3 Mose 15
1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose ne Aaron sɛ,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me and Aaron,
2 “Monhyɛ saa mmara yi mma Israelfoɔ: ‘Ɔbarima biara a ne ho bɛsene aguo no, ne ho agu fi.
“Tell this to the Israelis: When an infected discharge comes out of a man’s sexual organs [EUP], that fluid should not be touched.
3 Ɛberɛ a ne ho resene guo ne ɛberɛ a agyae no nyinaa ma ne ho gu fi.
Whether that fluid is blocked or continues to drip, it causes him to be someone who should not be touched.
4 “‘Mpa a ɔbɛda so ne biribiara a ɔbɛtena so nso ho gu fi;
“And any bed that such a man lies on should not be touched, and anything that he sits on should not be touched.
5 enti obiara a ɔde ne ho ka ɔbarima no mpa ho gu fi kɔsi anwummerɛ, enti ɛsɛ sɛ ɔsi ne ntoma na ɔdware.
Anyone who touches that person’s bed must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch him until that 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.
Anyone who sits on something that man has sat on must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch him until that evening.
7 “‘Saa mmara yi ka obiara a ɔde ne ho bɛka ɔbarima no.
“Anyone who touches such a man must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch him until that 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 spits on someone else, that person who is spit upon should not be touched. He must wash his clothes, and no one should touch him until that evening.
9 “‘Ɔpɔnkɔ adwa biara a ɔbɛtena so no ho agu fi.
“Everything that a man who has such a discharge of fluid sits on while he is riding [a horse or a donkey] should not be touched,
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 anyone who touches the seat or saddle that he was sitting on also should not be touched until that evening. And anyone who picks up the seat or saddle must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch him until that 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.
Anyone whom the man with such a discharge of fluid from his body touches without first rinsing his hands in water must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch him until that 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 such a man touches a clay pot, that pot must be broken into pieces. Anything made from wood that he touches must be rinsed in 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 such a man is healed from his flow of fluid, he must wait for seven days. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water from a spring. Then he will be able to be with others.
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.
On the eighth/next day, he must take two doves or two young pigeons and come in front of Yahweh at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and 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.
The priest will sacrifice them. One will be an offering for the man to become acceptable to God, and the other one will be completely burned [on the altar]. As a result of the priest doing that, the man will be forgiven for having sinned.
16 “‘Sɛ ɔbarima biara ahobaa gu a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔdware ne ho nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ, ne ho nso nte kɔsi anwummerɛ.
“Then semen accidentally flows from a man’s sexual organs [EUP], he must bathe his whole body, and no one should touch him until that evening.
17 Ntoma anaa mpasotam biara a ahobaa no bi bɛgu mu no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔsi, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛho nte kɔsi anwummerɛ.
Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed, and no one should touch it until that 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.
When a man has sex with a woman and some semen spills, both of them must bathe, and no one should touch them until that 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.
“Then a woman has her monthly menstrual period, no one should touch her for seven days. If anyone touches her [during that time], no one should touch the person who touched her until that evening.
20 “‘Biribiara a ɔbɛda so anaa ɔbɛtena so saa ɛberɛ no mu no nso ho agu fi.
No one should touch anything that she lies on or sits on during that time.
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.
Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch that person until that evening.
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,
Anyone who touches something that she has been sitting on, a bed or anything else, must wash his clothes, and no one should touch that person until that evening.
23 sɛ ɛyɛ ne mpasotam anaa nʼakonnwa.
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 has sex with a woman [during that time] and some of the menstrual blood touches him, no one should touch him for seven days, and no one should touch the bed that he lies on.
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,
“Then a woman has a vaginal discharge of blood for (many days/a long time), which is not her monthly flow of blood, or if her flow of blood continues after her monthly flow ends, no one should touch her until it stops.
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.
And no one should touch the bed that she lies on or anything that she sits on while that flow of blood continues, just like during her monthly menstrual period.
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.
Anyone who touches those things should not touch anyone else; he must wash his clothes and bathe, and he should not touch anyone else until that evening.
28 “‘Nnanson akyi, sɛ afikyikɔ no twa a, na ɔnni efi mu bio.
“After a woman’s monthly menstrual flow ends, she must wait seven days before she touches anyone.
29 Ɛda a ɛtɔ so nwɔtwe no, ɔde nturukuku mmienu anaa mmorɔnoma mma mmienu bɛkɔ akɔma ɔsɔfoɔ no wɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no kwan ano
On the eighth/next day, she must take two doves or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
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.
The priest will sacrifice one of them to be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to Yahweh again, and completely burn the other one [on the altar]. By doing that he will cause me, Yahweh, to forgive her for having sinned [DOU].
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 must warn the Israeli people not to do things that (defile them/cause them to be unacceptable to me). If they become (unacceptable to me/defiled), they will cause my Sacred Tent which is among them to become an unacceptable place to worship me, and as a result they will die.”
32 Yeinom ne mmara a ɛwɔ hɔ ma ɔbarima a ne ho sene
“Those are the regulations for a man who has a fluid that flows from his sexual organs or who should not be touched because some of his semen spills out while having sex [with a woman],
33 ne ɔbaa a wakɔ afikyire ne obiara a ɔde ne ho ka ɔsakyimafoɔ wɔ ɛberɛ a ne ho nteɛ no mu no.
and for any woman during her monthly menstrual period, and for any man who has sex with a woman during her menstrual period.”
