Números 19
1 Ítem, Jehová habló a Moisés y a Aarón, diciendo:
Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
2 Esta es la ordenanza de la ley, que Jehová ha mandado, diciendo: Di a los hijos de Israel que te traigan una vaca bermeja, perfecta, en la cual no haya falta, sobre la cual no haya subido yugo.
“I am now giving to you another regulation. Tell the Israeli people to bring to you one reddish-brown cow that has no defects. It must be an animal that (has never been/no one has ever) used for plowing ground.
3 Y darla heis a Eleazar el sacerdote, y él la sacará fuera del campo, y hacerla ha degollar delante de sí.
Give it to Eleazar, the priest. He must take it outside the camp and slaughter it [and drain the blood in a basin].
4 Y tomará Eleazar el sacerdote de su sangre con su dedo, y esparcirá hacia la delantera del tabernáculo del testimonio con la sangre de ella siete veces.
He must dip one of his fingers in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times [on the ground] near the Sacred Tent.
5 Y hará quemar la vaca delante de sus ojos: su cuero, y su carne, y su sangre con su estiércol hará quemar.
Then, while Eleazar watches, the cow must be burned completely—its hide, its meat, [the rest of] its blood, and even its dung.
6 Luego tomará el sacerdote palo de cedro, e hisopo, y carmesí colorado, y echarlo ha en medio del fuego de la vaca.
Eliezer then must take a stick of cedar wood, a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop, and some scarlet/red yarn, and throw them into the fire where the cow is burning.
7 El sacerdote lavará sus vestidos, lavará también su carne con agua, y después entrará en el real, y será inmundo el sacerdote hasta la tarde.
“Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe. After doing that, he may return to the camp. But he will be unfit for doing any sacred work until that evening.
8 Asimismo el que la quemó, lavará sus vestidos en agua, y lavará su carne en agua, y será inmundo hasta la tarde.
The man who burns the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe, and he will also be unacceptable to me until that evening.
9 Y un hombre limpio cogerá las cenizas de la vaca, y ponerlas ha fuera del campo en el lugar limpio, y guardarlas ha la congregación de los hijos de Israel para el agua del apartamiento: es expiación.
“Then someone who has not become unacceptable to me must gather up the ashes of the cow and put them in a (sacred place/place that is acceptable to me) outside the camp. The ashes must be kept there for the people of Israel to [use when they] mix it with water for the ritual to remove the guilt of sin.
10 Y el que cogió las cenizas de la vaca, lavará sus vestidos, y será inmundo hasta la tarde: y será a los hijos de Israel, y al extranjero que peregrina entre ellos por estatuto perpetuo.
The man who gathers up the ashes of the cow must [also] wash his clothes, and he [also] will be unfit to do any more sacred work until that evening. That is a regulation that will never be changed. It must be obeyed by you Israeli people and by any foreigners who live among you.
11 El que tocare muerto de cualquiera persona humana, siete días será inmundo.
“All those who touch a corpse will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
12 Este se purificará con ella al tercero día, y al séptimo día será limpio: y si no se purificare el tercero día, no será limpio al séptimo día.
On the third day and on the seventh day [after touching a corpse], in order to become acceptable to me again, [they must have sprinkled on them] some of that water for removing the guilt of their sin. If they do not do that on both of those days, they will continue to be unacceptable to me.
13 Cualquiera que tocare en muerto, en persona de hombre que fuere muerto, y no fuere purificado, el tabernáculo de Jehová contaminó, y aquella persona será cortada de Israel: por cuanto el agua del apartamiento no fue esparcida sobre él, inmundo será; y su inmundicia será sobre él.
All those who touch a corpse, and do not perform in the correct way the ritual to become acceptable to me again, defile Yahweh’s Sacred Tent. They will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people. The water to remove the guilt of sin was not sprinkled on them, so they continue to be unacceptable to me.
14 Esta es la ley: Cuando alguno muriere en la tienda, cualquiera que entrare en la tienda, y todo lo que estuviere en ella será inmundo siete días.
“There is another ritual that must be performed when someone dies inside a tent. All those who were inside that tent when that person died or who enter that tent will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
15 Y todo vaso abierto sobre el cual no hubiere tapón, será inmundo.
Any jars that are inside that tent that are not covered are not permitted to be used.
16 Ítem, cualquiera que tocare en muerto a cuchillo sobre la haz del campo, o en muerto de suyo, o en hueso humano, o en sepulcro, siete días será inmundo.
If someone who is out in a field touches the corpse of someone who was murdered, or who died from natural causes, or if someone touches a bone from some human or touches a grave, that person will be unacceptable to me for seven days.
17 Y tomarán para el inmundo de la ceniza de la quema de la expiación, y echarán sobre ella agua viva en un vaso:
“For someone like that to become acceptable to me again, some of the ashes from [the cow] that was burned must be taken and put in a jar. Then some fresh water must be poured over the ashes.
18 Y tomará hisopo, y un varón limpio mojará en el agua, y esparcirá sobre la tienda, y sobre todas las alhajas y sobre las personas que allí estuvieren, y sobre aquel que hubiere tocado el hueso, o el matado, o el muerto, o el sepulcro:
Then someone who is still acceptable to me must take a stalk of [a plant named] hyssop and dip it into the water. Then that person must sprinkle some of the water on the tent where that person died, on the things that are in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent. He must also sprinkle some of that water on any person who touched a human bone or who touched a person who died, or who touched a grave.
19 Y el limpio esparcirá sobre el inmundo al tercero día y al séptimo día, y lo purificará al séptimo día, y después lavará sus vestidos, y a sí se lavará con agua, y será limpio a la tarde.
On the third day and on the seventh day after that, the person who is acceptable to me must sprinkle some of that water on those who have become unacceptable to me. On the seventh day, the people who are performing that ritual to become acceptable to me again must wash their clothes and bathe. If they do that, on that evening they will become acceptable to me again.
20 Y el varón que fuere inmundo, y no se purificare, la tal persona será cortada de entre la congregación, por cuanto contaminó el tabernáculo de Jehová; ¿agua de apartamiento no fue esparcida sobre él? inmundo es.
“If those who have become unacceptable to me do not become acceptable to me again by doing this, they will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people, because they have defiled my Sacred Tent. They did not sprinkle on themselves the water that removes the guilt of their sins, so they remain unacceptable to me.
21 Y será a ellos por estatuto perpetuo: y el que esparciere el agua del apartamiento lavará sus vestidos; y el que tocare al agua del apartamiento, será inmundo hasta la tarde.
That is a law for the Israeli people that will never be changed. Those who sprinkle that water on themselves must then wash their clothes. And anyone who touches that water which removes guilt for sins will remain unacceptable to God until that evening.
22 Y todo lo que el inmundo tocare, será inmundo: y la persona que lo tocare será inmunda hasta la tarde.
“If someone touches a thing or a person that has become unacceptable to me, that person will remain unacceptable to me until that evening.”
