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 YHWH says to Moses, “Speak to the priests, sons of Aaron, and you have said to them: No one defiles himself for a [dead] person among his people,
2 excepto por pariente cercano a él: su madre, su padre, su hijo, su hermano,
except for his relation who [is] near to him: for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
3 o su hermana virgen, cercana a él, que no tuvo esposo, por la cual podrá contaminarse.
and for his sister, the virgin, who is near to him, who has not been to a man; he is defiled for her.
4 No se contaminará, porque es un dirigente en medio de su pueblo, y no se profanará.
A master [priest] does not defile himself among his people—to defile himself;
5 No hará tonsura en su cabeza, ni cortará la punta de su barba, ni se sajará.
they do not make baldness on their head, and they do not shave the corner of their beard, and they do not make a cutting 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.
they are holy to their God, and they do not defile the Name of their God, for the fire-offerings of YHWH, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.
7 No tomarán mujer prostituta o deshonrada. No tomarán mujer repudiada por su esposo, porque [el sacerdote] es santo a su ʼElohim.
They do not take a woman of harlotry, or defiled, and they do not take a woman cast out from her husband, for he [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 you have sanctified him, for he is bringing the bread of your God near. He is holy to you, for I, YHWH, sanctifying you, [am] holy.
9 Si la hija de un sacerdote profana al prostituírse, profana a su padre. Con fuego será quemada.
And when a daughter of any priest defiles herself by going whoring—she is defiling her father; she is 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 the high priest of his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who has consecrated his hand to put on the garments, does not uncover his head, nor tear his garments,
11 No entrará donde haya algún cadáver. Aunque sea de su padre o de su madre, no se contaminará.
nor does he come beside any dead person; he does not defile himself for his father and for 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.
nor does he go out from the sanctuary, nor does he defile the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God [is] on him; I [am] YHWH.
13 Tomará como esposa a una virgen.
And he takes a wife in her virginity;
14 No tomará viuda, ni divorciada, ni deshonrada, ni prostituta, sino tomará como esposa a una virgen de su pueblo
a widow, or cast out, or defiled, [or] a harlot—these he does not take, but he takes a virgin of his own people [for] a wife,
15 para que no profane su descendencia entre su pueblo, porque Yo, Yavé, soy Quien lo santifica.
and he does not defile his seed among his people; for I [am] YHWH, sanctifying him.”
16 Además Yavé habló a Moisés:
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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.
“Speak to Aaron, saying, No man of your seed throughout their generations in whom there is blemish draws near to bring the bread of his God near,
18 Porque ningún varón que tenga en él algún defecto se acercará: ya sea ciego, cojo, mutilado, deformado,
for no man in whom [is] a blemish draws near: a man blind, or lame, or disfigured, or deformed,
19 o que tenga fractura de pie o de mano,
or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,
20 o jorobado, enano, que tenga ojo defectuoso, tenga sarna o tiña, o testículos magullados.
or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or [with] a defect in his eye, or [with] an itch, or [with] a scab, or [with] a broken testicle.
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 in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) comes near to bring the fire-offerings of YHWH near; blemish [is] in him; he does not come near to bring the bread of his God near.
22 Podrá comer el pan de su ʼElohim procedente de las cosas santísimas y de las santas,
Bread of his God—from the most holy things and from the holy things—he eats;
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.
only, he does not come toward the veil, and he does not draw near to the altar; for blemish [is] in him; and he does not defile My sanctuaries; for I [am] YHWH, sanctifying them.”
24 Así Moisés habló a Aarón, a sus hijos, y a todos los hijos de Israel.
And Moses speaks to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel.
