1 و َكَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى وَهارُونَ فَقالَ:

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,

2 « بَيِّنا لِبَنِي إسْرائِيلَ ما هِيَ الحَيواناتُ الَّتِي يُمكِنُهُمْ أنْ يَأكُلُوها مِنْ الحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَّةِ.

“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.

3 ي ُسْمَحُ لَكُمْ أنْ تَأكُلُوا أيَّ حَيوانٍ لَهُ حافِرٌ مَشقُوقٌ وَيَجتَرُّ.

Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.

4 « لَكِنْ لا تَأكُلُوا الحَيواناتِ الَّتِي تَجتَرُّ وَلَيسَ لَها حافِرٌ مَشقُوقٌ. لا تَأكُلُوا الجَمَلَ، فَهُوَ يَجتَرُّ لَكِنْ لَيسَ لَهُ حافِرٌ مَشْقُوقٌ، فَهُوَ نَجِسٌ لَكُمْ.

“‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because he chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.

5 ل ا تَأكُلُوا الغَرِيرَ فَهُوَ يَجتَرُّ لَكِنْ لَيسَ لَهُ حافِرٌ مَشْقُوقٌ، فَهُوَ نَجِسٌ لَكُمْ.

The cony, because he chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, he is unclean to you.

6 ل ا تَأكُلُوا الأرنَبَ، فَهُوَ يَجتَرُّ، لَكِنْ لَيسَ لَهُ حافِرٌ مَشْقُوقٌ، فَهُوَ نَجِسٌ لَكُمْ.

The hare, because she chews the cud but doesn’t part the hoof, she is unclean to you.

7 ل ا تَأكُلُوا الخِنزِيرَ، إذْ لَهُ حافِرٌ مَشقُوقٌ، لَكِنَّهُ لا يَجتَرُّ، فَهُوَ نَجِسٌ لَكُمْ.

The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, he is unclean to you.

8 ل ا تَأكُلُوا مِنْ لَحمِ هَذِهِ الحَيَواناتِ وَلا تَلمِسُوا جُثَثَها، فَهِيَ نَجِسَةٌ لَكُمْ. الحَيواناتُ البحريّة

Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.

9 « وَمِنَ الحَيواناتِ البَحرِيَّةِ تَأكُلُونَ كُلَّ شَيءٍ يَعِيشُ فِي الماءِ – فِي البِحارِ أوِ الأنهارِ – وَلَهُ زَعانِفُ وَحَراشِفُ.

“‘These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that you may eat.

10 أ مّا ما يَعِيشُ فِي البِحارِ أوِ الأنهارِ وَلَيسَتْ لَهُ زَعانِفُ وَحَراشِفُ مِنْ كُلِّ الكائِناتِ الَّتِي تَزحَفُ فِي الماءِ أوِ الكائِناتِ المائِيَّةِ الأُخرَى، فَمُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ،

All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you,

11 و َسَيبقَى مُحَرَّماً. فَلا تَأكُلُوا لَحمَها وَلا تَلمِسُوا جُثَثَها كَي لا تَتَنَجَّسُوا.

and you detest them. You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall detest their carcasses.

12 ك ُلُّ كائِنٍ فِي الماءِ لَيسَتْ لَهُ زَعانِفُ وَحَراشِفُ يَكُونُ مُحَرَّماً. الطُّيُور

Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination to you.

13 « وَتَمقُتُونَ الطُّيُورَ التّالِيَةَ فَلا تَأكُلُوها لأنَّها نَجِسَةٌ: النَّسرَ وَالأنُوقَ وَالعُقابَ،

“‘These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the vulture, and the black vulture,

14 و َالحِدَأةَ وَكُلَّ أنواعِ الصُّقُورِ،

and the red kite, any kind of black kite,

15 و َكُلَّ أنواعِ الغِربانِ،

any kind of raven,

16 و َالنَّعامَةَ وَالخُطّافَ وَالنَّورَسَ وَكُلَّ أنواعِ البازِ،

the horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind of hawk,

17 و َالبُومَ وَالغَوّاصَ وَالكُرْكِيَّ،

the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

18 و َالبَجَعَ وَالقُوقَ وَالرَّخَمَ،

the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

19 و َاللَّقلَقَ وَمالِكِ الحَزِينِ بِأنْواعِهِ وَالهُدهُدَ وَالخَفّاشَ. الحَشَرات

the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

20 « لا تَأكُلُوا كُلَّ حَشَرَةٍ لَها أجنِحَةٌ وَتَسِيرُ عَلَى أربَعِ.

“‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you.

21 و َلَكِنْ تَأكُلُونَ الحَشَراتِ الَّتِي لَها أجنِحَةٌ وَتَسِيرُ عَلَى أربَعِ فَقَطْ إنْ كانَ لِسِيقانِها مَفاصِلُ فَوقَ رِجلَيها لِتَقفِزَ بِهِما عَلَى الأرْضِ.

Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.

22 ف َتَأكُلُونَ كُلَّ أنواعِ الجَرادِ وَكُلَّ أنواعِ الدَّبا وَكُلَّ أنواعِ الحَرْجُوانِ وَكُلَّ أنواعِ الجَنادِبِ.

Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper.

23 « وَأمّا الحَشَراتُ الَّتِي لَها أجنِحَةٌ وَتَسِيرُ عَلَى أربَعِ، فامْتَنِعُوا عَنْها.

But all winged creeping things which have four feet, are an abomination to you.

24 ه َذِهِ الكائِناتُ تُنَجِّسُكُمْ. فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَلمِسُ جُثَثَها يَكُونُ نَجِساً إلَى المَساءِ.

“‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

25 و َكُلُّ مَنْ يَحمِلُ جُزءاً مِنْ جُثَثِها، فَلِيَغْسِلْ ثِيابَهُ. وَسَيَبقَى نَجِساً إلَى المَساءِ. المزيدُ عَنِ الحيوانات

Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

26 « كُلُّ حَيوانٍ لَهُ حافِرٌ غَيرُ مَشقُوقٍ، أوْ لا يَجتَرُّ، هُوَ نَجِسٌ لَكُمْ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَلمِسُهُ يَصِيرُ نَجِساً.

“‘Every animal which parts the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean.

27 ك َذَلِكَ كُلُّ مَنْ يَمْشِي عَلَى خُفٍّ مِنَ الحَيواناتِ الَّتِي تَمْشِي عَلَى أربَعَ، فَهُوَ نَجِسٌ لَكُمْ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَلمِسُها يَصِيرُ نَجِساً إلَى المَساءِ.

Whatever goes on its paws, among all animals that go on all fours, they are unclean to you. Whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

28 و َكُلُّ مَنْ يَحمِلُ جُثَثَها، لِيَغْسِلْ ثِيابَهُ. وَسَيَبقَى نَجِساً إلَى المَساءِ. إنَّها نَجِسَةٌ لَكُمْ. الحَيواناتُ الزّاحِفَة

He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.

29 « وَالحَيواناتُ الزّاحِفَةُ الَّتِي تَزحَفُ عَلَى الأرْضِ نَجِسَةٌ لَكُمْ: الخُلْدُ وَالفَأْرُ وَكُلُّ أنواعِ السَّحالِي الكَبيرَةُ،

“‘These are they which are unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard,

30 و َالحَرذُونُ وَالتِمْساحَ وَالعَضاءَةُ وَسِحلِيَّةُ الرَّملِ وَالحِرباءُ.

the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

31 ه َذِهِ الحَيواناتُ الزّاحِفَةُ نَجِسَةٌ لَكُمْ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَلمِسُ جُثَثَها يَكُونُ نَجِساً إلَى المَساءِ. احكامٌ تَتَعلّق بالحيوانات النّجسة

These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.

32 « إنْ وَقَعَ أيٌّ مِنَ الحَيواناتِ النَّجِسَةِ المَيِّتَةِ عَلَى شَيءٍ، فَإنَّهُ يَكُونُ نَجِساً. أيِّ وِعاءٍ خَشَبِيٍّ أوْ ثِيابٍ أوْ جِلْدٍ أوْ قُماشٍ مِنْ شَعرِ الماعِزِ أوْ أيَّةِ أداةٍ تُستَخدَمُ لِأيِّ غَرَضٍ تُوضَعُ فِي الماءِ، وَسَتَبقَى نَجِسَةً إلَى المَساءِ حَيثُ تُصبِحُ طاهِرَةً.

On whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean.

33 إ نْ سَقَطَ أيٌّ مِنْها فِي وِعاءٍ خَزَفِيٍّ، فَإنَّ أيَّ شَيءٍ فِي الوِعاءِ يُصبِحُ نَجِساً. فاكْسِرِ الوِعاءَ.

Every earthen vessel, into which any of them falls, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.

34 إ نِ انْسَكَبَ ماءٌ مِنْ وِعاءٍ نَجِسٍ عَلَى أيِّ طَعامٍ طاهِرٍ فَإنَّهُ يَصِيرُ نَجِساً. وَكُلُّ شَرابٍ يُوضَعُ فِي وِعاءٍ نَجِسٍ، يَصِيرُ نَجِساً.

All food which may be eaten, that on which water comes, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.

35 و َإنْ سَقَطَ أيُّ جُزءٍ مِنْ جُثَثِها عَلَى أيِّ شَيءٍ، فَإنَّهُ يَصِيرُ نَجِساً. فَإنْ وَقَعَ عَلَى تَنُّورٍ أوْ فُرنٍ، يَنبَغِي أنْ يُهدَمَ. كُلُّ هَذِهِ الأشْياءِ تَصيرُ نَجِسَةً، وَتَبقَى نَجِسَةً.

Everything whereupon part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.

36 « وَأمّا النَّبعُ أوِ البِئْرُ اللَّذانِ يَجمَعانِ الماءَ فَيَبقَيانِ طاهِرَينِ، لَكِنْ كُلُّ شَخصٍ يَلمِسُ الجُثَثَ السَّاقِطَةَ فِي الماءِ يَصِيرُ نَجِساً.

Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is gathered shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean.

37 و َإنْ وَقَعَ مِنْ جُثَثِها عَلَى بُذُورٍ لِلزِراعَةِ فَإنَّها تَبقَى طاهِرَةً.

If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

38 ل َكِنْ إنْ كانَ عَلَى البُذُورِ ماءٌ، وَسَقَطَ عَلَيها أيُّ جُزءٍ مِنْ جُثَثِها، فَإنَّ البُذُورَ تُصبِحُ نَجِسَةً.

But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

39 « وَإنْ ماتَ حَيوانٌ مِنَ الحَيواناتِ الَّتِي تَأكُلُونَها، فَمَنْ يَلمِسُ جُثَّتَهُ يَكُونُ نَجِساً إلَى المَساءِ.

“‘If any animal, of which you may eat, dies; he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening.

40 ك ُلُّ مَنْ يَأكُلُ مِنْ جُثَّتِهِ، فَليَغْسِلْ ثِيابَهُ. وَسَيَكُونُ نَجِساً إلَى المَساءِ. وَكَذَلِكَ كُلُّ مَنْ يَحمِلُهُ، فَليَغْسِلْ ثِيابَهُ. وَسَيَكُونُ نَجِساً إلَى المَساءِ.

He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

41 « كُلُّ كائِنٍ يَزحَفُ عَلَى الأرْضِ مَكْرُوهٌ فَلا تَأكُلُوهُ.

“‘Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten.

42 ل ا تَأكُلُوا أيَّ كائِنٍ يَزحَفُ عَلَى الأرْضِ عَلَى بَطنِهِ أمْ عَلَى أربَعِ أمْ عَلَى أقدامٍ كَثِيرَةٍ، فَإنَّهُ مَكرُوهٌ.

Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, even all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

43 ل ا تُدَنِّسُوا أنفُسَكُمْ بِأيِّ حَيوانٍ زاحِفٍ. لا تُنَجِّسُوا أنفُسَكُمْ بِها فَتَصِيرُوا نَجِسِينَ.

You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps. You shall not make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby.

44 ل ِأنِّي أنا إلَهُكُمْ. احفَظُوا أنفُسَكُمْ مُقَدَّسِينَ لِأنِّي أنا قُدُّوسٌ. فَلا تُنَجِّسُوا أنفُسَكُمْ بِالحَيواناتِ الزّاحِفَةِ.

For I am Yahweh your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth.

45 ل ِأنِّي أنا اللهُ الَّذِي أخرَجَكُمْ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصْرَ لِأكُونَ إلَهَكُمْ. كُونُوا مُقَدَّسِينَ، لِأنِّي أنا قُدُّوسٌ.»

For I am Yahweh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

46 ه َذِهِ هِيَ الشَّرائِعُ المُتَعَلِّقَةُ بِالحَيواناتِ البَرِّيَة وَالطُّيُورِ وَالكائِناتِ البَحرِيَّةِ وَالحَيواناتُ الزّاحِفَةُ.

“‘This is the law of the animal, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth,

47 و َذَلِكَ لِكَي يُمَيِّزَ الشَّعْبُ بَينَ النَّجِسِ وَالطّاهِرِ مِنَ الحَيواناتِ، وَما يُمكِنُ أكلُهُ مِنْها وَما لا يُمكِنُ أكلُهُ.

to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.’”