1 T he Lord said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them that none of them shall defile himself for the dead among his people,

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

2 E xcept for his near kin, for his mother, father, son, daughter, brother,

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

3 A nd for his sister, a virgin, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may be defiled.

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

4 H e shall not even defile himself, being a husband or being a chief man among his people, and so profane himself.

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

5 T he priests shall not shave the crown of their heads or clip off the corners of their beard or 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 to their God and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings made by fire to the Lord, the bread of their God; 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 who is a harlot or polluted or profane or divorced, for is holy to his God.

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

8 Y ou shall consecrate him therefore, for he offers the bread of your God; he shall be holy to you, for I the Lord Who sanctifies you am holy.

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

9 T he daughter of any priest who profanes herself by playing the harlot profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

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

10 B ut he who is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose or 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 where any dead body lies 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 desecrate or make ceremonially unclean the sanctuary of his God, for the crown or consecration 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 H e shall take a wife in her virginity.

«لِيَتَزَوَّجْ رَئِيسُ الكَهَنَةِ عَذراءَ.

14 A widow or a divorced woman or a woman who is polluted or profane or a harlot, these he shall not marry, but he shall take as his wife a virgin of his own people,

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

15 T hat he may not profane or dishonor his children among his people; for I the Lord do sanctify the high priest.

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

16 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

17 S ay to Aaron, Any one of your sons in their successive generations who has any blemish, let him not come near 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 no man who has a blemish shall approach, a man blind or lame, or he who has a disfigured face or a limb too long,

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

19 O r who has a fractured foot or hand,

وَلا رَجُلٌ مَكْسُورُ اليَدِ أوِ الرِّجلِ،

20 O r is a hunchback, or a dwarf, or has a defect in his eye, or has scurvy or itch, or scabs or skin trouble, or has damaged testicles.

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

21 N o man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish and is disfigured or deformed shall come near to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire. He has a blemish; he shall not come near 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 may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,

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

23 B ut he shall not come within the veil or come near the altar, because he has a blemish, that he may not desecrate and make unclean My sanctuaries and hallowed things; 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 to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israelites.

فَقالَ مُوسَى كُلَّ هَذِهِ الأُمُورَ لِهارُونَ وَأبْنائِهِ وَكُلِّ الشَّعبِ.