Numbers 8
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
И рече Господь к Моисею, глаголя:
2 “Tell Aaron to put the seven lamps on the lampstand and place them in such a way that they shine toward the front of the lampstand.”
глаголи Аарону и речеши к нему: егда поставиши светила, от страны спреди светилника да светят седмь светила.
3 So [Moses/I told him what Yahweh said], and he did that.
И сотвори тако Аарон: от единыя страны спреди светилника возжже светила его, якоже повеле Господь Моисею.
4 The lampstand had been made from gold that had been hammered [from one large lump of gold], from its base to the decorations at the top [that resembled] flowers. The lampstand was made exactly like Yahweh had told Moses/me that it should be made.
И сие устроение светилника: слияно злато стебль его и крины его, слияно все: по образу, егоже показа Господь Моисею, тако сотвори светилник.
5 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
И рече Господь к Моисею, глаголя:
6 “You must cause the descendants of Levi to be acceptable to me by setting them apart from the other Israeli people.
поими левиты от среды сынов Израилевых, и да очистиши я:
7 Do that by sprinkling them with water [which will symbolize] their being freed/cleansed from [the guilt of] their sins. Then they must shave [off all the hair on] their bodies and wash their clothes.
и сице да сотвориши им очищение их: покропиши на них воду очищения, и да взыдет бритва на все тело их, и исперут ризы своя, и чисти будут:
8 Then they must bring to the Sacred Tent one bull and some grain mixed with [olive] oil. [Those things will be burned] as sacrifices. They must also bring another bull [that will enable me to forgive them] for the sins they have committed.
и да возмут телца единаго от волов, и сего жертву муки пшеничны, спряжены с елеем, и телца единолетна от волов да возмеши греха ради:
9 Then you must summon all the Israeli people to come together in front of the Sacred Tent, to [gather around] the descendants of Levi.
и да приведеши левиты пред скинию свидения, и собереши весь сонм сынов Израилевых:
10 Then the Israeli people must lay their hands on the descendants of Levi.
и приведеши левиты пред Господа, и да возложат сынове Израилстии руки своя на левиты:
11 Aaron must then present them to me to be a gift from the Israeli people, in order that they can work for me [at the Sacred Tent].
и да отлучит Аарон левиты отдание пред Господа от сынов Израилевых, и да служат службы Господви:
12 “After that, the descendants of Levi must place their hands on the heads of the two bulls. Then the bulls will be [killed and] burned on the altar. One will be an offering to enable me [to forgive them for] sins they have committed, and the other will be completely burned [to please me].
левити же да возложат руки на главы телцев: и да сотвориши единаго от гресе и единаго во всесожжение Господу, умилостивити о них:
13 The descendants of Levi must stand [at the altar] in front of Aaron and his sons, and you must then dedicate to me the descendants of Levi.
и поставиши левиты пред Господем и пред Аароном и пред сынми его, и отдаси я отдание Господу:
14 This ritual will show that the descendants of Levi are set apart from the other Israelis and that they belong to me.
и да отлучиши левиты от среды сынов Израилевых, и будут Мне:
15 “After the descendants of Levi have been made acceptable to me, and presented to me like a special offering, they may start to work at the Sacred Tent.
и по сих да внидут левиты делати дела скинии свидения: и да очистиши их, и отдаси я пред Господем: яко отдание отданы сии Мне суть от среды сынов Израилевых:
16 They will belong to me. They will work for me as substitutes for the firstborn males of all the Israelis, [who also belong to me].
вместо отверзающих всяка ложесна первенцев всех от сынов Израилевых, приях я Себе:
17 All the firstborn males in Israel, both the people and the animals, are mine. When I caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die, [I (spared/did not kill) the firstborn males of the Israelis]. I set them apart to belong to me. I said that the firstborn males of all their domestic animals would also belong to me.
яко Мне есть всяк первенец от сынов Израилевых, от человека до скота: в день в оньже поразих всякаго первенца в земли Египетстей, освятих я Себе,
18 But now I have chosen the descendants of Levi to take the places of the firstborn males of other Israelis.
и взях левиты вместо всякаго первенца сынов Израилевых,
19 I have appointed the descendants of Levi to help Aaron and his sons at the Sacred Tent, as Aaron and his sons offer the sacrifices so that the Israeli people’s sins will be forgiven, and to prevent the Israelis from coming close to the tent with the result that a plague would cause many of them to become sick and die.”
и отдах левиты отданием Аарону и сыном его от среды сынов Израилевых делати дела сынов Израилевых в скинии свидения и умилостивляти о сынех Израилевых: да не будет язва на сынех Израилевых, внегда приступати им к святым.
20 Aaron and Moses/I and the other Israelis helped the descendants of Levi to do everything that Yahweh had commanded.
И сотвори Моисей и Аарон и весь сонм сынов Израилевых левитом, якоже заповеда Господь Моисею о левитех, тако сотвориша им сынове Израилевы.
21 The descendants of Levi [sprinkled themselves with water to symbolize that] they had been freed/cleansed from [the guilt of] their sins, and they washed their clothes. Then Aaron brought them to [the altar to] present them to Yahweh, and he offered sacrifices to cleanse them from [the guilt of] their sins and cause them to become acceptable to Yahweh.
И очистишася левити и испраша ризы своя: и отдаде я Аарон отдание пред Господем, и помолися о них Аарон, очищения ради их.
22 After that, the descendants of Levi started to work at the Sacred Tent to assist Aaron and his sons. They did that just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
И но сих внидоша левити служити службы своя в скинии свидения пред Аароном и пред сыны его: якоже повеле Господь Моисею о левитех, тако сотвориша им.
23 Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
И рече Господь к Моисею глаголя:
24 “The descendants of Levi who are between 25 and 50 years old will work at the Sacred Tent.
сие есть еже о левитех: от двадесяти пяти лет и вышше, да внидут служити служение в скинии свидения:
25 But after they become 50 years old, they must (retire/not do that work any more).
и от пятидесяти лет да отстанут от служения и не служат ктому.
26 They may help the other descendants of Levi to do their work at the Sacred Tent, but they must not do the work themselves. That is what you must tell them about the work they will do.”
И да служат братия его в скинии свидения еже стрещи стражи, дел же да не делают. Тако сотвориши левитом в стражах их.
