1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, 2 "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 Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and chews the cud among the animals, that you may eat.
4 "‘Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those who part the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you. 5 The hyrax, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you. 6 The hare, because it chews the cud but doesn’t have a parted hoof, is unclean to you. 7 The pig, because it has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. 8 You shall not eat their meat. You shall not touch their carcasses. They are unclean to you.
9 "‘You may eat of all these 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 All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas and rivers, all that move in the waters, and all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination to you, 11 and you shall detest them. You shall not eat of their meat, and you shall detest their carcasses. 12 Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters is an abomination to you.
13 "‘You shall detest these among the birds; they shall not be eaten because they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, 14 the red kite, any kind of black kite, 15 any kind of raven, 16 the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, 17 the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, 18 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, 19 the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
20 "‘All flying insects that walk on all fours are an abomination to you. 21 Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have long, jointed legs for hopping on the earth. 22 Even of these you may eat: any kind of locust, any kind of katydid, any kind of cricket, and any kind of grasshopper. 23 But all winged creeping things which have four feet are an abomination to you.
24 "‘By these you will become unclean: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 25 Whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
26 "‘Every animal which has a split hoof that isn’t completely divided, or doesn’t chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches them shall be unclean. 27 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 He who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. They are unclean to you.
29 "‘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 the gecko, and the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink, and the chameleon. 31 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 Anything they fall on when they are dead 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 Every earthen vessel into which any of them falls and all that is in it shall be unclean. You shall break it. 34 All food which may be eaten which is soaked in water shall be unclean. All drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. 35 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 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern in which water is gathered shall be clean, but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. 37 If part of their carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. 38 But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.
39 "‘If any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening. 40 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 "‘Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten. 42 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 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 by them. 44 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 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 "‘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 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.’"
1 耶和华对摩西和亚伦说：
2 "你们要告诉以色列人： 地上所有的走兽中， 你们可以吃的动物， 就是这些：
3 分蹄有趾而且反刍的走兽， 你们都可以吃。
4 但你们不可吃下列反刍， 或分蹄的走兽动物： 骆驼， 因为它反刍却不分蹄， 你们应以为不洁净。
5 石獾（本章动物名字多不能确定。"石獾"传统翻译作"沙番"或"山鼠"）， 因为它反刍却不分蹄， 你们应以为不洁净。
6 兔子， 因为它反刍却不分蹄， 你们应以为不洁净。
7 猪， 因为它分蹄有趾却不反刍， 你们应以为不洁净。
8 这些走兽的肉你们不可吃， 它们的尸体你们不可摸， 你们应视为不洁净。
9 "水中所有的活物你们可以吃的， 就是这些： 凡是在水中， 有翅有鳞的， 不论是在海里或是河里的， 你们都可以吃。
10 在水中游动或生存在水中的活物， 无论是在海里或是河里， 若是没有翅和鳞的， 你们都要当作可憎之物。
11 它们是你们憎恶之物； 它们的肉， 你们不可吃； 它们的尸体， 你们要憎恶。
12 所有在水里没有翅和鳞的活物， 你们都要当作可憎之物。
13 "在鸟类中， 你们要憎恶， 也不可吃这些雀鸟： 兀鹰（雀鸟的名字中文翻译还未统一， 它们的学名多不能确定）、雕、鹫、
14 鸢、猎鹰等隼类，
15 所有乌鸦类，
16 鸵鸟、猫头鹰、海鸥、苍鹭等鹰类。
17 鸱鹗、鸬鹚、大鸱枭、
18 白鹭、塘鹅、鸨、
19 鹳、红鹤等鹭鸶类， 戴胜和蝙蝠。
20 "凡有翅膀、四足爬行的生物， 你们都要当作可憎之物。
21 但在所有有翅膀、四足爬行的生物中， 如果有足有腿， 能在地上蹦跳的， 你们都可以吃。
22 在昆虫中， 你们可以吃这些： 蝗虫类、蚂蚱类、蟋蟀类和蚱蜢类。
23 但是其他所有有翅膀四足的生物， 你们都要当作可憎之物。
24 "以下事物， 会使你们成为不洁： 触摸动物尸体的， 就不洁净到晚上。
25 拾起它们的尸体的， 就要洗净自己的衣服， 并且不洁净到晚上。
26 所有分蹄却无趾的、不反刍的走兽， 你们应以为不洁净， 触摸它们的， 就不洁净。
27 所有用四足行走的动物中， 用脚掌行走的， 你们应以为不洁净， 触摸它们尸体的， 都不洁净到晚上。
28 拾起它们尸体的， 就要洗净自己的衣服， 并且不洁净到晚上。以上这些你们应以为不洁净。
29 "在地上爬行的生物中， 你们应以为不洁净的是这些： 鼬鼠、鼫鼠、蜥蜴这一类，
30 以及壁虎、龙子、守宫、蛇医、变色龙。
31 在所有爬行的生物中， 你们应以这些为不洁净； 它们死了以后， 触摸它们的， 都不洁净到晚上。
32 它们当中死了的， 掉在什么东西上， 无论是木器或是衣服， 皮子或是布袋等任何器具， 都成为不洁净， 要放在水中。但仍不洁净到晚上， 以后就真洁净了。
33 它们当中死了的， 掉在什么瓦器里， 其中不论是什么， 都成为不洁净， 你们要把瓦器打碎。
34 瓦器的水若是滴在任何食物上， 食物就成了不洁净， 若是滴在装了饮料的器皿里， 饮料也成为不洁净。
35 它们尸体的任何部分掉在什么东西上， 那东西就不洁净， 无论是炉或是锅， 都成为不洁净， 应该打碎； 你们应以这些为不洁净。
36 但是水源和储水池仍算是洁净的。只有触摸水中尸体的， 才是不洁净。
37 它们尸体的一部分掉在要播种的种子上， 种子还是洁净的；
38 但是， 如果种子已经浇了水， 它们尸体的一部分才掉在种子上面， 你们应以这种子为不洁净。
39 "一只你们可以吃的走兽死了， 谁摸了它的尸体， 就不洁净到晚上；
40 谁吃了它的尸体， 就要洗净自己的衣服， 并且不洁净到晚上； 谁拾起这尸体， 也要洗净自己的衣服， 并且不洁净到晚上。
41 "所有在地上爬行的动物， 都是可憎之物， 都不可吃。
42 凡是用肚子， 或用四足或是多足在地上爬行的动物， 你们都不可吃， 因为它们是可憎之物。
43 你们不可因任何爬行的动物使自己成为可憎的， 也不可因它们玷污自己， 以致不洁净。
44 因为我是耶和华你们的 神， 所以你们要使自己成为圣洁。你们要分别为圣， 因为我是圣洁的。你们不可因在地上爬行的任何动物玷污自己，
45 因为我是耶和华， 曾把你们从埃及地领上来， 为要作你们的 神； 你们要分别为圣， 因为我是圣洁的。"
46 以上就是有关走兽、飞禽、所有在水中游行的动物， 和所有在地上爬行的动物的律例，
47 为要把不洁净的和洁净的， 可吃的生物和不可吃的生物， 分别出来。