Levítico 21
1 Yavé dijo a Moisés: Habla a los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón: No se contaminen a causa del cadáver de uno de sus parientes,
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;
2 excepto por pariente cercano a él: su madre, su padre, su hijo, su hermano,
But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;
3 o su hermana virgen, cercana a él, que no tuvo esposo, por la cual podrá contaminarse.
And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.
4 No se contaminará, porque es un dirigente en medio de su pueblo, y no se profanará.
But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.
5 No hará tonsura en su cabeza, ni cortará la punta de su barba, ni se sajará.
They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.
6 Santos serán para su ʼElohim. No profanarán el Nombre de su ʼElohim, porque ellos son los que presentan los holocaustos a Yavé, el pan de su ʼElohim. Por tanto, serán santos.
Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.
7 No tomarán mujer prostituta o deshonrada. No tomarán mujer repudiada por su esposo, porque [el sacerdote] es santo a su ʼElohim.
They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.
8 Por tanto lo consagrarás, pues él presenta el pan de tu ʼElohim. Será santo porque Yo, Yavé, Quien te santifica, soy santo.
And he is to be holy in your eyes, for by him the bread of your God is offered; he is to be holy in your eyes, for I the Lord, who make you holy, am holy.
9 Si la hija de un sacerdote profana al prostituírse, profana a su padre. Con fuego será quemada.
And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.
10 El que entre sus hermanos sea sumo sacerdote, sobre cuya cabeza fue derramado el aceite de la unción y fue investido para llevar las ropas, no descubrirá su cabeza ni rasgará sus ropas.
And he who is the chief priest among his brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is marked out to put on the holy robes, may not let his hair go loose or have his clothing out of order as a sign of sorrow.
11 No entrará donde haya algún cadáver. Aunque sea de su padre o de su madre, no se contaminará.
He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;
12 No saldrá del Santuario, ni profanará el Santuario de su ʼElohim, porque la consagración del aceite de la unción de su ʼElohim está sobre él. Yo, Yavé.
He may not go out of the holy place or make the holy place of his God common; for the crown of the holy oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.
13 Tomará como esposa a una virgen.
And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.
14 No tomará viuda, ni divorciada, ni deshonrada, ni prostituta, sino tomará como esposa a una virgen de su pueblo
A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.
15 para que no profane su descendencia entre su pueblo, porque Yo, Yavé, soy Quien lo santifica.
And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.
16 Además Yavé habló a Moisés:
And the Lord said to Moses,
17 Habla a Aarón: Ninguno de tus descendientes en sus sucesivas generaciones que tenga en él algún defecto se acercará para ofrecer el pan de su ʼElohim.
Say to Aaron, If a man of your family, in any generation, is damaged in body, let him not come near to make the offering of the bread of his God.
18 Porque ningún varón que tenga en él algún defecto se acercará: ya sea ciego, cojo, mutilado, deformado,
For any man whose body is damaged may not come near: one who is blind, or has not the use of his legs, or one who has a broken nose or any unnatural growth,
19 o que tenga fractura de pie o de mano,
Or a man with broken feet or hands,
20 o jorobado, enano, que tenga ojo defectuoso, tenga sarna o tiña, o testículos magullados.
Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged;
21 Ningún varón de la descendencia del sacerdote Aarón que tenga defecto en él, se acercará para ofrecer los holocaustos a Yavé. [Si] hay defecto en él, no se acercará para ofrecer el pan de su ʼElohim.
No man of the offspring of Aaron whose body is damaged in any way may come near to give the fire offerings of the Lord: he is damaged, he may not come near to make the offerings.
22 Podrá comer el pan de su ʼElohim procedente de las cosas santísimas y de las santas,
He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;
23 pero no pasará detrás del velo ni se acercará al altar, pues tiene defecto en él. No profanará mis cosas sagradas porque Yo soy Yavé, Quien los santifico.
But he may not go inside the veil or come near the altar, because he is damaged; and he may not make my holy places common; for I the Lord have made them holy.
24 Así Moisés habló a Aarón, a sus hijos, y a todos los hijos de Israel.
These are the words which Moses said to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel.
