1Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se, 2“Hyɛ saa mmara a efi Awurade nkyɛn yi ma Aaron ne ne mma ne Israelfo no nyinaa. 3Israelni biara a ɔde nantwi, oguamma anaa abirekyi bɛbɔ afɔre wɔ nsraban mu anaa akyi no, 4a anka ɛsɛ sɛ ɔde no ba Ahyiae Ntamadan no ano hɔ de no ma Awurade sɛ afɔrebɔde wɔ Awurade Ahyiae Ntamadan no ano no, wɔbɛfa saa onipa no sɛ wahwie mogya agu enti ɛsɛ sɛ wotwa no asu fi ne manfo mu. 5Saa mmara yi bɛbra Israelfo no a ɛremma wɔmfa mmoa mmɔ afɔre wɔ wuram baabiara kwa. Ɛbɛhyɛ wɔn ama wɔde afɔrebɔde no abrɛ ɔsɔfo no wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no kwan ano sɛnea ɔsɔfo no betumi de ama Awurade sɛ asomdwoe afɔrebɔde. 6Sɛ wɔfa saa kwan no so a, ɔsɔfo no betumi apete mogya agu Awurade afɔremuka no so wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no kwan ano na wɔahyew srade no sɛ ohuam ama Awurade ani asɔ. 7Na ama ɔmanfo agyae afɔre a wɔbɔ ma ahonhommɔne wɔ wuram no. Eyi bɛyɛ mmara a ɛbɛtena hɔ daa ama mo fi awo ntoatoaso so akosi awo ntoatoaso so.
8“Miti mu sɛ, ‘Hyɛ saa mmara yi nso ma wɔn. Sɛ Israelni anaa ɔhɔho a ɔne mo te no de ɔhyew afɔrebɔde no anaa afɔrebɔ no ba, 9na sɛ wamfa amma Ahyiae Ntamadan no kwan ano amfa amma Awurade a, ɛsɛ sɛ wotwa no asu fi ɔmanfo no mu.
10“ ‘Na mɛdan mʼani atia obiara a obedi mogya wɔ ɔkwan biara so no; ɛmfa ho sɛ ɔyɛ Israelni anaa ɔhɔho a ɔte mo mu. 11Efisɛ ɔhonam no nkwa wɔ mogya no mu, na mama mo mogya sɛ momfa mpete afɔremuka no so sɛ mpatade mma mo akra; nkwa a ɛwɔ mogya mu nti na wɔde yɛ mpatade ma onipa kra. 12Ɛno nti, mereka akyerɛ Israelfo se, “Wɔn anaa ahɔho a wɔte wɔn mu no nni mogya.”
13“ ‘Israelni anaa ɔhɔho biara a ɔte wɔn mu a ɔbɛkɔ ahayɛ na obekum aboa anaa anomaa biara a wɔwe ne nam no, ɔnsɔn ne mogya na ɔmfa mfutuma nkata so, 14efisɛ aboa biara nkwa ne ne mogya. Ɛno nti na meka kyerɛɛ Israelfo se wonnni mogya no, efisɛ nnomaa anaa aboa biara nkwa yɛ ne mogya. Enti obiara a odi mogya no, ɛsɛ sɛ wotwa no asu.
15“ ‘Obiara a ɔwe aboafunu a ɔno ara awu anaasɛ akekaboa bi na okum no no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔhoro ne ntama na oguare, efisɛ ne ho ntew kosi anwummere; ɛno akyi no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔpae mu ka se ne ho atew. 16Na sɛ wanhoro ne ntama anguare a, wɔne no bedi no sɛnea mmara no se.’ ”
Eating blood forbidden
1The Lord said to Moses, 2‘Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites and say to them: “This is what the Lord has commanded: 3any Israelite who sacrifices an ox,17:3 The Hebrew word can include both male and female. a lamb or a goat in the camp or outside it 4instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord – that person shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people. 5This is so that the Israelites will bring to the Lord the sacrifices they are now making in the open fields. They must bring them to the priest, that is, to the Lord, at the entrance to the tent of meeting and sacrifice them as fellowship offerings. 6The priest is to splash the blood against the altar of the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting and burn the fat as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 7They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols17:7 Or the demons to whom they prostitute themselves. This is to be a lasting ordinance for them and for the generations to come.”
8‘Say to them: “Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice 9and does not bring it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to sacrifice it to the Lord must be cut off from the people of Israel.
10‘ “I will set my face against any Israelite or any foreigner residing among them who eats blood, and I will cut them off from the people. 11For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.17:11 Or atonement by the life in the blood 12Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner residing among you eat blood.’
13‘ “Any Israelite or any foreigner residing among you who hunts any animal or bird that may be eaten must drain out the blood and cover it with earth, 14because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off.’
15‘ “Anyone, whether native-born or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or torn by wild animals must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be ceremonially unclean till evening; then they will be clean. 16But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be held responsible.” ’
