عَدَد 18

١ 1 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِهَرُونَ: «أَنْتَ وَأَبْنَاؤُكَ وَبَيْتُ أَبِيكَ مَسْؤولُونَ عَمَّا يُصِيبُ الْمَقْدِسَ مِنْ تَدْنِيسٍ، وَأَنْتَ وَأَبْنَاؤُكَ مَعَكَ تَحْمِلُونَ مَسْؤولِيَّةَ مَا يُرْتَكَبُ فِي حَقِّ الْكَهَنُوتِ.

The LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

٢ 2 وَاسْتَعِنْ بِإِخْوَتِكَ مِنْ سِبْطِ لاوِي، سِبْطِ أَبِيكَ، فَيَنْضَمُّوا إِلَيْكَ وَيُؤَازِرُوكَ أَنْتَ وَأَبْنَاءَكَ حِينَ تَقُومُونَ بِالْخِدْمَةِ أَمَامَ خَيْمَةِ الشَّهَادَةِ،

Bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the Tent of the Testimony.

٣ 3 فَيَقُومُونَ عَلَى خِدْمَتِكَ، وَعَلَى خِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ. وَلَكِنْ إِيَّاهُمُ الاقْتِرَابَ مِنْ أَوَانِي الْمَقْدِسِ وَمِنَ الْمَذْبَحِ، لِئَلّا يَمُوتُوا جَمِيعاً وَأَنْتُمْ مَعَهُمْ.

They shall keep your commands and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they nor you.

٤ 4 لِيَنْضَمُّوا إِلَيْكَ قَائِمِينَ بِخِدْمَةِ الْخَيْمَةِ وَكُلِّ مَا يُنَاطُ بِهِمْ مِنْ وَاجِبَاتٍ لِلْعِنَايَةِ بِها. وَلَكِنْ لَا يَقْتَرِبْ مِنْهَا مَنْ لَيْسَ مِنْكُمْ،

They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.

٥ 5 فَأَنْتُمُ الْكَهَنَةُ الَّذِينَ تَقُومُونَ عَلَى خِدْمَةِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَالْمَذْبَحِ، لِئَلّا يَنْصَبَّ السَّخَطُ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

“You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel.

٦ 6 فَقَدِ اخْتَرْتُ إِخْوَتَكُمُ اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ لِيَكُونُوا لَكُمْ عَطِيَّةً مِنَ الرَّبِّ، لِيَعْتَنُوا بِخِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites from amongst the children of Israel. They are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.

٧ 7 أَمَّا أَنْتَ، وَأَبْنَاؤُكَ مَعَكَ فَقَطْ، فَتَقُومُونَ بِخِدْمَةِ الْكَهَنُوتِ فِي جَمِيعِ مَا لِلْمَذْبَحِ ومَا هُوَ وَرَاءَ الْحِجَابِ، فَأَنَا قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكُمْ خِدْمَةَ الْكَهَنُوتِ هِبَةً. وَكُلُّ غَرِيبٍ يَقْتَرِبُ مِنَ الْمَقْدِسِ يُقْتَلُ».

You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”

٨ 8 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِهَرُونَ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ وَلَّيْتُكَ الْقِيَامَ بِخِدْمَةِ قَرَابِينِي. وَكُلُّ التَّقْدِمَاتِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ الَّتِي يُحْضِرُهَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِي، أَمْنَحُكَ إِيَّاهَا أَنْتَ وَبَنِيكَ لِتَكُونَ لَكُمْ نَصِيباً فَرِيضَةً دَائِمَةً.

The LORD spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I myself have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.

٩ 9 فَيَكُونُ مِنْ نَصِيبِكُمْ قَرَابِينُ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ، إِلا مَا تُحْرِقُونَهُ مِنْهَا عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ؛ فَيَكُونُ لَكُمْ مِنْ تَقْدِمَاتِ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ الَّتِي يُحْضِرُونَهَا لِي، سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ تَقْدِمَاتِ دَقِيقٍ أَمْ ذَبَائِحَ خَطَايَاهُمْ أَمْ ذَبَائِحَ آثَامِهِمْ. هَذِهِ تَكُونُ نَصِيباً لَكَ وَلأَبْنَائِكَ.

This shall be yours of the most holy things from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.

١٠ 10 وَعَلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَهَا فِي مَكَانٍ مُقَدَّسٍ لأَنَّهَا أَصْبَحَتْ مُقَدَّسَةً

You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you.

١١ 11 وَأَمَّا مَا تُرَجِّحُهُ مِنْ عَطَايَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَإِنَّنِي أَهَبُهُ لَكَ وَلأَبْنَائِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ فَرِيضَةً دَائِمَةً، وَلا يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ إِلّا مَنْ كَانَ طَاهِراً.

“This is yours, too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

١٢ 12 وَأُعْطِيكَ أَيْضاً بَاكُورَةَ غَلّاتِ أَفْضَلِ زَيْتِ الزَّيْتُونِ وَالْخَمْرِ وَالْحِنْطَةِ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ،

“I have given to you all the best of the oil, all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to the LORD.

١٣ 13 فَتَكُونُ لَكَ أَبْكَارُ غَلّاتِ أَرْضِهِمِ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ، فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا كُلُّ طَاهِرٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ.

The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the LORD, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

١٤ 14 كُلُّ مَا هُوَ مَنْذُورٌ لِلرَّبِّ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَكُونُ لَكَ.

“Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.

١٥ 15 وَكَذَلِكَ كُلُّ بِكْرٍ فَاتِحِ رَحِمٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ يُقَدِّمُونَهُ لِلرَّبِّ يَكُونُ لَكَ، مَاعَدَا بِكْرَ الإِنْسَانِ وَبِكْرَ الْبَهِيمَةِ النَّجِسَةِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْبَلُ فِدَاءَهُمَا.

Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to the LORD, both of man and animal, shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.

١٦ 16 وَفِدَاءُ النَّاسِ مِنِ ابْنِ شَهْرٍ، حَسَبَ تَقْوِيمِكَ، خَمْسَةُ شَوَاقِلَ (نَحْوَ سِتِّينَ جِرَاماً) مِنَ الفِضَّةِ وَفْقاً لِلْوَزْنِ الْمُعْتَمَدِ فِي الْقُدْسِ،

You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which weighs twenty gerahs.

١٧ 17 لَكِنْ لَا تَقْبَلْ فِدَاءَ بِكْرِ الْبَقَرِ أَوِ الضَّأْنِ أَوِ الْمَعْزِ. إِنَّهُ مُفْرَزٌ لِلرَّبِّ. بَلْ تَرُشُّ دَمَهُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، وَتُحْرِقُ شَحْمَهُ وَقُوداً رَائِحَةَ رِضًى وَمَسَرَّةٍ لِلرَّبِّ.

“But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to the LORD.

١٨ 18 أَمَّا لَحْمُهُ فَيَكُونُ لَكَ نَصِيباً كَصَدْرِ التَّرْجِيحِ وَالسَّاقِ الْيُمْنَى.

Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.

١٩ 19 وَهَكَذَا أُعْطِيكَ أَنْتَ وَأَبْنَاءَكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ، حَقّاً أَبَدِيًّا، جَمِيعَ تَقْدِمَاتِ الأَقْدَاسِ الَّتِي يُقَرِّبُهَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلرَّبِّ، فَيَكُونُ هَذَا مِيثَاقَ مِلْحٍ أَبَدِيًّا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، لَكَ وَلِنَسْلِكَ أَيْضاً».

All the wave offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD to you and to your offspring with you.”

٢٠ 20 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِهَرُونَ: «لا يَكُونُ لَكَ مِيرَاثٌ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ وَلا نَصِيبٌ بَيْنَهُمْ، لأَنَّنِي أَنَا نَصِيبُكَ وَمِيرَاثُكَ فِي وَسَطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

The LORD said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion amongst them. I am your portion and your inheritance amongst the children of Israel.

٢١ 21 أَمَّا اللّاوِيُّونَ فَقَدْ وَهَبْتُهُمْ كُلَّ عُشْرٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِقَاءَ عَمَلِهِمِ الَّذِي يَقُومُونَ بِهِ فِي خِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ الاجِتِمَاعِ.

“To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.

٢٢ 22 وَعَلَى الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، مُنْذُ الآنَ، أَنْ لَا يَقْتَرِبُوا إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ، وَإلَّا تَحَمَّلُوا نَتَائِجَ خَطِيئَتِهِمْ فَيَمُوتُونَ.

Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

٢٣ 23 فَاللّاوِيُّونَ وَحْدَهُمْ يَقُومُونَ بِخِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ، وَيَتَحَمَّلُونَ مَسْؤولِيَّةَ خَطَئِهِمْ، فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ لَكُمْ فَرِيضَةً دَائِمَةً جِيلاً بَعْدَ جِيلٍ. وَلا يَكُونُ لِلّاوِيِّينَ نَصِيبٌ مِنَ الأَمْلاكِ فِي وَسَطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. Amongst the children of Israel, they shall have no inheritance.

٢٤ 24 إِنَّ الْعُشُورَ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُهَا الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ لِلرَّبِّ قَدْ وَهَبْتُهَا لِلّاوِيِّينَ نَصِيباً، لِهَذَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ، لَا يَرِثُونَ نَصِيباً فِي وَسَطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Amongst the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’”

٢٥ 25 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

٢٦ 26 «أَوْصِ اللّاوِيِّينَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: مَتَى أَخَذْتُمْ مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ الْعُشْرَ الَّذِي جَعَلْتُهُ نَصِيباً لَكُمْ، تُقَدِّمُونَ مِنْهُ عُشْرَهُ لِلرَّبِّ.

“Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for the LORD, a tithe of the tithe.

٢٧ 27 فَيُحْسَبُ تَقْدِمَتَكُمْ مِثْلَ الْحِنْطَةِ مِنَ الْبَيْدَرِ أَوْ تَقْدِمَةِ عَصِيرِ الْكَرْمَةِ.

Your wave offering shall be credited to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press.

٢٨ 28 وَهَكَذَا تُقَدِّمُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً تَقْدِمَةً لِلرَّبِّ مِنْ جَمِيعِ عُشُورِكُمُ الَّتِي تَأْخُذُونَهَا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَمَا تُقَرِّبُونَهُ لِلرَّبِّ، تُعْطُونَهُ لِهَرُونَ الْكَاهِنِ.

Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall give the LORD’s wave offering to Aaron the priest.

٢٩ 29 وَعَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُحْضِرُوا لِلرَّبِّ أَفْضَلَ جُزْءٍ وَأَقْدَسَهُ مِمَّا أُعْطِيَ لَكُمْ.

Out of all your gifts, you shall offer every wave offering to the LORD, of all its best parts, even the holy part of it.’

٣٠ 30 وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: حِينَ تُقَدِّمُونَ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ عَطَايَاكُمْ فَإِنَّهَا تُحْسَبُ لَكُمْ مِثْلَ مَحْصُولِ الْبَيْدَرِ وَنِتَاجِ الْمَعْصَرَةِ.

“Therefore you shall tell them, ‘When you heave its best from it, then it shall be credited to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press.

٣١ 31 وَتَأْكُلُونَهُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ أَنْتُمْ وَأَهْلُ بُيُوتِكُمْ، لأَنَّهُ أُجْرَةٌ لَكُمْ لِقَاءَ خِدْمَتِكُمْ فِي خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.

٣٢ 32 وَلَدَى تَقْدِيمِ خَيْرِ جُزْءٍ مِنْهَا لَا تَتَحَمَّلُونَ وِزْراً بِسَبَبِهَا. أَمَّا أَقْدَاسُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلا تُدَنِّسُوهَا لِئَلّا تَمُوتُوا».

You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best. You shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.’”