae na ɔpu wesa no.
4 Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; he is unclean to you.
“‘Monnnwe mmoa a ɛdidi so yi. Yoma, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔpu wesa nanso ne tɔte mu mpaeɛ;
5 And the coney, because he chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; he is unclean to you.
Atwaboa, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔpu wesa nanso ne tɔte mu mpaeɛ.
6 And the hare, because he chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; he is unclean to you.
Adanko, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔpu wesa nanso ne tɔte mu mpaeɛ.
7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he chews not the cud; he is unclean to you.
Ɔprako, ɛfiri sɛ, ne tɔte mu apae nanso ɔmpu nwesa.
8 Of their flesh shall you not eat, and their carcass shall you not touch; they are unclean to you.
Monnnwe wɔn nam anaa mommfa mo nsa nka wɔn funu; wɔyɛ akyiwadeɛ nnuane ma mo.
9 These shall you eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall you eat.
“‘Monni nsuomnam biara a ɛwɔ ntɛtɛ ne abon a ɛfiri nsubɔntene anaa ɛpo mu;
10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination to you:
nanso nsuomnam a aka no deɛ, mokyi.
11 They shall be even an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall have their carcasses in abomination.
Ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe wɔn nam anaa mode mo nsa ka wɔn afunu.
12 Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination to you.
Meti mu bio sɛ, nsuomnam biara a ɛnni ntɛtɛ anaa abon no, mokyi.
13 And these are they which you shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
“‘Nnomaa a mokyi no korakora nso ne: ɔkɔdeɛ, ne ɔkɔrewa ne ɔkomfufuo,
14 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
ɔkompete (wɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa), ɔsansa,
15 Every raven after his kind;
anene (wɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa),
16 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
sohori, anadwokorɔma, ɛpo so akorɔma, akorɔma (wɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa),
17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
ɔpatuo, ɛserɛ so patuo, patukɛseɛ,
18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
bakanoma, nantwinoma, opete,
19 And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
asukɔnkɔn (wɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa), asɔkwaa ne apan.
20 All fowls that creep, going on all four, shall be an abomination to you.
“‘Ntuboa a wɔnante no, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔwe
21 Yet these may you eat of every flying creeping thing that goes on all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth;
agye wɔn a wɔhuri;
22 Even these of them you may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
ntutummɛ ahodoɔ nyinaa, nketekyire, ne mmɛbɛ nyinaa motumi we.
23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination to you.
Nanso mmoawa a wɔtu na wɔwɔ nan ɛnan no deɛ, mokyi.
24 And for these you shall be unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even.
“‘Obiara a ɔde nsa bɛka wɔn funu no mpo ho bɛgu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ
25 And whoever bears any of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
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 The carcasses of every beast which divides the hoof, and is not cloven footed, nor chews the cud, are unclean to you: every one that touches them shall 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 And whatever goes on his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean to you: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the even.
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 he that bears the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean to you.
Obiara a ɔbɛfa saa aboa no funu no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsi ne ntoma na ne ho nnte ara kɔsi anwummerɛ.
29 These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
“‘Mmoa a wɔwea fam a wɔn ho nte no nie: Kɔkɔbo, okusie, akura,
30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
efiewura, ɔmampam, ɔkoterɛ, srɛ so koterɛ, abosomakoterɛ.
31 These are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever does touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Obiara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka wɔn mu bi funu no ho bɛyɛ fi kɔsi anwummerɛ
32 And on whatever any of them, when they are dead, does fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
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 And every earthen vessel, into where any of them falls, whatever is in it shall be unclean; and you shall break it.
Kukuo biara a ebi bɛtɔ mu no, deɛ ɛwɔ mu biara ho bɛgu fi enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbɔ saa kukuo no.
34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water comes shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be 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 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean to 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 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall 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 And if any part of their carcass fall on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
Na sɛ aboa no funu ka aduane a wɔbɛdua no afuom a, ɛho nguu fi,
38 But if any water be put on the seed, and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean to you.
nanso sɛ wɔfɔ aba no na efunu no te tɔ so a, aba no ho agu fi.
39 And if any beast, of which you may eat, die; he that touches the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.
“‘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 And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that bears the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
Saa ara nso na onipa a ɔbɛwe ne ɛnam no bɛsi ne ntoma na ne ho agu fi akɔsi anwummerɛ.
41 And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.
“‘Monnnwe mmoa a wɔwea fam no ɛnam.
42 Whatever goes on the belly, and whatever goes on all four, or whatever has more feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
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 You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby.
Mfa wo ho nka wɔn na wo ho angu fi.
44 For I am the LORD your God: you shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
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 For I am the LORD that brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: you shall therefore be holy, for 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 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth:
“‘Yei ne mmara a ɛfa mmoa, nnomaa, nsuomnam ne wɔn a wɔwea asase so no ho.
47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
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.’”
