利未記 21
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
祭司保持聖潔的條例
21 耶和華對摩西說：「你把以下條例告訴祭司——亞倫的子孫。
「祭司不可因接觸死去的族人而使自己不潔淨， 2 但骨肉至親，如父母、兒女、兄弟、 3 以及未出嫁仍是處女的姊妹例外。 4 祭司不可因姻親的關係而玷污自己。[a] 5 祭司不可剃光頭、修剪鬍鬚或割傷身體。 6 他們要做上帝的聖潔之民，不可褻瀆我的名。因為他們負責獻我的火祭，即我的食物，所以要保持聖潔。 7 他們不可娶妓女或被休的女人為妻，因為祭司要為了我而保持聖潔。 8 要視祭司為聖潔的，因為他們負責獻你們上帝的食物。要視他們為聖潔的，因為使你們聖潔的我——耶和華是聖潔的。 9 如果有祭司的女兒做妓女，辱沒自己，她就是辱沒自己的父親，必須燒死她。
10 「大祭司在眾祭司中職分最高，頭上澆過膏油，已經承受聖職、穿上聖衣，他不可披頭散髮、撕裂衣服。 11 他不可接近死者，即使是父母也不可，以免玷污自己。 12 他不可因喪事走出他上帝的聖所，以免褻瀆聖所，因為我的膏油已經使他聖潔。我是耶和華。 13 他必須娶處女為妻， 14 不可娶寡婦、被休的女人或妓女，只可娶本族中的處女為妻， 15 以免在民中玷污自己的子孫，因為我是使他們聖潔的耶和華。」
16 耶和華對摩西說： 17 「你把以下條例告訴亞倫。
「你的子孫中，任何有殘疾的人都不可前來獻他上帝的食物，這是世世代代都要遵守的律例。 18 瞎眼的、跛腳的、五官不正的、畸形的、 19 四肢不全的、 20 駝背的、矮小的、患眼疾的、長疥癬的或睪丸受損的，都不可近前來獻祭。 21 亞倫祭司子孫中有殘疾的都不可向耶和華獻火祭。他們既然有殘疾，就不可近前來獻我的食物。 22 他們可以吃我的食物，聖的和至聖的都可以吃。 23 但他們不可走近幔子或祭壇，因為他們有殘疾。這樣做是為了避免他們褻瀆我的聖所。我是使聖所聖潔的耶和華。」
24 摩西把這些條例告訴了亞倫父子們和所有的以色列人。
Footnotes
- 21·4 或譯「作為民中的首領，祭司不可玷污自己。」
Leviticus 21
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Holiness of the Priests
21 The Lord said to Moses, ‘Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them: A priest is not to make himself ceremonially unclean for a dead person among his relatives,(A) 2 except for his immediate family: his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother. 3 He may make himself unclean for his unmarried virgin sister in his immediate family. 4 He is not to make himself unclean for those related to him by marriage[a] and so defile himself.
5 ‘Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.(B) 6 They are to be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God.(C) For they present the food offerings to the Lord, the food of their God, and they must be holy. 7 They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution.[b](D) They are not to marry one divorced(E) by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. 8 You are to consider him holy since he presents the food of your God. He will be holy to you because I, the Lord who sets you apart, am holy. 9 If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity,[c](F) she defiles her father; she must be burned to death.(G)
10 ‘The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained[d] to wear the clothes, must not dishevel his hair[e] or tear his clothes.(H) 11 He must not go near any dead person or make himself unclean even for his father or mother.(I) 12 He must not leave the sanctuary or he will desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him;(J) I am the Lord.
13 ‘He is to marry a woman who is a virgin. 14 He is not to marry a widow,(K) a divorced woman,(L) or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people, 15 so that he does not corrupt his bloodline[f] among his people, for I am the Lord who sets him apart.’
Physical Defects and Priests
16 The Lord spoke to Moses: 17 ‘Tell Aaron: None of your descendants throughout your generations who has a physical defect(M) is to come near to present the food(N) of his God. 18 No man who has any defect is to come near: no man who is blind, lame, facially disfigured, or deformed; 19 no man who has a broken foot or hand, 20 or who is a hunchback or a dwarf,[g](O) or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs,(P) or a crushed testicle.(Q) 21 No descendant of the priest Aaron who has a defect is to come near to present the food offerings to the Lord. He has a defect and is not to come near to present the food of his God. 22 He may eat the food of his God from what is especially holy as well as from what is holy. 23 But because he has a defect, he must not go near the curtain(R) or approach the altar. He is not to desecrate my holy places, for I am the Lord who sets them apart.’(S) 24 Moses said this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
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