Leviticus 21
1 dixit quoque Dominus ad Mosen loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron et dices eis ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum
And YHWH says to Moses, “Speak to the priests, sons of Aaron, and you have said to them: No one defiles himself for a [dead] person among his people,
2 nisi tantum in consanguineis ac propinquis id est super matre et patre et filio ac filia fratre quoque
except for his relation who [is] near to 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, the virgin, who is near to him, who has not been to a man; he is defiled for her.
4 sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur
A master [priest] does not defile himself among his people—to defile himself;
5 non radent caput nec barbam neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras
they do not make baldness on their head, and they do not shave the corner of their beard, and they do not make a cutting 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 are holy to their God, and they do not defile the Name of their God, for the fire-offerings of YHWH, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.
7 scortum et vile prostibulum non ducet uxorem nec eam quae repudiata est a marito quia consecratus est Deo suo
They do not take a woman of harlotry, or defiled, and they do not take a woman cast out from her husband, for he [is] holy to his God;
8 et panes propositionis offert sit ergo sanctus quia et ego sanctus sum Dominus qui sanctifico vos
and you have sanctified him, for he is bringing the bread of your God near. He is holy to you, for I, YHWH, sanctifying you, [am] holy.
9 sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro et violaverit nomen patris sui flammis exuretur
And when a daughter of any priest defiles herself by going whoring—she is defiling her father; she is 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 discoperiet vestimenta non scindet
And the high priest of his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who has consecrated his hand to put on the garments, does not uncover his head, nor tear his garments,
11 et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur
nor does he come beside any dead person; he does not defile himself 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
nor does he go out from the sanctuary, nor does he defile the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God [is] on him; I [am] YHWH.
13 virginem ducet uxorem
And he takes a wife in her virginity;
14 viduam et repudiatam et sordidam atque meretricem non accipiet sed puellam de populo suo
a widow, or cast out, or defiled, [or] a harlot—these he does not take, but he takes a virgin of his own people [for] a wife,
15 ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suae quia ego Dominus qui sanctifico eum
and he does not defile his seed among his people; for I [am] YHWH, sanctifying him.”
16 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
17 loquere ad Aaron homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam non offeret panes Deo suo
“Speak to Aaron, saying, No man of your seed throughout their generations in whom there is blemish draws near to bring the bread of his God near,
18 nec accedet ad ministerium eius si caecus fuerit si claudus si vel parvo vel grandi et torto naso
for no man in whom [is] a blemish draws near: a man blind, or lame, or disfigured, or deformed,
19 si fracto pede si manu
or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,
20 si gibbus si lippus si albuginem habens in oculo si iugem scabiem si inpetiginem in corpore vel hirniosus
or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or [with] a defect in his eye, or [with] an itch, or [with] a scab, or [with] a broken testicle.
21 omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis non accedet offerre hostias Domino nec panes Deo suo
No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) comes near to bring the fire-offerings of YHWH near; blemish [is] in him; he does not come near to bring the bread of his God near.
22 vescetur tamen panibus qui offeruntur in sanctuario
Bread of his God—from the most holy things and from the holy things—he eats;
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
only, he does not come toward the veil, and he does not draw near to the altar; for blemish [is] in him; and he does not defile My sanctuaries; for I [am] YHWH, sanctifying them.”
24 locutus est ergo Moses ad Aaron et filios eius et ad omnem Israhel cuncta quae sibi fuerant imperata
And Moses speaks to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel.
