Leviticus 11

1 Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,

١ وَأَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ:

2 “Tell the Israeli people that [this is what Yahweh says]: From all the animals that live on the land, these are the ones that you are permitted to eat:

٢ «أَوْصِيَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: هَذِهِ هِيَ الْحَيَوَانَاتُ الَّتِي تَأْكُلُونَهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ بَهَائِمِ الأَرْضِ:

3 The ones that have hooves that are completely split and that (chew their cuds/bring their food up from their stomachs to chew it again).

٣ تَأْكُلُونَ كُلَّ حَيَوَانٍ مَشْقُوقِ الظِّلْفِ وَمُجْتَرٍّ،

4 There are some animals that chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, and some animals that have split hooves but do not chew their cuds. You must not eat any of those animals. [For example], camels chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.

٤ أَمَّا الْحَيَوَانَاتُ الْمُجْتَرَّةُ فَقَطْ، أَوِ الْمَشْقُوقَةُ الظِّلْفِ فَقَطْ، فَلا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْهَا، فَالْجَمَلُ غَيْرُ طَاهِرٍ لَكُمْ لأَنَّهُ مُجْتَرٌّ وَلَكِنَّهُ غَيْرُ مَشْقُوقِ الظِّلْفِ،

5 Rock badgers chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.

٥ وَكَذَلِكَ الْوَبْرُ نَجِسٌ لَكُمْ لأَنَّهُ مُجْتَرٌّ وَلَكِنَّهُ غَيْرُ مَشْقُوقِ الظِّلْفِ،

6 Rabbits chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.

٦ أَمَّا الأَرْنَبُ فَإِنَّهُ مُجْتَرٌّ وَلَكِنَّهُ غَيْرُ مَشْقُوقِ الظِّلْفِ، لِذَلِكَ هُوَ نَجِسٌ لَكُمْ،

7 Pigs have completely split hooves but they do not chew their cuds, so they are unacceptable for you to eat.

٧ وَالْخِنْزِيرُ أَيْضاً نَجِسٌ لَكُمْ لأَنَّهُ مَشْقُوقُ الظِّلْفِ وَلَكِنَّهُ غَيْرُ مُجْتَرٍّ.

8 All of those animals are unacceptable for you, so you must not eat their meat or even touch their carcasses.

٨ لَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ لَحْمِهَا وَلا تَلْمَسُوا جُثَثَهَا لأَنَّهَا نَجِسَةٌ لَكُمْ.

9 From all the creatures that live in the oceans and the streams, you are permitted to eat any that have fins and scales.

٩ أَمَّا مَا يَعِيشُ فِي الْمَاءِ فَتَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهُ كُلَّ مَالَهُ زَعَانِفُ وَقُشُورٌ، سَوَاءٌ كَانَ يَعِيشُ فِي الْبِحَارِ أَمِ الأَنْهَارِ، فَهَذِهِ تَأْكُلُونَهَا.

10 But you must detest [and not eat] those that do not have fins and scales. That includes ones that are very small.

١٠ وَلَكِنْ إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الْمَائِيَّةَ الَّتِي لَيْسَ لَهَا زَعَانِفُ أَوْ قُشُورٌ، سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ تَعِيشُ فِي الأَنْهَارِ أَوِ الْبِحَارِ، أَوِ الزَّوَاحِفَ فِي الْمِيَاهِ، أَوْ كُلَّ نَفْسٍ حَيَّةٍ فِيهَا، فَهَذِهِ كُلُّهَا مَحْظُورَةٌ عَلَيْكُمْ.

11 You must despise them, and you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

١١ فَلا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْ لَحْمِهَا وَامْقُتُوا جُثَثَهَا.

12 You must detest everything that lives in the water that does not have fins and scales.

١٢ كُلُّ حَيَوَانٍ مَائِيٍّ خَالٍ مِنَ الزَّعَانِفِ وَالْقُشُورِ يَكُونُ مَحْظُوراً عَلَيْكُمْ.

13 There are some birds that you must detest [and not eat]. They include eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures,

١٣ وَمِنَ الطُّيُورِ الَّتِي يُحَظَرُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَكْلُهَا لأَنَّهَا مَمْقُوتَةٌ: النَّسْرُ وَالأَنُوقُ وِالصَّقْرُ،

14 kites, any kind of falcon/buzzard,

١٤ وَالْحِدَأَةُ وَالْبَاشِقُ عَلَى مُخْتَلَفِ أَصْنَافِهِ،

15 any kind of raven,

١٥ وَكُلُّ أَجْنَاسِ الْغِرْبَانِ،

16 horned owls, screech owls, seagulls, any kind of hawk,

١٦ وَالنَّعَامَةُ وَالظَّلِيمُ وَالسَّأَفُ وَكُلُّ أَنْوَاعِ طَيْرِ الْبَازِ،

17 small owls, cormorants, large owls,

١٧ وَالْبُومَةُ وَالْغَوَّاصُ وَالْكُرْكِيُّ،

18 white owls, desert owls, vultures that eat dead animals,

١٨ وَالْبَجَعُ وَالْقُوقُ وَالرَّخَمُ،

19 storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats.

١٩ وَاللَّقْلَقُ وَالْبَبْغَاءُ عَلَى اخْتِلافِ أَجْنَاسِهَا، وَالْهُدْهُدُ وَالْخُفَّاشُ.

20 You must detest [and not eat] flying insects that [sometimes] walk on the ground [MTY].

٢٠ وَكَذَلِكَ تُحَظَرُ عَلَيْكُمْ كُلُّ حَشَرَةٍ مُجَنَّحَةٍ ذَاتِ أَرْبَعِ أَرْجُلٍ.

21 But you are permitted to eat creatures with wings that sometimes walk on the ground if they have jointed legs for hopping around.

٢١ وَلَكِنْ كُلُوا مِنْ بَيْنِ الْكَائِنَاتِ الْمُجَنَّحَةِ الَّتِي تَمْشِي عَلَى أَرْبَعٍ مَالَهُ سَاقَانِ أَطْوَلُ مِنْ يَدَيْهِ يَقْفِزُ بِهِمَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ.

22 They include locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.

٢٢ فَمِنْ هَذِهِ الْكَائِنَاتِ تَأْكُلُونَ: كُلُّ أَنْوَاعِ الْجَرَادِ، وَجَمِيعُ أَصْنَافِ الدَّبَا وَالحَرْجُوَانُ عَلَى مُخْتَلَفِ أَجْنَاسِهِ وَالْجُنْدُبُ بِأَنْوَاعِهِ

23 But you must detest [and not eat] other insects with wings that have four legs.

٢٣ أَمَّا سَائِرُ دَبِيبِ الطَّيْرِ ذَوَاتِ الأَرْبَعِ الأَرْجُلِ فَهُوَ مَحْظُورٌ عَلَيْكُمْ،

24 ‘There are certain creatures that if you touch their carcasses you will become defiled. Anyone who touches their carcasses must not touch other people until that evening.

٢٤ فَإِنَّهَا تُنَجِّسُكُمْ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَلْمِسُ جُثَثَهَا يَتَنَجَّسُ حَتَّى الْمَسَاءِ.

25 Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening.

٢٥ وَعَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ حَمَلَ جُثَثَهَا أَنْ يَغْسِلَ ثِيَابَهُ وَيَكُونُ نَجِساً حَتَّى الْمَسَاءِ،

26 ‘The animals whose carcasses you must not touch are those that have hooves that are not completely divided or animals that do not chew their cuds. Anyone who touches the carcasses of any of those animals becomes (defiled/unacceptable to me).

٢٦ وَكَذَلِكَ جَمِيعُ الْبَهَائِمِ ذَوَاتِ الأَظْلافِ غَيْرِ الْمَشْقُوقَةِ وَغَيْرِ الْمُجْتَرَّةِ تَكُونُ نَجِسَةً لَكُمْ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَلْمِسُهَا يَتَنَجَّسُ.

27 From all the animals that walk on the ground, you must not touch the carcasses of those that have paws to walk on. Anyone who touches one of their carcasses must not touch other people until that evening.

٢٧ وَأَيْضاً كُلُّ حَيَوَانٍ يَمْشِي عَلَى كُفُوفِهِ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ ذَوَاتِ الأَرْبَعِ الأَرْجُلِ، فَهُوَ نَجِسٌ لَكُمْ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَمَسُّ جُثَثَهَا يَكُونُ نَجِساً حَتَّى الْمَسَاءِ،

28 Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening, because touching their carcasses (defiles you/causes you to become unacceptable to me).

٢٨ وَمَنْ يَحْمِلُ جُثَثَهَا يَغْسِلُ ثِيَابَهُ وَيَكُونُ نَجِساً إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ. جَمِيعُهَا مَحْظُورَةٌ عَلَيْكُمْ.

29 ‘From all the animals that walk on the ground, these are the ones that (defile you/cause you to become unacceptable to me) [if you touch them]: Moles, rats, any kind of lizard,

٢٩ أَمَّا الْحَيَوَانَاتُ الدَّابَةُ حَوْلَكُمْ فَوْقَ الأَرْضِ وَالْمَحْظُورَةُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِنَجَاسَتِهَا فَهِيَ: ابْنُ عِرْسٍ وَالْفَأْرُ وَالضَّبُّ عَلَى مُخْتَلَفِ أَجْنَاسِهِ،

30 geckos, skinks, and chameleons.

٣٠ وَالْحِرْذَوْنُ وَالْوَرَلُ وَالْوَزَغَةُ والْعِظَايَةُ وَالْحِرْبَاءُ.

31 Those creatures that scurry across the ground (defile you/cause you to become unacceptable to me); anyone who touches one of their carcasses must not touch other people until the evening.

٣١ هَذِهِ هِيَ الْحَيَوَانَاتُ النَّجِسَةُ لَكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الدَّابَةِ. كُلُّ مَنْ لَمَسَهَا يَكُونُ نَجِساً حَتَّى الْمَسَاءِ.

32 When one of those creatures dies and falls on something, the thing that it falls on, whatever it is used for, will become (defiled/unacceptable to me), whether it is made of wood or cloth or the hide of some animal or from rough cloth. You must put it in water. Then you must not use it until that evening.

٣٢ إِنْ وَقَعَتْ جُثَّةُ أَحَدِ هَذِهِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ عَلَى شَيْءٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَتَنَجَّسُ، سَوَاءٌ أَكَانَ آنِيَةً مِنْ خَشَبٍ أَمْ قُمَاشٍ أَمْ جِلْدٍ أَمْ مِسْحٍ، أَمْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ يُسْتَخْدَمُ فِي عَمَلٍ مَا. يُوْضَعُ فِي مَاءٍ وَيَكُونُ نَجِساً إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ، ثُمَّ يَطْهُرُ.

33 If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it becomes defiled, and you must break that pot into pieces.

٣٣ أَمَّا إِنْ وَقَعَتْ جُثَّةُ أَحَدِهَا فِي إِنَاءٍ خَزَفِيٍّ، فَإِنَّ مَا فِي الإِنَاءِ يَتَنَجَّسُ، وَأَمَّا الإِنَاءُ فَيُكْسَرُ.

34 If you pour water from that pot on any food, you must not eat that food. And you must not drink any water from that pot.

٣٤ وَأَيُّ طَعَامٍ يُؤْكَلُ اسْتُخْدِمَ فِيهِ مَاءٌ مِنْ هَذَا الإِنَاءِ يَكُونُ نَجِساً. وَكَذَلِكَ يَكُونُ مَاؤُهُ الَّذِي يُشْرَبُ أَيْضاً.

35 Anything that one of the carcasses of those creatures falls on becomes (defiled/unacceptable to me); even if it falls on an oven or a cooking pot, anything that it falls on must be broken into pieces. It becomes unacceptable to me and you must not use it again.

٣٥ وَإذَا سَقَطَتْ جُثَّةُ أَحَدِ هَذِهِ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ فِي التَّنُّورِ أَوِ الْمَوْقِدِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُهْدَمُ، لأَنَّهُ نَجِسٌ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهِ تَتَنَجَّسُونَ.

36 If one of their carcasses falls into a spring or a pit for storing water, the water may still be drunk, but anyone who touches one of those carcasses becomes unacceptable to me.

٣٦ أَمَّا إِنْ سَقَطَتْ فِي نَبْعٍ أَوْ بِئْرٍ حَيْثُ يَجْتَمِعُ الْمَاءُ، فَإِنَّهُمَا تَظَلّانِ طَاهِرَتَيْنِ. لَكِنْ كُلُّ مَنْ لَمَسَ جُثَّتَهَا يَكُونُ نَجِساً.

37 If one of those carcasses falls on seeds that are to be planted, those seeds are still acceptable to be planted.

٣٧ وَإذَا وَقَعَتْ جُثَّةُ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهَا عَلَى حُبُوبٍ يَبْذُرُونَهَا فِي حَقْلٍ، فَإِنَّهَا تَبْقَى طَاهِرَةً.

38 But if water has been put on the seeds and then a carcass falls on them, the seeds must be thrown away.

٣٨ لَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْحُبُوبُ مُبْتَلَّةً بِمَاءٍ وَسَقَطَتِ الْجُثَّةُ عَلَيْهَا، فَإِنَّ الْحُبُوبَ الْمُبْتَلَّةَ تُصْبِحُ نَجِسَةً لَكُمْ.

39 ‘If an animal [whose meat] you are permitted to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass must not touch other people until that evening.

٣٩ إِنْ مَاتَ حَيَوَانٌ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَكْلُهُ، وَلَمَسَ أَحَدٌ جُثَّتَهُ، فَاللّامِسُ يَكُونُ نَجِساً حَتَّى الْمَسَاءِ.

40 Anyone who eats some meat from that carcass must wash his clothes, and then he must not touch anyone until that evening.

٤٠ وَعَلَى مَنْ أَكَلَ مِنْ جُثَّتِهِ أَوْ حَمَلَهَا أَنْ يَغْسِلَ ثِيَابَهُ وَيَكُونُ نَجِساً إِلَى الْمَسَاءِ.

41 ‘All creatures that scurry across the ground, including those that move on their bellies and those that crawl, are detestable, and they must not be eaten.

٤١ ويُحَظَرُ عَلَيْكُمُ الأَكْلُ مِنَ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الزَّاحِفَةِ،

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٤٢ سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ تَزْحَفُ عَلَى بَطْنِهَا أَوْ تَدِبُّ عَلَى أَرْبَعٍ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ فَإِنَّهَا مَحْظُورَةٌ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَلا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْهَا.

43 Do not (defile yourselves/cause you to become unacceptable to me) by [eating] any of those creatures [DOU].

٤٣ لَا تُدَنِّسُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ بِالْحَيَوَانَاتِ الدَّابَةِ هَذِهِ، وَلا تَتَنَجَّسُوا بِها. كُونُوا طَاهِرِينَ.

44 I am Yahweh your God, and I am holy, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy. You must avoid eating things that cause you to be unacceptable to me. Do not cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me by eating creatures that scurry across the ground.

٤٤ أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، فَكَرِّسُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَتَقَدَّسُوا، لأَنِّي أَنَا قُدُّوسٌ، وَلا تُنَجِّسُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الدَّبِيبِ الْمُتَحَرِّكِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ.

45 I am Yahweh, the one who freed you from [being slaves in] Egypt, in order to be your God. Therefore, because I am holy, you must be holy.

٤٥ لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ لأَكُونَ لَكُمْ إِلَهاً. فَكُونُوا قِدِّيسِينَ لأَنِّي أَنَا قُدُّوسٌ.

46 'Those are the regulations concerning animals and birds, all the living creatures that live in water or scurry across the ground.

٤٦ هَذِهِ هِيَ الشَّرَائِعُ الْخَاصَّةُ بِالْحَيَوَانَاتِ وَالطُّيُورِ وَالْحَيَوَانَاتِ الْمَائِيَّةِ وَالزَّوَاحِفِ،

47 You must learn what things [I say] are acceptable to me and what things are not, and learn what things you are permitted to eat and what things you are not permitted to eat.’”

٤٧ لِكَيْ تُمَيِّزُوا بَيْنَ النَّجِسِ وَالطَّاهِرِ، وَبَيْنَ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ الَّتِي تُؤْكَلُ وَالْحَيَوَانَاتِ الْمَحْظُورِ أَكْلُهَا».