اَللَّاوِيِّينَ 22

١ 1 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

The Lord told Moses,

٢ 2 «كَلِّمْ هَارُونَ وَبَنِيهِ أَنْ يَتَوَقَّوْا أَقْدَاسَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّتِي يُقَدِّسُونَهَا لِي وَلَا يُدَنِّسُوا ٱسْمِي ٱلْقُدُّوسَ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ.

“Tell Aaron and his sons to be dedicated when dealing with the holy offerings that the Israelites have dedicated to me, so that they don't dishonor my holy character. I am the Lord.

٣ 3 قُلْ لَهُمْ: فِي أَجْيَالِكُمْ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْ جَمِيعِ نَسْلِكُمُ ٱقْتَرَبَ إِلَى ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ ٱلَّتِي يُقَدِّسُهَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلرَّبِّ، وَنَجَاسَتُهُ عَلَيْهِ، تُقْطَعُ تِلْكَ ٱلنَّفْسُ مِنْ أَمَامِي. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ.

Tell them: These rules apply for all future generations. If any of your descendants in an unclean state comes close to the holy offerings that the Israelites dedicate to honor the Lord, that person must be expelled from my presence. I am the Lord.

٤ 4 كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْ نَسْلِ هَارُونَ وَهُوَ أَبْرَصُ أَوْ ذُو سَيْلٍ، لَا يَأْكُلْ مِنَ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ حَتَّى يَطْهُرَ. وَمَنْ مَسَّ شَيْئًا نَجِسًا لِمَيْتٍ، أَوْ إِنْسَانٌ حَدَثَ مِنْهُ ٱضْطِجَاعُ زَرْعٍ،

If one of Aaron's descendants has a skin disease or a discharge, he is not allowed to eat the holy offerings until he is clean. Anyone who touches anything made unclean by a dead body or by a man who has had a release of semen,

٥ 5 أَوْ إِنْسَانٌ مَسَّ دَبِيبًا يَتَنَجَّسُ بِهِ، أَوْ إِنْسَانًا يَتَنَجَّسُ بِهِ لِنَجَاسَةٍ فِيهِ،

or anyone who touches an unclean animal or an unclean person, (whatever the uncleanness is),

٦ 6 فَٱلَّذِي يَمَسُّ ذَلِكَ يَكُونُ نَجِسًا إِلَى ٱلْمَسَاءِ، وَلَا يَأْكُلْ مِنَ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ، بَلْ يَرْحَضُ جَسَدَهُ بِمَاءٍ.

anyone who touches anything like this will remain unclean until evening. He is not allowed to eat from the holy offerings unless he has washed himself with water.

٧ 7 فَمَتَى غَرَبَتِ ٱلشَّمْسُ يَكُونُ طَاهِرًا، ثُمَّ يَأْكُلُ مِنَ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ لِأَنَّهَا طَعَامُهُ.

At sunset he will become clean, and then he is allowed to eat from the holy offerings because they provide his food.

٨ 8 مِيْتَةً أَوْ فَرِيسَةً لَا يَأْكُلْ فَيَتَنَجَّسَ بِهَا. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ.

He must not eat anything that's died, or killed by wild animals, because that would make him unclean. I am the Lord.

٩ 9 فَيَحْفَظُونَ شَعَائِرِي لِكَيْ لَا يَحْمِلُوا لِأَجْلِهَا خَطِيَّةً يَمُوتُونَ بِهَا لِأَنَّهُمْ يُدَنِّسُونَهَا. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُهُمْ.

The priests must do as I demand, so that they don't become guilty and die because they have not done so, treating my requirements with contempt. I am the Lord who makes them holy.

١٠ 10 «وَكُلُّ أَجْنَبِيٍّ لَا يَأْكُلُ قُدْسًا. نَزِيلُ كَاهِنٍ وَأَجِيرُهُ لَا يَأْكُلُونَ قُدْسًا.

Anyone who isn't part of a priest's family is not allowed eat the holy offerings. This also applies to a priest's guest or his paid worker.

١١ 11 لَكِنْ إِذَا ٱشْتَرَى كَاهِنٌ أَحَدًا شِرَاءَ فِضَّةٍ، فَهُوَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ، وَٱلْمَوْلُودُ فِي بَيْتِهِ. هُمَا يَأْكُلَانِ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ.

However, if a priest uses his own money to buy a slave, or if a slave is born in the priest's household, then that slave is allowed to eat his food.

١٢ 12 وَإِذَا صَارَتِ ٱبْنَةُ كَاهِنٍ لِرَجُلٍ أَجْنَبِيٍّ لَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ رَفِيعَةِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ.

If the priest's daughter gets married to a man who isn't a priest, she is not allowed to eat the holy offerings.

١٣ 13 وَأَمَّا ٱبْنَةُ كَاهِنٍ قَدْ صَارَتْ أَرْمَلَةً أَوْ مُطَلَّقَةً، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا نَسْلٌ، وَرَجَعَتْ إِلَى بَيْتِ أَبِيهَا كَمَا فِي صِبَاهَا، فَتَأْكُلُ مِنْ طَعَامِ أَبِيهَا. لَكِنَّ كُلَّ أَجْنَبِيٍّ لَا يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ.

But if a priest's daughter without children is widowed or divorced and goes back to her father's house, she is allowed to eat her father's food as she did when she was growing up. But no one outside the priest's family can eat it.

١٤ 14 وَإِذَا أَكَلَ إِنْسَانٌ قُدْسًا سَهْوًا، يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهِ خُمْسَهُ وَيَدْفَعُ ٱلْقُدْسَ لِلْكَاهِنِ.

Anyone who eats a holy offering by mistake must pay compensation by adding a fifth to its value, and give it all to the priest.

١٥ 15 فَلَا يُدَنِّسُونَ أَقْدَاسَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّتِي يَرْفَعُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ،

The priests must not make the holy offerings the Israelites present to the Lord unclean

١٦ 16 فَيُحَمِّلُونَهُمْ ذَنْبَ إِثْمٍ بِأَكْلِهِمْ أَقْدَاسَهُمْ. لِأَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُهُمْ».

by allowing the people to eat them and in so doing take upon themselves the punishment for guilt. For I am the Lord who makes them holy.”

١٧ 17 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

The Lord told Moses,

١٨ 18 «كَلِّمْ هَارُونَ وَبَنِيهِ وَجَمِيعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَمِنَ ٱلْغُرَبَاءِ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، قَرَّبَ قُرْبَانَهُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ نُذُورِهِمْ وَجَمِيعِ نَوَافِلِهِمِ ٱلَّتِي يُقَرِّبُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ مُحْرَقَةً،

“Tell Aaron, his sons and all the Israelites: If you or foreigner living with you wants to make a gift as a burnt offering to the Lord, whether it's to fulfill a promise or as a freewill offering, this is what you are to do.

١٩ 19 فَلِلرِّضَا عَنْكُمْ يَكُونُ ذَكَرًا صَحِيحًا مِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ أَوِ ٱلْغَنَمِ أَوِ ٱلْمَعْزِ.

If it is to be accepted on your behalf you must offer a male without defects from the herds of cattle, sheep, or goats.

٢٠ 20 كُلُّ مَا كَانَ فِيهِ عَيْبٌ لَا تُقَرِّبُوهُ لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَكُونُ لِلرِّضَا عَنْكُمْ.

Don't present anything with a defect because it won't be accepted on your behalf.

٢١ 21 وَإِذَا قَرَّبَ إِنْسَانٌ ذَبِيحَةَ سَلَامَةٍ لِلرَّبِّ وَفَاءً لِنَذْرٍ، أَوْ نَافِلَةً مِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ أَوِ ٱلْأَغْنَامِ، تَكُونُ صَحِيحَةً لِلرِّضَا. كُلُّ عَيْبٍ لَا يَكُونُ فِيهَا.

If you want to present a peace offering to the Lord from the herd or flock to fulfill a promise or as a freewill offering, in order to be acceptable the animal must be perfect, completely without defects.

٢٢ 22 ٱلْأَعْمَى وَٱلْمَكْسُورُ وَٱلْمَجْرُوحُ وَٱلْبَثِيرُ وَٱلْأَجْرَبُ وَٱلْأَكْلَفُ، هَذِهِ لَا تُقَرِّبُوهَا لِلرَّبِّ، وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا مِنْهَا وَقُودًا عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ لِلرَّبِّ.

Don't present to the Lord an animal that is blind, injured, or damaged in some way, or has warts, skin sores, or scabs. Don't place any animal that has these on the altar as a food offering to the Lord.

٢٣ 23 وَأَمَّا ٱلثَّوْرُ أَوِ ٱلشَّاةُ ٱلزَّوَائِدِيُّ أَوِ ٱلْقُزُمُ فَنَافِلَةً تَعْمَلُهُ، وَلَكِنْ لِنَذْرٍ لَا يُرْضَى بِهِ.

However, you can present a freewill offering of a bull or sheep that has a leg that is too long or too short, but not if it is a sacrifice to fulfill a promise.

٢٤ 24 وَمَرْضُوضَ ٱلْخِصْيَةِ وَمَسْحُوقَهَا وَمَقْطُوعَهَا لَا تُقَرِّبُوا لِلرَّبِّ. وَفِي أَرْضِكُمْ لَا تَعْمَلُوهَا.

Don't present to the Lord an animal with testicles that are accidentally or deliberately damaged. You are not allowed to sacrifice any of these damaged animals in your land.

٢٥ 25 وَمِنْ يَدِ ٱبْنِ ٱلْغَرِيبِ لَا تُقَرِّبُوا خُبْزَ إِلَهِكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ، لِأَنَّ فِيهَا فَسَادَهَا. فِيهَا عَيْبٌ لَا يُرْضَى بِهَا عَنْكُمْ».

Nor are you allowed to accept such animals from a foreigner to be damaged and defective.”

٢٦ 26 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

The Lord told Moses,

٢٧ 27 «مَتَى وُلِدَ بَقَرٌ أَوْ غَنَمٌ أَوْ مِعْزًى يَكُونُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ تَحْتَ أُمِّهِ، ثُمَّ مِنَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّامِنِ فَصَاعِدًا يُرْضَى بِهِ قُرْبَانَ وَقُودٍ لِلرَّبِّ.

“When a bull, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must stay with its mother for seven days. After eight days it can be accepted as a food offering to the Lord.

٢٨ 28 وَأَمَّا ٱلْبَقَرَةُ أَوِ ٱلشَّاةُ فَلَا تَذْبَحُوهَا وَٱبْنَهَا فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ.

However, don't kill a bull or a sheep and its young on the same day.

٢٩ 29 وَمَتَى ذَبَحْتُمْ ذَبِيحَةَ شُكْرٍ لِلرَّبِّ، فَلِلرِّضَا عَنْكُمْ تَذْبَحُونَهَا.

When you present a thank offering to the Lord, make sure to do so in a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.

٣٠ 30 فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ تُؤْكَلُ. لَا تُبْقُوا مِنْهَا إِلَى ٱلْغَدِ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ.

It has to be eaten on the same day. Don't leave any of it until morning. I am the Lord.

٣١ 31 فَتَحْفَظُونَ وَصَايَايَ وَتَعْمَلُونَهَا. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ.

Keep my rules and put them into practice. I am the Lord.

٣٢ 32 وَلَا تُدَنِّسُونَ ٱسْمِي ٱلْقُدُّوسَ، فَأَتَقَدَّسُ فِي وَسَطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُكُمُ

Don't disgrace my holy character. I must be accepted as holy by you. I am the Lord who makes you holy.

٣٣ 33 ٱلَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لِيَكُونَ لَكُمْ إِلَهًا. أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ».

I am the one who led you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord.”