3 Mose 21
1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, “Ka kyerɛ asɔfoɔ no sɛ, ‘Wɔnnsɔ efunu mu mfa ngu wɔn ho fi.
Yahweh said to Moses: “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'No one among you shall make himself unclean for those who die among his people,
2 Sɛ wɔbɛsɔ efunu mu a, na ɛyɛ wɔn fieni, sɛ ebia, ɛna, agya, ɔbabarima, ɔbabaa, onuabarima
except for his closest relatives—his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
3 anaa onuabaa a ɔyɛ ɔbaabunu a ɔte ase no na ɔdan ɔsɔfoɔ no.
or his virgin sister who is dependent on him, since she has no husband—for her he may make himself unclean.
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 he must not make himself unclean for other relatives and so defile himself.
5 “‘Asɔfoɔ no nni ho kwan sɛ wɔbɔ’, yi wɔn abɔgyesɛ anaasɛ wɔsesa wɔn ho.
Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards, nor cut their bodies.
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 must be holy to their God and not disgrace the name of their God, because the priests offer Yahweh's food offerings, the bread of their God. Therefore the priests must 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 must not marry any woman who is a prostitute and who is defiled, and they must not marry a woman divorced from her husband, for they are separate for 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.
You will set him apart, for he is the one who offers bread to your God. He must be holy to you, because I, Yahweh who makes you holy, am holy.
9 “‘Ɔsɔfoɔ babaa biara a ɔbɛbɔ adwaman no gu nʼagya ne ɔno ankasa ho fi, enti ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhye no.
Any daughter of any priest who defiles herself by becoming a prostitute disgraces her father. She must be burned.
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 one who is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured, and who has been consecrated to wear the special garments of the high priest, must not wear his hair loose or tear his clothes.
11 Ɔnni ho kwan sɛ ɔkɔ efunu ho—nʼagya anaa ne maame funu koraa ɔnni ho kwan sɛ ɔkɔ ho.
He must not go anywhere that a dead body is present and defile himself, even for his father or his mother.
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.
The high priest must not leave the sanctuary area of the tabernacle or profane the sanctuary of his God, because he has been consecrated as high priest by the anointing oil of his God. I am Yahweh.
13 “‘Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔware ɔbaabunu.
The high priest must marry a virgin as 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,
He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman who is a prostitute. He will not marry these kinds of women. He may only marry a virgin from his own people,
15 sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ɔngu ne mma ho fi wɔ ne nkurɔfoɔ mu. Mene Awurade a metee ne ho no.’”
so he will not defile his children among his people, for I am Yahweh, who makes him holy.'”
16 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
Yahweh 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.
“Speak to Aaron and tell him, 'Whoever of your descendants throughout their generations has a bodily defect, he must not approach to offer the food to his God.
18 Obi a wadi dɛm mmɛm me: onifirani anaa apakye anaa deɛ ɔwɔ honam akwaa mu sintɔ;
Any man who has a bodily defect must not approach Yahweh, such as a blind man or a man who is unable to walk, one who is disfigured or deformed,
19 obi a ɔyɛ abasin anaa nansin,
a man with a crippled hand or foot,
20 anaa deɛ ɔyɛ afu anaa akwatia anaa deɛ nʼani nyɛ anaa deɛ ekuro atutu no anaa deɛ ɔyɛ ɛtwo.
a man who has a hump in his back or is abnormally thin or short, or a man with a defect in his eyes, or with a disease, sore, scabs, or whose testicles have been crushed.
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.
No man among the descendants of Aaron the priest with a bodily defect may come near to perform the offerings made by fire for Yahweh. Such a man has a bodily defect; he must not come near to offer the bread of 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 may eat the food of his God, whether some of the most holy or some of the holy.
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.”
However, he must not enter inside the curtain or come near the altar, because he has a bodily defect, so that he does not defile my holy place, for I am Yahweh, who makes them holy.'”
24 Enti Mose hyɛɛ mmara yi maa Aaron ne ne mmammarima ne Israelfoɔ nyinaa.
So Moses spoke these words to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the people of Israel.
