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

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

2 « Cuando alguien tenga alguna hinchazón, erupción o mancha blanca en la piel de su cuerpo, y éstas parezcan ser llagas de lepra, esa persona será llevada ante el sacerdote Aarón o ante alguno de sus hijos, los sacerdotes.

“When a man has a sore spot on his skin, an open sore or a bright spot, and it becomes a bad skin disease, he should be brought to the religious leader, to Aaron or one of his sons.

3 E l sacerdote examinará la llaga en la piel, y si el pelo en la llaga se ha puesto blanco y la llaga parece estar más hundida que la piel de la carne, entonces se trata de una llaga de lepra. El sacerdote la examinará, y declarará impura a esa persona.

The religious leader will look at the mark on his skin of the body. If the hair in the spot has become white and the disease looks deeper than his skin, it is a bad skin disease. The religious leader will look at him, and will say that he is unclean.

4 » Si en la piel de su cuerpo aparece una mancha blanca, pero ésta no parece estar más hundida que la piel, ni el pelo se ha puesto blanco, entonces el sacerdote encerrará a la persona llagada durante siete días.

But the spot may be white on his skin, and not seem to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it not white. Then the religious leader will keep the sick man away from other people for seven days.

5 A l séptimo día, el sacerdote lo examinará. Si la llaga mantiene el mismo aspecto y no se ha extendido por la piel, el sacerdote volverá a encerrarlo siete días más.

The religious leader will look at him on the seventh day. If he finds that the disease has not changed and has not spread on the skin, the religious leader will keep him away from other people for seven more days.

6 A l séptimo día, el sacerdote volverá a examinarlo. Si la llaga se ve más oscura y no se ha extendido por la piel, el sacerdote lavará sus vestidos y lo declarará puro. Se trataba de una erupción.

The religious leader will look at him again on the seventh day. If the spot is not as bright and has not spread on the skin, the religious leader will say he is clean. It is only what is left of a sore. He will wash his clothes and be clean.

7 » Si después de haberse mostrado al sacerdote para que lo declarara puro, la erupción en la piel se extiende, esa persona deberá mostrarse al sacerdote una vez más.

“But if what is left of the sore spreads farther on the skin, after he has been seen by the religious leader as being clean, he must show himself to the religious leader again.

8 S i al examinarlo, el sacerdote ve que la erupción se ha extendido por la piel, declarará impura a esa persona. Se trata de lepra.

And the religious leader will look, and if the sore has spread on the skin, the religious leader will say that he is unclean. It is a bad skin disease.

9 » Cuando alguien tenga una llaga de lepra, deberá ser llevado al sacerdote.

“When a man has a bad skin disease, he will be brought to the religious leader.

10 É ste lo examinará, y si aparece en la piel un tumor blanco que haya hecho cambiar el color del pelo, y además se puede ver la carne viva,

The religious leader will look at it. If there is a white sore on the skin that has made the hair white, and there are open sores growing on the flesh,

11 s e trata de lepra crónica en la piel de su cuerpo. Entonces el sacerdote lo declarará impuro, y no tendrá que encerrarlo porque es impuro.

it is an old and deep skin disease on his body. The religious leader will say he is unclean. He will not keep him away from others, for he already is unclean.

12 » Pero si la lepra brota y se extiende por toda la piel, de tal modo que, hasta donde el sacerdote pueda ver, cubre de pies a cabeza toda la piel del llagado,

But the disease may spread farther on the skin, and cover all the skin of him who has the disease from head to foot, everywhere the religious leader looks.

13 e ntonces el sacerdote lo examinará. Si la lepra ha cubierto todo el cuerpo del llagado, lo declarará limpio, pues toda la lepra se ha vuelto blanca y él es limpio.

If the religious leader sees that the skin disease has covered all his body, he will say he is clean from the disease, because the skin has all become white and he is clean.

14 » El día que aparezca en él la carne viva, será declarado impuro.

But when open sores in the flesh show on him, he will be unclean.

15 E l sacerdote examinará la carne viva, y lo declarará impuro. La carne viva es impura, porque es lepra.

The religious leader will look at the open sores in the flesh, and he will say he is unclean. The open sores in the flesh are unclean. It is a bad skin disease.

16 P ero si la carne viva cambia y se vuelve blanca, entonces se presentará ante el sacerdote,

If the flesh with open sores changes again and becomes white, he will come to the religious leader.

17 y el sacerdote lo examinará. Si la llaga se ha vuelto blanca, el sacerdote declarará limpio al llagado, y limpio será.

If the religious leader sees that the disease has become white, the religious leader will say that he who had the disease is clean; he is clean.

18 » Si alguien tiene un forúnculo en la piel, y éste sana

“When there is a sore on the skin of the body that has been healed,

19 y en lugar del forúnculo brota una hinchazón o una mancha blanca y rojiza, esa persona será llevada ante el sacerdote.

and in the place of the sore there is a white, growing spot or a light-red, bright spot, it must be shown to the religious leader.

20 É ste la examinará, y si la mancha se ve más hundida que la piel y su pelo se ha puesto blanco, entonces lo declarará impuro. Se trata de una llaga de lepra que se originó en el forúnculo.

If the religious leader finds that it is under the skin and that the hair on it has become white, the religious leader will say he is unclean. It is the bad skin disease. It has broken out in the sore.

21 » Si el sacerdote examina la mancha, y no se ve en ella ningún pelo blanco, ni se ve más hundida que la piel, sino oscura, el sacerdote lo encerrará durante siete días.

But the religious leader may find there are no white hairs in it, and that it is not under the skin and not as dark. Then the religious leader will keep him away from other people for seven days.

22 S i la mancha sigue extendiéndose por la piel, el sacerdote lo declarará impuro, pues se trata de una llaga.

If it spreads farther on the skin, the religious leader will say he is unclean. It is a spreading disease.

23 P ero si la mancha blanca se mantiene en su lugar, sin extenderse, se trata de la cicatriz del forúnculo, y el sacerdote lo declarará limpio.

But if the bright spot stays in one place and does not spread, it is only what is left of the sore. The religious leader will say he is clean.

24 » Cuando alguien tenga en la piel una quemadura, y en lo sanado del fuego aparezca una mancha blanquecina, rojiza o blanca,

“If the body has a burn on its skin, and the open sore of the burned flesh becomes a bright spot, light-red or white,

25 e l sacerdote la examinará. Si el pelo en la mancha se ha puesto blanco, y la mancha se ve más hundida que la piel, se trata de lepra que salió en la quemadura. Entonces el sacerdote lo declarará impuro, pues se trata de una llaga de lepra.

the religious leader must look at it. If the hair in the bright spot has become white and it shows to be deeper than the skin, it is a bad skin disease. It has broken out in the burn. So the religious leader will say he is unclean. It is a bad skin disease.

26 » Si el sacerdote examina la mancha, y no se ve en ella ningún pelo blanco, ni se ve más hundida que la piel, sino que se ve oscura, el sacerdote encerrará al llagado durante siete días.

But the religious leader may find there is no white hair in the bright spot, and that it is not under the skin and not as dark. Then the religious leader will keep him away from other people for seven days.

27 A l séptimo día el sacerdote examinará la mancha, y si ésta se ha extendido por la piel, el sacerdote declarará impuro al llagado. Se trata de una llaga de lepra.

On the seventh day the religious leader will look at him. If it has spread farther in the skin, the religious leader will say he is unclean. It is a bad skin disease.

28 » Si la mancha se mantiene en su lugar sin extenderse por la piel, sino que se mantiene oscura, se trata de una cicatriz de quemadura, y el sacerdote lo declarará limpio porque se trata de la quemadura cicatrizada.

But if the bright spot stays in one place and has not spread in the skin and is not as dark, it is only what is left of the burn. The religious leader will say he is clean. For it is what is left of the burn.

29 » Al hombre o a la mujer que le salga una llaga en la cabeza, o en la barba,

“When a man or woman has a sore on the head or in the hair of the face,

30 e l sacerdote deberá examinarle la llaga. Si ésta se ve más hundida que la piel, y el pelo se ve amarillento y delgado, el sacerdote lo declarará impuro. Se trata de tiña, es decir, lepra de la cabeza o de la barba.

the religious leader will look at the sore. If it looks like it is under the skin, with yellow, fine hair in it, the religious leader will say he is unclean. It is a bad skin disease of the head or hair of the face.

31 » Si el sacerdote examina la llaga de la tiña, y ésta no se ve más hundida que la piel, ni hay en ella ningún pelo negro, el sacerdote encerrará al llagado de tiña durante siete días.

But the religious leader may find that the skin disease is not under the skin and there is no black hair in it. Then the religious leader will keep the person with the disease away from other people for seven days.

32 A l séptimo día, el sacerdote examinará la llaga; si la tiña parece no haberse extendido, ni hay en ella ningún pelo amarillento, ni la tiña se ve más hundida que la piel,

On the seventh day the religious leader will look at the disease. If the sore has not spread, and no yellow hair has grown in it, and it does not look like it is under the skin,

33 e ntonces el sacerdote hará que el llagado se rasure, excepto en el lugar afectado, y encerrará al tiñoso siete días más.

then the sick man will cut off his hair. But he will not cut the hair from the sore. The religious leader will keep the person with the disease away from other people seven more days.

34 A l séptimo día, el sacerdote examinará la tiña; si la tiña no se ha extendido por la piel, ni se ve más hundida que la piel, el sacerdote lo declarará limpio. Entonces el tiñoso lavará sus vestidos y quedará limpio.

On the seventh day the religious leader will look at the disease. If the disease has not spread and looks like it is not under the skin, the religious leader will say he is clean. And he will wash his clothes and be clean.

35 » Si después de la purificación la tiña sigue extendiéndose por la piel,

But if the disease spreads farther in the skin after he was to have been clean,

36 e l sacerdote la examinará, y si la tiña se ha extendido por la piel, no tendrá que buscar ningún pelo amarillento, pues esa persona es impura.

then the religious leader will look at him. If the disease has spread in the skin, the religious leader does not need to look for yellow hair. He is unclean.

37 » Si el sacerdote estima que la tiña se ha detenido, y que en ella ha salido el pelo negro, la tiña ha sanado y el enfermo está limpio, y así lo declarará el sacerdote.

But if he finds that the disease has stayed in one place and black hair has grown in it, the disease has healed. He is clean. And the religious leader will say he is clean.

38 » Cuando un hombre o una mujer tenga manchas blancas en la piel de su cuerpo,

“When a man or woman has very white spots on the skin of their body,

39 e l sacerdote las examinará. Si en su piel aparecen manchas blancas semi oscuras, la persona está limpia, pues se trata de una irritación de la piel;

then the religious leader will look at them. If the white spots on the skin are not very bright, it is not a bad disease that has broken out on the skin. He is clean.

40 » Si a un hombre se le cae el pelo, es calvo pero limpio.

“If a man’s hair has fallen out and he has no hair on his head, he is clean.

41 S i se le cae el pelo de la frente, es calvo pero limpio.

If the hair has fallen from the front part of his head so that he has no hair there, he is clean.

42 P ero si en la calva o en la antecalva tiene una llaga blanca y rojiza, se trata de lepra que brotó en su calva o en su antecalva.

But if a red and white sore is on the head where there is no hair, it is a bad skin disease breaking out on his head.

43 E l sacerdote lo examinará, y si la hinchazón de la llaga blanca y rojiza en su calva o en su antecalva tiene el aspecto de la lepra de piel,

Then the religious leader will look at him. If the sore is red and white on the head where there is no hair, looking like a bad disease in the skin of the body,

44 e ntonces ese hombre está leproso, y es impuro. Así lo declarará el sacerdote. Es impuro por la llaga que tiene en la cabeza.

he is a man with a bad skin disease. He is unclean. The religious leader will say he is unclean. His disease is on his head. Laws about Clothing

45 » La persona leprosa y llagada se vestirá de andrajos y andará con la cabeza descubierta, y cubriéndose la boca gritará: “¡Impuro! ¡Impuro!”

“The person who has the bad skin disease will wear torn clothes and not cover the hair of his head. He will cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’

46 M ientras la llaga permanezca en él, será impuro y vivirá solo y fuera del campamento.

He will be unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He will live alone. His home will be away from the tents.

47 » Si aparece plaga de lepra en algún vestido de lana, o de lino,

When a mark of a bad skin disease is in a piece of clothing, wool or linen,

48 o en alguna urdimbre o trama de lino o de lana, o en algún objeto de cuero,

in the cloth of linen or wool, or in leather or anything made of leather,

49 e n un vestido o en cuero, en urdimbre o en trama, o en cualquier otro objeto de cuero, y la plaga es verdosa o rojiza, se trata de plaga de lepra y el sacerdote deberá examinarla.

if the mark is green or red in the clothing or leather, in the cloth or in anything made of leather, it is the mark of a bad skin disease. It will be shown to the religious leader.

50 E l sacerdote la examinará, y durante siete días mantendrá bajo llave la cosa plagada.

The religious leader will look at the mark, and will keep the piece of clothing away from people for seven days.

51 A l séptimo día, examinará la plaga; si ésta se ha extendido en el vestido, en la urdimbre o en la trama, en el cuero, o en cualquier otro objeto de cuero, se trata de lepra maligna y será declarada impura.

He will look at the mark again on the seventh day. If the mark has spread in the clothing, in the cloth or leather or anything made of leather, the mark is a bad disease. It is unclean.

52 S e quemará el vestido, o la urdimbre o trama de lana o de lino, o cualquier objeto de cuero infectado por tal plaga, porque es lepra maligna y debe arrojarse al fuego.

So he will burn the clothing if the disease is in the cloth, in wool or linen or in anything made of leather, for it is a very bad disease. It will be burned in the fire.

53 » Si el sacerdote hace el examen y no se ve que la plaga se haya extendido en el vestido, en la urdimbre o en la trama, o en cualquier otro objeto de cuero,

“But the religious leader may look and find that the mark has not spread in the clothing, in the cloth or anything made of leather.

54 e ntonces mandará que se lave el objeto donde está la plaga, y una vez más lo mantendrá bajo llave durante siete días.

Then the religious leader will tell them to wash the thing that has the mark of disease. And he will keep it away from people for seven more days.

55 U na vez lavada la parte infectada, el sacerdote la examinará y, si se ve que la plaga no ha cambiado de aspecto, será declarada impura, aun cuando no se haya extendido. Ya sea que la corrosión esté en el derecho o en el revés del objeto infectado, éste deberá quemarse, pues se trata de una corrosión penetrante.

After the piece of cloth or leather with the mark has been washed, the religious leader will look at it again. If the mark has not changed, even if the mark has not spread, it is unclean. You will burn it in the fire, if the mark of disease is on the back or the front.

56 » Si el sacerdote examina la plaga, y después de lavada ésta se ve oscura, la cortará del vestido, del cuero, de la urdimbre o de la trama.

“But the religious leader may find that the mark is not as easy to see after it is washed. Then he will tear it out of the clothing, leather or cloth.

57 P ero si ésta vuelve a aparecer en el vestido, en la urdimbre o en la trama, o en cualquier objeto de cuero, y se extiende por ellos, deberás echar al fuego aquello donde esté la plaga.

If it is seen again in the clothing, in cloth or anything made of leather, it is spreading. The thing that has the mark will be burned in the fire.

58 P ero si se lavó el vestido, la urdimbre o la trama, o cualquier otro objeto de cuero, y la plaga se quitó, se lavará por segunda vez, y después de eso quedará limpia.»

But if the clothing, cloth or anything made of leather, had the mark washed out of it, it will then be washed a second time. And it will be clean.”

59 É sta es la ley para la plaga de lepra en vestidos de lana o de lino, o en urdimbres, tramas, o cualquier otro objeto de cuero, para que puedan ser declarados puros o impuros.

This is the law for the mark of a very bad disease in clothing of wool or linen, in cloth or in anything made of leather, for deciding if it is clean or not.