Leviticus 12

1 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,

١ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

2 “Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If a woman gives birth to a son, she must be avoided for seven days, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month.

٢ «أَوْصِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِذَا حَمَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ وَوَلَدَتْ ذَكَراً، تَظَلُّ الأُمُّ فِي حَالَةِ نَجَاسَةٍ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ، كَمَا فِي أَيَّامِ فَتْرَةِ الْحَيْضِ.

3 The baby son must be circumcised on the eighth day after he is born.

٣ وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّامِنِ يُجْرَى خِتَانُ الطِّفْلِ.

4 Then the woman must wait 33 days to be purified from her bleeding [during childbirth]. She must not touch anything that is sacred or enter the Sacred Tent area until that time is ended.

٤ وَعَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ تَبْقَى ثَلاثَةً وَثَلاثِينَ يَوْماً أُخْرَى إِلَى أَنْ تَطْهُرَ مِنْ نَزِيفِهَا، فَلا تَمَسُّ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ مُقَدَّسٍ، وَلا تَحْضُرُ إِلَى الْمَقْدِسِ، إِلَى أَنْ تَتِمَّ أَيَّامُ تَطْهِيرِهَا.

5 If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she must be avoided for two weeks, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month. Then she must wait 66 days to be purified from the bleeding that occurred [when her baby was born].

٥ وَإِنْ وَلَدَتْ أُنْثَى فَإِنَّهَا تَظَلُّ فِي حَالَةِ نَجَاسَةٍ مُدَّةَ أُسْبُوعَيْنِ كَمَا فِي فَتْرَةِ الْحَيْضِ، وَتَبْقَى سِتَّةً وَسِتِّينَ يَوْماً حَتَّى تَتَطَهَّرَ مِنْ نَزِيفِهَا.

6 ‘Then that time for her to be purified is ended, that woman must bring to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent a one-year-old lamb to be completely burned [on the altar], and a dove or a young pigeon [to be sacrificed] to enable her to become acceptable to Yahweh again.

٦ وَعِنْدَمَا تَكْتَمِلُ أَيَّامُ تَطْهِيرِهَا سَوَاءٌ وَلَدَتْ ذَكَراً أَمْ أُنْثَى، تُحْضِرُ حَمَلاً حَوْلِيًّا تُقَدِّمُهُ مُحْرَقَةً، وَكَذَلِكَ فَرْخَ حَمَامَةٍ أَوْ يَمَامَةٍ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ، إِلَى مَدْخَلِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ إِلَى الْكَاهِنِ،

7 The priest will offer them to Yahweh in order that she may be forgiven for any sins she has committed. Then she will be purified from her loss of blood [when the baby was born]. ‘Those are the regulations for women who give birth to a son or daughter.

٧ فَيُقَرِّبُهَا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنْهَا، فَتَتَطَهَّرُ مِنْ نَزِيفِهَا. هَذِهِ هِيَ الشَّرِيعَةُ الْخَاصَّةُ بِكُلِّ أُمٍّ بَعْدَ الْوِلادَةِ.

8 If a woman who gives birth to a child cannot afford a lamb, she must bring two doves or two young pigeons. One will be burned completely [on the altar], and one will be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to God again. By doing that, the priest will cause that she will be forgiven for any sins she has committed, and she no longer will need to be avoided.’”

٨ وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الأُمُّ أَفْقَرَ مِن أَنْ تُقَدِّمَ حَمَلاً، فَلْتَأْتِ بِيَمَامَتَيْنِ أَوْ فَرْخَيْ حَمَامٍ، فَيَكُونَ أَحَدُهُمَا مُحْرَقَةً وَالآخَرُ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ، فَيُكَفِّرُ بِهِمَا عَنْهَا الْكَاهِنُ وَتَطْهُرُ».