民数记 8
1 耶和华晓谕摩西说：
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “你告诉亚伦说：点灯的时候，七盏灯都要向灯台前面发光。”
“Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand.’”
3 亚伦便这样行。他点灯台上的灯，使灯向前发光，是照耶和华所吩咐摩西的。
Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lamp stand, as the LORD commanded Moses.
4 这灯台的做法是用金子锤出来的，连座带花都是锤出来的。摩西制造灯台，是照耶和华所指示的样式。
This was the workmanship of the lamp stand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work. He made the lamp stand according to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses.
5 耶和华晓谕摩西说：
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
6 “你从以色列人中选出利未人来，洁净他们。
“Take the Levites from amongst the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7 洁净他们当这样行：用除罪水弹在他们身上，又叫他们用剃头刀刮全身，洗衣服，洁净自己。
You shall do this to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
8 然后叫他们取一只公牛犊，并同献的素祭，就是调油的细面；你要另取一只公牛犊作赎罪祭。
Then let them take a young bull and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering.
9 将利未人奉到会幕前，招聚以色列全会众。
You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
10 将利未人奉到耶和华面前，以色列人要按手在他们头上。
You shall present the Levites before the LORD. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
11 亚伦也将他们奉到耶和华面前，为以色列人当作摇祭，使他们好办耶和华的事。
and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for a wave offering on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of the LORD.
12 利未人要按手在那两只牛的头上；你要将一只作赎罪祭，一只作燔祭，献给耶和华，为利未人赎罪。
“The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.
13 你也要使利未人站在亚伦和他儿子面前，将他们当作摇祭奉给耶和华。
You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.
14 “这样，你从以色列人中将利未人分别出来，利未人便要归我。
Thus you shall separate the Levites from amongst the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
15 此后利未人要进去办会幕的事，你要洁净他们，将他们当作摇祭奉上；
“After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. You shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.
16 因为他们是从以色列人中全然给我的，我拣选他们归我，是代替以色列人中一切头生的。
For they are wholly given to me from amongst the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.
17 以色列人中一切头生的，连人带牲畜，都是我的。我在埃及地击杀一切头生的那天，将他们分别为圣归我。
For all the firstborn amongst the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.
18 我拣选利未人代替以色列人中一切头生的。
I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn amongst the children of Israel.
19 我从以色列人中将利未人当作赏赐给亚伦和他的儿子，在会幕中办以色列人的事，又为以色列人赎罪，免得他们挨近圣所，有灾殃临到他们中间。”
I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from amongst the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, so that there will be no plague amongst the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.”
20 摩西、亚伦，并以色列全会众便向利未人如此行。凡耶和华指着利未人所吩咐摩西的，以色列人就向他们这样行。
Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.
21 于是利未人洁净自己，除了罪，洗了衣服；亚伦将他们当作摇祭奉到耶和华面前，又为他们赎罪，洁净他们。
The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before the LORD and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
22 然后利未人进去，在亚伦和他儿子面前，在会幕中办事。耶和华指着利未人怎样吩咐摩西，以色列人就怎样向他们行了。
After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
23 耶和华晓谕摩西说：
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
24 “利未人是这样：从二十五岁以外，他们要前来任职，办会幕的事。
“This is what is assigned to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;
25 到了五十岁要停工退任，不再办事，
and from the age of fifty years they shall retire from doing the work, and shall serve no more,
26 只要在会幕里，和他们的弟兄一同伺候，谨守所吩咐的，不再办事了。至于所吩咐利未人的，你要这样向他们行。”
but shall assist their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall perform no service. This is how you shall have the Levites do their duties.”
