Lévitique 21
1 Yahweh dit à Moïse: Parle aux prêtres, fils d'Aaron, et dis-leur: Nul ne se rendra impur au milieu de son peuple pour un mort,
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;
2 excepté pour son parent du même rang, pour sa mère, pour son père, pour son fils, pour sa fille, pour son frère,
But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;
3 et pour sa sœur vierge, qui vit auprès de lui, n'étant pas encore mariée; pour elle il se rendra impur.
And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.
4 Chef de maison parmi son peuple, il ne se souillera pas et ne profanera pas sa dignité.
But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.
5 Les prêtres ne se raseront pas la tête, ils n'enlèveront pas les côtés de leur barbe, et ils ne feront pas d'incisions dans leur chair.
They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.
6 Ils seront saints pour leur Dieu, et ils ne profaneront pas le nom de leur Dieu, car ils offrent à Yahweh des sacrifices consumés par le feu, le pain de leur Dieu: ils seront saints.
Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.
7 Ils ne prendront point une femme prostituée ou déshonorée; ils ne prendront point une femme répudiée par son mari, car le prêtre est saint pour son Dieu.
They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.
8 Tu le tiendras pour saint, car il offre le pain de ton Dieu; il sera saint pour toi, car je suis saint, moi Yahweh, qui vous sanctifie.
And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.
9 Si la fille d'un prêtre se déshonore en se prostituant, elle déshonore son père: elle sera brûlée au feu.
And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.
10 Le grand prêtre qui est au-dessus de ses frères, sur la tête duquel a été répandue l'huile d'onction, et qui a été installé pour revêtir les vêtements sacrés, ne découvrira pas sa tête et ne déchirera pas ses vêtements.
And he who is the chief priest among his brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is marked out to put on the holy robes, may not let his hair go loose or have his clothing out of order as a sign of sorrow.
11 Il n'approchera d'aucun mort; il ne se rendra impur ni pour son père, ni pour sa mère.
He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;
12 Il ne sortira pas du sanctuaire, et ne profanera pas le sanctuaire de son Dieu, car l'huile d'onction de son Dieu est un diadème sur lui. Je suis Yahweh.
He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God common; for the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.
13 Il prendra pour femme une vierge.
And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.
14 Il ne prendra ni une veuve, ni une femme répudiée, ni une femme déshonorée ou prostituée; mais il prendra pour femme une vierge du milieu de son peuple.
A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.
15 Il ne déshonorera pas sa postérité au milieu de son peuple; car je suis Yahweh, qui le sanctifie. "
And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.
16 Yahweh parla à Moïse, en disant:
And the Lord said to Moses,
17 " Parle à Aaron, et dis-lui: Nul homme de ta race, dans toutes les générations, qui aura une difformité corporelle, n'approchera pour offrir le pain de ton Dieu.
Say to Aaron, If a man of your family, in any generation, is damaged in body, let him not come near to make the offering of the bread of his God.
18 Car nul homme qui a une difformité corporelle n'approchera: un homme aveugle ou boiteux, ou qui aura une mutilation ou une excroissance;
For any man whose body is damaged may not come near: one who is blind, or has not the use of his legs, or one who has a broken nose or any unnatural growth,
19 ou un homme qui aura une fracture au pied ou à la main;
Or a man with broken feet or hands,
20 qui sera bossu ou nain, ou qui aura une tache à l'œil, la gale, une dartre ou les testicules écrasés.
Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged;
21 Nul homme de la race du prêtre Aaron qui aura une difformité corporelle, ne s'approchera pour offrir à Yahweh les sacrifices faits par le feu; il a une difformité corporelle: qu'il ne s'approche point pour offrir le pain de son Dieu.
No man of the offspring of Aaron whose body is damaged in any way may come near to give the fire offerings of the Lord: he is damaged, he may not come near to make the offerings.
22 Il pourra manger le pain de son Dieu, des choses très saintes et des choses saintes.
He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;
23 Mais il n'ira point vers le voile et ne s'approchera point de l'autel, car il a une difformité corporelle; il ne profanera point mes sanctuaires, car je suis Yahweh; qui les sanctifie. "
But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.
24 Ainsi parla Moïse à Aaron et à ses fils, et à tous les enfants d'Israël.
These are the words which Moses said to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel.
