Numbers 19
1 Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron se,
2 “I am now giving to you another regulation. Tell the Israeli people to bring to you one reddish-brown cow that has no defects. It must be an animal that (has never been/no one has ever) used for plowing ground.
“Eyi yɛ mmara a ɛsɛ sɛ wodi so a Awurade ahyɛ: Ka kyerɛ Israelfo se wɔmfa nantwi ba bere kɔkɔɔ a onnii dɛm na ɔntwee nneɛma da mmrɛ me.
3 Give it to Eleazar, the priest. He must take it outside the camp and slaughter it [and drain the blood in a basin].
Momfa no mma ɔsɔfo Eleasar na ɔde no bɛkɔ atenae no akyi baabi na wɔakum no wɔ nʼanim.
4 He must dip one of his fingers in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times [on the ground] near the Sacred Tent.
Na ɔsɔfo Eleasar de ne nsateaa bɛbɔ mogya no mu na ɔde apete Ahyiae Ntamadan no anim mpɛn ason.
5 Then, while Eleazar watches, the cow must be burned completely—its hide, its meat, [the rest of] its blood, and even its dung.
Afei, ɔbɛhwɛ ama obi ahyew nantwi ba no. Wɔbɛhyew ne ho nhoma, ne nam, ne mogya ne ne nsono.
6 Eliezer then must take a stick of cedar wood, a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop, and some scarlet/red yarn, and throw them into the fire where the cow is burning.
Na egu so rehyew no, Eleasar bɛfa sida dua, adwerɛ ne asaawa kɔkɔɔ na watow agu nantwi ba bere a wɔrehyew no so.
7 “Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe. After doing that, he may return to the camp. But he will be unfit for doing any sacred work until that evening.
Eyi akyi no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsɔfo no horo ne ntade na oguare. Afei obetumi aba atenae hɔ, nanso ne ho rentew kosi anwummere.
8 The man who burns the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe, and he will also be unacceptable to me until that evening.
Onipa a ɔhyew aboa no nso, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhoro ne ntade na oguare, na ɔno nso ho rentew kosi anwummere.
9 “Then someone who has not become unacceptable to me must gather up the ashes of the cow and put them in a (sacred place/place that is acceptable to me) outside the camp. The ashes must be kept there for the people of Israel to [use when they] mix it with water for the ritual to remove the guilt of sin.
“Ɔbarima a ne ho nguu fi no bɛsesaw aboa a wɔhyew no no nsõ de akogu atenae no akyi baabi a ɛhɔ yɛ kronkron. Ɛsɛ sɛ Israelfo no de sie na wɔde agu wɔn ahodwira nsu mu; ɛyɛ nea wɔde dwira wɔn ho fi bɔne ho.
10 The man who gathers up the ashes of the cow must [also] wash his clothes, and he [also] will be unfit to do any more sacred work until that evening. That is a regulation that will never be changed. It must be obeyed by you Israeli people and by any foreigners who live among you.
Onipa a ɔbɛboaboa nantwi ba no nsõ no ano no nso, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhoro ne ntade, na ɔno nso ho rentew kosi anwummere. Eyi bɛyɛ mmara a ɛbɛtena hɔ afebɔɔ ama Israelfo no ne ahɔho a wɔte wɔn mu no nyinaa.
11 “All those who touch a corpse will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
“Obiara a obeso onipa funu mu no ho begu fi nnanson.
12 On the third day and on the seventh day [after touching a corpse], in order to become acceptable to me again, [they must have sprinkled on them] some of that water for removing the guilt of their sin. If they do not do that on both of those days, they will continue to be unacceptable to me.
Na ne nnansa ne ne nnanson so no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔde nsu dwira ne ho ma ne ho tew. Sɛ wannwira ne ho nnansa ne nnanson so a ne ho rentew.
13 All those who touch a corpse, and do not perform in the correct way the ritual to become acceptable to me again, defile Yahweh’s Sacred Tent. They will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people. The water to remove the guilt of sin was not sprinkled on them, so they continue to be unacceptable to me.
Wɔn a woso nnipa funu mu na wonnwira wɔn ho no, wogu Awurade Ntamadan no ho fi. Ɛsɛ sɛ woyi saa nnipa no fi Israelfo mu. Esiane sɛ wɔamfa ahodwira nsu no bi ampete wɔn ho no nti, wɔn ho ntew; wɔn ho a agu fi no da so wɔ wɔn so.
14 “There is another ritual that must be performed when someone dies inside a tent. All those who were inside that tent when that person died or who enter that tent will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
“Sɛ obi wu wɔ ntamadan mu a, ɛho mmara ni: Obiara a obewura saa ntamadan no mu ne wɔn a wɔwɔ mu dedaw ansa na onipa no rewu no nyinaa ho begu fi nnanson,
15 Any jars that are inside that tent that are not covered are not permitted to be used.
na ade biara a enni mmuaso na wɔde asa no nso ho begu fi.
16 If someone who is out in a field touches the corpse of someone who was murdered, or who died from natural causes, or if someone touches a bone from some human or touches a grave, that person will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
“Sɛ obi a ɔwɔ abɔnten de ne nsa ka obi a ɔtɔɔ wɔ afoa ano funu anaasɛ obi a ɔnyɛ ɔtɔfo funu, anaasɛ obi de ne nsa ka onipa dompe anaa ɔda a, ne ho begu fi nnanson.
17 “For someone like that to become acceptable to me again, some of the ashes from [the cow] that was burned must be taken and put in a jar. Then some fresh water must be poured over the ashes.
“Nea ne ho agu fi no, fa ahodwira nsõ no bi gu kuruwa mu na hwie nsu gu so.
18 Then someone who is still acceptable to me must take a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop and dip it into the water. Then that person must sprinkle some of the water on the tent where that person died, on the things that are in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent. He must also sprinkle some of that water on any person who touched a human bone or who touched a person who died, or who touched a grave.
Na obi a ne ho tew no mfa adwerɛ mmɔ nsu no mu mpete ntamadan no so ne nkuku ne nkaka a ɛwɔ ntamadan no mu no nso so ne obiara a na ɔwɔ ntamadan no mu a ne ho agu fi no so. Saa ara nso na obi a osoo dompe mu anaa obi a wokum no anaa nea ɔde ne ho aka ɔda no nso, wodwira ne ho.
19 On the third day and on the seventh day after that, the person who is acceptable to me must sprinkle some of that water on those who have become unacceptable to me. On the seventh day, the people who are performing that ritual to become acceptable to me again must wash their clothes and bathe. If they do that, on that evening they will become acceptable to me again.
Wɔyɛ eyi ne nnansa ne ne nnanson so. Na nea ne ho agu fi no nso, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhoro ne ntade na oguare, na saa anwummere no ne ho bɛtew.
20 “If those who have become unacceptable to me do not become acceptable to me again by doing this, they will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people, because they have defiled my Sacred Tent. They did not sprinkle on themselves the water that removes the guilt of their sins, so they remain unacceptable to me.
Nanso sɛ wɔn a wɔn ho agu fi na annwira wɔn ho a, ɛsɛ sɛ wotwa wɔn asu, efisɛ wɔagu Awurade kronkronbea hɔ ho fi. Wɔmfaa ahodwira nsu mpetee wɔn so ɛ, na wɔn ho ntew.
21 That is a law for the Israeli people that will never be changed. Those who sprinkle that water on themselves must then wash their clothes. And anyone who touches that water which removes guilt for sins will remain unacceptable to God until that evening.
Eyi yɛ mmara a ɛbɛtena hɔ afebɔɔ ama wɔn. “Onipa a obetu ahodwira nsu no apete no nso, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhoro ne ntade, na obiara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka ahodwira nsu no nso ho begu fi akosi anwummere.
22 “If someone touches a thing or a person that has become unacceptable to me, that person will remain unacceptable to me until that evening.”
Na biribiara a obi a ne ho agu fi no beso mu no nso ho begu fi akosi anwummere.”
