1 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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

“Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand.’”

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

Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lamp stand, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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

This was the workmanship of the lamp stand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work: according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses, so he made the lamp stand.

5 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

Yahweh spoke to 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.

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, 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 bull, and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering.

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

You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.

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

You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children 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.

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

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

“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 Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.

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

You shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.

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

Thus you shall 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.

“After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer 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 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 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 firstborn among 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 ل َكِنِّي سَآخُذُ اللّاوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ أبْكارِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn 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.»

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 near to the sanctuary.”

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

Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.

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

The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh; 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.

After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

23 و َقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

Yahweh 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 that which belongs 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 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 on 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 brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall do no service. You shall do thus to the Levites concerning their duties.”