لاويّين 4

١ 1 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,

٢ 2 «أَوْصِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنْ سَهَتْ نَفْسٌ فَأَخْطَأَتْ فِي أَمْرٍ مِنْ كُلِّ نَوَاهِي الرَّبِّ، وَاقْتَرَفَتْ مَا لَا يَنْبَغِي، فَهَذَا مَا تَفْعَلُونَهُ:

“Say this to the Israeli people: This is what must be done if someone sins without intending to sin, doing something that is forbidden in any of Yahweh’s commands.

٣ 3 إِنْ أَخْطَأَ الْكَاهِنُ الْمَمْسُوحُ سَهْواً، وَجَلَبَ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ إِثْماً، فَلْيُقَدِّمْ لِلرَّبِّ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا ثَوْراً لَا عَيْبَ فِيهِ، ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ.

'If the Supreme [MTY] Priest sins, and that causes all the people to be guilty, he must bring to Yahweh a young bull that has no defects. That will be an offering for the sin that he has committed.

٤ 4 فَيُحْضِرُ الثَّوْرَ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ، وَيَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَيَذْبَحُهُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ.

He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Sacred Tent. He must lay his hands on its head. Then he must slaughter it in front of Yahweh [and drain some of the blood into a bowl].

٥ 5 وَيَأْخُذُ الْكَاهِنُ الْمَمْسُوحُ مِنْ دَمِ الثَّوْرِ وَيَدْخُلُ بِهِ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ،

Then the Supreme Priest must take some of that blood into the Sacred Tent.

٦ 6 ثُمَّ يَغْمِسُ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الدَّمِ وَيَرُشُّ مِنْهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ عِنْدَ حِجَابِ الْقُدْسِ، الْفَاصِلِ بَيْنَ الْقُدْسِ وَقُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ.

He must dip [one of] his fingers into the blood and sprinkle it seven times in the presence of Yahweh, in front of the curtain [that separates the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place].

٧ 7 ثُمَّ يَضَعُ الْكَاهِنُ بَعْضَ الدَّمِ عَلَى قُرُونِ مَذْبَحِ الْبَخُورِ الْعَطِرِ الَّذِي فِي دَاخِلِ الْقُدْسِ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ. أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ دَمِ الثَّوْرِ فَيَصُبُّهُ عِنْدَ قَاعِدَةِ مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، الْقَائِمِ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

Then he must put some of the blood on the projections at the corners of the altar where fragrant incense is burned in the Sacred Tent in the presence of Yahweh. The remaining part of the bull’s blood [that is still in the bowl], he must pour out at the base of the altar, where sacrifices are burned, at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.

٨ 8 وَيَنْزِعُ جَمِيعَ شَحْمِ ثَوْرِ الْخَطِيئَةِ وَشَحْمِ الأَعْضَاءِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ كُلِّهَا،

From that offering the Supreme Priest must separate these things from the bull that is to be burned: The fat that covers the inner parts of the bull or which is attached to them—

٩ 9 وَالْكُلْيَتَيْنِ وَشَحْمَهُمَا الَّذِي عَلَى الْخَاصِرَتَيْنِ وَالْمَرَارَةَ،

the kidneys and the fat that is attached to them near the lower back muscle, and the fat that covers the liver.

١٠ 10 عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا يَفْعَلُ بِثَوْرِ ذَبِيحَةِ السَّلامِ، وَيُحْرِقُهَا الْكَاهِنُ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ.

Then the Supreme Priest must completely burn those things on the altar. That will be just like when the fat is removed from an animal that is sacrificed to maintain good fellowship [with Yahweh].

١١ 11 أَمَّا جِلْدُ الثَّوْرِ وَكُلُّ لَحْمِهِ مَعَ رَأْسِهِ وَأَكَارِعِهِ وَأَمْعَائِهِ وَفَرْثِهِ

But all the other parts of the animal—its skin/hide and all its other meat, its head and its legs, its inner parts and the intestines,

١٢ 12 فَإِنَّهُ يَحْمِلُهَا إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمُخَيَّمِ إِلَى مَكَانٍ طَاهِرٍ، حَيْثُ يَطْرَحُ الرَّمَادَ، فَيُحْرِقُهَا كُلَّهَا عَلَى حَطَبٍ مُشْتَعِلٍ فَوْقَ مَكَانِ إِلْقَاءِ الرَّمَادِ.

he must take outside the camp and throw them in a place that is acceptable to Yahweh, where the ashes are thrown, and he must burn them in a fire on the pile of ashes.

١٣ 13 وَإِنْ أَخْطَأَ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلُّهُ سَهْواً، وَاقْتَرَفُوا إِحْدَى نَوَاهِي الرَّبِّ الَّتِي لَا يَنْبَغِي اقْتِرَافُهَا، وَأَثِمُوا، وَكَانَ الْمَجْمَعُ غَافِلاً عَنِ الأَمْرِ،

‘If all the Israeli people sin without intending to sin, doing something that is forbidden in any of Yahweh’s commands, they will be guilty, even if they do not realize that they have sinned.

١٤ 14 ثُمَّ اكْتَشَفَ الْمَجْمَعُ الْخَطِيئَةَ الْمُرْتَكَبَةَ، عِنْدَئِذٍ يُقَرِّبُ الْمَجْمَعُ ثَوْراً ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ، يُحْضِرُونَهُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ عِنْدَ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

When they realize that they have committed a sin, together they must bring a young bull to be an offering for their sin, to the front of the Sacred Tent.

١٥ 15 وَيَضَعُ شُيُوخُ الشَّعْبِ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى رَأْسِ الثَّوْرِ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ، وَيَذْبَحُونَهُ هُنَاكَ،

The elders must lay their hands on the bull’s head in the presence of Yahweh and slaughter it [and catch some of the blood in a bowl].

١٦ 16 وَيَأْخُذُ الْكَاهِنُ الْمَمْسُوحُ مِنْ دَمِ الثَّوْرِ وَيَدْخُلُ بِهِ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ،

Then the Supreme [MTY] Priest must take some of that blood into the Sacred Tent.

١٧ 17 ثُمَّ يَغْمِسُ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الدَّمِ وَيَرُشُّ مِنْهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ عِنْدَ حِجَابِ الْقُدْسِ

‘He must dip [one of] his fingers into the blood and sprinkle it seven times in the presence of Yahweh, in front of the curtain [that separates the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place].

١٨ 18 وَكَذَلِكَ يَضَعُ بَعْضَ الدَّمِ عَلَى قُرُونِ مَذْبَحِ الْبَخُورِ الْعَطِرِ الَّذِي فِي دَاخِلِ الْقُدْسِ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ. أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ الدَّمِ فَيَصُبُّهُ عِنْدَ قَاعِدَةِ مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ الْقَائِمِ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

Then he must put some of the blood on the projections at the corners of the altar that is in the presence of Yahweh in the Sacred Tent. The remaining part of the bull’s blood, he must pour out at the base of the altar where sacrifices are burned, at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.

١٩ 19 وَيَنْزِعُ الْكَاهِنُ جَمِيعَ شَحْمِهِ وَيُحْرِقُهُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ.

He must remove all the animal’s fat and burn it on the altar.

٢٠ 20 وَيَفْعَلُ بِالثَّوْرِ كَمَا فَعَلَ بِثَوْرِ الْخَطِيئَةِ، فَيُكَفِّرُ عَنْهُمُ الْكَاهِنُ وَيَغْفِرُ اللهُ لَهُمْ.

He must do with this bull the same things that he did with the bull that was an offering for his own sins, and they will be forgiven {Yahweh will forgive them}.

٢١ 21 ثُمَّ يَحْمِلُ بَقِيَّةَ الثَّوْرِ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمُخَيَّمِ وَيُحْرِقُهُ كَمَا أَحْرَقَ الثَّوْرَ الأَوَّلَ، فَيَكُونُ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ عَنْ كُلِّ الشَّعْبِ.

Then the priest must take [the other parts of] the bull outside the camp and burn them, like he does when he himself has sinned. That will be the offering for the sin that all the people have committed, and they will be forgiven.

٢٢ 22 إِنْ أَخْطَأَ أَحَدُ قَادَةِ الشَّعْبِ سَهْواً، وَاقْتَرَفَ إِحْدَى نَوَاهِي الرَّبِّ الَّتِي لَا يَنْبَغِي اقْتِرَافُهَا وَأَثِمَ،

‘When one of the leaders sins without intending to sin, doing something that is forbidden in any of the commands of Yahweh his God, he will be guilty.

٢٣ 23 ثُمَّ تَنَبَّهَ إِلَى خَطَئِهِ الَّذِي ارْتَكَبَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يُحْضِرُ قُرْبَاناً، جَدْياً ذَكَراً سَلِيماً مِنْ كُلِّ عَيْبٍ،

When he realizes that he has committed a sin, he must bring as his offering a male goat that has no defects.

٢٤ 24 وَيَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْجَدْيِ وَيَذْبَحُهُ فِي الْجَانِبِ الشِّمَالِيِّ لِمَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. فَيَكُونُ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ.

He must lay his hands on the goat’s head in the presence of Yahweh and slaughter it at the place where they slaughter {are slaughtered} the animals that will be completely burned [on the altar]. That will be an offering for his sin.

٢٥ 25 وَيَأْخُذُ الْكَاهِنُ مِنْ دَمِ ذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ بِإِصْبَعِهِ وَيَضَعُهُ عَلَى قُرُونِ مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ.

Then the priest must put some of the animal’s blood [into a bowl] and dip [one of] his fingers in it and put some of the blood on the corners of the projections of the altar. Then he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

٢٦ 26 وَيُحْرِقُ جَمِيعَ شَحْمِهِ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، كَمَا فَعَلَ بِشَحْمِ ذَبِيحَةِ السَّلامِ. وَهَكَذَا يُكَفِّرُ الْكَاهِنُ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ، فَيَغْفِرُ الرَّبُّ لَهُ.

Then he must burn all the fat on the altar, as was done with the fat of the offering to maintain good fellowship [with Yahweh]. As a result of the priest’s doing that, the leader will no longer be guilty for his sin and he will be forgiven.

٢٧ 27 وَإِنْ أَخْطَأَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَامَّةِ الشَّعْبِ سَهْواً وَاقْتَرَفَ إِحْدَى نَوَاهِي الرَّبِّ الَّتِي لَا يَنْبَغِي اقْتِرَافُهَا وَأَثِمَ،

‘If one of the Israeli people who is not a priest sins without intending to sin, and does something that is forbidden in any of the commands of Yahweh his God, he will be guilty.

٢٨ 28 ثُمَّ نُبِّهَ إِلَى خَطِيئَتِهِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا، فَإِنَّهُ يُحْضِرُ قُرْبَاناً: عَنْزاً أُنْثَى سَلِيمَةً مِنْ كُلِّ عَيْبٍ لِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا.

When he realizes that he has committed a sin, he must bring as his offering a female goat that has no defects.

٢٩ 29 وَيَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ ذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ وَيَذْبَحُهَا عِنْدَ مَوْضِعِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ،

He must lay his hands on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where they slaughter the animals that will be completely burned [on the altar, and catch some of the blood in a bowl].

٣٠ 30 فَيَأْخُذُ الْكَاهِنُ مِنْ دَمِهَا وَيَضَعُهُ عَلَى قُرُونِ مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، وَيَصُبُّ بَقِيَّةَ دَمِهَا عِنْدَ قَاعِدَةِ الْمَذْبَحِ.

Then the priest must dip [one of] his fingers in the blood, and put some of it on the projections at the corners of the altar. Then he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

٣١ 31 ثُمَّ يَنْتَزِعُ الْكَاهِنُ جَمِيعَ شَحْمِهَا عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا فَعَلَ بِشَحْمِ ذَبِيحَةِ السَّلامِ، وَيُحْرِقُهَا عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ تَقْدِمَةَ رِضًى وَسُرُورٍ لِلرَّبِّ فَيُكَفِّرُ الْكَاهِنُ عَنْهُ وَيَغْفِرُ الرَّبُّ لَهُ.

Then he must remove all the goat’s fat, and burn all the fat on the altar, like was done with the fat of the offering to maintain fellowship [with Yahweh]. And the aroma while it burns will be pleasing to Yahweh. As a result of the priest doing that, the person will no longer be guilty for his sin, and he will be forgiven.

٣٢ 32 وَإِنْ أَحْضَرَ قُرْبَانَهُ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ لِتَكُونَ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ، فَلْيَكُنْ نَعْجَةً سَلِيمَةً مِنْ كُلِّ عَيْبٍ،

‘If that person brings a lamb to be his offering for sin, he must bring a female lamb that has no defects.

٣٣ 33 فَيَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا وَيَذْبَحُهَا قُرْبَانَ خَطِيئَةٍ، فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي تُذْبَحُ فِيهِ الْمُحْرَقَةُ.

He must lay his hands on the lamb’s head and slaughter it at the place where they slaughter the animals that will be completely burned [on the altar, and catch some of the blood in a bowl].

٣٤ 34 وَيَأْخُذُ الْكَاهِنُ مِنْ دَمِ ذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ بِإِصْبَعِهِ وَيَضَعُهُ عَلَى قُرُونِ مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، وَيَصُبُّ بَقِيَّةَ الدَّمِ عِنْدَ قَاعِدَةِ الْمَذْبَحِ.

Then the priest must dip [one of] his fingers in the blood and put some of it on the projections at the corners of the altar. Then he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

٣٥ 35 وَيَنْزِعُ جَمِيعَ شَحْمِهَا عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا فَعَلَ بِشَحْمِ ذَبِيحَةِ السَّلامِ، وَيُحْرِقُهُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ فَوْقَ وَقَائِدِ الرَّبِّ. وَهَكَذَا يُكَفِّرُ الْكَاهِنُ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا، وَيَغْفِرُ الرَّبُّ لَهُ.

Then he must remove all the lamb’s fat, and burn all the fat on the altar, like was done with the fat of the offering to maintain fellowship [with Yahweh]. He must burn it on top of the other offerings to Yahweh that are being burned. As a result, the priest will request God to forgive that person for his sin, and he will be forgiven.’”