Levítico 16
1 Yahvé habló a Moisés después de la muerte de los dos hijos de Aarón, cuando se acercaron ante Yahvé y murieron;
After the two sons of Aaron died because they burned incense to Yahweh [in a manner that was contrary to what Yahweh commanded], Yahweh spoke to Moses/me.
2 y Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Dile a Aarón, tu hermano, que no entre en ningún momento en el Lugar Santísimo, dentro del velo, delante del propiciatorio que está sobre el arca, para que no muera, porque me apareceré en la nube sobre el propiciatorio.
He said to him/me, “Warn your [older] brother Aaron that he must not enter the Very Holy Place inside the curtain that is in the Sacred Tent whenever he wants to, because the cover of the sacred chest is there. That is the place where the priest (makes atonement for/requests me to forgive) sins. I am present in the cloud that is over the cover of the sacred chest. If Aaron goes in that room when it is not the proper time, he will die!
3 “Aarón entrará en el santuario con un novillo para el sacrificio por el pecado y un carnero para el holocausto.
“When Aaron enters the Sacred Tent area, he must bring a bull that [will be killed] to become an offering/sacrifice for sins, and a ram [to be killed] to be an offering that will be completely burned [on the altar].
4 Se pondrá la túnica de lino sagrada. Tendrá los pantalones de lino sobre su cuerpo, y se pondrá la faja de lino, y se vestirá con el turbante de lino. Son las vestimentas sagradas. Bañará su cuerpo con agua y se las pondrá.
Then he must bathe his whole body, and put on the linen underwear/undershorts and the linen gown. He must tie the linen sash/waistbands around his waist and wrap the turban around his head. Those are his sacred garments.
5 Tomará de la congregación de los hijos de Israel dos machos cabríos para el sacrificio por el pecado y un carnero para el holocausto.
The Israeli people must then bring to him two male goats [to be killed] as an offering/sacrifice for sin, and a ram to be [killed and] burned completely [on the altar].
6 “Aarón ofrecerá el toro de la ofrenda por el pecado, que es para él, y hará expiación por él y por su casa.
“Aaron must offer the bull [to me] to be a sacrifice in order that (I will forgive his sins and the sins of his family/his sins and the sins of his family will be forgiven).
7 Tomará los dos machos cabríos y los pondrá delante de Yahvé, a la puerta de la Tienda del Encuentro.
Then he must bring the two male goats to me at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.
8 Aarón echará suertes sobre los dos machos cabríos: una suerte para Yahvé, y la otra suerte para el chivo expiatorio.
He must (cast lots/throw down stones that have been marked) to determine which goat will be [sacrificed] to me, and which will be the goat that will be set free.
9 Aarón presentará el macho cabrío sobre el que haya caído la suerte para Yahvé, y lo ofrecerá como ofrenda por el pecado.
Aaron must bring to me the goat that was chosen to be sacrificed. It will be an offering for the people’s sins.
10 Pero el macho cabrío sobre el que cayó la suerte para el chivo expiatorio será presentado vivo ante Yahvé, para hacer expiación por él, para enviarlo como chivo expiatorio al desierto.
Aaron must also bring to me the other goat, but it is not to be killed. It will be freed while it is still alive. As a result of Aaron sending it into the desert, the people’s sins will be forgiven.
11 “Aarón presentará el becerro del sacrificio por el pecado, que es para él, y hará la expiación por sí mismo y por su casa, y matará el becerro del sacrificio por el pecado que es para él.
“Then Aaron must bring the young bull to me, to be an offering/sacrifice for himself and for his family. He must slaughter that bull to be an offering for their sins, [and he must drain the blood into a basin].
12 Tomará un incensario lleno de carbones encendidos del altar, delante de Yahvé, y dos puñados de incienso aromático machacado, y lo llevará al interior del velo.
Then he must take some burning coals from the [bronze] altar and put them in the incense burner. Then he must fill his hands with fragrant finely-ground incense. Then he must take the incense and the incense burner inside the curtain into the Very Holy Place [of the Sacred Tent].
13 Pondrá el incienso sobre el fuego delante de Yahvé, para que la nube del incienso cubra el propiciatorio que está sobre el pacto, a fin de que no muera.
There he must put the incense on the burning coals, with the result that a cloud of burning incense will rise up over the lid of the sacred chest. If he obeys these instructions, he will not die [like Korah’s two sons did because of offering incense incorrectly] (OR, [because of being in God’s presence]).
14 Tomará parte de la sangre del becerro y la rociará con su dedo sobre el propiciatorio que está al oriente; y delante del propiciatorio rociará parte de la sangre con su dedo siete veces.
Then he must dip his finger into [the basin] and sprinkle some blood on the lid of the sacred chest, and also sprinkle some blood seven times against the front of the chest.
15 “Entonces matará el macho cabrío de la ofrenda por el pecado que es para el pueblo, y llevará su sangre al interior del velo, y hará con su sangre lo mismo que hizo con la sangre del becerro, y la rociará sobre el propiciatorio y delante del propiciatorio.
[“Aaron must then go outside the Sacred Tent] and slaughter the goat to be an offering for the sins of the people. Then he must bring its blood into the Very Holy Place behind the curtain. There he must sprinkle [some of] that blood on the lid of the sacred chest and against the front of the chest, like he did with the bull’s blood.
16 Hará la expiación por el Lugar Santo, a causa de la impureza de los hijos de Israel y de sus transgresiones, de todos sus pecados; y lo mismo hará por la Tienda de Reunión que habita con ellos en medio de su impureza.
By doing that, he will purify the Very Holy Place. And he must sprinkle more of the blood on the Sacred Tent, because the tent is in the midst of the camp of the Israeli people who have become unacceptable to me [because of their sins].
17 Nadie estará en la Tienda de reunión cuando entre a hacer expiación en el Lugar Santo, hasta que salga y haya hecho expiación por él y por su familia, y por toda la asamblea de Israel.
When Aaron goes into the Very Holy Place [in the Sacred Tent] to purify it, no one else is permitted to enter [the other part of] the Sacred Tent. Only after Aaron has performed rituals to enable me to forgive him and his family, and all the Israeli people, is any priest permitted to enter the Sacred Tent.
18 “Saldrá al altar que está delante de Yahvé y hará expiación por él, y tomará parte de la sangre del toro y parte de la sangre del macho cabrío, y la pondrá alrededor de los cuernos del altar.
“Then Aaron must go outside the tent to purify my altar. He must do this by smearing some of the blood from the bull and some of the blood from the goat on each of the projections at the corners of the altar.
19 Con su dedo rociará parte de la sangre sobre el altar siete veces, y lo purificará y lo santificará de la impureza de los hijos de Israel.
Then Aaron must dip his finger into the [basin of] blood and sprinkle some of the blood over the altar seven times. By doing that, he will cleanse it from being unholy [because of the sins] of the Israeli people, and it will become holy again.
20 “Cuando haya terminado de expiar el Lugar Santo, la Tienda de Reunión y el altar, presentará el macho cabrío vivo.
“When Aaron has finished purifying the Very Holy Place [inside the Sacred Tent] and all of the Sacred Tent and the altar, he must bring the goat that was chosen to be set free.
21 Aarón pondrá sus dos manos sobre la cabeza del macho cabrío vivo y confesará sobre él todas las iniquidades de los hijos de Israel y todas sus transgresiones, todos sus pecados, y los pondrá sobre la cabeza del macho cabrío, y lo enviará al desierto de la mano de un hombre preparado.
He must put both of his hands on the head of the goat and confess all the sins [DOU] of the Israeli people. By doing that, he will put [the guilt of] their sins on the head of the goat. Then he must give the goat to a man who is chosen, and that man will send the goat out into the desert.
22 El macho cabrío llevará sobre sí todas sus iniquidades a una tierra solitaria, y soltará al macho cabrío en el desierto.
[It is as though] the goat will carry away into the desert [the guilt for] the sins of all the people.
23 “Aarón entrará en la Tienda del Encuentro y se quitará las vestiduras de lino que se puso al entrar en el Lugar Santo, y las dejará allí.
“When Aaron approaches the Sacred Tent, he must take off the linen clothes that he wore when he [previously] entered the Very Holy Place, and he must leave those clothes there.
24 Luego se bañará en agua en un lugar santo, se pondrá sus vestiduras y saldrá a ofrecer su holocausto y el holocausto del pueblo, y hará expiación por él y por el pueblo.
Then he must bathe in a sacred place, put on his regular/ordinary clothes, and sacrifice the animals that will be burned completely on the altar for his own sins and for the sins of the Israeli people. By doing that he will enable me to forgive him and them.
25 La grasa de la ofrenda por el pecado la quemará sobre el altar.
He must also burn on the altar all the fat of the bull and the goat that were sacrificed.
26 “El que suelte el macho cabrío como chivo expiatorio lavará su ropa y bañará su carne con agua, y después entrará en el campamento.
“The man who was chosen to send the other goat into the desert and free it there must afterwards wash his clothes and bathe. Then he may return to the camp.
27 El becerro para la ofrenda por el pecado y el macho cabrío para la ofrenda por el pecado, cuya sangre fue traída para hacer expiación en el Lugar Santo, serán llevados fuera del campamento; y quemarán sus pieles, su carne y su estiércol con fuego.
The carcasses of the bull and the goat that were slaughtered to be an offering/sacrifice for the people’s sins, whose blood was taken inside the Very Holy Place to enable Yahweh to forgive the Israeli people, must be carried outside the camp and burned. The hides/skins of the animals, the inner organs, and the dung must also be burned.
28 El que los queme lavará su ropa y bañará su carne con agua, y después entrará en el campamento.
The man who burns those things must then wash his clothes and bathe before he returns to the camp.
29 “Será un estatuto para vosotros: en el séptimo mes, a los diez días del mes, afligiréis vuestras almas y no haréis ningún tipo de trabajo, ya sea nativo o extranjero que viva como forastero entre vosotros;
“On (October/the month after the dry season ends), on the day that I have appointed, you all must (fast/abstain from eating food) and not do any work. This is a rule/law that will never end. It must be obeyed by you people who have been Israelis all your lives, and also by foreigners who are living among you.
30 porque en este día se hará expiación por vosotros, para limpiaros. Quedarás limpio de todos tus pecados ante el Señor.
On that day, Aaron will perform rituals to enable me to forgive you all, and then I will cleanse/free you all from [the guilt of] all your sins and you will become acceptable to me.
31 Es un día de descanso solemne para ustedes, y afligirán sus almas. Es un estatuto para siempre.
That will be a day for you to rest and not do any work, like the Sabbath days, and you must (fast/abstain from eating food) all that day. That is a permanent command/law for you all to obey.
32 El sacerdote ungido y consagrado para ser sacerdote en lugar de su padre, hará la expiación y se pondrá las vestiduras de lino, las vestiduras sagradas.
In future years, [after Aaron has died], this ritual/ceremony to enable me to forgive you all [DOU] will be performed by the Supreme Priest who is anointed [with olive oil] and appointed to serve instead of his ancestor Aaron. He must put on the sacred clothes made of linen
33 Luego hará la expiación por el Santuario Sagrado; y hará la expiación por la Tienda de Reunión y por el altar; y hará la expiación por los sacerdotes y por todo el pueblo de la asamblea.
and offer sacrifices to purify the Very Holy Place, all of the Sacred Tent, the altar, the priests, and all the Israel people [like Aaron did].
34 “Esto será un estatuto eterno para ti, para hacer expiación por los hijos de Israel una vez al año por todos sus pecados”. Se hizo como Yahvé le ordenó a Moisés.
This will be a permanent command/law for you to obey once every year, to enable me to forgive you Israeli people for the sins that you have committed.” Moses/I obeyed all those instructions/commands that Yahweh had given to him/me.
