Purity, which is the absence of impurity, is a prerequisite for access to the holy or for holy status.

纯洁，不纯的反义词，是接近神圣或达到神圣状态的先决条件。

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To be in a state of purity simply means that one is qualified to contact the sacred: to enter the sacred precincts, to handle sacred objects, and so on.

处于纯洁的状态仅仅意味着有资格,去接触神圣，比如说进入圣地的周边地区，打理神圣的物件，等等。

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To be in a state of impurity simply means that one is not qualified to contact the sacred.

处于不纯洁的状态仅仅意味着,没有资格去接触神圣的事物。

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Increased access to the holy requires increased, an increased degree of purity.

越接近神圣，需要更深层的，更进一步的纯洁。

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Well, now we need to consider the deep connection that exists between holiness and purity.

现在我们需要更深层地思考一下,神圣和纯洁之间的联系。

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The holy is by definition pure: by definition.

神圣不由分说肯定是纯洁的，肯定的。

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Only that which is free of impurity can contact the holy.

只有纯洁的人才能接触神圣。

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Because the two are not identical despite massive amounts of scholarship that confuses this issue: thinks holy means pure, thinks common means impure, and it just doesn't: these are different binary oppositions. The two are not identical.

因为这俩并不完全相同,还是会有很多学者会弄混它们：,认为神圣的就是纯洁的，普通的就是不纯洁的，实则不然：,它们是不同的相对关系，它们并不完全相同。

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But if they're holy, they must be pure.

蛋如果它是神圣的，它必然是纯洁的。

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That's the connection between holiness and purity.

这就是纯洁和神圣的关系。

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And we identify this work as Priestly because it deals with matters that were of special concern to and under the jurisdiction of priests: the sanctuary, its cultic rituals, the system of sacrifices, the distinction between the holy and the profane and the pure and the impure.

我们之所以把《利未记》看成是与祭司有关的,是因为其中特别写到了,祭司的一些相关内容，包括至圣所，宗教仪式，供奉体系，以及神圣和世俗、,纯洁与肮脏之间的差别。

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