4 Mosebok 18
1 Och Herren sade till Aaron: Du och dine söner, och dins faders hus med dig, skolen bära helgedomens missgerning; och du och dine söner med dig skolen bära edars Presterskaps missgerning.
Yahweh said to Aaron, “You, your sons, and your ancestor's clan will be responsible for all sins committed against the sanctuary. But only you and your sons with you will be responsible for all sins committed by anyone in the priesthood.
2 Men dine bröder af Levi dins faders slägte skall du taga till dig, att de äro när dig, och tjena dig; men du och dine söner med dig skolen tjena inför vittnesbördsens tabernakel.
As for your fellow members of the tribe of Levi, your ancestors' tribe, you must bring them with you so they may join you and help you when you and your sons serve in front of the tent of the covenant decrees.
3 Och de skola taga vara på din tjenst, och hela tabernaklets tjenst; dock skola de intet nalkas intill helgedomens tyg, och till altaret, att både de och I icke skolen dö;
They must serve you and the whole tent. However, they must not come near to anything in the holy place or connected with the altar, or they and also you will die.
4 Utan de skola vara när dig, att de taga vara uppå vittnesbördsens tabernakels tjenst, uti all tabernaklets ämbete; och ingen främmande skall nalkas eder.
They must join you and take care of the tent of meeting, for all the work connected with the tent. A foreigner must not come near you.
5 Så akter nu uppå helgedomens tjenste, och uppå altarens tjenste, att icke mer en vrede kommer öfver Israels barn.
You must take responsibility for the holy place and for the altar so that my anger does not come on the people of Israel again.
6 Ty si, jag hafver tagit edra bröder Leviterna ut ifrån Israels barn, och gifvit eder Herranom till en skänk, att de skola taga vara på ämbetet vid vittnesbördsens tabernakel.
Look, I myself have chosen your fellow members of the Levites from among the descendants of Israel. They are a gift to you, given to me to do the work connected to the tent of meeting.
7 Men du och dine söner med dig skolen akta på edart Presterskap, att I tjenen uti all altarens handel, och innanför förlåten; ty edart Presterskap gifver jag eder till ett ämbete för en gåfvo; om någor främmande går härtill, han skall dö.
But only you and your sons may exercise the priesthood regarding everything connected with the altar and everything inside the curtain. You yourselves must fulfill those responsibilities. I am giving you the priesthood as a gift. Any foreigner who approaches must be put to death.”
8 Och Herren sade till Aaron: Si, jag hafver gifvit dig mitt häfoffer, af allt det som Israels barn helga, för ditt Prestaämbete, och dinom sönom till en evig rätt.
Then Yahweh said to Aaron, “Look, I have given you the duty of handling the offerings raised up to me, and all the holy offerings that the people of Israel give to me. I have given these offerings to you and your sons as your ongoing share.
9 Detta skall du hafva af det aldrahelgasta, som de offra: Alla deras gåfvor med allt deras spisoffer, och med allt deras syndoffer, och med allt deras skuldoffer, som de mig gifva, det skall vara dig och dinom sönom det aldrahelgasta.
This will belong to you from the most holy things that is kept from the fire. From every offering of theirs—every grain offering, every sin offering, and every guilt offering—they are set apart to you and to your sons.
10 På aldrahelgasta rum skall du äta det; hvad mankön är, skall deraf äta; ty det skall vara dig heligt.
These offerings are very holy; every male must eat it, for they are holy to you.
11 Jag hafver ock gifvit dig och dinom sönom, och dinom döttrom med dig, deras gåfvors häfoffer, i allo Israels barnas veftoffre till en evig rätt: Den som ren är i dino huse, han skall äta deraf.
These are the offerings that will belong to you, set apart out of all their gifts of the wave offerings of the people of Israel. I have given them to you, your sons, and your daughters, as your portion forever. Everyone who is ceremonially clean in your family may eat any of these offerings.
12 Alla bästa oljo, och all bästa vinmust, och deras förstlingskorn, det som de gifva Herranom, hafver jag gifvit dig.
All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and grain, the firstfruits that the people give to me—all these things I have given to you.
13 Den första frukten af allt det i deras lande är, det som de bära Herranom, skall vara ditt; den som ren är i dino huse, han skall äta deraf.
The first ripe produce of all that is in their land, which they bring to me, will be yours. Everyone who is clean in your family may eat these things.
14 Allt det spillgifvet är i Israel, skall vara ditt.
Every devoted thing in Israel will be yours.
15 Allt det som moderlif öppnar ibland allt kött, det som de bära Herranom, vare sig menniska eller fänad, skall vara ditt; dock så, att du den första fruktena af mennisko låter lösa, och den första frukten af en oren fänad också lösa låter;
Everything that opens the womb, all the firstborn which the people offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the people must certainly buy back every firstborn son, and they must buy back the firstborn male of unclean animals.
16 Och skola de lösa det, när det är en månad gammalt; och skall gifvat till lösen för penningar, för fem siklar efter helgedomens sikel, hvilken tjugu gera gäller.
Those that are to be bought back by the people must be bought back after becoming one month old. Then the people may buy them back, for the price of five shekels, by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.
17 Men den första frukten af fä eller får, eller get, skall du icke till lösen gifva; ty de äro helig. Deras blod skall du stänka på altaret, och deras feta skall du uppbränna till en söt lukts offer Herranom.
But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat—you must not buy back these animals; they are set apart to me. You must sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to Yahweh.
18 Deras kött skall vara ditt, såsom ock veftebröstet, och högre bogen din är.
Their meat will be yours. Like the raised breast and the right thigh, their meat will be yours.
19 Allt häfoffer, som Israels barn helga Herranom, hafver jag gifvit dig och dinom sönom, och dinom döttrom med dig till en evig rätt; det skall vara ett oförgängeligit och evigt förbund för Herranom, dig och dine säd med dig.
All the holy offerings that the people of Israel present to Yahweh, I have given to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a continual share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt, a binding covenant forever, before Yahweh for both you and your descendants with you.”
20 Och Herren sade till Aaron: Du skall ingen besittning hafva i deras land, och ingen lott hafva med dem; ty jag är din lott, och ditt arfvegods ibland Israels barn.
Yahweh said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in the people's land, nor will you have any share of property among the people. I am your share and inheritance among the people of Israel.
21 Men Levi barn hafver jag gifvit all tionde i Israel till ett arfvegods, för deras ämbete, som de göra mig vid vittnesbördsens tabernakel;
To the descendants of Levi, look, I have given all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the service that they provide in working at the tent of meeting.
22 Så att härefter Israels barn intet skola nalkas intill vittnesbördsens tabernakel, till att komma sig i synd och dö;
From now on the people of Israel must not come near the tent of meeting, or they will be responsible for this sin and die.
23 Utan Leviterna skola akta på ämbetet vid vittnesbördsens tabernakel, och de skola bära deras synder till en evig rätt till edra efterkommande; och de skola intet arfvegods besitta ibland Israels barn.
The Levites must do the work connected to the tent of meeting. They will be responsible for any sin regarding it. This will be a permanent law throughout your people's generations. Among the people of Israel they must have no inheritance.
24 Ty Israels barnas tiond, som de häfoffra Herranom, hafver jag gifvit Leviterna till arfvegods; derföre hafver jag sagt till dem, att de ibland Israels barn intet arfvegods besitta skola.
For the tithes of the people of Israel, which they offer as a contribution to me—it is these that I have given to the Levites as their inheritance. That is why I said to them, 'They must have no inheritance among the people of Israel.'”
25 Och Herren talade med Mose, och sade:
Yahweh spoke to Moses and said,
26 Tala till de Leviter, och säg till dem: När I tagen tionden af Israels barn, den jag eder af dem gifvit hafver till edart arfvegods, så skolen I göra Herranom deraf ett häfoffer, ju tiond af tiond;
“You must speak to the Levites and say to them, 'When you receive from the people of Israel the tenth that I have given to you from them for your inheritance, you will present a contribution from it to Yahweh, a tenth of the tithe.
27 Och skolen sådana edart häfoffer hålla såsom I gåfven korn af ladone, och fyllo af pressen.
Your contribution must be considered by you as if it were a tenth of the grain from the threshing floor or of the production from the winepress.
28 Alltså skolen I ock gifva Herranom häfoffer af allo edro tiond, som I tagen af Israels barnom; så att I sådant Herrans häfoffer gifven Prestenom Aaron.
So you also must make a contribution to Yahweh from all the tithes that you receive from the people of Israel. From them you must give his contribution to Aaron the priest.
29 Utaf allt, det eder gifvet varder, skolen I gifva Herranom allahanda häfoffer, af allt det bästa, som deraf helgadt varder.
Out of all the gifts you receive, you must make every contribution to Yahweh. You must do this from all the best and the holiest things that have been given to you.'
30 Och säg till dem: När I alltså det bästa deraf häfoffren, så skall det Levitomen räknadt varda, lika som det af ladone, och såsom det af pressen gåfves.
Therefore you must say to them, 'When you present the best of it, then it must be credited to the Levites as the product from the threshing floor and the winepress.
31 Och I mågen det äta allestäds, I och edor barn; ty det är edor lön för edart ämbete uti vittnesbördsens tabernakel.
You may eat the rest of your gifts in any place, you and your families, because it is your pay in return for your work in the tent of meeting.
32 Så synden I icke deröfver, när I häfoffren det feta deraf, och icke ohelgen det Israels barn helgat hafva, att I icke dön.
You will not incur any guilt by eating and drinking it, if you have presented to Yahweh the best of what you have received. But you must not profane the holy offerings of the people of Israel, or you will die.'”
