3 Mosebog 12
1 Og HERREN talede til Moses og sagde:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 Tal til Israeliterne og sig: Når en Kvinde bliver frugtsommelig og føder en Dreng, skal hun være uren i syv Dage; ligesom i den Tid hun har sin månedlige Urenhed, skal hun være uren.
“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If a woman gives birth to a son, she must be avoided for seven days, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month.
3 På den ottende Dag skal Drengen omskæres på sin Forhud.
The baby son must be circumcised on the eighth day after he is born.
4 Derefter skal hun holde sig hjemme i tre og tredive Dage, medens hun har sit Renselsesblod; hun må ikke røre ved noget helligt eller komme til Helligdommen, før hendes Renselsestid er omme.
Then the woman must wait 33 days to be purified from her bleeding [during childbirth]. She must not touch anything that is sacred or enter the Sacred Tent area until that time is ended.
5 Føder hun derimod et Pigebarn, skal hun være uren i to Uger ligesom under sin månedlige Urenhed; og derpå skal hun holde sig hjemme i seks og tresindstyve Dage, medens hun har sit Renselsesblod.
If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she must be avoided for two weeks, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month. Then she must wait 66 days to be purified from the bleeding that occurred [when her baby was born].
6 Når hendes Renselsestid er omme, skal hun, både efter et Drengebarn og et Pigebarn, bringe et årgammelt Lam som Brændoffer og en Dueunge eller Turteldue som Syndoffer til Præsten ved Åbenbaringsteltets Indgang;
‘Then that time for her to be purified is ended, that woman must bring to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent a one-year-old lamb to be completely burned [on the altar], and a dove or a young pigeon [to be sacrificed] to enable her to become acceptable to Yahweh again.
7 og han skal frembære det for HERRENs Åsyn og skaffe hende Soning, så hun bliver ren efter sit Blodtab. Det er Loven om en Kvinde. der føder, hvad enten det er en Dreng eller en Pige.
The priest will offer them to Yahweh in order that she may be forgiven for any sins she has committed. Then she will be purified from her loss of blood [when the baby was born]. ‘Those are the regulations for women who give birth to a son or daughter.
8 Men hvis hun ikke evner at give et Lam, skal hun tage to Turtelduer eller Dueunger, en til Brændoffer og en til Syndoffer, og Præsten skal skaffe hende Soning, så hun bliver ren.
If a woman who gives birth to a child cannot afford a lamb, she must bring two doves or two young pigeons. One will be burned completely [on the altar], and one will be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to God again. By doing that, the priest will cause that she will be forgiven for any sins she has committed, and she no longer will need to be avoided.’”
