3 Mojzes 12

1 Gospod je spregovoril Mojzesu, rekoč:

Yahweh also said to Moses/me,

2 »Govori Izraelovim otrokom, rekoč: ›Če je ženska spočela seme in rodila fantka, potem bo nečista sedem dni; nečista bo glede na dneve oddvojitve zaradi njene šibkosti.

“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If a woman gives birth to a son, she must be avoided for seven days, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month.

3 Na osmi dan naj bo meso njegove prednje kožice obrezano.

The baby son must be circumcised on the eighth day after he is born.

4 Potem bo nadaljevala v krvi svojega očiščevanja triintrideset dni; ne bo se dotaknila nobene posvečene stvari niti prišla v svetišče, dokler se dnevi njenega očiščevanja ne bodo dopolnili.

Then the woman must wait 33 days to be purified from her bleeding [during childbirth]. She must not touch anything that is sacred or enter the Sacred Tent area until that time is ended.

5 Toda če rodi deklico, potem bo nečista dva tedna, kakor v svoji oddvojitvi, in v krvi svojega očiščevanja naj nadaljuje šestinšestdeset dni.

If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she must be avoided for two weeks, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month. Then she must wait 66 days to be purified from the bleeding that occurred [when her baby was born].

6 Ko so dnevi njenega očiščenja dopolnjeni za sina ali za hčer, bo prinesla duhovniku, k vratom šotorskega svetišča skupnosti, enoletno jagnje za žgalno daritev in mladega goloba ali grlico za daritev za greh,

‘Then that time for her to be purified is ended, that woman must bring to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent a one-year-old lamb to be completely burned [on the altar], and a dove or a young pigeon [to be sacrificed] to enable her to become acceptable to Yahweh again.

7 ki ga bo daroval pred Gospodom in zanjo opravil spravo; in očiščena bo pred virom svoje krvi. To je postava za tisto, ki je rodila fantka ali punčko.

The priest will offer them to Yahweh in order that she may be forgiven for any sins she has committed. Then she will be purified from her loss of blood [when the baby was born]. ‘Those are the regulations for women who give birth to a son or daughter.

8 Če ni zmožna prinesti jagnjeta, potem naj prinese dve grlici ali dva mlada goloba; enega za žgalno daritev in drugega za daritev za greh. Duhovnik bo zanjo opravil spravo in bo čista.‹«

If a woman who gives birth to a child cannot afford a lamb, she must bring two doves or two young pigeons. One will be burned completely [on the altar], and one will be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to God again. By doing that, the priest will cause that she will be forgiven for any sins she has committed, and she no longer will need to be avoided.’”