Levítico 17

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: 3 Whatever man there is of the house of Israel who kills a bull, or lamb, or goat in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp, 4 and hasn’t brought it to the door of the Tent of Meeting to offer it as an offering to Yahweh before Yahweh’s tabernacle: blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood. That man shall be cut off from among his people. 5 This is to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, that they may bring them to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings to Yahweh. 6 The priest shall sprinkle the blood on Yahweh’s altar at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and burn the fat for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. 7 They shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat idols, after which they play the prostitute. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations.’

8 "You shall say to them, ‘Any man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice, 9 and doesn’t bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to Yahweh, that man shall be cut off from his people.

10 "‘Any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who eats any kind of blood, I will set my face against that soul who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood. I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life. 12 Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, "No person among you may eat blood, nor may any stranger who lives as a foreigner among you eat blood."

13 "‘Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust. 14 For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life. Therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You shall not eat the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off."

15 "‘Every person that eats what dies of itself, or that which is torn by animals, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. Then he shall be clean. 16 But if he doesn’t wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.’"

He Tapu te Toto

1 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi, i mea: 2 "Kōrero ki a Ārona, ki āna tama, ki ngā tama katoa a Īharaira, mea atu ki a rātou: Ko te mea tēnei i whakahau ai a Ihowā, i mea ai: 3 Ki te patua e tētahi tangata o te whare o Īharaira he kau, he reme, he koati rānei, i roto i te puni, ki te patua rānei e ia ki waho o te puni, 4 ā, e kore e kawea ki te whatitoka o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, kia whakaherea he whakahere ki a Ihowā ki mua i te tapenākara o Ihowā. Ka whakairia he toto ki taua tangata; kua whakaheke toto ia; ā, ka hātepea atu taua tangata i roto i tōna iwi. 5 He mea kia kawea ai e ngā tama a Īharaira ā rātou patunga e whakaherea ana e rātou i te mata o te pārae, kia kawea ai hoki ki a Ihowā, ki te whatitoka o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, ki te tohunga, ka patu ai hei whakahere mō te pai ki a Ihowā. 6 Ā, ka tāuhiuhia te toto e te tohunga ki te āta a Ihowā i te whatitoka o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, me tahu anō e ia te ngako hei kakara reka ki a Ihowā. 7 Ā, ka mutu ā rātou patunga tapu ki ngā rēwera i whāia nei e rātou, pūremu atu ai. Hei tikanga pūmau tēnei ki a rātou i ō rātou whakatupuranga.

8 "Me kī atu anō ki a rātou: Ki te whakaherea e tētahi tangata o te whare o Īharaira, o ngā manene rānei i roto i a koutou, tētahi tahunga tinana, patunga tapu rānei, 9 ā, e kore e kawea ki te whatitoka o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, whakahere ai ki a Ihowā; inā, ka hātepea atu taua tangata i roto i tōna iwi."

Te Riri ana i te Kainga Toto

10 "Ki te kainga hoki tētahi toto e tētahi tangata o te whare o Īharaira, o ngā manene rānei i roto i a koutou; ka ū atu tōku mata ki taua wairua i kainga ai te toto, ā, ka hātepea atu e ahau i roto i tōna iwi. 11 Kei roto hoki i te toto te oranga o te kikokiko; kua hoatu anō e ahau ki a koutou mō runga i te āta, hei whakamārie mō ō koutou wairua; ko te toto hoki, nā tōna ora, te mea hei whakamārie. 12 Koia ahau i mea ai ki ngā tama a Īharaira: Kaua tētahi o koutou e kai toto, kaua anō hoki te manene i roto i a koutou e kai toto.

13 "Ki te whai hoki tētahi o ngā tama a Īharaira, o ngā manene rānei i roto i a koutou, ā, ka mau tētahi kīrehe, tētahi manu rānei e tika ana kia kainga; me riringi ōna toto, ka tanu ai ki te puehu. 14 Nō te mea ko te toto o te kikokiko e kotahi katoa āna me te ora o te kikokiko; koia ahau i mea ai ki ngā tama a Īharaira: Kaua rawa e kainga te toto o tētahi kikokiko; ko te toto hoki te ora o ngā kikokiko katoa; ki te kainga e tētahi, ka hātepea atu.

15 "Ki te kainga hoki e tētahi te mea i mate māori, te mea rānei i haea e te kīrehe, ahakoa tangata whenua, iwi kē rānei, me horoi ōna kākahu, me ia anō me horoi ki te wai, ka poke hoki ā ahiahi noa; kātahi ka kore te poke. 16 Ā, ki te kāhore e horoia e ia, ki te kāhore hoki e horoia tōna tinana, nā, ka waha e ia tōna kino."