Leviticus 11 – NIV & NASV

New International Version

Leviticus 11:1-47

Clean and Unclean Food

1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2“Say to the Israelites: ‘Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat: 3You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud.

4“ ‘There are some that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, but you must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you. 5The hyrax, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 6The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. 7And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. 8You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

9“ ‘Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams you may eat any that have fins and scales. 10But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales—whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water—you are to regard as unclean. 11And since you are to regard them as unclean, you must not eat their meat; you must regard their carcasses as unclean. 12Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be regarded as unclean by you.

13“ ‘These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean: the eagle,11:13 The precise identification of some of the birds, insects and animals in this chapter is uncertain. the vulture, the black vulture, 14the red kite, any kind of black kite, 15any kind of raven, 16the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, 17the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, 18the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, 19the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

20“ ‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be regarded as unclean by you. 21There are, however, some flying insects that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground. 22Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper. 23But all other flying insects that have four legs you are to regard as unclean.

24“ ‘You will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening. 25Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.

26“ ‘Every animal that does not have a divided hoof or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you; whoever touches the carcass of any of them will be unclean. 27Of all the animals that walk on all fours, those that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening. 28Anyone who picks up their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. These animals are unclean for you.

29“ ‘Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, 30the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon. 31Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening. 32When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth. Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean. 33If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot. 34Any food you are allowed to eat that has come into contact with water from any such pot is unclean, and any liquid that is drunk from such a pot is unclean. 35Anything that one of their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; an oven or cooking pot must be broken up. They are unclean, and you are to regard them as unclean. 36A spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean. 37If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean. 38But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

39“ ‘If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean till evening. 40Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening.

41“ ‘Every creature that moves along the ground is to be regarded as unclean; it is not to be eaten. 42You are not to eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet; it is unclean. 43Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them. 44I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground. 45I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

46“ ‘These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves about in the water and every creature that moves along the ground. 47You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.’ ”

New Amharic Standard Version

ዘሌዋውያን 11:1-47

የተፈቀደና ያልተፈቀደ መብል

11፥1-23 ተጓ ምብ – ዘዳ 14፥3-20

1እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሙሴንና አሮንን እንዲህ አላቸው፤ 2“እስራኤላውያንን እንዲህ በሏቸው፤ ‘በየብስ ከሚኖሩ እንስሳት ሁሉ የምትበሏቸው እነዚህ ናቸው፦ 3ሰኰናው የተሰነጠቀውን የሚያመሰኳውን ማንኛውንም እንስሳ መብላት ትችላላችሁ።

4“ ‘የሚያመሰኩ ሆነው ሰኰናቸው ያልተሰነጠቀ ወይም ሰኰናቸው የተሰነጠቀ ሆኖ የማያመሰኩትን አትብሉ፤ ግመል ያመሰኳል፤ ሰኰናው ስላልተሰነጠቀ ግን በእናንተ ዘንድ ርኩስ ይሁን። 5ሽኮኮ ያመሰኳል፤ ሰኰናው ስላልተሰነጠቀ ግን በእናንተ ዘንድ ርኩስ ይሁን። 6ጥንቸል ያመሰኳል፤ ሰኰናው ስላልተሰነጠቀ ግን በእናንተ ዘንድ ርኩስ ይሁን። 7ዐሳማ ሰኰናው የተሰነጠቀ ቢሆንም ስለማያመሰኳ በእናንተ ዘንድ ርኩስ ይሁን። 8የእነዚህን እንስሳት ሥጋ አትብሉ፤ ጥንባቸውንም አትንኩ፤ በእናንተ ዘንድ ርኩሶች ይሁኑ።

9“ ‘በባሕሮችና በወንዞች ውሃ ውስጥ ከሚኖሩት ፍጡሮች ክንፍና ቅርፊት ያላቸውን መብላት ትችላላችሁ፤ 10ነገር ግን በባሕሮችና በወንዞች ውስጥ ከሚኖሩት ፍጡሮች ሁሉ፣ ከሚንፏቀቁት ወይም በውሃ ውስጥ ከሚኖሩት ሕይወት ካላቸው ሌሎች ፍጡሮች መካከል ክንፍና ቅርፊት የሌላቸው በእናንተ ዘንድ አስጸያፊዎች ይሁኑ፤ 11በእናንተ ዘንድ አስጸያፊ ስለ ሆኑ ሥጋቸውን አትብሉ፤ በድናቸውንም ትጸየፋላችሁ፤ 12ክንፍና ቅርፊት የሌለው ማንኛውም በውሃ ውስጥ የሚኖር ፍጡር በእናንተ ዘንድ አስጸያፊ ይሁን።

13“ ‘ከአዕዋፍ ወገን እነዚህን ትጸየፋላችሁ፤ ጸያፍ ስለ ሆኑም አትብሏቸው፦ ንስር፣ ጥንብ አንሣ፣ ግልገል አንሣ፣ 14ጭላት፣ ማንኛውም ዐይነት ጭልፊት፣ 15ማንኛውም ዐይነት ቍራ፣ 16ሰጐን፣ ጠላቋ፣ ዝይ፣ ማንኛውም ዐይነት በቋል፣ 17ጕጕት፣ ርኩም፣ ጋጋኖ፣ 18የውሃ ዶሮ፣ ይብራ፣ ስደተኛ አሞራ፣ 19ሽመላ፣ ማንኛውም ዐይነት ሳቢሳ፣ ጅንጁላቴ ወፍና የሌሊት ወፍ።11፥19 በዚህ ምዕራፍ ውስጥ ያሉ የእያንዳንዱ አዕዋፍ፣ ነፍሳትና እንስሳት ትክክለኛ ማንነታቸው በትክክል አይታወቅም

20“ ‘ክንፍ ኖሯቸው በአራት እግር የሚንቀሳቀሱ ነፍሳት ሁሉ በእናንተ ዘንድ አስጸያፊዎች ይሁኑ። 21ነገር ግን ክንፍ ኖሯቸው በአራት እግር ከሚንቀሳቀሱ ነፍሳት መካከል ከምድር በሚፈናጠሩበት እግራቸው አንጓ ያለባቸውን መብላት ትችላላችሁ። 22ከእነዚህ ማንኛውንም ዐይነት አንበጣ፣ ፌንጣና ኵብኵባ መብላት ትችላላችሁ። 23ነገር ግን ክንፍ ኖሯቸው በአራት እግር የሚንቀሳቀሱትን ፍጥረታት ተጸየፏቸው።

24“ ‘ከእነዚህ የተነሣ ትረክሳላችሁ፤ የእነዚህን በድን የሚነካ ሁሉ እስከ ማታ ድረስ ርኩስ ይሆናል። 25የእነዚህንም በድን የሚያነሣ ሰው ሁሉ ልብሱን ይጠብ፤ ሆኖም እስከ ማታ ድረስ ርኩስ ነው።

26“ ‘ሰኰና ያለው፣ ነገር ግን ሰኰናው ያልተሰነጠቀና የማያመሰኳ ማንኛውም እንስሳ በእናንተ ዘንድ ርኩስ ይሁን። የእነዚህንም በድን የሚነካ ሰው ሁሉ ይረክሳል። 27አራት እግር ካላቸው እንስሳት ሁሉ በመዳፋቸው የሚሄዱት በእናንተ ዘንድ ርኩሳን ናቸው፤ በድናቸውንም የሚነካ ሁሉ እስከ ማታ ድረስ ርኩስ ይሆናል። 28የእነዚህን በድን የሚያነሣ ሰው ልብሱን ይጠብ፤ ሆኖም እስከ ማታ ድረስ ርኩስ ይሆናል፤ እንስሳቱም በእናንተ ዘንድ ርኩሳን ናቸው።

29“ ‘ምድር ለምድር ከሚንቀሳቀሱ እንስሳት መካከል እነዚህ በእናንተ ዘንድ ርኩሳን ናቸው፦ ሙጭልጭላ፣ ዐይጥ፣ እንሽላሊት በየወገኑ፣ 30ዔሊ፣ ዐዞ፣ ገበሎ፣ አርጃኖ፣ ዕሥሥት። 31ምድር ለምድር ከሚንቀሳቀሱ እንስሳት ሁሉ መካከል እነዚህ በእናንተ ዘንድ ርኩሳን ናቸው፤ ከእነዚህም የሞተውን የሚነካ ሁሉ እስከ ማታ ድረስ ርኩስ ይሆናል። 32በድኑ በማንኛውም ዕቃ ላይ ቢወድቅ ያ ዕቃ ከዕንጨት፣ ከጨርቅ፣ ከቈዳ ወይም ከበርኖስ የተሠራ ቢሆን ርኩስ ይሆናል፤ በውሃ ውስጥ ይደረግ፤ ሆኖም ርኩስ ነው፤ ከዚያም በኋላ ንጹሕ ይሆናል። 33በድኑም በሸክላ ዕቃ ውስጥ ቢወድቅ፣ በውስጡ ያለ ነገር ሁሉ ርኩስ ስለሚሆን ዕቃውን ስበሩት። 34ማንኛውም ምግብ እንዲህ ካለው ዕቃ ውሃ ቢፈስስበት ይረክሳል፤ ከዚህ ዕቃ የሚጠጣውም ነገር ሁሉ ርኩስ ነው። 35ከበድናቸው አንዱ የወደቀበት ነገር ሁሉ ይረክሳል፤ ምድጃም ይሁን ማሰሮ ይሰበር፤ ርኩሳን ናቸው፤ እናንተም ተጸየፏቸው። 36ነገር ግን ምንጭ ወይም የውሃ ማጠራቀሚያ ጕድጓድ ንጹሕ እንደ ሆነ ይቈያል፤ ሆኖም በድኑን የነካ ይረክሳል። 37በሚዘራ ዘር ላይ በድን ቢወድቅ ዘሩ ንጹሕ እንደ ሆነ ይቈያል። 38ነገር ግን በዘሩ ላይ ውሃ ከፈሰሰበት በኋላ በድን ቢወድቅበት ዘሩ በእናንተ ዘንድ ርኩስ ነው።

39“ ‘እንድትበሉ ከተፈቀደላችሁ እንስሳት አንዱ ቢሞት፣ በድኑን የሚነካ ማንኛውም ሰው እስከ ማታ ድረስ ርኩስ ይሆናል። 40ማንም ሰው ከበድኑ ቢበላ ልብሱን ይጠብ፤ ሆኖም እስከ ማታ ድረስ ርኩስ ነው፤ በድኑን የሚያነሣ ልብሱን ይጠብ፤ ሆኖም እስከ ማታ ድረስ ርኩስ ይሆናል።

41“ ‘ምድር ለምድር የሚንቀሳቀስ ማንኛውም ፍጡር ጸያፍ ነው፤ አይበላም። 42ምድር ለምድር የሚንቀሳቀሰውን ፍጡር ሁሉ፣ ይኸውም በደረቱ የሚሳበውን ወይም በአራት እግር የሚሄደውን ወይም ብዙ እግሮች ያሉትን አትብሉ፤ ጸያፍ ነው። 43በእነዚህ ፍጡራን ሁሉ ራሳችሁን አስጸያፊ አታድርጉ፤ በእነርሱም ራሳችሁን በማጕደፍ አትርከሱ። 44እኔ እግዚአብሔር አምላካችሁ (ያህዌ ኤሎሂም) ቅዱስ ነኝና እናንተም ተለዩ፤ ቅዱሳንም ሁኑ፤ ምድር ለምድር በሚንቀሳቀስ በማንኛውም ፍጡር ራሳችሁን አታርክሱ። 45አምላካችሁ (ኤሎሂም) እሆን ዘንድ ከግብፅ ምድር ያወጣኋችሁ እኔ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ነኝ፤ ስለዚህ እኔ ቅዱስ ነኝና እናንተም ቅዱሳን ሁኑ።

46“ ‘እንስሳትንና አዕዋፍን፣ በውሃ ውስጥ የሚኖሩትንና ምድር ለምድር የሚንቀሳቀሱትን ፍጥረታት ሁሉ በሚመለከት የተሰጠ ሕግ ይህ ነው። 47በዚህም በርኩሱና በንጹሑ መካከል፣ እንዲሁም ሕይወት ካላቸው ፍጡራን የሚበሉትንና የማይበሉትን ትለያላችሁ።’ ”