Levitiko 11

1 Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese mo ʻElone, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinaua,

Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,

2 Lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē, Ko eni ʻae ngaahi manu ʻaia temou kai ʻi he ngaahi manu ʻoku ʻi he funga ʻo māmani.

“Tell the Israeli people that [this is what Yahweh says]: From all the animals that live on the land, these are the ones that you are permitted to eat:

3 ‌ʻIlonga ʻaia ʻi he fanga manu ʻoku mavaeua hono pesipesi, pea vaʻe mafahi, pea ʻoku toe lamulamu ʻangaua ʻene kai, temou kai ia.

The ones that have hooves that are completely split and that (chew their cuds/bring their food up from their stomachs to chew it again).

4 Ka ko e niʻihi ʻi ai ʻoku lamu ʻangaua ʻene kai, mo vaeua ʻae vaʻe ʻe ʻikai temou kai: ʻo hangē ko e kāmeli, koeʻuhi ʻoku ne toe lamu ʻene kai, ka ʻoku ʻikai mavahevahe ʻae vaʻe: ʻoku taʻemaʻa ia kiate kimoutolu.

There are some animals that chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, and some animals that have split hooves but do not chew their cuds. You must not eat any of those animals. [For example], camels chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.

5 Pea mo e koni, koeʻuhi ʻoku ne toe lamu ʻene maʻanga, ka ʻoku ʻikai mavaeua ʻae vaʻe; ʻoku taʻemaʻa ia kiate kimoutolu.

Rock badgers chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.

6 Pea ko e hea, koeʻuhi ʻoku ne toe lamu ʻene kai, ka ʻoku ʻikai mavaeua hono pesipesi: ʻoku taʻemaʻa ia kiate kimoutolu.

Rabbits chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.

7 Pea ko e puaka, ʻoku mavahevahe hono pesipesi, pea vaʻe mafahi, ka ʻoku ʻikai fakahake ʻene kai ʻo toe lamu ia; ʻoku taʻemaʻa ia kiate kimoutolu.

Pigs have completely split hooves but they do not chew their cuds, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.

8 ‌ʻOua naʻa mou kai honau sino, pe ala ki honau kakano; ʻoku taʻemaʻa ia kiate kimoutolu.

All of those animals are unacceptable for you, so you must not eat their meat or even touch their carcasses.

9 Ko eni ia temou kai ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi vai: ʻilonga ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he vai ʻoku ne maʻu ʻae kaponga, mo e ʻuno, ʻi he tahi mo e ngaahi vaitafe, ko ia te mou kai.

From all the creatures that live in the oceans and the streams, you are permitted to eat any that have fins and scales.

10 Pea ko e meʻa ʻi tahi, pea ʻi he ngaahi vaitafe, ʻoku ʻikai maʻu ʻae kaponga mo e ʻuno, ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ngaue ʻi he vai, pe ko ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻoku moʻui ʻi he ngaahi vai, ko e meʻa kovi ia kiate kimoutolu.

But you must detest [and not eat] those that do not have fins and scales. That includes ones that are very small.

11 ‌ʻIo, ʻe ʻiate kimoutolu ia ko e meʻa fakalielia: ʻoua naʻa mou kai honau sino, pea ko honau kakano ko e meʻa fakalielia ia kiate kimoutolu.

You must despise them, and you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

12 ‌ʻIlonga ʻaia ʻi he ngaahi vai ʻoku ʻikai hano kaponga pe ʻuno, ke ʻiate kimoutolu ia ko e meʻa fakalielia.

You must detest everything that lives in the water that does not have fins and scales.

13 Pea ko eni ia ʻi he ngaahi manu kapakau ʻe tapu kiate kimoutolu; ʻe ʻikai temou kai ia, he ko e meʻa fakalielia ia kiate kimoutolu: ko e ʻikale, mo e ʻosifalesi, mo e ʻosipale,

There are some birds that you must detest [and not eat]. They include eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,

14 Mo e volita, mo e kaite ʻi hona faʻahinga.

kites, any kind of falcon/buzzard,

15 ‌ʻAe leveni kotoa pē ʻi honau faʻahinga,

any kind of raven,

16 Mo e ʻositalesi, mo e taiseni ʻoe poʻuli, mo e koku, mo e taiseni ʻi hono faʻahinga,

horned owls, screech owls, seagulls, any kind of hawk,

17 Mo e lulu iiki, mo e komolaniti, mo e lulu lahi,

small owls, cormorants, large owls,

18 Mo e suani, mo e lofa, mo e Lahami,

white owls, desert owls, vultures that eat dead animals,

19 Mo e sitoaka, mo e motuku ʻi hono faʻahinga, mo e lapiuingi, mo e peka.

storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats.

20 Ko e ngaahi manu kapakau ʻoku totolo, ʻo ʻalu ʻi honau vaʻe, ko e meʻa fakalielia ia kiate kimoutolu.

You must detest [and not eat] flying insects that [sometimes] walk on the ground [MTY].

21 Ka ko e ngaahi meʻa ni temou kai ʻi he ngaahi meʻa puna ʻoku totolo, ʻo ʻalu ʻi hono vaʻe, ʻaia ʻoku maʻu ʻae vaʻe ʻi ʻolunga ʻi honau vaʻe, ke hopo ʻaki ʻi he kelekele;

But you are permitted to eat creatures with wings that sometimes walk on the ground if they have jointed legs for hopping around.

22 ‌ʻIo, ko eni ia ʻi ai temou kai; ko e heʻe lalahi ʻi honau faʻahinga, ko e solami ʻi honau faʻahinga, mo e kakoli ʻi honau faʻahinga, mo e kakapi ʻi honau faʻahinga:

They include locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.

23 Ka ko e ngaahi manupuna kotoa pē ʻoku totolo, ʻaia ʻoku veʻe fā: ko e meʻa fakalielia ia kiate kimoutolu.

But you must detest [and not eat] other insects with wings that have four legs.

24 Pea temou taʻemaʻa koeʻuhi ko ia he ko ia ʻe ala ki honau ʻangaʻanga ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi.

‘There are certain creatures that if you touch their carcasses you will become defiled. Anyone who touches their carcasses must not touch other people until that evening.

25 Pea ko ia ʻe toʻo ha potu ʻo honau sino ʻe fō ʻe ia hono ngaahi kofu, pea ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi.

Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening.

26 Ko e sino ʻoe manu kotoa pē ʻoku vahe ua hono pesipesi ka ʻoku ʻikai vaʻe mafahifahi, pe toe lamu ʻene kai, ʻoku nau taʻemaʻa kiate kimoutolu: ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku ala ki ai ʻe taʻemaʻa ia.

‘The animals whose carcasses you must not touch are those that have hooves that are not completely divided or animals that do not chew their cuds. Anyone who touches the carcasses of any of those animals becomes (defiled/unacceptable to me).

27 Pea ʻilonga ʻaia ʻi he ngaahi manu kotoa pē ʻoku ʻalu ʻi hono ʻaofivaʻe ʻo fakaveʻe fā; ʻoku nau taʻemaʻa kiate kimoutolu: ko ia ʻoku ala ki honau sino ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi.

From all the animals that walk on the ground, you must not touch the carcasses of those that have paws to walk on. Anyone who touches one of their carcasses must not touch other people until that evening.

28 Pea ko ia ʻoku ne fua honau sino ʻe fō ʻe ia hono ngaahi kofu, pea taʻemaʻa ia ke ʻoua ke efiafi: ʻoku nau taʻemaʻa kiate kimoutolu.

Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening, because touching their carcasses (defiles you/causes you to become unacceptable to me).

29 Ko e ngaahi meʻa ni ʻoku totolo ʻi he kelekele ʻoku taʻemaʻa kiate kimoutolu; ko e uiseli, mo e kumā, mo e fonu papālangi ʻi hono faʻahinga.

‘From all the animals that walk on the ground, these are the ones that (defile you/cause you to become unacceptable to me) [if you touch them]: Moles, rats, any kind of lizard,

30 Mo e felite, mo e fokai, mo e moko, mo e sineli, mo e mole.

geckos, skinks, and chameleons.

31 Ko eni ia ʻoku taʻemaʻa kiate kimoutolu ʻi he meʻa ʻoku totolo; ko ia ʻe ala ki ai ka kuo mate, ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi.

Those creatures that scurry across the ground (defile you/cause you to become unacceptable to me); anyone who touches one of their carcasses must not touch other people until the evening.

32 Pea ʻilonga ha meʻa ʻe tō ki ai ha taha ʻiate kinautolu ka kuo mate, ʻe taʻemaʻa ia; pe ko e ipu ʻakau ia, pe ko e kofu, pe ko e kili, pe ko e kato, ha ipu, pe ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻoku fai ʻaki ha ngāue, ʻoku tonu ke tuku ia ki he vai, pea tuku ke taʻemaʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi; pea ʻe fakamaʻa ai ia.

When one of those creatures dies and falls on something, the thing that it falls on, whatever it is used for, will become (defiled/unacceptable to me), whether it is made of wood or cloth or the hide of some animal or from rough cloth. You must put it in water. Then you must not use it until that evening.

33 Pea ʻilonga ha ipu ʻumea ʻaia ʻe tō hanau taha ki ai, ko ia ʻoku ʻi ai ʻe taʻemaʻa ia; pea temou foaʻi ia.

If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it becomes defiled, and you must break that pot into pieces.

34 ‌ʻIlonga ʻae meʻakai ʻoku ngofua ke kai, pea kuo tō ki ai ʻae vai ko ia ʻe taʻemaʻa ia; pea ko e meʻainu kotoa pē ʻaia ʻoku ngofua ke inu ʻi he ngaahi ipu pehē, ʻe taʻemaʻa ia.

If you pour water from that pot on any food, you must not eat that food. And you must not drink any water from that pot.

35 Pea ʻilonga ha meʻa ʻe tō ki ai ha konga ʻo honau sino, ʻe taʻemaʻa ia; pe ko e ngotoʻumu, pe ko e hiliʻanga kulo, ʻe maumauʻi ia; he ʻoku nau taʻemaʻa, pea tenau taʻemaʻa kiate kimoutolu.

Anything that one of the carcasses of those creatures falls on becomes (defiled/unacceptable to me); even if it falls on an oven or a cooking pot, anything that it falls on must be broken into pieces. It becomes unacceptable to me and you must not use it again.

36 Ka koeʻuhi ko e vai moʻui, pe ha luo ʻoku ʻi ai ʻae vai lahi, ʻe maʻa ia: ka ko ia ʻoku ala ki honau sino ʻe taʻemaʻa ia.

If one of their carcasses falls into a spring or a pit for storing water, the water may still be drunk, but anyone who touches one of those carcasses becomes unacceptable to me.

37 Pea kapau ʻe tō ha potu ʻo honau sino ki he tengaʻi ʻakau ʻaia ʻoku tuku ki he tō taʻu, ʻe maʻa ia.

If one of those carcasses falls on seeds that are to be planted, those seeds are still acceptable to be planted.

38 Pea kapau kuo lingi ha vai ki he ngaahi tenga, pea tō ki ai ha potu ʻo honau sino ki ai, ʻe taʻemaʻa ia kiate kimoutolu.

But if water has been put on the seeds and then a carcass falls on them, the seeds must be thrown away.

39 Pea kapau ʻoku mate mahaki ha manu, ʻaia ʻoku ngofua ke kai: ko ia ʻoku ala ki hono sino, ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi.

‘If an animal [whose meat] you are permitted to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass must not touch other people until that evening.

40 Pea ko ia ʻoku ne kai mei hono sino, ʻe fō hono kofu, pea ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi; mo ia foki ʻoku ne fua hono sino ʻo ia, ʻe fō ʻe ia hono kofu, pea ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi.

Anyone who eats some meat from that carcass must wash his clothes, and then he must not touch anyone until that evening.

41 Pea ko e meʻa totolo kotoa pē ʻoku totolo ki he kelekele ko e meʻa taʻemaʻa ia; ʻe ʻikai kai ia.

‘All creatures that scurry across the ground, including those that move on their bellies and those that crawl, are detestable, and they must not be eaten.

42 ‌ʻIlonga ʻaia ʻoku ngaolo ki hono kete, mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku ʻalu veʻe fā, mo ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa totolo ʻi he kelekele ʻoku lahi hono vaʻe, ʻe ʻikai temou kai ia he ʻoku nau taʻemaʻa.

43 ‌ʻOua naʻa mou fakalieliaʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻoku totolo; pea ʻoua naʻa fakaʻuliʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻi ai, koeʻuhi ke mou taʻemaʻa ai.

Do not (defile yourselves/cause you to become unacceptable to me) by [eating] any of those creatures [DOU].

44 He ko au ko Sihova ko homou ʻOtua: ko ia temou fakamāʻoniʻoniʻi ʻakimoutolu, pea temou māʻoniʻoni; he ʻoku ou māʻoniʻoni: pea ʻoua naʻa mou ʻuliʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻaki ha meʻa totolo ʻe taha ʻoku totolo ʻi he funga kelekele.

I am Yahweh your God, and I am holy, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy. You must avoid eating things that cause you to be unacceptable to me. Do not cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me by eating creatures that scurry across the ground.

45 He ko au Sihova ʻoku ou ʻomi ʻakimoutolu mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ke hoko ko homou ʻOtua: ko ia temou māʻoniʻoni ai, he ʻoku ou māʻoniʻoni.

I am Yahweh, the one who freed you from [being slaves in] Egypt, in order to be your God. Therefore, because I am holy, you must be holy.

46 Ko eni ʻae fono ki he ngaahi manu lahi, pea ki he fanga manu kapakau, pea ki he meʻa moʻui kotoa pē ʻoku ngaue ʻi he ngaahi vai, mo e ngaahi meʻa totolo kotoa pē ʻi he funga kelekele.

'Those are the regulations concerning animals and birds, all the living creatures that live in water or scurry across the ground.

47 Ke fai kehekehe ki he meʻa taʻemaʻa mo e meʻa maʻa, pea ki he manu ʻoku ngofua ke kai mo e manu ʻoku ʻikai ngofua ke kai.

You must learn what things [I say] are acceptable to me and what things are not, and learn what things you are permitted to eat and what things you are not permitted to eat.’”