במדבר 6
| וידבר יהוה אל משה לאמר׃ | 1 |
Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
| דבר אל בני ישראל ואמרת אלהם איש או אשה כי יפלא לנדר נדר נזיר להזיר ליהוה׃ | 2 |
“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If any of you [wants to] make a solemn promise to dedicate himself to belong to me in a special way, [after you obey these instructions], you will be called a Nazir-man, [which means “dedicated man”].
| מיין ושכר יזיר חמץ יין וחמץ שכר לא ישתה וכל משרת ענבים לא ישתה וענבים לחים ויבשים לא יאכל׃ | 3 |
You must not drink any wine or other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink any vinegar made from wine or from any other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.
| כל ימי נזרו מכל אשר יעשה מגפן היין מחרצנים ועד זג לא יאכל׃ | 4 |
You must not eat anything that comes from grapevines, not even the skins or seeds of grapes, during the time that you are a Nazir-man.
| כל ימי נדר נזרו תער לא יעבר על ראשו עד מלאת הימם אשר יזיר ליהוה קדש יהיה גדל פרע שער ראשו׃ | 5 |
‘Even your hair will be dedicated to me during the time that you area Nazir-man, so you must never allow anyone to cut your hair. Until the time that your solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me is ended, you must allow your hair to grow long.
| כל ימי הזירו ליהוה על נפש מת לא יבא׃ | 6 |
And you must not go near a corpse during the time that you are a Nazir-man.
| לאביו ולאמו לאחיו ולאחתו לא יטמא להם במתם כי נזר אלהיו על ראשו׃ | 7 |
Even if the person who died is your father or your mother or your brother or your sister, you must not cause yourself to become unacceptable to me [by coming close to the corpse]. Your long hair [MTY] shows that you belong to me in a special way, so you must not cut your hair.
| כל ימי נזרו קדש הוא ליהוה׃ | 8 |
You are required to keep doing this all the time that you are dedicated to me in this special way.
| וכי ימות מת עליו בפתע פתאם וטמא ראש נזרו וגלח ראשו ביום טהרתו ביום השביעי יגלחנו׃ | 9 |
‘If anyone dies very suddenly when he is near you, then your hair that you have dedicated to me is no longer sacred. So you must wait seven days and then shave it all off. Then you must perform a special ritual to cause yourself to become acceptable to me again.
| וביום השמיני יבא שתי תרים או שני בני יונה אל הכהן אל פתח אהל מועד׃ | 10 |
The next day you must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
| ועשה הכהן אחד לחטאת ואחד לעלה וכפר עליו מאשר חטא על הנפש וקדש את ראשו ביום ההוא׃ | 11 |
‘The priest must [kill the birds and] offer them as sacrifices. One of them will be an offering to enable me to forgive you for the sins you have committed, and the other will be an offering that is burned completely to please me. [After the priest burns them on the altar], I will forgive you for having come close to a corpse, and [when] your hair [grows again it] will be dedicated to me again.
| והזיר ליהוה את ימי נזרו והביא כבש בן שנתו לאשם והימים הראשנים יפלו כי טמא נזרו׃ | 12 |
The amount of time that you were set apart for me the previous time does not count, because you had become unacceptable to me [by coming close to a corpse] during the time that you were a Nazir-man. So you must again make a solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me for the entire amount of time that you indicated the previous time. And you must also sacrifice a one-year-old lamb for not doing what you were required to do.
| וזאת תורת הנזיר ביום מלאת ימי נזרו יביא אתו אל פתח אהל מועד׃ | 13 |
‘When the time that you promised to dedicate yourself to me is ended, go to the entrance of the Sacred Tent
| והקריב את קרבנו ליהוה כבש בן שנתו תמים אחד לעלה וכבשה אחת בת שנתה תמימה לחטאת ואיל אחד תמים לשלמים׃ | 14 |
and offer as sacrifices to me three animals that have no defects: Offer a one-year-old ram that will be burned completely, a one-year-old female lamb as a sacrifice to enable me to forgive your sins, and one full-grown ram as a sacrifice to maintain fellowship with me.
| וסל מצות סלת חלת בלולת בשמן ורקיקי מצות משחים בשמן ומנחתם ונסכיהם׃ | 15 |
‘When you bring those animals, you must also bring some wine to offer as a sacrifice. And you must also bring a basket of bread that you have made with very good flour and [olive] oil. But you must not put any yeast in the bread. Also brush/spread some [olive] oil on some thin wafers and bring them to the priest.
| והקריב הכהן לפני יהוה ועשה את חטאתו ואת עלתו׃ | 16 |
‘The priest will put the young lamb and the young ram on the altar and completely burn them, in order that I will be pleased and will forgive you for your sins.
| ואת האיל יעשה זבח שלמים ליהוה על סל המצות ועשה הכהן את מנחתו ואת נסכו׃ | 17 |
Then he will kill the full-grown ram as an offering to restore fellowship with me, and he will also burn on the altar some of the bread and the grain and wine.
| וגלח הנזיר פתח אהל מועד את ראש נזרו ולקח את שער ראש נזרו ונתן על האש אשר תחת זבח השלמים׃ | 18 |
‘After that, you must [stand at] the entrance of the Sacred Tent and shave off your hair. Then you must put that hair in the fire that is under the [animal that has been sacrificed] on the altar to maintain fellowship with me.
| ולקח הכהן את הזרע בשלה מן האיל וחלת מצה אחת מן הסל ורקיק מצה אחד ונתן על כפי הנזיר אחר התגלחו את נזרו׃ | 19 |
‘The meat from the ram’s shoulder must be boiled. After it is cooked, the priest will take it along with one of the loaves of bread and one wafer which has been brushed with [olive] oil, and he will put them in your hands.
| והניף אותם הכהן תנופה לפני יהוה קדש הוא לכהן על חזה התנופה ועל שוק התרומה ואחר ישתה הנזיר יין׃ | 20 |
Then the priest will [take them back and] lift them up high to dedicate them to me. They now belong to the priest, and he is permitted to eat some of the meat from the ram’s shoulder and from its ribs and from one of its thighs, because that meat is his share of the sacrifice. After that, you will no longer be a Nazir-man, and you will again be permitted to drink wine.
| זאת תורת הנזיר אשר ידר קרבנו ליהוה על נזרו מלבד אשר תשיג ידו כפי נדרו אשר ידר כן יעשה על תורת נזרו׃ | 21 |
‘Those are the regulations about the offerings that Nazir-men solemnly promise to bring to me to end their time of being dedicated to me. They must bring these offerings, but if they want to, they may bring additional offerings. And they must do everything that they solemnly promised to do when they dedicated themselves to me.’”
| וידבר יהוה אל משה לאמר׃ | 22 |
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
| דבר אל אהרן ואל בניו לאמר כה תברכו את בני ישראל אמור להם׃ | 23 |
“Tell Aaron and his sons that when they [ask me to] bless the people, they must say,
| יברכך יהוה וישמרך׃ | 24 |
‘I desire that Yahweh will bless you and protect you,
| יאר יהוה פניו אליך ויחנך׃ | 25 |
and that he will smile at you and act kindly toward you,
| ישא יהוה פניו אליך וישם לך שלום׃ | 26 |
and that he will be good to you [IDM] and cause things to go well for you.’”
| ושמו את שמי על בני ישראל ואני אברכם׃ | 27 |
Then Yahweh said, “If Aaron and his sons ask me to bless the Israeli people, truly I will bless them.”
