Leviticus 21
1 Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen: Loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron, et dices ad eos: Ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum,
And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none make himself unclean for a dead person among his peoples,
2 nisi tantum in consanguineis, ac propinquis, id est, super patre et matre, et filio, et filia, fratre quoque,
except for his immediate 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;
3 et sorore virgine quae non est nupta viro:
and for his sister, a virgin, that is near unto him, who hath had no husband, for her may he make himself unclean.
4 sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur.
He shall not make himself unclean [who is] a chief among his peoples, to profane himself.
5 Non radent sacerdotes caput, nec barbam, neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras.
They shall not make any baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
6 Sancti erunt Deo suo, et non polluent nomen eius: incensum enim Domini, et panes Dei sui offerunt, et ideo sancti erunt.
They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they present Jehovah's offerings by fire, the bread of their God; therefore shall they be holy.
7 Scortum et vile prostibulum non ducent uxorem, nec eam, quae repudiata est a marito: quia consecrati sunt Deo suo,
They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.
8 et panes propositionis offerunt. Sint ergo sancti, quia et ego sanctus sum, Dominus, qui sanctifico eos.
And thou shalt hallow him; for the bread of thy God doth he present: he shall be holy unto thee; for I, Jehovah, who hallow you am holy.
9 Sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro, et violaverit nomen patris sui, flammis exuretur.
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burned with fire.
10 Pontifex, id est, sacerdos maximus inter fratres suos, super cuius caput fusum est unctionis oleum, et cuius manus in sacerdotio consecratae sunt, vestitusque est sanctis vestibus, caput suum non discooperiet, vestimenta non scindet:
And the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his garments.
11 et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino. super patre quoque suo, et matre non contaminabitur.
Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;
12 Nec egredietur de sanctis, ne polluat Sanctuarium Domini, quia oleum sanctae unctionis Dei sui super eum est. ego Dominus.
neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am Jehovah.
13 Virginem ducet uxorem:
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
14 Viduam autem et repudiatam, et sordidam, atque meretricem non accipiet, sed puellam de populo suo:
A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples.
15 ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suae: quia ego Dominus qui sanctifico eum.
And he shall not profane his seed among his peoples; for I am Jehovah who do hallow him.
16 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
17 Loquere ad Aaron: Homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam, non offeret panes Deo suo,
Speak unto Aaron, saying, Any of thy seed throughout their generations that hath any defect, shall not approach to present the bread of his God;
18 nec accedet ad ministerium eius: si caecus fuerit, si claudus, si vel parvo vel grandi, vel torto naso,
for whatever man hath a defect, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or one limb longer than the other,
19 si fracto pede, si manu,
or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed,
20 si gibbus, si lippus, si albuginem habens in oculo, si iugem scabiem, si impetiginem in corpore, vel herniosus.
or hump-backed, or withered, or that hath a spot in his eye, or hath the itch, or scabs, or his testicles broken.
21 Omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis, non accedet offerre hostias Domino, nec panes Deo suo:
No man of the seed of Aaron the priest that hath defect shall come near to present Jehovah's offerings by fire: he hath a defect; he shall not come near to present the bread of his God.
22 vescetur tamen panibus, qui offeruntur in Sanctuario,
The bread of his God, of the most holy and of the holy, shall he eat;
23 ita dumtaxat, ut intra velum non ingrediatur, nec accedat ad altare, qui maculam habet, et contaminare non debet Sanctuarium meum. Ego Dominus qui sanctifico eos.
only he shall not come in unto the veil, nor shall he draw near unto the altar; for he hath a defect: that he profane not my sanctuaries; for I am Jehovah who do hallow them.
24 Locutus est ergo Moyses ad Aaron, et ad filios eius, et ad omnem Israel cuncta quae fuerant sibi imperata.
And Moses told it to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.
