Leviticus 21

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1 The LORD said to Moses, "Speak to Aaron's sons, the priests, and tell them: None of you shall make himself unclean for any dead person among his people,	1 El Señor habló así a Moisés: «Di a los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón: “Que ninguno contraiga impureza con el cadáver de alguno de los suyos,
2 except for his nearest relatives, his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother	2 a no ser con el de un pariente cercano: la madre, el padre, un hijo, una hija, un hermano,
3 or his maiden sister, who is of his own family while she remains unmarried; for these he may make himself unclean.	3 una hermana virgen que viva con él y no haya sido desposada aún; por ella sí puede contraer impureza.
4 But for a sister who has married out of his family he shall not make himself unclean; this would be a profanation.	4 Pero por una hermana casada, no debe contraer impureza; quedaría profanado.
5 "The priests shall not make bare the crown of the head, nor shave the edges of the beard, nor lacerate the body.	5 Los sacerdotes no se raparán la cabeza, ni se recortarán los bordes de la barba, ni se harán incisiones en su cuerpo.
6 To their God they shall be sacred, and not profane his name; since they offer up the oblations of the LORD, the food of their God, they must be holy.	6 Han de ser santos para su Dios y no profanarán el nombre de su Dios, pues son ellos los que ofrecen los alimentos que se han de quemar para el Señor, el alimento de su Dios. Deben ser santos.
7 "A priest shall not marry a woman who has been a prostitute or has lost her honor, nor a woman who has been divorced by her husband; for the priest is sacred to his God.	7 No tomarán por esposa a una prostituta, ni a una violada, ni a una repudiada por su marido; pues el sacerdote está consagrado a su Dios.
8 Honor him as sacred who offers up the food of your God; treat him as sacred, because I, the LORD, who have consecrated him, am sacred.	8 Considerarás al sacerdote como cosa santa, porque él es quien ofrece el alimento de tu Dios. Lo tendrás por santo, pues santo soy yo, el Señor, el que los santifico.
9 "A priest's daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death.	9 Si la hija de un sacerdote se prostituye y se profana, a su padre profana; será quemada.
10 "The most exalted of the priests, upon whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been ordained to wear the special vestments, shall not bare his head or rend his garments,	10 El sumo sacerdote, el mayor entre sus hermanos, sobre cuya cabeza fue derramado el óleo de la unción y que recibió la investidura revistiéndose los ornamentos, no llevará desgreñada la cabellera ni se rasgará las vestiduras,
11 nor shall he go near any dead person. Not even for his father or mother may he thus become unclean	11 ni se acercará a cadáver alguno; ni siquiera por su padre o por su madre se le permite contraer impureza.
12 or leave the sanctuary; otherwise he will profane the sanctuary of his God, for with the anointing oil upon him, he is dedicated to his God, to me, the LORD.	12 No saldrá del Santuario, y así no profanará el Santuario de su Dios; pues está consagrado con el óleo de la unción de su Dios. Yo soy el Señor.
13 "The priest shall marry a virgin.	13 Tomará por esposa una virgen.
14 Not a widow or a woman who has been divorced or a woman who has lost her honor as a prostitute, but a virgin, taken from his own people, shall he marry;	14 No se casará con viuda, ni con repudiada, ni con profanada por prostitución, sino que tomará por esposa una virgen de su parentela.
15 otherwise he will have base offspring among his people. I, the LORD, have made him sacred."	15 Así no profanará a su descendencia entre su pueblo, pues soy el Señor, el que lo santifico”».
16 The LORD said to Moses,	16 El Señor habló a Moisés:
17 "Speak to Aaron and tell him: None of your descendants, of whatever generation, who has any defect shall come forward to offer up the food of his God.	17 «Dile a Aarón: “Ninguno de tus descendientes, de cualquier generación, que tenga un defecto corporal, podrá acercarse a ofrecer el alimento de su Dios.
18 Therefore, he who has any of the following defects may not come forward: he who is blind, or lame, or who has any disfigurement or malformation,	18 Ningún hombre que tenga defecto corporal se acercará: ni ciego, ni cojo, ni deforme, ni monstruoso,
19 or a crippled foot or hand,	19 ni lisiado, ni manco;
20 or who is hump-backed or weakly or walleyed, or who is afflicted with eczema, ringworm or hernia.	20 ni jorobado, ni raquítico, ni con defecto en un ojo, ni sarnoso o tiñoso, ni eunuco.
21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has any such defect may draw near to offer up the oblations of the LORD; on account of his defect he may not draw near to offer up the food of his God.	21 Ningún descendiente de Aarón que tenga defecto corporal puede acercarse a ofrecer las oblaciones quemadas en honor del Señor. Al tener un defecto, no puede acercarse a ofrecer el alimento de su Dios.
22 He may, however, partake of the food of his God: of what is most sacred as well as of what is sacred.	22 Podrá comer del alimento de su Dios, de las cosas santísimas y de las santas;
23 Only, he may not approach the veil nor go up to the altar on account of his defect; he shall not profane these things that are sacred to me, for it is I, the LORD, who make them sacred."	23 mas no podrá traspasar el velo ni acercarse al altar, porque tiene un defecto y profanaría mi Santuario, pues yo soy el Señor, el que los santifico”».
24 Moses, therefore, told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.	24 Moisés comunicó esto a Aarón y a sus hijos y a todo Israel.