利未記 12

1 上主訓示梅瑟說：

And the LORD 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 children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she 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 then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty 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 bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three score and 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 of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 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。

Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that has born 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 she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.