Levítico 21
1 Yahvé dijo a Moisés: “Habla a los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón, y diles: ‘El sacerdote no se profanará por los muertos de su pueblo,
The Lord said also to Moses: Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt say to them: Let not a priest incur an uncleanness at the death of his citizens:
2 excepto por sus parientes que están cerca de él: por su madre, por su padre, por su hijo, por su hija, por su hermano,
But only for his kin, such as are near in blood, that is to say, for his father and for his mother, and for his son, and for his daughter, for his brother also,
3 y por su hermana virgen que está cerca de él, que no ha tenido marido; por ella puede profanarse.
And for a maiden sister, who hath had no husband:
4 No se contaminará, siendo jefe de su pueblo, para profanarse.
But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing that may make him unclean.
5 “‘No se afeitarán la cabeza ni se afeitarán las comisuras de la barba, ni se harán cortes en la carne.
Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh.
6 Serán santos para su Dios, y no profanarán el nombre de su Dios, porque ofrecen las ofrendas quemadas de Yahvé, el pan de su Dios. Por lo tanto, serán santos.
They shall be holy to their God, and shall not profane his name: for they offer the burnt offering of the Lord, and the bread of their God, and therefore they shall be holy.
7 “‘No se casarán con una mujer prostituta o profana. El sacerdote no se casará con una mujer divorciada de su marido, porque él es santo para su Dios.
They shall not take to wife a harlot or a vile prostitute, nor one that has been put away from her husband: because they are consecrated to their God,
8 Por eso lo santificarás, porque él ofrece el pan de tu Dios. Será santo para ti, porque yo, Yahvé, que te santifico, soy santo.
And offer the leaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy, because I also am holy, the Lord, who sanctify them.
9 “‘La hija de cualquier sacerdote, si se profana haciendo de prostituta, profana a su padre. Será quemada con fuego.
If the daughter of a priest be taken in whoredom, and dishonour the name of her father, she shall be burnt with fire.
10 “‘El que es sumo sacerdote entre sus hermanos, sobre cuya cabeza se derrama el aceite de la unción, y que es consagrado para vestir las vestiduras, no dejará suelto el cabello de su cabeza, ni rasgará sus vestidos.
The high priest, that is to say, the priest, is the greatest among his brethren. upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured, and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood, and who hath been vested with the holy vestments, shall not uncover his head, he shall not rend his garments:
11 No debe entrar a ningún cadáver, ni contaminarse por su padre o por su madre.
Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled:
12 No saldrá del santuario ni profanará el santuario de su Dios, porque la corona del aceite de la unción de su Dios está sobre él. Yo soy Yahvé.
Neither shall he go out of the holy places, lest he defile the sanctuary of the Lord, because the oil of the holy unction of his God is upon him. I am the Lord.
13 “‘Tomará una esposa en su virginidad.
He shall take a virgin unto his wife:
14 No se casará con una viuda, ni con una divorciada, ni con una mujer impura, ni con una prostituta. Tomará como esposa a una virgen de su propio pueblo.
But a widow or one that is divorced, or defiled, or a harlot, he shall not take, but a maid of his own people:
15 No profanará su descendencia entre su pueblo, porque yo soy Yahvé, que lo santifico”.
He shall not mingle the stock of his kindred with the common people of his nation: for I am the Lord who sanctify him.
16 Yahvé habló a Moisés, diciendo:
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
17 “Di a Aarón: “Ninguno de tus descendientes, a lo largo de sus generaciones, que tenga un defecto podrá acercarse a ofrecer el pan de su Dios.
Say to Aaron: Whosoever of thy seed throughout their families, hath a blemish, he shall not offer bread to his God.
18 Porque todo hombre que tenga un defecto, no se acercará: un ciego, o un cojo, o el que tenga la nariz chata, o cualquier deformidad,
Neither shall he approach to minister to him: If he be blind, if he be lame, if he have a little, or a great, or a crooked nose,
19 o un hombre que tenga un pie lesionado, o una mano lesionada,
If his foot, or if his hand be broken,
20 o un jorobado, o un enano, o el que tenga un defecto en el ojo, o una enfermedad que pique, o costras, o que tenga los testículos dañados.
If he be crookbacked, or blear eyed, or have a pearl in his eye, or a continual scab, or a dry scurf in his body, or a rupture:
21 Ningún hombre de la descendencia del sacerdote Aarón que tenga un defecto se acercará a ofrecer las ofrendas de Yahvé hechas por fuego. Como tiene un defecto, no se acercará a ofrecer el pan de su Dios.
Whosoever of the seed of Aaron the priest hath a blemish, he shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, nor bread to his God.
22 Comerá el pan de su Dios, tanto del más sagrado como del santo.
He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves, that are offered in the sanctuary,
23 No se acercará al velo, ni se acercará al altar, porque tiene un defecto; para que no profane mis santuarios, porque yo soy Yahvé que los santifico”.
Yet so that he enter not within the veil, nor approach to the altar, because he hath a blemish, and he must not defile my sanctuary. I am the Lord who sanctify them.
24 Entonces Moisés habló a Aarón, a sus hijos y a todos los hijos de Israel.
Moses therefore spoke to Aaron, and to his sons and to all Israel, all the things that had been commanded him.
