Levítico 12
1 Yahvé habló a Moisés, diciendo:
The Lord told Moses, “Give these instructions to the Israelites.
2 “Habla a los hijos de Israel, diciendo: Si una mujer concibe y da a luz un hijo varón, será impura siete días; como en los días de su menstruación será impura.
Any woman who becomes pregnant and has a boy, she will be unclean for one week, in the same way that she is unclean during her period.
3 Al octavo día se circuncidará la carne de su prepucio.
The boy's foreskin must be circumcised on the eighth day.
4 Ella permanecerá en la sangre de purificación treinta y tres días. No tocará ninguna cosa sagrada, ni entrará en el santuario, hasta que se completen los días de su purificación.
The woman must wait a further thirty-three days for the purification of her bleeding. She is not allowed to touch anything holy, and she is not allowed to enter the sanctuary until her time of purification is finished.
5 Pero si da a luz a una niña, será impura dos semanas, como en su período; y permanecerá en la sangre de purificación sesenta y seis días.
If a woman has a daughter, she will be unclean for two weeks, in the same way that she is unclean during her menstrual period. The woman must wait a further sixty-six days for the purification of her blood.
6 “‘Cuando se completen los días de su purificación por un hijo o por una hija, ella traerá al sacerdote, a la puerta de la Tienda de Reunión, un cordero de un año para el holocausto, y un pichón o una tórtola, para el sacrificio por el pecado.
Once the time of purification is finished for either a son or a daughter, the woman must bring a year-old lamb as a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove as a purification offering. She is to bring her offerings to the priest at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
7 Él la ofrecerá ante Yahvé y hará expiación por ella; entonces quedará limpia de la fuente de su sangre. “‘Esta es la ley para la que da a luz, sea macho o hembra.
The priest will then present them to the Lord to purify her so she will be clean from her bleeding. These are the regulations for a woman after she's had a son or a daughter.
8 Si no puede comprar un cordero, tomará dos tórtolas o dos pichones: uno para el holocausto y el otro para el sacrificio por el pecado. El sacerdote hará expiación por ella, y quedará limpia”.
If a woman can't afford to bring a lamb, she is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons. One is for the burnt offering and the other for the purification offering. The priest will offer them to purify her, and she will be clean.”
