Números 19
1 El Señor le dijo a Moisés y Aarón:
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 “Esta es una norma que el Señor ha ordenado, diciendo, Dile a los israelitas que te traigan una vaca roja sin defectos, que nunca haya sido uncida.
“This is the ritual that the Lord has appointed for a victim. Instruct the sons of Israel, so that they may bring to you a red cow of full maturity, in which there is no blemish, and which has not carried a yoke.
3 Entrégasela al sacerdote Eleazar, y él la llevará fuera del campamento y lamandará a masacrar.
And you shall deliver it to Eleazar the priest, who, having led it out beyond the camp, shall immolate it in the sight of all.
4 El sacerdote Eleazar pondrá un poco de su sangre en su dedo y la rociará siete veces hacia la entrada del Tabernáculo de Reunión.
And dipping his finger in its blood, he shall sprinkle it seven times, opposite the door of the tabernacle.
5 Luego la vaca debe ser quemada mientras él observa. Todo debe ser quemado: su piel, carne y sangre, así como sus excrementos.
And he shall burn it, while all are watching, delivering into the flame, not only its skin and flesh, but also the blood and dung.
6 El sacerdote arrojará madera de cedro, hisopo e hilo carmesí sobre la vaca en llamas.
Likewise, cedar wood, and hyssop, and twice-dyed scarlet he shall cast into the flame, by which the cow is consumed.
7 “Entonces el sacerdote lavará sus ropas y su cuerpo en agua, y después podrá entrar en el campamento, pero permanecerá impuro hasta la noche.
And then finally, having washed his garments and his body, he shall enter into the camp, and he shall be deeply stained until evening.
8 La persona que quemó la vaca también lavará sus ropas y su cuerpo en agua, y él también permanecerá impuro hasta la noche.
Then he also who had burned it shall wash his garments and his body, and he shall be unclean until evening.
9 “El que esté limpio recogerá las cenizas de la vaca y las guardará en un lugar limpio fuera del campamento. Las guardarán los israelitas para preparar el agua de purificación que sirve para purificar del pecado.
Then a clean man shall gather the ashes of the cow, and he shall pour them out beyond the camp, in a very pure place, so that they may be preserved for the multitude of the sons of Israel, and for the water of aspersion, because the cow was burned for sin.
10 El hombre que recogió las cenizas de la vaca lavará también sus ropas, y permanecerá impuro hasta la noche. Esta es una regla permanente para los israelitas y para el extranjero que vive con ellos.
And when he who had carried the ashes of the cow will have washed his garments, he shall be unclean until evening. The sons of Israel, and the newcomers who live among them, shall have this as a holy and perpetual right.
11 “Si tocas un cadáver serás impuro durante siete días.
Whoever touches the corpse of a man, and is, because of this, unclean for seven days,
12 Debes purificarte con el agua de la purificación al tercer día y al séptimo día, y entonces estarás limpio. Pero si no te purificas en el tercer y séptimo día, no estarás limpio.
shall be sprinkled from this water on the third and seventh days, and so shall he be cleansed. But if he was not sprinkled on the third day, he is not able to be cleansed on the seventh.
13 Si tocas un cadáver y no te purificas, harás impuro el Tabernáculo del Señor y deberás ser expulsado de Israel. Sigues siendo impuro porque no se te ha rociado con el agua de la purificación y tu impureza permanece.
Anyone who will have touched the dead body of a human life, and who has not been sprinkled with this mixture, pollutes the tabernacle of the Lord, and he shall perish out of Israel. For not having been sprinkled with the water of expiation, he shall be unclean, and his filth shall remain upon him.
14 “La siguiente norma se aplica cuando una persona muere en una tienda. Todo el que entre en la tienda y todo el que ya esté en ella será impuro durante siete días.
This is the law of a man who dies in a tent. All who enter into his tent, and all the vessels which are there, shall be polluted for seven days.
15 Cualquier recipiente abierto que no tenga una tapa cerrada es impuro.
The vessel that has no cover or binding over it shall be unclean.
16 Si estás al aire libre y tocas a alguien que ha muerto por la espada o que ha muerto de forma natural, o si tocas un hueso humano o una tumba, entonces serás impuro durante siete días.
If anyone in the field will have touched the corpse of a man, who was killed or who died on his own, or his bone, or his grave, he shall be unclean for seven days.
17 “Este es el proceso para la purificación si eres impuro. Toma algunas de las cenizas del holocausto para la purificación y ponlas en un frasco con agua fresca.
And they shall take some of the ashes from the burning and the sin offering, and they shall pour living waters over them into a vessel.
18 El hombre que esté limpio tomará un hisopo y lo mojará en el agua. Luego rociará la tienda y todo lo que haya dentro de ella, y a todos los que estuvieran allí. También deberá rociarlo a usted si ha tocado un hueso, o una tumba, o alguien que ha muerto o ha sido asesinado.
And into it a man who is clean shall dip hyssop, and he shall sprinkle from it the entire tent, and all its articles, and the men who were polluted by means of contact.
19 “El hombre que está limpio debe rociarte tanto al tercer día como al séptimo día. Después de que te purifiques al séptimo día, debes lavar tu ropa y a ti mismo en agua, y esa noche estarás limpio.
And so, in this manner, what is clean shall purify what is unclean, on the third and seventh days. And having been expiated on the seventh day, he shall wash both himself and his garments, and he shall be unclean until evening.
20 Pero si no te purificas, serás expulsado de los israelitas, porque has hecho impuro el Tabernáculo del Señor. El agua de la purificación no ha sido rociada sobre ti, y sigues siendo impuro.
If anyone has not been expiated by this ritual, his soul shall perish from the midst of the Church. For he has polluted the Sanctuary of the Lord, and he has not been sprinkled with purifying waters.
21 Esta es una regla permanente para todos. El hombre que rocía el agua de purificación debe lavar su ropa, y cualquiera que toque el agua de purificación será impuro hasta la noche.
This precept shall be an everlasting ordinance. Likewise, the one who has sprinkled the waters shall wash his garments. All who will have touched the waters of expiation shall be unclean until evening.
22 Todo lo que toque la persona impura será impuro, y cualquiera que lo toque será impuro hasta la noche”.
Whatever has been touched by something unclean will itself be made unclean. And the soul who touches any of these things shall become unclean until evening.”
