Liber Leviticus, 14

1. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

1. The LORD said to Moses,

2. “Hic est ri tus leprosi, quando mundandus est: adducetur ad sacerdotem,

2. "This shall be the law of the leper for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest;

3. qui egressus e castris, cum invenerit lepram esse sanatam,

3. and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall make an examination. Then, if the leprous disease is healed in the leper,

4. praecipiet, ut sumant pro eo, qui purificatur, duas aves vivas, mundas et lignum cedrinum vermiculumque et hyssopum.

4. the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet stuff and hyssop;

5. Et unam ex avibus immolari iubebit in vase fictili super aquas viventes.

5. and the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

6. Aliam autem vivam cum ligno cedrino et cocco et hyssopo tinguet in sanguine avis super aquas viventes immolatae,

6. He shall take the living bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet stuff and the hyssop, and dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water;

7. quo asperget illum, qui a lepra mundandus est, septies, ut iure purgetur; et dimittet avem vivam, ut in agrum avolet.

7. and he shall sprinkle it seven times upon him who is to be cleansed of leprosy; then he shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field.

8. Cumque laverit homo vestimenta sua, radet omnes pilos corporis, et lavabitur aqua; purificatusque ingredietur castra, ita dumtaxat ut maneat extra tabernaculum suum septem diebus.

8. And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean; and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.

9. Et die septimo radet capillos capitis barbamque et supercilia ac totius corporis pilos et lavabit vestimenta carnemque suam aqua, et mundus erit.

9. And on the seventh day he shall shave all his hair off his head; he shall shave off his beard and his eyebrows, all his hair. Then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe his body in water, and he shall be clean.

10. Die octavo assumet duos agnos immaculatos et ovem anniculam absque macula et tres decimas ephi similae in sacrificium, quae conspersa sit oleo, et log olei.

10. "And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and a cereal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

11. Cumque sacerdos purificans hominem statuerit eum et haec omnia coram Domino in ostio tabernaculi conventus,

11. And the priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed and these things before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting.

12. tollet agnum unum et offeret eum in sacrificium pro delicto, oleique log et, elevatis ante Dominum omnibus,

12. And the priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer it for a guilt offering, along with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD;

13. immolabit agnum, ubi immolari solet hostia pro peccato et holocaustum, id est in loco sancto. Sicut enim pro peccato ita et pro delicto ad sacerdotem pertinet sacrificium: sanctum sanctorum est.

13. and he shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place; for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

14. Assumensque sacerdos de sanguine hostiae pro delicto ponet super extremum auriculae dextrae eius, qui mundatur, et super pollices manus dextrae et pedis;

14. The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.

15. et de olei log mittet in manum suam sinistram

15. Then the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand,

16. tinguetque digitum dextrum in eo et asperget septies coram Domino.

16. and dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some oil with his finger seven times before the LORD.

17. Quod autem reliquum est olei in laeva manu, fundet super extremum auriculae dextrae eius, qui mundatur, et super pollices manus ac pedis dextri et super sanguinem sacrificii pro delicto

17. And some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the guilt offering;

18. et super caput eius, qui mundatur; expiabitque eum coram Domino

18. and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed. Then the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD.

19. et faciet sacrificium pro peccato. Tunc immolabit holocaustum

19. The priest shall offer the sin offering, to make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. And afterward he shall kill the burnt offering;

20. et ponet illud in altari cum sacrificio similae, et homo rite mundabitur.

20. and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the cereal offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

21. Quod si pauper est, et non potest manus eius invenire, quae dicta sunt, assumet agnum pro delicto ad elationem, ut expiet eum sacerdos, decimamque partem similae conspersae oleo in sacrificium et olei log

21. "But if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering, and a log of oil;

22. duosque turtures sive duos pullos columbae, quos manus eius invenire poterit, unum pro peccato et alterum in holocaustum.

22. also two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he can afford; the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

23. Offeretque ea die octavo purificationis suae sacerdoti ad ostium tabernaculi conventus coram Domino.

23. And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting, before the LORD;

24. Qui suscipiens agnum pro delicto et log olei levabit simul coram Domino;

24. and the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.

25. immolatoque agno pro delicto, de sanguine eius ponet super extremum auriculae dextrae illius, qui mundatur, et super pollices manus eius ac pedis dextri;

25. And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.

26. olei vero partem mittet in manum suam sinistram.

26. And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand;

27. In quo tinguens digitum dextrae manus asperget septies coram Domino;

27. and shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD;

28. tangetque extremum auriculae dextrae illius, qui mundatur, et pollices manus ac pedis dextri super locum sanguinis, qui effusus est pro delicto.

28. and the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and the great toe of his right foot, in the place where the blood of the guilt offering was put;

29. Reliquam autem partem olei, quae est in sinistra manu, mittet super caput hominis, qui purificatur, in expiationem eius coram Domino;

29. and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.

30. et turtures sive pullos columbae, quos manus illius invenerit, offeret,

30. And he shall offer, of the turtledoves or young pigeons such as he can afford,

31. unum pro delicto et alterum in holocaustum cum sacrificio similae, et sic expiabit eum sacerdos coram Domino.

31. one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, along with a cereal offering; and the priest shall make atonement before the LORD for him who is being cleansed.

32. Hoc est sacrificium leprosi, qui habere non potest omnia in emundationem sui”.

32. This is the law for him in whom is a leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing."

33. Locutus est Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron dicens:

33. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

34. “Cum ingressi fueritis terram Chanaan, quam ego dabo vobis in possessionem, si fuerit plaga leprae in aedibus terrae possessionis vestrae,

34. "When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession,

35. ibit, cuius est domus, nuntians sacerdoti et dicet: "Quasi plaga videtur mihi esse in domo mea".

35. then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, `There seems to me to be some sort of disease in my house.'

36. At ille praecipiet, ut efferant universa de domo, priusquam ingrediatur eam, et videat plagam, ne immunda fiant omnia, quae in domo sunt. Intrabitque postea, ut consideret domum;

36. Then the priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest goes to examine the disease, lest all that is in the house be declared unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house.

37. et, cum viderit in parietibus illius quasi valliculas pallore sive rubore deformes et humiliores superficie reliqua,

37. And he shall examine the disease; and if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if it appears to be deeper than the surface,

38. egredietur ostium domus et statim claudet eam septem diebus.

38. then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.

39. Reversusque die septimo considerabit eam; si invenerit crevisse plagam,

39. And the priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look; and if the disease has spread in the walls of the house,

40. iubebit erui lapides, in quibus plaga est, et proici eos extra civitatem in loco immundo;

40. then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the disease and throw them into an unclean place outside the city;

41. domum autem ipsam radi intrinsecus per circuitum et spargi pulverem rasurae extra urbem in locum immundum

41. and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped round about, and the plaster that they scrape off they shall pour into an unclean place outside the city;

42. lapidesque alios reponi pro his, qui ablati fuerint, et luto alio liniri domum.

42. then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house.

43. Sin autem plaga rursum effloruerit in domo, postquam eruti sunt lapides et pulvis erasus et alia terra lita,

43. "If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it,

44. et ingressus sacerdos viderit crevisse plagam in domo: lepra est maligna et domus immunda.

44. then the priest shall go and look; and if the disease has spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house; it is unclean.

45. Quam statim destruent et lapides eius ac ligna atque universum pulverem domus proicient extra oppidum in loco immundo.

45. And he shall break down the house, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city to an unclean place.

46. Qui intraverit domum, quando clausa est, immundus erit usque ad vesperum;

46. Moreover he who enters the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening;

47. et, qui dormierit in ea vel comederit quippiam, lavabit vestimenta sua.

47. and he who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48. Quod si introiens sacerdos viderit plagam non crevisse in domo, postquam denuo lita est, mundam eam esse decernet, reddita sanitate.

48. "But if the priest comes and makes an examination, and the disease has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, for the disease is healed.

49. Et in purificationem eius sumet duas aves lignumque cedrinum et vermiculum atque hyssopum

49. And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet stuff and hyssop,

50. et, immolata una avi in vase fictili super aquas vivas,

50. and shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water,

51. tollet lignum cedrinum et hyssopum et coccum et avem vivam et intinguet omnia in sanguine avis immolatae atque in aquis viventibus et asperget domum septies;

51. and shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the scarlet stuff, along with the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

52. purificabitque eam tam in sanguine avis quam in aquis viventibus et in avi viva lignoque cedrino et hyssopo atque vermiculo;

52. Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet stuff;

53. cumque dimiserit avem avolare extra urbem in agrum libere, expiabit domum, et erit munda.

53. and he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field; so he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean."

54. Ista est lex omnis leprae et scabiei,

54. This is the law for any leprous disease: for an itch,

55. leprae vestium et domorum,

55. for leprosy in a garment or in a house,

56. tumoris et pustulae et lucentis maculae,

56. and for a swelling or an eruption or a spot,

57. ut possit sciri quo tempore immundum quid vel mundum sit”.

57. to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprosy.