Levítico 21
1 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: Habla a los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón, y diles que no se contaminen por un muerto en sus pueblos.
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 Mas por su pariente cercano a sí, por su madre, o por su padre, o por su hijo, o 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 o por su hermana virgen, a él cercana, la cual no haya tenido marido, por ella se contaminará.
And for a maiden sister, who hath had no husband:
4 No se contaminará, por el príncipe en su pueblo, ensuciándose.
But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing that may make him unclean.
5 No harán calva en su cabeza, ni raerán la punta de su barba, ni en su carne harán rasguños.
Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh.
6 Santos serán a su Dios, y no ensuciarán el nombre de su Dios; porque los fuegos del SEÑOR, el pan de su Dios ofrecen; por 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 Mujer ramera o infame no tomarán; ni tomarán mujer repudiada de su marido; porque el sacerdote es santo a 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 Y lo santificarás, porque el pan de tu Dios ofrece; santo será a ti, porque santo soy yo el SEÑOR vuestro santificador.
And offer the leaves of proposition. Let them therefore be holy, because I also am holy, the Lord, who sanctify them.
9 Y la hija del varón sacerdote, si comenzare a fornicar, a su padre contamina; quemada será en 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 Y el sumo sacerdote entre sus hermanos, sobre cuya cabeza fue derramado el aceite de la unción, y que fue consagrado para vestir las vestimentas, no descubrirá su cabeza, ni romperá 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 ni entrará a alguna persona muerta, ni por su padre, o por su madre se contaminará.
Nor shall he go in at all to any dead person: not even for his father, or his mother, shall he be defiled:
12 Ni saldrá del santuario, ni ensuciará el santuario de su Dios; porque la corona del aceite de la unción de su Dios está sobre él. Yo soy el SEÑOR.
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 Y tomará él mujer con su virginidad.
He shall take a virgin unto his wife:
14 Viuda, o repudiada, o infame, o ramera, éstas no tomará; mas tomará virgen de su pueblo por mujer.
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 Y no ensuciará su simiente en su pueblo; porque yo el SEÑOR soy el que los 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 Y el SEÑOR habló a Moisés, diciendo:
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
17 Habla a Aarón, y dile: El varón de tu simiente en sus generaciones, en el cual hubiere falta, no se acercará para 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 ningún varón en el cual hubiere falta, se acercará: varón ciego, o cojo, o falto, o sobrado,
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 varón en el cual hubiere quebradura de pie o quebradura de mano,
If his foot, or if his hand be broken,
20 o jorobado, o lagañoso, o que tuviere nube en el ojo, o que tuviere sarna, o empeine, o testículo atrofiado.
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 varón de la simiente de Aarón sacerdote, en el cual hubiere falta, se acercará para ofrecer las ofrendas encendidas del SEÑOR. Hay falta en él; 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 El pan de su Dios, de lo santísimo y de las cosas santificadas, comerá.
He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves, that are offered in the sanctuary,
23 Pero no entrará del velo adentro, ni se acercará al altar, por cuanto hay falta en él; y no ensuciará mi santuario, porque yo el SEÑOR soy el 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 Y Moisés habló esto a Aarón, y 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.
