لاويّين 21

١ 1 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «أَوْصِ الْكَهَنَةَ أَبْنَاءَ هَرُونَ أَلّا يُنَجِّسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ نَفْسَهُ بِلَمْسِ جُثَّةِ مَيْتٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ،

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt tell them [that] they shall not defile themselves in their nation for the dead,

٢ 2 إِلّا إِذَا كَانَ الْمَيْتُ أَقْرَبَ أَقْرِبَائِهِ إِلَيْهِ: أُمَّهُ وَأَبَاهُ وَابْنَهُ وَابْنَتَهُ وَأَخَاهُ،

but [they may mourn] for a relative who is very near to them, for a father and mother, and sons and daughters, for a brother,

٣ 3 وَأُخْتَهُ الْعَذْرَاءَ الَّتِي لَمْ تَتَزَوَّجْ، الْمُقِيمَةَ عَلَى مَقْرُبَةٍ مِنْهُ، فَمِنْ أَجْلِهَا يَتَنَجَّسُ،

and for a virgin sister that is near to one, that is not espoused to a man; for these one shall defile himself.

٤ 4 لأَنَّ الْكَاهِنَ هُوَ رَئِيسٌ فِي قَوْمِهِ، وَعَلَيْهِ أَلّا يُنَجِّسَ نَفْسَهُ شَعَائِرِيًّا كَغَيْرِهِ مِنَ النَّاسِ الْعَادِيِّينَ.

He shall not defile himself suddenly among his people to profane himself.

٥ 5 وَلا يَحْلِقَ الْكَاهِنُ شَعْرَهُ قَرْعَةً، أَوْ جَانِبَيْ لِحْيَتِهِ، أَوْ يَجْرَحَ جَسَدَهُ حُزْناً عَلَى مَيْتٍ.

And ye shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh.

٦ 6 وَعَلَى الْكَهَنَةِ أَنْ يَكُونُوا مَفْرُوزِينَ لإِلَهِهِمْ. لَا يُدَنِّسُوا اسْمَهُ لأَنَّهُمْ يُقَرِّبُونَ وَقَائِدَ الرَّبِّ كَأَنَّهَا طَعَامٌ يُقَدِّمُونَهُ لإِلَهِهِمْ فَيَكُونُ مُقَدَّساً.

They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God; for they offer the sacrifices of the Lord as the gifts of their God, and they shall be holy.

٧ 7 وَلا يَتَزَوَّجُوا امْرَأَةً زَانِيَةً أَوْ مِنْ غَيْرِ سِبْطِهِمْ، أَوِ امْرَأَةً مُطَلَّقَةً مِنْ زَوْجِهَا، لأَنَّهُمْ مُقَدَّسُونَ لإِلَهِهِمْ،

They shall not take a woman who is a harlot and profaned, or a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy to the Lord his God.

٨ 8 لأَنَّ الْكَاهِنَ مُفْرَزٌ لِيُقَدِّمَ ذَبَائِحَ لإِلَهِكَ فَهُوَ مُقَدَّسٌ عِنْدَكَ، لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُكُمْ، قُدُّوسٌ.

And thou shalt hallow him; he offers the gifts of the Lord your God: he shall be holy, for I the Lord that sanctify them [am] holy.

٩ 9 وَإذَا زَنَتِ ابْنَةُ الْكَاهِنِ فَيَجِبُ حَرْقُهَا لأَنَّهَا دَنَّسَتْ قَدَاسَةَ أَبِيهَا.

And if the daughter of a priest should be profaned to go a whoring, she profanes the name of her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

١٠ 10 وَالْكَاهِنُ الأَعْظَمُ بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِهِ، الَّذِي سُكِبَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ دُهْنُ الْمَسْحَةِ، وَتَكَرَّسَ لِيَرْتَدِيَ الثِّيَابَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ، لَا يَكْشِفُ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ وَلا يَشُقُّ ثِيَابَهُ حِدَاداً عَلَى مَيْتٍ.

And the priest that is chief among his brethren, the oil having been poured upon the head of the anointed one, and he having been consecrated to put on the garments, shall not take the mitre off his head, and shall not rend his garments:

١١ 11 وَلْيَتَفَادَ الدُّخُولَ إِلَى مَكَانٍ فِيهِ جُثَّةُ مَيْتٍ. وَلا يُنَجِّسْ نَفْسَهُ بِلَمْسِ جُثْمَانِ مَيْتٍ، حَتَّى لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ جُثْمَانَ أَبِيهِ أَوْ أُمِّهِ.

neither shall he go in to any dead body, neither shall he defile himself for his father or his mother.

١٢ 12 لَا يُفَارِقِ الْمَقْدِسَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ خِدْمَتِهِ، لِئَلّا يُدَنِّسَ مَقْدِسَ إِلَهِهِ، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَمَّ تَكْرِيسُهُ بِسَكْبِ دُهْنِ مَسْحَةِ إِلَهِهِ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَنَا الرَّبُّ.

And he shall not go forth out of the sanctuary, and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the holy anointing oil of God [is] upon him: I [am] the Lord.

١٣ 13 لِيَتَزَوَّجْ مِنْ عَذْرَاءَ،

He shall take for a wife a virgin of his own tribe.

١٤ 14 لَا مِنْ أَرْمَلَةٍ، وَلا مُطَلَّقَةٍ، وَلا زَانِيَةٍ مُدَنَّسَةٍ، بَلْ يَتَزَوَّجُ عَذْرَاءَ مِنْ سِبْطِهِ.

But a widow, or one that is put away, or profaned, or a harlot, these he shall not take; but he shall take for a wife a virgin of his own people.

١٥ 15 فَلا يُدَنِّسُ نَسْلَهُ بَيْنَ شَعْبِهِ، لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أُقَدِّسُهُ».

And he shall not profane his seed among his people: I [am] the Lord that sanctifies him.

١٦ 16 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

١٧ 17 «قُلْ لِهَرُونَ: لَا يُقَرِّبْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ نَسْلِكَ فِيهِ عَاهَةٌ ذَبَائِحَ لإِلَهِهِ عَلَى مَدَى أَجْيَالِهِمْ،

Say to Aaron, A man of thy tribe throughout your generations, who shall have a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of his God.

١٨ 18 فَكُلُّ رَجُلٍ مُصَابٍ بِعَاهَةٍ لَا يَتَقَدَّمْ سَوَاءٌ أَكَانَ أَعْمَى أَمْ أَعْرَجَ أَمْ مُشَوَّهَ الْوَجْهِ أَمْ فِيهِ عُضْوٌ زَائِدٌ،

No man who has a blemish on him shall draw nigh; a man blind, lame, with his nose disfigured, or his ears cut,

١٩ 19 وَلا مَكْسُورَ الْيَدِ أَوِ الرِّجْلِ،

a man who has a broken hand or a broken foot,

٢٠ 20 وَلا أَحْدَبَ وَلا قَزْمَ، أَوْ مَنْ فِي عَيْنِهِ بَيَاضٌ، وَلا الأَجْرَبَ وَلا الأَكْلَفَ وَلا مَرْضُوضَ الْخِصْيَةِ.

or hump-backed, or blear-eyed, or that has lost his eye-lashes, or a man who has a malignant ulcer, or tetter, or one that has lost a testicle.

٢١ 21 يُحَظَرُ عَلَى كُلِّ رَجُلٍ فِيهِ عَاهَةٌ مِنْ نَسْلِ هرُونَ الْكَاهِنِ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ لِيُقَرِّبَ ذَبَائِحَ الرَّبِّ،

Whoever of the seed of Aaron the priest has a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer sacrifices to thy God, because he has a blemish on him; he shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of God.

٢٢ 22 وَلَكِنَّهُ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ ذَبَائِحِ إِلَهِهِ، الْمُقَدَّمَةِ فِي قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ وَالْقُدْسِ.

The gifts of God [are] most holy, and he shall eat of the holy things.

٢٣ 23 غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءِ الحِجَابِ، وَلا يَقْتَرِبُ مِنَ الْمَذْبَحِ، لأَنَّ فِيهِ عَيْباً، لِئَلّا يُدَنِّسَ مَقْدِسِي، لأَنَّنِي أَنَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أُقَدِّسُهُمْ».

Only he shall not approach the veil, and he shall not draw nigh to the altar, because he has a blemish; and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, for I am the Lord that sanctifies them.

٢٤ 24 وَهَكَذَا أَبْلَغَ مُوسَى هَذِهِ الْوَصَايَا لِهَرُونَ وَأَبْنَائِهِ وَسَائِرِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

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