3 Mose 15
1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron sɛ,
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 “Monhyɛ saa mmara yi mma Israelfoɔ: ‘Ɔbarima biara a ne ho bɛsene aguo no, ne ho agu fi.
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: The man that hath an issue of seed, shall be unclean.
3 Ɛberɛ a ne ho resene guo ne ɛberɛ a agyae no nyinaa ma ne ho gu fi.
And then shall he be judged subject to this evil, when a filthy humour, at every moment, cleaveth to his flesh, and gathereth there.
4 “‘Mpa a ɔbɛda so ne biribiara a ɔbɛtena so nso ho gu fi;
Every bed on which he sleepeth, shall be unclean, and every place on which he sitteth.
5 enti obiara a ɔde ne ho ka ɔbarima no mpa ho gu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ, enti ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsi ne ntoma na ɔdware.
If ally man touch his bed, he shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening.
6 Obiara a ɔbɛtena akonnwa a ɔbarima no atena so so ho gu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ, enti ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsi ne ntoma na ɔdware.
If a man sit where that man hath sitten, he also shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening.
7 “‘Saa mmara yi ka obiara a ɔde ne ho bɛka ɔbarima no.
He that toucheth his flesh, shall wash his clothes: and being himself washed with water shall be unclean until the evening.
8 “‘Obiara a ɔbarima no bɛte ntasuo agu ne so no ho nte kɔsi anwummerɛ enti ɛsɛ sɛ onii no si ne ntoma na ɔdware.
If such a man cast his spittle upon him that is clean, he shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening.
9 “‘Ɔpɔnkɔ adwa biara a ɔbɛtena so no ho agu fi.
The saddle on which he hath sitten shall be unclean.
10 Obiara a ne ho bɛka biribiara a aka saa onipa no ase no ho nte kɔsi anwummerɛ, enti ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsi ne ntoma na ɔdware.
And whatsoever has been under him that hath the issue of seed, shall be unclean until the evening. He that carrieth any of these things, shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening.
11 “‘Sɛ onipa a ne ho nte no rekɔsɔ obi mu na wanhohoro ne nsa ansa a, ɛsɛ sɛ onipa ko no si ne ntoma, dware ne ho, ɛfiri sɛ, ne ho nte kɔsi anwummerɛ.
Every person whom such a one shall touch, not having washed his hands before, shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening.
12 “‘Sɛ saa onipa no sɔ ayowaa biara mu a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔbɔ no na sɛ ɛyɛ mukaase biribi a wɔde dua na asene deɛ a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde nsuo hohoro ho.
If he touch a vessel of earth, it shall be broken: but if a vessel of wood, if shall be washed with water.
13 “‘Sɛ nʼahosene no twa a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔde nnanson firi ahodwira ho ahosiesie ase na ɔsi ne ntoma na ɔkɔdware wɔ asubɔnten mu.
If he who suffereth this disease be healed, he shall number seven days after his cleansing, and having washed his clothes, and all his body in living water, he shall be clean.
14 Ɛda a ɛtɔ so nwɔtwe no, ɔde nturukuku mmienu anaa mmorɔnoma mma mmienu bɛba Awurade anim wɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no ano na ɔde ama ɔsɔfoɔ no.
And on the eighth day he shall take two turtles, or two young pigeons, and he shall come before the Lord, to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and shall give them to the priest:
15 Ɔsɔfoɔ no de wɔn bɛbɔ afɔdeɛ a baako yɛ bɔne ho afɔdeɛ na baako no nso yɛ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ; na ɛkyerɛ sɛ, ɔsɔfoɔ no bɛyɛ mpatadeɛ wɔ Awurade anim ama ɔbarima no, ɛnam nʼahosene no enti.
Who shall offer one for sin, and the other for a holocaust: and he shall pray for him before the Lord, that he may be cleansed of the issue of his seed.
16 “‘Sɛ ɔbarima biara ahobaa gu a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔdware ne ho nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ, ne ho nso nte kɔsi anwummerɛ.
The man from whom the seed of copulation goeth out, shall wash all his body with water: and he shall be unclean until the evening.
17 Ntoma anaa mpasotam biara a ahobaa no bi bɛgu mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsi, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛho nte kɔsi anwummerɛ.
The garment or skin that he weareth, he shall wash with water, and it shall be unclean until the evening.
18 Sɛ ɔbarima fa ɔbaa a, wɔn nna no akyi, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbaa no ne ɔbarima no nyinaa dware, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn ho nte kɔsi anwummerɛ.
The woman, with whom he copulateth, shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until the evening.
19 “‘Sɛ ɔbaa kɔ afikyire a, ne ho nte nnanson mu. Saa ɛberɛ no mu, obiara a ɔde ne ho bɛka no no nso ho nte kɔsi anwummerɛ.
The woman, who at the return of the month, hath her issue of blood, shall be separated seven days.
20 “‘Biribiara a ɔbɛda so anaa ɔbɛtena so saa ɛberɛ no mu no nso ho agu fi.
Every one that toucheth her, shall be unclean until the evening.
21 Obiara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka ne mpa anaa biribiara a ɔtena so no bɛsi ne ntoma, adware, ɛfiri sɛ, onii no ho agu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ.
And every thing that she sleepeth on, or that she sitteth on in the days of her separation, shall be defiled.
22 Sɛ obi sɔ biribi a watena so mu nso a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsi ne ntoma na ɔdware, ɛfiri sɛ, ne ho agu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ,
He that toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes: and being himself washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening.
23 sɛ ɛyɛ ne mpasotam anaa nʼakonnwa.
Whosoever shall touch any vessel on which she sitteth, shall wash his clothes: and himself being washed with water, shall be defiled until the evening.
24 “‘Sɛ ɔbarima ne no da saa ɛberɛ yi mu a, ɔbarima no ho gu fi nnanson; na mpa biara a ɔbarima no bɛda so no nso ho gu fi.
If a man copulateth with her in the time of her flowers, he shall be unclean seven days: and every bed on which he shall sleep shall be defiled.
25 “‘Sɛ ɛberɛ duru sɛ ɔfiri nanso mogya da so ba anaasɛ mogya ba ɛberɛ a ɛnsɛ mu wɔ bosome no mu a, mmara korɔ no ara na wɔde ka ho asɛm,
The woman that hath an issue of blood many days out of her ordinary time, or that ceaseth not to flow after the monthly courses, as long as she is subject to this disease, shall be unclean, in the same manner as if she were in her flowers.
26 na ɛkyerɛ sɛ, biribiara a ɔbɛda so saa ɛberɛ no ho agu fi te sɛ deɛ nʼafikyikɔ berɛ mu ɔtena biribi so a, ɛho gu fi no ara pɛ.
Every bed on which she sleepeth, and every vessel on which she sitteth, shall be defiled.
27 Obiara a ɔde ne nsa bɛka ne mpa anaa biribiara a ɔtena so no ho agu fi a ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsi ne ntoma, sane dware, ɛfiri sɛ, ne ho nte kɔsi anwummerɛ.
Whosoever toucheth them shall wash his clothes: and himself being washed with water, shall be unclean until the evening.
28 “‘Nnanson akyi, sɛ afikyikɔ no twa a, na ɔnni efi mu bio.
If the blood stop and cease to run, she shall count seven days of her purification:
29 Ɛda a ɛtɔ so nwɔtwe no, ɔde nturukuku mmienu anaa mmorɔnoma mma mmienu bɛkɔ akɔma ɔsɔfoɔ no wɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no kwan ano
And on the eighth day she shall offer for herself to the priest, two turtles, or two young pigeons, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony:
30 na ɔsɔfoɔ no de baako abɔ bɔne ho afɔdeɛ na ɔde baako abɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ na ayɛ mpatadeɛ ama ɔbaa no wɔ Awurade anim wɔ nʼafikyikɔ no ho fi no ho.
And he shall offer one for sin, and the other for a holocaust, and he shall pray for her before the Lord, and for the issue of her uncleanness.
31 “‘Saa ɛkwan yi so na sɛ Israelfoɔ no bi ho gu fi a, mobɛfa de ate wɔn ho anyɛ saa a, ɛsiane sɛ wɔagu mʼAhyiaeɛ Ntomadan a ɛsi wɔn mu no ho fi enti, wɔbɛwuwu.’”
You shall teach therefore the children of Israel to take heed of uncleanness, that they may not die in their filth, when they shall have defiled my tabernacle that is among them.
32 Yeinom ne mmara a ɛwɔ hɔ ma ɔbarima a ne ho sene
This is the law of him that hath the issue of seed, and that is defiled by copulation.
33 ne ɔbaa a wakɔ afikyire ne obiara a ɔde ne ho ka ɔsakyimafoɔ wɔ ɛberɛ a ne ho nteɛ no mu no.
And of the woman that is separated in her monthly times, or that hath a continual issue of blood, and of the man that sleepeth with her.
