Leviticus 21

1 dixit quoque Dominus ad Mosen loquere ad sacerdotes filios Aaron et dices eis ne contaminetur sacerdos in mortibus civium suorum

And Yahweh said unto Moses, Say unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, —yea thou shalt say unto them, For a dead person, shall no one make himself unclean among his people:

2 nisi tantum in consanguineis ac propinquis id est super matre et patre et filio ac filia fratre quoque

Saving for his kin, that are near unto him, for his mother or for his father, or for his son or for his daughter, or for his brother;

3 et sorore virgine quae non est nupta viro

or for his sister, a virgin who is near unto him, who belongeth not unto a husband, —for her, he may make himself unclean:

4 sed nec in principe populi sui contaminabitur

He shall not make himself unclean being a chief among his people, —by profaning himself:

5 non radent caput nec barbam neque in carnibus suis facient incisuras

They shall not make a baldness behind in their head, And the border of their beard, shall they not cut off, —And, in their flesh, shall they not make incisions.

6 sancti erunt Deo suo et non polluent nomen eius incensum enim Domini et panes Dei sui offerunt et ideo sancti erunt

Holy persons, shall they be unto their God, and not profane the name of their God, —for, the altar-flames of Yahweh, the food of their God, do they bring near—Therefore shall they be holy.

7 scortum et vile prostibulum non ducet uxorem nec eam quae repudiata est a marito quia consecratus est Deo suo

A woman that is unchaste or dishonoured, shall they not take, And a woman divorced from her husband, shall they not take, —For holy, he is unto his God.

8 et panes propositionis offert sit ergo sanctus quia et ego sanctus sum Dominus qui sanctifico vos

Therefore shalt thou hold him as holy, for the food of thy God, doth he bring near, —Holy, shall he be to thee, For, holy, am I—Yahweh, who am making you holy.

9 sacerdotis filia si deprehensa fuerit in stupro et violaverit nomen patris sui flammis exuretur

And, the daughter of any priest, when she profaneth herself by unchastity, Her father, she, doth profane, with fire, shall she be consumed.

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, as for the high priest from among his brethren upon whose head is poured the anointing oil, and who is installed, by putting on the garments, His head, shall he not bare, And, his garments, shall he not rend;

11 et ad omnem mortuum non ingredietur omnino super patre quoque suo et matre non contaminabitur

And, unto no persons of the dead, shall he go in, —For his father or for his mother, shall he not make himself unclean;

12 nec egredietur de sanctis ne polluat sanctuarium Domini quia oleum sanctae unctionis Dei sui super eum est ego Dominus

And, out of the sanctuary, shall he not go forth, so shall he not profane the sanctuary of his God, —for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him—I, am Yahweh.

13 virginem ducet uxorem

But, he, shall take a woman in her virginity:

14 viduam et repudiatam et sordidam atque meretricem non accipiet sed puellam de populo suo

A widow or a divorced woman or one dishonoured—an unchaste woman, these, shall he not take, But, a virgin from among his own kinsfolk, shall he take to wife;

15 ne commisceat stirpem generis sui vulgo gentis suae quia ego Dominus qui sanctifico eum

So shall he not profane his seed, among his kinsfolk, —For I—Yahweh, do hallow him.

16 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

17 loquere ad Aaron homo de semine tuo per familias qui habuerit maculam non offeret panes Deo suo

Speak unto Aaron, saying, —No man of thy seed, unto their generations in whom shall be any blemish, shall come near, to present the food of his God.

18 nec accedet ad ministerium eius si caecus fuerit si claudus si vel parvo vel grandi et torto naso

Surely, no man in whom is any blemish, shall come near, —No man who is blind or lame, or hath a flat nose, or is lanky;

19 si fracto pede si manu

nor any man who hath a broken foot, —or a broken hand;

20 si gibbus si lippus si albuginem habens in oculo si iugem scabiem si inpetiginem in corpore vel hirniosus

or is hump-backed or a dwarf, or hath defective vision, —or hath scurvy or scab, or is crushed in the stones:

21 omnis qui habuerit maculam de semine Aaron sacerdotis non accedet offerre hostias Domino nec panes Deo suo

No, man in whom is a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest, shall approach, to bring near the altar-flames of Yahweh, —a blemish, is in him, the food of his God, shall he not approach to bring near:

22 vescetur tamen panibus qui offeruntur in sanctuario

Of the food of his God, both of the most holy, —and the holy, may he eat:

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, unto the veil, shall he not come in and unto the altar, shall he not approach—because, a blemish, is in him, so shall he not profane my sanctuaries, For, I—Yahweh, am hallowing them.

24 locutus est ergo Moses ad Aaron et filios eius et ad omnem Israhel cuncta quae sibi fuerant imperata

And Moses spake [these things] unto Aaron, and unto his sons, —and unto all the sons of Israel.