اَللَّاوِيِّينَ 21

١ 1 وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «كَلِّمِ ٱلْكَهَنَةَ بَنِي هَارُونَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: لَا يَتَنَجَّسْ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ لِمَيْتٍ فِي قَوْمِهِ،

And the LORD said unto Moses: Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them: There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people;

٢ 2 إِلَّا لِأَقْرِبَائِهِ ٱلْأَقْرَبِ إِلَيْهِ: أُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ وَٱبْنِهِ وَٱبْنَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ

except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother;

٣ 3 وَأُخْتِهِ ٱلْعَذْرَاءِ ٱلْقَرِيبَةِ إِلَيْهِ ٱلَّتِي لَمْ تَصِرْ لِرَجُلٍ. لِأَجْلِهَا يَتَنَجَّسُ.

and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband, for her may he defile himself.

٤ 4 كَزَوْجٍ لَا يَتَنَجَّسْ بِأَهْلِهِ لِتَدْنِيسِهِ.

He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

٥ 5 لَا يَجْعَلُوا قَرْعَةً فِي رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَلَا يَحْلِقُوا عَوَارِضَ لِحَاهُمْ، وَلَا يَجْرَحُوا جِرَاحَةً فِي أَجْسَادِهِمْ.

They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

٦ 6 مُقَدَّسِينَ يَكُونُونَ لِإِلَهِهِمْ، وَلَا يُدَنِّسُونَ ٱسْمَ إِلَهِهِمْ، لِأَنَّهُمْ يُقَرِّبُونَ وَقَائِدَ ٱلرَّبِّ طَعَامَ إِلَهِهِمْ، فَيَكُونُونَ قُدْسًا.

They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer; therefore they shall be holy.

٧ 7 اِمْرَأَةً زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُدَنَّسَةً لَا يَأْخُذُوا، وَلَا يَأْخُذُوا ٱمْرَأَةً مُطَلَّقَةً مِنْ زَوْجِهَا. لِأَنَّهُ مُقَدَّسٌ لِإِلَهِهِ.

They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profaned; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.

٨ 8 فَتَحْسِبُهُ مُقَدَّسًا لِأَنَّهُ يُقَرِّبُ خُبْزَ إِلَهِكَ. مُقَدَّسًا يَكُونُ عِنْدَكَ لِأَنِّي قُدُّوسٌ أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُكُمْ.

Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God; he shall be holy unto thee; for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

٩ 9 وَإِذَا تَدَنَّسَتِ ٱبْنَةُ كَاهِنٍ بِٱلزِّنَى فَقَدْ دَنَّسَتْ أَبَاهَا. بِٱلنَّارِ تُحْرَقُ.

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

١٠ 10 «وَٱلْكَاهِنُ ٱلْأَعْظَمُ بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِهِ ٱلَّذِي صُبَّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ دُهْنُ ٱلْمَسْحَةِ، وَمُلِئَتْ يَدُهُ لِيَلْبَسَ ٱلثِّيَابَ، لَا يَكْشِفُ رَأْسَهُ، وَلَا يَشُقُّ ثِيَابَهُ،

And the priest that is highest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes;

١١ 11 وَلَا يَأْتِي إِلَى نَفْسٍ مَيْتَةٍ، وَلَا يَتَنَجَّسُ لِأَبِيهِ أَوْ أُمِّهِ،

neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

١٢ 12 وَلَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ ٱلْمَقْدِسِ لِئَلَّا يُدَنِّسَ مَقْدِسَ إِلَهِهِ، لِأَنَّ إِكْلِيلَ دُهْنِ مَسْحَةِ إِلَهِهِ عَلَيْهِ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ.

neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.

١٣ 13 هَذَا يَأْخُذُ ٱمْرَأَةً عَذْرَاءَ.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

١٤ 14 أَمَّا ٱلْأَرْمَلَةُ وَٱلْمُطَلَّقَةُ وَٱلْمُدَنَّسَةُ وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ فَمِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ لَا يَأْخُذُ، بَلْ يَتَّخِذُ عَذْرَاءَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ ٱمْرَأَةً.

A widow, or one divorced, or a profaned woman, or a harlot, these shall he not take; but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife.

١٥ 15 وَلَا يُدَنِّسُ زَرْعَهُ بَيْنَ شَعْبِهِ لِأَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُهُ».

And he shall not profane his seed among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him.

١٦ 16 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

١٧ 17 «كَلِّمْ هَارُونَ قَائِلًا: إِذَا كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ نَسْلِكَ فِي أَجْيَالِهِمْ فِيهِ عَيْبٌ فَلَا يَتَقَدَّمْ لِيُقَرِّبَ خُبْزَ إِلَهِهِ.

Speak unto Aaron, saying: Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

١٨ 18 لِأَنَّ كُلَّ رَجُلٍ فِيهِ عَيْبٌ لَا يَتَقَدَّمْ. لَا رَجُلٌ أَعْمَى وَلَا أَعْرَجُ، وَلَا أَفْطَسُ وَلَا زَوَائِدِيٌّ،

For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath any thing maimed, or anything too long,

١٩ 19 وَلَا رَجُلٌ فِيهِ كَسْرُ رِجْلٍ أَوْ كَسْرُ يَدٍ،

or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed,

٢٠ 20 وَلَا أَحْدَبُ وَلَا أَكْشَمُ، وَلَا مَنْ فِي عَيْنِهِ بَيَاضٌ، وَلَا أَجْرَبُ وَلَا أَكْلَفُ، وَلَا مَرْضُوضُ ٱلْخُصَى.

or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones crushed;

٢١ 21 كُلُّ رَجُلٍ فِيهِ عَيْبٌ مِنْ نَسْلِ هَارُونَ ٱلْكَاهِنِ لَا يَتَقَدَّمْ لِيُقَرِّبَ وَقَائِدَ ٱلرَّبِّ. فِيهِ عَيْبٌ لَا يَتَقَدَّمْ لِيُقَرِّبَ خُبْزَ إِلَهِهِ.

no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire; he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

٢٢ 22 خُبْزَ إِلَهِهِ مِنْ قُدْسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ وَمِنَ ٱلْقُدْسِ يَأْكُلُ.

He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

٢٣ 23 لَكِنْ إِلَى ٱلْحِجَابِ لَا يَأْتِي، وَإِلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ لَا يَقْتَرِبُ، لِأَنَّ فِيهِ عَيْبًا، لِئَلَّا يُدَنِّسَ مَقْدِسِي، لِأَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُهُمْ».

Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not My holy places; for I am the LORD who sanctify them.

٢٤ 24 فَكَلَّمَ مُوسَى هَارُونَ وَبَنِيهِ وَكُلَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

So Moses spoke unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.