1 ‘ Now if a person sins after he hears a public adjuration to testify when he is a witness, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his guilt.

”Si alguien es llamado a testificar como testigo presencial de algo que vio u oyó, y peca por no denunciar ese hecho, cargará con su pecado.

2 O r if a person touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things, though it is hidden from him and he is unclean, then he will be guilty.

”Si alguien toca algo impuro, como el cadáver de un animal, bestia o reptil impuro, resulta culpable y quedará impuro, aun cuando lo toque sin saberlo.

3 O r if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort his uncleanness may be with which he becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty.

”Si alguien toca alguna impureza humana, cualquiera que ésta sea, y no se da cuenta, resulta culpable y, tan pronto como se dé cuenta, quedará impuro.

4 O r if a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty in one of these.

”Si alguien hace un juramento a la ligera, como los que se hacen comúnmente, y no se da cuenta de que se ha comprometido a hacer algo bueno o malo, tan pronto como se dé cuenta resultará culpable de ese juramento.

5 S o it shall be when he becomes guilty in one of these, that he shall confess that in which he has sinned.

”Todo el que cometa alguno de estos pecados, confesará su pecado

6 H e shall also bring his guilt offering to the Lord for his sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat as a sin offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin.

y presentará al Señor una oveja o una cabra como ofrenda de expiación por el pecado cometido; entonces el sacerdote hará expiación por su pecado.

7 ‘ But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord his guilt offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

”Si el pecador no tiene lo suficiente para comprar un cordero, presentará al Señor dos tórtolas o dos palominos, uno de ellos como ofrenda de expiación por su pecado, y el otro como holocausto.

8 H e shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first that which is for the sin offering and shall nip its head at the front of its neck, but he shall not sever it.

Llevará las dos aves al sacerdote, y éste ofrecerá primero la que es para expiación. Le romperá el cuello, pero sin separar por completo la cabeza,

9 H e shall also sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar: it is a sin offering.

y sobre la pared del altar rociará un poco de sangre de la ofrenda de expiación, y la sangre sobrante la exprimirá al pie del altar. Se trata de una ofrenda de expiación.

10 T he second he shall then prepare as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed, and it will be forgiven him.

Con la otra ave ofrecerá el holocausto acostumbrado. Así el sacerdote hará expiación por el pecado cometido, y el pecador será perdonado.

11 ‘ But if his means are insufficient for two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not put oil on it or place incense on it, for it is a sin offering.

”Si el pecador no tiene lo suficiente para comprar dos tórtolas o dos palominos, presentará como ofrenda de expiación dos litros de flor de harina. Como se trata de una ofrenda de expiación, no debe poner sobre ella aceite ni incienso;

12 H e shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar, with the offerings of the Lord by fire: it is a sin offering.

sólo la llevará al sacerdote, y éste tomará un puñado de ella como ofrenda memorial, y la quemará en el altar sobre las ofrendas encendidas, en honor al Señor. Se trata de una ofrenda de expiación.

13 S o the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he has committed from one of these, and it will be forgiven him; then the rest shall become the priest’s, like the grain offering.’”

Así el sacerdote hará expiación por el pecador y por el pecado cometido, y el pecador será perdonado. La parte sobrante de la ofrenda será para el sacerdote, pues se trata de una vianda.”» Ofrendas expiatorias

14 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

El Señor habló con Moisés, y le dijo:

15 “ If a person acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against the Lord’s holy things, then he shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord: a ram without defect from the flock, according to your valuation in silver by shekels, in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.

«Cuando alguien cometa una falta y, sin proponérselo, peque en las cosas santas del Señor, de sus rebaños presentará al Señor un carnero sin defecto como ofrenda por su pecado. El precio se estimará en monedas de plata, según el peso oficial del santuario,

16 H e shall make restitution for that which he has sinned against the holy thing, and shall add to it a fifth part of it and give it to the priest. The priest shall then make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and it will be forgiven him.

y el pecador pagará lo que haya defraudado de las cosas santas, más una quinta parte, cantidad que entregará al sacerdote para que éste haga la expiación con el carnero del sacrificio por el pecado. Así el pecador será perdonado.

17 “ Now if a person sins and does any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, though he was unaware, still he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.

»Si alguien peca, o incurre en algo que por mandamiento del Señor no se debe hacer, aun si no sabía que hacía mal, será culpable y cargará con su pecado.

18 H e is then to bring to the priest a ram without defect from the flock, according to your valuation, for a guilt offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his error in which he sinned unintentionally and did not know it, and it will be forgiven him.

Deberá presentar al sacerdote un carnero sin defecto de los rebaños, o lo que el sacerdote estime que debe ser su ofrenda de expiación, y éste hará la expiación por el pecado que cometió por ignorancia, y el pecado le será perdonado.

19 I t is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the Lord.”

Se trata de una infracción, y ciertamente pecó contra el Señor.»