Leviticus 16

1 After the two sons of Aaron died because they burned incense to Yahweh [in a manner that was contrary to what Yahweh commanded], Yahweh spoke to Moses/me.

١ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ ابْنَيْ هَرُونَ، عِنْدَمَا اقْتَرَبَا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ فَمَاتَا:

2 He said to him/me, “Warn your [older] brother Aaron that he must not enter the Very Holy Place inside the curtain that is in the Sacred Tent whenever he wants to, because the cover of the sacred chest is there. That is the place where the priest (makes atonement for/requests me to forgive) sins. I am present in the cloud that is over the cover of the sacred chest. If Aaron goes in that room when it is not the proper time, he will die!

٢ «كَلِّمْ أَخَاكَ هَرُونَ وَحَذِّرْهُ مِنَ الدُّخُولِ فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ إِلَى قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ، وَرَاءَ الْحِجَابِ أَمَامَ غِطَاءِ التَّابُوتِ، لِئَلّا يَمُوتَ، لأَنَّنِي أَتَجَلَّى فِي السَّحَابِ عَلَى الْغِطَاءِ.

3 “When Aaron enters the Sacred Tent area, he must bring a bull that [will be killed] to become an offering/sacrifice for sins, and a ram [to be killed] to be an offering that will be completely burned [on the altar].

٣ بِهَذَا يَدْخُلُ هَرُونُ إِلَى الْقُدْسِ: يَأْتِي بِثَوْرٍ لِذَبِيحَةِ خَطِيئَةٍ وَكَبْشٍ لِمُحْرَقَةٍ،

4 Then he must bathe his whole body, and put on the linen underwear/undershorts and the linen gown. He must tie the linen sash/waistbands around his waist and wrap the turban around his head. Those are his sacred garments.

٤ وَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَلْبَسَ قَمِيصَ كَتَّانٍ مُقَدَّساً، وَيَرْتَدِيَ فَوْقَ جَسَدِهِ سَرَاوِيلَ كَتَّانٍ، وَيَتَنَطَّقَ بِحِزَامِ كَتَّانٍ، وَيَتَعَمَّمَ بِعِمَامَةِ كَتَّانٍ، بَعْدَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ بِمَاءٍ. إِنَّهَا ثِيَابٌ مُقَدَّسَةٌ.

5 The Israeli people must then bring to him two male goats [to be killed] as an offering/sacrifice for sin, and a ram to be [killed and] burned completely [on the altar].

٥ يَأْخُذُ مِنْ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ تَيْسَيْنِ مِنَ الْمَعْزِ لِذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ، وَكَبْشاً وَاحِداً لِيَكُونَ مُحْرَقَةً،

6 “Aaron must offer the bull [to me] to be a sacrifice in order that (I will forgive his sins and the sins of his family/his sins and the sins of his family will be forgiven).

٦ فَيُقَرِّبُ هَرُونُ ثَوْرَ الْخَطِيئَةِ تَكْفِيراً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَعَنْ أُسْرَتِهِ،

7 Then he must bring the two male goats to me at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.

٧ ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ التَّيْسَيْنِ وَيُقَدِّمُهُمَا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ،

8 He must (cast lots/throw down stones that have been marked) to determine which goat will be [sacrificed] to me, and which will be the goat that will be set free.

٨ وَيُلْقِي عَلَيْهِمَا قُرْعَتَيْنِ: قُرْعَةً لِلرَّبِّ وَقُرْعَةً لِعَزَازِيلَ (كَبْشِ الْفِدَاءِ).

9 Aaron must bring to me the goat that was chosen to be sacrificed. It will be an offering for the people’s sins.

٩ وَيُقَرِّبُ هَرُونُ التَّيْسَ الَّذِي وَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُرْعَةُ الرَّبِّ وَيُصْعِدُهُ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ،

10 Aaron must also bring to me the other goat, but it is not to be killed. It will be freed while it is still alive. As a result of Aaron sending it into the desert, the people’s sins will be forgiven.

١٠ وَأَمَّا التَّيْسُ الَّذِي وَقَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُرْعَةُ عَزَازِيلَ، فَيُوْقِفُهُ حَيًّا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ لِيُكَفِّرَ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ يُطْلِقُهُ إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ، فَهُوَ كَبْشُ فِدَاءٍ.

11 “Then Aaron must bring the young bull to me, to be an offering/sacrifice for himself and for his family. He must slaughter that bull to be an offering for their sins, [and he must drain the blood into a basin].

١١ وَبَعْدَ أَنْ يُقَدِّمَ هَرُونُ ثَوْرَ الْخَطِيئَةِ تَكْفِيراً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَعَنْ أُسْرَتِهِ وَيَذْبَحَهُ،

12 Then he must take some burning coals from the [bronze] altar and put them in the incense burner. Then he must fill his hands with fragrant finely-ground incense. Then he must take the incense and the incense burner inside the curtain into the Very Holy Place [of the Sacred Tent].

١٢ يَمْلأُ الْمِجْمَرَةَ بِجَمْرِ نَارٍ مِنْ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ مِنْ أَمَامِ الرَّبِّ، وَيَأْخُذُ مِلْءَ قَبْضَتِهِ مِنَ الْبَخُورِ الْعَطِرِ الدَّقِيقِ وَيَدْخُلُ بِهِمَا إِلَى مَا وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ.

13 There he must put the incense on the burning coals, with the result that a cloud of burning incense will rise up over the lid of the sacred chest. If he obeys these instructions, he will not die [like Korah’s two sons did because of offering incense incorrectly] (OR, [because of being in God’s presence]).

١٣ وَيَضَعُ الْبَخُورَ عَلَى النَّارِ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ، فَتُغَشِّي سَحَابَةُ الْبَخُورِ غِطَاءَ التَّابُوتِ، فَلا يَمُوتُ.

14 Then he must dip his finger into [the basin] and sprinkle some blood on the lid of the sacred chest, and also sprinkle some blood seven times against the front of the chest.

١٤ ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُ بَعْضَ دَمِ الثَّوْرِ وَيَرُشُّ بِإِصْبَعِهِ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْجُزْءِ الشَّرْقِيِّ مِنْ غِطَاءِ التَّابُوتِ، كَمَا يَرُشُّ مِنَ الدَّمِ بِإِصْبَعِهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَمَامَ الْغِطَاءِ.

15 [“Aaron must then go outside the Sacred Tent] and slaughter the goat to be an offering for the sins of the people. Then he must bring its blood into the Very Holy Place behind the curtain. There he must sprinkle [some of] that blood on the lid of the sacred chest and against the front of the chest, like he did with the bull’s blood.

١٥ وَيَذْبَحُ تَيْسَ الْخَطِيئَةِ الْمُقَدَّمَ مِنَ الشَّعْبِ، وَيَدْخُلُ بِدَمِهِ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءَ الْحِجَابِ، وَيَرُشُّ مِنْ دَمِهِ كَمَا رَشَّ مِنْ دَمِ الثَّوْرِ عَلَى الْغِطَاءِ وَأَمَامَهُ،

16 By doing that, he will purify the Very Holy Place. And he must sprinkle more of the blood on the Sacred Tent, because the tent is in the midst of the camp of the Israeli people who have become unacceptable to me [because of their sins].

١٦ فَيُكَفِّرُ عَنِ الْقُدْسِ مِنْ نَجَاسَاتِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَسَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَسَائِرِ خَطَايَاهُمْ. وَمِثْلَ ذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُ لِخَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ الْقَائِمَةِ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ، مُحَاطَةٍ بِنَجَاسَاتِهِمْ.

17 When Aaron goes into the Very Holy Place [in the Sacred Tent] to purify it, no one else is permitted to enter [the other part of] the Sacred Tent. Only after Aaron has performed rituals to enable me to forgive him and his family, and all the Israeli people, is any priest permitted to enter the Sacred Tent.

١٧ وَلا يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ فِي خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ عِنْدَ دُخُولِ هَرُونَ إِلَى قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ لِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَعَنْ أُسْرَتِهِ وَعَنْ كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَإِلَى وَقْتِ خُرُوجِهِ.

18 “Then Aaron must go outside the tent to purify my altar. He must do this by smearing some of the blood from the bull and some of the blood from the goat on each of the projections at the corners of the altar.

١٨ ثُمَّ يَأْتِي إِلَى الْمَذْبَحِ الْقَائِمِ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ وَيُكَفِّرُ عَنْهُ، فَيَأْخُذُ مِنْ دَمِ الثَّوْرِ وَمِنْ دَمِ التَّيْسِ، وَيَضَعُ مِنْهُمَا عَلَى قُرُونِ جَوَانِبِ الْمَذْبَحِ.

19 Then Aaron must dip his finger into the [basin of] blood and sprinkle some of the blood over the altar seven times. By doing that, he will cleanse it from being unholy [because of the sins] of the Israeli people, and it will become holy again.

١٩ وَيَرُشُّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الدَّمِ بِإِصْبَعِهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَيُطَهِّرُهُ وَيُقَدِّسُهُ مِنْ نَجَاسَاتِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

20 “When Aaron has finished purifying the Very Holy Place [inside the Sacred Tent] and all of the Sacred Tent and the altar, he must bring the goat that was chosen to be set free.

٢٠ وَعِنْدَمَا يَنْتَهِي مِنَ التَّكْفِيرِ عَنْ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ، وَعَنْ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ، وَعَنِ الْمَذْبَحِ، يَأْتِي بِالتَّيْسِ الْحَيِّ،

21 He must put both of his hands on the head of the goat and confess all the sins [DOU] of the Israeli people. By doing that, he will put [the guilt of] their sins on the head of the goat. Then he must give the goat to a man who is chosen, and that man will send the goat out into the desert.

٢١ وَيَضَعُ هَرُونُ يَدَيْهِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ، وَيَعْتَرِفُ بِجَمِيعِ خَطَايَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَسَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَذُنُوبِهِمْ، وَيُحَمِّلُهَا عَلَى رَأْسِ التَّيْسِ، ثُمَّ يُطْلِقُهُ إِلَى الصَّحْرَاءِ مَعَ شَخْصٍ تَمَّ اخْتِيَارُهُ لِذَلِكَ.

22 [It is as though] the goat will carry away into the desert [the guilt for] the sins of all the people.

٢٢ فَيَحْمِلُ التَّيْسُ ذُنُوبَ الشَّعْبِ كُلَّهَا إِلَى أَرْضٍ مُقْفِرَةٍ، وَهُنَاكَ يُطْلِقُهُ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ.

23 “When Aaron approaches the Sacred Tent, he must take off the linen clothes that he wore when he [previously] entered the Very Holy Place, and he must leave those clothes there.

٢٣ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ هَرُونُ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ، حَيْثُ يَخْلَعُ الْمَلابِسَ الْكَتَّانِيَّةَ الَّتِي ارْتَدَاهَا عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ إِلَى قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ وَيَضَعُهَا هُنَاكَ،

24 Then he must bathe in a sacred place, put on his regular/ordinary clothes, and sacrifice the animals that will be burned completely on the altar for his own sins and for the sins of the Israeli people. By doing that he will enable me to forgive him and them.

٢٤ وَيَسْتَحِمُّ بِمَاءٍ فِي مَكَانٍ مُقَدَّسٍ، ثُمَّ يَرْتَدِي ثِيَابَهُ وَيَخْرُجُ لِيُصْعِدَ مُحْرَقَتَهُ وَمُحْرَقَةَ الشَّعْبِ، وَيُكَفِّرَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَعَنِ الشَّعْبِ،

25 He must also burn on the altar all the fat of the bull and the goat that were sacrificed.

٢٥ وَيُحْرِقَ شَحْمَ ذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ،

26 “The man who was chosen to send the other goat into the desert and free it there must afterwards wash his clothes and bathe. Then he may return to the camp.

٢٦ وَيَغْسِلَ ثِيَابَهُ وَيَسْتَحِمَّ بِمَاءٍ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَدْخُلُ إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ.

27 The carcasses of the bull and the goat that were slaughtered to be an offering/sacrifice for the people’s sins, whose blood was taken inside the Very Holy Place to enable Yahweh to forgive the Israeli people, must be carried outside the camp and burned. The hides/skins of the animals, the inner organs, and the dung must also be burned.

٢٧ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ هَرُونُ ثَوْرَ الْخَطِيئَةِ وَتَيْسَ الْخَطِيئَةِ اللَّذَيْنِ كَفَّرَ بِدَمِهِمَا فِي قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمُخَيَّمِ، وَتُحْرِقُونَهُمَا بِالنَّارِ: جِلْدَيْهِمَا وَلَحْمَهُمَا وَرَوْثَهُمَا،

28 The man who burns those things must then wash his clothes and bathe before he returns to the camp.

٢٨ وَعَلَى مَنْ يُحْرِقُهُمَا أَنْ يَغْسِلَ ثِيَابَهُ وَيَسْتَحِمَّ بِمَاءٍ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَدْخُلُ إِلَى الْمُخَيَّمِ.

29 “On (October/the month after the dry season ends), on the day that I have appointed, you all must (fast/abstain from eating food) and not do any work. This is a rule/law that will never end. It must be obeyed by you people who have been Israelis all your lives, and also by foreigners who are living among you.

٢٩ وَإِلَيْكُمْ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةَ الدَّائِمَةَ: إِنَّكُمْ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْعَاشِرِ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ السَّابِعِ (أَيْ شَهْرِ أَيْلُولَ – سِبْتَمْبَر) تَتَذَلَّلُونَ وَلا تَقُومُونَ بِأَيِّ عَمَلٍ. الْمُوَاطِنُ وَالْغَرِيبُ النَّازِلُ فِي وَسَطِكُمْ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاءٍ،

30 On that day, Aaron will perform rituals to enable me to forgive you all, and then I will cleanse/free you all from [the guilt of] all your sins and you will become acceptable to me.

٣٠ لأَنَّهُ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ يَجْرِي التَّكْفِيرُ عَنْكُمْ، فَتَطْهُرُونَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ خَطَايَاكُمْ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ.

31 That will be a day for you to rest and not do any work, like the Sabbath days, and you must (fast/abstain from eating food) all that day. That is a permanent command/law for you all to obey.

٣١ إِنَّهُ يَوْمُ رَاحَةٍ مُقَدَّسَةٍ لَكُمْ تَتَذَلَّلُونَ فِيهِ، فَرِيضَةً دَائِمَةً.

32 In future years, [after Aaron has died], this ritual/ceremony to enable me to forgive you all [DOU] will be performed by the Supreme Priest who is anointed [with olive oil] and appointed to serve instead of his ancestor Aaron. He must put on the sacred clothes made of linen

٣٢ وَيَقُومُ الْكَاهِنُ الْمَمْسُوحُ وَالْمُكَرَّسُ الَّذِي يَخْلِفُ وَالِدَهُ عَلَى رَئَاسَةِ الْكَهَنَةِ بِفَرَائِضِ التَّكْفِيرِ وَهُوَ لابِسٌ ثِيَابَ الْكَتَّانِ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ،

33 and offer sacrifices to purify the Very Holy Place, all of the Sacred Tent, the altar, the priests, and all the Israel people [like Aaron did].

٣٣ فَيُكَفِّرُ عَنْ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ، وَعَنْ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ، وَالْمَذْبَحِ، وَيُكَفِّرُ أَيْضاً عَنِ الْكَهَنَةِ وَعَنْ كُلِّ شَعْبِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

34 This will be a permanent command/law for you to obey once every year, to enable me to forgive you Israeli people for the sins that you have committed.” Moses/I obeyed all those instructions/commands that Yahweh had given to him/me.

٣٤ وَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ لَكُمْ فَرِيضَةً دَائِمَةً لِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنْ جَمِيعِ خَطَايَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، مَرَّةً فِي السَّنَةِ». فَنَفَّذَ هَرُونُ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ مُوسَى.