The Water of Cleansing
1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 2“This is a requirement of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke. 3Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence. 4Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting. 5While he watches, the heifer is to be burned—its hide, flesh, blood and intestines. 6The priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer. 7After that, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water. He may then come into the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean till evening. 8The man who burns it must also wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he too will be unclean till evening.
9“A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They are to be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing; it is for purification from sin. 10The man who gathers up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he too will be unclean till evening. This will be a lasting ordinance both for the Israelites and for the foreigners residing among them.
11“Whoever touches a human corpse will be unclean for seven days. 12They must purify themselves with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on the third and seventh days, they will not be clean. 13If they fail to purify themselves after touching a human corpse, they defile the Lord’s tabernacle. They must be cut off from Israel. Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, they are unclean; their uncleanness remains on them.
14“This is the law that applies when a person dies in a tent: Anyone who enters the tent and anyone who is in it will be unclean for seven days, 15and every open container without a lid fastened on it will be unclean.
16“Anyone out in the open who touches someone who has been killed with a sword or someone who has died a natural death, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
17“For the unclean person, put some ashes from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water over them. 18Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water and sprinkle the tent and all the furnishings and the people who were there. He must also sprinkle anyone who has touched a human bone or a grave or anyone who has been killed or anyone who has died a natural death. 19The man who is clean is to sprinkle those who are unclean on the third and seventh days, and on the seventh day he is to purify them. Those who are being cleansed must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and that evening they will be clean. 20But if those who are unclean do not purify themselves, they must be cut off from the community, because they have defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, and they are unclean. 21This is a lasting ordinance for them.
“The man who sprinkles the water of cleansing must also wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of cleansing will be unclean till evening. 22Anything that an unclean person touches becomes unclean, and anyone who touches it becomes unclean till evening.”
Omi Ìwẹ̀nùmọ́
1Olúwa sọ fún Mose àti Aaroni pé: 2“Èyí ni ohun tí òfin Olúwa pàṣẹ béèrè lọ́wọ́ yín: Sọ fún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli, kí wọn mú ẹgbọrọ ọ̀dọ́ màlúù pupa tí kò lábùkù tàbí àbàwọ́n, lára èyí tí a kò tí ì di àjàgà mọ́. 3Ẹ mú fún Eleasari àlùfáà, yóò sì mu jáde lọ sí ẹ̀yìn ibùdó kí ó sì pa á ní ojú rẹ. 4Nígbà náà ni Eleasari àlùfáà yóò mú lára ẹ̀jẹ̀ rẹ̀ sórí ìka ọwọ́ rẹ̀ yóò sì wọn lẹ́ẹ̀méje ní ọ̀kánkán iwájú àgọ́ ìpàdé. 5Ní ojú rẹ̀ ni àlùfáà yóò ti sun ọ̀dọ́ abo màlúù yìí: awọ ara rẹ̀, ẹ̀jẹ̀ rẹ̀, ẹran-ara àti ìgbẹ́ rẹ̀. 6Àlùfáà yóò mú igi kedari, hísópù àti òwú òdòdó yóò sì jù wọ́n sí àárín ọ̀dọ́ abo màlúù tí a ń sun. 7Lẹ́yìn náà, àlùfáà gbọdọ̀ fọ aṣọ rẹ̀, kí ó sì wẹ ara rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú omi lẹ́yìn náà ó lè wá sínú àgọ́. Ṣùgbọ́n yóò jẹ́ aláìmọ́ títí ìrọ̀lẹ́. 8Ẹni tí ó sun ún náà gbọdọ̀ fọ aṣọ rẹ̀ kí ó sì wẹ̀ pẹ̀lú omi, òun náà yóò jẹ́ aláìmọ́ títí di ìrọ̀lẹ́.
9“Ẹni tó wà ní mímọ́ ni yóò kó eérú ọ̀dọ́ màlúù náà lọ sí ibi tí a yà sí mímọ́ lẹ́yìn ibùdó. Kí gbogbo ìjọ ènìyàn Israẹli kó o pamọ́ fún lílò fún omi ìwẹ̀nùmọ́. Ó jẹ́ ìwẹ̀nùmọ́ kúrò nínú ẹ̀ṣẹ̀. 10Ọkùnrin tí ó kó eérú ọ̀dọ́ abo màlúù náà gbọdọ̀ fọ aṣọ rẹ̀, òun náà yóò sì jẹ́ aláìmọ́ títí ìrọ̀lẹ́. Èyí ni yóò jẹ́ ìlànà láéláé fún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli àti fún àwọn àjèjì tí ó ń gbé láàrín wọn.
11“Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá fi ọwọ́ kan òkú ẹnikẹ́ni, yóò jẹ́ aláìmọ́ fún ọjọ́ méje. 12Ó gbọdọ̀ wẹ ara rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú omi ní ọjọ́ kẹta àti ní ọjọ́ keje; nígbà náà ni yóò jẹ́ mímọ́. Ṣùgbọ́n tí ó bá jẹ́ pé kò wẹ ara rẹ̀ mọ́ ní ọjọ́ kẹta àti ní ọjọ́ keje yóò jẹ́ aláìmọ́. 13Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá fi ọwọ́ kan òkú ẹnìkan tí kò sì wẹ ara rẹ̀ mọ́, ó ba àgọ́ Olúwa jẹ́. A ó ké irú ẹni bẹ́ẹ̀ kúrò lára àwọn ọmọ Israẹli. Nítorí pé a kò tí ì wọ́n omi ìwẹ̀nùmọ́ lé e lórí, ó jẹ́ aláìmọ́, àìmọ́ rẹ̀ sì wà lára rẹ̀.
14“Èyí ni òfin tí ó jẹ mọ́ bí ènìyàn bá kú nínú àgọ́: Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá wọ inú àgọ́ àti ẹni tí ó wà nínú àgọ́ yóò di aláìmọ́ fún ọjọ́ méje, 15Gbogbo ohun èlò tí a kò bá fi omọrí dé ni yóò jẹ́ aláìmọ́.
16“Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá wà ní ìta tí ó sì fi ọwọ́ kan ẹni tí a fi idà pa tàbí ẹni tí ó kú ikú àtọ̀runwá, tàbí bí ẹnìkan bá fi ọwọ́ kan egungun òkú ènìyàn tàbí isà òkú, yóò jẹ́ aláìmọ́ fún ọjọ́ méje.
17“Fún aláìmọ́ ènìyàn, mú eérú díẹ̀ lára eérú ọrẹ ìwẹ̀nùmọ́ sínú ìgò, kí o sì da omi tó ń sàn lé e lórí. 18Nígbà náà, ọkùnrin tí a yà sí mímọ́ yóò mú hísópù díẹ̀ yóò rì í sínú omi yóò sì fi wọ́n àgọ́ àti gbogbo ohun èlò tí a ṣe lọ́ṣọ̀ọ́ àti àwọn ènìyàn tí ó wà níbẹ̀. O gbọdọ̀ tún fi wọ́n ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó fi ọwọ́ kan egungun òkú ènìyàn tàbí isà òkú, tàbí ẹni tí ó kú ikú ara rẹ̀, tàbí ẹni tí ó kú ikú àti ọ̀run wá. 19Ọkùnrin tí ó mọ́ ni kí ó bu omi wọ́n àwọn ènìyàn aláìmọ́ ní ọjọ́ kẹta àti ọjọ́ keje, ní ọjọ́ keje ó gbọdọ̀ wẹ ara rẹ̀ mọ́, Ẹni tí a wẹ̀mọ́ gbọdọ̀ fọ aṣọ rẹ̀ kí ó sì wẹ̀ pẹ̀lú omi, ní ìrọ̀lẹ́ ọjọ́ náà yóò mọ́. 20Ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹni tí ó bá jẹ́ aláìmọ́ kò bá wẹ ara rẹ̀ mọ́, a gbọdọ̀ gé e kúrò nínú ìjọ ènìyàn, nítorí wí pé ó ti ba àgọ́ Olúwa jẹ́. A kò tí ì fi omi ìwẹ̀nùmọ́ sí ara rẹ̀, ó sì jẹ́ aláìmọ́. 21Èyí jẹ́ ìlànà láéláé fún wọn.
“Ọkùnrin tí ó wọ́n omi ìwẹ̀nùmọ́ náà gbọdọ̀ fọ aṣọ rẹ̀ àti ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó fi ọwọ́ kan omi ìwẹ̀nùmọ́ yóò di aláìmọ́ títí di ìrọ̀lẹ́. 22Gbogbo ohun tí ẹni tí ó jẹ́ aláìmọ́ bá fi ọwọ́ kàn yóò di àìmọ́, ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá sì fi ọwọ́ kàn án yóò jẹ́ aláìmọ́ títí di ìrọ̀lẹ́.”
