3 Mose 21
1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Ka kyerɛ asɔfoɔ no sɛ, ‘Wɔnnsɔ efunu mu mfa ngu wɔn ho fi.
The Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt say to them: Let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens:
2 Sɛ wɔbɛsɔ efunu mu a, na ɛyɛ wɔn fieni, sɛ ebia, ɛna, agya, ɔbabarima, ɔbabaa, onuabarima
But only for his kin, such as are near in blood, that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also,
3 anaa onuabaa a ɔyɛ ɔbaabunu a ɔte ase no na ɔdan ɔsɔfoɔ no.
And for a maiden sister, who hath had no husband:
4 Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔsɔfoɔ no yɛ obi a ɔtua ne nkurɔfoɔ ano a ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔgu ne ho fi sɛdeɛ onipa foforɔ bi bɛtumi agu ne ho fi no.
But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing that may make him unclean.
5 “‘Asɔfoɔ no nni ho kwan sɛ wɔbɔ’, yi wɔn abɔgyesɛ anaasɛ wɔsesa wɔn ho.
Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh.
6 Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔyɛ kronkron ma wɔn Onyankopɔn. Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔgu ne din ho fi. Sɛ ɛba saa a, wɔremfata sɛ wɔde ogya bɛbɔ aduane afɔdeɛ ama Awurade wɔn Onyankopɔn.
They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane his name: for they offer the burnt offering of the Lord, and the bread of their God, and therefore they shall be holy.
7 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔsɔfoɔ ware odwamanfoɔ anaa ɔbaa bi a ɔfiri ɔman foforɔ so. Ɔnni ho kwan sɛ ɔware ɔbaa bi a wagyae awadeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔsɔfoɔ yɛ onipa kronkron ma Onyankopɔn.
They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute, nor one that has been put away from her husband: because they are consecrated to their God,
8 Wɔayi ɔsɔfoɔ no asi hɔ sɛ ɔmmɔ mo Onyankopɔn afɔdeɛ; ɔyɛ kronkron na me Awurade a mete mo ho ma moyɛ kronkron no nso, meyɛ kronkron.
And offer the leaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy, because I also am holy, the Lord, who sanctify them.
9 “‘Ɔsɔfoɔ babaa biara a ɔbɛbɔ adwaman no gu nʼagya ne ɔno ankasa ho fi, enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhye no.
If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom, and dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with fire.
10 “‘Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔsɔfopanin a wɔde ngo sononko bi asra no ahyɛ no atadeɛ sononko no gyaa ne tirinwi ma ɛsensɛn wɔ ayiyɛ mu. Saa ara nso na ɔnni ho kwan sɛ ɔsunsuane nʼatadeɛ mu.
The high priest, that is to say, the priest, is the greatest among his brethren. upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured, and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood, and who hath been vested with the holy vestments, shall not uncover his head, he shall not rend his garments:
11 Ɔnni ho kwan sɛ ɔkɔ efunu ho—nʼagya anaa ne maame funu koraa ɔnni ho kwan sɛ ɔkɔ ho.
Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled:
12 Sɛ ɔgu so reyɛ nʼasɔfodwuma wɔ kronkronbea hɔ a, ɔnni ho kwan sɛ ɔfiri adi. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔfa mʼAhyiaeɛ Ntomadan sɛ efie bi kɛkɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, ne Onyankopɔn ngo a wɔde tee ne ho no da so wɔ ne so. Mene Awurade.
Neither shall he go out of the holy places, lest he defile the sanctuary of the Lord, because the oil of the holy unction of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.
13 “‘Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔware ɔbaabunu.
He shall take a virgin unto his wife:
14 Ɛnsɛ se ɔware okunafoɔ anaa ɔbaa bi a wagyae awadeɛ anaa odwamanfoɔ. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔbaa a ɔbɛware no no yɛ ɔbaabunu a ɔfiri ne ɔman mu,
But a widow or one that is divorced, or defiled, or a harlot, he shall not take, but a maid of his own people:
15 sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɔngu ne mma ho fi wɔ ne nkurɔfoɔ mu. Mene Awurade a metee ne ho no.’”
He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of his nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.
16 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
17 “Ka kyerɛ Aaron sɛ, ɛfiri awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ so kɔsi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ so no, nʼasefoɔ biara a wɔadi dɛm no nni ho kwan sɛ wɔbɔ Onyankopɔn afɔdeɛ.
Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their families, hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God.
18 Obi a wadi dɛm mmɛm me: onifirani anaa apakye anaa deɛ ɔwɔ honam akwaa mu sintɔ;
Neither shall he approach to minister to him: If he be blind, if he be lame, if he have a little, or a great, or a crooked nose,
19 obi a ɔyɛ abasin anaa nansin,
If his foot, or if his hand be broken,
20 anaa deɛ ɔyɛ afu anaa akwatia anaa deɛ nʼani nyɛ anaa deɛ ekuro atutu no anaa deɛ ɔyɛ ɛtwo.
If he be crookbacked, or blear eyed, or have a pearl in his eye, or a continual scab, or a dry scurf in his body, or a rupture:
21 Ɔsɔfoɔ Aaron aseni biara a wadi dɛm mma mmɛbɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ mma Awurade. Wadi dɛm, ɛno enti ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔtwe bɛn sɛ ɔde ne Onyankopɔn aduane rebrɛ no.
Whosoever of the seed of Aaron the priest hath a blemish, he shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, nor bread to his God.
22 Nanso sɛ wɔbɔ afɔdeɛ no wie a, ɔsɔfoɔ no tumi ma no Onyankopɔn afɔdeɛ no aduane no bi di a ɛmfa ho sɛ ɛyɛ afɔdeɛ kronkron.
He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves, that are offered in the sanctuary,
23 Nanso ne dɛm no enti, ɔnni ho kwan sɛ ɔkɔ ntwamutam no akyi anaa ɔbɛn afɔrebukyia no. Yei bɛgu me kronkronbea hɔ ho fi na ɛyɛ Awurade na wate hɔ ho.”
Yet so that he enter not within the veil, nor approach to the altar, because he hath a blemish, and he must not defile my sanctuary. I am the Lord who sanctify them.
24 Enti Mose hyɛɛ mmara yi maa Aaron ne ne mmammarima ne Israelfoɔ nyinaa.
Moses therefore spoke to Aaron, and to his sons and to all Israel, all the things that had been commanded him.
