اَلْعَدَد 8

١ 1 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

٢ 2 «كَلِّمْ هَارُونَ وَقُلْ لَهُ: مَتَى رَفَعْتَ ٱلسُّرُجَ فَإِلَى قُدَّامِ ٱلْمَنَارَةِ تُضِيءُ ٱلسُّرُجُ ٱلسَّبْعَةُ».

Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, then shall the seven lamps give light toward the body of the candlestick.

٣ 3 فَفَعَلَ هَارُونُ هَكَذَا. إِلَى قُدَّامِ ٱلْمَنَارَةِ رَفَعَ سُرُجَهَا كَمَا أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى.

And Aaron did so; toward the body of the candlestick did he light its lamps; as the Lord had commanded Moses.

٤ 4 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ صَنْعَةُ ٱلْمَنَارَةِ: مَسْحُولَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ. حَتَّى سَاقُهَا وَزَهْرُهَا هِيَ مَسْحُولَةٌ. حَسَبَ ٱلْمَنْظَرِ ٱلَّذِي أَرَاهُ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى هَكَذَا عَمِلَ ٱلْمَنَارَةَ.

And this was the workmanship of the candlestick: It was of beaten gold, from the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work; according unto the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so made he the candlestick.

٥ 5 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

٦ 6 «خُذِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ.

Take the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

٧ 7 وَهَكَذَا تَفْعَلُ لَهُمْ لِتَطْهِيرِهِمِ: ٱنْضِحْ عَلَيْهِمْ مَاءَ ٱلْخَطِيَّةِ، وَلْيُمِرُّوا مُوسَى عَلَى كُلِّ بَشَرِهِمْ، وَيَغْسِلُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ فَيَتَطَهَّرُوا.

And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle upon them water of purification, after they have let the razor pass over all their flesh, and then let them wash their clothes, and so shall they be clean.

٨ 8 ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُوا ثَوْرًا ٱبْنَ بَقَرٍ وَتَقْدِمَتَهُ دَقِيقًا مَلْتُوتًا بِزَيْتٍ. وَثَوْرًا آخَرَ ٱبْنَ بَقَرٍ تَأْخُذُ لِذَبِيحَةِ خَطِيَّةٍ.

And they shall take a young bullock with his meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.

٩ 9 فَتُقَدِّمُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ أَمَامَ خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ، وَتَجْمَعُ كُلَّ جَمَاعَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

And thou shalt bring near the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt assemble together the whole congregation of the children of Israel.

١٠ 10 وَتُقَدِّمُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَيَضَعُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ.

And when thou hast brought near the Levites before the Lord, then shall the children of Israel lay their hands upon the Levites:

١١ 11 وَيُرَدِّدُ هَارُونُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ تَرْدِيدًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ مِنْ عِنْدِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَكُونُونَ لِيَخْدِمُوا خِدْمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

And Aaron shall make with the Levites a waving before the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may be ready to execute the service of the Lord.

١٢ 12 ثُمَّ يَضَعُ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى رَأْسَيِ ٱلثَّوْرَيْنِ، فَتُقَرِّبُ ٱلْوَاحِدَ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ، وَٱلْآخَرَ مُحْرَقَةً لِلرَّبِّ، لِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ.

And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt prepare the one as a sin-offering, and the other as a burnt-offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites.

١٣ 13 فَتُوقِفُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ أَمَامَ هَارُونَ وَبَنِيهِ وَتُرَدِّدُهُمْ تَرْدِيدًا لِلرَّبِّ.

And thou shalt place the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and make with them a waving before the Lord.

١٤ 14 وَتُفْرِزُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَكُونُ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ لِي.

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

١٥ 15 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَأْتِي ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ لِيَخْدِمُوا خَيْمَةَ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ فَتُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُرَدِّدُهُمْ تَرْدِيدًا،

And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: after thou shalt have cleansed them, and made with them a waving.

١٦ 16 لِأَنَّهُمْ مَوْهُوبُونَ لِي هِبَةً مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. بَدَلَ كُلِّ فَاتِحِ رَحِمٍ، بِكْرِ كُلٍّ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدِ ٱتَّخَذْتُهُمْ لِي.

For they are wholly given unto me from the midst of the children of Israel: instead of every one that openeth the womb, of every first-born of the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

١٧ 17 لِأَنَّ لِي كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَهَائِمِ. يَوْمَ ضَرَبْتُ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ قَدَّسْتُهُمْ لِي.

For mine are all the first-born of the children of Israel, both of man and beast: on the day that I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt did I sanctify them unto myself.

١٨ 18 فَٱتَّخَذْتُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ بِكْرٍ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And I have taken the Levites, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.

١٩ 19 وَوَهَبْتُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ هِبَةً لِهَارُونَ وَبَنِيهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِيَخْدِمُوا خِدْمَةَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ، وَلِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِكَيْ لَا يَكُونَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَأٌ عِنْدَ ٱقْتِرَابِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلْقُدْسِ».

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

٢٠ 20 فَفَعَلَ مُوسَى وَهَارُونُ وَكُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلَّاوِيِّينَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى عَنِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ. هَكَذَا فَعَلَ لَهُمْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And so did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the Levites: according unto all that the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.

٢١ 21 فَتَطَهَّرَ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ وَغَسَّلُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ، وَرَدَّدَهُمْ هَارُونُ تَرْدِيدًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَكَفَّرَ عَنْهُمْ هَارُونُ لِتَطْهِيرِهِمْ.

And the Levites purified themselves, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron made with them a waving before the Lord: and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.

٢٢ 22 وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَتَى ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ لِيَخْدِمُوا خِدْمَتَهُمْ فِي خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ أَمَامَ هَارُونَ وَأَمَامَ بَنِيهِ، كَمَا أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى عَنِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ هَكَذَا فَعَلُوا لَهُمْ.

And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

٢٣ 23 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

٢٤ 24 «هَذَا مَا لِلَّاوِيِّينَ: مِنِ ٱبْنِ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فَصَاعِدًا يَأْتُونَ لِيَتَجَنَّدُوا أَجْنَادًا فِي خِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ.

This shall be the rule for the Levites: From twenty and five years old and upward shall he go into the ranks to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation;

٢٥ 25 وَمِنِ ٱبْنِ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً يَرْجِعُونَ مِنْ جُنْدِ ٱلْخِدْمَةِ وَلَا يَخْدِمُونَ بَعْدُ.

And from the age of fifty years shall he go out of the ranks of the service, and he shall serve no more;

٢٦ 26 يُوازِرُونَ إِخْوَتَهُمْ فِي خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ لِحَرَسِ حِرَاسَةٍ، لَكِنْ خِدْمَةً لَا يَخْدِمُونَ. هَكَذَا تَعْمَلُ لِلَّاوِيِّينَ فِي حِرَاسَاتِهِمْ».

But he shall wait on his brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, but the service shall he not perform; thus shalt thou do unto the Levites in the discharge of their office.