The Ceremony To Wash Away Sin
1-2 The Lord gave Moses and Aaron the following law:
The people of Israel must bring Moses a reddish-brown cow that has nothing wrong with it and that has never been used for plowing. 3 Moses will give it to Eleazar the priest, then it will be led outside the camp and killed while Eleazar watches. 4 He will dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times in the direction of the sacred tent. 5 Then the whole cow, including its skin, meat, blood, and insides must be burned. 6 A priest is to throw a stick of cedar wood, a hyssop branch, and a piece of red yarn into the fire.
7 After the ceremony, the priest is to take a bath and wash his clothes. Only then can he go back into the camp, but he remains unclean and unfit for worship until evening. 8 The man who burned the cow must also wash his clothes and take a bath, but he is also unclean until evening.
9 A man who isn't unclean must collect the ashes of the burnt cow and store them outside the camp in a clean place. The people of Israel can mix these ashes with the water used in the ceremony to wash away sin. 10 The man who collects the ashes must wash his clothes, but will remain unclean until evening. This law must always be obeyed by the people of Israel and the foreigners living among them.
What Must Be Done after Touching a Dead Body
The Lord said:
11 If you touch a dead body, you will be unclean for seven days. 12 But if you wash with the water mixed with the cow's ashes on the third day and again on the seventh day, you will be clean and acceptable for worship. You must wash yourself on those days; if you don't, you will remain unclean. 13 Suppose you touch a dead body, but refuse to be made clean by washing with the water mixed with ashes. You will be guilty of making my sacred tent unclean and will no longer belong to the people of Israel.
14 If someone dies in a tent while you are there, you will be unclean for seven days. And anyone who later enters the tent will also be unclean. 15 Any open jar in the tent is unclean.
16 If you touch the body of someone who died or was killed, or if you touch a human bone or a grave, you will be unclean for seven days.
17-18 Before you can be made clean, someone who is clean must take some of the ashes from the burnt cow and stir them into a pot of spring water. That same person must dip a hyssop branch in the water and ashes, then sprinkle it on the tent and everything in it, including everyone who was inside. If you have touched a human bone, a grave, or a dead body, you must be sprinkled with that water. 19 If this is done on the third day and on the seventh day, you will be clean. Then after you take a bath and wash your clothes, you can worship that evening.
20 If you are unclean and refuse to be made clean by washing with the water mixed with ashes, you will be guilty of making my sacred tent unclean, and you will no longer belong to the people of Israel. 21 These laws will never change.
The man who sprinkled the water and the ashes on you when you were unclean must also wash his clothes. And whoever touches this water is unclean until evening. 22 When you are unclean, everything you touch becomes unclean, and anyone who touches you will be unclean until evening.
Omutwe wongombe osaona
1 Norukwao Muhona wa hungira ku Moses na Aron a tja: 2 “Indi oro etwako romazikamisiro Muhona nda rakiza. Raera kOvaisrael kutja ve ku etere ongombe osaona ndji hi notjipo nu ndji hiya kutirwa, 3 nu mu i yandje komupristeri Eleasar. Oyo ngai pitisiwe mozondanda i ka ṱire momurungu we. 4 Nomupristeri Eleasar nga wote ko kombinḓu yayo, ne i pemenene nomunwe potuhambombari okuhungamisa komukuma wokomurungu wOndanda yOmahakaeneno. 5 Notjinamuinyo atjihe, nomukova nonyama nombinḓu noviṋa vyopehuri ngavi ningiririsirwe momurungu womupristeri. 6 Tjazumba omupristeri nga toore orutau rworupapa, nokayao kohisop, norusepa oruserarovazu, nu nge vi yumbe momuriro mu mamu ningiririsirwa indji ongombe. 7 Nu omupristeri nga kohe ozombanda ze ne rikohe morutu; tjazumba otji ma yenene okuhita mozondanda; nungwari ma rire omuhakohoke nga kongurova. 8 Ingwi ngwa ningiririsa ongombe wina nga kohe ozombanda ze ne rikohe morutu; nungwari ma rire omuhakohoke nga kongurova. 9 Nomurumendu ngu ri omukohoke, nga uke imbwi omutwe wongombe ne u twe poṋa popayapuke pendje yozondanda; nowo ngau pwikirwe ombongo yOvaisrael, ve ungure na wo omeva omakohorore; oyo ombunguhiro yokuisapo ourunde. 10 Nu ingwi ngwa uku omutwe wongombe, nga kohe ozombanda ze, nungwari ma rire omuhakohoke nga kongurova. Nu ihi matji rire omazikamisiro omakarerere kOvaisrael na kovozonganda, mba tura mokati kawo.
Okutuṋa korurova
11 “Ngamwa auhe ngwa ṱunu korurova ma kara omuhakohoke oure womayuva hambombari. 12 Meyuva oritjatatu na meyuva oritjahambombari eye nge rikohorore nomeva omakohorore nga, nu otji ma rire omukohoke; nungwari tje hi nokurikohorora meyuva oritjatatu noritjahambombari, ke nokurira omukohoke. 13 Auhe ngwa ṱunu korurova ne he rikohorora ma rire omuhakohoke, tjinga e ha tiririrwe omeva omakohorore. Eye ma yamburura Ondanda yOmahakaeneno ya Muhona. Nomundu ngwi nga kondwe kotjiwaṋa tjOvaisrael.
14 “Omundu worive tja kokere mondanda, ingwi auhe ngwa ri mondanda ndjo moruveze omundu ngwi ndwa koka poo auhe ngu ma hiti mu yo, ma rire omuhakohoke oure womayuva hambombari. 15 Ovitjuma ngamwa avihe, mbi hi novikamo mavi rire ovihakohoke wina. 16 Auhe ngwa ṱunu komundu ngwa ṱire mokuti nengaruvyo poo ngwa kokere mokuti poo auhe ngwa ṱunu keṱupa romukoke poo keyendo ma rire omuhakohoke oure womayuva hambombari.
17 “Ingwi omuhakohoke nga toorerwe omutwe omuṱiṱi waindji ongombe ndja ningiririsirwa okuisa ko ourunde, nu ngau tuwe monyungu, nu ku tiririrwe omeva omakohoke. 18 Omundu worive, eye ngu ri omukohoke, nga toore otjiyao tjohisop, e tji tjaveke momeva ne ye pemenene kondanda na ku imbi oviṋa avihe, na kovandu mbe ri mu yo; wina nga pemenene ingwi ngwa ṱunu keṱupa romukoke poo ingwi ngwa ṱunu ku ingwi ngwa ṱu nengaruvyo poo korurova poo keyendo. 19 Nomundu ngwi ngu ri omukohoke, nga pemenene ingwi omuhakohoke meyuva oritjatatu noritjahambombari; nu nge mu kohorore meyuva ndi oritjahambombari. Ingwi omuhakohoke nga kohe ozombanda ze ne rikohe morutu, neye ma rire omukohoke komuihi.
20 “Auhe ngwa rire omuhakohoke ne he rikohorora ma kara omuhakohoke, tjinga e ha tiririrwe omeva omakohorore; eye ma yamburura Ondanda yOmahakaeneno ya Muhona. Nomundu ngwi nga kondwe kotjiwaṋa tja Ndjambi. 21 Inga ngaye rire omazikamisiro omakarerere ku eṋe. Ingwi ngu ma pemenene omeva omakohorore, wina nga kohe ozombanda ze; nu auhe ngu ma ṱunu komeva omakohorore ma rire omuhakohoke nga kongurova. 22 Ngamwa avihe omuhakohoke ku ma ṱunu mavi rire ovihakohoke, nu auhe ngu ma ṱunu ku ye poo koviṋa mbi ma rire omuhakohoke nga kongurova.”
