Leviticus 21
1 Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,
IL Signore disse, oltre a ciò, a Mosè: Parla a' sacerdoti, figliuoli di Aaronne, e di' loro: Non contaminisi [alcun sacerdote] fra' suoi popoli, per un morto,
2 ‘You priests must not cause yourselves to become unfit to do my work by [touching] corpses. Priests are permitted to touch only the corpses of close relatives, such as the priest’s mother or father or his son or daughter or his brother.
se non è per alcun suo prossimo carnal parente; per sua madre, per suo padre, per suo figliuolo, per sua figliuola, e per suo fratello;
3 Priests are also permitted to touch the corpse of a sister if she is not married, because she has no husband [to bury her body].
o per una sua sorella germana, [che sia] vergine, e che non abbia avuto marito; per una tale potrà contaminarsi.
4 Priests must not cause themselves to become unfit to do my work [DOU] by [touching corpses of] people who were married to one of their close relatives.
Non contaminisi fra' suoi popoli, [come] marito, in maniera che si renda immondo.
5 You priests must not shave your heads or shave the edges of your beards or cut your bodies [to show that you are mourning for someone who has died].
Non dipelinsi il capo, e non radansi i canti della barba, e non facciansi tagliature nelle carni.
6 You must act in ways that I, your God, consider to be holy, and not disgrace my name/reputation. You are the ones who present to me the offerings that are burned. [It is as though] those offerings are food for me, your God; so you must act in ways that are holy.
Sieno santi all'Iddio loro, e non profanino il Nome dell'Iddio loro; conciossiachè essi offeriscano i sacrificii che si fanno per fuoco al Signore, le vivande dell'Iddio loro; perciò sieno santi.
7 You priests must not marry women who have been prostitutes or who have been divorced from their husbands, because you priests are (set apart for me/holy).
Non prendano donna meretrice, nè viziata, nè donna ripudiata dal suo marito; perciocchè son santi all'Iddio loro.
8 You must consider that you are holy, because you offer food to me, your God. Consider yourselves to be holy because I, Yahweh, [the one who caused you to be priests and] the one who enables you to be holy, am holy.
Santificali adunque; conciossiachè essi offeriscano le vivande dell'Iddio tuo; sienti santi; perciocchè io, il Signore che vi santifico, [son] santo.
9 If a priest’s daughter disgraces herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; and she must be killed by being burned in a fire.
E se la figliuola di un sacerdote si contamina, fornicando, ella contamina suo padre; sia arsa col fuoco.
10 The Supreme Priest is the one among his relatives who has been [appointed for that work] by having his head anointed with olive oil. He is also the one who has been appointed to wear the special garments that priests wear. He must not allow the hair on his [head] to remain uncombed, and he must not tear his clothes [when he is mourning for someone].
Ma il Sacerdote, il sommo fra' suoi fratelli, sopra il cui capo sarà stato sparso l'olio dell'Unzione, e il quale sarà stato consacrato per vestire i vestimenti sacri, non iscoprasi il capo, e non isdruciscasi i vestimenti.
11 He must not enter some place where there is a corpse. He must not do that and cause himself to become unfit for his work, even if it is his father or his mother who has died.
E non entri in [luogo dove sia] alcun corpo morto; non contaminisi, non pur per suo padre, nè per sua madre.
12 He must not leave the Sacred Tent [to join those who are mourning], because he would cause himself to become unfit for his work and would also defile/desecrate the Sacred Tent. He must not leave the Sacred Tent [at that time], because by being anointed with olive oil he has been (appointed/set apart) to serve his God [in the Sacred Tent]. I, Yahweh, [am the one who am commanding this].
E non esca fuori del Santuario, e non contamini il Santuario dell'Iddio suo; perciocchè il Diadema dell'olio dell'Unzione dell'Iddio suo è sopra lui. Io [sono] il Signore.
13 Women whom you priests marry must be virgins.
E prendasi moglie che sia ancora vergine.
14 You priests must not marry widows or prostitutes or divorced women, because if you did that, [if you later have] sons, they would not be acceptable to be priests among your people. You must marry only virgins from among your own people. I am Yahweh, who sets priests apart to be holy.’”
Non prenda queste: nè vedova, nè ripudiata, nè viziata, nè meretrice; anzi, prenda per moglie una vergine dei suoi popoli.
E non contamini la sua progenie ne' suoi popoli; perciocchè io [sono] il Signore, che lo santifico.
16 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
Il Signore parlò ancora a Mosè, dicendo:
17 “Say this to Aaron: 'For all future time, none of your descendants who has any defects [on his body] will be allowed to come near [the altar] to offer [sacrifices to me which will be like] [MET] my food:
Parla ad Aaronne, e digli: Se alcuno della tua progenie, per le loro età, ha in sè alcun difetto, non s'appressi per offerir le vivande dell'Iddio suo.
18 No one who is blind or lame or deformed, or whose [face is] disfigured,
Perciocchè niun uomo, in cui [sia] difetto, [vi] si deve appressare; nè il cieco, nè lo zoppo, nè colui che ha il naso schiacciato, o smisurato.
19 no man with a crippled foot or a crippled hand,
Nè colui che ha rottura nel piè, o rottura nella mano.
20 no man who is a hunchback or a dwarf, no man whose eyes are defective, no man who has a skin disease [DOU] or whose testicles have been damaged is allowed to brings sacrifices.
Nè il gobbo, nè colui che ha panno o albugine nell'occhio, nè colui che ha scabbia, o volatica; nè l'ernioso.
21 No descendant of Aaron, the [first Supreme] Priest, who has any defect is allowed to come to the altar to offer to me, his God, sacrifices that will be burned.
Niun uomo adunque, della progenie del Sacerdote Aaronne, in cui [sia] alcun difetto, s'appressi per offerire i sacrificii fatti per fuoco al Signore; [vi è] difetto in lui; perciò, non si appressi per offerir le vivande dell'Iddio suo.
22 Priests who have defects are permitted to eat the various kinds of holy food offered to me.
Ben potrà egli mangiar delle vivande dell'Iddio suo, così delle santissime, come delle sante.
23 But because of their defects, they must not go near the curtain [in the Sacred Tent] or near the altar, because if they did that, they would desecrate my Sacred Tent. I am Yahweh, the one who sets those places apart as being holy.'”
Ma non venga alla Cortina, e non si appressi all'Altare; perciocchè [vi è] in lui difetto; e non contamini i miei luoghi santi; perciocchè io [sono] il Signore che li santificio.
24 So Moses/I told this to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israeli people.
E Mosè disse queste cose ad Aaronne e a' suoi figliuoli, e a tutti i figliuoli d'Israele.
