1 A aron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan, put fire in it, and put special perfume on it. They gave a fire that was not holy to the Lord because the Lord had not told them to do this.

وَأخَذَ ابْنا هارُونَ، نادابُ وَأبِيهُو، كُلُّ واحِدٍ مِجمَرَتَهُ، وَوَضَعا فِيهما ناراً، وَوَضَعا عَلَى النّارِ بَخُوراً، وَقَدَّما فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ ناراً مِنْ مَصدَرٍ غَرِيبٍ لَمْ يَأْمُرْهُما اللهُ بِاستِخدامِها.

2 S o the Lord sent out fire that burned them up and they died before the Lord.

فَخَرَجَتْ نارٌ مِنْ مَحضَرِ اللهِ وَأحرَقَتْهُما، فَماتا فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

3 T hen Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when He said, ‘I will show Myself holy among those who are near Me. I will be honored in front of all the people.’” And Aaron said nothing.

حِينَئِذٍ، قالَ مُوسَى لِهارُونَ: «هَذا ما قَصَدَهُ اللهُ بِقَولِهِ: ‹سَأتَقَدَّسُ بِالكَهَنَةِ الَّذِينَ يَقتَرِبُونَ إلَيَّ، وَسَأتَمَجَّدُ أمامَ كُلِّ الشَّعبِ.›» وَكانَ هارُونُ صامِتاً.

4 M oses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the brother of Aaron’s father. He said to them, “Come, carry your brothers away from the holy place and away from the tents.”

وَدَعا مُوسَى مِيشائِيلَ وَألْصافانَ ابْنَي عُزِّيئِيلَ، عَمِّ هارُونَ. وَقالَ لَهُما: «تَعالا وَاحْمِلا قَرِيبَيكُما إلَى خارِجِ المُخَيَّمِ مِنْ أمامِ المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ.»

5 S o they came and carried them in their coats away from the tents, as Moses had said.

فَأتَيا وَحَمَلاهُما إلَى خارِجِ المُخَيَّمِ وَهُما فِي ثِيابِهِما الخاصَّةِ، كَما قالَ مُوسَى.

6 T hen Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not take the covering off your heads and do not tear your clothes, so you will not die and God will not be angry with all the people. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, will cry in sorrow because of the burning the Lord has done.

ثُمَّ قالَ مُوسَى لِهارُونَ وَابْنَيهِ، ألِيعازارَ وَإيثامارَ: «لا تَشُدُّوا شَعرَكُمْ وَلا تُمَزِّقُوا ثِيابَكُمْ، لِئَلّا تَمُوتُوا، وَلِئَلّا يَغضَبَ اللهُ عَلَى كُلِّ الشَّعبِ. وَأمّا أقرِباؤكُمْ، كُلُّ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ، فَيُمكِنُهُمْ أنْ يَبكُوا بِسَبَبِ إحراقِ اللهِ لِنادابَ وَأبِيهُو.

7 D o not even go out the door of the meeting tent, so you will not die. For the holy oil of the Lord is upon you.” And they did what Moses said. How the Religious Leaders Were to Act

لا تَخرُجُوا إلَى خارِجِ مَدْخَلِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ، وَإلّا فَإنَّكُمْ سَتَمُوتُونَ، لِأنَّ زَيتَ مَسحَةِ اللهِ عَلَيكُمْ.» فَعَمِلُوا كَما قالَ مُوسَى لَهُمْ.

8 T he Lord said to Aaron,

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِهارُونَ:

9 “ Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons, when you come into the meeting tent, so you will not die. It is a Law forever for all your people.

«لا تَشرَبْ أنتَ وَابْناؤكَ خَمْراً وَلا شَراباً مُسكِراً حِينَ تَدخُلُونَ إلَى خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ لِئَلّا تَمُوتُوا. هَذِهِ شَرِيعَةٌ دائِمَةٌ لَكُمْ جِيلاً بَعْدَ جِيلٍ.

10 Y ou are to know the difference between what is holy and what is not, and between what is clean and what is not.

مَيِّزُوا بَينَ ما هُوَ مُقَدَّسٌ وَما هُوَ نَجِسٌ، وَبَينَ ما هُوَ طاهِرٌ وَما هُوَ نَجِسٌ.

11 Y ou are to teach the people of Israel all the Laws which the Lord has told them by Moses.”

لِأنَّكُمْ سَتُعَلِّمُونَ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ كُلَّ الشَّرائِعِ الَّتِي أعطاها اللهُ لَهُمْ مِنْ خِلالِ مُوسَى.»

12 T hen Moses said to Aaron and his sons who were left, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain gift that is left from the gifts by fire to the Lord. And eat it without yeast beside the altar, for it is most holy.

وَقالَ مُوسَى لِهارُونَ وَابْنَيهِ الباقِيَينِ، ألِيعازارَ وَإيثامارَ: «خُذُوا تَقدِمَةَ الطَّحِينِ الباقِيَةِ مِنْ تَقدِماتِ اللهِ ، وَكُلُوها بِلا خَمِيرٍ بِجانِبِ المَذبَحِ، لِأنَّها نَصِيبٌ مُخَصَّصٌ لِلكَهَنَةِ بِالكامِلِ.

13 E at it in a holy place, because it is yours and your sons’, from the gifts by fire to the Lord. For so I have been told.

كُلُوها فِي مَكانٍ مُقَدَّسٍ لِأنَّها حِصَّتُكَ وَحِصَّةُ أبْنائِكَ مِنْ تَقدِماتِ اللهِ ، لِأنَّ اللهَ أمَرَنِي بِهَذا.

14 B ut you and your sons and daughters may eat in a clean place the breast of the wave gift and the thigh that is given. For they are given to you as your right and your sons’ right, from the peace gifts of the people of Israel.

«وَأمّا صَدرُ وَفَخذُ التَّقدِمَةِ اللَّذانِ رَفَعَهُما الكَاهِنُ قِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ، فَتَأكُلُونَهما فِي مَكانٍ طاهِرٍ أنتَ وَأبناؤُكَ. قَدْ أُعطِيا كَحِصَّةٍ لَكَ وَلِأبنائِكَ مِنْ ذَبائِحِ السَّلامِ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُها بَنُو إسْرائِيلَ.

15 T hey will bring the thigh that is given and the breast of the wave gift, with the gifts by fire of the fat. They will wave them before the Lord for a wave gift. They will be yours and your sons’, as your right forever, as the Lord has said.”

يُقَدِّمُ الشَّعبُ السّاقَ وَالصَّدرَ المَرْفُوعانِ فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ مَعَ تَقدِماتِ الشَّحمِ المُعَدَّةِ بِالنّارِ إلَى مَحْضَرِ اللهِ. هَذِهِ حِصَّتُكَ الدّائِمَةُ أنتَ وَأبناؤُكَ كَما أمَرَ اللهُ.»

16 B ut Moses looked and looked for the goat of the sin gift, and found that it had been burned up! So he was angry with Aaron’s sons who were left, Eleazar and Ithamar, saying,

ثُمَّ سَألَ مُوسَى عَنْ تَيسِ الخَطِيَّةِ، وَكانَ قَدِ احْتَرَقَ. فَغَضِبَ مُوسَى عَلَى ألِيعازارَ وَإيثامارَ، ابْنَي هارُونَ الباقِيَينِ، وَقالَ:

17 “ Why have you not eaten the sin gift in the holy place? For it is most holy and He gave it to you to take away the guilt of the people, to take away their sins before the Lord.

«لِماذا لَمْ تَأكُلا ذَبِيحَةَ الخَطِيَّةِ فِي مَكانٍ مُقَدَّسٍ؟ فَهِيَ نَصِيبٌ مُخَصَّصٌ لَكُما بِالكامِلِ، وَقَدْ أعطاها اللهُ لَكُما لإزالَةِ ذَنبِ الشَّعبِ وَعَمَلِ كَفّارَةٍ لَهُ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

18 S ee, its blood has not been brought inside the holy place. You should have been sure to eat it in the holy place, as I told you.”

لَمْ يُحْضَرْ دَمُهُما إلَى داخِلِ المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ، لِذا كانَ يَنبَغِي أنْ تَأكُلاها فِي المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ كَما أمَرْتُ.»

19 B ut Aaron said to Moses, “See, today they have given their sin gift and their burnt gift to the Lord. When things like these happened to me, if I had eaten a sin gift today, would it have been good in the eyes of the Lord?”

فَقالَ هارُونُ لِمُوسَى: «لَقَدْ قَدَّما اليَومَ عَنْهُما ذَبِيحَتَي خَطِيَّةٍ وَتَقدِمَتَينِ صاعِدَتَينِ، وَانظُرْ ما الَّذِي حَدَثَ! فَهَلْ يَرضَى اللهُ بِأنْ آكُلَ هَذِهِ الذَّبائِحَ؟»

20 A nd when Moses heard that, he was not angry any more.

وَحِينَ سَمِعَ مُوسَى هَذا اقتَنَعَ.