1 E l Señor habló con Moisés, y le dijo:

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 « Ésta es la ley para el leproso, cuando sea declarado limpio: Será llevado ante el sacerdote,

“This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest,

3 q uien saldrá del campamento para examinarlo. Si el sacerdote ve que el leproso ha sanado de la plaga de lepra,

and the priest shall go out of the camp. The priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,

4 o rdenará que se tomen dos aves vivas y puras, madera de cedro, grana e hisopo, para el que se purifica.

then the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

5 L uego, ordenará que una de las aves sea degollada sobre un vaso de barro con agua corriente.

The priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

6 T omará entonces el ave viva y, con la sangre del ave que fue degollada sobre el agua corriente, mojará el cedro, la grana y el hisopo.

As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.

7 L uego rociará siete veces al que está siendo purificado de la lepra, lo declarará puro, y soltará en el campo el ave viva.

He shall sprinkle on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird go into the open field.

8 E l que se purifica lavará sus vestidos, se rapará, se lavará con agua, y entonces quedará purificado. Después de eso, entrará en el campamento, y durante siete días vivirá fuera de su tienda.

“He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.

9 E l séptimo día se rapará por completo la cabeza, la barba y las cejas, y lavará sus vestidos y se bañará, y entonces será declarado puro.

It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his body in water, then he shall be clean.

10 » Al octavo día, tomará dos corderos sin defecto, una cordera de un año sin defecto, seis litros de flor de harina para ofrenda amasada con aceite, y medio litro de aceite.

“On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without defect, and one ewe lamb a year old without defect, and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.

11 E l sacerdote que realiza la purificación presentará delante del Señor, a la entrada del tabernáculo de reunión, al que se va a purificar y a sus ofrendas.

The priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed, and those things, before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

12 T omará un cordero y, con el medio litro de aceite, lo ofrecerá delante del Señor como sacrificio por la culpa, y lo mecerá como ofrenda mecida.

“The priest shall take one of the male lambs, and offer him for a trespass offering, with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.

13 L uego degollará el cordero en el lugar santo, donde se degüellan los sacrificios por el pecado y los holocaustos. Tanto la víctima por el pecado como la víctima por la culpa son para el sacerdote, pues son ofrendas muy sagradas.

He shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary; for as the sin offering is the priest’s, so is the trespass offering. It is most holy.

14 E l sacerdote tomará un poco de la sangre de la víctima por la culpa, y se la untará al que se purifica en el lóbulo de la oreja derecha, en el pulgar de la mano derecha y en el dedo gordo del pie derecho.

The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

15 A sí mismo, el sacerdote tomará un poco del medio litro de aceite y lo echará sobre la palma de su mano izquierda,

The priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.

16 m ojará su dedo derecho en el aceite que tiene en su mano izquierda, y con su dedo esparcirá el aceite siete veces delante del Señor.

The priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh.

17 E l aceite que le quede en la mano se lo pondrá al que se purifica en el lóbulo de la oreja derecha, en el pulgar de la mano derecha y en el dedo gordo del pie derecho, sobre la sangre del sacrificio por la culpa.

The priest shall put some of the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering.

18 E l aceite que le quede en la mano lo pondrá sobre la cabeza del que se purifica; y así el sacerdote hará expiación por él delante del Señor.

The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh.

19 L uego ofrecerá el sacrificio por el pecado, con lo que hará expiación por el que va a purificarse de su inmundicia, y después degollará el holocausto,

“The priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed because of his uncleanness: and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering;

20 d ejando ascender sobre el altar el humo del holocausto y de la ofrenda. Así el sacerdote hará expiación por él, y lo declarará puro.

and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meal offering on the altar. The priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

21 » Si el que se purifica es pobre, y no tiene para comprar tanto, tomará como ofrenda de reconciliación un cordero, para que sea ofrecido como ofrenda mecida por la culpa, y como ofrenda dos litros de flor de harina amasada con aceite, medio litro de aceite,

“If he is poor, and can’t afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering, and a log of oil;

22 y dos tórtolas o dos palominos, según sus posibilidades; uno de ellos será para expiación por el pecado, y el otro para holocausto.

and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.

23 O cho días después de su purificación llevará todo esto al sacerdote, a la entrada del tabernáculo de reunión, delante del Señor.

“On the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, before Yahweh.

24 E ntonces el sacerdote tomará el cordero de la expiación por la culpa, y el medio litro de aceite, y los mecerá como ofrenda mecida delante del Señor.

The priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.

25 L uego degollará el cordero de la culpa, y tomará un poco de la sangre de la culpa, y se la untará al que se purifica en el lóbulo de la oreja derecha, en el pulgar de la mano derecha y en el dedo gordo del pie derecho.

He shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering. The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

26 L uego, el sacerdote echará un poco de aceite sobre la palma de su mano izquierda,

The priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand;

27 y con su dedo derecho rociará siete veces, delante del Señor, el aceite que tiene en la mano izquierda.

and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Yahweh.

28 A demás, el aceite que tiene en la mano se lo untará al que se purifica en el lóbulo de la oreja derecha, en el pulgar de la mano derecha y en el dedo gordo del pie derecho, junto al lugar de la sangre de la culpa.

Then the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering.

29 E l aceite que el sacerdote tenga aún en la mano lo untará en la cabeza del que se purifica, para reconciliarlo delante del Señor.

The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Yahweh.

30 O frecerá además una de las tórtolas o uno de los palominos, según sus posibilidades;

He shall offer one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to afford,

31 u no de ellos como sacrificio de expiación por el pecado, y el otro en holocausto, además de la ofrenda. Así el sacerdote hará expiación delante del Señor por el que se purifica.»

even such as he is able to afford, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering. The priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Yahweh.”

32 E sta ley es para los que han tenido una plaga de lepra y no tienen más que dar para su purificación.

This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to afford the sacrifice for his cleansing.

33 E l Señor habló con Moisés y Aarón, y les dijo:

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

34 « Cuando ustedes hayan entrado ya en la tierra de Canaán, la cual yo les doy en posesión, si acaso pongo plaga de lepra en alguna casa de esa tierra,

“When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a spreading mildew in a house in the land of your possession,

35 e l dueño de la casa se presentará ante el sacerdote y le dirá: “En mi casa ha aparecido algo que parece una plaga.”

then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, ‘There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.’

36 » Antes de entrar a examinar la plaga, el sacerdote mandará desocupar la casa, para que no se contamine todo lo que haya en ella; después de eso, el sacerdote entrará y la examinará.

The priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goes in to examine the plague, that all that is in the house not be made unclean. Afterward the priest shall go in to inspect the house.

37 S i al examinarla se ve que la casa tiene en las paredes manchas verdosas o rojizas, y que éstas se ven más hundidas que la superficie de la pared,

He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall;

38 e l sacerdote saldrá de la casa y la mantendrá cerrada durante siete días.

then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.

39 A l séptimo día, volverá y la examinará. Si la plaga se ha extendido por las paredes de la casa,

The priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the plague has spread in the walls of the house,

40 e l sacerdote ordenará que se quiten las piedras donde esté la plaga, y que sean arrojadas fuera de la ciudad, en un lugar impuro.

then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the plague, and cast them into an unclean place outside of the city:

41 L uego ordenará que se raspe la casa por dentro y a su alrededor, que el barro raspado se arroje fuera de la ciudad, en un lugar impuro,

and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped all over, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean place.

42 y que las piedras que se hayan quitado se repongan con otras piedras nuevas, y que se recubra la casa con barro nuevo.

They shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house.

43 » Si después de arrancar las piedras y de raspar la casa, y de haberla recubierto con barro nuevo, la plaga vuelve a brotar,

“If the plague comes again, and breaks out in the house, after he has taken out the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it was plastered;

44 e l sacerdote irá a la casa y la examinará. Si la plaga parece haberse extendido en la casa, entonces se trata de lepra maligna y la casa será declarada impura.

then the priest shall come in and look; and behold, if the plague has spread in the house, it is a destructive mildew in the house. It is unclean.

45 P or lo tanto, se derribará la casa, y sus piedras y maderos, y toda la mezcla, se arrojarán fuera de la ciudad, en un lugar impuro.

He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the house’s mortar. He shall carry them out of the city into an unclean place.

46 » Cualquiera que entre en esa casa durante los días en que el sacerdote ordenó cerrarla, se quedará impuro hasta el anochecer.

“Moreover he who goes into the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening.

47 » Cualquiera que duerma en esa casa deberá lavar sus vestidos. »Cualquiera que coma en esa casa deberá lavar sus vestidos.

He who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes.

48 » Pero si el sacerdote entra a examinarla, y ve que la plaga no se ha extendido en la casa después de haber sido recubierta, declarará limpia la casa porque la plaga ha desaparecido.

“If the priest shall come in, and examine it, and behold, the plague hasn’t spread in the house, after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.

49 P ara limpiar la casa tomará dos aves, madera de cedro, grana e hisopo,

To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

50 y degollará una de las aves en una vasija de barro con agua corriente.

He shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.

51 T omará luego el cedro, el hisopo, la grana y el ave viva, y los mojará en la sangre del ave muerta y en las aguas corrientes, y rociará la casa siete veces.

He shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

52 P urificará la casa con la sangre del ave, con el agua corriente, y con el ave viva, la madera de cedro, el hisopo y la grana.

He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, with the living bird, with the cedar wood, with the hyssop, and with the scarlet;

53 L uego soltará el ave viva en el campo, fuera de la ciudad. Así el sacerdote hará expiación por la casa, y ésta quedará purificada.»

but he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field. So shall he make atonement for the house; and it shall be clean.”

54 É sta es la ley acerca de toda plaga de lepra y de tiña,

This is the law for any plague of leprosy, and for an itch,

55 y de lepra del vestido y de la casa,

and for the destructive mildew of a garment, and for a house,

56 y acerca de la hinchazón, la erupción y la mancha blanca,

and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;

57 p ara enseñar al pueblo lo que es puro y lo que es impuro. Ésta es la ley acerca de la lepra.

to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy.