3 Mose 21

1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, “Ka kyerɛ Aaron mma asɔfo no se, ‘wonnso funu mu mfa ngu wɔn ho fi.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Speak unto the priests, sons of Aaron, and thou hast said unto them, For [any] person [a priest] is not defiled among his people,

2 Sɛ wobeso funu mu a, na ɛyɛ wɔn fini, sɛ ebia, ɛna, agya, ɔbabarima, ɔbabea, onuabarima

except for his relation who [is] near unto him — for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

3 anaa onuabea a ɔyɛ ɔbabun a onni kunu na ɔte ase no na ɔdan ɔsɔfo no.

and for his sister, the virgin, who is near unto him, who hath not been to a man; for her he is defiled.

4 Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔware ne busuani bi na ɔfa so gu ne ho fi.

'A master [priest] doth not defile himself among his people — to pollute himself;

5 “‘Asɔfo no nni ho kwan sɛ wɔbɔ tikwaw, yi wɔn abogyesɛ anaasɛ wɔsesa wɔn ho.

they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

6 Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ kronkron ma wɔn Onyankopɔn. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wogu ne din ho fi. Sɛ ɛba saa a, wɔremfata sɛ wɔde ogya bɛbɔ aduan afɔre ama Awurade wɔn Nyankopɔn.

they are holy to their God, and they pollute not the name of their God, for the fire-offerings of Jehovah, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.

7 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔsɔfo ware oguamanfo anaa ɔbea bi a ofi ɔman foforo so. Onni ho kwan sɛ ɔware ɔbea bi a wagyae aware, efisɛ ɔsɔfo yɛ onipa kronkron ma Onyankopɔn.

'A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he [is] holy to his God;

8 Wɔayi ɔsɔfo no asi hɔ sɛ ɔmmɔ mo Nyankopɔn afɔre; ɔyɛ kronkron na me Awurade a metew mo ho ma moyɛ kronkron no nso meyɛ kronkron.

and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy [am] I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.

9 “‘Ɔsɔfo babea biara a ɔbɛbɔ aguaman no gu nʼagya ne ɔno ankasa ho fi, enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhyew no.

'And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring — her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.

10 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔsɔfopanyin a wɔde ngo sononko bi asra no ahyɛ no atade sononko no gyaa ne tinwi a onni no ni anaasɛ ebetwa ne ntama mu.

'And the high priest of his brethren, on whose head is poured the anointing oil, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments, his head doth not uncover, nor rend his garments,

11 Onni ho kwan sɛ ɔkɔ beae a funu da hɔ; nʼagya anaa ne na funu koraa, onni ho kwan sɛ ɔkɔ ho na ɔde agu ne ho fi

nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;

12 anaa nso sɛ ogu so reyɛ nʼasɔfodwuma wɔ kronkronbea hɔ a, ɛnsɛ sɛ ofi adi. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔfa me kronkronbea no sɛ ofi bi kɛkɛ, efisɛ ne Nyankopɔn ngo a wɔde tew ne ho no da so wɔ ne so. Mene Awurade.

nor from the sanctuary doth he go out, nor doth he pollute the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God [is] on him; I [am] Jehovah.

13 “‘Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔware ɔbabun.

'And he taketh a wife in her virginity;

14 Ɛnsɛ se ɔware okunafo anaa ɔbea bi a wagyae aware anaa oguamanfo. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbea a ɔbɛware no no yɛ ɔbabun a ofi ne man mu,

widow, or cast out, or polluted one — a harlot — these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take [for] a wife,

15 sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ongu ne mma ho fi wɔ ne nkurɔfo mu. Mene Awurade a metew ne ho no.’”

and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying him.'

16 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

17 “Ka kyerɛ Aaron se, efi awo ntoatoaso a ɛbɛba no so rekɔ no, wʼaseni biara a wadi dɛm no nni ho kwan sɛ ɔbɔ Onyankopɔn afɔre.

'Speak unto Aaron, saying, No man of thy seed to their generations in whom there is blemish doth draw near to bring near the bread of his God,

18 Obi a wadi dɛm mmɛn me: onifuraefo anaa apakye anaa nea ɔwɔ honam akwaa mu sintɔ;

for no man in whom [is] blemish doth draw near — a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged,

19 obi a ɔyɛ abasin anaa nansin,

or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,

20 anaa nea ɔyɛ afu anaa akwatia anaa nea nʼani nye anaa nea kuru atutu no anaa nea ɔyɛ twow.

or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.

21 Ɔsɔfo Aaron aseni biara a wadi dɛm mma mmɛbɔ ɔhyew afɔre mma Awurade. Wadi dɛm, ɛno nti ɛnsɛ sɛ otwiw bɛn sɛ ɔde ne Nyankopɔn aduan rebrɛ no.

'No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) doth come nigh to bring near the fire-offerings of Jehovah; blemish [is] in him; the bread of his God he doth not come nigh to bring near.

22 Nanso sɛ wɔbɔ afɔre no wie a, ɔsɔfo no tumi ma no Onyankopɔn afɔre no aduan no bi di a ɛmfa ho sɛ ɛyɛ afɔre kronkron.

'Bread of his God — of the most holy things, and of the holy things — he doth eat;

23 Nanso ne dɛm no nti, onni ho kwan sɛ ɔkɔ ntwamtam no akyi anaa ɔbɛn afɔremuka no. Eyi begu me kronkronbea hɔ ho fi na ɛyɛ Awurade na watew hɔ ho.”

only, unto the vail he doth not enter, and unto the altar he doth not draw nigh; for blemish [is] in him; and he doth not pollute My sanctuaries; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying them.'

24 Enti Mose hyɛɛ mmara yi maa Aaron ne ne mmabarima ne Israelfo nyinaa.

And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel.