1 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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

“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you mount the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in the front of the lampstand.’”

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

Aaron therefore did so; he mounted its lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold; from its base to its flowers it was hammered work; according to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. Cleansing the Levites

5 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

6 « خُذِ اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَينِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ.

“Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them.

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

Thus you shall do to them, for their cleansing: sprinkle purifying water on them, and let them use a razor over their whole body and wash their clothes, and they will be clean.

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 bull with its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and a second bull you shall take for a sin offering.

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

So you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting. You shall also assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel,

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

and present the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites.

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

Aaron then shall present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, that they may qualify to perform the service of the Lord.

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

Now the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls; then offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.

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

You shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and before his sons so as to present them as a wave offering to the Lord.

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

“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.

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

Then after that the Levites may go in to serve the tent of meeting. But you shall cleanse them and present them as 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 to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first issue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

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 every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the men and among the animals; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.

18 ل َكِنِّي سَآخُذُ اللّاوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ أبْكارِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons 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.»

I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be no plague among the sons of Israel by their coming near to 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 sons of Israel to the Levites; according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.

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

The Levites, too, purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes; and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the Lord. Aaron also 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.

Then after that the Levites went in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons; just as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them. Retirement

23 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

Now the Lord spoke to 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 what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall enter to perform 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.

But at the age of fifty years they shall retire from service in the work and not work any 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.»

They may, however, assist their brothers in the tent of meeting, to keep an obligation, but they themselves shall do no work. Thus you shall deal with the Levites concerning their obligations.”