Levítico 17

1 Y habló Jehová a Moisés, diciendo:

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Habla a Aarón, y a sus hijos, y a todos los hijos de Israel, y díles: Esto es lo que ha mandado Jehová, diciendo:

“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the people of Israel. Tell them what Yahweh has commanded:

3 Cualquier varón de la casa de Israel, que degollare buey, o cordero, o cabra en el real, o fuera del real,

'Any man from Israel who kills an ox, lamb, or goat in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp, in order to sacrifice it—

4 Y no lo trajere a la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio para ofrecer ofrenda a Jehová delante del tabernáculo de Jehová, sangre será imputada al tal varón: sangre derramó; el tal varón será cortado de entre su pueblo:

if he does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it as a sacrifice to Yahweh before his tabernacle, that man is guilty of bloodshed. He has shed blood, and that man must be cut off from among his people.

5 Porque traigan los hijos de Israel sus sacrificios que sacrificaren sobre la haz del campo: porque los traigan a Jehová a la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio al sacerdote, y sacrifiquen sacrificios de paces ellos a Jehová.

The purpose of this command is so that the people of Israel will bring their sacrifices to Yahweh at the entrance to the tent of meeting, to the priest to be sacrificed as fellowship offerings to Yahweh, instead of offering sacrifices in an open field.

6 Y el sacerdote esparza la sangre sobre el altar de Jehová a la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio, y haga perfume del sebo en olor de holganza a Jehová.

The priest will sprinkle the blood on Yahweh's altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting; he will burn the fat for it to produce a sweet aroma for Yahweh.

7 Y nunca más sacrificarán sus sacrificios a los demonios, tras los cuales fornican: esto tendrán por estatuto perpetuo por sus edades.

The people must no longer offer their sacrifices to goat idols, for which they act as prostitutes. This will be a permanent statute for them throughout their people's generations.'

8 Ítem, decirles has: Cualquier varón de la casa de Israel, o de los extranjeros, que peregrinan entre vosotros, que ofreciere holocausto, o sacrificio,

You must say to them, 'Any man of Israel, or any foreigner who lives among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice

9 Y no lo trajere a la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio, para hacerlo a Jehová, el tal varón también, será cortado de sus pueblos.

and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting in order to sacrifice it to Yahweh, that man must be cut off from his people.

10 Ítem, cualquier varón de la casa de Israel, y de los extranjeros que peregrinan entre ellos, que comiere alguna sangre, yo pondré mi rostro contra la persona, que comiere sangre, y yo la cortaré de entre su pueblo.

If any person of the house of Israel, or any foreigner who lives among them consumes any blood, I will set my face against that person who consumes blood and I will cut him off from among his people.

11 Porque el alma de la carne en la sangre está: y yo os la he dado para expiar vuestras personas sobre el altar: por lo cual la misma sangre expiará la persona:

For the life of an animal is in its blood. I have given its blood to you to make atonement on the altar for your lives, because it is the blood that makes atonement, for it is the blood that atones for the life.

12 Por tanto he dicho a los hijos de Israel: Ninguna persona de vosotros comerá sangre, ni el extranjero, que peregrina entre vosotros comerá sangre.

Therefore I said to the people of Israel that no one among you must eat blood, neither may any foreigner who lives among you eat blood.

13 Y cualquier varón de los hijos de Israel, y de los extranjeros, que peregrinan entre ellos que tomare caza de animal, o de ave, que sea de comer, derramará su sangre, y cubrirla ha con tierra.

Anyone of the people of Israel, or any of the foreigners who live among them, who hunts and kills an animal or bird that may be eaten, that person must pour out its blood and cover the blood with earth.

14 Porque el alma de toda carne en su sangre está su alma: por tanto he dicho a los hijos de Israel: No comeréis la sangre de ninguna carne, porque el alma de toda carne es su sangre: cualquiera que la comiere, será cortado.

For the life of each creature is its blood. That is why I said to the people of Israel, “You must not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every living creature is its blood. Whoever eats it must be cut off.”

15 Ítem, cualquiera persona que comiere cosa mortecina, o despedazada, así de los naturales como de los extranjeros, lavará sus vestidos, y a sí se lavará con agua, y será inmunda hasta la tarde, y limpiarse ha.

Every person who eats an animal that has died or that has been torn by wild animals, whether that person is native born or a foreigner living among you, he must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and he will be unclean until the evening. Then he will be clean.

16 Y si no lavare, ni lavare su carne, llevará su iniquidad.

But if he does not wash his clothes or bathe his body, then he must carry his guilt.'”