¹Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ‘A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people;

¹Huan, TOUPAN Mosi kiangah, Aron tapa, siampute houpih inla a kiang uah, A chipihte uh laka misi jiakin kuamah a kihihnin ding uh ahi kei;

²except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother,

²A tanau nai, anu uh, a pa uh, a tapa uh, a tanu uh, a unau uh,

³and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

³A sagngamnu uh, a ompih lai uh nungak, pasal nei nailoute jiakin a hihleh a kihihnin thei ding uh.

⁴He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

⁴A chipihte uh laka a intekpen a hih jiak un a kihihinin un a thanghuai ding uh ahi kei hi.

⁵“‘They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

⁵A lu uh a met giau ding uh ahi kei, a kha mul sik tuak uh leng a tan ding uh ahi sam keia, a sa uh leng a at ding uh ahi kei lai hi.

⁶They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.

⁶A Pathian uh adingin mi siangthou ahi ding uh a, a Pathian min uh a hemsak ding uh ahi kei hi; TOUPA adia meia thillate, a Pathian uh a dia nek ding ansiah te a lan sek uh ahi: huaijiakin a siangthou ding uh ahi;

⁷“‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

⁷Numei, kijuak hiam, min hem hiam, a pasal maksa hiam a kitenpih ding uh ahi kei: a Pathian uh dingin mi siangthou ahi ngal ua.

⁸You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.

⁸Huaijiakin na siangthou ding ahi; na Pathian adia nek dingin ansiah a lan jel ngal ua, nanga dingin mi siangthou ahi ding uhi: Kei, TOUPA nou honhihsiangthoupa lah ka siangthou ngala.

⁹“‘The daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the prostitute, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire.

⁹Siampu kuapeuh a tanu kijuaka a kihihthanghuai leh a pa a hihthanghuai ahi a, hal ding ahi.

¹⁰“‘He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor tear his clothes;

¹⁰A unaute laka siampu lalpen, a lu sathau nilh chia nilhsa, puansilh silh dinga hihtuamsain a sam a khah ding ahi kei, a puante a bot kek ding ahi kei,

¹¹neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

¹¹Misi luang omna ah a lut ding ahi keia, a nu hiam, a pa hiam jiakin a kihihthanghuai ding ahi sam kei.

¹²neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am Yahweh.

¹²Mun siangthou akipan a pawtkhe ding ahi keia, a Pathian mun siangthou a hihthanghuai ding ahi sam kei lai hi; a Pathian sathau nilh chia hihtuamna lah a tungah a om ngala: Kei TOUPA ka hi.

¹³“‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.

¹³Ji dingin nungak siangthou a kitenpih ding ahi.

¹⁴A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry: but a virgin of his own people shall he take as a wife.

¹⁴Meithai hiam, maksa hiam, numei minhem hiam, kijuak hiam te jaw a kitenpih ding ahi keia, amah chipih, nungak siangthou ji ding in a kitenpih ding ahi.

¹⁵He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.’”

¹⁵Huan, a chipihte laka a suante a hihthanghuai ding ahi kei: Kei TOUPA, a hihsiangthoupa lah ka hi ngala, chiin, a chi a.

¹⁶Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁶Huan TOUPAN Mosi a houpiha,

¹⁷“Say to Aaron, ‘None of your seed throughout their generations who has a blemish, may approach to offer the bread of his God.

¹⁷Aron kiangah, A suante uh jel tana na suante uh laka paulam ding nei peuhmahin a Pathian nek ding ansiah lan dingin honjuan kei hen.

¹⁸For whatever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,

¹⁸Kuapeuh paulam ding nei peuhmahin a honnaih hetlouh ding uh ahi: mittawte, kehbai te, nakpek te, akan avala om peuhmahte,

¹⁹or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand,

¹⁹Khe kitante, khut kitante,

²⁰or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles;

²⁰Nungkun te, mi neu luate, mit kizenzou loute, mi kijun loute, lip kaite, chiltang kitamte:

²¹no man of the seed of Aaron the priest who has a blemish, shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

²¹Siampu Aron suan gensiatding nei himhimin TOUPA adia meia thillat lan dingin a honnaih ding uh ahi kei: gensiatding nei ahi ua, a Pathian uh nek ding ansiah lan dingin a honnaih het louh ding uh ahi.

²²He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

²²A Pathian uh nek ding ansiah, a siangthou leh a siangthou pen leng a ne thei tuaktuak ding uh.

²³He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’”

²³Ahihhangin, gensiat ding nei a hih jiak un puanjak suangah hiam, maitam kiang naiah hiam jaw a hongpai theikei ding uh, ka mun siangthoute a hihthanghuai kha ding uhi; Kei TOUPA, amaute hihsiangthoupa lah ka hi ngala, chiin, chiin.Huchiin Mosiin Aron leh a tapate leh Israel suante tengteng kiangah a chita hi.

²⁴So Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel.

²⁴Huchiin Mosiin Aron leh a tapate leh Israel suante tengteng kiangah a chita hi.