Nomipā 19
1 Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese pea mo ʻElone, ʻo pehē,
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said,
2 Ko eni ʻae talatuku ʻoe fono ʻaia kuo fekau ʻe Sihova, ʻo pehē, Ke ke lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ka nau ʻomi kiate koe ha pulu fefine mui kulokula taʻehanoʻila, pea taʻehanomele, pea teʻeki hoko ki ai ʻae haʻamonga:
“This is a statute, a law which I am commanding you: Say to the people of Israel that they must bring to you a red heifer without flaw or blemish, and which has never carried a yoke.
3 Pea te mou foaki ia kia ʻEliesa ko e taulaʻeiki, koeʻuhi ke ne ʻomi ia ki he tuʻa ʻapitanga, pea ʻe tāmateʻi ia ʻe ha tokotaha ʻi hono ʻao:
Give the heifer to Eleazar the priest. He must bring it outside the camp, and someone must kill it in front of him.
4 Pea ko ʻEliesa ko e taulaʻeiki te ne ʻave ʻae toto ʻi hono tuhu, ʻo ne luluku ʻaki ʻae toto ʻi he matafale fehikitaki ʻoe kakai ke liunga fitu:
Eleazar the priest must take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.
5 Pea ʻe tutu ʻe ha tokotaha ʻae pulu fefine mui ʻi hono ʻao; te ne tutu hono kili mo hono kakano, mo hono toto, fakataha mo hono kinohaʻa:
Another priest must burn the heifer in his sight. He must burn its hide, flesh, and its blood with its dung.
6 Pea ʻe ʻave ʻe he taulaʻeiki ʻae ʻakau ko e sita, mo e ʻisope, mo e kulaʻahoʻaho, ʻo lī ia ki he loto afi ʻoku tutu ai ʻae pulu fefine.
The priest must take cedarwood, hyssop, and scarlet wool, and throw it all into the middle of the burning heifer.
7 Pea ʻe toki fō ʻe he taulaʻeiki ʻa hono ngaahi kofu, pea te ne kaukauʻi hono sino ʻi he vai, pea te ne toki haʻu ki he ʻapitanga, ka ʻe taʻemaʻa ʻae taulaʻeiki ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi.
Then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water. Then he may come into the camp, where he will remain unclean until the evening.
8 Pea ko ia ʻoku ne tutu ia ʻe fō ʻe ia ʻa hono ngaahi kofu ʻi he vai, pea ʻe kaukauʻi hono sino ʻi he vai, ka ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi.
The one who has burned the heifer must wash his clothes in water and bathe in water. He will remain unclean until the evening.
9 Pea ʻe tānaki ʻe he tangata ʻoku maʻa ʻae efu ʻoe pulu fefine, ʻo tuku ia ki he tuaʻā ʻapitanga, ʻi ha potu maʻa, pea ʻe tuku ia ki he kakai ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ko e vai fakamavahe; ko e fakamaʻa ia ʻoe angahala.
Someone who is clean must gather up the heifer's ashes and put them outside the camp in a clean place. These ashes must be kept for the community of the people of Israel. They will mix the ashes with water for purification from sin, since the ashes were from a sin offering.
10 Pea ko ia ʻoku ne tānaki ʻae efu ʻoe pulu fefine ʻe fō ʻe ia ʻa hono ngaahi kofu, ka ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi: pea ko e fekau ia ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, pea mo e muli ʻoku ʻāunofo ʻiate kinautolu ʻo lauikuonga.
The one who gathered the heifer's ashes must wash his clothes. He will remain unclean until the evening. This will be a permanent law for the people of Israel and the foreigners who stay with them.
11 Ko ia ʻoku ala ki ha sino mate ʻo ha tangata ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu.
Whoever touches the dead body of any man will be unclean for seven days.
12 Pea te ne fakamaʻa ʻaki ia ʻi hono ʻaho tolu, ka ʻe toki maʻa ia ʻi hono ʻaho fitu: pea kapau ʻe ʻikai te ne fakamaʻa ia ʻi hono ʻaho tolu, ʻe ʻikai maʻa ia ʻi hono ʻaho fitu.
Such a person must purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day. Then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself the third day, then he will not be clean on the seventh day.
13 Pea ko ia ʻoku ala ki he sino mate ʻo ha tangata mate, pea ʻe ʻikai fakamaʻa ia, ʻoku ne fakaʻuliʻi ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻo Sihova; pea ʻe tuʻusi ʻae laumālie ko ia mei ʻIsileli: koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai luluku ʻaki ia ʻae vai fakamavahe, pea ʻe ʻuli ia, pea ʻoku kei ʻiate ia ʻa ʻene taʻemaʻa.
Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died, and does not purify himself—this person defiles Yahweh's tabernacle. That person must be cut off from Israel because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him. He will remain unclean; his uncleanness will remain on him.
14 Ko e fono eni, ʻoka mate ha tangata ʻi ha fale fehikitaki: ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku haʻu ki he fale fehikitaki, pea mo e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi he fale fehikitaki, ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu.
This is the law for when someone dies in a tent. Everyone who goes into the tent and everyone who is already in the tent will be unclean for seven days.
15 Pea mo e ipu kotoa pē ʻoku ava pe, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai hano tāpuni ke fakamaʻu, ʻe ʻuli ia.
Every open container with no cover becomes unclean.
16 Pea ko ia ʻoku ala ki ha taha, kuo taaʻi ʻaki ʻae heletā ʻi he ʻataʻatā ʻoe fonua, pe ha sino mate, pe ki ha hui ʻo ha tangata, pe ki ha faʻitoka, ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu.
Similarly, anyone outside a tent who touches someone who has been killed with a sword, any other dead body, a human bone, or a grave—that person will be unclean for seven days.
17 Pea tenau ʻave maʻana ʻoku taʻemaʻa ʻae efu ʻoe pulu fefine kuo tutu, ko e meʻa fakamaʻa ia ʻoe angahala, pea tenau lilingi ʻae vaitafe ki ai ki ha ipu:
Do this for the unclean person: Take some ashes from the burnt sin offering and mix them in a jar with fresh water.
18 Pea ʻe ʻave ʻe he tangata ʻoku maʻa ʻae ʻisope, ʻo ne fuʻifuʻi ki he vai, ʻo luluku ʻaki ʻae fale fehikitaki, pea mo e ngaahi ipu kotoa pē, pea mo e kakai naʻe ʻi ai, pea mo ia naʻe ala ki ha hui, pe ki ha taha kuo tāmateʻi, pe ki ha taha kuo mate, pe ki ha faʻitoka:
Someone who is clean must then take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the containers inside the tent, on the persons who were there, and on anyone who touched the bone, the one who was killed, the one who died, or the grave.
19 Pea ʻe luluku ʻe he tangata ʻoku maʻa ʻae tangata ʻoku taʻemaʻa ʻi hono ʻaho tolu, pea mo hono ʻaho fitu, pea ko hono ʻaho fitu te ne fakamaʻa ai ia, ʻo fō hono ngaahi kofu, pea kaukauʻi ia ʻi he vai, pea ʻe maʻa ia ʻi he efiafi.
On the third day and on the seventh day, the clean person must sprinkle the unclean person. On the seventh day the unclean person must purify himself. He must wash his clothes and bathe in water. At evening he will become clean.
20 Ka ko e tangata ʻoku taʻemaʻa, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ne fakamaʻa ia, ʻe tuʻusi ʻae laumālie ko ia mei he kakai, koeʻuhi kuo ne fakaʻuliʻi ʻe ia ʻae faletapu ʻo Sihova: naʻe ʻikai luluku ʻaki ia ʻae vai ʻoe fakamavae; ʻoku taʻemaʻa ia.
But anyone who remains unclean, who refuses to purify himself—that person will be cut off from the community, because he has defiled Yahweh's sanctuary. The water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he remains unclean.
21 Pea ko e fekau fai maʻuaipē ia kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, Ko ia ʻoku ne luluku ʻaki ʻae vai ʻoe fakamavahe ʻe fō ʻe ia hono ngaahi kofu; pea mo ia ʻoku ala ki he vai ʻoe fakamavahe ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi.
This will be an ongoing law concerning these situations. The one who sprinkles the water for impurity must wash his clothes. The one who touches the water for impurity will become unclean until evening.
22 Pea ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ala ki ai ʻaia ʻoku taʻemaʻa ʻe ʻuli ia; pea ko e tokotaha ʻoku ala ki ai ʻe taʻemaʻa ia ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi.
Whatever the unclean person touches will become unclean. The person who touches it will become unclean until evening.”
