Leviticus 21
1 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Speak unto the priests, sons of Aaron, and thou hast said unto them, For [any] person [a priest] is not defiled among his people,
Yavé dijo a Moisés: Habla a los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón: No se contaminen a causa del cadáver de uno de sus parientes,
2 except for his relation who [is] near unto him — for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.
excepto por pariente cercano a él: su madre, su padre, su hijo, su hermano,
3 and for his sister, the virgin, who is near unto him, who hath not been to a man; for her he is defiled.
o su hermana virgen, cercana a él, que no tuvo esposo, por la cual podrá contaminarse.
4 'A master [priest] doth not defile himself among his people — to pollute himself;
No se contaminará, porque es un dirigente en medio de su pueblo, y no se profanará.
5 they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;
No hará tonsura en su cabeza, ni cortará la punta de su barba, ni se sajará.
6 they are holy to their God, and they pollute not the name of their God, for the fire-offerings of Jehovah, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.
Santos serán para su ʼElohim. No profanarán el Nombre de su ʼElohim, porque ellos son los que presentan los holocaustos a Yavé, el pan de su ʼElohim. Por tanto, serán santos.
7 'A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he [is] holy to his God;
No tomarán mujer prostituta o deshonrada. No tomarán mujer repudiada por su esposo, porque [el sacerdote] es santo a su ʼElohim.
8 and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy [am] I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.
Por tanto lo consagrarás, pues él presenta el pan de tu ʼElohim. Será santo porque Yo, Yavé, Quien te santifica, soy santo.
9 'And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring — her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.
Si la hija de un sacerdote profana al prostituírse, profana a su padre. Con fuego será quemada.
10 'And the high priest of his brethren, on whose head is poured the anointing oil, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments, his head doth not uncover, nor rend his garments,
El que entre sus hermanos sea sumo sacerdote, sobre cuya cabeza fue derramado el aceite de la unción y fue investido para llevar las ropas, no descubrirá su cabeza ni rasgará sus ropas.
11 nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;
No entrará donde haya algún cadáver. Aunque sea de su padre o de su madre, no se contaminará.
12 nor from the sanctuary doth he go out, nor doth he pollute the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God [is] on him; I [am] Jehovah.
No saldrá del Santuario, ni profanará el Santuario de su ʼElohim, porque la consagración del aceite de la unción de su ʼElohim está sobre él. Yo, Yavé.
13 'And he taketh a wife in her virginity;
Tomará como esposa a una virgen.
14 widow, or cast out, or polluted one — a harlot — these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take [for] a wife,
No tomará viuda, ni divorciada, ni deshonrada, ni prostituta, sino tomará como esposa a una virgen de su pueblo
15 and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying him.'
para que no profane su descendencia entre su pueblo, porque Yo, Yavé, soy Quien lo santifica.
16 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Además Yavé habló a Moisés:
17 'Speak unto Aaron, saying, No man of thy seed to their generations in whom there is blemish doth draw near to bring near the bread of his God,
Habla a Aarón: Ninguno de tus descendientes en sus sucesivas generaciones que tenga en él algún defecto se acercará para ofrecer el pan de su ʼElohim.
18 for no man in whom [is] blemish doth draw near — a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged,
Porque ningún varón que tenga en él algún defecto se acercará: ya sea ciego, cojo, mutilado, deformado,
19 or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,
o que tenga fractura de pie o de mano,
20 or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.
o jorobado, enano, que tenga ojo defectuoso, tenga sarna o tiña, o testículos magullados.
21 'No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) doth come nigh to bring near the fire-offerings of Jehovah; blemish [is] in him; the bread of his God he doth not come nigh to bring near.
Ningún varón de la descendencia del sacerdote Aarón que tenga defecto en él, se acercará para ofrecer los holocaustos a Yavé. [Si] hay defecto en él, no se acercará para ofrecer el pan de su ʼElohim.
22 'Bread of his God — of the most holy things, and of the holy things — he doth eat;
Podrá comer el pan de su ʼElohim procedente de las cosas santísimas y de las santas,
23 only, unto the vail he doth not enter, and unto the altar he doth not draw nigh; for blemish [is] in him; and he doth not pollute My sanctuaries; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying them.'
pero no pasará detrás del velo ni se acercará al altar, pues tiene defecto en él. No profanará mis cosas sagradas porque Yo soy Yavé, Quien los santifico.
24 And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel.
Así Moisés habló a Aarón, a sus hijos, y a todos los hijos de Israel.
