ULevi 11
1 UThixo wathi kuMosi lo-Aroni,
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
2 “Alibokuthi kwabako-Israyeli: ‘Kuzozonke izinyamazana ezisemhlabeni, yilezi elingazidla;
Say to the children of Israel: These are the living things which you may have for food among all the beasts on the earth.
3 lingadla zonke izinyamazana ezilenklagu ezivulekileyo lezentshisayo.
You may have as food any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot, and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again.
4 Zikhona ezinye ezentshisayo kuphela, zibe khona ezinye ezilenklagu ezivulekileyo kuphela kodwa lingabozidla. Ikamela loba lisentshisa kalilanklagu ezivulekileyo; ngomkhuba kalihlanzekanga kini.
But, at the same time, of those beasts, you may not take for food the camel, because its food comes back but the horn of its foot is not parted in two; it is unclean to you.
5 Imbila loba isentshisa kayilanklagu ezivulekileyo; ingcolile kini.
And the rock-badger, for the same reason, is unclean to you.
6 Umvundla, loba usentshisa, kawulanklagu ezivulekileyo; ungcolile kini.
And the hare, because the horn of its foot is not parted in two, is unclean to you.
7 Lengulube, loba ilenklagu ezivulekileyo ngokupheleleyo, ayentshisi; ingcolile kini.
And the pig is unclean to you, because though the horn of its foot is parted, its food does not come back.
8 Akufanelanga lidle inyama yazo njalo akufanelanga lithinte loba izidumbu zazo; ngoba zingcolile kini.
Their flesh may not be used for food, and their dead bodies may not even be touched; they are unclean to you.
9 Kuzozonke izidalwa ezihlala emanzini asolwandle lasezifuleni, lingadla zonke ezilempiko lamaxolo.
These you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin formed of thin plates, may be used for food.
10 Kodwa zonke izidalwa ezisolwandle lasezifuleni ezingelampiko lamaxolo, kungelani lokuthi ngezihamba ngamaxuku kumbe phakathi kwazo zonke eziphila emanzini kumele lizenyanye.
All other things living and moving in the water, in the sea or in the rivers, are a disgusting thing to you;
11 Njalo njengoba lizazenyanya, lingabokudla inyama yazo, njalo kumele lizenyanye lezidumbu zazo.
They may not be used for food, and their dead bodies are disgusting to you.
12 Yonke inyamazana ehlala emanzini engalampiko lamaxolo kumele yenyanyeke kini.
Anything in the water which has no special parts for swimming and no thin plates on its skin is disgusting to you.
13 Lezi yizinyoni okumele lizenyanye njalo lingazidli ngoba zingcolile: ukhozi, ilinqe,
And among birds these are to be disgusting to you, and not to be used for food: the eagle and the gier-eagle and the ospray;
14 uhelwane olubomvu, loba wuphi umhlobo wohelwane,
And the kite and the falcon, and birds of that sort;
15 imihlobo yonke yamawabayi,
Every raven, and birds of that sort;
16 isikhova esilesicholo, isikhova esitshaya udweba, ingabuzane, loba wuphi umhlobo wokhozi,
And the ostrich and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort;
17 umandukulo, itshayamanzi, isikhova esikhulu,
And the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl;
18 isikhova esimhlophe, isikhova senkangala, ukhozi oludla inhlanzi,
And the water-hen and the pelican and the vulture;
19 ingabuzane, lawuphi umhlobo welanda, imvenduna lomalulwane.
The stork and the heron, and birds of that sort, and the hoopoe and the bat.
20 Zonke izibungu ezilamaphiko ezihamba ngenyawo zazo ezine kumele zibe ngezingcolileyo kini.
Every winged four-footed thing which goes on the earth is disgusting to you;
21 Kodwa kulezinye izibungu ezilamaphiko, ezihamba ngezinyawo zazo ezine, lingadla lezo ezilamangqondo, ezeqa ngawo emhlabathini.
But of the winged four-footed things, those which have long legs for jumping on the earth you may have for food;
22 Kuzo lingadla intethe ngemihlobo yazo, lamadiye ngemihlobo yawo.
Such as all the different sorts of locust.
23 Kodwa zonke ezinye izibungu ezilamaphiko lenyawo ezine lizenyanye.
But all other winged four-footed things which go on the earth are disgusting to you.
24 Liyabe liyazingcolisa ngalezi; ngakho loba ngubani othinta izidumbu zazo uzatshona engongcolileyo kuze kuhlwe.
By these you will be made unclean; anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean till evening:
25 Ozaphakamisa izidumbu zezinyamazana lezi kumele ahlambulule izigqoko zakhe, kanti-ke yena uzaba ngongcolileyo kuze kuhlwe.
Whoever takes away the dead body of one of them is to have his clothing washed, and will be unclean till evening.
26 Yonke inyamazana elengqina elingehlukananga ngokupheleleyo loba engentshisiyo ingcolile kini, wonke othinta isidumbu sezinyamazana lezi uzabe esengongcolile.
Every beast, in the horn of whose foot there is not a complete division, and whose food does not come back, is unclean to you: anyone touching one of these will be unclean.
27 Kuzozonke izinyamazana ezihamba ngenyawo ezine, lezo ezihamba ngezidladla zingcolile kini; kuzakuthi wonke othinta izidumbu zazo abe ngongcolileyo kuze kuhlwe.
Any four-footed beast which goes on the ball of its foot, is unclean to you: anyone touching the dead body of one of these will be unclean till evening.
28 Loba ngubani ozaphakamisa izidumbu zezinyamazana lezi kumele ahlambulule izigqoko zakhe, njalo uzatshona engongcolileyo kuze kuhlwe. Zingcolile kini.
Anyone who takes away the dead body of one of these is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.
29 Ezinyamazaneni zonke ezihambahambayo emhlabathini, lezi zingcolile kini: indlegu, igundwane, lemihlobo yonke yemibankwa emikhulu,
And these are unclean to you among things which go low down on the earth; the weasel and the mouse and the great lizard, and animals of that sort;
30 untulo, imbulumakhasane, umbankwa, isiqhuza lonwabu.
And the ferret and the land crocodile and the lizard and the sand-lizard and the chameleon.
31 Kuzozonke ezihuquzelayo emhlabathini, lezi zingcolile kini. Loba ngubani ozithinta sezifile uzatshona engongcolileyo kuze kuhlwe.
All these are unclean to you: anyone touching them when they are dead will be unclean till evening.
32 Nxa kungafa eyinye yazo iwele phezu kolutho, lololutho, loba lusetshenziswani luzabe selungolungcolileyo, loba lwenziwe ngesigodo, ngelembu, ngesikhumba loba ngesaka. Lufakeni emanzini; luzabe lungcolile kuze kuhlwe, lapho-ke luzabe seluhlambulukile.
The dead body of any of these, falling on anything, will make that thing unclean; if it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or bag, whatever it is, if it is used for any purpose, it will have to be put into water, and will be unclean till evening; after that it will be clean.
33 Nxa esinye sazo singawela embizeni yomdaka, konke okusembizeni kuyabe sekungcolile, sekumele ubulale imbiza.
And if one of them gets into any vessel of earth, whatever is in the vessel will be unclean and the vessel will have to be broken.
34 Konke ukudla obekungadliwa okuchaphakelwe ngamanzi aleyo mbiza kungcolile, njalo lobekunganathwa kuvela kuleyo mbiza kungcolile.
Any food in it, and anything on which water from it comes, will be unclean: any drink taken from such a vessel will be unclean.
35 Loba yini ewelwe yizidumbu zezinanakazana lezi iba ngengcolileyo; iziko loba imbiza yokupheka sekumele kubhidlizwe. Kuyabe sekungcolile, njalo kumele likuthathe njengokungcolileyo.
Any part of the dead body of one of these, falling on anything, will make it unclean; if it is an oven or a cooking-pot it will have to be broken: they are unclean and will be unclean to you.
36 Kanti-ke, umthombo loba umgqomo wokukha amanzi uhlala uhlambulukile, kodwa loba ngubani othinta izidumbu lezi ungcolile.
But at the same time a fountain or a place where water is stored for use will be clean; but anyone touching their dead bodies will be unclean.
37 Nxa isidumbu sezinyamazana lezi singawela loba kuyiphi inhlanyelo esilungele ukuhlanyelwa, izahlala ihlambulukile.
If any part of the dead body of one of these gets on to any seed for planting, it is clean;
38 Kodwa nxa amanzi esethelwe enhlanyelweni, isidumbu sakhona besesiwela phezu kwayo, isingcolile kini.
But if water is put on the seed, and any part of the dead body gets on to it, it will be unclean to you.
39 Nxa inyamazana elivunyelwe ukuyidla ingazifela, lowo othinta isidumbu sayo uzakuba ngongcolileyo kuze kuhlwe.
And if any beast which may be used for food comes to a natural death, anyone touching its dead body will be unclean till evening.
40 Loba ngubani ozakudla inyama yalesisidumbu kumele ahlambulule izigqoko zakhe, uzakuba ngongcolileyo kuze kuhlwe. Loba ngubani ozaphakamisa lesisidumbu, kumele ahlambulule izigqoko zakhe, uzakuba ngongcolileyo kuze kuhlwe.
And he who makes use of any part of its body for food is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening; and anyone taking away its body is to have his clothing washed and be unclean till evening.
41 Loba yisiphi isinanakazana esihuquzelayo emhlabathini siyenyanyeka, kasingadliwa.
Everything which goes flat on its body on the earth is disgusting, and is not to be used for food.
42 Akufanelanga lidle izinanakazana zonke ezihambahambayo emhlabathini, loba ngezihuquzela ngezisu loba ngezihamba ngazozonke zone loba ngezilenyawo ezinengi; ziyenyanyeka.
Whatever goes on its stomach or on four feet or has a great number of feet, even all those going flat on the earth, may not be used for food, for they are disgusting.
43 Lingazingcolisi ngezinanakazana lezi, lingazingcolisi ngenxa yazo njalo lingayekeli zilingcolisa.
You are not to make yourselves disgusting with anything which goes about flat on the earth; you may not make yourselves unclean with them, in such a way that you are not holy to me.
44 NginguThixo uNkulunkulu wenu, zihlambululeni libengcwele, ngoba mina ngingcwele. Lingazingcolisi ngezinanakazana ezihuquzelayo emhlabathini.
For I am the Lord your God: for this reason, make and keep yourselves holy, for I am holy; you are not to make yourselves unclean with any sort of thing which goes about flat on the earth.
45 NginguThixo owalikhupha eGibhithe ukuze ngibe nguNkulunkulu wenu; kungakho wobani ngcwele, ngoba mina ngingcwele.
For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.
46 Le yiyo imithetho emayelana lezinyamazana, izinyoni, yonke into ephilayo entsheza emanzini lezinanakazana ezihuquzela emhlabathini.
This is the law about beasts and birds and every living thing moving in the waters, and every living thing which goes flat on the earth:
47 Kumele lehlukanise phakathi kwezingcolileyo lezihlambulukileyo, lehlukanise phakathi kwezidalwa eziphilayo ezingadliwa kanye lokungamelanga zidliwe.’”
Marking out the unclean from the clean, and the living thing which may be used for food from that which may not.
