Numbers 19
1 Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
El Señor le dijo a Moisés y Aarón:
2 “I am now giving to you another regulation. Tell the Israeli people to bring to you one reddish-brown cow that has no defects. It must be an animal that (has never been/no one has ever) used for plowing ground.
“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 Give it to Eleazar, the priest. He must take it outside the camp and slaughter it [and drain the blood in a basin].
Entrégasela al sacerdote Eleazar, y él la llevará fuera del campamento y lamandará a masacrar.
4 He must dip one of his fingers in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times [on the ground] near the Sacred Tent.
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 Then, while Eleazar watches, the cow must be burned completely—its hide, its meat, [the rest of] its blood, and even its dung.
Luego la vaca debe ser quemada mientras él observa. Todo debe ser quemado: su piel, carne y sangre, así como sus excrementos.
6 Eliezer then must take a stick of cedar wood, a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop, and some scarlet/red yarn, and throw them into the fire where the cow is burning.
El sacerdote arrojará madera de cedro, hisopo e hilo carmesí sobre la vaca en llamas.
7 “Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe. After doing that, he may return to the camp. But he will be unfit for doing any sacred work until that 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 The man who burns the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe, and he will also be unacceptable to me until that 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 “Then someone who has not become unacceptable to me must gather up the ashes of the cow and put them in a (sacred place/place that is acceptable to me) outside the camp. The ashes must be kept there for the people of Israel to [use when they] mix it with water for the ritual to remove the guilt of 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 The man who gathers up the ashes of the cow must [also] wash his clothes, and he [also] will be unfit to do any more sacred work until that evening. That is a regulation that will never be changed. It must be obeyed by you Israeli people and by any foreigners who live among you.
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 “All those who touch a corpse will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
“Si tocas un cadáver serás impuro durante siete días.
12 On the third day and on the seventh day [after touching a corpse], in order to become acceptable to me again, [they must have sprinkled on them] some of that water for removing the guilt of their sin. If they do not do that on both of those days, they will continue to be unacceptable to me.
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 All those who touch a corpse, and do not perform in the correct way the ritual to become acceptable to me again, defile Yahweh’s Sacred Tent. They will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people. The water to remove the guilt of sin was not sprinkled on them, so they continue to be unacceptable to me.
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 “There is another ritual that must be performed when someone dies inside a tent. All those who were inside that tent when that person died or who enter that tent will be unacceptable to me 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 Any jars that are inside that tent that are not covered are not permitted to be used.
Cualquier recipiente abierto que no tenga una tapa cerrada es impuro.
16 If someone who is out in a field touches the corpse of someone who was murdered, or who died from natural causes, or if someone touches a bone from some human or touches a grave, that person will be unacceptable to me 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 “For someone like that to become acceptable to me again, some of the ashes from [the cow] that was burned must be taken and put in a jar. Then some fresh water must be poured over the ashes.
“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 Then someone who is still acceptable to me must take a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop and dip it into the water. Then that person must sprinkle some of the water on the tent where that person died, on the things that are in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent. He must also sprinkle some of that water on any person who touched a human bone or who touched a person who died, or who touched 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 On the third day and on the seventh day after that, the person who is acceptable to me must sprinkle some of that water on those who have become unacceptable to me. On the seventh day, the people who are performing that ritual to become acceptable to me again must wash their clothes and bathe. If they do that, on that evening they will become acceptable to me again.
“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 “If those who have become unacceptable to me do not become acceptable to me again by doing this, they will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people, because they have defiled my Sacred Tent. They did not sprinkle on themselves the water that removes the guilt of their sins, so they remain unacceptable to me.
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 That is a law for the Israeli people that will never be changed. Those who sprinkle that water on themselves must then wash their clothes. And anyone who touches that water which removes guilt for sins will remain unacceptable to God until that 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 “If someone touches a thing or a person that has become unacceptable to me, that person will remain unacceptable to me until that evening.”
Todo lo que toque la persona impura será impuro, y cualquiera que lo toque será impuro hasta la noche”.
