Levítico 14
1 Habló Yahvé a Moisés, diciendo:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 “Esta es la ley del leproso en el día de su purificación: Se lo conducirá al sacerdote,
“These are the regulations for anyone who has been healed of a contagious skin disease.
3 y el sacerdote saldrá fuera del campamento; y si ve que el leproso ya está curado de la llaga de la lepra,
The person must be brought to a priest. The priest will take him outside the camp [to where that person has been staying], and examine him. If the skin disease has been healed,
4 mandará tomar para aquel que ha de ser purificado dos pájaros vivos y puros, madera de cedro, púrpura escarlata e hisopo.
the priest will say that someone must bring two living birds that are acceptable to Yahweh, along with some cedar wood, some scarlet/red yarn, and some sprigs of (hyssop/a very leafy plant).
5 Después el sacerdote mandará degollar uno de los pájaros sobre una vasija de barro con agua viva.
Then the priest will command that one of the birds be killed while [it is being held] over a clay pot containing water from a spring.
6 Luego tomará el pájaro vivo, la madera de cedro, la púrpura escarlata y el hisopo, los mojará, juntamente con el pájaro vivo, en la sangre del pájaro degollado sobre el agua viva,
Then the priest will dip the other bird, along with the cedar wood, the scarlet/red yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed.
7 y rociará siete veces al que ha de ser purificado de la lepra. Así lo purificará; luego soltará en el campo al pájaro vivo.
Then he must sprinkle some of the blood on the person who was healed; he must sprinkle it on him seven times. Then he will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again. And the priest will release the other bird and allow it to fly away.
8 Aquel que ha de purificarse lavará sus vestidos, se raerá todo su pelo, y se bañará en agua, y quedará limpio. Después podrá entrar en el campamento; pero durante siete días ha de habitar fuera de su tienda.
“Then the person who was healed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe. Then he is allowed to return to the camp, but he must stay outside his tent for seven days.
9 El día séptimo se raerá todo su pelo, sus cabellos, su barba, sus cejas; en fin, raerá todo su pelo; lavara también sus vestidos, bañará su cuerpo en agua, y quedará limpio.
On the seventh day, he must again shave off all his hair, including his beard and his eyebrows. Then he must again wash his clothes and bathe, and then he will be allowed to be with other people again.
10 El día octavo tomará dos corderos sin tacha y una oveja primal sin tacha, y como oblación tres décimas de flor de harina amasada con aceite, y un log de aceite.
“The next day that person must bring two male lambs and one female lamb that is one year old, all of them with no defects. He must also bring six quarts/liters of fine flour, mixed with olive oil, to be an offering, and (0.6 pint/0.3 liter) of olive oil.
11 El sacerdote que hace la purificación, presentará al hombre que ha de purificarse, juntamente con aquellas cosas, ante Yahvé, a la entrada del Tabernáculo de la Reunión;
The priest who declares that the person’s skin disease is ended must bring that person, and his offerings, to me, Yahweh, at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
12 y tomará el sacerdote uno de los corderos para ofrecerlo como sacrificio por la culpa, además del log de aceite, y lo mecerá por ofrenda ante Yahvé.
“Then the priest must take one of the male lambs and lift it up, along with the olive oil, in front of me, to be a guilt offering—[an offering for his being guilty for not giving to me the things that he was required to give me].
13 Luego inmolará el cordero en el lugar donde se inmola el sacrificio por el pecado y el holocausto, en lugar sagrado; porque así como en el sacrificio por el pecado, así también en el sacrificio por la culpa la víctima es para el sacerdote; es cosa santísima.
Then the priest must slaughter the lamb in the sacred place where the other sacrifices are offered. Like the offering to enable people to be forgiven, this guilt offering is holy, and belongs to the priest.
14 Después tomará el sacerdote de la sangre de la víctima por el delito, y la pondrá sobre el lóbulo de la oreja derecha del que se está purificando, sobre el pulgar de su mano derecha y sobre el dedo gordo de su pie derecho.
The priest must take some of the blood of that animal and pour it on the lobe/tip of the right ear and on the thumb of the right hand and on the big toe of the right foot of the one who has been healed of the skin disease.
15 Y tomando el log de aceite echará el sacerdote parte de él sobre la palma de su mano izquierda.
Then the priest must take some of the olive oil and pour it in the palm of his own left hand.
16 Después mojará el sacerdote el dedo de su mano derecha en el aceite que tiene en la palma de su mano izquierda, y con su dedo hará siete aspersiones de aceite delante de Yahvé.
Then he must dip the forefinger of his right hand into the oil in his palm, and sprinkle it in front of me seven times.
17 Con el resto del aceite que tiene en la palma de su mano untará el sacerdote el lóbulo de la oreja derecha del que se purifica, el pulgar de su mano derecha y el dedo gordo de su pie derecho, por encima de la sangre de la victima expiatoria.
Then he must put some of the oil that is still in the palm of his hand on the lobe/tip of the right ear and the thumb of the right hand and on the big toe of the right foot of the person who has been healed of the skin disease. He must put it on top of the blood that he has already put on those places.
18 El resto del aceite que queda en la mano del sacerdote, se echara sobre la cabeza del que se purifica, y el sacerdote hará expiación por él ante Yahvé.
The remaining oil in his palm must be put on the person’s head, [to indicate that I declare that] the person has been forgiven for having sinned.
19 Entonces el sacerdote ofrecerá el sacrificio por el pecado, y hará expiación por quien se purifica de su inmundicia, finalmente degollará el holocausto.
“Then the priest must slaughter one of the other two animals, to show that the one who has been healed of the skin disease has been forgiven for having sinned, and that he has become acceptable to Yahweh. Then the priest will slaughter the animal that will be completely burned [on the altar].
20 Ese holocausto y la oblación los ofrecerá el sacerdote sobre el altar. De esta manera el sacerdote hará expiación por él; y quedará limpio.
He will also put on the altar the offering of grain, to indicate that the person has been forgiven for having sinned. Then that person will be allowed to be with other people again.
21 Si es pobre y no tiene suficientes recursos, tomará un cordero que será ofrecido en sacrificio por la culpa, como ofrenda mecida, para hacer expiación por él, y además, como oblación una décima de flor de harina amasada con aceite, y un log de aceite,
“But if the person who has been healed of a skin disease is poor and cannot afford to bring all those animals, he must take to the priest one male lamb to be lifted up to be an offering for his not giving to me the things that he was required to give me. He must also take two quarts/liters of fine flour mixed with olive oil to be an offering made from grain, (0.6 pint/0.3 liter) of olive oil,
22 y dos tórtolas o dos palominos, según sus recursos, el uno como sacrificio por el pecado y el otro para holocausto:
and two doves or two young pigeons, one for him to be forgiven for the sins he has committed, and one to be completely burned [on the altar].
23 Al octavo día, los llevará al sacerdote, a la entrada del Tabernáculo de la Reunión, para su purificación delante de Yahvé.
“On that same day, that person must take those things to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, to offer them to Yahweh.
24 El sacerdote tomará el cordero del sacrificio por la culpa y el log de aceite, y los mecerá por ofrenda ante Yahvé.
The priest will take the lamb for the offering for that person not giving to me the things that he was required to give me, along with the olive oil, and lift them up in front of me.
25 Y después de haber inmolado el cordero del sacrificio por la culpa, tomará el sacerdote de la sangre de la victima expiatoria y la pondrá sobre el lóbulo de la oreja derecha del que se purifica, sobre el pulgar de su mano derecha, y sobre el dedo gordo de su pie derecho.
Then the priest will slaughter that lamb [and drain some of the blood in a bowl], and take some of that blood and put it on the lobe/tip of the person’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
26 Luego derramará el sacerdote parte del aceite sobre la palma de su mano izquierda;
Then the priest will pour some of the oil into the palm of his left hand,
27 y con el dedo de su mano derecha hará ante Yahvé siete aspersiones, con el aceite que tiene en la palma de su mano izquierda,
and with his right forefinger he must sprinkle some of the oil from his palm there in my presence.
28 y pondrá parte del aceite que tiene en su mano, sobre el lóbulo de la oreja derecha del que se purifica, sobre el pulgar de su mano derecha, y sobre el dedo gordo de su pie derecho, en el lugar donde puso la sangre de la víctima por la culpa.
He must put some of the oil in his palm on the same places where he put the blood.
29 El resto del aceite que le queda en la mano lo pondrá el sacerdote sobre la cabeza del que se purifica, haciendo expiación por él ante Yahvé.
He must put the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the head of the person who has been healed of a skin disease, to indicate that I have forgiven him for having sinned.
30 Luego ofrecerá según sus posibilidades una de las tórtolas o de los palominos,
Then the priest must sacrifice the doves or the pigeons, whichever that person has brought.
31 es decir, en la medida de sus recursos, el uno como sacrificio por el pecado, y el otro para holocausto, además de la oblación. De este modo el sacerdote hará expiación ante Yahvé por aquel que se purifica.
One will be an offering for sin and the other will be completely burned on the altar, along with the offering of grain. By doing that, the priest will declare that the person is no longer guilty for having sinned.
32 Esta es la ley de purificación para aquel que tiene plaga de lepra y cuyos recursos son limitados.”
“Those are the regulations for anyone who has a contagious skin disease and who is poor and cannot afford the usual offerings, in order that he can be with people again.”
33 Yahvé habló a Moisés y Aarón y dijo:
Yahweh also said to Aaron and Moses/me,
34 “Cuando hayáis entrado en la tierra de Canaán que Yo os daré en posesión, y ponga la plaga de la lepra en alguna casa de la tierra de vuestra posesión,
“I am about to give you Canaan land to belong to your people permanently. When you enter that land, there will be times when I cause/allow mildew to appear inside one of your houses.
35 el propietario de la casa irá a avisar al sacerdote, diciendo: Me parece que hay algo como lepra en mi casa.
If that happens, the owner of that house must go to the priest and tell him, ‘There is something in my house that looks like mildew.’
36 El sacerdote antes de entrar en la casa para examinar la lepra, dispondrá su evacuación, para que no quede contaminado todo lo que hay en ella. Después entrará a registrar la casa.
“Then the priest will say to him, ‘Take everything out of the house before I enter the house to examine the mildew. If you do not do that, I will declare that everything in the house is contaminated.’
37 Si al examinar la plaga observa que las manchas en las paredes de la casa forman cavidades verdosas y rojizas, que parecen hundidas en la pared,
[After the owner takes everything outside of his house], the priest will go in and inspect the house. If the mildew has caused greenish or reddish spots/depressions on the walls that seem to be deeper than only on the surface of the walls,
38 el sacerdote se retirará del interior hasta la puerta de la casa y cerrará la casa por siete días.
the priest will go outside the house and lock it up for seven days.
39 Volverá el sacerdote al día séptimo y si viere que la lepra se ha extendido en las paredes de la casa,
On the seventh day, he must go into the house and inspect it again. If the mildew on the walls has spread,
40 mandará arrancar las piedras manchadas y arrojarlas fuera de la ciudad en un lugar inmundo.
the priest will tell someone to tear out and throw in the dump outside the town all the stones in the walls that have mildew on them.
41 Hará raspar todo el interior de la casa; y el polvo que quiten raspando, lo echarán fuera de la ciudad en un lugar inmundo.
Then the owner must scrape all the walls inside the house, and everything that is scraped off must be thrown into a dump outside the town.
42 Luego tomarán otras piedras y las volverán a poner en lugar de aquellas y también otra argamasa para revocar la casa.
Then the owner must get new/other stones to replace the ones that had mildew on them, and take new clay and plaster [to cover the stones in the walls of] the house.
43 Si con todo la plaga volviere a difundirse en la casa después de arrancar las piedras, y después de raspar y revocar la casa,
“If the mildew appears again in the house after that is done,
44 entrará de nuevo el sacerdote, y si viere que la plaga se ha extendido en la casa, es lepra maligna de la casa y esta es inmunda.
the priest must go and examine the house again. If the mildew has spread inside the house, it will be clear that the mildew is the kind that destroys [houses], and no one will be allowed to live in it.
45 Se derribará aquella casa; y sus piedras y su maderamen y todo el material de la casa, todo será sacado fuera de la ciudad, a un lugar inmundo.
It must be completely torn down—the stones, the timber and the plaster—and all those things must be thrown into a dump outside the town.
46 Quien entrare en esa casa durante todo el tiempo que estuviere cerrada, quedará inmundo hasta la tarde.
“Anyone who goes into that house while it is locked up will not be allowed to be with other people until sunset of that day.
47 El que durmiere en aquella casa lavará sus vestidos; y también el que comiere en esa casa lavara sus vestidos.
Anyone who sleeps in that house or eats in that house [during that time] must wash his clothes.
48 Mas si el sacerdote al entrar nota que la plaga, después de revocada la casa, no ha cundido en ella, la declarará limpia, pues se ha curado de la plaga.
“But when the priest comes to examine the house after it has been plastered, if the mildew has not spread, he shall declare that people may live in it, because the mildew is gone.
49 Entonces para purificar la casa, tomará dos pájaros, madera de cedro, lana escarlata e hisopo;
But before people are allowed to live in it, the priest must take two small birds and some cedar wood and some red/scarlet yarn and some hyssop.
50 degollará uno de los pájaros sobre una vasija de barro con agua viva:
He must kill one of the birds while [holding it] over a clay pot containing water from a spring.
51 y tomando la madera de cedro, el hisopo y la lana escarlata, con el pájaro vivo, los mojará en la sangre del pájaro degollado y en el agua viva y rociará la casa siete veces.
Then he must take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the red/scarlet yarn, and the other/living bird, and dip them into the blood of the dead bird, and sprinkle some of that blood on the house seven times.
52 Así purificará la casa con la sangre del pájaro, con el agua viva, el pájaro vivo, la madera de cedro, el hisopo y la lana escarlata.
By doing all those things he will cause the house to be acceptable to be lived in again.
53 Luego soltará el pájaro vivo fuera de la ciudad, en el campo. De este modo hará expiación por la casa, la cual quedará limpia.
Then he must release the other bird and allow it to fly away. By doing that, he will [finish the ritual for] causing the house to be acceptable for people to live in it again.
54 Esta es la ley para toda clase de lepra y de tina,
“Those are the regulations for contagious diseases, for itching sores,
55 para la lepra del vestido y de la casa,
for mildew [DOU] on clothes or in a house,
56 y para los tumores y erupciones y manchas blancas,
and for swellings, rashes, or bright spots [on sores],
57 para discernir cuándo una cosa es impura y cuándo es pura. Tal es la ley de la lepra.”
to find out whether a person has a contagious disease or not, and whether people will still be permitted to touch their clothing or their house, or not.”
