Deotoronomia 14
1 Ie fa ana’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo, ko mandriadria-tsandriñe ndra mampipeake ty ambonem-pihaino’ areo ty amo vilasio.
“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].
2 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.
We belong to Yahweh alone. Yahweh chose us from all the other people-groups on the earth to be his special people.
3 Ko kamae’ areo ty raha tiva.
“Do not eat anything that [Yahweh] detests.
4 Inao o biby mete kamae’ areoo: ty añombe, ty añondry, naho ty ose,
The animals [whose meat] you are permitted to eat are cattle, sheep, goats,
5 ty aiàle, tsebý, iakemore, ose-lý, disone, osem-bohitse vaho añondrim-bohitse.
deer, gazelles, wild goats, antelopes, and mountain sheep.
6 Ze biby mivaki-hotro, ie misara-kotro roe amo biby mivazakotao, ie ty ho kamae’ areo.
Those are animals that have split hoofs and that also (chew their cuds/regurgitate their food [from their stomachs] to chew it again).
7 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.
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.
8 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.
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.
9 Le inao ty mete kamaeñe amy ze hene raha veloñe an-drano ao: ze rekets’ ela’e naho sisi’e, mete kamae’ areo,
You are permitted to eat any fish that has scales and fins.
10 fe tsy ho kamae’ areo ze tsy aman’ela’e ndra sisi’e, maleotse ama’ areo izay.
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].
11 Mete kamae’ areo ze hene voroñe malio.
“You are permitted to eat the flesh of any bird that is acceptable [to Yahweh].
12 Fa tsy ho kamae’ areo ka iretoy: ty tratràke, ty beivorotse naho ty salale;
But eagles, vultures, black vultures,
13 ty hitikitike, ty vantio naho ty fañaoke ty amo karaza’eo,
buzzards, all kinds of kites,
14 le ze hene koàke ty amo karaza’eo;
all kinds of crows,
15 ty voron-tsatrañe, ty voron-dolo-bori-sofy, ty vorom-potsy naho ze karazan-tsimalaho;
ostriches, seagulls,
16 ty voron-dolo kede, ty voron-dolom-pikodrìtse naho ty voron-dolo foty
owls, hawks, falcons,
17 naho ty voron-dolon-tane maike, ty hondria naho ty voron-dolom-pipao-piañe;
pelicans, vultures that eat dead animals, cormorants,
18 ty sama naho ze karaza-dangoro, ty kotrohake vaho ty kananavy.
storks, herons, hoopoes, and bats, you must not eat.
19 Fonga faly ama’ areo ka ze bibi-kede miropake naho mitiliñe, tsy ho kamaeñe izay.
“All insects with wings [and which walk on the ground] are unacceptable [to Yahweh]; do not eat them.
20 Fe mete kamaeñe ty voroñe malio.
But other insects with wings [and which hop along the ground] are acceptable to eat.
21 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.
“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.”
22 Toe handivà’o ty fahafolo’ ze hene voka’ o tongise’oo, ze vokare’ o tete’o boa-taoñeo;
“Once each year you must set apart (a tithe/10 percent) of all the crops that are produced/harvested in your fields.
23 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.
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].
24 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
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:
25 le itsaloho drala, le vontitiro am-pitàñe ao i dralay, vaho akia mb’amy toetse ho joboñe’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’oy mb’eo;
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.
26 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.
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.
27 Ko aforintse’o i nte-Levy mpimoneñe an-drova’oy, ie tsy aman’ anjara ndra lova ama’o.
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.
28 Ie modo ty taom-paha-telo, le hene hakare’o amy taoñey ty fahafolo’ ty hapeam-boka’o vaho ahajao an-drova’o ao
“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.
29 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.
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.”
