利未記 12

1 上主訓示梅瑟說：

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 「你告訴以色列子民說：若一婦人分娩，生一男孩，七天之久，她是不潔的；她不潔有如經期不潔一樣。

Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, If a woman conceives seed, and bears a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days, as in the days of the impurity of her sickness she shall be unclean.

3 第八天，應給孩子割損。

And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

4 此外，她還要守度三十三天的潔血期。在未滿取潔的日期以前，不可接觸任何聖物，不可走近聖所。

And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying thirty-three days. She shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

5 若生一女孩，兩星期是不潔的，有如經期一樣。，此外還要守度六十六天的潔血期。

But if she bears a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity, and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying sixty-six days.

6 一滿了取潔的日期，不拘為兒子或女兒，她應在會幕門口交給司祭一隻一歲的羔羊，做全番祭；一隻雛鴿或一隻斑鳩，現作贖罪祭。

And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin offering, to the door of the tent of meeting, to the priest.

7 司祭將祭品奉獻在上主面前，為她型贖罪禮，她纔算由流血的狀況中潔淨了：以上是關於生男或生女得婦人的法律。

And he shall offer it before Jehovah, and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. This is the law for her who bears, whether a male or a female.

8 但若她的財力不夠辦一隻羔羊，可帶兩隻斑鳩或兩隻雛鴿：一隻獻作全番祭，一隻獻作贖罪祭。司祭位他行贖罪禮，她就潔淨了。

And if her means are not sufficient for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.