Leviticus 21
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Habla a los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón, y diles: ‘El sacerdote no se profanará por los muertos de su pueblo,
2 except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
excepto por sus parientes que están cerca de él: por su madre, por su padre, por su hijo, por su hija, por su hermano,
3 or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
y por su hermana virgen que está cerca de él, que no ha tenido marido; por ella puede profanarse.
4 He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
No se contaminará, siendo jefe de su pueblo, para profanarse.
5 Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
“‘No se afeitarán la cabeza ni se afeitarán las comisuras de la barba, ni se harán cortes en la carne.
6 They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.
Serán santos para su Dios, y no profanarán el nombre de su Dios, porque ofrecen las ofrendas quemadas de Yahvé, el pan de su Dios. Por lo tanto, serán santos.
7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
“‘No se casarán con una mujer prostituta o profana. El sacerdote no se casará con una mujer divorciada de su marido, porque él es santo para su Dios.
8 You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
Por eso lo santificarás, porque él ofrece el pan de tu Dios. Será santo para ti, porque yo, Yahvé, que te santifico, soy santo.
9 If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
“‘La hija de cualquier sacerdote, si se profana haciendo de prostituta, profana a su padre. Será quemada con fuego.
10 The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
“‘El que es sumo sacerdote entre sus hermanos, sobre cuya cabeza se derrama el aceite de la unción, y que es consagrado para vestir las vestiduras, no dejará suelto el cabello de su cabeza, ni rasgará sus vestidos.
11 He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
No debe entrar a ningún cadáver, ni contaminarse por su padre o por su madre.
12 He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
No saldrá del santuario ni profanará el santuario de su Dios, porque la corona del aceite de la unción de su Dios está sobre él. Yo soy Yahvé.
13 The woman he marries must be a virgin.
“‘Tomará una esposa en su virginidad.
14 He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
No se casará con una viuda, ni con una divorciada, ni con una mujer impura, ni con una prostituta. Tomará como esposa a una virgen de su propio pueblo.
15 so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
No profanará su descendencia entre su pueblo, porque yo soy Yahvé, que lo santifico”.
16 Then the LORD said to Moses,
Yahvé habló a Moisés, diciendo:
17 “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
“Di a Aarón: “Ninguno de tus descendientes, a lo largo de sus generaciones, que tenga un defecto podrá acercarse a ofrecer el pan de su Dios.
18 No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
Porque todo hombre que tenga un defecto, no se acercará: un ciego, o un cojo, o el que tenga la nariz chata, o cualquier deformidad,
19 no man who has a broken foot or hand,
o un hombre que tenga un pie lesionado, o una mano lesionada,
20 or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
o un jorobado, o un enano, o el que tenga un defecto en el ojo, o una enfermedad que pique, o costras, o que tenga los testículos dañados.
21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
Ningún hombre de la descendencia del sacerdote Aarón que tenga un defecto se acercará a ofrecer las ofrendas de Yahvé hechas por fuego. Como tiene un defecto, no se acercará a ofrecer el pan de su Dios.
22 He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
Comerá el pan de su Dios, tanto del más sagrado como del santo.
23 but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
No se acercará al velo, ni se acercará al altar, porque tiene un defecto; para que no profane mis santuarios, porque yo soy Yahvé que los santifico”.
24 Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
Entonces Moisés habló a Aarón, a sus hijos y a todos los hijos de Israel.
