Leviticus 5 – NIVUK & JCB

New International Version – UK

Leviticus 5:1-19

1‘ “If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.

2‘ “If anyone becomes aware that they are guilty – if they unwittingly touch anything ceremonially unclean (whether the carcass of an unclean animal, wild or domestic, or of any unclean creature that moves along the ground) and they are unaware that they have become unclean, but then they come to realise their guilt; 3or if they touch human uncleanness (anything that would make them unclean) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realise their guilt; 4or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil (in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realise their guilt – 5when anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned. 6As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they must bring to the Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering5:6 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter; and the priest shall make atonement for them for their sin.

7‘ “Anyone who cannot afford a lamb is to bring two doves or two young pigeons to the Lord as a penalty for their sin – one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 8They are to bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one for the sin offering. He is to wring its head from its neck, not dividing it completely, 9and is to splash some of the blood of the sin offering against the side of the altar; the rest of the blood must be drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering. 10The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way and make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.

11‘ “If, however, they cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, they are to bring as an offering for their sin a tenth of an ephah5:11 That is, probably about 1.6 kilograms of the finest flour for a sin offering. They must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is a sin offering. 12They are to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it as a memorial5:12 Or representative portion and burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. It is a sin offering. 13In this way the priest will make atonement for them for any of these sins they have committed, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest, as in the case of the grain offering.” ’

The guilt offering

14The Lord said to Moses: 15‘When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.5:15 That is, about 12 grams It is a guilt offering. 16They must make restitution for what they have failed to do in regard to the holy things, pay an additional penalty of a fifth of its value and give it all to the priest. The priest will make atonement for them with the ram as a guilt offering, and they will be forgiven.

17‘If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible. 18They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the wrong they have committed unintentionally, and they will be forgiven. 19It is a guilt offering; they have been guilty of5:19 Or offering; atonement has been made for their wrongdoing against the Lord.’

Japanese Contemporary Bible

レビ記 5:1-19

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1ある犯罪について何かの事実を知っていながら、証言を拒否すれば、その人は罪に定められる。

2野生でも家畜でも、食用にすることを禁じられている動物や昆虫の死体など、礼拝規則で汚れているとみなされるものにさわったら、気づかずにした場合でもその人は汚れ、責めを負う。 3何であれ人体から生じる汚れにさわったら、たとえその時は気づかなくても、あとで気づいたときに責めを負う。 4良いことでも悪いことでも、軽々しく誓いを立て、あとで愚かなことをしたと気づいたときには、責めを負う。

5以上のどの場合も、罪を告白し、 6償いとして、雌の羊かやぎを罪の赦しのためのいけにえとしてささげなさい。祭司はその人の罪の償いをしなさい。

7貧しくて羊をささげる余裕がない場合は、山鳩か家鳩のひなを二羽ささげなさい。一羽を罪の赦しのためのいけにえに、もう一羽を焼き尽くすいけにえとする。 8祭司は、初めに手渡されたほうを、罪の赦しのためのいけにえとし、その首をひねって殺す。ただし、切り落としてはならない。 9次に、その血を祭壇の側面に振りかけ、残りは土台に絞り出す。これが罪の赦しのためのいけにえである。 10祭司はもう一羽も、定められたとおりに、焼き尽くすいけにえとしなさい。こうして、祭司はその人が犯した罪の償いをし、その者は赦される。

11もしその人が貧しくて、山鳩や家鳩のひなさえささげられないときは、細かくひいた小麦粉二・三リットルを持って来なさい。オリーブ油を混ぜたり、香料をかけたりしてはならない。罪の赦しのためのいけにえだからである。 12それを祭司のところへ持って行き、そのうちの一つかみを祭壇で焼いてもらう。火で焼く他のささげ物の場合と同じである。これが、罪の赦しのためのいけにえとなる。 13こうして、祭司はその人が犯した罪の償いをし、その者は赦される。残りの粉は穀物のささげ物と同じように、祭司のものとなる。」

罪過を償ういけにえ

14さらに、主はモーセに告げて言いました。 15「不実なことを行い、過って神聖なものを汚したときは、その罪を償うのに見合ういけにえとして、傷のない雄羊を一頭ささげなさい。 16そのほかに、自分が汚した神聖なものや、ささげるのを怠った十分の一のささげ物の償いをしなければならない。自分が与えた損害額に二割を加えた額を、祭司に納める。祭司は罪を償ういけにえの雄羊で償いをし、その者は赦される。

17-18主がしてはならないと定めたおきてのどれかに違反すれば、たとえ気づかずにしたことでも罪に定められる。そのときは、犯した罪に見合ういけにえをささげなければならない。これは自分の罪過を償ういけにえで、傷のない雄羊を一頭ささげる。祭司は雄羊一頭でその者の罪過の償いをする。過って犯した過失、知らずに犯した過失は、これで赦される。 19罪を犯し、主の前に責めを負った者は、このようにして罪過を償ういけにえをささげなければならない。」