3 Mosebok 21
1 Og Herren sa til Moses: Tal til prestene, Arons sønner, og si til dem: En prest skal ikke gjøre sig uren blandt sitt folk ved å røre et lik,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,
2 undtagen det er hans nærmeste slekt, hans mor, hans far, hans sønn, hans datter, hans bror
‘You priests must not cause yourselves to become unfit to do my work by [touching] corpses. Priests are permitted to touch only the corpses of close relatives, such as the priest’s mother or father or his son or daughter or his brother.
3 eller hans ugifte søster, som ennu hører til ætten og ikke er blitt nogen manns hustru; ved henne kan han gjøre sig uren.
Priests are also permitted to touch the corpse of a sister if she is not married, because she has no husband [to bury her body].
4 Han skal ikke gjøre sig uren som ektemann, så han vanhelliger sig blandt sitt folk.
Priests must not cause themselves to become unfit to do my work [DOU] by [touching corpses of] people who were married to one of their close relatives.
5 De skal ikke rake sig skallet på nogen del av sitt hode og ikke klippe sitt skjegg kort og ikke skjære i sitt kjøtt.
You priests must not shave your heads or shave the edges of your beards or cut your bodies [to show that you are mourning for someone who has died].
6 De skal være hellige for sin Gud og ikke vanhellige sin Guds navn; for de bærer frem Herrens ildoffer, sin Guds mat, derfor skal de være hellige.
You must act in ways that I, your God, consider to be holy, and not disgrace my name/reputation. You are the ones who present to me the offerings that are burned. [It is as though] those offerings are food for me, your God; so you must act in ways that are holy.
7 En skjøge eller en kvinne som er vanæret, skal de ikke ta til ekte, og heller ikke en kvinne som hennes mann har skilt sig fra; for presten er hellig for sin Gud.
You priests must not marry women who have been prostitutes or who have been divorced from their husbands, because you priests are (set apart for me/holy).
8 Og du skal holde ham hellig, for han bærer frem din Guds mat; han skal være hellig for dig, for jeg, Herren, som helliger eder, er hellig.
You must consider that you are holy, because you offer food to me, your God. Consider yourselves to be holy because I, Yahweh, [the one who caused you to be priests and] the one who enables you to be holy, am holy.
9 Og dersom en prests datter vanhelliger sig ved å drive hor, så vanhelliger hun sin far; hun skal brennes med ild.
If a priest’s daughter disgraces herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; and she must be killed by being burned in a fire.
10 Den som er yppersteprest blandt sine brødre, han på hvis hode salvings-oljen er utøst, og som er innvidd og har iklædd sig de hellige klær, han skal ikke rake sitt hode og ikke sønderrive sine klær.
The Supreme Priest is the one among his relatives who has been [appointed for that work] by having his head anointed with olive oil. He is also the one who has been appointed to wear the special garments that priests wear. He must not allow the hair on his [head] to remain uncombed, and he must not tear his clothes [when he is mourning for someone].
11 Han skal ikke gå inn til noget lik; ikke engang ved sin far eller sin mor skal han føre urenhet over sig.
He must not enter some place where there is a corpse. He must not do that and cause himself to become unfit for his work, even if it is his father or his mother who has died.
12 Han skal ikke gå ut av helligdommen for ikke å vanhellige sin Guds helligdom; for innvielsen han fikk ved sin Guds salvings-olje, er over ham; jeg er Herren.
He must not leave the Sacred Tent [to join those who are mourning], because he would cause himself to become unfit for his work and would also defile/desecrate the Sacred Tent. He must not leave the Sacred Tent [at that time], because by being anointed with olive oil he has been (appointed/set apart) to serve his God [in the Sacred Tent]. I, Yahweh, [am the one who am commanding this].
13 Til hustru skal han ta en ren jomfru;
Women whom you priests marry must be virgins.
14 en enke eller en fraskilt eller en vanæret kvinne eller en skjøge - nogen sådan må han ikke gifte sig med; bare en jomfru av sitt folk skal han ta til hustru.
You priests must not marry widows or prostitutes or divorced women, because if you did that, [if you later have] sons, they would not be acceptable to be priests among your people. You must marry only virgins from among your own people. I am Yahweh, who sets priests apart to be holy.’”
15 Han skal ikke vanhellige sin ætt blandt sitt folk; for jeg er Herren, som helliger ham.
16 Og Herren talte til Moses og sa:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
17 Tal til Aron og si: Ingen av din ætt, enten nu eller i kommende tider, som har noget lyte, skal trede nær for å bære frem sin Guds mat.
“Say this to Aaron: 'For all future time, none of your descendants who has any defects [on his body] will be allowed to come near [the altar] to offer [sacrifices to me which will be like] [MET] my food:
18 Ingen som har noget lyte, skal trede nær, ingen som er blind eller halt eller har noget ansiktslyte eller et lem som er for stort,
No one who is blind or lame or deformed, or whose [face is] disfigured,
19 ingen som har brukket fot eller hånd,
no man with a crippled foot or a crippled hand,
20 eller som er pukkelrygget eller dverg eller har en hvit flekk på øiet eller har skabb eller noget annet utslett, eller hvis stener er knust.
no man who is a hunchback or a dwarf, no man whose eyes are defective, no man who has a skin disease [DOU] or whose testicles have been damaged is allowed to brings sacrifices.
21 Ingen av Arons, prestens, ætt, som har noget lyte, skal trede nær for å bære frem Herrens ildoffer; han har et lyte, han skal ikke trede nær for å bære frem sin Guds mat.
No descendant of Aaron, the [first Supreme] Priest, who has any defect is allowed to come to the altar to offer to me, his God, sacrifices that will be burned.
22 Sin Guds mat kan han nok ete, både av de høihellige og av de hellige gaver;
Priests who have defects are permitted to eat the various kinds of holy food offered to me.
23 men han må ikke gå frem til forhenget og ikke trede nær til alteret, fordi han har et lyte; han skal ikke vanhellige mine helligdommer, for jeg er Herren, som helliger dem.
But because of their defects, they must not go near the curtain [in the Sacred Tent] or near the altar, because if they did that, they would desecrate my Sacred Tent. I am Yahweh, the one who sets those places apart as being holy.'”
24 Og Moses sa dette til Aron og hans sønner og til alle Israels barn.
So Moses/I told this to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israeli people.
