4 Mose 19

1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron se,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

2 “Eyi yɛ mmara a ɛsɛ sɛ wodi so a Awurade ahyɛ: Ka kyerɛ Israelfo se wɔmfa nantwi ba bere kɔkɔɔ a onnii dɛm na ɔntwee nneɛma da mmrɛ me.

This is the statute of the law which Jehovah has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish, and upon which a yoke never came.

3 Momfa no mma ɔsɔfo Eleasar na ɔde no bɛkɔ atenae no akyi baabi na wɔakum no wɔ nʼanim.

And ye shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth outside the camp, and she shall be killed before his face.

4 Na ɔsɔfo Eleasar de ne nsateaa bɛbɔ mogya no mu na ɔde apete Ahyiae Ntamadan no anim mpɛn ason.

And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.

5 Afei, ɔbɛhwɛ ama obi ahyew nantwi ba no. Wɔbɛhyew ne ho nhoma, ne nam, ne mogya ne ne nsono.

And the heifer shall be burned in his sight: her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, he shall burn.

6 Na egu so rehyew no, Eleasar bɛfa sida dua, adwerɛ ne asaawa kɔkɔɔ na watow agu nantwi ba bere a wɔrehyew no so.

And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

7 Eyi akyi no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsɔfo no horo ne ntade na oguare. Afei obetumi aba atenae hɔ, nanso ne ho rentew kosi anwummere.

Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water. And afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the evening.

8 Onipa a ɔhyew aboa no nso, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhoro ne ntade na oguare, na ɔno nso ho rentew kosi anwummere.

And he who burned her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening.

9 “Ɔbarima a ne ho nguu fi no bɛsesaw aboa a wɔhyew no no nsõ de akogu atenae no akyi baabi a ɛhɔ yɛ kronkron. Ɛsɛ sɛ Israelfo no de sie na wɔde agu wɔn ahodwira nsu mu; ɛyɛ nea wɔde dwira wɔn ho fi bɔne ho.

And a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside the camp in a clean place. And it shall be kept for the congregation of the sons of Israel for a water for impurity. It is a sin offering.

10 Onipa a ɔbɛboaboa nantwi ba no nsõ no ano no nso, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhoro ne ntade, na ɔno nso ho rentew kosi anwummere. Eyi bɛyɛ mmara a ɛbɛtena hɔ afebɔɔ ama Israelfo no ne ahɔho a wɔte wɔn mu no nyinaa.

And he who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. And it shall be to the sons of Israel, and to the stranger who sojourns among them, for a statute forever.

11 “Obiara a obeso onipa funu mu no ho begu fi nnanson.

He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

12 Na ne nnansa ne ne nnanson so no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔde nsu dwira ne ho ma ne ho tew. Sɛ wannwira ne ho nnansa ne nnanson so a ne ho rentew.

The same shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean, but if he does not purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

13 Wɔn a woso nnipa funu mu na wonnwira wɔn ho no, wogu Awurade Ntamadan no ho fi. Ɛsɛ sɛ woyi saa nnipa no fi Israelfo mu. Esiane sɛ wɔamfa ahodwira nsu no bi ampete wɔn ho no nti, wɔn ho ntew; wɔn ho a agu fi no da so wɔ wɔn so.

Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of Jehovah. And that soul shall be cut off from Israel, because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him. He shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

14 “Sɛ obi wu wɔ ntamadan mu a, ɛho mmara ni: Obiara a obewura saa ntamadan no mu ne wɔn a wɔwɔ mu dedaw ansa na onipa no rewu no nyinaa ho begu fi nnanson,

This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

15 na ade biara a enni mmuaso na wɔde asa no nso ho begu fi.

And every open vessel, which has no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

16 “Sɛ obi a ɔwɔ abɔnten de ne nsa ka obi a ɔtɔɔ wɔ afoa ano funu anaasɛ obi a ɔnyɛ ɔtɔfo funu, anaasɛ obi de ne nsa ka onipa dompe anaa ɔda a, ne ho begu fi nnanson.

And whoever in the open field touches a man who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

17 “Nea ne ho agu fi no, fa ahodwira nsõ no bi gu kuruwa mu na hwie nsu gu so.

And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering, and running water shall be put with that in a vessel.

18 Na obi a ne ho tew no mfa adwerɛ mmɔ nsu no mu mpete ntamadan no so ne nkuku ne nkaka a ɛwɔ ntamadan no mu no nso so ne obiara a na ɔwɔ ntamadan no mu a ne ho agu fi no so. Saa ara nso na obi a osoo dompe mu anaa obi a wokum no anaa nea ɔde ne ho aka ɔda no nso, wodwira ne ho.

And a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the souls who were there, and upon him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave.

19 Wɔyɛ eyi ne nnansa ne ne nnanson so. Na nea ne ho agu fi no nso, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhoro ne ntade na oguare, na saa anwummere no ne ho bɛtew.

And the clean man shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day. And on the seventh day he shall purify him. And he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening.

20 Nanso sɛ wɔn a wɔn ho agu fi na annwira wɔn ho a, ɛsɛ sɛ wotwa wɔn asu, efisɛ wɔagu Awurade kronkronbea hɔ ho fi. Wɔmfaa ahodwira nsu mpetee wɔn so ɛ, na wɔn ho ntew.

But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah. The water for impurity has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

21 Eyi yɛ mmara a ɛbɛtena hɔ afebɔɔ ama wɔn. “Onipa a obetu ahodwira nsu no apete no nso, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhoro ne ntade, na obiara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka ahodwira nsu no nso ho begu fi akosi anwummere.

And it shall be a perpetual statute to them. And he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.

22 Na biribiara a obi a ne ho agu fi no beso mu no nso ho begu fi akosi anwummere.”

And whatever the unclean man touches shall be unclean, and the soul who touches it shall be unclean until evening.