Leviticus 21
1 And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and say to them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:
El Señor le dijo a Moisés: “Dile a los hijos de Aarón, los sacerdotes: Un sacerdote no debe ensuciarse tocando el cadáver de ninguno de sus parientes.
2 But for his kin, that is near to him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.
Las únicas excepciones son para su familia inmediata. Esto incluye a su madre, padre, hijo, hija o hermano,
3 And for his sister a virgin, that is near to him, which has had no husband; for her may he be defiled.
o a su hermana soltera ya que es un pariente cercano porque no tiene marido.
4 But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
No debe hacerse impuro por aquellos que sólo están relacionados con él por matrimonio; no debe hacerse ceremonialmente impuro.
5 They shall not make baldness on their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
“Los sacerdotes no deben afeitarse las zonas calvas de la cabeza, ni recortar los lados de la barba, ni cortar el cuerpo.
6 They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
Deben ser santos para su Dios y no deshonrar la reputación de su Dios. Ellos son los que presentan las ofrendas de comida al Señor, la comida de su Dios. Por consiguiente, deben ser santos.
7 They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his God.
“El sacerdote no debe casarse con una mujer que se ha vuelto impura por la prostitución o que se ha divorciado de su marido, porque el sacerdote debe ser santo para su Dios.
8 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
Lo considerarán santo porque presenta las ofrendas de comida a su Dios. Él será santo para ti, porque yo soy santo. Yo soy el Señor, y te elegícomomi pueblo especial.
9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
La hija de un sacerdote que se hace impura por la prostitución hace impura a su padre. Ella debe ser ejecutada por medio del holocausto.
10 And he that is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
“El sumo sacerdote tiene el lugar más alto entre los otros sacerdotes. Ha sido ungido con aceite de oliva vertido en su cabeza y ha sido ordenado para llevar la ropa sacerdotal. No debe dejar su pelo despeinado ni rasgar su ropa.
11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
No debe acercarse a ningún cadáver. No debe hacerse impuro, aunque sea por su propio padre o madre.
12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the LORD.
No debe salir para tratar asuntos de un difunto o hacer que el santuario de su Dios sea impuro porque ha sido dedicado por el aceite de la unción de su Dios. Yo soy el Señor.
13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
“Sólo puede casarse con una virgen.
14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
No debe casarse con una viuda, una mujer divorciada, o con una que se haya vuelto impura a través de la prostitución. Tiene que casarse con una virgen de su propio pueblo,
15 Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
para que no haga inmundos a sus hijos entre su pueblo, porque yo soy el Señor que lo hace santo”.
16 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
El Señor le dijo a Moisés,
17 Speak to Aaron, saying, Whoever he be of your seed in their generations that has any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.
“Dile a Aarón: Estas reglas se aplican a todas las generaciones futuras. Si alguno de sus descendientes tiene un defecto físico, no se le permite venir a presentar las ofrendas de su Dios.
18 For whatever man he be that has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that has a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
No se permite a ningún hombre hacer esto si tiene algún defecto, incluyendo a cualquier persona ciega, lisiada, desfigurada en la cara o con deformidades,
19 Or a man that is broken footed, or broken handed,
cualquier persona que tenga un pie o brazo roto,
20 Or hunch back, or a dwarf, or that has a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or has his stones broken;
cualquier persona que sea jorobada o enana, o que tenga cataratas, llagas en la piel o costras, o un testículo dañado.
21 No man that has a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
“A ningún descendiente del sacerdote Aarón que tenga un defecto se le permite venir y presentar las ofrendas de comida al Señor. Debido a que tiene un defecto, no debe venir y ofrecer la comida de su Dios.
22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
Se le permite comer la comida del Lugar Santísimo de su Dios y también del santuario,
23 Only he shall not go in to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
pero como tiene un defecto, no se le permite acercarse a la cortina o al altar, para que mi santuario y todo lo que hay en él no se vuelva impuro, porque yo soy el Señor que los hago santos”.
24 And Moses told it to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.
Moisés repitió esto a Aarón y a sus hijos, y a todos los israelitas.
