1 T hen the Lord said to Aaron: “You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall bear the iniquity related to the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity associated with your priesthood.

وَقالَ اللهُ لِهارُونَ: «أنتَ وَأبناؤُكَ وَعَشِيرَتُكَ مَعَكَ سَتَنالُونَ العِقابَ عَلَى أيِّ تَنجِيسٍ يَحدُثُ لِلْمَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ. وَأنتَ وَأبناؤُكَ مِنْ بَعدِكَ سَتَنالُونَ العِقابَ عَلَى أيِّ تَنجِيسٍ يَحدُثُ لِكَهَنُوتِكُمْ.

2 A lso bring with you your brethren of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be joined with you and serve you while you and your sons are with you before the tabernacle of witness.

أحضِرْ مَعكَ إخْوَتَكَ قَبِيلَةَ لاوِي، عَشِيرَةَ أبِيكَ، وَسَيَنضَمُّونَ إلَيكَ كَي يُساعِدُوكَ حِينَ تَكُونُ أنتَ وَأولادُكَ أمامَ خَيمَةِ العَهْدِ.

3 T hey shall attend to your needs and all the needs of the tabernacle; but they shall not come near the articles of the sanctuary and the altar, lest they die—they and you also.

سَيَقُومُونَ بِخِدمَتِكَ وَخِدمَةِ الخَيمَةِ المُقَدَّسَةِ. لَكِنْ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ أنْ يَقتَرِبُوا مِنَ أدَواتِ المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ أوِ مِنَ المَذبَحِ، كَي لا يَمُوتُوا هُمْ وَلا أنتُمْ.

4 T hey shall be joined with you and attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, for all the work of the tabernacle; but an outsider shall not come near you.

سَيَنضَمُّونَ إلَيكَ وَيَقُومُونَ بِواجِبِ خِدمَةِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ، بِما فِي ذَلِكَ الأعمالِ الثَّقِيلَةِ فِي الخَيمَةِ. لَكِنْ لا يَقتَرِبْ غَريبٌ مَعَكُمْ.

5 A nd you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, that there may be no more wrath on the children of Israel.

«اهْتَمُّوا بِالمَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ وَالمَذبَحِ بِأنفُسِكُمْ، كَي لا أغضَبَ عَلَى بَني إسْرائِيلَ ثانِيَةً.

6 B ehold, I Myself have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; they are a gift to you, given by the Lord, to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting.

قَدْ أخَذْتُ إخْوَتَكُمُ اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَينِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ. إنَّهُمْ هَدِيَّةٌ لَكُمْ مُكَرَّسَةٌ للهِ لِلقِيامِ بِالأعمالِ الثَّقِيلَةِ فِي خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ.

7 T herefore you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and behind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a gift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.” Offerings for Support of the Priests

وَأمّا أنتَ وَأولادُكَ، فَتَقُومُونَ بِواجِباتِ الكَهَنَةِ. أنْتُمْ فَقَطْ تَقتَرِبُونَ مِنَ المَذْبَحِ، وَتَجْتازُونَ خَلفَ السِّتارَةِ. قُوموا بِعَمَلِكُمْ، فَقَدْ مَنَحْتُكُمُ خِدْمَةَ الكَهَنُوتِ عَطِيَّةً لَكُمْ، وَكُلُّ شَخْصٍ آخَرَ يَقتَرِبُ مِنْ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ يُقتَلُ.»

8 A nd the Lord spoke to Aaron: “Here, I Myself have also given you charge of My heave offerings, all the holy gifts of the children of Israel; I have given them as a portion to you and your sons, as an ordinance forever.

وَقالَ اللهُ لِهارُونَ: «لَقَدْ عَيَّنْتُكَ أنا نَفسِي لِحِراسَةِ العَطايا الَّتِي تُقَدَّمُ لِي بِما فِي ذَلِكَ التَّقدِماتِ المُقَدَّسَةِ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُها بَنو إسْرائِيلَ. سَأُعطِيها لَكَ وَلأولادِكَ كَحِصَّةٍ دائِمَةٍ لَكُمْ.

9 T his shall be yours of the most holy things reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering and every sin offering and every trespass offering which they render to Me, shall be most holy for you and your sons.

سَيَكُونُ هَذا نَصِيبَكَ مِنَ التَّقْدِماتِ المُخَصَّصَةِ لِلكَهَنَةِ بِالكامِلِ الَّتِي تَبقَى مِنْ نارِ المَذبَحِ: جَمِيعُ تَقدِماتِهِمْ، بِما فِيها تَقدِماتِ الحُبُوبِ وَذَبائِحِ الخَطِيَّةِ وَذَبائِحِ التَّعوِيضِ الَّتِي يُعِيدُونَها لِي. جَمِيعُها سَتَكُونُ نَصِيباً مُخَصَّصاً بِالكامِلِ لَكَ أنتَ وَأبناؤُكَ.

10 I n a most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.

فَكُلْها نَصِيبٌ مُخَصَّصٌ لِلكَهَنَةِ بِالكامِلِ. يُمكِنُ لِكُلِّ الذُّكُورِ أنْ يَأكُلُوا مِنها. سَتَكُونُ مُخَصَّصَةً لَكَ.

11 “ This also is yours: the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them to you, and your sons and daughters with you, as an ordinance forever. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.

«وَهَذِهِ أيضاً سَتَكُونُ لَكَ: جَمِيعُ التَّقدِماتِ الَّتِي يَرفَعُها بَنو إسْرائِيلَ لِي، أُعطِيها لَكَ وَلأولادِكَ وَبَناتِكَ كَنَصِيبٍ دائِمٍ. يَأكُلُ مِنها كُلُّ طاهِرٍ فِي عائِلَتِكَ.

12 “ All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and the grain, their firstfruits which they offer to the Lord, I have given them to you.

«سَأُعطيهِمْ أوَّلَ إنتاجِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِي يُقَدِّمُونَهُ للهِ: أفضَلَ زَيتٍ وَنَبِيذٍ وَحُبُوبٍ.

13 W hatever first ripe fruit is in their land, which they bring to the Lord, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.

وَتَكُونُ لَكَ أوَّلُ مَحاصِيلِهِمِ النّاضِجَةِ فِي أرْضِهِمِ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُونَها للهِ. يُمكِنُ لأيِّ شَخصٍ طاهِرٍ فِي عائِلَتِكَ أنْ يَأكُلَ مِنها.

14 “ Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.

كُلُّ شَيءٍ يُكَرَّسُ فِي إسْرائِيلَ سَيَكُونُ لَكَ.

15 “ Everything that first opens the womb of all flesh, which they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.

«كُلُّ طِفلٍ بِكرٍ أوْ حَيوانٍ بِكرٍ يُقَدِّمُونَهُ للهِ يَكُونُ لَكُمْ. لَكِنْ تَأخُذُ مالاً كَفِداءٍ لأبْكارِ النّاسِ وَالحَيواناتِ غَيرِ الطّاهِرَةِ.

16 A nd those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one month old, according to your valuation, for five shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

حِينَ يَبلُغُ البِكْرُ شَهراً، تأحُذُ مالَ الفِداءِ بِحَسَبِ المَبلَغِ المُحَدَّدِ، وَهُوَ خَمْسَةُ مَثاقيلَ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ، بِحَسَبِ المِقياسِ الرَّسْمِي لِلمِثْقالِ: المِثْقالُ بِعِشرِينَ قِيراطاً.

17 B ut the firstborn of a cow, the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and burn their fat as an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the Lord.

«لَكِنْ لا تَقبَلْ مالاً لِفِداءِ بِكرِ الأبقارِ أوِ الخِرافِ أوِ الماعِزِ، فَهِيَ مُخَصَّصَةٌ للهِ. فَاسْفِكْ دَمَها عَلَى المَذبَحِ. وَأحْرِقْ شَحْمَها تَقدِمَةً كَرائِحَةٍ يُسَرُّ بِها اللهُ.

18 A nd their flesh shall be yours, just as the wave breast and the right thigh are yours.

وَأمّا لَحمُها فَيَكُونُ لَكَ، كَالصَّدرِ أوْ الفَخْذِ اليُمنَى مِنَ التَّقدِماتِ المَرفُوعَةِ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ.

19 “ All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to you and your sons and daughters with you as an ordinance forever; it is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord with you and your descendants with you.”

كُلُّ التَّقدِماتِ المُقَدَّسَةِ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُها بَنو إسْرائِيلَ للهِ سَأُعطِيها لَكَ وَلأولادِكَ وَبَناتِكَ كَنَصِيبٍ دائِمٍ. هَذا عَهدُ مِلْحٍ دائِمٌ مِنَ اللهِ لَكَ وَلِنَسلِكَ مِنْ بَعدِكَ.»

20 T hen the Lord said to Aaron: “You shall have no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel. Tithes for Support of the Levites

وَقالَ اللهُ لِهارُونَ: «لَنْ تَحصُلَ عَلَى أيِّ نَصِيبٍ فِي أرْضِهِمْ، وَلَنْ تَملُكَ أيَّ حِصَّةٍ مِنَ الأرْضِ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ. أنا نَصِيبُكَ وَحِصَّتُكَ فِي وَسَطِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

21 “ Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting.

«وَأمّا اللّاوِيُّونَ فَسَأُعطِيهُمُ العُشرَ مِنْ مَحاصِيلِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ وَمنْ جَمِيعِ ما يُنتِجُونَهُ. هَذِهِ حِصَّتُهُمْ مُقابِلَ خِدْمَتِهِمْ فِي خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ.

22 H ereafter the children of Israel shall not come near the tabernacle of meeting, lest they bear sin and die.

فَعَلَى بَني إسْرائِيلَ مُنْذُ الآنَ أنْ لا يَقتَرِبُوا مِنْ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ. فَهُمْ يَقْتَرِفُونَ بِذَلِكَ خَطيَّةً تُؤدَّي إلَى المَوتِ.

23 B ut the Levites shall perform the work of the tabernacle of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute forever, throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

فَمُنْذُ الآنَ يَخْدِمُ اللّاويُّونَ خِدْمَةَ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ، وَهُمْ يَتَحَمَّلونَ العِقابَ عَلَى أيِّ تَقصِيرٍ. هَذِهِ شَرِيعَةٌ دائِمَةٌ مِنَ الآنَ فَصاعِداً. وَلَنْ يَنالَ اللّاويُّونَ حِصَّةً مِنَ الأرْضِ مِثلَ بَقيَّةِ إسْرائِيلَ.

24 F or the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer up as a heave offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’” The Tithe of the Levites

فَعَلَى بَني إسْرائِيلَ أنْ يُقَدِّمُوا عُشرَ دَخلِهِمْ للهِ. وَأنا أُعطِي ذَلِكَ لِلّاوِيِّينَ كَنَصِيبٍ لَهُمْ بَدَلَ الأرْضِ. وَلِهَذا قُلْتُ لَنْ يَنالَ اللّاويُّونَ حِصَّةً مِنَ الأرْضِ مِثلَ بَقيَّةِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.»

25 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

وَكَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى فَقالَ:

26 “ Speak thus to the Levites, and say to them: ‘When you take from the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it to the Lord, a tenth of the tithe.

«قُلْ لِلّاوِيِّينَ: حِينَ تَأخُذُونَ مِنْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ أعشارَهُمُ الَّتِي أعطَيتُها لَكُمْ مِنهُمْ كَنَصِيبٍ لَكُمْ، فَعَلَيكُمْ حِينَئِذٍ، أنْ تُقَدِّمُوا للهِ عُشراً مِنَ العُشرِ.

27 A nd your heave offering shall be reckoned to you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor and as the fullness of the winepress.

سَتُحْسَبُ تَقدِمَتُكُمْ كَالقَمحِ مِنْ بَيدَرِ التَّذرِيَةِ وَكالعَصِيرِ مِنْ مِعصَرَةِ الخَمرِ.

28 T hus you shall also offer a heave offering to the Lord from all your tithes which you receive from the children of Israel, and you shall give the Lord ’s heave offering from it to Aaron the priest.

فَيَنبَغِي أنْ تُقَدِّمُوا للهِ مِنَ العُشرِ الَّذِي تَأخُذُونَهُ مِنْ بَني إسْرائِيلَ. مِنْ ذَلِكَ العُشرِ تُقَدِّمُونَ تَقدِمَةً للهِ لِهارُونَ الكاهِنِ.

29 O f all your gifts you shall offer up every heave offering due to the Lord, from all the best of them, the consecrated part of them.’

مِنْ بَينِ جَمِيعِ التَّقدِماتِ الَّتِي تَأخُذُونَها، تُقَدِّمُونَ تَقدِمَةً مُناسِبَةً للهِ. تُقَدِّمُونَ أفضَلَ وَأقدَسَ جُزءٍ مِمّا يُقَدَّمُ لَكُمْ.

30 T herefore you shall say to them: ‘When you have lifted up the best of it, then the rest shall be accounted to the Levites as the produce of the threshing floor and as the produce of the winepress.

«وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: حِينَ تُقَدِّمُونَ أفضَلَ جُزءٍ مِنها، سَتُحْسَبُ لَكُمْ أيُّها اللّاوِيُّونَ كَأنَّها مِنْ إنتاجِ بَيدَرِ التَّذرِيَةِ وَمِعصَرَةِ الخَمرِ.

31 Y ou may eat it in any place, you and your households, for it is your reward for your work in the tabernacle of meeting.

يُمكِنُكَ أنتَ وَعائِلَتُكَ أنْ تَأكُلُوهُ فِي أيِّ مَكانٍ لأنَّهُ أُجرَةٌ لَكُمْ عَلَى عَمَلِكُمْ فِي خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ.

32 A nd you shall bear no sin because of it, when you have lifted up the best of it. But you shall not profane the holy gifts of the children of Israel, lest you die.’”

لَنْ تُعاقَبُوا إنْ قَدَّمْتُمْ أفضَلَ جُزءٍ مِنَ التَّقدِماتِ. فَلا تُنَجِّسُوا تَقدِماتِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ المُقَدَّسَةَ، وَإلّا فَإنَّكُمْ سَتَمُوتُونَ.»