Laawiyiintii 21
1 Markaasaa Rabbigu Muuse ku yidhi, La hadal wadaaddada ah wiilashii Haaruun, oo waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Ninkiinna yuusan isu nijaasayn mid dadkiisa ah oo dhintay,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,
2 xigaalkiisa u dhow mooyaane, kuwaasoo ah hooyadiis, ama aabbihiis, ama wiilkiisa, ama gabadhiisa, ama walaalkiis,
‘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 ama walaashiisa bikradda ah oo isaga u dhow, oo aan weli nin guursan; taas wuu isu nijaasayn karaa.
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 Waa inuusan isnijaasayn isagoo dadkiisa madax u ah, yuusan nijaas iska dhigin.
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 Oo waa inaan ninkoodna madaxa xiiran, oo waa inayan gadhkooda xiirin, ama ayan jidhkooda gooyn.
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 Iyagu waa inay Ilaahooda quduus u ahaadaan, oo ayan wax nijaas ah ka sheegin magaca Ilaahooda, waayo, iyagu waxay bixiyaan qurbaannadii Rabbiga ee dabka lagu sameeyo oo ah cuntada Ilaahooda, oo sidaas daraaddeed waa inay quduus ahaadaan.
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 Waa inayan guursan naag dhillo ah ama mid la nijaaseeyey, oo waa inayan guursan naag la furay, waayo, wadaadku quduus buu Ilaahiis u yahay.
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 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed waa inaad isaga quduus ka dhigtaa, waayo, isagu wuxuu bixiyaa cuntada Ilaahaaga, oo isagu waa inuu quduus kuu ahaadaa, waayo, anba quduus baan ahay, anigoo ah Rabbiga quduus idinka dhiga.
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 Oo wadaad kasta haddii ay gabadhiisu isnijaasayso oo ay dhillowdo, iyadu nijaas bay ka dhigaysaa aabbaheed, oo waa in dab lagu gubaa.
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 Oo kii wadaadka sare walaalihiis ka dhex ah, oo madaxiisa lagu shubay saliiddii subkidda, oo ah kan loo daahiriyey inuu xidho dharka quduuska ah waa inaanay timaha madaxiisu arbushnaan ama uusan dharkiisa dildillaacin.
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 Oo weliba waa inuusan meyd gudaha ugu gelin, oo xataa waa inuusan isu nijaasayn aabbihiis iyo hooyadiis toona.
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 Oo waa inuusan dibadda uga bixin meesha quduuska ah, waana inuusan nijaasayn meesha quduuska ah ee Ilaahiisa, waayo, isaga waxaa kor saaran taajkii saliidda subkidda ee Ilaahiisa, waayo, aniga ayaa Rabbiga ah.
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 Oo isagu waa inuu guursadaa gabadh bikrad ah.
Women whom you priests marry must be virgins.
14 Waa inuusan marnaba guursan carmal, ama naag la furay, ama naag nijaasowday oo dhillo ah, laakiinse waa inuu guursadaa gabadh bikrad ah oo dadkiisa ka dhalatay.
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 Oo waa inuusan dhashiisa ku dhex nijaasayn dadkiisa, waayo, aniga ayaa ah Rabbiga isaga quduus ka dhiga.
16 Markaasaa Rabbigu Muuse la hadlay oo wuxuu ku yidhi,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
17 Haaruun la hadal, oo waxaad ku tidhaahdaa, Tan iyo ab ka ab ku alla kii farcankaaga ahu, isagoo iin leh, yuusan u dhowaan inuu cuntada Ilaahiisa bixiyo.
“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 Waayo, nin alla ninkuu yahayba, kii iin lahu waa inuusan u soo dhowaan, kaasoo ah ninkii indha la' ama curyaan ah, ama kii sankiisu faruuran yahay, ama jidhkiisu leeyahay wax dheeraad ah,
No one who is blind or lame or deformed, or whose [face is] disfigured,
19 ama ninkii cag jaban, ama gacan jaban,
no man with a crippled foot or a crippled hand,
20 ama kii tuur leh, ama kii cilin ah, ama kii ishiisu iin leedahay, ama kii cambaar qaba, ama kii cadho qaba, ama kii xiniinyihiisu burbureen.
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 Wadaadka Haaruun ah nin alla ninkii farcankiisa ka mid ahu isagoo iin leh waa inuusan u soo dhowaan inuu bixiyo qurbaannada Rabbiga oo dabka lagu sameeyo, waayo, isagu iin buu leeyahay, oo waa inuusan u soo dhowaan inuu cuntada Ilaahiisa bixiyo.
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 Isagu waa inuu cunaa cuntada Ilaahiisa, tan quduuska ah iyo tan ugu wada quduusanba.
Priests who have defects are permitted to eat the various kinds of holy food offered to me.
23 Laakiinse waa inuusan meesha daaha leh gelin, ama uusan meesha allabariga u dhowaan, si uusan u nijaasayn meelahayga quduuska ah, maxaa yeelay, isagu iin buu leeyahay, oo aniga ayaa ah Rabbiga iyaga quduus ka dhiga.
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 Muuse sidaasuu kula hadlay Haaruun iyo wiilashiisii, iyo dadkii reer binu Israa'iil oo dhanba.
So Moses/I told this to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israeli people.
