Liber Leviticus, 16

1. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen post mortem duum filiorum Aaron, quando appropinquantes in conspectum Domini interfecti sunt,

1. The LORD spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD and died;

2. et praecepit ei dicens: “Loquere ad Aaron fratrem tuum, ne omni tempore ingrediatur sanctuarium, quod est intra velum coram propitiatorio, quo tegitur arca, ut non moriatur, quia in nube apparebo super propitiatorium;

2. and the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother not to come at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is upon the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

3. sed hoc modo ingrediatur: vitulum offeret pro peccato et arietem in holocaustum;

3. But thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

4. subucula linea sancta vestietur, feminalibus lineis verecunda celabit, accingetur zona linea, cidarim lineam imponet capiti. Haec enim vestimenta sunt sancta, quibus cunctis, cum lotus fuerit, induetur.

4. He shall put on the holy linen coat, and shall have the linen breeches on his body, be girded with the linen girdle, and wear the linen turban; these are the holy garments. He shall bathe his body in water, and then put them on.

5. Suscipietque a coetu filiorum Israel duos hircos in sacrificium pro peccato et unum arietem in holocaustum.

5. And he shall take from the congregation of the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.

6. Cumque obtulerit vitulum in sacrificium suum pro peccato et expiaverit se et domum suam,

6. "And Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house.

7. duos hircos stare faciet coram Domino in ostio tabernaculi conventus,

7. Then he shall take the two goats, and set them before the LORD at the door of the tent of meeting;

8. mittens super utrumque sortem, unam Domino et alteram Azazel.

8. and Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other lot for Aza'zel.

9. Cuius sors exierit Domino, offeret illum pro peccato;

9. And Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for the LORD, and offer it as a sin offering;

10. cuius autem in Azazel, statuet eum vivum coram Domino in expiationem, ut emittat illum ad Azazel in solitudinem.

10. but the goat on which the lot fell for Aza'zel shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement over it, that it may be sent away into the wilderness to Aza'zel.

11. Afferet ergo Aaron vitulum pro peccato et expians se et domum suam immolabit eum;

11. "Aaron shall present the bull as a sin offering for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house; he shall kill the bull as a sin offering for himself.

12. assumptoque turibulo, quod de prunis altaris coram Domino impleverit, et hauriens manu compositum thymiama in incensum ultra velum intrabit in sancta,

12. And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small; and he shall bring it within the veil

13. ut, positis super ignem aromatibus coram Domino, nebula eorum et vapor operiat propitiatorium, quod est super testimonium, et non moriatur.

13. and put the incense on the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat which is upon the testimony, lest he die;

14. Tollet quoque de sanguine vituli et asperget digito septies contra frontem propitiatorii.

14. and he shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle the blood with his finger seven times.

15. Cumque mactaverit hircum pro peccato populi, inferet sanguinem eius intra velum, sicut praeceptum est de sanguine vituli, ut aspergat e regione propitiatorii

15. "Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering which is for the people, and bring its blood within the veil, and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, sprinkling it upon the mercy seat and before the mercy seat;

16. et expiet sanctuarium ab immunditiis filiorum Israel et a praevaricationibus eorum cunctisque peccatis. Iuxta hunc ritum faciet tabernaculo conventus, quod fixum est inter eos in medio sordium habitationis eorum.

16. thus he shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the people of Israel, and because of their transgressions, all their sins; and so he shall do for the tent of meeting, which abides with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.

17. Nullus hominum sit in tabernaculo conventus, quando pontifex ingreditur sanctuarium, ut expiet se et domum suam et universam congregationem Israel, donec egrediatur.

17. There shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he comes out and has made atonement for himself and for his house and for all the assembly of Israel.

18. Cum autem exierit ad altare, quod coram Domino est, expiabit illud et sumptum sanguinem vituli atque hirci fundet super cornua eius per gyrum;

18. Then he shall go out to the altar which is before the LORD and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar round about.

19. aspergensque de sanguine digito septies mundabit sanctificabitque illud ab immunditiis filiorum Israel.

19. And he shall sprinkle some of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the people of Israel.

20. Et postquam compleverit expiationem sanctuarii et tabernaculi conventus et altaris, tunc afferat hircum viventem;

20. "And when he has made an end of atoning for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat;

21. et, posita utraque manu super caput eius, confiteatur Aaron super eum omnes iniquitates filiorum Israel et universa delicta atque peccata eorum; quae ponens super caput eius emittet illum per hominem paratum in desertum.

21. and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.

22. Cumque portaverit hircus super se omnes iniquitates eorum in terram solitariam et dimissus fuerit in desertum,

22. The goat shall bear all their iniquities upon him to a solitary land; and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.

23. ingredietur Aaron in tabernaculum conventus; et, depositis vestibus lineis, quibus prius indutus erat, cum intraret sanctuarium, relictisque ibi,

23. "Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there;

24. lavabit carnem suam aqua in loco sancto indueturque vestimentis suis. Et postquam egressus obtulerit holocaustum suum ac plebis, expiabit se et populum;

24. and he shall bathe his body in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

25. et adipem sacrificii pro peccato adolebit super altare.

25. And the fat of the sin offering he shall burn upon the altar.

26. Ille vero, qui dimiserit caprum emissarium ad Azazel, lavabit vestimenta sua et corpus aqua et postea ingredietur in castra.

26. And he who lets the goat go to Aza'zel shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

27. Vitulum autem et hircum, qui pro peccato fuerant immolati, et quorum sanguis illatus est, ut in sanctuario expiatio compleretur, asportabunt foras castra et comburent igni tam pelles quam carnes eorum et fimum;

27. And the bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth outside the camp; their skin and their flesh and their dung shall be burned with fire.

28. et quicumque combusserit ea, lavabit vestimenta sua et carnem aqua et postea ingredietur in castra.

28. And he who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp.

29. Eritque hoc vobis legitimum sempiternum: mense septimo, decima die mensis affligetis animas vestras nullumque facietis opus sive indigena sive advena, qui peregrinatur inter vos.

29. "And it shall be a statute to you for ever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves, and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you;

30. In hac die expiatio erit vestri atque mundatio; ab omnibus peccatis vestris coram Domino mundabimini.

30. for on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before the LORD.

31. Sabbatum requietionis est vobis, et affligetis animas vestras religione perpetua.

31. It is a sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute for ever.

32. Expiabit autem sacerdos, qui unctus fuerit, et cuius initiatae manus, ut sacerdotio fungatur pro patre suo; indueturque vestimentis lineis, vestibus sanctis,

32. And the priest who is anointed and consecrated as priest in his father's place shall make atonement, wearing the holy linen garments;

33. et expiabit sanctuarium sanctissimum et tabernaculum conventus atque altare, sacerdotes quoque et universum populum congregationis.

33. he shall make atonement for the sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.

34. Eritque hoc vobis legitimum sempiternum, ut expietis filios Israel a cunctis peccatis eorum semel in anno”. Fecit igitur, sicut praeceperat Dominus Moysi.

34. And this shall be an everlasting statute for you, that atonement may be made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins." And Moses did as the LORD commanded him.