¹[Lalàna ny amin'ny fahamasinan'ny mpisorona] Ary Jehovah niteny tamin'i Mosesy ka nanao hoe: Mitenena amin'ireo mpisorona, zanak'i Arona, hoe: Aoka ianareo tsy hisy hiditra am-paty eo amin'ny fireneny,

¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Speak unto the priests, sons of Aaron, and thou hast said unto them, For [any] person [a priest] is not defiled among his people,

²afa-tsy amin'ny tahaka ny tenany, dia ny reniny sy ny rainy sy ny zananilahy sy ny zananivavy ary ny rahalahiny;

²except for his relation who [is] near unto him — for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

³ary amin'ny fatin'ny anabaviny, izay tahaka ny tenany ihany koa sady tsy mbola manam-bady fa virijina, no ahazoany mandoto ny tenany.

³and for his sister, the virgin, who is near unto him, who hath not been to a man; for her he is defiled.

⁴Tsy hiditra am-paty hametaveta ny tenany izy, satria andriana eo amin'ny fireneny izy.

⁴`A master [priest] doth not defile himself among his people — to pollute himself;

⁵Tsy hanasola ny lohany izy, na hanaratra ny vaokany, na hitetika ny tenany.

⁵they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

⁶Ho masina ho an'Andriamaniny izy ka tsy hanamavo ny anaran'Andriamaniny; fa mpanatitra ny fanatitra atao amin'ny afo ho an'i Jehovah izy, dia ny hanin'Andriamaniny, ka dia tokony ho masina.

⁶they are holy to their God, and they pollute not the name of their God, for the fire-offerings of Jehovah, bread of their God, they are bringing near, and have been holy.

⁷Aoka tsy hanambady izay vehivavy mpijangajanga ka voaloto izy, ary aoka tsy hanambady vehivavy izay efa nisaoran'ny lahy; fa masina ho an'Andriamaniny ny mpisorona.

⁷`A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he [is] holy to his God;

⁸Dia hamasino izy, fa ny hanin'Andriamanitrao no ateriny; ho masina aminao izy, fa masina Aho Jehovah, Izay manamasina anareo.

⁸and thou hast sanctified him, for the bread of thy God he is bringing near; he is holy to thee; for holy [am] I, Jehovah, sanctifying you.

⁹Ary raha ny zanakavavin'ny mpisorona mandoto ny tenany amin'ny fijangajangana, dia efa manamavo ny rainy izy ka hodorana amin'ny afo.

⁹`And a daughter of any priest when she polluteth herself by going a-whoring — her father she is polluting; with fire she is burnt.

¹⁰Ary ny mpisoronabe, izay nalaina tamin'ny rahalahiny, ka nanidinana ny diloilo fanosorana ny lohany, sady natokana hitafy ny fitafiana, dia aoka tsy hirakaraka volo, na handriatra ny fitafiany.

¹⁰`And the high priest of his brethren, on whose head is poured the anointing oil, and hath consecrated his hand to put on the garments, his head doth not uncover, nor rend his garments,

¹¹Ary aoka tsy hiditra am-paty akory izy, ka tsy handoto ny tenany na dia amin'ny rainy aman-dreniny aza.

¹¹nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;

¹²Ary aoka tsy hivoaka avy amin'ny fitoerana masina izy, na handoto ny fitoera-masin'Andriamaniny; fa ny diademany, dia ny diloilo fanosoran'Andriamaniny azy, no eo an-dohany: Izaho no Jehovah.

¹²nor from the sanctuary doth he go out, nor doth he pollute the sanctuary of his God, for the separation of the anointing oil of his God [is] on him; I [am] Jehovah.

¹³Ary aoka hampakatra izay vehivavy mbola virijina izy.

¹³`And he taketh a wife in her virginity;

¹⁴Fa ny maty vady, na ny efa nisaorana, na ny voaloto tamin'ny fijangajangana, dia tsy azony hampakarina, fa virijina avy amin'ny fireneny ihany no hampakariny.

¹⁴widow, or cast out, or polluted one — a harlot — these he doth not take, but a virgin of his own people he doth take [for] a wife,

¹⁵Ary aoka tsy hanao izay hahaloto ny taranany eo amin'ny fireneny izy; fa Izaho Jehovah no manamasina azy.

¹⁵and he doth not pollute his seed among his people; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying him.`

¹⁶Ary Jehovah niteny tamin'i Mosesy ka nanao hoe:

¹⁶And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

¹⁷Mitenena amin'i Arona hoe: Izay rehetra misy kilema amin'ny zanakao, amin'ny taranany hatramin'ny fara mandimby, dia aoka tsy hanakaiky fanatitra ny hanin'Andriamaniny;

¹⁷`Speak unto Aaron, saying, No man of thy seed to their generations in whom there is blemish doth draw near to bring near the bread of his God,

¹⁸Fa izay rehetra misy kilema dia tsy mahazo manakaiky hanao izany na ny jamba, na ny mandringa, na ny petaka orona, na ny manana amby,

¹⁸for no man in whom [is] blemish doth draw near — a man blind, or lame or dwarfed, or enlarged,

¹⁹na ny tapa-tongotra, na ny tapa-tanana,

¹⁹or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,

²⁰na ny vokoka, na ny sahozanina, na ny misy pentimpentina eo amin'ny masony, na ny hatenina, na ny tsingaohina, na ny torotoro vihy.

²⁰or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.

²¹Ny olona rehetra amin'ny zanak'i Arona mpisorona izay misy kilema dia tsy mahazo manakaiky hanatitra ny fanatitra atao amin'ny afo ho an'i Jehovah; misy kilema izy ka tsy mahazo manakaiky hanatitra ny hanin'Andriamaniny.

²¹`No man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) doth come nigh to bring near the fire-offerings of Jehovah; blemish [is] in him; the bread of his God he doth not come nigh to bring near.

²²Ny hanin'Andriamaniny, izay avy amin'ny zavatra masina indrindra sy ny zavatra masina, dia azony hanina ihany;

²²`Bread of his God — of the most holy things, and of the holy things — he doth eat;

²³kanefa tsy mahazo miditra ao anatin'ny efitra lamba na manakaiky ny alitara izy, satria misy kilema, mba tsy handoto ny fitoerako masina izy, fa Izaho Jehovah no manamasina azy.Ary Mosesy dia nilaza izany tamin'i Arona sy ny zanany ary ny Zanak'Isiraely rehetra.

²³only, unto the vail he doth not enter, and unto the altar he doth not draw nigh; for blemish [is] in him; and he doth not pollute My sanctuaries; for I [am] Jehovah, sanctifying them.`

²⁴Ary Mosesy dia nilaza izany tamin'i Arona sy ny zanany ary ny Zanak'Isiraely rehetra.

²⁴And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel.