Leviticus 21
1 Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: Loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron, et dices ad eos: Ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum,
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
2 nisi tantum in consanguineis, ac propinquis, id est, super patre et matre, et filio, et filia, fratre quoque,
except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
3 et sorore virgine quæ non est nupta viro:
or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
4 sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur.
He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
5 Non radent caput, nec barbam, neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras.
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
6 Sancti erunt Deo suo, et non polluent nomen ejus: incensum enim Domini, et panes Dei sui offerunt, et ideo sancti erunt.
They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.
7 Scortum et vile prostibulum non ducent uxorem, nec eam quæ repudiata est a marito: quia consecrati sunt Deo suo,
A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
8 et panes propositionis offerunt. Sint ergo sancti, quia et ego sanctus sum, Dominus qui sanctifico eos.
You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
9 Sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro, et violaverit nomen patris sui, flammis exuretur.
If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
10 Pontifex, id est, sacerdos maximus inter fratres suos, super cujus caput fusum est unctionis oleum, et cujus manus in sacerdotio consecratæ sunt, vestitusque est sanctis vestibus, caput suum non discooperiet, vestimenta non scindet:
The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
11 et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino: super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur.
He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
12 Nec egredietur de sanctis, ne polluat sanctuarium Domini, quia oleum sanctæ unctionis Dei sui super eum est. Ego Dominus.
He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
13 Virginem ducet uxorem:
The woman he marries must be a virgin.
14 viduam autem et repudiatam, et sordidam, atque meretricem non accipiet, sed puellam de populo suo:
He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
15 ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suæ: quia ego Dominus, qui sanctifico eum.
so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
16 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
Then the LORD said to Moses,
17 Loquere ad Aaron: Homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam, non offeret panes Deo suo,
“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
18 nec accedet ad ministerium ejus: si cæcus fuerit, si claudus, si parvo vel grandi, vel torto naso,
No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
19 si fracto pede, si manu,
no man who has a broken foot or hand,
20 si gibbus, si lippus, si albuginem habens in oculo, si jugem scabiem, si impetiginem in corpore, vel herniosus.
or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
21 Omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis, non accedet offerre hostias Domino, nec panes Deo suo:
No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
22 vescetur tamen panibus qui offeruntur in sanctuario,
He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
23 ita dumtaxat, ut intra velum non ingrediatur, nec accedat ad altare, quia maculam habet, et contaminare non debet sanctuarium meum. Ego Dominus qui sanctifico eos.
but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
24 Locutus est ergo Moyses ad Aaron, et ad filios ejus, et ad omnem Israël cuncta quæ fuerant sibi imperata.
Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
