Liber Leviticus, 13

1. Locutus est Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron dicens:

1. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

2. “Homo, in cuius carne et cute ortus fuerit tumor sive pustula aut quasi lucens quippiam, id est plaga leprae, adducetur ad Aaron sacerdotem vel ad unum quemlibet filiorum eius sacerdotum.

2. "When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling or an eruption or a spot, and it turns into a leprous disease on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests,

3. Qui cum viderit plagam in cute et pilos in album mutatos colorem ipsamque speciem plagae humiliorem cute et carne reliqua: plaga leprae est; quod cum viderit sacerdos, eum immundum esse decernet.

3. and the priest shall examine the diseased spot on the skin of his body; and if the hair in the diseased spot has turned white and the disease appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is a leprous disease; when the priest has examined him he shall pronounce him unclean.

4. Sin autem lucens candor fuerit in cute nec humilior carne reliqua, et pili coloris pristini, recludet eum sacerdos septem diebus.

4. But if the spot is white in the skin of his body, and appears no deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall shut up the diseased person for seven days;

5. Et considerabit eum die septimo: et, siquidem plaga ultra non creverit nec transierit in cute priores terminos, rursum recludet eum septem diebus aliis.

5. and the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the disease is checked and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more;

6. Et die septimo contemplabitur eum iterum: si obscurior fuerit plaga et non creverit in cute, eum mundum esse decernet, quia scabies est. Lavabitque homo vestimenta sua et mundus erit.

6. and the priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and if the diseased spot is dim and the disease has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only an eruption; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

7. Quod si, postquam a sacerdote visus est et redditus munditiae, iterum scabies creverit, adducetur ad eum;

7. But if the eruption spreads in the skin, after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again before the priest;

8. et, si viderit ita esse, immunditiae condemnabitur: est lepra.

8. and the priest shall make an examination, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy.

9. Plaga leprae si fuerit in homine, adducetur ad sacerdotem,

9. "When a man is afflicted with leprosy, he shall be brought to the priest;

10. et videbit eum. Cumque tumor albus in cute fuerit et capillorum mutaverit aspectum in album, caro quoque viva creverit in tumore,

10. and the priest shall make an examination, and if there is a white swelling in the skin, which has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the swelling,

11. lepra vetustissima iudicabitur atque inolita cuti. Contaminabit itaque eum sacerdos et non recludet, quia perspicue immunditia est.

11. it is a chronic leprosy in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.

12. Sin autem effloruerit discurrens lepra in cute et operuerit omnem cutem a capite usque ad pedes, quidquid sub aspectu oculorum cadit,

12. And if the leprosy breaks out in the skin, so that the leprosy covers all the skin of the diseased person from head to foot, so far as the priest can see,

13. considerabit eum sacerdos et teneri lepra mundissima iudicabit, eo quod omnis in candorem versa sit, et idcirco homo mundus erit.

13. then the priest shall make an examination, and if the leprosy has covered all his body, he shall pronounce him clean of the disease; it has all turned white, and he is clean.

14. Quando vero caro vivens in eo apparuerit, immundus erit.

14. But when raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean.

15. Quod cum sacerdos viderit, inter immundos reputabit; caro enim viva immunda est: lepra est.

15. And the priest shall examine the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean; raw flesh is unclean, for it is leprosy.

16. Quod si rursum versa fuerit in alborem, veniet ad sacerdotem,

16. But if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest,

17. qui cum hoc consideraverit, eum mundum esse decernet.

17. and the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the diseased person clean; he is clean.

18. Caro et cutis, in qua ulcus natum est et sanatum,

18. "And when there is in the skin of one's body a boil that has healed,

19. et in loco ulceris tumor apparuerit albus sive macula subrufa, ostendet se homo sacerdoti.

19. and in the place of the boil there comes a white swelling or a reddish-white spot, then it shall be shown to the priest;

20. Qui cum viderit locum maculae humiliorem carne reliqua et pilos versos in candorem, contaminabit eum: plaga enim leprae orta est in ulcere.

20. and the priest shall make an examination, and if it appears deeper than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the disease of leprosy, it has broken out in the boil.

21. Quod si pilus coloris est pristini et cicatrix subobscura et vicina carne non est humilior, recludet eum septem diebus.

21. But if the priest examines it, and the hair on it is not white and it is not deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall shut him up seven days;

22. Et, siquidem creverit, adiudicabit eum leprae;

22. and if it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is diseased.

23. sin autem steterit in loco suo macula nec creverit, ulceris est cicatrix, et sacerdos eum mundum esse decernet.

23. But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread, it is the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

24. Vel si alicuius cutem ignis exusserit, et locus exustionis subrufam sive albam habuerit maculam,

24. "Or, when the body has a burn on its skin and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a spot, reddish-white or white,

25. considerabit eam sacerdos; et ecce pilus versus est in alborem, et locus eius reliqua cute humilior, contaminabit eum, quia plaga leprae in cicatrice orta est.

25. the priest shall examine it, and if the hair in the spot has turned white and it appears deeper than the skin, then it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous disease.

26. Quod si pilorum color non fuerit immutatus, nec humilior macula carne reliqua, et ipsa leprae species fuerit subobscura, recludet eum septem diebus.

26. But if the priest examines it, and the hair in the spot is not white and it is no deeper than the skin, but is dim, the priest shall shut him up seven days,

27. Et die septimo contemplabitur eum; si creverit in cute macula, contaminabit eum: plaga est leprae;

27. and the priest shall examine him the seventh day; if it is spreading in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a leprous disease.

28. sin autem in loco suo macula steterit non satis clara, tumor combustionis est, et idcirco mundabit eum, quia cicatrix est combusturae.

28. But if the spot remains in one place and does not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar of the burn.

29. Vir sive mulier, in cuius capite vel barba germinarit plaga, videbit eam sacerdos.

29. "When a man or woman has a disease on the head or the beard,

30. Et, siquidem humilior fuerit locus carne reliqua, et capillus flavus solitoque subtilior, contaminabit eos, quia scabies est, lepra capitis vel barbae.

30. the priest shall examine the disease; and if it appears deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and thin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an itch, a leprosy of the head or the beard.

31. Sin autem viderit plagam scabiei aequalem vicinae carni nec capillum nigrum in ea, recludet eos septem diebus.

31. And if the priest examines the itching disease, and it appears no deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up the person with the itching disease for seven days,

32. Et die septimo intuebitur plagam: si non creverit scabies, nec capillus flavus fuerit in ea, et locus plagae carni reliquae aequalis,

32. and on the seventh day the priest shall examine the disease; and if the itch has not spread, and there is in it no yellow hair, and the itch appears to be no deeper than the skin,

33. radetur homo absque loco maculae, et includet eum sacerdos septem diebus aliis.

33. then he shall shave himself, but the itch he shall not shave; and the priest shall shut up the person with the itching disease for seven days more;

34. Si die septimo visa fuerit stetisse plaga in loco suo nec humilior carne reliqua, mundabit eum sacerdos; lotisque vestibus mundus erit.

34. and on the seventh day the priest shall examine the itch, and if the itch has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

35. Sin autem post emundationem rursus creverit scabies in cute,

35. But if the itch spreads in the skin after his cleansing,

36. non quaeret amplius utrum capillus in flavum colorem sit commutatus, quia aperte immundus est.

36. then the priest shall examine him, and if the itch has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.

37. Porro si steterit macula, et capilli nigri fuerint, noverit hominem esse sanatum et confidenter eum pronuntiet mundum.

37. But if in his eyes the itch is checked, and black hair has grown in it, the itch is healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

38. Vir et mulier, in cuius cute maculae, maculae albae apparuerint,

38. "When a man or a woman has spots on the skin of the body, white spots,

39. intuebitur eos sacerdos. Si deprehenderit subobscurum alborem lucere in cute, sciat impetiginem ortam esse in cute; mundus est.

39. the priest shall make an examination, and if the spots on the skin of the body are of a dull white, it is tetter that has broken out in the skin; he is clean.

40. Vir, de cuius capite capilli fluunt, calvus ac mundus est;

40. "If a man's hair has fallen from his head, he is bald but he is clean.

41. et, si a fronte ceciderint pili, recalvaster et mundus est.

41. And if a man's hair has fallen from his forehead and temples, he has baldness of the forehead but he is clean.

42. Sin autem in calvitio sive in recalvatione plaga alba vel subrufa fuerit exorta, lepra est capitis.

42. But if there is on the bald head or the bald forehead a reddish-white diseased spot, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or his bald forehead.

43. Sacerdos eum videbit, et ecce tumor plagae subrufus secundum aspectum leprae cutis carnis.

43. Then the priest shall examine him, and if the diseased swelling is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body,

44. Vir maculatus est lepra, et sacerdos omnino decernet eum esse immundum; plaga est in capite eius.

44. he is a leprous man, he is unclean; the priest must pronounce him unclean; his disease is on his head.

45. Leprosus hac plaga percussus habebit vestimenta dissuta, comam capitis excussam, barbam contectam; clamabit: "Immundus! Immundus!".

45. "The leper who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry, `Unclean, unclean.'

46. Omni tempore, quo leprosus est immundus, immundus est et solus habitabit extra castra.

46. He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease; he is unclean; he shall dwell alone in a habitation outside the camp.

47. Si in veste lanea sive linea lepra fuerit,

47. "When there is a leprous disease in a garment, whether a woolen or a linen garment,

48. in stamine sive subtemine lineo vel laneo aut in pelle vel quolibet ex pelle confecto,

48. in warp or woof of linen or wool, or in a skin or in anything made of skin,

49. si macula pallida aut rufa fuerit, lepra reputabitur ostendeturque sacerdoti.

49. if the disease shows greenish or reddish in the garment, whether in warp or woof or in skin or in anything made of skin, it is a leprous disease and shall be shown to the priest.

50. Qui considerabit macula infectum et recludet septem diebus;

50. And the priest shall examine the disease, and shut up that which has the disease for seven days;

51. et die septimo rursus aspiciens, si crevisse deprehenderit, lepra maligna est; pollutum iudicabit vestimentum et omne, in quo fuerit inventa,

51. then he shall examine the disease on the seventh day. If the disease has spread in the garment, in warp or woof, or in the skin, whatever be the use of the skin, the disease is a malignant leprosy; it is unclean.

52. et idcirco comburetur flammis.

52. And he shall burn the garment, whether diseased in warp or woof, woolen or linen, or anything of skin, for it is a malignant leprosy; it shall be burned in the fire.

53. Quod si eam viderit non crevisse,

53. "And if the priest examines, and the disease has not spread in the garment in warp or woof or in anything of skin,

54. praecipiet, et lavabunt id, in quo plaga est; recludetque illud septem diebus aliis.

54. then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which is the disease, and he shall shut it up seven days more;

55. Et cum viderit post lavationem faciem quidem pristinam non mutatam, nec tamen crevisse plagam, immunda est res, et igne combures eam, eo quod infusa sit plaga in superficie rei vel in parte aversa.

55. and the priest shall examine the diseased thing after it has been washed. And if the diseased spot has not changed color, though the disease has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire, whether the leprous spot is on the back or on the front.

56. Sin autem obscurior fuerit locus plagae, postquam res est lota, sacerdos abrumpet eum et a solido dividet.

56. "But if the priest examines, and the disease is dim after it is washed, he shall tear the spot out of the garment or the skin or the warp or woof;

57. Quod si macula ultra apparuerit in his rebus, quae prius immaculata erant, lepra volatilis et vaga, igne combures illas.

57. then if it appears again in the garment, in warp or woof, or in anything of skin, it is spreading; you shall burn with fire that in which is the disease.

58. Quas vero laveris et a quibus cessaverit plaga, illas lavabis secundo, et mundae erunt.

58. But the garment, warp or woof, or anything of skin from which the disease departs when you have washed it, shall then be washed a second time, and be clean."

59. Ista est lex leprae vestimenti lanei et linei, staminis atque subteminis, omnisque supellectilis pelliceae, quomodo mundari debeat vel contaminari”.

59. This is the law for a leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in warp or woof, or in anything of skin, to decide whether it is clean or unclean.