Leviticus 4

The Lord said to Moses,

وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

“Say to the Israelites: ‘When anyone sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands—

«أَوْصِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: إِنْ سَهَتْ نَفْسٌ فَأَخْطَأَتْ فِي أَمْرٍ مِنْ كُلِّ نَوَاهِي الرَّبِّ، وَاقْتَرَفَتْ مَا لَا يَنْبَغِي، فَهَذَا مَا تَفْعَلُونَهُ:

“‘If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the Lord a young bull without defect as a sin offering^[a] for the sin he has committed.

إِنْ أَخْطَأَ الْكَاهِنُ الْمَمْسُوحُ سَهْواً، وَجَلَبَ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ إِثْماً، فَلْيُقَدِّمْ لِلرَّبِّ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا ثَوْراً لَا عَيْبَ فِيهِ، ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ.

He is to present the bull at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord. He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it there before the Lord.

فَيُحْضِرُ الثَّوْرَ إِلَى مَدْخَلِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ، وَيَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَيَذْبَحُهُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ.

Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and carry it into the tent of meeting.

وَيَأْخُذُ الْكَاهِنُ الْمَمْسُوحُ مِنْ دَمِ الثَّوْرِ وَيَدْخُلُ بِهِ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ،

He is to dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the Lord, in front of the curtain of the sanctuary.

ثُمَّ يَغْمِسُ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الدَّمِ وَيَرُشُّ مِنْهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ عِنْدَ حِجَابِ الْقُدْسِ، الْفَاصِلِ بَيْنَ الْقُدْسِ وَقُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ.

The priest shall then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. The rest of the bull’s blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

ثُمَّ يَضَعُ الْكَاهِنُ بَعْضَ الدَّمِ عَلَى قُرُونِ مَذْبَحِ الْبَخُورِ الْعَطِرِ الَّذِي فِي دَاخِلِ الْقُدْسِ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ. أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ دَمِ الثَّوْرِ فَيَصُبُّهُ عِنْدَ قَاعِدَةِ مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، الْقَائِمِ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

He shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—all the fat that is connected to the internal organs,

وَيَنْزِعُ جَمِيعَ شَحْمِ ثَوْرِ الْخَطِيئَةِ وَشَحْمِ الأَعْضَاءِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ كُلِّهَا،

both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which he will remove with the kidneys—

وَالْكُلْيَتَيْنِ وَشَحْمَهُمَا الَّذِي عَلَى الْخَاصِرَتَيْنِ وَالْمَرَارَةَ،

just as the fat is removed from the ox^[b] sacrificed as a fellowship offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.

عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا يَفْعَلُ بِثَوْرِ ذَبِيحَةِ السَّلامِ، وَيُحْرِقُهَا الْكَاهِنُ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ.

But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestines—

أَمَّا جِلْدُ الثَّوْرِ وَكُلُّ لَحْمِهِ مَعَ رَأْسِهِ وَأَكَارِعِهِ وَأَمْعَائِهِ وَفَرْثِهِ

that is, all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a place ceremonially clean, where the ashes are thrown, and burn it there in a wood fire on the ash heap.

فَإِنَّهُ يَحْمِلُهَا إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمُخَيَّمِ إِلَى مَكَانٍ طَاهِرٍ، حَيْثُ يَطْرَحُ الرَّمَادَ، فَيُحْرِقُهَا كُلَّهَا عَلَى حَطَبٍ مُشْتَعِلٍ فَوْقَ مَكَانِ إِلْقَاءِ الرَّمَادِ.

ذبيحة خطيئة عن الشعب

“‘If the whole Israelite community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though the community is unaware of the matter, when they realize their guilt

وَإِنْ أَخْطَأَ شَعْبُ إِسْرَائِيلَ كُلُّهُ سَهْواً، وَاقْتَرَفُوا إِحْدَى نَوَاهِي الرَّبِّ الَّتِي لَا يَنْبَغِي اقْتِرَافُهَا، وَأَثِمُوا، وَكَانَ الْمَجْمَعُ غَافِلاً عَنِ الأَمْرِ،

and the sin they committed becomes known, the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the tent of meeting.

ثُمَّ اكْتَشَفَ الْمَجْمَعُ الْخَطِيئَةَ الْمُرْتَكَبَةَ، عِنْدَئِذٍ يُقَرِّبُ الْمَجْمَعُ ثَوْراً ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ، يُحْضِرُونَهُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ عِنْدَ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the Lord, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the Lord.

وَيَضَعُ شُيُوخُ الشَّعْبِ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى رَأْسِ الثَّوْرِ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ، وَيَذْبَحُونَهُ هُنَاكَ،

Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull’s blood into the tent of meeting.

وَيَأْخُذُ الْكَاهِنُ الْمَمْسُوحُ مِنْ دَمِ الثَّوْرِ وَيَدْخُلُ بِهِ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ،

He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times in front of the curtain.

ثُمَّ يَغْمِسُ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الدَّمِ وَيَرُشُّ مِنْهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ عِنْدَ حِجَابِ الْقُدْسِ

He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. The rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

وَكَذَلِكَ يَضَعُ بَعْضَ الدَّمِ عَلَى قُرُونِ مَذْبَحِ الْبَخُورِ الْعَطِرِ الَّذِي فِي دَاخِلِ الْقُدْسِ فِي حَضْرَةِ الرَّبِّ. أَمَّا بَقِيَّةُ الدَّمِ فَيَصُبُّهُ عِنْدَ قَاعِدَةِ مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ الْقَائِمِ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

He shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar,

وَيَنْزِعُ الْكَاهِنُ جَمِيعَ شَحْمِهِ وَيُحْرِقُهُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ.

and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the community, and they will be forgiven.

وَيَفْعَلُ بِالثَّوْرِ كَمَا فَعَلَ بِثَوْرِ الْخَطِيئَةِ، فَيُكَفِّرُ عَنْهُمُ الْكَاهِنُ وَيَغْفِرُ اللهُ لَهُمْ.

Then he shall take the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull. This is the sin offering for the community.

ثُمَّ يَحْمِلُ بَقِيَّةَ الثَّوْرِ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمُخَيَّمِ وَيُحْرِقُهُ كَمَا أَحْرَقَ الثَّوْرَ الأَوَّلَ، فَيَكُونُ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ عَنْ كُلِّ الشَّعْبِ.

ذبيحة خطيئة عن قادة الشعب

“‘When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the Lord his God, when he realizes his guilt

إِنْ أَخْطَأَ أَحَدُ قَادَةِ الشَّعْبِ سَهْواً، وَاقْتَرَفَ إِحْدَى نَوَاهِي الرَّبِّ الَّتِي لَا يَنْبَغِي اقْتِرَافُهَا وَأَثِمَ،

and the sin he has committed becomes known, he must bring as his offering a male goat without defect.

ثُمَّ تَنَبَّهَ إِلَى خَطَئِهِ الَّذِي ارْتَكَبَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يُحْضِرُ قُرْبَاناً، جَدْياً ذَكَراً سَلِيماً مِنْ كُلِّ عَيْبٍ،

He is to lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the Lord. It is a sin offering.

وَيَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْجَدْيِ وَيَذْبَحُهُ فِي الْجَانِبِ الشِّمَالِيِّ لِمَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. فَيَكُونُ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ.

Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

وَيَأْخُذُ الْكَاهِنُ مِنْ دَمِ ذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ بِإِصْبَعِهِ وَيَضَعُهُ عَلَى قُرُونِ مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ.

He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the leader’s sin, and he will be forgiven.

وَيُحْرِقُ جَمِيعَ شَحْمِهِ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، كَمَا فَعَلَ بِشَحْمِ ذَبِيحَةِ السَّلامِ. وَهَكَذَا يُكَفِّرُ الْكَاهِنُ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ، فَيَغْفِرُ الرَّبُّ لَهُ.

ذبيحة خطيئة عن أحد العامة

“‘If any member of the community sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, when they realize their guilt

وَإِنْ أَخْطَأَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَامَّةِ الشَّعْبِ سَهْواً وَاقْتَرَفَ إِحْدَى نَوَاهِي الرَّبِّ الَّتِي لَا يَنْبَغِي اقْتِرَافُهَا وَأَثِمَ،

and the sin they have committed becomes known, they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect.

ثُمَّ نُبِّهَ إِلَى خَطِيئَتِهِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا، فَإِنَّهُ يُحْضِرُ قُرْبَاناً: عَنْزاً أُنْثَى سَلِيمَةً مِنْ كُلِّ عَيْبٍ لِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا.

They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.

وَيَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ ذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ وَيَذْبَحُهَا عِنْدَ مَوْضِعِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ،

Then the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

فَيَأْخُذُ الْكَاهِنُ مِنْ دَمِهَا وَيَضَعُهُ عَلَى قُرُونِ مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، وَيَصُبُّ بَقِيَّةَ دَمِهَا عِنْدَ قَاعِدَةِ الْمَذْبَحِ.

They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.

ثُمَّ يَنْتَزِعُ الْكَاهِنُ جَمِيعَ شَحْمِهَا عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا فَعَلَ بِشَحْمِ ذَبِيحَةِ السَّلامِ، وَيُحْرِقُهَا عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ تَقْدِمَةَ رِضًى وَسُرُورٍ لِلرَّبِّ فَيُكَفِّرُ الْكَاهِنُ عَنْهُ وَيَغْفِرُ الرَّبُّ لَهُ.

“‘If someone brings a lamb as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect.

وَإِنْ أَحْضَرَ قُرْبَانَهُ مِنَ الضَّأْنِ لِتَكُونَ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيئَةٍ، فَلْيَكُنْ نَعْجَةً سَلِيمَةً مِنْ كُلِّ عَيْبٍ،

They are to lay their hand on its head and slaughter it for a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.

فَيَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا وَيَذْبَحُهَا قُرْبَانَ خَطِيئَةٍ، فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي تُذْبَحُ فِيهِ الْمُحْرَقَةُ.

Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

وَيَأْخُذُ الْكَاهِنُ مِنْ دَمِ ذَبِيحَةِ الْخَطِيئَةِ بِإِصْبَعِهِ وَيَضَعُهُ عَلَى قُرُونِ مَذْبَحِ الْمُحْرَقَةِ، وَيَصُبُّ بَقِيَّةَ الدَّمِ عِنْدَ قَاعِدَةِ الْمَذْبَحِ.

They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.

وَيَنْزِعُ جَمِيعَ شَحْمِهَا عَلَى غِرَارِ مَا فَعَلَ بِشَحْمِ ذَبِيحَةِ السَّلامِ، وَيُحْرِقُهُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ فَوْقَ وَقَائِدِ الرَّبِّ. وَهَكَذَا يُكَفِّرُ الْكَاهِنُ عَنْ خَطِيئَتِهِ الَّتِي ارْتَكَبَهَا، وَيَغْفِرُ الرَّبُّ لَهُ.