Numbers 19
1 And YHWH speaks to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
El Señor le dijo a Moisés y Aarón:
2 “This [is] a statute of the law which YHWH has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and they bring a red cow to you, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish, on which no yoke has gone up;
“Esta es una norma que el Señor ha ordenado, diciendo, Dile a los israelitas que te traigan una vaca roja sin defectos, que nunca haya sido uncida.
3 and you have given it to Eleazar the priest, and he has brought it out to the outside of the camp, and has slaughtered it before him.
Entrégasela al sacerdote Eleazar, y él la llevará fuera del campamento y lamandará a masacrar.
4 And Eleazar the priest has taken of its blood with his finger, and has sprinkled [it] toward the front of the face of the Tent of Meeting from its blood seven times;
El sacerdote Eleazar pondrá un poco de su sangre en su dedo y la rociará siete veces hacia la entrada del Tabernáculo de Reunión.
5 and [one] has burned the cow before his eyes; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, besides her dung, he burns;
Luego la vaca debe ser quemada mientras él observa. Todo debe ser quemado: su piel, carne y sangre, así como sus excrementos.
6 and the priest has taken cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and has cast [them] into the midst of the burning of the cow;
El sacerdote arrojará madera de cedro, hisopo e hilo carmesí sobre la vaca en llamas.
7 and the priest has washed his garments, and has bathed his flesh with water, and afterward comes into the camp, and the priest is unclean until the evening;
“Entonces el sacerdote lavará sus ropas y su cuerpo en agua, y después podrá entrar en el campamento, pero permanecerá impuro hasta la noche.
8 and he who is burning it washes his garments with water, and has bathed his flesh with water, and is unclean until the evening.
La persona que quemó la vaca también lavará sus ropas y su cuerpo en agua, y él también permanecerá impuro hasta la noche.
9 And a clean man has gathered the ashes of the cow, and has placed [them] at the outside of the camp in a clean place, and it has become a charge for the congregation of the sons of Israel for waters of separation—it [is for] sin;
“El que esté limpio recogerá las cenizas de la vaca y las guardará en un lugar limpio fuera del campamento. Las guardarán los israelitas para preparar el agua de purificación que sirve para purificar del pecado.
10 and he who is gathering the ashes of the heifer has washed his garments and is unclean until the evening; and it has been to the sons of Israel and to the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst for a continuous statute.
El hombre que recogió las cenizas de la vaca lavará también sus ropas, y permanecerá impuro hasta la noche. Esta es una regla permanente para los israelitas y para el extranjero que vive con ellos.
11 He who is coming against the dead body of any man is unclean [for] seven days;
“Si tocas un cadáver serás impuro durante siete días.
12 he cleanses himself for it on the third day and on the seventh day, [and] he is clean; and if he does not cleanse himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he is not clean.
Debes purificarte con el agua de la purificación al tercer día y al séptimo día, y entonces estarás limpio. Pero si no te purificas en el tercer y séptimo día, no estarás limpio.
13 Anyone who is coming against the dead, against the body of man who dies, and does not cleanse himself, he has defiled the Dwelling Place of YHWH, and that person has been cut off from Israel, for water of separation is not sprinkled on him; he is unclean; his uncleanness [is] still on him.
Si tocas un cadáver y no te purificas, harás impuro el Tabernáculo del Señor y deberás ser expulsado de Israel. Sigues siendo impuro porque no se te ha rociado con el agua de la purificación y tu impureza permanece.
14 This [is] the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who is coming into the tent and all that [is] in the tent are unclean [for] seven days;
“La siguiente norma se aplica cuando una persona muere en una tienda. Todo el que entre en la tienda y todo el que ya esté en ella será impuro durante siete días.
15 and every open vessel which has no covering of thread on it is unclean.
Cualquier recipiente abierto que no tenga una tapa cerrada es impuro.
16 And everyone on the face of the field who comes against the pierced of a sword, or against the dead, or against a bone of man, or against a grave, is unclean [for] seven days;
Si estás al aire libre y tocas a alguien que ha muerto por la espada o que ha muerto de forma natural, o si tocas un hueso humano o una tumba, entonces serás impuro durante siete días.
17 and for the unclean person they have taken from the ashes of the burning of the [cow], and he has put running water over it into a vessel;
“Este es el proceso para la purificación si eres impuro. Toma algunas de las cenizas del holocausto para la purificación y ponlas en un frasco con agua fresca.
18 and a clean person has taken hyssop, and has dipped [it] in water, and has sprinkled [it] on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who have been there, and on him who is coming against a bone, or against one pierced, or against the dead, or against a grave.
El hombre que esté limpio tomará un hisopo y lo mojará en el agua. Luego rociará la tienda y todo lo que haya dentro de ella, y a todos los que estuvieran allí. También deberá rociarlo a usted si ha tocado un hueso, o una tumba, o alguien que ha muerto o ha sido asesinado.
19 And the clean has sprinkled [it] on the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day, and has cleansed him on the seventh day, and he has washed his garments, and has bathed with water, and has been clean in the evening.
“El hombre que está limpio debe rociarte tanto al tercer día como al séptimo día. Después de que te purifiques al séptimo día, debes lavar tu ropa y a ti mismo en agua, y esa noche estarás limpio.
20 And the man who is unclean and does not cleanse himself, indeed, that person has been cut off from the midst of the assembly; for he has defiled the sanctuary of YHWH; water of separation is not sprinkled on him; he [is] unclean.
Pero si no te purificas, serás expulsado de los israelitas, porque has hecho impuro el Tabernáculo del Señor. El agua de la purificación no ha sido rociada sobre ti, y sigues siendo impuro.
21 And it has been for a continuous statute to them, that he who is sprinkling the water of separation washes his garments, and he who is coming against the water of separation is unclean until the evening,
Esta es una regla permanente para todos. El hombre que rocía el agua de purificación debe lavar su ropa, y cualquiera que toque el agua de purificación será impuro hasta la noche.
22 and all against which the unclean person comes is unclean, and the person who is coming against [it] is unclean until the evening.”
Todo lo que toque la persona impura será impuro, y cualquiera que lo toque será impuro hasta la noche”.
