Milu Pareinae 18
1 BAWIPA ni Aron koevah, nangmouh hoi na capanaw hoi nang koe kaawm e na pa imthungnaw ni, hmuen kathoung hoi kâkuen e payonpakainae yon teh na phu awh han. Hahoi nama hoi nang koe kaawm e na capanaw hoi vaihma lah na onae hoi kâkuen e payonpakainae yo hah na phu awh han.
Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and the other members of your father’s family are the ones (who will be punished/whom I will punish) [if anything bad happens to the things] inside the Sacred Tent. But only you and your sons will be punished if the priests do something bad.
2 Na pa miphun, Levih miphun na hmaunawnghanaw ni kapanuekkhaikung lukkareiim hmalah na capanaw koe ao navah, nang hoi thaw cungtalah rei a tawk thai nahan, nang koe na thokhai han.
Require that those who belong to your tribe, the tribe of Levi, must assist you and your sons while you perform your work at the Sacred Tent.
3 Na panki e thaw hoi lukkareiim thaw a panki e naw na kabawp han. Hatei, hmuen kathoung hlaamnaw hoi bawknae khoungroe hah hnai awh hanh naseh, telah nahoeh pawiteh, ahnimouh hai nangmouh hai na due awh han.
But while they do that work, they must not go near the sacred items inside the tent or near the altar. If they do that, they will die, and you will die, too!
4 Ahnimouh ni na kabawp awh vaiteh, kamkhuengnae lukkareiim thaw pueng hah a panki e patetlah lukkareiim thaw a tawk awh han. Hatei alawilae tami ni na hnai awh mahoeh.
They may assist you in doing all the work to take care of the Sacred Tent, but no one else is permitted to come near the place where you are working.
5 Isarel catounnaw lathueng vah lungkhueknae ao hoeh nahanlah, nang nama ni hmuen kathoung thaw hoi khoungroe thaw hah na ham lah na la han.
“You are the ones who will do the sacred work inside the Sacred Tent and at the altar. If you obey these instructions, I will not become very angry with the Israeli people again.
6 Khenhaw! kai ni na hmaunawngha Levih taminaw hah Isarel catounnaw thung hoi ka la teh, kamkhuengnae lukkareiim koe thaw tawk hanlah, nangmouh hanlah BAWIPA koehoi poe e nangmouh koe poe e doeh.
I myself have chosen the descendants of Levi from the other Israelis in order that they may be your special helpers. They are like a gift that I have given you to work at the Sacred Tent.
7 Hatdawkvah, nang nama hoi na capanaw ni khoungroe hoi yaphni athung lae hnonaw pueng dawk vaihma na coungnae thaw heh poehno patetlah nang koe poe lah ao. Hatei, alawilae tami bawk pawiteh thei lah ao han.
But it is you and your sons, who are the priests, who must perform all the rituals concerning the altar and with what happens inside the Very Holy Place. I am giving to you this work of serving as priests. So anyone else who tries to do that work must be executed.”
8 BAWIPA ni Aron a pato teh, khenhaw! kai kama roeroe ni kahek thuengnae koe Isarel catounnaw poehno kathoungnaw pueng hah, nang nama hoi na capanaw e ham lah a yungyoe hane phung lah na poe.
Yahweh also said to Aaron, “I myself have appointed you to take care of all the sacred offerings that the Israeli people bring to me. I have given all these sacred offerings to you and to your sons. You and your descendants will get a share of these offerings permanently.
9 Hmai sawi hoeh e pueng nang han hno kathoung poung lah ao han. A pasoung awh e pueng, tavai thuengnae, yon thuengnae, hoi kâtapoe thuengnae, kai koe na poe awh e hah, nang hoi na capanaw hanlah ka thoung poung lah ao han.
The parts of the offerings that are not completely burned on the altar belong to you. Those parts of the sacred offerings, including the offerings of grain, the offerings for sins and for the people to be forgiven for not giving me what they are required to give, are set apart, and are to be given to you and your sons.
10 Tongpa pueng ni hmuen kathoung poung koe na ca awh vaiteh, nangmouh hanlah ka thoung e lah ao han.
You must eat those offerings in a sacred place, [near the Sacred Tent]. You and all of the other males [in your clan] may eat them, but you must consider those offerings to be holy/dedicated to me.
11 Het hai na ham lah ao han, tavai thuengnae koe a poe awh e hno, Isarel catounnaw kahek thuengnae hnopoe pueng hah nang nama hoi na capa na canu naw hoi a yungyoe na ham lah na poe. Na im dawk tamikathoung kaawm e pueng ni a ca thai awh han.
“The priests lift up high the sacred offerings while they are standing in front of the altar. All of those offerings that the Israelis offer to me belong to you and your sons and daughters. They will always be your share. All the members of your family who [have performed the rituals to cause them to] be acceptable to me are permitted to eat from these offerings.
12 Kahawipoung e satui hoi misur kahawipoung e hoi aluepaw BAWIPA hanlah a poe awh e hah na poe.
“am [also] giving to you the first food that people harvest each year and bring to me—the best [olive] oil and new wine and grain.
13 Ahnimae law dawk e aluepaw hmaloe ka hmin e BAWIPA hanlah a poe awh e hah nange lah ao han. Na im dawk tamikathoung kaawm e pueng ni a ca thai awh han.
All of the first crops that people harvest and bring to me belong to you. Anyone in your family who has [performed the ritual to] become acceptable to me is permitted to eat that food.
14 Isarelnaw ni poehno e pueng teh nange lah ao han.
“Everything in Israel that is set apart to belong to me also belongs to you.
15 BAWIPA hanlah a poe awh e camoim ka paawng pasuek e pueng teh tami thoseh, saring thoseh nange lah ao han. Hatei camin teh na ratang roeroe han. Kathounghoehe saring camin hai na ratang han.
The firstborn males, both humans and domestic animals, that are offered to me, will be yours. But people must buy back their firstborn sons and the firstborn animals that may not be used for sacrifices.
16 Thapa yung touh e ratang hanlah kaawm e hah ratangnae phu na to vaiteh, hmuen kathoung koe hno e sekel panga touh hoi na ratang han (sekel teh gerah 20 touh doeh).
They must buy them back when they are one month old. The price that they must pay [for each one] is five pieces of silver. They must weigh the silver on the scales that are in the Sacred Tent.
17 Hatei maitotan camin hoi tu camin hoi hmae camin teh na ratang awh mahoeh. Hotnaw teh a thoung awh. A thipaling teh khoungroe dawk na kathek vaiteh, BAWIPA han hmuitui lah athaw hah hmai hoi hmaisawi thuengnae koe na sawi awh han.
“But they are not permitted to buy back the firstborn cattle or sheep or goats. They are holy and have been set apart for me. [Slaughter them and] sprinkle their blood on the altar. Then completely burn the fat of those animals [on the altar] to be an offering to me. The smell as they burn will be very pleasing to me.
18 Kahek thuengnae koe a takuep hoi aloung teh nange lah ao e patetlah a moi hah nange lah ao han.
The meat from those offerings will be yours, just like the breast and right thigh of animals that are presented to me to maintain fellowship with me as the priest lifts them up high in front of the altar are yours.
19 Kathounge hno hoi kahek thuengnae koe Isarelnaw ni BAWIPA hanlah a poe awh e hah, a yungyoe na ham lah na poe. BAWIPA hmalah nang nama hoi na capanaw hoi na canu naw hoi yungyoe lawkkam lah ao han telah ati.
Anything that the Israeli people present to me as holy/sacred gifts, I am giving to you. They are for you and your sons and daughters [to eat]. They will always be your share. This is an agreement that I am making with you, an agreement that will (last forever/never be changed). I am also making this agreement with your descendants.”
20 BAWIPA ni Aron koevah, a ram dawk na ham kawi banghai awm mahoeh, a thungup hai na ham kawi banghai awm mahoeh. Kai doeh Isarel catoun thung dawk na ham hoi na coe e râw lah ka o.
Yahweh also said to Aaron, “You priests will not receive any of the land or the property like the [other] Israeli people will receive. I am what you will receive.
21 Hahoi Levih catounnaw teh, khenhaw! thawtawknae koe a thaw tawk awh e lukkareiim koe thaw tawk phu lah Isarel ram e pung hra pung touh pueng teh na poe awh.
“Then the Israeli people bring to me a tenth of all [the crops and of their newborn animals], I will give that to you descendants of Levi. That will be your payment for the work you do at the Sacred Tent.
22 Atu totouh hoi teh Isarel catounnaw ni, kamkhuengnae lukkareiim teh hnai awh roeroe hanh naseh. Telah hoehpawiteh, yonpennae phu hoi a due payon awh han doeh.
The other Israelis must not go near that tent. If they go near it, [I will consider that their doing that is a sin, and] they will die for committing that sin.
23 Hatei, Levihnaw ni kamkhuengnae lukkareiim koe thaw a tawk awh vaiteh, thaw abuemlahoi a la awh han. Hetnaw heh catounnaw ditouh phunglam lah ao han. Isarel catoun thung vah a ham kawi banghai awm mahoeh.
Only the descendants of Levi are permitted to work at the Sacred Tent, and they will be punished if anything bad happens to it. That is a law that will never be changed. You descendants of Levi will not receive any land among the other Israeli people,
24 Isarel catounnaw ni pung hra pung touh BAWIPA hanlah kahek thuengnae a poe awh e hah Levihnaw hanlah râw lah ka poe toe. Hatdawkvah, ahnimouh koe Isarel catounnaw thung dawk râw a coe kawi banghai awm mahoeh telah yo ka ti pouh toung tayaw telah ati.
because I will give you one tenth of all the [crops and animals] that the Israelis bring to be offerings to me. That is why I said that you will not receive any land like the other Israelis will receive.”
25 BAWIPA ni Mosi hah a pato teh,
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
26 hothloilah Levihnaw hah pato nateh, ahnimouh koe na râw hanlah Isarel catounnaw pung hra touh dawk pung touh na poe e hah ahnimouh koehoi na hmu awh toteh, hote pung hra pung touh e thung hoi pung hra pung touh hah BAWIPA koe kahek thuengnae na poe awh han.
“Tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you receive one tenth of all [the crops and animals] from the Israeli people, you must give one tenth of all that to me to be a sacred offering.
27 Hottelah nangmae kahek thuengnae teh cangkatinnae koe cakang aluepaw hoi misurtui ahruem patetlah pouk e lah ao han.
Just like the other Israelis give one tenth of the grain and wine that they produce,
28 Hottelah Isarel catounnaw koehoi pung hra pung touh na hmu awh e pueng BAWIPA hanelah kahek thuengnae koe pou na poe awh han. Hahoi BAWIPA hanelah kahek thuengnae hah Aron na poe awh han.
you must give to me one tenth of all that you receive from them. That will be your sacred offering to me. You must present it to Aaron.
29 Na hmu awh e pueng thung hoi, kahawipoung, kathoungpounge hah BAWIPA koe kahek thuengnae na poe awh han.
Select the best parts of the things that are given to you to give them to me.’
30 Hatdawkvah ahnimouh koe, hotnaw thung dawk hoi kahawi poung e na kahek awh toteh, Levihnaw a cangkatin e dawk hoi ka tâcawt e hoi misurtui ka lawng e patetlah pouk lah ao han.
“Also, tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you present those best portions of grain and wine as your offering to me, I will consider that those gifts are as though they came from your own grain fields and vineyards.
31 Nâ e hmuen pueng koehai koung na ca thai awh han. Nangmouh hoi na imthung ni hai, bangkongtetpawiteh, kamkhuengnae lukkareiim koe e thaw tawk phu doeh
You descendants of Levi and your families are permitted to eat [the rest of] that food, and you may eat it wherever [you want to], because it is your payment for the work that you do at the Sacred Tent.
32 Kahawipoung e na kahek awh toteh, yonae yon phu lah awm mahoeh. Hatei, Isarel catounnaw poehno kathounge hah na kamhnawng awh mahoeh, telah hoehpawiteh, na due awh han tet pouh telah atipouh.
If you give to the priests the best portions of what you receive, you will not be punished [by me] for accepting one tenth of the gifts that the people bring to me. But you must consider those gifts to be sacred/holy. If you sin [by eating those things in ways that are contrary to these regulations that I have given to you], you will be executed.’”
