Leviticus 21
1 Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,
Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis sị, “Gwa ndị nchụaja, ụmụ ndị ikom Erọn okwu sị ha, ‘Onye nchụaja ekwesighị imerụ onwe ya mgbe mmadụ nwụrụ nʼetiti ụmụnna ya.
2 ‘You priests must not cause yourselves to become unfit to do my work by [touching] corpses. Priests are permitted to touch only the corpses of close relatives, such as the priest’s mother or father or his son or daughter or his brother.
Karịakwa ma onye ahụ bụ onye dị ya nnọọ nso, dịka nne ya, maọbụ nna ya, maọbụ nwa ya nwoke, maọbụ nwa ya nwanyị, maọbụ nwanne ya nwoke,
3 Priests are also permitted to touch the corpse of a sister if she is not married, because she has no husband [to bury her body].
maọbụ nwanne ya nwanyị na-alụbeghị di, onye ọ na-elekọta nʼihi na o nweghị di. Nʼihi ya, o nwere ike merụọ onwe ya.
4 Priests must not cause themselves to become unfit to do my work [DOU] by [touching corpses of] people who were married to one of their close relatives.
Ma ọ gakwaghị eme onwe ya ka ọ ghara ịdị ọcha nʼetiti ndị ọgọ ya, ma site otu a merụọ onwe ya.
5 You priests must not shave your heads or shave the edges of your beards or cut your bodies [to show that you are mourning for someone who has died].
“‘Ndị nchụaja ekwesighị ịkpụcha isi ha, maọbụ kpụchapụ akụkụ afụọnụ ha, maọbụ kaa ihe ọbụla nʼakpụkpọ ahụ ha.
6 You must act in ways that I, your God, consider to be holy, and not disgrace my name/reputation. You are the ones who present to me the offerings that are burned. [It is as though] those offerings are food for me, your God; so you must act in ways that are holy.
Ha ga-abụ ndị dị nsọ nye Chineke ha, ndị na-agaghị emekwa ka aha Chineke ha ghara ịdị nsọ. Nʼihi na ọ bụ ha na-eche nʼihu Onyenwe anyị onyinye aja nsure ọkụ, bụ nri Chineke ha. Nʼihi ya, ha aghaghị ịdị nsọ.
7 You priests must not marry women who have been prostitutes or who have been divorced from their husbands, because you priests are (set apart for me/holy).
“‘Onye nchụaja agaghị alụ nwanyị e merụrụ site nʼịgba akwụna, maọbụ nwanyị lụtụrụla di nke kewapụrụ onwe ya site nʼahụ di ya, nʼihi na ndị nchụaja bụ ndị dị nsọ nye Chineke ha.
8 You must consider that you are holy, because you offer food to me, your God. Consider yourselves to be holy because I, Yahweh, [the one who caused you to be priests and] the one who enables you to be holy, am holy.
Gụọ ha dịka ndị dị nsọ nʼihi na ọ bụ ha na-eche nri Chineke nʼihu ya. Gụọ ha dịka ndị dị nsọ nʼihi na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị dị nsọ, mụ onwe m na-eme ka unu dị nsọ.
9 If a priest’s daughter disgraces herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; and she must be killed by being burned in a fire.
“‘Ọ bụrụ na nwa nwanyị onye nchụaja emerụọ onwe ya site nʼịghọ onye akwụna, o sitela na ndụ ọjọọ dị otu a wetara nna ya ihe ihere. A ga-akpọ ya ọkụ.
10 The Supreme Priest is the one among his relatives who has been [appointed for that work] by having his head anointed with olive oil. He is also the one who has been appointed to wear the special garments that priests wear. He must not allow the hair on his [head] to remain uncombed, and he must not tear his clothes [when he is mourning for someone].
“‘Onyeisi nchụaja, onye ahụ sitere nʼetiti ụmụnna ya, onye awụsara mmanụ nsọ nʼisi ya, onye ahọrọ doo nsọ iyiri uwe onye nchụaja ahụ, agaghị ahapụ agịrị isi ya ka ọ kpasasịa, maọbụ dọwaa uwe ya.
11 He must not enter some place where there is a corpse. He must not do that and cause himself to become unfit for his work, even if it is his father or his mother who has died.
Ọ gaghị abanye ebe ozu dị. Ọ gaghị emerụ onwe ya, ọ bụladị ma ozu ahụ ọ bụ nke nne ya maọbụ nke nna ya.
12 He must not leave the Sacred Tent [to join those who are mourning], because he would cause himself to become unfit for his work and would also defile/desecrate the Sacred Tent. He must not leave the Sacred Tent [at that time], because by being anointed with olive oil he has been (appointed/set apart) to serve his God [in the Sacred Tent]. I, Yahweh, [am the one who am commanding this].
Ọ gaghị esi nʼebe nsọ Chineke ya pụọ, maọbụ mee ya ka ọ ghara ịdị nsọ, nʼihi na e doola ya nsọ site na ite ya mmanụ nsọ nke Chineke ya. Abụ m Onyenwe anyị.
13 Women whom you priests marry must be virgins.
“‘Nwanyị onyeisi nchụaja ga-alụ ga-abụ nwanyị na-amaghị nwoke.
14 You priests must not marry widows or prostitutes or divorced women, because if you did that, [if you later have] sons, they would not be acceptable to be priests among your people. You must marry only virgins from among your own people. I am Yahweh, who sets priests apart to be holy.’”
Ọ gaghị alụ nwanyị di ya nwụrụ, maọbụ nwanyị ya na di ya na-ebikwaghị, maọbụ nwanyị akwụna. Nwanyị ọ ga-alụ ga-abụ naanị nwanyị na-amaghị nwoke nke si nʼetiti ụmụnna ya,
ka ọ ghara ime ka ụmụ ya ghara ịdị nsọ nʼetiti ụmụnna ya. Abụ m Onyenwe anyị onye na-edo ya nsọ.’”
16 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis sị,
17 “Say this to Aaron: 'For all future time, none of your descendants who has any defects [on his body] will be allowed to come near [the altar] to offer [sacrifices to me which will be like] [MET] my food:
“Gwa Erọn, ‘Nʼọgbọ niile nke na-abịa, o nweghị onye ọbụla nʼime ụmụ ụmụ gị nke akụkụ ahụ ya na-ezughị oke ga-abịa nso iwetara Chineke ya ihe oriri.
18 No one who is blind or lame or deformed, or whose [face is] disfigured,
O nweghị nwoke ọbụla nwere ọrụsị ọbụla ga-abịa nso, o nweghị nwoke kpuru ìsì, maọbụ onye ngwụrọ, maọbụ onye imi mpịa, maọbụ onye ụkwụ maọbụ aka ya na-ezughị oke,
19 no man with a crippled foot or a crippled hand,
maọbụ onye ọkpụkpụ ụkwụ ya maọbụ ọkpụkpụ aka ya gbajiri,
20 no man who is a hunchback or a dwarf, no man whose eyes are defective, no man who has a skin disease [DOU] or whose testicles have been damaged is allowed to brings sacrifices.
maọbụ onye mkpumkpu azụ dị, maọbụ nwa akakpọ, maọbụ onye na-adịghị ahụzi ụzọ, maọbụ onye agba na-ata, maọbụ onye akpụkpa dị nʼahụ, maọbụ onye mkpụrụ amụ ya chipịara echipịa.
21 No descendant of Aaron, the [first Supreme] Priest, who has any defect is allowed to come to the altar to offer to me, his God, sacrifices that will be burned.
O nweghị nwa nwa Erọn onye nchụaja ọbụla nwere ọrụsị ga-abịa iwetara Onyenwe anyị aja onyinye site nʼọkụ. Ebe ọ bụ na o nwere ọrụsị, ọ gaghị abịa nso iwetara Chineke ya nri.
22 Priests who have defects are permitted to eat the various kinds of holy food offered to me.
Ma o nwere ike iri nri ahụ dịkarịsịrị nsọ nke sitere na nri Chineke ya, tinyekwara nri ahụ dị nsọ.
23 But because of their defects, they must not go near the curtain [in the Sacred Tent] or near the altar, because if they did that, they would desecrate my Sacred Tent. I am Yahweh, the one who sets those places apart as being holy.'”
Kama ọ gaghị abịa nso akwa mgbochi ahụ maọbụ bịaruo ebe ịchụ aja nso, nʼihi ezughị oke ya. Ka ọ ghara imerụ ebe nsọ m, nʼihi na abụ m Onyenwe anyị onye na-edo ha nsọ.’”
24 So Moses/I told this to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israeli people.
Ya mere Mosis nyere Erọn na ụmụ ya ndị ikom na ụmụ Izrel niile iwu ndị a.
