1 A nd the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people:

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «قُلْ لِلكَهَنَةِ، أبناءِ هارُونَ: لا يُنَجِّسِ الكاهِنُ نَفسَهُ لِأجلِ مَيِّتٍ مِنْ أقرِبائِهِ،

2 b ut for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

إلّا لِأجلِ القَرِيبِينَ جِدّاً مِنهُ: أُمِّهِ وَأبِيهِ وَابْنِهِ وَابْنَتِهِ وَأخِيهِ،

3 a nd for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

وَأُختِهِ العَذراءِ غَيرِ المُتَزَوِّجَةِ لِأنَّها لَمْ تَتَزَوَّجْ، يُسْمَحُ لِلكاهِنِ بِأنْ يَتَنَجَّسَ لِأجلِها.

4 B ut he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

لَكِنْ لا يَجُوزُ لَهُ أنْ يَتَنَجَّسَ لِأجلِ مَيِّتٍ لَهُ صِلَةُ نَسَبٍ بِهِ.

5 T hey shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

«لا يَحلِقِ الكَهَنَةُ شَعرَ رُؤُوسِهِمْ بِشَكلٍ كامِلٍ، وَلا أطرافَ لِحاهُمْ، وَلا يُجَرِّحُوا أجسادَهُمْ.

6 T hey shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

بَلْ يَكُونُوا مُقَدَّسِينَ لإلَهِهِمْ، وَلا يُدَنِّسُوا اسْمَ إلَهِهِمْ. لِأنَهُمُ يُقَدِّمُونَ تَقدِماتِ اللهِ ، فَيَنبَغِي أنْ يَكُونُوا مُقَدَّسِينَ.

7 T hey shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

«لا يَتَزَوَّجِ الكَهَنَةُ مِنْ عاهِرَةٍ أوْ نَجِسَةٍ أوْ مُطَلَّقَةٍ مِنْ زَوجِها، لِأنَّ الكاهِنَ مُقَدَّسٌ لإلَهِهِ.

8 T hou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.

عامِلُوا الكاهِنَ كَشَخْصٍ مُقَدَّسٍ لِأنَّهُ يُقَدِّمُ تَقدِمَةَ إلَهِكُمْ. يَكُونُ مُقَدَّساً بِالنِّسبَةِ لَكُمْ، لِأنِّي أنا اللهُ قُدُّوسٌ وَأُقدِّسُكُمْ.

9 A nd the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

«إنْ نَجَّسَتِ ابْنَةُ كاهِنٍ نَفسَها بِأنْ زَنَتْ فَإنَّها تَجعَلُ أباها نَجِساً. تُحْرَقُ بِالنّارِ حَتَّى المَوتِ.

10 A nd he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

«أمّا رَئيسُ الكَهَنَةِ الَّذِي سُكِبَ عَلَى رَأسِهِ زَيتُ المَسحَةِ، وَعُيِّنَ لِيَرتَدِيَ ثِيابَ رَئِيسِ الكَهَنَةِ الخاصَّةِ، فَلا يَكْشِفْ رَأسَهُ وَلا يُمَزِّقْ ثِيابَهُ حُزناً.

11 n either shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

وَلا يَقتَرِبْ مِنْ جَسَدٍ مَيِّتٍ، لِئَلّا يَتَنّجَّسَ، حَتَّى لَوْ كانَ المَيِّتُ أباهُ أوْ أُمَّهُ.

12 n either shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.

وَلا يَترُكَ المَكانَ المُقَدَّسَ، فَلا يُنَجِّسَ مَكانَ إلَهِهِ المُقَدَّسِ لِأنَّهُ مُكَرَّسٌ للهِ بِزَيتِ مَسحَةِ إلَهِهِ. أنا اللهَ.

13 A nd he shall take a wife in her virginity.

«لِيَتَزَوَّجْ رَئِيسُ الكَهَنَةِ عَذراءَ.

14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

فَلا يَجُوزُ أنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ مِنْ أرمَلَةٍ أوْ مُطَلَّقَةٍ أوْ زانِيَةٍ نَجِسَةٍ. لا يَتَزَوَّجُ إلّا مِنْ عَذراءَ مِنْ شَعبِهِ،

15 N either shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.

لِئَلّا يُنَجِّسَ أولادَهُ وَسَطَ شَعبِهِ، لِأنِّي أنا اللهَ قَدْ قَدَّسْتُهُ.»

16 A nd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

17 S peak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God.

«قُلْ لِهارُونَ: إنْ كانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ نَسلِكَ فِي كُلِّ أجيالِهِ لَدَيهِ عَيبٌ جَسَدِيٌّ، فَلا يُمكِنُهُ أنْ يَقتَرِبَ مِنَ المَذبَحِ لِيُقَدِّمَ تَقدِماتِ اللهِ.

18 F or whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

فَلا يَنبَغِي أنْ يَقتَرِبَ إلَى المَذبَحِ رَجُلٌ فِيهِ عَيبٌ جَسَدِيٌّ، لا أعمَى وَلا أعرَجُ وَلا مُشَوَّهُ الوَجهِ أوِ الجَسَدِ،

19 o r a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,

وَلا رَجُلٌ مَكْسُورُ اليَدِ أوِ الرِّجلِ،

20 o r crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

وَلا أحدَبُ وَلا قَزَمٌ وَلا مَنْ لَدَيهِ عَيبٌ فِي عَينَيهِ، وَلا أجْرَبُ وَلا أبْرَصُ وَلا مَسْحُوقُ الخُصَى.

21 n o man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

«كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْ نَسلِ هارُونَ فِيهِ عَيبٌ، لا يُمكِنُهُ الاقتِرابُ مِنَ المَذبَحِ لِيُقَدِّمَ تَقدِماتِ اللهِ وَفِيهِ عَيبٌ، فَلا يُقَدِّمْ تَقدِماتِ إلَهِهِ.

22 H e shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

لَكِنْ يُمكِنُهُ أنْ يَأكُلَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الطَّعامِ المُقّدَّمِ لإلَهِهِ: الطَّعامِ المُقَدَّسِ وَطَعامِ الكَهَنَةِ.

23 O nly he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the Lord do sanctify them.

لَكِنْ لا يُمكِنُهُ الدُّخُولُ خَلفَ الحِجابِ أوْ الاقتِرابُ مِنَ المَذبَحِ، لِأنَّ فِيهِ عَيباً. فَلا يَنبَغِي أنْ يُنَجِّسَ أماكِنِي المُقَدَّسَةَ، لِأنِّي أنا اللهَ سَأُقَدِّسُكُمْ.»

24 A nd Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

فَقالَ مُوسَى كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ لِهارُونَ وَأبْنائِهِ وَكُلِّ الشَّعبِ.