Çölde Sayım 6

¹Ve Rab Musa'ya şöyle seslendi:

²"İsrail oğullarına söyle ve onlara de ki: 'Bir erkek ya da bir kadın, kendini Rabbe kutsallıkla adamak amacıyla büyük bir adak adarsa,

³şaraptan ve mayalanmış güçlü içkilerden uzak duracaktır; ne şarap sirkesi ne de güçlü içki sirkesi içecek, üzümden üretilen hiçbir şeyi içmeyecek, taze üzüm ya da kuru üzüm yemeyecektir.

⁴Adağının bütün günleri boyunca, asmadan elde edilen hiçbir ürünü, üzüm posasından çekirdeğine kadar hiçbir şeyi yemeyecektir.

⁵Adanma süresinin bütün günleri boyunca başına ustura değmeyecektir; Rabbe adadığı günler tamamlanıncaya dek kutsal kalacak, başının saç lülelerini uzatacaktır.

⁶Rabbe adandığı bütün günler boyunca, ölmüş hiçbir canın bulunduğu yere girmeyecektir.

⁷Babası, annesi, erkek kardeşi ya da kız kardeşi öldüğünde bile onlar yüzünden kendini kirletmeyecektir; çünkü Tanrısı'nın adağı başının üzerindedir.

⁸Adağının bütün günleri boyunca Rab için kutsal olacaktır.

⁹Eğer biri onun yanında aniden, ansızın ölürse, adak başı kirlenmiş olur; arınacağı günde başını tıraş edecektir, yani yedinci günde başını tıraş edecektir.

¹⁰Sekizinci günde ise iki kumru ya da iki güvercin yavrusunu kâhine, Tanıklık Çadırı'nın kapısına getirecektir.

¹¹Kâhin bunlardan birini günah sunusu, diğerini de yakmalık sunu olarak sunacak; ölü can yüzünden işlediği günahtan ötürü onun için kefaret edecek ve aynı gün onun başını kutsayacaktır.

¹²Adağının günlerini yeniden Rabbe adayacak ve suç sunusu olarak bir yaşında bir erkek kuzu getirecektir; önceki günler ise geçersiz sayılacaktır, çünkü adak başı kirlenmiştir.

¹³Adak adayanın yasası şudur: Adağının günleri tamamlandığı gün, kendisi sunusunu Tanıklık Çadırı'nın kapısına getirecektir.

¹⁴Ve Rabbe sunusunu sunacaktır: Yakmalık sunu için bir yaşında kusursuz bir erkek kuzu, günah sunusu için bir yaşında kusursuz bir dişi kuzu ve esenlik kurbanı için kusursuz bir koç,

¹⁵zeytinyağıyla yoğrulmuş ince undan mayasız ekmekler ve zeytinyağı sürülmüş mayasız yufkalardan oluşan bir sepet dolusu mayasız ekmek ile bunlara ait tahıl sunularını ve dökmelik sunularını sunacaktır.

¹⁶Kâhin bunları Rabbin huzuruna getirecek, onun günah sunusunu ve yakmalık sunusunu sunacaktır.

¹⁷Koçu ise mayasız ekmek sepetiyle birlikte Rabbe esenlik kurbanı olarak sunacak; kâhin ayrıca onun tahıl sunusunu ve dökmelik sunusunu da sunacaktır.

¹⁸Adak adayan kişi, Tanıklık Çadırı'nın kapısında adak başını tıraş edecek ve saçlarını alıp esenlik kurbanının altındaki ateşin üzerine koyacaktır.

¹⁹Kâhin, koçun haşlanmış ön bacağını, sepetten bir mayasız ekmeği ve bir mayasız yufkayı alıp adak adayan kişi adak saçını tıraş ettikten sonra onun ellerine koyacaktır.

²⁰Kâhin bunları Rabbin huzurunda sallanmalık sunu olarak sunacaktır; bunlar sallanan göğüs eti ve bağışlanan ön bacakla birlikte kâhin için kutsal bir pay olacaktır. Bundan sonra adak adayan kişi şarap içebilir.

²¹Adağına karşılık Rabbe sunacağı sunu için adak adayanın yasası budur; elinin gücünün yettiği diğer şeylerin dışında, adanma yasasına göre adadığı adağın gücüne göre bunu yapacaktır.

²²Ve Rab Musa'ya şöyle seslendi:

²³"Harun'a ve oğullarına de ki: 'İsrail oğullarını şöyle kutsayacak ve onlara şöyle diyeceksiniz:

²⁴Rab seni kutsasın ve seni korusun;

²⁵Rab yüzünü sana parlatsın ve sana merhamet etsin;

²⁶Rab yüzünü sana kaldırsın ve sana esenlik versin.'

²⁷Böylece adımı İsrail oğullarının üzerine koyacaklar ve ben, Rab, onları kutsayacağım."

¹ΚΑΙ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων·

²λάλησον τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς αὐτούς· ἀνὴρ ἢ γυνή, ὃς ἐὰν μεγάλως εὔξηται εὐχὴν ἀφαγνίσασθαι ἁγνείαν Κυρίῳ,

³ἀπὸ οἴνου καὶ σίκερα ἁγνισθήσεται καὶ ὄξος ἐξ οἴνου καὶ ὄξος ἐκ σίκερα οὐ πίεται καὶ ὅσα κατεργάζεται ἐκ σταφυλῆς οὐ πίεται καὶ σταφυλὴν πρόσφατον καὶ σταφίδα οὐ φάγεται.

⁴πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς εὐχῆς αὐτοῦ· ἀπὸ πάντων ὅσα γίνεται ἐξ ἀμπέλου, οἶνον ἀπὸ στεμφύλων ἕως γιγάρτου οὐ φάγεται.

⁵πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ ἁγνισμοῦ ξυρὸν οὐκ ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, ἕως ἂν πληρωθῶσιν αἱ ἡμέραι, ὅσας ηὔξατο Κυρίῳ· ἅγιος ἔσται τρέφων κόμην τρίχα κεφαλῆς.

⁶πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς εὐχῆς Κυρίῳ ἐπὶ πάσῃ ψυχῇ τετελευτηκυίᾳ οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται·

⁷ἐπὶ πατρὶ καὶ μητρὶ καὶ ἐπ’ ἀδελφῷ καὶ ἐπ’ ἀδελφῇ, οὐ μιανθήσεται ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς ἀποθανόντων αὐτῶν, ὅτι εὐχὴ Θεοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐπὶ κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ.

⁸πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς εὐχῆς αὐτοῦ ἅγιος ἔσται Κυρίῳ.

⁹ἐὰν δέ τις ἀποθάνῃ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ ἐξάπινα, παραχρῆμα μιανθήσεται ἡ κεφαλὴ εὐχῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ξυρήσεται τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ καθαρισθῇ· τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ξυρηθήσεται.

¹⁰καὶ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ οἴσει δύο τρυγόνας ἢ δύο νεοσσοὺς περιστερῶν πρὸς τὸν ἱερέα, ἐπὶ τὰς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου,

¹¹καὶ ποιήσει ὁ ἱερεὺς μίαν περὶ ἁμαρτίας καὶ μίαν εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα, καὶ ἐξιλάσεται περὶ αὐτοῦ ὁ ἱερεὺς περὶ ὧν ἥμαρτε περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ ἁγιάσει τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ,

¹²ᾗ ἡγιάσθη Κυρίῳ, τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς εὐχῆς, καὶ προσάξει ἀμνὸν ἐνιαύσιον εἰς πλημμέλειαν, καὶ αἱ ἡμέραι αἱ πρότεραι ἄλογοι ἔσονται, ὅτι ἐμιάνθη ἡ κεφαλὴ εὐχῆς αὐτοῦ.

¹³Καὶ οὗτος ὁ νόμος τοῦ εὐξαμένου· ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ πληρώσῃ ἡμέρας εὐχῆς αὐτοῦ, προσοίσει αὐτὸς παρὰ τὰς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου

¹⁴καὶ προσάξει τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ Κυρίῳ ἀμνὸν ἐνιαύσιον ἄμωμον ἕνα εἰς ὁλοκαύτωσιν καὶ ἀμνάδα ἐνιαυσίαν μίαν ἄμωμον εἰς ἁμαρτίαν καὶ κριὸν ἕνα ἄμωμον εἰς σωτήριον

¹⁵καὶ κανοῦν ἀζύμων σεμιδάλεως ἄρτους ἀναπεποιημένους ἐν ἐλαίῳ καὶ λάγανα ἄζυμα κεχρισμένα ἐν ἐλαίῳ καὶ θυσίαν αὐτῶν καὶ σπονδὴν αὐτῶν.

¹⁶καὶ προσοίσει ὁ ἱερεὺς ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ ποιήσει τὸ περὶ ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ ὁλοκαύτωμα αὐτοῦ17 καὶ τὸν κριὸν ποιήσει θυσίαν σωτηρίου τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐπὶ τῷ κανῷ τῶν ἀζύμων, καὶ ποιήσει ὁ ἱερεὺς τὴν θυσίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν σπονδὴν αὐτοῦ.

¹⁸καὶ ξυρήσεται ὁ ηὐγμένος παρὰ τὰς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου τὴν κεφαλὴν τῆς εὐχῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιθήσει τὰς τρίχας ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ, ὅ ἐστιν ὑπὸ τὴν θυσίαν τοῦ σωτηρίου.

¹⁹καὶ λήψεται ὁ ἱερεὺς τὸν βραχίονα ἑφθὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ κριοῦ καὶ ἄρτον ἕνα ἄζυμον ἀπὸ τοῦ κανοῦ καὶ λάγανον ἄζυμον ἓν καὶ ἐπιθήσει ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖρας τοῦ ηὐγμένου μετὰ τὸ ξυρήσασθαι αὐτὸν τὴν εὐχὴν αὐτοῦ·

²⁰καὶ προσοίσει αὐτὰ ὁ ἱερεὺς ἐπίθεμα ἔναντι Κυρίου, ἅγιον ἔσται τῷ ἱερεῖ ἐπὶ τοῦ στηθυνίου τοῦ ἐπιθέματος καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ βραχίονος τοῦ ἀφαιρέματος, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα πίεται ὁ ηὐγμένος οἶνον.

²¹οὗτος ὁ νόμος τοῦ εὐξαμένου, ὃς ἂν εὔξηται Κυρίῳ δῶρον αὐτοῦ Κυρίῳ περὶ τῆς εὐχῆς, χωρὶς ὧν ἂν εὕρῃ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ, κατὰ δύναμιν τῆς εὐχῆς αὐτοῦ, ἣν ἂν εὔξηται κατὰ νόμον ἁγνείας.

²²Καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων·

²³λάλησον ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ λέγων· οὕτως εὐλογήσετε τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Ισραήλ, λέγοντες αὐτοῖς·

²⁴εὐλογήσαι σε Κύριος καὶ φυλάξαι σε·

²⁵ἐπιφάναι Κύριος τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ ἐλεήσαι σε·

²⁶ἐπάραι Κύριος τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ δώῃ σοι εἰρήνην.

²⁷καὶ ἐπιθήσουσι τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ ἐγὼ Κύριος εὐλογήσω αὐτούς. [*] Thanks to Fr. Basil for noticing that the translator renders ψυχὴ τετελευτηκυΐα (dead soul) as "dead body". Soul can mean the whole man or the living body, but this already is an interpretation. Perhaps the original should be kept as it is (dead soul), with a footnote explaining the wide reference of the word soul, but also mentioning this other aspect, that sin is the death of a soul. A man can survive forever, but being essentially dead, if alienated from God.

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

²speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatsoever man or woman shall specially vow a vow to separate oneself with purity to the Lord,

³he shall purely abstain from wine and strong drink; and he shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink; and whatever is made of the grape he shall not drink; neither shall he eat fresh grapes or raisins,

⁴all the days of his vow: he shall eat not one of all the things that come from the vine, wine from the grape-stones to the husk,

⁵all the days of his separation:-- a razor shall not come upon his head, until the days be fulfilled which he vowed to the Lord: he shall be holy, cherishing the long hair of the head,

⁶all the days of his vow to the Lord: he shall not come nigh to any dead body [*],

⁷to his father or his mother, or to his brother or his sister; he shall not defile himself for them, when they have died, because the vow of God is upon him on his head.

⁸All the days of his vow he shall be holy to the Lord.

⁹And if any one should die suddenly by him, immediately the head of his vow shall be defiled; and he shall shave his head in whatever day he shall be purified: on the seventh day he shall be shaved.

¹⁰And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the doors of the tabernacle of witness.

¹¹And the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering; and the other for a whole-burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him in the things wherein he sinned respecting the dead body, and he shall sanctify his head in that day,

¹²in which he was consecrated to the Lord, [all] the days of his vow; and he shall bring a lamb of a year old for a trespass-offering; and the former days shall not be reckoned, because the head of his vow was polluted.

¹³And this is the law of him that has vowed: in whatever day he shall have fulfilled the days of his vow, he shall himself bring his gift to the doors of the tabernacle of witness.

¹⁴And he shall bring his gift to the Lord; one he-lamb of a year old without blemish for a whole-burnt-offering, and one ewe-lamb of a year old without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for a peace-offering;

¹⁵and a basket of unleavened bread of fine flour, [even] loaves kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offering.

¹⁶And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his whole-burnt-offering.

¹⁷And he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace-offering to the Lord with the basket of unleavened bread; and the priest shall offer its meat-offering and its drink-offering.

¹⁸And he that has vowed shall shave the head of his consecration by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall put the hairs on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace-offering.

¹⁹And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened loaf from the basket, and one unleavened cake, and shall put them on the hands of the votary after he has shaved off his holy hair.

²⁰And the priest shall present them as an offering before the Lord; it shall be the holy portion for the priest beside the breast of the heave-offering and beside the shoulder of the wave-offering: and afterwards the votary shall drink wine.

²¹This is the law of the votary who shall have vowed to the Lord his gift to the Lord, concerning his vow, besides what he may be able to afford according to the value of his vow, which he may have vowed according to the law of separation.

²²And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

²³Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, Thus ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying to them,

²⁴The Lord bless thee and keep thee;

²⁵the Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and have mercy upon thee;

²⁶the Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

²⁷And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I the Lord will bless them.