Levitik 12
1 Alò, SENYÈ a te pale avèk Moïse. Li te di:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 “Pale avèk fis Israël yo. Di yo: ‘Lè yon fanm ansent e vin fè yon pitit gason, alò, li va pa pwòp pandan sèt jou. Tankou nan jou règ li yo, li va pa pwòp.
“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If a woman gives birth to a son, she must be avoided for seven days, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month.
3 Nan uityèm jou a, chè ti pijon pitit gason an va vin sikonsi.
The baby son must be circumcised on the eighth day after he is born.
4 Alò, manman li va rete nan pirifikasyon san li pandan trant-twa jou. Li pa pou touche okenn bagay ki konsakre, ni antre nan sanktyè a jiskaske jou pirifikasyon li yo fin akonpli.
Then the woman must wait 33 days to be purified from her bleeding [during childbirth]. She must not touch anything that is sacred or enter the Sacred Tent area until that time is ended.
5 Men si li pote yon pitit fi, li va pa pwòp pandan de semèn, tankou nan lè règ li. Konsa, li va rete nan san pirifikasyon li an pandan swasann-si jou.
If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she must be avoided for two weeks, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month. Then she must wait 66 days to be purified from the bleeding that occurred [when her baby was born].
6 “‘Lè jou pirifikasyon li yo fin akonpli, pou yon fis, oswa yon fi, li va pote kote prèt la nan pòtay tant asanble a, yon jenn mouton sou laj en an kòm yon ofrann brile, ak yon jenn pijon oswa toutrèl kòm yon ofrann peche.
‘Then that time for her to be purified is ended, that woman must bring to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent a one-year-old lamb to be completely burned [on the altar], and a dove or a young pigeon [to be sacrificed] to enable her to become acceptable to Yahweh again.
7 Prèt la, va ofri li devan SENYÈ a. Li va fè ekspiyasyon pou fi a, e konsa, li va netwaye de flo san li an. “‘Sa se lalwa pou sila ki pote pitit yo, kit li mal, kit li femèl.
The priest will offer them to Yahweh in order that she may be forgiven for any sins she has committed. Then she will be purified from her loss of blood [when the baby was born]. ‘Those are the regulations for women who give birth to a son or daughter.
8 Men si li pa gen mwayen achte yon jenn mouton, alò, li va pote de toutrèl, oswa de jenn pijon, youn pou ofrann brile a, e lòt la pou ofrann peche a. Konsa, prèt la va fè ekspiyasyon pou li e li va vin pwòp.’”
If a woman who gives birth to a child cannot afford a lamb, she must bring two doves or two young pigeons. One will be burned completely [on the altar], and one will be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to God again. By doing that, the priest will cause that she will be forgiven for any sins she has committed, and she no longer will need to be avoided.’”
