< اَلْعَدَد 18 >

وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِهَارُونَ: «أَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ وَبَيْتُ أَبِيكَ مَعَكَ تَحْمِلُونَ ذَنْبَ ٱلْمَقْدِسِ، وَأَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ مَعَكَ تَحْمِلُونَ ذَنْبَ كَهَنُوتِكُمْ. ١ 1
Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and the other members of your father’s family are the ones (who will be punished/whom I will punish) [if anything bad happens to the things] inside the Sacred Tent. But only you and your sons will be punished if the priests do something bad.
وَأَيْضًا إِخْوَتُكَ سِبْطُ لَاوِي، سِبْطُ أَبِيكَ، قَرِّبْهُمْ مَعَكَ فَيَقْتَرِنُوا بِكَ وَيُوازِرُوكَ، وَأَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ قُدَّامَ خَيْمَةِ ٱلشَّهَادَةِ، ٢ 2
Require that those who belong to your tribe, the tribe of Levi, must assist you and your sons while you perform your work at the Sacred Tent.
فَيَحْفَظُونَ حِرَاسَتَكَ وَحِرَاسَةَ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ كُلِّهَا. وَلَكِنْ إِلَى أَمْتِعَةِ ٱلْقُدْسِ وَإِلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ لَا يَقْتَرِبُونَ، لِئَلَّا يَمُوتُوا هُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ جَمِيعًا. ٣ 3
But while they do that work, they must not go near the sacred items inside the tent or near the altar. If they do that, they will die, and you will die, too!
يَقْتَرِنُونَ بِكَ وَيَحْفَظُونَ حِرَاسَةَ خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ مَعَ كُلِّ خِدْمَةِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ. وَٱلْأَجْنَبِيُّ لَا يَقْتَرِبْ إِلَيْكُمْ. ٤ 4
They may assist you in doing all the work to take care of the Sacred Tent, but no one else is permitted to come near the place where you are working.
بَلْ تَحْفَظُونَ أَنْتُمْ حِرَاسَةَ ٱلْقُدْسِ وَحِرَاسَةَ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ، لِكَيْ لَا يَكُونَ أَيْضًا سَخَطٌ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٥ 5
“You are the ones who will do the sacred work inside the Sacred Tent and at the altar. If you obey these instructions, I will not become very angry with the Israeli people again.
هَأَنَذَا قَدْ أَخَذْتُ إِخْوَتَكُمُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَطِيَّةً لَكُمْ مُعْطَيْنَ لِلرَّبِّ، لِيَخْدِمُوا خِدْمَةَ خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ. ٦ 6
I myself have chosen the descendants of Levi from the other Israelis in order that they may be your special helpers. They are like a gift that I have given you to work at the Sacred Tent.
وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ مَعَكَ فَتَحْفَظُونَ كَهَنُوتَكُمْ مَعَ مَا لِلْمَذْبَحِ وَمَا هُوَ دَاخِلَ ٱلْحِجَابِ، وَتَخْدِمُونَ خِدْمَةً. عَطِيَّةً أَعْطَيْتُ كَهَنُوتَكُمْ. وَٱلْأَجْنَبِيُّ ٱلَّذِي يَقْتَرِبُ يُقْتَلُ». ٧ 7
But it is you and your sons, who are the priests, who must perform all the rituals concerning the altar and with what happens inside the Very Holy Place. I am giving to you this work of serving as priests. So anyone else who tries to do that work must be executed.”
وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِهَارُونَ: «وَهَأَنَذَا قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكَ حِرَاسَةَ رَفَائِعِي، مَعَ جَمِيعِ أَقْدَاسِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَكَ أَعْطَيْتُهَا، حَقَّ ٱلْمَسْحَةِ وَلِبَنِيكَ فَرِيضَةً دَهْرِيَّةً. ٨ 8
Yahweh also said to Aaron, “I myself have appointed you to take care of all the sacred offerings that the Israeli people bring to me. I have given all these sacred offerings to you and to your sons. You and your descendants will get a share of these offerings permanently.
هَذَا يَكُونُ لَكَ مِنْ قُدْسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ، كُلُّ قَرَابِينِهِمْ مَعَ كُلِّ تَقْدِمَاتِهِمْ وَكُلِّ ذَبَائِحِ خَطَايَاهُمْ وَكُلِّ ذَبَائِحِ آثَامِهِمْ ٱلَّتِي يَرُدُّونَهَا لِي. قُدْسُ أَقْدَاسٍ هِيَ لَكَ وَلِبَنِيكَ. ٩ 9
The parts of the offerings that are not completely burned on the altar belong to you. Those parts of the sacred offerings, including the offerings of grain, the offerings for sins and for the people to be forgiven for not giving me what they are required to give, are set apart, and are to be given to you and your sons.
فِي قُدْسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ تَأْكُلُهَا. كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ يَأْكُلُهَا. قُدْسًا تَكُونُ لَكَ. ١٠ 10
You must eat those offerings in a sacred place, [near the Sacred Tent]. You and all of the other males [in your clan] may eat them, but you must consider those offerings to be holy/dedicated to me.
وَهَذِهِ لَكَ: ٱلرَّفِيعَةُ مِنْ عَطَايَاهُمْ مَعَ كُلِّ تَرْدِيدَاتِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. لَكَ أَعْطَيْتُهَا وَلِبَنِيكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ مَعَكَ فَرِيضَةً دَهْرِيَّةً. كُلُّ طَاهِرٍ فِي بَيْتِكَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا. ١١ 11
“The priests lift up high the sacred offerings while they are standing in front of the altar. All of those offerings that the Israelis offer to me belong to you and your sons and daughters. They will always be your share. All the members of your family who [have performed the rituals to cause them to] be acceptable to me are permitted to eat from these offerings.
كُلُّ دَسَمِ ٱلزَّيْتِ وَكُلُّ دَسَمِ ٱلْمِسْطَارِ وَٱلْحِنْطَةِ، أَبْكَارُهُنَّ ٱلَّتِي يُعْطُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ، لَكَ أَعْطَيْتُهَا. ١٢ 12
“am [also] giving to you the first food that people harvest each year and bring to me—the best [olive] oil and new wine and grain.
أَبْكَارُ كُلِّ مَا فِي أَرْضِهِمِ ٱلَّتِي يُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ لَكَ تَكُونُ. كُلُّ طَاهِرٍ فِي بَيْتِكَ يَأْكُلُهَا. ١٣ 13
All of the first crops that people harvest and bring to me belong to you. Anyone in your family who has [performed the ritual to] become acceptable to me is permitted to eat that food.
كُلُّ مُحَرَّمٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَكُونُ لَكَ. ١٤ 14
“Everything in Israel that is set apart to belong to me also belongs to you.
كُلُّ فَاتِحِ رَحِمٍ مِنْ كُلِّ جَسَدٍ يُقَدِّمُونَهُ لِلرَّبِّ، مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَهَائِمِ، يَكُونُ لَكَ. غَيْرَ أَنَّكَ تَقْبَلُ فِدَاءَ بِكْرِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ. وَبِكْرُ ٱلْبَهِيمَةِ ٱلنَّجِسَةِ تَقْبَلُ فِدَاءَهُ. ١٥ 15
The firstborn males, both humans and domestic animals, that are offered to me, will be yours. But people must buy back their firstborn sons and the firstborn animals that may not be used for sacrifices.
وَفِدَاؤُهُ مِنِ ٱبْنِ شَهْرٍ تَقْبَلُهُ حَسَبَ تَقْوِيمِكَ فِضَّةً، خَمْسَةَ شَوَاقِلَ عَلَى شَاقِلِ ٱلْقُدْسِ. هُوَ عِشْرُونَ جِيرَةً. ١٦ 16
They must buy them back when they are one month old. The price that they must pay [for each one] is five pieces of silver. They must weigh the silver on the scales that are in the Sacred Tent.
لَكِنْ بِكْرُ ٱلْبَقَرِ أَوْ بِكْرُ ٱلضَّأْنِ أَوْ بِكْرُ ٱلْمَعْزِ لَا تَقْبَلْ فِدَاءَهُ. إِنَّهُ قُدْسٌ. بَلْ تَرُشُّ دَمَهُ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ، وَتُوقِدُ شَحْمَهُ وَقُودًا رَائِحَةَ سَرُورٍ لِلرَّبِّ. ١٧ 17
“But they are not permitted to buy back the firstborn cattle or sheep or goats. They are holy and have been set apart for me. [Slaughter them and] sprinkle their blood on the altar. Then completely burn the fat of those animals [on the altar] to be an offering to me. The smell as they burn will be very pleasing to me.
وَلَحْمُهُ يَكُونُ لَكَ، كَصَدْرِ ٱلتَّرْدِيدِ وَٱلسَّاقِ ٱلْيُمْنَى يَكُونُ لَكَ. ١٨ 18
The meat from those offerings will be yours, just like the breast and right thigh of animals that are presented to me to maintain fellowship with me as the priest lifts them up high in front of the altar are yours.
جَمِيعُ رَفَائِعِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ ٱلَّتِي يَرْفَعُهَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلرَّبِّ أَعْطَيْتُهَا لَكَ وَلِبَنِيكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ مَعَكَ حَقًّا دَهْرِيًّا. مِيثَاقَ مِلْحٍ دَهْرِيًّا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ لَكَ وَلِزَرْعِكَ مَعَكَ». ١٩ 19
Anything that the Israeli people present to me as holy/sacred gifts, I am giving to you. They are for you and your sons and daughters [to eat]. They will always be your share. This is an agreement that I am making with you, an agreement that will (last forever/never be changed). I am also making this agreement with your descendants.”
وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِهَارُونَ: «لَا تَنَالُ نَصِيبًا فِي أَرْضِهِمْ، وَلَا يَكُونُ لَكَ قِسْمٌ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ. أَنَا قِسْمُكَ وَنَصِيبُكَ فِي وَسَطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. ٢٠ 20
Yahweh also said to Aaron, “You priests will not receive any of the land or the property like the [other] Israeli people will receive. I am what you will receive.
«وَأَمَّا بَنُو لَاوِي، فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهُمْ كُلَّ عُشْرٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِيرَاثًا عِوَضَ خِدْمَتَهِمْ ٱلَّتِي يَخْدِمُونَهَا، خِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ. ٢١ 21
“Then the Israeli people bring to me a tenth of all [the crops and of their newborn animals], I will give that to you descendants of Levi. That will be your payment for the work you do at the Sacred Tent.
فَلَا يَقْتَرِبُ أَيْضًا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ لِيَحْمِلُوا خَطِيَّةً لِلْمَوْتِ، ٢٢ 22
The other Israelis must not go near that tent. If they go near it, [I will consider that their doing that is a sin, and] they will die for committing that sin.
بَلِ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ يَخْدِمُونَ خِدْمَةَ خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ، وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ ذَنْبَهُمْ فَرِيضَةً دَهْرِيَّةً فِي أَجْيَالِكُمْ. وَفِي وَسَطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يَنَالُونَ نَصِيبًا. ٢٣ 23
Only the descendants of Levi are permitted to work at the Sacred Tent, and they will be punished if anything bad happens to it. That is a law that will never be changed. You descendants of Levi will not receive any land among the other Israeli people,
إِنَّ عُشُورَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّتِي يَرْفَعُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ رَفِيعَةً قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهَا لِلَّاوِيِّينَ نَصِيبًا. لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ: فِي وَسَطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يَنَالُونَ نَصِيبًا». ٢٤ 24
because I will give you one tenth of all the [crops and animals] that the Israelis bring to be offerings to me. That is why I said that you will not receive any land like the other Israelis will receive.”
وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا: ٢٥ 25
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
«وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: مَتَى أَخَذْتُمْ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْعُشْرَ ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَيْتُكُمْ إِيَّاهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ نَصِيبًا لَكُمْ، تَرْفَعُونَ مِنْهُ رَفِيعَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ: عُشْرًا مِنَ ٱلْعُشْرِ، ٢٦ 26
“Tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you receive one tenth of all [the crops and animals] from the Israeli people, you must give one tenth of all that to me to be a sacred offering.
فَيُحْسَبُ لَكُمْ. إِنَّهُ رَفِيعَتُكُمْ كَٱلْحِنْطَةِ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْدَرِ، وَكَالْمِلْءِ مِنَ ٱلْمِعْصَرَةِ. ٢٧ 27
Just like the other Israelis give one tenth of the grain and wine that they produce,
فَهَكَذَا تَرْفَعُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا رَفِيعَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ مِنْ جَمِيعِ عُشُورِكُمُ ٱلَّتِي تَأْخُذُونَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. تُعْطُونَ مِنْهَا رَفِيعَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ لِهَارُونَ ٱلْكَاهِنِ. ٢٨ 28
you must give to me one tenth of all that you receive from them. That will be your sacred offering to me. You must present it to Aaron.
مِنْ جَمِيعِ عَطَايَاكُمْ تَرْفَعُونَ كُلَّ رَفِيعَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ مِنَ ٱلْكُلِّ، دَسَمَهُ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَ مِنْهُ. ٢٩ 29
Select the best parts of the things that are given to you to give them to me.’
وَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: حِينَ تَرْفَعُونَ دَسَمَهُ مِنْهُ يُحْسَبُ لِلَّاوِيِّينَ كَمَحْصُولِ ٱلْبَيْدَرِ وَكَمَحْصُولِ ٱلْمِعْصَرَةِ. ٣٠ 30
“Also, tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you present those best portions of grain and wine as your offering to me, I will consider that those gifts are as though they came from your own grain fields and vineyards.
وَتَأْكُلُونَهُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ أَنْتُمْ وَبُيُوتُكُمْ، لِأَنَّهُ أُجْرَةٌ لَكُمْ عِوَضَ خِدْمَتِكُمْ فِي خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ. ٣١ 31
You descendants of Levi and your families are permitted to eat [the rest of] that food, and you may eat it wherever [you want to], because it is your payment for the work that you do at the Sacred Tent.
وَلَا تَتَحَمَّلُونَ بِسَبَبِهِ خَطِيَّةً إِذَا رَفَعْتُمْ دَسَمَهُ مِنْهُ. وَأَمَّا أَقْدَاسُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَا تُدَنِّسُوهَا لِئَلَّا تَمُوتُوا». ٣٢ 32
If you give to the priests the best portions of what you receive, you will not be punished [by me] for accepting one tenth of the gifts that the people bring to me. But you must consider those gifts to be sacred/holy. If you sin [by eating those things in ways that are contrary to these regulations that I have given to you], you will be executed.’”

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