利未記 12

1 上主訓示梅瑟說：

And the Lord spoke unto 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 unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a male child: then shall she be unclean seven days, even as in the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.

3 第八天，應給孩子割損。

And on the eighth day shall the flesh of his foreskin 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 thirty and three days shall she then continue in the blood of her purification; any thing hallowed shall she not touch, and into the sanctuary shall she not come, until the days of her purification be at an end.

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 female child, then shall she be unclean two weeks as in her separation; and sixty and six days shall she continue in the blood of the purification.

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 at the completion of the days of her purification, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a sheep of the first year for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto 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 bring it near 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 hath given birth to a male or to 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 will not suffice for a lamb, then shall she 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 an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.