Levítico 21

He Tapu ngā Tohunga

1 I mea anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi: "Kōrero ki ngā tohunga, ki ngā tama a Ārona, mea atu ki a rātou: Kaua tētahi e whakapoke i a ia mō te tūpāpaku o tōna iwi; 2 engari, mō tōna whanaunga, mō te mea e tata ana ki a ia, mō tōna whaea, mō tōna pāpā, mō tāna tama, mō tāna tamāhine, mō tōna tuakana, teina rānei, 3 mō tōna tuahine hoki, ki te mea he wāhina, he mea e tata ana ki a ia, ā, kāhore āna tāne; e āhei ana kia poke ia mōna. 4 Kaua ia, he ariki nei nō tōna iwi, e whakapoke i a ia kia noa.

5 "Kaua e whakatiwhaia ō rātou mātenga, kaua hoki e heua ngā taha o ō rātou pāhau, kaua anō hoki e haea tō rātou kikokiko. 6 Kia tapu rātou ki tō rātou Atua, kaua hoki e whakanoatia te ingoa o tō rātou Atua; nō te mea ko rātou hei whakahere i ngā whakahere ahi a Ihowā, i te kai a tō rātou Atua; mō reira kia tapu rātou.

7 "Kaua rātou e tango i te wahine kairau, i te mea noa rānei, hei wahine; kaua anō hoki rātou e tango i te wahine i whakarērea e tāna tāne; he tangata tapu hoki ia nā tōna Atua. 8 Mō reira me whakatapu ia e koe, māna hoki e whakahere te kai a tōu Atua; kia tapu ia ki a koe; he tapu hoki ahau, a Ihowā, tōu kaiwhakatapu.

9 "Me te tamāhine hoki a tētahi tohunga, ki te whakanoa ia i a ia, ki te kairau, kua whakanoatia e ia tōna pāpā; me tahu ki te ahi.

10 "Me te tino tohunga hoki i roto i ōna tēina, te tangata i ringihia nei tōna mātenga ki te hinu whakawahi, ā, i whakatohungatia hei kākahu i ngā kākahu, kaua e tukua e ia ōna makawe kia mahora noa, kaua anō hoki e haea ōna kākahu. 11 Kaua hoki ia e haere atu ki tētahi tūpāpaku mate, kaua anō hoki ia e whakapoke i a ia mō tōna pāpā, mō tōna whaea rānei. 12 Kaua hoki ia e haere ki waho o te wāhi tapu, kei noa i a ia te wāhi tapu o tōna Atua; kei runga hoki i a ia te karauna o te hinu whakawahi o tōna Atua. Ko Ihowā ahau.

13 "Me tango anō hoki e ia he wahine i tōna wāhinatanga. 14 He pouaru, he wahine rānei i whakarērea, he wahine noa rānei, he wahine kairau rānei, kaua ēnei e tangohia e ia. Engari, me tango e ia he wāhina i roto i tōna iwi ake hei wahine, 15 kaua hoki e whakanoatia e ia ōna uri i roto i tōna iwi: ko Ihowā hoki ahau te whakatapu nei i a ia."

16 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi, i mea, 17 "Kōrero ki a Ārona, mea atu: Ki te mea he koha tō tētahi o ōu uri i ō rātou whakatupuranga, kaua ia e whakatata mai ki te whakahere i te kai a tōna Atua. 18 Kaua hoki e whakatata mai tētahi tangata he koha tōna: te matapō, te kopa, te tangata he ihu parehe tōna, i hira ake rānei tētahi wāhi ōna, 19 te tangata rānei i whati te waewae, i whati rānei te ringa, 20 te tuarā piko rānei, te mea i pūwhenua te tupu, ki te papahewa, rānei tōna kanohi, ki te mea rānei he pāpaka, he hakihaki rānei tōna, ki te mea rānei kua kōmurumurua ōna mea. 21 Kaua tētahi o ngā uri o te tohunga, o Ārona, ki te mea he koha tōna, e whakatata mai ki te whakahere i ngā whakahere ahi a Ihowā; he koha tōna, kaua ia e whakatata ki te whakahere i te kai a tōna Atua. 22 Me kai e ia te kai a tōna Atua, te mea tapu rawa, me te mea tapu. 23 Otiia kaua ia e haere ki te ārai, e whakatata rānei ki te āta; he koha hoki tōna; kei noa i a ia ōku wāhi tapu. Ko Ihowā hoki ahau te whakatapu nei i a rātou."

24 Ko ngā kōrero ēnei a Mohi ki a Ārona rātou ko āna tama, ki ngā tama katoa anō hoki a Īharaira.

1 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people; 2 except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, 3 and for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, that hath had no husband; for her may he defile himself. 4 He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. 5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. 7 They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee; for I Jehovah, who sanctify you, am holy. 9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the harlot, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

10 And he that is the high priest among his brethren, 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 go loose, nor rend his clothes; 11 neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; 12 neither 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 Jehovah. 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or one divorced, or a profane woman, a harlot, these shall he not take: but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife. 15 And he shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth him.

16 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or anything superfluous, 19 or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, 20 or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21 no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy: 23 only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them. 24 So Moses spake unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.