1 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

2 « قُلْ لِهارُونَ: ‹حِينَ تُشعِلُ السُّرُجَ، فَيَنْبَغِي أنْ تُضِيءَ السُّرُجُ السَّبعَةُ المِنطَقَةَ الواقِعَةَ أمامَ المَنارَةِ.›»

Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick.

3 ف َعَمِلَ هارُونُ ذَلِكَ، إذْ أشعَلَ السُّرُجَ لِتُضِيءَ المِنطَقَةَ الواقِعَةَ أمامَ المَنارَةِ كَما أمَرَ اللهُ مُوسَى.

And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

4 و َقَدْ صُنِعَتِ المَنارَةُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مَطرُوقٍ مِنْ قاعِدَتِها وَحَتَّى زَهراتِها. صُنِعَتِ حَسَبَ الشَّكلِ الَّذِي أظهَرَهُ اللهُ لِمُوسَى. تَكرِيسُ اللّاوِيِّين

And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

5 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

6 « خُذِ اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَينِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ.

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

7 و َهَذا ما تَفْعَلُهُ لِتَطهِيرِهِمْ: رُشَّ ماءَ التَّطهِيرِ عَلَيهِمْ. وَلْيَحلِقُوا كُلَّ شَعرِ جِسمِهِمْ. وَلْيَغسِلُوا ثِيابَهُمْ وَيُطَهِّرُوا أنفُسَهُمْ.

And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

8 « ثُمَّ لِيَأخُذُوا ثَوراً صَغِيراً مِنَ القَطِيعِ، وَتَقدِمَةَ حُبُوبٍ مِنَ الطَّحِينِ الجَيِّدِ مَمْزُوجاً بِزَيتٍ. وَلِيَأخُذُوا ثَوراً صَغِيراً آخَرَ مِنَ القَطِيعِ لأجلِ ذَبِيحَةِ الخَطِيَّةِ.

Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.

9 ث ُمَّ تُحضِرُ اللّاوِيِّينَ أمامَ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ. وَتَجمَعُ جَمِيعَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel:

10 و َحِينَ تُحضِرُ اللّاوِيِّينَ إلَى مَحْضَرِ اللهِ ، لِيَضَعِ الشَّعبُ أيدِيَهُمْ عَلَيهِمْ.

and thou shalt present the Levites before Jehovah. And the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites:

11 و َهَكَذا يُقَدِّمُ هارُونُ اللّاوِيِّينَ تَقدِمَةً مِنْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ وَيَرفَعُهُمْ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ ، لِكَي يَخدِمُوا اللهَ.

and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah.

12 « يَضَعُ اللّاوِيُّونَ أيدِيَهُمْ عَلَى رَأسَيِّ الثَّورَينِ، ثُمَّ يُقَدَّمُ أحَدُهُما ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ، وَالآخَرُ ذَبيْحَةً صَاعِدَةً للهِ. وَيَتَطَهَّرُ اللّاوِيُّونَ بِهاتَينِ الذَّبيحَتينِ.

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

13 « هَكَذا تُعَيِّنُ اللّاوِيِّينَ وَتُخَصِّصُهُمْ لِمُساعَدَةِ هارُونَ وَأبْنائِهِ. تُقَدِّمُهُمْ تَقدِمَةً فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ.

And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.

14 خ َصِّصِ اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَينِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ لِي. اللّاوِيُّونَ لِي.

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.

15 « وَبَعدَ ذَلِكَ، يَصِيرُ اللّاوِيُّونَ مُؤَهَّلِينَ لِلخِدمَةِ فِي خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ، حِينَ تَكُونُ قَدْ طَهَّرْتَهُمْ وَقَدَّمْتَهُمْ للهِ.

And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering.

16 ل أنَّهُمْ سَيَكُونُونَ مُكَرَّسِينَ لِي بِالكامِلِ مِنْ بَينِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ. أخَذْتُهُمْ بَدَلَ كُلِّ فاتِحِ رَحمٍ، أي بَدَلَ كُلِّ أبْكارِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

17 ف َأبْكارُ بَني إسْرائِيلَ، مِنَ النّاسِ وَمِنَ الحَيواناتِ، لِي. فِي اليَومِ الَّذِي ضَرَبْتُ فِيهِ كُلَّ الأبْكارِ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ، أفرَزْتُ أبْكارَ إسْرائِيلَ لِيَكُونُوا لِي.

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

18 ل َكِنِّي سَآخُذُ اللّاوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ أبْكارِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

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

19 و َسَأُعطِي اللّاوِيِّينَ كُلَّهُمْ لِهارُونَ وَأبْنائِهِ مِنْ بَينِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ لِيَقُومُوا بِخِدمَةِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ فِي خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ، وَلِيُساعِدُوا فِي تَقْدِيمِ الذَّبائِحِ عَنْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ، لِئَلّا تأتِيَ كارِثَةٌ عَلَى بَني إسْرائِيلَ لاقتِرابِهِمْ كَثيراً مِنَ المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ.»

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among 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; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

20 ف َفَعَلَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ وَكُلُّ بَني إسْرائِيلَ هَذا الأمرَ. وَفَعَلَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ لِلّاوِيِّينَ بِحَسَبِ ما أمَرَ اللهُ مُوسَى بِهِ.

Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites: according unto all that Jehovah commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.

21 ف َطَهَّرَ اللّاوِيُّونَ أنفُسَهُمْ، وَغَسَلُوا ثِيابَهُمْ. وَقَدَّمَهُمْ هارُونُ تَقدِمَةً فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ. وَكَفَّرَ عَنْ خَطاياهُمْ لِيُطَهِّرَهُمْ.

And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

22 و َبَعدَ ذَلِكَ، صارَ اللّاوِيُّونَ مُؤَهَّلِينَ لِلقِيامِ بِخِدمَتِهِمْ فِي خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ تَحتَ إشرافِ هارُونَ وَأبْنائِهِ. عُمِلَ بِاللّاوِيِّينَ بِحَسَبِ ما أمَرَ اللهُ مُوسَى بِهِ.

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

23 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

24 « هَذا ما فُرِضَ عَلَى اللّاوِيِّينَ: كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ يَبلُغُ خَمْساً وَعِشرِينَ سَنَةً أوْ أكثَرَ يَكُونُ مُؤَهَّلاً لِلخِدمَةِ فِي أعمالِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ.

This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting:

25 ل َكِنْ فِي سِنِّ الخَمسِينِ، يَنْبَغِي عَلَى كُلِّ لاوِيٍّ أنْ يَتَقاعَدَ مِنْ خِدمَةِ أعمالِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ، وَيَتَوَقَّفَ عَنْ عَمَلِها.

and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more,

26 ي ُمكِنُهُ أنْ يُساعِدَ اللّاوِيِّينَ الآخَرِينَ فِي خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ بِالحِراسَةِ. لَكِنَّهُ لا يَقُومَ بِالأعمالِ الثَّقِيلَةِ. هَكَذا تَتَعامَلُ مَعَ اللّاوِيِّينَ فِي خِدمَتِهِمْ فِي خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ.»

but shall minister with their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges.