Deuteronomy 14
1 “We are people who belong to Yahweh our God. So, when people die, do not show that you are grieving by gashing/cutting yourselves or by shaving the hair on your foreheads [like the other people-groups do].
Ie fa ana’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo, ko mandriadria-tsandriñe ndra mampipeake ty ambonem-pihaino’ areo ty amo vilasio.
2 We belong to Yahweh alone. Yahweh chose us from all the other people-groups on the earth to be his special people.
Amy t’ie ondaty-miavake am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o, naho jinobo’ Iehovà h’ondaty an-koroji’e ao boak’ amy ze foko ambone’ ty tane toy.
3 “Do not eat anything that [Yahweh] detests.
Ko kamae’ areo ty raha tiva.
4 The animals [whose meat] you are permitted to eat are cattle, sheep, goats,
Inao o biby mete kamae’ areoo: ty añombe, ty añondry, naho ty ose,
5 deer, gazelles, wild goats, antelopes, and mountain sheep.
ty aiàle, tsebý, iakemore, ose-lý, disone, osem-bohitse vaho añondrim-bohitse.
6 Those are animals that have split hoofs and that also (chew their cuds/regurgitate their food [from their stomachs] to chew it again).
Ze biby mivaki-hotro, ie misara-kotro roe amo biby mivazakotao, ie ty ho kamae’ areo.
7 But there are other animals that chew their cuds that you must not eat. Those are camels, rabbits, and rock badgers. They chew their cuds, but their hooves are not split. So they are not acceptable for you to eat.
Fe tsy ho kamae’ areo ze mpihota haneñe avao, ke vaki-hotroo avao manahake ty rameva, ty bitro naho ty trandrake, fa ndra t’ie mihota haneñe izay, tsy vaki-hotro, aa le faly ama’ areo izay.
8 Do not eat pigs. They are unacceptable for you to eat; their hooves are split, but they do not chew cud. Do not eat the meat of those animals; do not even touch their dead bodies.
le ty lambo, ndra t’ie vaki-hotro, tsy mihota haneñe, le faly ama’ areo. Tsy ho hane’ areo ty hena’e le tsy ho tsapaeñe ty fate’e.
9 You are permitted to eat any fish that has scales and fins.
Le inao ty mete kamaeñe amy ze hene raha veloñe an-drano ao: ze rekets’ ela’e naho sisi’e, mete kamae’ areo,
10 But anything else [that lives in the water] that does not have scales and fins, you must not eat, because [if you eat them], you will become unacceptable [to Yahweh].
fe tsy ho kamae’ areo ze tsy aman’ela’e ndra sisi’e, maleotse ama’ areo izay.
11 “You are permitted to eat the flesh of any bird that is acceptable [to Yahweh].
Mete kamae’ areo ze hene voroñe malio.
12 But eagles, vultures, black vultures,
Fa tsy ho kamae’ areo ka iretoy: ty tratràke, ty beivorotse naho ty salale;
13 buzzards, all kinds of kites,
ty hitikitike, ty vantio naho ty fañaoke ty amo karaza’eo,
14 all kinds of crows,
le ze hene koàke ty amo karaza’eo;
15 ostriches, seagulls,
ty voron-tsatrañe, ty voron-dolo-bori-sofy, ty vorom-potsy naho ze karazan-tsimalaho;
16 owls, hawks, falcons,
ty voron-dolo kede, ty voron-dolom-pikodrìtse naho ty voron-dolo foty
17 pelicans, vultures that eat dead animals, cormorants,
naho ty voron-dolon-tane maike, ty hondria naho ty voron-dolom-pipao-piañe;
18 storks, herons, hoopoes, and bats, you must not eat.
ty sama naho ze karaza-dangoro, ty kotrohake vaho ty kananavy.
19 “All insects with wings [and which walk on the ground] are unacceptable [to Yahweh]; do not eat them.
Fonga faly ama’ areo ka ze bibi-kede miropake naho mitiliñe, tsy ho kamaeñe izay.
20 But other insects with wings [and which hop along the ground] are acceptable to eat.
Fe mete kamaeñe ty voroñe malio.
21 “Do not eat any animal that has died naturally, [because its blood has not been drained out]. You may allow foreigners who live among you to eat those things or you may sell them to other foreigners. But you belong to Yahweh our God; [and those who belong to him are not permitted to eat the meat of animals whose blood has not been drained out]. “You must not cook a young sheep or goat in its mother’s milk.”
Tsy ho kamae’ areo ze nimate boboke; mete atolotse ami’ty renetane mimoneñe an-drova’o ao ho kamae’e, ke haleta’o ami’ty ambahiny. F’ie ondaty-miavake am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o. Vaho tsy hahandroe’o an-drononon-drene’e ty vik’ose.
22 “Once each year you must set apart (a tithe/10 percent) of all the crops that are produced/harvested in your fields.
Toe handivà’o ty fahafolo’ ze hene voka’ o tongise’oo, ze vokare’ o tete’o boa-taoñeo;
23 Take those things to the place that Yahweh our God will choose [for you to worship him]. There eat the tithes of your grain, your wine, your [olive] oil, and the meat of the firstborn male animals of your cattle and your sheep. Do this in order that you may learn to always revere Yahweh, [the one who has blessed you by giving you these things].
le ho kamae’o añatrefa’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o, amy toetse ho joboñe’e hampipoha’e i tahina’eiy ty fahafolo’ o mahakama’oo, ty divai’o, ty mena’o vaho ty valohan’ ana’ o añombe’oo naho o mpirai-lia’oo, hioha’o ty hañeveñe am’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o nainai’e.
24 If the place that Yahweh has chosen [for you to worship him] is very far from your home, with the result that you are not able to take there the tithes [of your crops] with which Yahweh has blessed you, do this:
Aa naho loho lava i liay, tsy hahasese i rahay, naho lavitse azo ty toetse ho joboñe’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o hampipoha’e i tahina’ey, ie fa nitahia’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o
25 Sell [IDM] the tithes of your crops, wrap the money carefully [in a cloth], and take it with you to the place of worship that Yahweh has chosen.
le itsaloho drala, le vontitiro am-pitàñe ao i dralay, vaho akia mb’amy toetse ho joboñe’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’oy mb’eo;
26 There, [with that money], you may buy whatever you want to—beef or lamb or wine or fermented drinks. And there, in the presence of Yahweh, you and your families should eat [and drink] those things and be happy.
kalò ze tea’o amy dralay: he añombe ke añondry, ke divai-vao ke divai-ela, ze satri’ ty tro’o. Le eo ty hikama’o añatrefa’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o, vaho mirebeha, ihe naho o keleia’oo.
27 But be sure to not neglect/forget [to help] the descendants of Levi who live in your towns, because they will not own any land.
Ko aforintse’o i nte-Levy mpimoneñe an-drova’oy, ie tsy aman’ anjara ndra lova ama’o.
28 “At the end of every three years, bring a tithe of all your crops that have been produced/harvested in that year and store it in your towns.
Ie modo ty taom-paha-telo, le hene hakare’o amy taoñey ty fahafolo’ ty hapeam-boka’o vaho ahajao an-drova’o ao
29 That food is for the descendants of Levi, because they do not have their own land, and for foreigners [who live among you], and for orphans and widows who live in your towns. They are permitted to come [to where the food is stored] and take what they need. Do that in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do.”
le homb’eo i nte-Leviy, ie tsy aman’ anjara ndra lova ama’o, naho i renetane mpimoneñe ama’oy naho i bode-raey vaho i vantotsey, o añaten-dalambei’oo, le hikama am-para’ t’ie anjañe, soa te hitahy azo t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’o amy ze hene fitoloñam-pità’o.
