Mose 4 19

1 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose kple Aron be,

And Yahweh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

2 “Esiae nye se si Yehowa de. Migblɔ na Israelviwo be woatsɔ nyinɔ dzĩ si ŋu kpɔtsɔtsɔ aɖeke mele o, eye womede kɔkuti kɔ nɛ kpɔ o la vɛ na mi.

This, is the statute of the law, which Yahweh hath commanded, saying, —Speak unto the sons of Israel—That they bring unto thee a red heifer, without defect wherein is no blemish, and whereupon hath come no yoke.

3 Mitsɔe na nunɔla Eleazar, miana wòahee ayi asaɖa la godo, eye wòana ame aɖe nawui le eŋkume.

Then shall ye give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall take her forth unto the outside of the camp, and she shall be slain before him;

4 Ekema nunɔla Eleazar ade eƒe asibidɛ ʋu la me, eye wòahlẽ ʋu la zi adre ɖe Agbadɔ la ƒe mɔnu lɔƒo.

and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, —and shall sprinkle towards the front of the tent of meeting: of her blood, seven times;

5 Le esia megbe la, wòana woatɔ dzo nyinɔ la, eƒe agbalẽ, eƒe lã, eƒe ʋu kple eƒe afɔdzi siaa le eŋkume.

and the heifer shall be burned up before his eyes, —her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung shall be burned up.

6 Nunɔla Eleazar atsɔ sedati kple kakle ƒe alɔdze kple ka dzĩ ada ɖe dzo la me.

Then shall the priest take cedar-wood and hyssop and crimson, —and cast into the midst of the burning up of the heifer.

7 Le esia megbe la, nunɔla anya eƒe awuwo, ale tsi, atrɔ ayi asaɖa la me, eye eŋuti makɔ o va se ɖe fiẽ.

And the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water, and afterwards come into the camp, —but the priest shall be unclean until the evening,

8 Ame si tɔ dzo lã la hã anya eƒe awuwo, ale tsi, eye eya hã ŋuti makɔ o va se ɖe fiẽ.

And, he that burneth her, shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, —and be unclean until the evening,

9 “Ekema ame si ŋu kɔ la, aƒo nyinɔ la ƒe afi nu ƒu, eye woadae ɖe teƒe si ŋuti kɔ le asaɖa la godo afi si woadzrae ɖo na Israelviwo abe afi si woaku tsi le ene hena nuŋukɔkɔ ƒe wɔnawo na nu vɔ̃ ɖeɖe ɖa.

Then shall a man that is clean gather up the ashes of the heifer, and put them by, outside the camp, in a clean place, —so shall they be for the assembly of the sons of Israel to keep for water of separation it is a taking away of sin.

10 Ame si ƒo ƒu nyinɔ la ƒe afi la anya eƒe awuwo, eye eŋuti makɔ o va se ɖe fiẽ. Esia nye se na Israelviwo kple amedzro siwo le wo dome la tegbetegbe.

Then shall he that gathered up the ashes wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening, —so shall it be for the sons of Israel and for the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst by a statute age-abiding.

11 “Ame sia ame si ka asi ame kuku ŋu la ŋuti makɔ o ŋkeke adre.

He that toucheth the dead, even any human person, shall be unclean seven days.

12 Ele be wòakɔ eɖokui ŋuti le ŋkeke etɔ̃lia kple adrelia gbe kple tsi, si tso nyinɔ la ƒe afi me. Ekema eŋuti akɔ. Ne mewɔ esia le ŋkeke etɔ̃lia dzi o la, ekema eƒe ŋutimakɔmakɔ la ayi edzi adze le ŋkeke adrelia gɔ̃ hã ŋu.

He, shall cleanse himself from sin therewith on the third day, then on the seventh day, shall he be clean, —but if he cleanse not himself from sin on the third day, then on the seventh day, shall he not be clean,

13 Ame sia ame si aka asi ame kuku aɖe ŋu, eye mekɔ eɖokui ŋu le mɔ sia dzi o la gblẽ kɔ ɖo na Yehowa ƒe agbadɔ la, eye woaɖee ɖa le Israelviwo dome. Womehlẽ tsi kɔkɔe la ɖe eŋu o, eya ta makɔmakɔnyenye la gale eŋu ko.

Whosoever toucheth the dead the person of the human being that dieth and doth not cleanse himself from sin, the habitation of Yahweh, hath he made unclean; that person therefore shall be cut off out of Israel, —because, the water of separation, was not dashed upon him, unclean, shall he be, his uncleanness is yet upon him.

14 “Se siwo dzi woawɔ ne ŋutsu aɖe ku le agbadɔ aɖe me la woe nye esiawo: Ame sia ame si ge ɖe agbadɔ la me kple ame siwo nɔ agbadɔ la me ɣe ma ɣi la ŋuti mekɔ o ŋkeke adre.

This, is the law—When, a human being, shall die in a tent, every one who goeth into the tent and every one who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days.

15 Nu sia nu si nu nutunu mele o la ŋuti mekɔ o.

And, in the case of every open vessel, on which no cover is fastened, unclean, it is.

16 “Ne ame aɖe le gbedzi, eye wòka asi ame si wowu le aʋa me alo ame si ku le mɔ bubu aɖe nu ƒe kukua ŋuti alo ka asi ame kuku aɖe ƒe ƒu alo yɔdo ŋu la, eŋuti mekɔ o ŋkeke adre.

And, whosoever toucheth on the face of the field, one slain with a sword, or one who hath died, or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

17 “Hena amea ŋuti kɔkɔ la, woatsɔ dzowɔ tso nyinɔ la ƒe numevɔsa ƒe dzowɔ me ade tsi dzidzi ƒe tsi me le tsiɖonu me.

And they shall take, for him that is unclean, of the ashes of the burning of the sin-bearer, —and living water shall be put thereon in a vessel,

18 Ekema ame si ŋuti kɔ la, atsɔ kakle ƒe alɔdzewo ade tsi la me, eye wòahlẽ tsi la ɖe agbadɔ la kple ze kple gagbɛ siwo katã nɔ agbadɔ la me kple ame si ƒe agbadɔ la me nɔnɔ alo eƒe asikaka ameƒu alo ame kuku aɖe alo yɔdo aɖe ŋu na be eŋuti mekɔ o la ŋu.

Then shall a man that is clean take hyssop, and dip in the water, and sprinkle upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons who were there, —and upon him that touched the bone or him who had been slain, or him who had died of himself or the grave;

19 Woawɔ nu sia le ŋkeke etɔ̃lia kple adrelia gbewo. Emegbe la, amea anya eƒe awuwo, ale tsi, eye eŋuti akɔ le fiẽ.

and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean, on the third day, and on the seventh day, —so shall he cleanse himself from sin, on the seventh day, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water and be clean in the evening.

20 “Ke ne ame aɖe ŋuti mekɔ o, gake wògbe be yemakɔ ye ɖokui ŋuti o la, woaɖee ɖa le ha me, elabena egblẽ kɔ ɖo na Yehowa ƒe kɔkɔeƒe la, eye esi womehlẽ ameŋukɔtsi la ɖe eŋu o ta la, eŋuti mekɔ o.

But in the case of the man who shall be unclean and shall not cleanse himself from sin, that person shall be cut off, out of the midst of the convocation, —for, the sanctuary of Yahweh, hath he made unclean, the water of separation, hath not been dashed upon him unclean, he is.

21 Esia nye se na mi tegbetegbe. Ele be ame si hlẽ tsi kɔkɔe la ɖe amea ŋu la nanya eƒe awuwo emegbe. Ame sia ame si ka asi tsi la ŋu la ŋu mekɔ o va se ɖe fiẽ.

So shall it be unto them for statute age-abiding, —and, he that sprinkleth the water of separation, shall wash his clothes, and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until the evening;

22 Nu sia nu si ŋu ame si ŋuti mekɔ o la ka asii la ŋu makɔ o va se ɖe fiẽ.”

and, whatsoever the unclean person toucheth, shall be unclean, —and the person who toucheth it shall be unclean until the evening.