< Leviticus 12 >
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
耶和華對摩西說:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a woman hath conceived seed, and borne a male-child; then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.
「你曉諭以色列人說:若有婦人懷孕生男孩,她就不潔淨七天,像在月經污穢的日子不潔淨一樣。
3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
第八天,要給嬰孩行割禮。
4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days: she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
婦人在產血不潔之中,要家居三十三天。她潔淨的日子未滿,不可摸聖物,也不可進入聖所。
5 But if she shall bear a female-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying sixty six days.
她若生女孩,就不潔淨兩個七天,像污穢的時候一樣,要在產血不潔之中,家居六十六天。
6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a sin-offering, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest;
「滿了潔淨的日子,無論是為男孩是為女孩,她要把一歲的羊羔為燔祭,一隻雛鴿或是一隻斑鳩為贖罪祭,帶到會幕門口交給祭司。
7 Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This [is] the law for her that hath borne a male or a female.
祭司要獻在耶和華面前,為她贖罪,她的血源就潔淨了。這條例是為生育的婦人,無論是生男生女。
8 And if she shall not be able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt-offering, and the other for a sin-offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
她的力量若不夠獻一隻羊羔,她就要取兩隻斑鳩或是兩隻雛鴿,一隻為燔祭,一隻為贖罪祭。祭司要為她贖罪,她就潔淨了。」