1 J ehová dijo a Moisés: Habla a los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón, y diles que no se contaminen por el cadáver de alguien de su pueblo.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: ‘ No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people,

2 A no ser por su pariente cercano, por su madre o por su padre, o por su hijo o por su hermano,

except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother,

3 o por su hermana virgen, a él cercana, la cual no haya tenido marido, por su cadáver podrá contaminarse.

also for his virgin sister, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

4 N o se contaminará por tocarlo, como se contaminaría cualquier hombre de su pueblo, haciéndose inmundo.

He shall not defile himself as a relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself.

5 N o se raparán la cabeza, ni se recortarán la barba, ni en su carne harán tatuajes.

They shall not make any baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

6 S antos serán a su Dios, y no profanarán el nombre de su Dios, porque las ofrendas encendidas para Jehová y el pan de su Dios ofrecen; por tanto, serán santos.

They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they present the offerings by fire to the Lord, the food of their God; so they shall be holy.

7 C on mujer ramera o infame no se casarán, ni con mujer repudiada de su marido; porque el sacerdote es santo a su Dios.

They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

8 L e santificarás, por tanto, pues el pan de tu Dios ofrece; santo será para ti, porque santo soy yo Jehová que os santifico.

You shall consecrate him, therefore, for he offers the food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the Lord, who sanctifies you, am holy.

9 Y la hija del sacerdote, si comienza a fornicar, a su padre deshonra; quemada será al fuego.

Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire.

10 Y el sumo sacerdote entre sus hermanos, sobre cuya cabeza fue derramado el aceite de la unción, y que fue consagrado para llevar las vestiduras, no descubrirá su cabeza, ni rasgará sus vestidos,

‘The priest who is the highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes;

11 n i entrará donde haya alguna persona muerta; ni por su padre ni por su madre se contaminará.

nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;

12 N i saldrá del santuario, ni profanará el santuario de su Dios; porque la consagración por el aceite de la unción de su Dios está sobre él. Yo Jehová.

nor shall he go out of the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the Lord.

13 T omará por esposa a una mujer virgen.

He shall take a wife in her virginity.

14 N o tomará viuda, ni repudiada, ni infame, ni ramera, sino tomará de su pueblo una virgen por mujer,

A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people,

15 p ara que no profane su descendencia en sus pueblos; porque yo Jehová soy el que los santifico.

so that he will not profane his offspring among his people; for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.’”

16 Y Jehová habló a Moisés, diciendo:

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

17 H abla a Aarón y dile: Ninguno de tus descendientes por sus generaciones, que tenga algún defecto, se acercará para ofrecer el pan de su Dios.

“Speak to Aaron, saying, ‘No man of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall approach to offer the food of his God.

18 P orque ningún varón en el cual haya defecto se acercará; varón ciego, o cojo, ni mutilado, ni monstruoso,

For no one who has a defect shall approach: a blind man, or a lame man, or he who has a disfigured face, or any deformed limb,

19 o varón que tenga quebradura de pie o rotura de mano,

or a man who has a broken foot or broken hand,

20 o jorobado, o enano, o que tenga nube en el ojo, o que tenga sarna, o tiñoso, o castrado.

or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.

21 N ingún varón de la descendencia del sacerdote Aarón, en el cual haya defecto, se acercará para ofrecer las ofrendas encendidas para Jehová. Hay defecto en él; no se acercará a ofrecer el pan de su Dios.

No man among the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to come near to offer the Lord’s offerings by fire; since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer the food of his God.

22 D el pan de su Dios, de lo muy santo y de las cosas santificadas, podrá comer.

He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,

23 P ero no se acercará tras el velo, ni se acercará al altar, por cuanto hay defecto en él; para que no profane mi santuario, porque yo Jehová soy el que los santifico.

only he shall not go in to the veil or come near the altar because he has a defect, so that he will not profane My sanctuaries. For I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”

24 Y Moisés habló esto a Aarón, y a sus hijos, y a todos los hijos de Israel.

So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel.