Levítico, 21

1. Dijo Yahveh a Moisés: Habla a los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón, y diles: Nadie se haga impuro por el cadáver de alguno de los suyos,

1. And the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them that none of them shall defile himself for the dead among his people,

2. como no sea pariente cercano suyo: la madre, el padre, el hijo, la hija, el hermano,

2. except for his nearest of kin, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

3. una hermana virgen, que viva con él y no haya sido desposada aún; por ella puede hacerse impuro.

3. or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself).

4. Pues no debe hacerse impuro, siendo señor entre los suyos; se profanaría.

4. He shall not defile himself as a husband among his people and so profane himself.

5. Los sacerdotes no se raparán la cabeza, ni se cortarán los bordes de la barba, ni se harán incisiones en su cuerpo.

5. They shall not make tonsures upon their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

6. Santos han de ser para su Dios y no profanarán el nombre de su Dios, pues son ellos los que presentan los manjares que se han de abrasar para Yahveh, el alimento de su Dios; han de ser santos.

6. They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings by fire to the LORD, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

7. No tomarán por esposa a una mujer prostituta ni profanada, ni tampoco una mujer repudiada por su marido; pues el sacerdote está consagrado a su Dios.

7. They shall not marry a harlot or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.

8. Le tendrás por santo, porque él es quien presenta el alimento de tu Dios; por tanto será santo para ti, pues santo soy yo, Yahveh, el que os santifico.

8. You shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

9. Si la hija de un sacerdote prostituyéndose se profana, a su padre profana; será quemada.

9. And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the harlot, profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

10. El sumo sacerdote, superior a sus hermanos, sobre cuya cabeza fue derramado el óleo de la unción y que recibió la investidura para vestir los ornamentos, no llevará desgreñada su cabellera ni rasgará sus vestidos,

10. "The priest who is chief among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor rend his clothes;

11. ni se acercará a ningún cadáver; ni siquiera por su padre o por su madre puede hacerse impuro.

11. he shall not go in to any dead body, nor defile himself, even for his father or for his mother;

12. No saldrá del santuario para no profanar el santuario de su Dios; pues lleva sobre sí la consagración del óleo de la unción de su Dios. Yo, Yahveh.

12. neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.

13. Tomará una virgen por esposa.

13. And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

14. No se casará con viuda ni repudiada ni profanada por prostitución, sino que tomará por esposa una virgen de entre su parentela.

14. A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a harlot, these he shall not marry; but he shall take to wife a virgin of his own people,

15. No profanará su descendencia entre su pueblo, pues soy, yo, Yahveh, el que lo santifico.

15. that he may not profane his children among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him."

16. Yahveh habló a Moisés y dijo:

16. And the LORD said to Moses,

17. Habla a Aarón y dile: Ninguno de tus descendientes en cualquiera de sus generaciones, si tiene un defecto corporal, podrá acercarse a ofrecer el alimento de su Dios;

17. "Say to Aaron, None of your descendants throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God.

18. pues ningún hombre que tenga defecto corporal ha de acercarse: ni ciego ni cojo ni deforme ni monstruoso,

18. For no one who has a blemish shall draw near, a man blind or lame, or one who has a mutilated face or a limb too long,

19. ni el que tenga roto el pie o la mano;

19. or a man who has an injured foot or an injured hand,

20. ni jorobado ni raquítico ni enfermo de los ojos, ni el que padezca sarna o tiña, ni el eunuco.

20. or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or a man with a defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles;

21. Ningún descendiente de Aarón que tenga defecto corporal puede acercarse a ofrecer los manjares que se abrasan en honor de Yahveh. Tiene defecto; no se acercará a ofrecer los manjares que se abrasan en honor de Yahveh. Tiene defecto; no se acercará a ofrecer el alimento de su Dios.

21. no man of the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the LORD's offerings by fire; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

22. Sin embargo, podrá comer el alimento de su Dios, las cosas sacratísimas, y las sagradas;

22. He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,

23. mas no entrará hasta el velo ni se acercará al altar, porque tiene defecto, para no profanar mi santuario, pues yo soy Yahveh, el que los santifico.

23. but he shall not come near the veil or approach the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not profane my sanctuaries; for I am the LORD who sanctify them."

24. Moisés dijo esto a Aarón y a sus hijos y a todos los israelitas.

24. So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the people of Israel.