Levítico 21
1 Entonces él Señor le dijo a Moisés: Di a los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón: Nadie se contamine por los muertos entre su pueblo;
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 Pero solo por sus relaciones cercanas, por su madre o su padre, su hijo o su hija y 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 Y para su hermana, una virgen, porque ella es su relación cercana y no ha tenido marido, por ella puede 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 Pero él, siendo un sacerdote entre su pueblo, no se contamine de tal manera que se avergüence de sí mismo.
A master [priest] does not defile himself among his people—to defile himself;
5 No se les debe cortar el cabello, o el pelo de la barbilla, o hacerse heridas en la carne.
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 Sean santos para su Dios y no profanen el nombre de su Dios; porque las ofrendas de fuego para él Señor y el pan de su Dios son ofrecidos por ellos, y han de ser 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 pueden tomar por esposa a una mujer prostituta, violada o divorciada: porque el sacerdote es santo para su Dios.
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 Y él debe ser consagrado, porque por él se ofrece el pan de tu Dios; Él debe ser santo a tus ojos, porque yo, el Señor, que te santifico, 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 Y si la hija de un sacerdote empieza a fornicar, y con su comportamiento avergüenza a su padre, que la quemen con fuego.
And when a daughter of any priest defiles herself by going whoring—she is defiling her father; she is burned with fire.
10 Y el que es el principal sacerdote entre sus hermanos, sobre cuya cabeza se ha puesto el aceite santo, que ha sido escogido para ponerse la túnica sagrada, no puede soltarse el pelo ni rasgará su ropa.
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 puede acercarse a ningún cadáver ni aunque sea su padre o su madre no se hará inmundo;
nor does he come beside any dead person; he does not defile himself for his father and for his mother;
12 Él no puede salir del lugar santo ni profanar el lugar santo de su Dios; porque la consagración de la unción del aceite santo de su Dios está sobre él: Yo soy el Señor.
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 Y que tome por esposa a una que no haya tenido relaciones con un hombre.
And he takes a wife in her virginity;
14 No tomará una viuda, violada, o divorciada, o una prostituta, no puede ser la esposa de un sacerdote; más debe ser 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 profané a su descendencia entre su pueblo, porque yo, el Señor, lo he santificado.
and he does not defile his seed among his people; for I [am] YHWH, sanctifying him.”
16 Y él Señor dijo a Moisés:
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
17 Dile a Aarón: si un hombre de su familia, en cualquier generación, tiene defectos, no se acerque a hacer la ofrenda del pan de su Dios.
“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 Pero cualquier hombre cuyo cuerpo tenga defectos no puede acercarse: uno que es ciego, cojo desfigurado o deforme,
for no man in whom [is] a blemish draws near: a man blind, or lame, or disfigured, or deformed,
19 O un hombre con los pies o las manos rotas,
or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,
20 O uno cuya espalda está doblada, uno que es anormalmente pequeño o uno que tiene un ojo dañado, o cuya piel está enferma o cuyas partes sexuales tienen defectos;
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 hombre de la descendencia de Aarón cuyo cuerpo tenga defectos de ninguna manera puede acercarse para dar las ofrendas quemadas del Señor: tiene defecto, no puede acercarse para hacer las ofrendas.
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 Él puede comer del pan de su Dios, el santo y el más santo;
Bread of his God—from the most holy things and from the holy things—he eats;
23 Pero no puede entrar dentro del velo ni acercarse al altar, porque tiene defectos; para que no profane mi santuario; porque yo, el Señor, los he santificado.
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 Estas son las palabras que Moisés dijo 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.
