Deuteronomy, 14

1. Ye [are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

1. Yahweh holds you as his sons, so you will not cut yourselves or cut the hair on your forehead for the dead.

2. For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth.

2. You are a people, holy and consecrated to Yahweh, your God. Yahweh has chosen you from among all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his very own people.

3. Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

3. Do not eat anything that is unclean.

4. These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

4. These are the animals that you may eat: ox, sheep, goat,

5. The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

5. deer, gazelle, roebuck, wild goat, ibex, antelope, and mountain sheep.

6. And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, [and] cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.

6. You may eat any animal that chews the cud and has a split hoof.

7. Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; [as] the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; [therefore] they [are] unclean unto you.

7. But of those that chew cud or have a split hoof, you may not eat the following: camel, hare, and rock badger, because they do chew the cud but do not have a divided hoof - these are unclean for you. Neither shall you eat the meat

8. And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it [is] unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.

8. of the pig because although it has a split hoof, it does not chew the cud. Regard it as unclean: do not eat their meat or touch their carcass.

9. These ye shall eat of all that [are] in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

9. Of all the animals that live in the water, you may eat the following: all that has fins and scales,

10. And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it [is] unclean unto you.

10. but not those that do not have fins and scales. Consider them as unclean.

11. [Of] all clean birds ye shall eat.

11. You may eat all clean birds.

12. But these [are they] of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

12. But do not eat the following: eagle, vulture, osprey,

13. And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,

13. buzzard, kite, the different kinds of falcons,

14. And every raven after his kind,

14. all kinds of ravens, -

15. And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

15. ostrich, nighthawk, sea gull, and all the different kinds of hawk,

16. The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,

16. eagle, owl and ibis, swan,

17. And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

17. pelican, purple gallinule, cormorant,

18. And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.

18. stork, the different kinds of heron, hoopoe, and bat.

19. And every creeping thing that flieth [is] unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

19. Consider as unclean all winged insects. Do not eat them.

20. [But of] all clean fowls ye may eat.

20. But you may eat all clean birds.

21. Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

21. Do not eat any animal that you find dead. You may give it to the foreigner who lives in your city, or sell it to the stranger, for you are a people consecrated to Yahweh, your God. Do not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

22. Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

22. Every year separate the tenth part from the yield of what you have sown in your fields.

23. And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.

23. In the presence of Yahweh, in the place he has chosen as the dwelling place for his Name, you shall eat the tithe of your wheat, your oil and your wine, and the firstlings of your herd and flock that you may learn to honor Yahweh, your God, all the days of your life.

24. And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; [or] if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

24. The journey may be too long for you to bring those tithes to the place Yahweh has chosen as a dwelling place for his Name. In that case, when Yahweh your God, blesses you, exchange them all for money.

25. Then shalt thou turn [it] into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:

25. Take the money in your hand and go to the place chosen by Yahweh.

26. And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

26. There you shall buy whatever you like - oxen or sheep, or wine or strong drink - anything you like. And there you shall eat in the presence of Yahweh, and shall rejoice - you and your household.

27. And the Levite that [is] within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

27. And do not forget the Levite who dwells in your cities, since he has nothing of his own and no inheritance as you have.

28. At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay [it] up within thy gates:

28. Every three years, separate the tithes of all the year's harvest but store them in the city.

29. And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which [are] within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.

29. Then the Levite among you who has no inheritance of his own, and the foreigner, the orphan and the widow who live in your cities may come and eat, and be satisfied. So Yahweh will bless all the works of your hands, all that you undertake.