3 Mosebok 21
1 Och Herren sade till Mose: Tala till Presterna, Aarons söner, och säg till dem: En Prest skall icke orena sig på någon dödan af sitt folk;
Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,
2 Utan på sin skyldman, den honom näst tillkommer, såsom på sin moder, på sin fader, på sin son, på sin dotter, på sin broder;
‘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.
3 Och på sin syster, den ännu en jungfru och ingens mans hustru varit hafver; den hans nästa skyldman är, på dem må han orena sig.
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].
4 Eljest skall han icke orena sig på någon, som honom är vederkommande ibland hans folk, så att han sig ohelgar.
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.
5 Han skall ock ingen plätt göra på sitt hufvud, eller afraka sitt skägg, och på hans kropp intet märke skära.
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].
6 De skola sinom Gudi helige vara, och icke ohelga sins Guds Namn; förty de offra Herrans offer, deras Guds bröd; derföre skola de vara helige.
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.
7 Han skall icke taga någon sköko, eller ena förkränkta, eller den som af sin man bortdrifven är; ty han är helig sinom Gudi.
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).
8 Derföre skall du räkna honom helig; ty han offrar dins Guds bröd. Han skall vara dig helig; ty jag är helig, Herren, som eder helgar.
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.
9 Om ens Prests dotter begynner till att bola, den skall man uppbränna i elde; ty hon hafver skämt sin fader.
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.
10 Hvilken öfverste Prest är ibland hans bröder, på hvilkens hufvud smörjooljan gjuten är, och hans hand fylld är, så att han med kläden iklädd varder, den skall icke blotta sitt hufvud, och icke skära sin kläder sönder;
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].
11 Och skall till ingen dödan komma, och skall icke orena sig, hvarken öfver fader eller moder.
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.
12 Utu helgedomenom skall han icke gå, att han icke ohelgar sins Guds helgedom; ty vigelsen, hans Guds smörjoolja, är på honom. Jag är Herren.
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].
13 Ena jungfru skall han taga sig till hustru;
Women whom you priests marry must be virgins.
14 Men inga enko, eller bortdrefna, eller förkränkta, eller sköko; utan ena jungfru, af sitt folk, skall han taga till hustru;
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.’”
15 På det han icke skall ohelga sina säd ibland sitt folk; ty jag är Herren, som honom helgar.
16 Och Herren talade med Mose, och sade:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
17 Tala med Aaron, och säg: Om någor vank är på någrom af dine säd uti edart slägte, den skall icke gå fram, att han offrar sins Guds bröd;
“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:
18 Förty hvar och en, den någon vank hafver, skall icke gå fram, vare sig blind, halt, med ene stygga näso, med oskickeliga lemmar.
No one who is blind or lame or deformed, or whose [face is] disfigured,
19 Eller den som hafver en sönderbruten fot eller hand,
no man with a crippled foot or a crippled hand,
20 Eller kroppog är, eller hinno på ögonen hafver, eller vindögd, eller maslog, eller skabbog, eller förbråken är.
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.
21 Den som nu af Prestens Aarons säd hafver en vank uppå sig, han skall icke gå fram till att offra Herrans offer; ty han hafver en vank, derföre skall han intet nalkas intill sins Guds bröd, att han dem offrar.
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.
22 Dock skall han äta af sins Guds bröde, både af de helgo, så ock af de aldrahelgasto.
Priests who have defects are permitted to eat the various kinds of holy food offered to me.
23 Men dock skall han icke komma in till förlåten, ej heller nalkas altarena, så länge sådana vank på honom är, att han icke ohelgar min helgedom; ty jag är Herren, som helgar dem.
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.'”
24 Och Mose sade detta till Aaron, och till hans söner, och till all Israels barn.
So Moses/I told this to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israeli people.
