Leviticus 21

1 And YHWH says to Moses, “Speak to the priests, sons of Aaron, and you have said to them: No one defiles himself for a [dead] person among his people,

١ وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «كَلِّمِ ٱلْكَهَنَةَ بَنِي هَارُونَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: لَا يَتَنَجَّسْ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ لِمَيْتٍ فِي قَوْمِهِ،

2 except for his relation who [is] near to him: for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

٢ إِلَّا لِأَقْرِبَائِهِ ٱلْأَقْرَبِ إِلَيْهِ: أُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ وَٱبْنِهِ وَٱبْنَتِهِ وَأَخِيهِ

3 and for his sister, the virgin, who is near to him, who has not been to a man; he is defiled for her.

٣ وَأُخْتِهِ ٱلْعَذْرَاءِ ٱلْقَرِيبَةِ إِلَيْهِ ٱلَّتِي لَمْ تَصِرْ لِرَجُلٍ. لِأَجْلِهَا يَتَنَجَّسُ.

4 A master [priest] does not defile himself among his people—to defile himself;

٤ كَزَوْجٍ لَا يَتَنَجَّسْ بِأَهْلِهِ لِتَدْنِيسِهِ.

5 they do not make baldness on their head, and they do not shave the corner of their beard, and they do not make a cutting in their flesh;

٥ لَا يَجْعَلُوا قَرْعَةً فِي رُؤُوسِهِمْ، وَلَا يَحْلِقُوا عَوَارِضَ لِحَاهُمْ، وَلَا يَجْرَحُوا جِرَاحَةً فِي أَجْسَادِهِمْ.

6 they are holy to their God, and they do not defile the Name of their God, for the fire-offerings of YHWH, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.

٦ مُقَدَّسِينَ يَكُونُونَ لِإِلَهِهِمْ، وَلَا يُدَنِّسُونَ ٱسْمَ إِلَهِهِمْ، لِأَنَّهُمْ يُقَرِّبُونَ وَقَائِدَ ٱلرَّبِّ طَعَامَ إِلَهِهِمْ، فَيَكُونُونَ قُدْسًا.

7 They do not take a woman of harlotry, or defiled, and they do not take a woman cast out from her husband, for he [is] holy to his God;

٧ اِمْرَأَةً زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُدَنَّسَةً لَا يَأْخُذُوا، وَلَا يَأْخُذُوا ٱمْرَأَةً مُطَلَّقَةً مِنْ زَوْجِهَا. لِأَنَّهُ مُقَدَّسٌ لِإِلَهِهِ.

8 and you have sanctified him, for he is bringing the bread of your God near. He is holy to you, for I, YHWH, sanctifying you, [am] holy.

٨ فَتَحْسِبُهُ مُقَدَّسًا لِأَنَّهُ يُقَرِّبُ خُبْزَ إِلَهِكَ. مُقَدَّسًا يَكُونُ عِنْدَكَ لِأَنِّي قُدُّوسٌ أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُكُمْ.

9 And when a daughter of any priest defiles herself by going whoring—she is defiling her father; she is burned with fire.

٩ وَإِذَا تَدَنَّسَتِ ٱبْنَةُ كَاهِنٍ بِٱلزِّنَى فَقَدْ دَنَّسَتْ أَبَاهَا. بِٱلنَّارِ تُحْرَقُ.

10 And the high priest of his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who has consecrated his hand to put on the garments, does not uncover his head, nor tear his garments,

١٠ «وَٱلْكَاهِنُ ٱلْأَعْظَمُ بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِهِ ٱلَّذِي صُبَّ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ دُهْنُ ٱلْمَسْحَةِ، وَمُلِئَتْ يَدُهُ لِيَلْبَسَ ٱلثِّيَابَ، لَا يَكْشِفُ رَأْسَهُ، وَلَا يَشُقُّ ثِيَابَهُ،

11 nor does he come beside any dead person; he does not defile himself for his father and for his mother;

١١ وَلَا يَأْتِي إِلَى نَفْسٍ مَيْتَةٍ، وَلَا يَتَنَجَّسُ لِأَبِيهِ أَوْ أُمِّهِ،

12 nor does he go out from the sanctuary, nor does he defile the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God [is] on him; I [am] YHWH.

١٢ وَلَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ ٱلْمَقْدِسِ لِئَلَّا يُدَنِّسَ مَقْدِسَ إِلَهِهِ، لِأَنَّ إِكْلِيلَ دُهْنِ مَسْحَةِ إِلَهِهِ عَلَيْهِ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ.

13 And he takes a wife in her virginity;

١٣ هَذَا يَأْخُذُ ٱمْرَأَةً عَذْرَاءَ.

14 a widow, or cast out, or defiled, [or] a harlot—these he does not take, but he takes a virgin of his own people [for] a wife,

١٤ أَمَّا ٱلْأَرْمَلَةُ وَٱلْمُطَلَّقَةُ وَٱلْمُدَنَّسَةُ وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ فَمِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ لَا يَأْخُذُ، بَلْ يَتَّخِذُ عَذْرَاءَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ ٱمْرَأَةً.

15 and he does not defile his seed among his people; for I [am] YHWH, sanctifying him.”

١٥ وَلَا يُدَنِّسُ زَرْعَهُ بَيْنَ شَعْبِهِ لِأَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُهُ».

16 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

١٦ وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

17 “Speak to Aaron, saying, No man of your seed throughout their generations in whom there is blemish draws near to bring the bread of his God near,

١٧ «كَلِّمْ هَارُونَ قَائِلًا: إِذَا كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ نَسْلِكَ فِي أَجْيَالِهِمْ فِيهِ عَيْبٌ فَلَا يَتَقَدَّمْ لِيُقَرِّبَ خُبْزَ إِلَهِهِ.

18 for no man in whom [is] a blemish draws near: a man blind, or lame, or disfigured, or deformed,

١٨ لِأَنَّ كُلَّ رَجُلٍ فِيهِ عَيْبٌ لَا يَتَقَدَّمْ. لَا رَجُلٌ أَعْمَى وَلَا أَعْرَجُ، وَلَا أَفْطَسُ وَلَا زَوَائِدِيٌّ،

19 or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,

١٩ وَلَا رَجُلٌ فِيهِ كَسْرُ رِجْلٍ أَوْ كَسْرُ يَدٍ،

20 or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or [with] a defect in his eye, or [with] an itch, or [with] a scab, or [with] a broken testicle.

٢٠ وَلَا أَحْدَبُ وَلَا أَكْشَمُ، وَلَا مَنْ فِي عَيْنِهِ بَيَاضٌ، وَلَا أَجْرَبُ وَلَا أَكْلَفُ، وَلَا مَرْضُوضُ ٱلْخُصَى.

21 No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) comes near to bring the fire-offerings of YHWH near; blemish [is] in him; he does not come near to bring the bread of his God near.

٢١ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ فِيهِ عَيْبٌ مِنْ نَسْلِ هَارُونَ ٱلْكَاهِنِ لَا يَتَقَدَّمْ لِيُقَرِّبَ وَقَائِدَ ٱلرَّبِّ. فِيهِ عَيْبٌ لَا يَتَقَدَّمْ لِيُقَرِّبَ خُبْزَ إِلَهِهِ.

22 Bread of his God—from the most holy things and from the holy things—he eats;

٢٢ خُبْزَ إِلَهِهِ مِنْ قُدْسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ وَمِنَ ٱلْقُدْسِ يَأْكُلُ.

23 only, he does not come toward the veil, and he does not draw near to the altar; for blemish [is] in him; and he does not defile My sanctuaries; for I [am] YHWH, sanctifying them.”

٢٣ لَكِنْ إِلَى ٱلْحِجَابِ لَا يَأْتِي، وَإِلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ لَا يَقْتَرِبُ، لِأَنَّ فِيهِ عَيْبًا، لِئَلَّا يُدَنِّسَ مَقْدِسِي، لِأَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُهُمْ».

24 And Moses speaks to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel.

٢٤ فَكَلَّمَ مُوسَى هَارُونَ وَبَنِيهِ وَكُلَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.