Leviticus 5

venefesh ki-tekheta veshame'ah qol alah vehu ed o ra'ah o yada im-lo yaggid venasa avono

If a person incurs guilt— When someone has heard a public imprecation but (although able to testify as having seen or learned of the matter) has not given information and thus is subject to punishment;

o nefesh asher tigga bekhol-davar tame o venivlat khayyah teme'ah o benivlat behemah teme'ah o benivlat sherets tame venelam mimmennu vehu tame ve'ashem

Or when a person touches any impure thing (be it the carcass of an impure beast or the carcass of impure cattle or the carcass of an impure creeping thing) but does not attend to it, and then, being impure, they realize their guilt;

o khi yigga betumat adam lekhol tumato asher yitma bah venelam mimmennu vehu yada ve'ashem

Or when someone touches human impurity (any such impurity whereby one becomes impure) and, though knowing about it, does not attend to it, but later they realize their guilt;

o nefesh ki tishava levatte visfatayim lehara o lehetiv lekhol asher yevatte ha'adam bishvu'ah venelam mimmennu vehu-yada ve'ashem le'akhat me'elleh

Or when a person utters an oath to bad or good purpose (whatever a human being may utter in an oath) and, though knowing about it, does not attend to it, but later they realize their guilt in any of these matters—

vehayah khi-yesham le'akhat me'elleh vehitvaddah asher khata aleha

upon realizing their guilt in any of these matters, that person shall confess having sinned in that way.

vehevi et-ashamo la-Adonai al khattato asher khata neqevah min-hatson kisbah o-se'irat izzim lekhattat vekhipper alayw hakkohen mekhattato

And they shall bring as a penalty to GOD, for the sin of which they are guilty, a female from the flock—sheep or goat—as a purgation offering; and the priest shall make expiation for the sin, on their behalf.

ve'im-lo taggia yado de seh vehevi et-ashamo asher khata shete torim o-shene vene-yonah la-Adonai ekhad lekhattat ve'ekhad le'olah

But if their means do not suffice for a sheep, they shall bring to GOD, as the penalty for that of which they are guilty, two turtledoves or two pigeons—one for a purgation offering and the other for a burnt offering.

vehevi otam el-hakkohen vehiqriv et-asher lakhattat rishonah umalaq et-rosho mimmul orpo velo yavdil

These shall be brought to the priest, who shall offer first the bird for the purgation offering, pinching its head at the nape without severing it.

vehizzah middam hakhattat al-qir hammizbeakh vehannishar baddam yimmatseh el-yesod hammizbeakh khattat hu

He shall sprinkle some of the blood of the purgation offering on the side of the altar, and what remains of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a purgation offering.

ve'et-hasheni ya'aseh olah kammishpat vekhipper alayw hakkohen mekhattato asher-khata venislakh lo

And the second bird he shall prepare as a burnt offering, according to regulation. For the sin of which [the person] is guilty, the priest shall thus make expiation on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven.

ve'im-lo tassig yado lishte torim o lishne vene-yonah vehevi et-qorbano asher khata asirit ha'efah solet lekhattat lo-yasim aleha shemen velo-yitten aleha levonah ki khattat hiv

And if their means do not suffice for two turtledoves or two pigeons, they shall bring as an offering for that of which they are guilty a tenth of an ephah of choice flour for a purgation offering; they shall not add oil to it or lay frankincense on it, for it is a purgation offering.

vehevi'ah el-hakkohen veqamats hakkohen mimmennah melo qumtso et-azkaratah vehiqtir hammizbekhah al ishe Adonai khattat hiv

It shall be brought to the priest, and the priest shall scoop out of it a handful as a token portion and turn it into smoke on the altar, with GOD’s offerings by fire; it is a purgation offering.

vekhipper alayw hakkohen al-khattato asher-khata me'akhat me'elleh venislakh lo vehayetah lakkohen kamminkhah

For whichever of these sins [the person] is guilty, the priest shall thus make expiation on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven. It shall belong to the priest, like the grain offering.

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

And GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

nefesh ki-timol ma'al vekhate'ah bishgagah miqqodshe Adonai vehevi et-ashamo la-Adonai ayil tamim min-hatson be'erkekha kesef-sheqalim besheqel-haqqodesh le'asham

When a person commits a trespass, being unwittingly remiss about any of GOD’s sacred things: They shall bring as a penalty to GOD a ram without blemish from the flock, convertible into payment in silver by the sanctuary weight, as a reparation offering.

ve'et asher khata min-haqqodesh yeshallem ve'et-khamishito yosef alayw venatan oto lakkohen vehakkohen yekhapper alayw be'el ha'asham venislakh lo

Restitution shall be made for the remission regarding the sacred things, adding a fifth part to it and giving it to the priest. The priest shall make expiation with the ram of the reparation offering on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven.

ve'im-nefesh ki tekheta ve'asetah akhat mikkol-mitsvot Adonai asher lo te'asenah velo-yada ve'ashem venasa avono

As for a person who, without knowing it, sins in regard to any of GOD’s commandments about things not to be done, and then realizes their guilt: They shall be subject to punishment.

vehevi ayil tamim min-hatson be'erkekha le'asham el-hakkohen vekhipper alayw hakkohen al shiggato asher-shagag vehu lo-yada venislakh lo

They shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish from the flock, or the equivalent, as a reparation offering. For the error committed unwittingly, the priest shall make expiation on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven.

asham hu ashom asham la-Adonai

It is a reparation offering; they have incurred guilt before GOD.

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

nefesh ki tekheta uma'alah ma'al ba-Adonai vekhikhesh ba'amito befiqqadon o-vitsumet yad o vegazel o ashaq et-amito

When a person sins and commits a trespass against GOD—by dealing deceitfully with another in the matter of a deposit or a pledge, or through robbery, or by defrauding another,

o-matsa avedah vekhikhesh bah venishba al-shaqer al-akhat mikkol asher-ya'aseh ha'adam lakhato vahennah

or by finding something lost and lying about it; if they swear falsely regarding any one of the various things that a person may do and sin thereby—

vehayah ki-yekheta ve'ashem veheshiv et-haggezelah asher gazal o et-ha'osheq asher ashaq o et-happiqqadon asher hofqad itto o et-ha'avedah asher matsa

when they have thus sinned and, realizing their guilt, would restore either that which was gotten through robbery or fraud, or the entrusted deposit, or the lost thing that was found,

o mikkol asher-yishava alayw lasheqer veshillam oto berosho vakhamishitayw yosef alayw la'asher hu lo yittenennu beyom ashmato

or anything else about which they swore falsely, they shall repay the principal amount and add a fifth part to it. It shall be paid to its owner upon realizing that guilt.

ve'et-ashamo yavi la-Adonai ayil tamim min-hatson be'erkekha le'asham el-hakkohen

Then [the sinner] shall bring to the priest, as a penalty to GOD, a ram without blemish from the flock, or the equivalent, as a reparation offering.

vekhipper alayw hakkohen lifne Adonai venislakh lo al-akhat mikkol asher-ya'aseh le'ashmah vah

The priest shall make expiation before GOD on their behalf—and they shall be forgiven for whatever was done to draw blame thereby.