Levítico 21

1 Yahweh 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, 2 except for his relatives that are near to him: for his mother, for his father, for his son, for his daughter, for his brother, 3 and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself. 4 He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

5 "‘They shall not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards or make any cuttings in their flesh. 6 They 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.

7 "‘They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane. A priest shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. 8 Therefore you shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I Yahweh, who sanctify you, am holy.

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

10 "‘He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, or tear his clothes. 11 He must not go in to any dead body, or defile himself for his father or for his mother. 12 He shall not 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.

13 "‘He shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 He shall not marry a widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute. He shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife. 15 He shall not profane his offspring among his people, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.’"

16 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 17 "Say to Aaron, ‘None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect may approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity, 19 or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand, 20 or hunchbacked, or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye, or an itching disease, or scabs, or who has damaged testicles. 21 No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall come near to offer the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Since he has a defect, he shall not come near 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 He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a defect; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’"

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

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.