3 Mose 11
1 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron sɛ,
Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
2 “Monka nkyerɛ Israelfoɔ no sɛ, ‘yei ne mmoa a mobɛtumi awe wɔ asase so mmoa no mu.
“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 Motumi we aboa biara a ne tɔte mu apae na ɔpu wesa no.
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 “‘Monnnwe mmoa a ɛdidi so yi. Yoma, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔpu wesa nanso ne tɔte mu mpaeɛ;
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 Atwaboa, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔpu wesa nanso ne tɔte mu mpaeɛ.
Rock badgers chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
6 Adanko, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔpu wesa nanso ne tɔte mu mpaeɛ.
Rabbits chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
7 Ɔprako, ɛfiri sɛ, ne tɔte mu apae nanso ɔmpu nwesa.
Pigs have completely split hooves but they do not chew their cuds, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.
8 Monnnwe wɔn nam anaa mommfa mo nsa nka wɔn funu; wɔyɛ akyiwadeɛ nnuane ma mo.
All of those animals are unacceptable for you, so you must not eat their meat or even touch their carcasses.
9 “‘Monni nsuomnam biara a ɛwɔ ntɛtɛ ne abon a ɛfiri nsubɔntene anaa ɛpo mu;
From all the creatures that live in the oceans and the streams, you are permitted to eat any that have fins and scales.
10 nanso nsuomnam a aka no deɛ, mokyi.
But you must detest [and not eat] those that do not have fins and scales. That includes ones that are very small.
11 Ɛnsɛ sɛ mowe wɔn nam anaa mode mo nsa ka wɔn afunu.
You must despise them, and you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
12 Meti mu bio sɛ, nsuomnam biara a ɛnni ntɛtɛ anaa abon no, mokyi.
You must detest everything that lives in the water that does not have fins and scales.
13 “‘Nnomaa a mokyi no korakora nso ne: ɔkɔdeɛ, ne ɔkɔrewa ne ɔkomfufuo,
There are some birds that you must detest [and not eat]. They include eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,
14 ɔkompete (wɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa), ɔsansa,
kites, any kind of falcon/buzzard,
15 anene (wɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa),
any kind of raven,
16 sohori, anadwokorɔma, ɛpo so akorɔma, akorɔma (wɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa),
horned owls, screech owls, seagulls, any kind of hawk,
17 ɔpatuo, ɛserɛ so patuo, patukɛseɛ,
small owls, cormorants, large owls,
18 bakanoma, nantwinoma, opete,
white owls, desert owls, vultures that eat dead animals,
19 asukɔnkɔn (wɔn ahodoɔ nyinaa), asɔkwaa ne apan.
storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats.
20 “‘Ntuboa a wɔnante no, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔwe
You must detest [and not eat] flying insects that [sometimes] walk on the ground [MTY].
21 agye wɔn a wɔhuri;
But you are permitted to eat creatures with wings that sometimes walk on the ground if they have jointed legs for hopping around.
22 ntutummɛ ahodoɔ nyinaa, nketekyire, ne mmɛbɛ nyinaa motumi we.
They include locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.
23 Nanso mmoawa a wɔtu na wɔwɔ nan ɛnan no deɛ, mokyi.
But you must detest [and not eat] other insects with wings that have four legs.
24 “‘Obiara a ɔde nsa bɛka wɔn funu no mpo ho bɛgu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ
‘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 na amonom hɔ ara, ɛsɛ sɛ onii no si ne ntoma na ɔtwe ne ho firi nnipa mu kɔsi anwummerɛ de kyerɛ sɛ, ne ho agu fi.
Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening.
26 “‘Obiara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka aboa biara a ne tɔte mu mpae nwieeɛ anaa aboa a ɔmpu nnwesa no, wagu ne ho fi.
‘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 Aboa biara a ne nan yɛ ɛnan na ɔnam ne mmɔwerɛ so no, mokyiri ne nam. Obiara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka aboa a ɔte saa funu no ho agu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ; ɛyɛ mo akyiwadeɛ.
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 Obiara a ɔbɛfa saa aboa no funu no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsi ne ntoma na ne ho nnte ara kɔsi anwummerɛ.
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 “‘Mmoa a wɔwea fam a wɔn ho nte no nie: Kɔkɔbo, okusie, akura,
‘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 efiewura, ɔmampam, ɔkoterɛ, srɛ so koterɛ, abosomakoterɛ.
geckos, skinks, and chameleons.
31 Obiara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka wɔn mu bi funu no ho bɛyɛ fi kɔsi anwummerɛ
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 na biribiara a wɔn funu no ho bɛka no nso ho bɛgu fi, sɛ ɛyɛ dua, ntoma, kuntu, kotokuo; biribiara a wɔn ho bɛka no, wɔmfa ngu nsuo mu nkɔsi anwummerɛ. Ɛno akyi, wɔtumi de di dwuma bio.
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 Kukuo biara a ebi bɛtɔ mu no, deɛ ɛwɔ mu biara ho bɛgu fi enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbɔ saa kukuo no.
If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it becomes defiled, and you must break that pot into pieces.
34 Nsuo a wɔde bɛhohoro nneɛma a ɛho nte wɔ kukuo no mu no, sɛ ebi ka aduane bi a, ɛgu aduane no ho fi. Na nsã biara a ɛwɔ kukuo a ɛho agu fi no mu no nso ho gu fi saa ara.
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 Sɛ aboa biara a ne ho agu fi funu ka fononoo a wɔde ɛboɔ anwono a, na ɛno nso ho agu fi enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbubu guo.
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 Sɛ aboa no te hwe asutire anaa abura bi a nsuo wɔ mu mu a, nsuo no ho nguu fi, na mmom, onipa a ɔbɛyi aboa no ho agu fi.
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 Na sɛ aboa no funu ka aduane a wɔbɛdua no afuom a, ɛho nguu fi,
If one of those carcasses falls on seeds that are to be planted, those seeds are still acceptable to be planted.
38 nanso sɛ wɔfɔ aba no na efunu no te tɔ so a, aba no ho agu fi.
But if water has been put on the seeds and then a carcass falls on them, the seeds must be thrown away.
39 “‘Sɛ yadeɛ bi kum aboa a wɔama wo ho kwan sɛ we ne nam a, obi a ɔde ne nsa bɛka ne funu no no ho gu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ.
‘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 Saa ara nso na onipa a ɔbɛwe ne ɛnam no bɛsi ne ntoma na ne ho agu fi akɔsi anwummerɛ.
Anyone who eats some meat from that carcass must wash his clothes, and then he must not touch anyone until that evening.
41 “‘Monnnwe mmoa a wɔwea fam no ɛnam.
‘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 Wɔn a wɔtwe wɔn ho ase fa wɔn afuru so ne wɔn a wɔnam wɔn nan ɛnan so nyinaa ka ho. Monnnwe wɔn a wɔwɔ nan bebree na wɔwea no nam nso, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn ho agu fi.
43 Mfa wo ho nka wɔn na wo ho angu fi.
Do not (defile yourselves/cause you to become unacceptable to me) by [eating] any of those creatures [DOU].
44 Mene Awurade wo Onyankopɔn. Momma mo ho nte wɔ saa nneɛma yi nyinaa ho na monyɛ kronkron, ɛfiri sɛ, meyɛ kronkron. Yei enti, mommfa mo nsa nkɔka mmoa a wɔwea fam yi mu biara mfa ngu mo ho fi.
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 Mene Awurade a meyii mo firii Misraim de mo bɛyɛɛ mo Onyankopɔn no. Ɛno enti, ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ kronkron, ɛfiri sɛ, meyɛ kronkron.
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 “‘Yei ne mmara a ɛfa mmoa, nnomaa, nsuomnam ne wɔn a wɔwea asase so no ho.
'Those are the regulations concerning animals and birds, all the living creatures that live in water or scurry across the ground.
47 Yei ne nsonsonoeɛ a ɛda mmoa a wɔn ho te a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔwe wɔn ɛnam ne wɔn a wɔn ho nte a ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔwe wɔn ɛnam wɔ mmoa a wɔwɔ asase so no ntam.’”
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.’”
