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.
El Señor habló a Moisés después de la muerte de dos de los hijos de Aarón cuando fueron a la presencia del Señor.
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!
El Señor le dijo a Moisés: “Adviértele a tu hermano Aarón que no venga al Lugar Santísimo en cualquier momento que lo desee, de lo contrario morirá. Porque ahí es donde aparezco en la nube sobre la cubierta de expiación del Arca, detrás del velo.
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].
“Estas son las instrucciones para que Aarón entre en el santuario. Debe venir con un toro joven para una ofrenda por el pecado y con un carnero para una ofrenda quemada.
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.
Debe llevar la túnica de lino sagrada, con ropa interior de lino. Tiene que atar una faja de lino a su alrededor y ponerse el turbante de lino. Estas son ropas sagradas. Debe lavarse con agua antes de ponérsela.
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].
Del pueblo de Israel debe traer dos machos cabríos para la ofrenda por el pecado, y un carnero para el holocausto.
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).
Aarón presentará el toro como su propia ofrenda por el pecado para hacerse a sí mismo y a su familia.
7 Then he must bring the two male goats to me at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.
Luego traerá los dos machos cabríos y los presentará ante el Señor a la entrada del Tabernáculo de Reunión.
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.
Aarón echará suertes para elegir entre los cabritos, uno para el Señor y otro para el chivo expiatorio.
9 Aaron must bring to me the goat that was chosen to be sacrificed. It will be an offering for the people’s sins.
Presentará el macho cabrío elegido por sorteo para el Señor y lo sacrificará como ofrenda por el pecado.
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.
El macho cabrío elegido por sorteo como chivo expiatorio será presentado vivo ante el Señor para arreglar las cosas enviándolo al desierto como chivo expiatorio.
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].
“Aarón debe presentar el toro para su ofrenda por el pecado para hacer las cosas bien para él y su casa matando el toro como su propia ofrenda por el pecado.
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].
Luego llenará un quemador de incienso con carbones encendidos del altar que está ante el Señor, y con sus manos llenas de incienso de olor dulce finamente molido, los llevará detrás del velo.
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]).
Pondrá el incienso en presencia del Señor, sobre las brasas, y el humo del incienso cubrirá la tapa de la expiación sobre el Testimonio, para que no muera.
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.
Tomará un poco de sangre del toro y con su dedo la rociará en el lado este de la tapa de expiación. También rociará un poco con su dedo siete veces delante de la tapa de la expiación.
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.
“Entonces Aarón sacrificará el macho cabrío para la ofrenda por el pecado del pueblo y traerá su sangre detrás del velo, y con su sangre deberá hacer lo mismo que hizo con la sangre del toro: La rociará contra el propiciatorio y delante de él.
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].
Así es como corregirá el Lugar Santísimo y lo purificará de la inmundicia de los israelitas, de sus actos de rebelión y de todos sus pecados. Hará lo mismo con el Tabernáculo de Reunión que está en medio de su campamento, rodeado de sus vidas inmundas.
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.
Nadie puede estar en el Tabernáculo de Reunión desde que Aarón entra para purificar el Lugar Santísimo hasta que sale, después de haber arreglado las cosas para él, su casa y todos los israelitas.
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.
“Entonces irá al altar que está delante del Señor y lo purificará. Tomará la sangre del toro y del macho cabrío y la pondrá en todos los cuernos del altar.
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.
Rociará con su dedo siete veces la sangre para dedicarla y purificarla de la inmundicia de los israelitas.
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.
Una vez que Aarón haya terminado de purificar el Lugar Santísimo, el Tabernáculo de Reunión y el altar, presentará el macho cabrío vivo.
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.
Luego pondrá ambas manos sobre la cabeza del macho cabrío vivo y confesará sobre él todas las faltas de los israelitas, todos sus actos de rebelión y todos sus pecados. Los pondrá sobre la cabeza del macho cabrío y lo enviará al desierto, llevado allí por un hombre elegido para hacerlo.
22 [It is as though] the goat will carry away into the desert [the guilt for] the sins of all the people.
El macho cabrío tomará sobre sí mismo todos sus pecados y se irá a un lugar lejano, y el hombre lo enviará al desierto.
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.
“Aarón volverá al Tabernáculo de Reunión, se quitará las ropas de lino que se puso antes de entrar en el Lugar Santísimo, y las dejará allí.
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.
Se lavará con agua en el santuario y se pondrá su propia ropa. Luego saldrá a sacrificar su holocausto y el holocausto del pueblo que le da la razón a él y al pueblo.
25 He must also burn on the altar all the fat of the bull and the goat that were sacrificed.
También debe quemar la grasa de la ofrenda por el pecado en el altar.
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.
“El hombre que fue y envió al chivo expiatorio debe lavar sus ropas y lavarse con agua; entonces podrá volver al campamento.
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.
“Los restos del toro usado para la ofrenda por el pecado y la cabra para la ofrenda por el pecado, cuya sangre fue traída al Lugar Santísimo para purificarla, deben ser llevados fuera del campamento. Su piel, carne y desechos deben ser quemados.
28 The man who burns those things must then wash his clothes and bathe before he returns to the camp.
La persona que los queme debe lavar sus ropas y lavarse con agua; luego puede volver al campamento.
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.
“Este reglamento se aplica a todos los tiempos. El décimo día del séptimo mes es un día de ayuno para ustedes. No debes hacer ningún trabajo. Esto se aplica a todos los nacidos en el país y también a cualquier extranjero que viva entre ustedes,
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.
porque en este día se hará el proceso de corregiros, para haceros limpios de todos sus pecados, limpios ante el Señor.
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.
Es un sábado de los sábados, un día de descanso y de ayuno. Esta regulación se aplica para todo el tiempo.
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
El sacerdote que es ungido y dedicado a suceder a su padre como sumo sacerdote llevará a cabo la ceremonia de hacer las cosas bien, y se pondrá las ropas de lino sagrado.
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].
Llevará a cabo la purificación del Lugar Santísimo, el Tabernáculo de Reunión y el altar, corrigiendo también a los sacerdotes y a todo el pueblo.
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.
Esta regla se aplica a ustedes para siempre: una vez al año los israelitas harán expiación por todos sus pecados”. Moisés hizo todo lo que el Señor le ordenó.
