| 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, | 1 The Lord also said to Moses: Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and you shall say to them: Do not allow a priest to be contaminated by the death of his citizens, |
| 2 a no ser con el de un pariente cercano: la madre, el padre, un hijo, una hija, un hermano, | 2 except only by his blood-relatives and near-relatives, that is, by a father or mother, or by a son or daughter, or also a brother, |
| 3 una hermana virgen que viva con él y no haya sido desposada aún; por ella sí puede contraer impureza. | 3 or a virgin sister, who is not married to a husband. |
| 4 Pero por una hermana casada, no debe contraer impureza; quedaría profanado. | 4 But not even by the leader of his people shall he be contaminated. |
| 5 Los sacerdotes no se raparán la cabeza, ni se recortarán los bordes de la barba, ni se harán incisiones en su cuerpo. | 5 Neither shall they shave their head or their beard, and they shall not make incisions in their flesh. |
| 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. | 6 They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not pollute his name. For they offer the incense of the Lord and the bread of their God, and because of this they shall be holy. |
| 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. | 7 They shall not take as a wife a promiscuous woman, or a prostitute, or her who has been repudiated by her husband. For they are consecrated to their God, |
| 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. | 8 and they offer the bread of the presence. Therefore, let them be holy, for I also am holy: the Lord, who sanctifies them. |
| 9 Si la hija de un sacerdote se prostituye y se profana, a su padre profana; será quemada. | 9 If the daughter of a priest will have been taken into prostitution, and will have violated the name of her father, she shall be consumed by fire. |
| 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, | 10 The high priest, that is, the priest who is the greatest among his brothers, upon whose head the oil of anointing has been poured, and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood, and who has been vested with the holy vestments: he shall not expose his head; he shall not rend his vestments. |
| 11 ni se acercará a cadáver alguno; ni siquiera por su padre o por su madre se le permite contraer impureza. | 11 And he shall not enter to any dead body whatsoever; likewise, not even by his father or mother shall he be contaminated. |
| 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. | 12 Neither shall he exit from the holy places, lest he pollute the Sanctuary of the Lord. For the oil of the holy anointing of his God is upon him. I am the Lord. |
| 13 Tomará por esposa una virgen. | 13 He shall take a virgin as his wife. |
| 14 No se casará con viuda, ni con repudiada, ni con profanada por prostitución, sino que tomará por esposa una virgen de su parentela. | 14 But a widow, or one who has been repudiated or defiled, or also a mistress, he shall not accept, but only a maiden from among his own people. |
| 15 Así no profanará a su descendencia entre su pueblo, pues soy el Señor, el que lo santifico”». | 15 He shall not mingle the stock of his family with the common people of his nation. For I am the Lord, who sanctifies him. |
| 16 El Señor habló a Moisés: | 16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: |
| 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. | 17 Say to Aaron: A man from your offspring, throughout their families, who has a blemish, shall not offer the bread to his God. |
| 18 Ningún hombre que tenga defecto corporal se acercará: ni ciego, ni cojo, ni deforme, ni monstruoso, | 18 Neither shall he approach to minister to him: if he is blind, if he is lame, if he is small, or large, or has a crooked nose, |
| 19 ni lisiado, ni manco; | 19 if his foot or hand is broken, |
| 20 ni jorobado, ni raquítico, ni con defecto en un ojo, ni sarnoso o tiñoso, ni eunuco. | 20 if he has a bulging back or bleary eyes, or if he has a white spot in his eye, or a chronic scab, or a skin disease on his body, or a hernia. |
| 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. | 21 Anyone from the offspring of Aaron, the priest, who has a blemish, shall not approach to offer sacrifices to the Lord, nor the bread to his God. |
| 22 Podrá comer del alimento de su Dios, de las cosas santísimas y de las santas; | 22 Nevertheless, he shall eat from the loaves which are offered in the Sanctuary. |
| 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”». | 23 But even so, he may not enter within the veil, nor approach to the altar. For he has a blemish, and he must not contaminate my Sanctuary. I am the Lord, who sanctifies them. |
| 24 Moisés comunicó esto a Aarón y a sus hijos y a todo Israel. | 24 Therefore, Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all of Israel, everything that had been commanded to him. |
