Minbu 3

1 Hiche hi Sinai molchunga Pakaiyin Mose ahoupi lai a ana kijihlut Aaron le Mose insung khanggui thu chu ahi.

These also [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

2 Aaron chapateho min chu Nadab (atah pen), Abihu, Elezear chule Ithamar ahiuve.

And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

3 Hiche Aaron chapateho chengse hin thempu kintheng atoh thei nading uva thao anu uva chule atumbeh a kilhandoh ahiuve.

These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.

4 Ahinlah Nadab le Abihu chu Pathen umpet a Sinai gamthip a maicham asemlai uva Pathen thupeh toh kikal a meikong dihlou ahal lhon jeh chun, ani lhonin hiche muna chun athilhon tan ahi. Chapa dang aneitahlou jeh in kintheng natong ding chu adalhahlhon Eleazer le Ithamar chutoh apalhon Aaraon chubou ahitauve.

And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.

5 Hichun Pakaiyin Mose henga thu aseiyin,

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

6 Levi phung le changho chu koukhom min lang, Aaron kintheng natoh ga kithopi ding in gapuiyin.

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

7 Amaho chu Aaron leh mipijenlea pang ding u, houbuh leh akimvel a kintheng natong a pang ding ahiuve.

And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

8 Levite jousen hiche ponbuh theng chu avettup dingu Israel mipite thalheng a ponbuh maicham a chu kin thengna atoh diu ahi.

And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

9 Levi chilhahho jouse chun Aaron leh achapate vaihomna noi a umsah in. Amaho chu Israel mipiho jouse lah a kon a Aaron le achapate jenle ding leh kithopi ding a kipehdoh ah ahitauvin ahi.

And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

10 Aaron le achapateho jouse chun thempu kintheng na atoh ding uvin seipeh in. Koi hijongleh nganse changlou a muntheng ganailut hochu thitei teidiu ahi.

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

11 Chuin Pakaiyin Mose kom a asei in,

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

12 “Ven, Levite hi Israel japi lah kon a Israel chapate apengmasa jouse thalheng a natong ding a kalhendoh ahitai. Leviteho jouse keiya ahi.

And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;

13 Ajehchu chapa tahpen jouse keima a ahi. Egypt chapate lah a apeng masa jouse kanasuhgam nikho apatna keima Israel chapa tahpen jouse hi keidia atumbeh a ka lhendohsa ahin, mihem a hihen gancha a hi jongleh amaho jouse chu keia ahiuve; Keima Pakai chu kahi.”

Because all the firstborn [are] mine; [for] on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD.

14 Pakaiyin Sinai molchung a chun Mose hengah thu aseikit in, hiti hin ati,

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

15 “Levite chu ama ama insung leh phung kailhah in amin u jihlut cheh in. Pasal jouse lhakhat a pat chunglam se jihlut in.”

Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

16 Hichun Mose chun Pakai thupeh bang chun minho chu ajihlut tan ahi.

And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

17 Levi in chapa thum aneiyin, amaho chu Gershon, Kohath chule Merari ahiuve.

And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18 Gershon a kon a phungguiho chu ama chilhahte lah a kon a mini min, Libni leh Shimei a kiminsah ahiuve.

And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

19 Kohath akon a phungguiho chu ama chilhah a kon miliho- Amran, Izhar, Hebron chule Uzzeil a kiminsah ahiuve.

And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20 Merari a kon a phungguiho chu ama chilhahte lah a kon a mini min, Mahli le Mushi a kiminsah ahiuve.

And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These [ are] the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

21 Gershon chilhahte chu Libni le Shimei phunggui akon ahiuvin ahi.

Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the families of the Gershonites.

22 Gershonte phunggui a kon a Pasal kum khat a pat chunglam chu abonchauvin mi 7,500 aum uve.

Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [even] those that were numbered of them [were] seven thousand and five hundred.

23 Amaho chu houbuh akon a lhumlam lang chu angahmun kisahna ding uva kipedoh ahiuve.

The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

24 Gershonte phungho chung a lamkai a ana pang chu Lael chapa Eliasaph ahi.

And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Lael.

25 Hiche phung teni chung a mopohna a um chu ahileh houbuh avetsui diu, ponbuhtheng leh achung a kidal akhuna chengse ahin, maicham ponbuh lutna phung a kikhai pondal ahin,

And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation [shall be] the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

26 Maicham ponbuh leh maicham phung kimvel a ki-dah pondal chengse ahin, a khaoho ahin, chuleh manchah akimangcha ding jouse jaona a ahiye.

And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which [is] by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

27 Kohath chilhahte chu Amram, Izhar, Hebron chule Uzziel phung a kon ahiuve.

And of Kohath [was] the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these [are] the families of the Kohathites.

28 Gershonte phunggui a kon a Pasal kum khat a pat chunglam chu abonchauvin mi 8,600 aum uvin, amaho chu muntheng ventup leh vettupna mopohna kipe ahiuvin,

In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

29 chuleh angahmun sahna ding uva Houbuh a kon a lhanglam kipe ahiuve.

The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.

30 Kohath phungho chung a lamkai a ana pang chu Uzzeil chapa Elizaphan ahi.

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites [shall be] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

31 Hiche phung li ho hin Pathen thingkhong, dokhang, thaomei khom, maicham phungho, houbuh sung a kimang thil le lo chom chomho, asung dan pondal, chuleh amaho manchah ding a angaicha jouse chung a mopohna anei ding u ahi.

And their charge [shall be] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

32 Thempupa Aaron chapa Eleazer chu, Levite ho jouse chung a vaihom pipu anahin, houbuh sung a nakitong jouse vetup ding a deichom a mopohna kipe ahi

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [shall be] chief over the chief of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

33 Merari chilhahte chu Mushi le Mahli phung a kon ahiuve.

Of Merari [was] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these [are] the families of Merari.

34 Merari phunggui a kon a Pasal kum khat a pat chunglam chu abonchauvin mi 6,200 aum uve.

And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] six thousand and two hundred.

35 Amaho chu houbuh akon a Sahlam lang chu angahmun kisahna ding uva kipedoh ahiuve. Merari phungho chung a lamkai a ana pang chu Abihal chapa Zuriel ahi.

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari [was] Zuriel the son of Abihail: [these] shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

36 Hiche phung teni hin houbuh thingkolho, ingolvaiho, akhumho, akhumdouho leh amaho manding manchah ho jouse avetup diu ahi.

And [under] the custody and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

37 Chuleh houbuh kimvel a palkhumho leh athehho ahin, akikhainaho le khaoho jouse jong avettup ding u ahi.

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

38 Maicham ponbuh mai lhang, solam niso lamkot lang sese chu, Israel mipi ho thalheng a Houbuh muntheng a natohna ding a mopohna nunungpen kipe, Mose le Aaron chapate ponbuh kisahna dinga ana kikoitup a ahi. Koi hijeng jong leh Thempu le Levite tilou Houbuh muntheng maicham lang hin nailailut tapou chu tha jeng ding ahi.

But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, [shall be] Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

39 Mose le Aaron chun Pakai thupeh banga Levite phunghoa a kon in pasal lhakhatna pat chunglam se chu asim lhon in ahileh mi 22,000 alhing uvin ahi.

All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two thousand.

40 Hichun Pakaiyin Mose jah a aseiyin, “Tun nangman Israelte chapate apeng masa lhakhat lhingtasa apat chunglam jouse amin u jih lut in.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

41 Keima Pakai kahin, keima ding a Levite chu, Israel chapa tahpenho thalhelng ding a kikoitup teitei ding ahi. Chuleh Israelte pumpi a gancha apengdoh masa ho khel ding a Levite gancha ho chu kikoitup teitei ding ahi.

And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

42 Hitichun Mosen Pathen thupeh bangtah in Israel chapate lah a atahpen ho chu asimtan ahi.

And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

43 Lhakhat a lhingsa leh achunglam chapa tahpenho chu 22,273 anahiuve.

And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

44 Hichun Pakaiyin Mose jah a aseiyin,

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

45 “Levite chu Israel chapate lah a atahpen ho thalheng chun la in. Chuleh Israelte gancha apeng masa ho khel ding a Levite gancha ho chu nalah ding ahi. Keima Pakai kahi, Levite chu keiya ahibouve.

Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I [am] the LORD.

46 Levite sang in Israel chapate apeng masa mi 273 in atamjo uvin ahi. Amaho lhatdoh a aum thei na ding un,

And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;

47 mikhat cheh a ding a Sumgoi a Shekel nga nalahkhom ding, hiche shekel chu muntheng laiya shekel ho toh agihdan nakibahsah ding, gerah somnia shekel khat dungjuiya nate ding ahi.

Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take [them: ] (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs: )

48 Chapa pengmasa avahdoh ho lhatdoh na ding in hiche sum chu Aaron le achapate petan.”

And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.

49 Hiti chun Levite jat sang a hung tamjo Israel chapa tahpen ho lhatdoh a aum nading uvin Mosen in sum ho chu achom khom in ahi.

And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:

50 Aman Israel chapate lah a apengmasa ho thalheng chun sum pum 1,365 achomdoh in ahi. Hiche ho khat cheh hi muntheng a Shekel khat cheh toh agihdan kibang cheh ahiuve.

Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:

51 Chuin Pathen in thu apeh bang bang chun, akilhatdoh thei nadiuvin Mose in hiche sumho chu Aaron le achapate apetan ahi.

And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.