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;

¹In GOSPOD reče Mojzesu: Govóri duhovnikom, sinovom Aronovim, ter jim véli: Pri mrliču naj se nihče izmed vas ne oskruni med ljudstvom svojim;

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

²samo pri bližjih sorodnikih svojih, pri materi in pri očetu, pri sinu in pri hčeri, pri bratu

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

³in pri sestri, devici, ki biva pri njem, ko se še ni omožila: pri teh se sme onečistiti.

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

⁴Ne oskruni se naj, ker je gospod med svojim ljudstvom, da bi se onesvetil.

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

⁵Ne strižejo naj si pleše na glavi in ne brijejo ob kraju brade svoje, in na telesu naj si ne delajo nobenih zarez.

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.

⁶Sveti naj bodo Bogu svojemu in naj ne onesvetijo imena Boga svojega, zakaj ognjene daritve GOSPODOVE, kruh Boga svojega, darujejo; zato naj bodo sveti.

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.

⁷Nečistnice in posiljene deve naj si ne jemljejo, tudi ne take, katero je njen mož odpahnil; zakaj duhovnik je svet Bogu svojemu.

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.

⁸Zatorej ga štej za svetega, kajti daruje kruh Boga tvojega; svet ti bodi, ker jaz sem svet, GOSPOD, ki vas posvečujem.

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

⁹Hči duhovnikova pa, ki se onesveti z nečistovanjem, onesveti očeta svojega: z ognjem bodi sežgana.

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;

¹⁰Tisti pa, ki je veliki duhovnik med brati svojimi, na čigar glavo je bilo izlito olje maziljenja in ki je bil posvečen, da se oblači v sveta oblačila: naj si ne razkriva glave ter ne trga oblačil;

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

¹¹tudi naj ne hodi k truplu mrtvemu, niti pri očetu svojem ali pri materi svoji naj se ne onečisti.

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.

¹²In iz svetišča naj ven ne hodi, tudi ne onesveti svetišča Boga svojega, zakaj posvetitev mazilnega olja Boga svojega ima na sebi. Jaz sem GOSPOD.

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

¹³In ženo naj si vzame v devištvu njenem.

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.

¹⁴Vdove in ločene ženske in posiljene, nečistnice, teh naj ne vzame, ampak devico iz ljudstva svojega naj vzame za ženo.

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

¹⁵In semena svojega naj ne onesveti med ljudstvom svojim, zakaj jaz sem GOSPOD, ki ga posvečujem.

¹⁶Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁶In GOSPOD je govoril Mojzesu, rekoč:

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

¹⁷Govóri Aronu in reci: Kdorkoli iz semena tvojega po prihodnjih rodovih ima telesno hibo na sebi, naj ne pristopa darovat kruha Boga svojega;

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,

¹⁸kajti nihče, na komer je telesna hiba, ne sme pristopiti: slepec ali hromec, ali kdor ima ploščat nos ali katerikoli ud prevelik,

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

¹⁹ali mož, ki ima zlomljeno nogo ali zlomljeno roko,

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;

²⁰ali kdor je grbav ali pritlikav, ali kdor ima madež v očesu, ali kdor ima garje ali lišaj ali stlačen modnik.

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.

²¹Nihče iz semena Arona duhovnika, ki ima kako hibo, naj ne pristopa darovat ognjene daritve Gospodove; hiba je na njem, ne sme pristopiti, da daruje kruh Boga svojega.

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

²²Kruh Boga svojega sme uživati, od presvetega in od svetega,

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.’”

²³samo za zagrinjalo naj ne hodi in k oltarju naj ne pristopa, ker ima hibo, da ne onesveti svetišč mojih: zakaj jaz sem GOSPOD, ki jih posvečujem.In Mojzes je tako govoril Aronu in sinovom njegovim in vsem sinovom Izraelovim.

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

²⁴In Mojzes je tako govoril Aronu in sinovom njegovim in vsem sinovom Izraelovim.