Números 6

1 Yavé habló a Moisés:

Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:

2 Habla a los hijos de Israel: Cuando un hombre o una mujer haga voto especial de nazareo para consagrarse a Yavé,

“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If any of you [wants to] make a solemn promise to dedicate himself to belong to me in a special way, [after you obey these instructions], you will be called a Nazir-man, [which means “dedicated man”].

3 se abstendrá de vino y de bebida fuerte. No beberá vinagres de vino ni de bebida fuerte, no beberá jugo de uvas, no comerá uvas frescas ni secas.

You must not drink any wine or other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink any vinegar made from wine or from any other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.

4 Nada comerá de todo lo que proviene de la vid, desde las semillas hasta el hollejo, en todos los días de su consagración.

You must not eat anything that comes from grapevines, not even the skins or seeds of grapes, during the time that you are a Nazir-man.

5 No pasará navaja sobre su cabeza durante los días del voto de su consagración, hasta que se cumplan los días para los cuales se consagró a Yavé. Será santo. Dejará crecer libremente el cabello de su cabeza.

‘Even your hair will be dedicated to me during the time that you area Nazir-man, so you must never allow anyone to cut your hair. Until the time that your solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me is ended, you must allow your hair to grow long.

6 No estará junto a un cuerpo muerto durante los días de su consagración a Yavé.

And you must not go near a corpse during the time that you are a Nazir-man.

7 No se contaminará por su padre o por su madre, ni por su hermano o hermana cuando mueran, porque la consagración a su ʼElohim está sobre su cabeza.

Even if the person who died is your father or your mother or your brother or your sister, you must not cause yourself to become unacceptable to me [by coming close to the corpse]. Your long hair [MTY] shows that you belong to me in a special way, so you must not cut your hair.

8 Será santo a Yavé todos los días de su consagración.

You are required to keep doing this all the time that you are dedicated to me in this special way.

9 Si alguno muere repentinamente junto a él, de modo que se contamina la cabeza de nazareo, rasurará su cabeza el día de su purificación. El día séptimo la rasurará.

‘If anyone dies very suddenly when he is near you, then your hair that you have dedicated to me is no longer sacred. So you must wait seven days and then shave it all off. Then you must perform a special ritual to cause yourself to become acceptable to me again.

10 Al octavo día traerá dos tórtolas o dos palominos al sacerdote en la entrada del Tabernáculo de Reunión.

The next day you must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.

11 El sacerdote ofrecerá uno como ofrenda por el pecado y el otro como ofrenda quemada. Hará sacrificio que apacigua a favor de él porque pecó en relación con el cuerpo muerto. Consagrará su cabeza ese mismo día.

‘The priest must [kill the birds and] offer them as sacrifices. One of them will be an offering to enable me to forgive you for the sins you have committed, and the other will be an offering that is burned completely to please me. [After the priest burns them on the altar], I will forgive you for having come close to a corpse, and [when] your hair [grows again it] will be dedicated to me again.

12 Consagrará a Yavé los días de su estado de nazareo, y llevará un cordero añal como ofrenda por la culpa. Los primeros días se anularán, por cuanto contaminó su estado de nazareo.

The amount of time that you were set apart for me the previous time does not count, because you had become unacceptable to me [by coming close to a corpse] during the time that you were a Nazir-man. So you must again make a solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me for the entire amount of time that you indicated the previous time. And you must also sacrifice a one-year-old lamb for not doing what you were required to do.

13 Esta es la ley para el nazareo: El día cuando se cumpla el tiempo de ser nazareo será llevado a la entrada del Tabernáculo de Reunión.

‘When the time that you promised to dedicate yourself to me is ended, go to the entrance of the Sacred Tent

14 Presentará su ofrenda ante Yavé: un cordero sin defecto de un año como holocausto, una cordera sin defecto de un año para el sacrificio que apacigua y un carnero sin defecto como ofrenda de paz.

and offer as sacrifices to me three animals that have no defects: Offer a one-year-old ram that will be burned completely, a one-year-old female lamb as a sacrifice to enable me to forgive your sins, and one full-grown ram as a sacrifice to maintain fellowship with me.

15 Además [presentará] un canastillo de panes sin levadura de flor de harina amasados con aceite, y galletas sin levadura untadas con aceite, junto con su ofrenda vegetal y sus libaciones.

‘When you bring those animals, you must also bring some wine to offer as a sacrifice. And you must also bring a basket of bread that you have made with very good flour and [olive] oil. But you must not put any yeast in the bread. Also brush/spread some [olive] oil on some thin wafers and bring them to the priest.

16 El sacerdote la presentará delante de Yavé, y ofrecerá su sacrificio por el pecado y su holocausto.

‘The priest will put the young lamb and the young ram on the altar and completely burn them, in order that I will be pleased and will forgive you for your sins.

17 Ofrecerá el carnero en sacrificio como ofrenda de paz a Yavé con el canastillo de los panes sin levadura. Luego ofrecerá su ofrenda vegetal y su libación.

Then he will kill the full-grown ram as an offering to restore fellowship with me, and he will also burn on the altar some of the bread and the grain and wine.

18 Entonces el nazareo rasurará su cabeza de nazareo en la entrada del Tabernáculo de Reunión. Tomará los cabellos de su cabeza de nazareo y los pondrá en el fuego que está debajo del sacrificio de paz.

‘After that, you must [stand at] the entrance of the Sacred Tent and shave off your hair. Then you must put that hair in the fire that is under the [animal that has been sacrificed] on the altar to maintain fellowship with me.

19 Después que haya rasurado el cabello de nazareo, el sacerdote tomará el muslo asado del carnero, un pan sin levadura del canastillo y una galleta sin levadura, y las pondrá en las manos del nazareo.

‘The meat from the ram’s shoulder must be boiled. After it is cooked, the priest will take it along with one of the loaves of bread and one wafer which has been brushed with [olive] oil, and he will put them in your hands.

20 Luego el sacerdote mecerá aquello y los presentará como ofrenda mecida a Yavé. Es cosa sagrada para el sacerdote, además del pecho de la ofrenda mecida y el muslo de la ofrenda alzada. Después de esto, el nazareo podrá beber vino.

Then the priest will [take them back and] lift them up high to dedicate them to me. They now belong to the priest, and he is permitted to eat some of the meat from the ram’s shoulder and from its ribs and from one of its thighs, because that meat is his share of the sacrifice. After that, you will no longer be a Nazir-man, and you will again be permitted to drink wine.

21 Esta es la ley del nazareo que hace un voto. Su ofrenda para Yavé según su consagración, además de aquello que pueda ofrecer, según el voto que hizo, así hará conforme a la ley de su consagración.

‘Those are the regulations about the offerings that Nazir-men solemnly promise to bring to me to end their time of being dedicated to me. They must bring these offerings, but if they want to, they may bring additional offerings. And they must do everything that they solemnly promised to do when they dedicated themselves to me.’”

22 Yavé habló a Moisés:

Yahweh also said to Moses/me,

23 Habla a Aarón y a sus hijos: Así bendecirán a los hijos de Israel. Díganles:

“Tell Aaron and his sons that when they [ask me to] bless the people, they must say,

24 Yavé te bendiga y te guarde.

‘I desire that Yahweh will bless you and protect you,

25 Yavé haga resplandecer su rostro sobre ti, Y tenga de ti misericordia.

and that he will smile at you and act kindly toward you,

26 Yavé alce sobre ti su rostro, Y te dé paz.

and that he will be good to you [IDM] and cause things to go well for you.’”

27 Así pondrán mi Nombre sobre los hijos de Israel, y Yo los bendeciré.

Then Yahweh said, “If Aaron and his sons ask me to bless the Israeli people, truly I will bless them.”