Numbers 19
1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
El Señor le dijo a Moisés y Aarón:
2 This is the rule of the law which the Lord has made, saying, Give orders to the children of Israel to give you a red cow without any mark on her, and on which the yoke has never been put:
“Esta es una norma que el Señor ha ordenado, diciendo, Dile a los israelitas que te traigan una vaca roja sin defectos, que nunca haya sido uncida.
3 Give her to Eleazar the priest and let him take her outside the tent-circle and have her put to death before him.
Entrégasela al sacerdote Eleazar, y él la llevará fuera del campamento y lamandará a masacrar.
4 Then let Eleazar the priest take some of her blood on his finger, shaking the blood seven times in the direction of the front of the Tent of meeting:
El sacerdote Eleazar pondrá un poco de su sangre en su dedo y la rociará siete veces hacia la entrada del Tabernáculo de Reunión.
5 And the cow is to be burned before him, her skin and her flesh and her blood and her waste are to be burned:
Luego la vaca debe ser quemada mientras él observa. Todo debe ser quemado: su piel, carne y sangre, así como sus excrementos.
6 Then let the priest take cedar-wood and hyssop and red thread, and put them into the fire where the cow is burning.
El sacerdote arrojará madera de cedro, hisopo e hilo carmesí sobre la vaca en llamas.
7 And the priest, after washing his clothing and bathing his body in water, may come back to the tent-circle, and will be unclean till evening.
“Entonces el sacerdote lavará sus ropas y su cuerpo en agua, y después podrá entrar en el campamento, pero permanecerá impuro hasta la noche.
8 And he who does the burning is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.
La persona que quemó la vaca también lavará sus ropas y su cuerpo en agua, y él también permanecerá impuro hasta la noche.
9 Then let a man who is clean take the dust of the burned cow and put it outside the tent-circle in a clean place, where it is to be kept for the children of Israel and used in making the water which takes away what is unclean: it is a sin-offering.
“El que esté limpio recogerá las cenizas de la vaca y las guardará en un lugar limpio fuera del campamento. Las guardarán los israelitas para preparar el agua de purificación que sirve para purificar del pecado.
10 And he who takes up the dust of the burned cow is to have his clothing washed with water and be unclean till evening: this is to be a law for ever, for the children of Israel as well as for the man from another country who is living among them.
El hombre que recogió las cenizas de la vaca lavará también sus ropas, y permanecerá impuro hasta la noche. Esta es una regla permanente para los israelitas y para el extranjero que vive con ellos.
11 Anyone touching a dead body will be unclean for seven days:
“Si tocas un cadáver serás impuro durante siete días.
12 On the third day and on the seventh day he is to make himself clean with the water, and so he will be clean: but if he does not do this on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean.
Debes purificarte con el agua de la purificación al tercer día y al séptimo día, y entonces estarás limpio. Pero si no te purificas en el tercer y séptimo día, no estarás limpio.
13 Anyone touching the body of a dead man without making himself clean in this way, makes the House of the Lord unclean; and that man will be cut off from Israel: because the water was not put on him, he will be unclean; his unclean condition is unchanged.
Si tocas un cadáver y no te purificas, harás impuro el Tabernáculo del Señor y deberás ser expulsado de Israel. Sigues siendo impuro porque no se te ha rociado con el agua de la purificación y tu impureza permanece.
14 This is the law when death comes to a man in his tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.
“La siguiente norma se aplica cuando una persona muere en una tienda. Todo el que entre en la tienda y todo el que ya esté en ella será impuro durante siete días.
15 And every open vessel without a cover fixed on it will be unclean.
Cualquier recipiente abierto que no tenga una tapa cerrada es impuro.
16 And anyone touching one who has been put to death with the sword in the open country, or the body of one who has come to his end by a natural death, or a man's bone, or the resting-place of a dead body, will be unclean for seven days.
Si estás al aire libre y tocas a alguien que ha muerto por la espada o que ha muerto de forma natural, o si tocas un hueso humano o una tumba, entonces serás impuro durante siete días.
17 And for the unclean, they are to take the dust of the burning of the sin-offering, and put flowing water on it in a vessel:
“Este es el proceso para la purificación si eres impuro. Toma algunas de las cenizas del holocausto para la purificación y ponlas en un frasco con agua fresca.
18 And a clean person is to take hyssop and put it in the water, shaking it over the tent, and all the vessels, and the people who were there, and over him by whom the bone, or the body of one who has been put to death with the sword, or the body of one who has come to his end by a natural death, or the resting-place was touched.
El hombre que esté limpio tomará un hisopo y lo mojará en el agua. Luego rociará la tienda y todo lo que haya dentro de ella, y a todos los que estuvieran allí. También deberá rociarlo a usted si ha tocado un hueso, o una tumba, o alguien que ha muerto o ha sido asesinado.
19 Let the clean person do this to the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he is to make him clean; and after washing his clothing and bathing himself in water, he will be clean in the evening.
“El hombre que está limpio debe rociarte tanto al tercer día como al séptimo día. Después de que te purifiques al séptimo día, debes lavar tu ropa y a ti mismo en agua, y esa noche estarás limpio.
20 But the man who, being unclean, does not make himself clean in this way, will be cut off from the meeting of the people, because he has made the holy place of the Lord unclean: the water has not been put on him, he is unclean.
Pero si no te purificas, serás expulsado de los israelitas, porque has hecho impuro el Tabernáculo del Señor. El agua de la purificación no ha sido rociada sobre ti, y sigues siendo impuro.
21 This is to be a law for them for ever: he who puts the water on the unclean person is to have his clothing washed; and anyone touching the water will be unclean till evening.
Esta es una regla permanente para todos. El hombre que rocía el agua de purificación debe lavar su ropa, y cualquiera que toque el agua de purificación será impuro hasta la noche.
22 Anything touched by the unclean person will be unclean; and any person touching it will be unclean till evening.
Todo lo que toque la persona impura será impuro, y cualquiera que lo toque será impuro hasta la noche”.
