Leviticus 21
1 The Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt say to them: Let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens:
Yavé dijo a Moisés: Habla a los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón: No se contaminen a causa del cadáver de uno de sus parientes,
2 But only for his kin, such as are near in blood, that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also,
excepto por pariente cercano a él: su madre, su padre, su hijo, su hermano,
3 And for a maiden sister, who hath had no husband:
o su hermana virgen, cercana a él, que no tuvo esposo, por la cual podrá contaminarse.
4 But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing that may make him unclean.
No se contaminará, porque es un dirigente en medio de su pueblo, y no se profanará.
5 Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh.
No hará tonsura en su cabeza, ni cortará la punta de su barba, ni se sajará.
6 They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane his name: for they offer the burnt offering of the Lord, and the bread of their God, and therefore they shall be holy.
Santos serán para su ʼElohim. No profanarán el Nombre de su ʼElohim, porque ellos son los que presentan los holocaustos a Yavé, el pan de su ʼElohim. Por tanto, serán santos.
7 They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute, nor one that has been put away from her husband: because they are consecrated to their God,
No tomarán mujer prostituta o deshonrada. No tomarán mujer repudiada por su esposo, porque [el sacerdote] es santo a su ʼElohim.
8 And offer the leaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy, because I also am holy, the Lord, who sanctify them.
Por tanto lo consagrarás, pues él presenta el pan de tu ʼElohim. Será santo porque Yo, Yavé, Quien te santifica, soy santo.
9 If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom, and dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with fire.
Si la hija de un sacerdote profana al prostituírse, profana a su padre. Con fuego será quemada.
10 The high priest, that is to say, the priest, is the greatest among his brethren. upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured, and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood, and who hath been vested with the holy vestments, shall not uncover his head, he shall not rend his garments:
El que entre sus hermanos sea sumo sacerdote, sobre cuya cabeza fue derramado el aceite de la unción y fue investido para llevar las ropas, no descubrirá su cabeza ni rasgará sus ropas.
11 Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled:
No entrará donde haya algún cadáver. Aunque sea de su padre o de su madre, no se contaminará.
12 Neither shall he go out of the holy places, lest he defile the sanctuary of the Lord, because the oil of the holy unction of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.
No saldrá del Santuario, ni profanará el Santuario de su ʼElohim, porque la consagración del aceite de la unción de su ʼElohim está sobre él. Yo, Yavé.
13 He shall take a virgin unto his wife:
Tomará como esposa a una virgen.
14 But a widow or one that is divorced, or defiled, or a harlot, he shall not take, but a maid of his own people:
No tomará viuda, ni divorciada, ni deshonrada, ni prostituta, sino tomará como esposa a una virgen de su pueblo
15 He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of his nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.
para que no profane su descendencia entre su pueblo, porque Yo, Yavé, soy Quien lo santifica.
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Además Yavé habló a Moisés:
17 Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their families, hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God.
Habla a Aarón: Ninguno de tus descendientes en sus sucesivas generaciones que tenga en él algún defecto se acercará para ofrecer el pan de su ʼElohim.
18 Neither shall he approach to minister to him: If he be blind, if he be lame, if he have a little, or a great, or a crooked nose,
Porque ningún varón que tenga en él algún defecto se acercará: ya sea ciego, cojo, mutilado, deformado,
19 If his foot, or if his hand be broken,
o que tenga fractura de pie o de mano,
20 If he be crookbacked, or blear eyed, or have a pearl in his eye, or a continual scab, or a dry scurf in his body, or a rupture:
o jorobado, enano, que tenga ojo defectuoso, tenga sarna o tiña, o testículos magullados.
21 Whosoever of the seed of Aaron the priest hath a blemish, he shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, nor bread to his God.
Ningún varón de la descendencia del sacerdote Aarón que tenga defecto en él, se acercará para ofrecer los holocaustos a Yavé. [Si] hay defecto en él, no se acercará para ofrecer el pan de su ʼElohim.
22 He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves, that are offered in the sanctuary,
Podrá comer el pan de su ʼElohim procedente de las cosas santísimas y de las santas,
23 Yet so that he enter not within the veil, nor approach to the altar, because he hath a blemish, and he must not defile my sanctuary. I am the Lord who sanctify them.
pero no pasará detrás del velo ni se acercará al altar, pues tiene defecto en él. No profanará mis cosas sagradas porque Yo soy Yavé, Quien los santifico.
24 Moses therefore spoke to Aaron, and to his sons and to all Israel, all the things that had been commanded him.
Así Moisés habló a Aarón, a sus hijos, y a todos los hijos de Israel.
