民數記 18

1 上主對亞郎說：「你和你的兒子，連你的家族，應與你共同對聖所負責；你和你的兒子，應對司祭職負責。

And the LORD said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

2 你也要令你家族的眾兄弟，──肋未支派，與你一同前來；他們應協助你，服事你；當你和你的兒子在約幕前供職時，

And your brothers also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring you with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

3 他們應照料你和全帳幕的事務，但不應接近聖所的器皿和祭壇，不然他們該死，連你也該死。

And they shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor you also, die.

4 他們協助你照料會幕的事務，作會幕的各種勞役，俗人不可接近。

And they shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come near to you.

5 你們應照料聖所和祭壇的事務，免得義怒降在以色列子民身上。

And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more on the children of Israel.

6 是我由以色列子民中，選拔了你們的兄弟肋未人，交給你們當作獻於上主的人，為給會幕服務。

And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

7 至於你和你的兒子，在有關祭壇和帷幔以內的一切事上，應留人盡你們司祭的職務；你們應獻身於我賜予你們的司祭o月2。俗人若敢近前，必處死刑」。

Therefore you and your sons with you shall keep your priest’s office for everything of the altar, and within the veil; and you shall serve: I have given your priest’s office to you as a service of gift: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.

8 上主又對亞郎說：「看，我託你照管獻於我的獻儀，即凡以色列子民祝聖於我的，我都賜給你和你的子孫，作為應得之物，這是永久的權利。

And the LORD spoke to Aaron, Behold, I also have given you the charge of my heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, by an ordinance for ever.

9 火祭中所餘剩的至聖之物都屬於你；凡他們獻於我的素祭，或贖罪祭，或贖過祭的祭品，都是至聖之物，都應屬於你和你的兒子。

This shall be your of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat 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.

10 你們應在至聖之處分食，凡是男子都可以吃；你應視為聖物。

In the most holy place shall you eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy to you.

11 此外歸於你的尚有：凡以色列子民行搖禮所獻的祭品，我都賜給你，你的兒子和與你尚在一起的兒女：這是永久的權利；凡你家內潔淨的人都可以吃。

And this 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 to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in your house shall eat of it.

12 凡是最好的油、酒和五榖，作初熟之物獻給上主的，我都賜給你。

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first fruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given you.

13 凡他們地中的一切出產，作初熟之物獻給上主的，都屬於你；凡你家內潔淨的人都可以吃。

And whatever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring to the LORD, shall be yours; every one that is clean in your house shall eat of it.

14 凡以色列中照禁物法所獻之物，都屬於你。

Every thing devoted in Israel shall be yours.

15 凡動物中應獻於上主的開胎的首生者，不論是人是獸，都屬於你；但你應叫人贖回首生的人，和首生的不潔之獸。

Every thing that opens the matrix in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shall you redeem.

16 關於贖價，為一月以上的，你應叫戈依所規定的估價，照聖所的衡量，交五「協刻耳」的銀子。 (每一「協刻耳」為二十「革辣」。)

And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shall you redeem, according to your estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

17 但是牛或綿羊或山羊的首生者，卻不可令人贖回，因為是聖的；你應將牠們的血灑在祭壇上，將脂肪焚化成煙，作為悅樂上主馨香的火祭。

But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the LORD.

18 至於牛羊的肉，卻歸於你，就如搖迥的胸脯和右腿歸於你一樣。

And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours.

19 凡是以色列子民奉獻與上主為聖的祭品，我都給你和你的兒子，以及同你尚在一起的女兒：這是永久的權利，這是在上主前，與你所訂立的永久不變的鹽約」。

All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you.

20 上主對亞郎說：「在你們的土地中，石可有產業，在他們當中，也不得有屬於你們的份子，在以色列子民中，我是你的份子，你的產業。

And the LORD spoke to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them: I am your part and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

21 至於肋未的子孫，我將以以色列什一之物給他們做產業；這是為酬報他們在會幕內所服的勞役。

And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

22 免得以色列子民接近會幕，負罪死亡；

Neither must the children of Israel from now on come near the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

23 因此只有肋未人准在會幕內服役，應負全責。這為你們世世代代是一條永久的條例：肋未人在以色列子民中不應佔有產業；

But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

24 因為我把以色列子民獻給上主的什一獻儀，給了肋未人作為產業；所以我對他們說：他們在以色列子民中不應佔有產業」。

But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

25 上主訓示梅瑟說：

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

26 「你不告訴肋未人說：幾時你們由以色列子民中，取得了我賜予你們作為產業的什一之物，你們應由這什一之物中，取十分之一獻給上主，

Thus speak to the Levites, and say to them, When you take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

27 這算是你們的獻儀；好似禾場上的新娘和榨房中的新酒。

And this your heave offering shall be reckoned to you, as though it were the corn of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press.

28 你們也由以色列子民所收的一切什一之物中，取一份獻給上主作獻儀，應將這獻儀與上主的獻儀，交給亞郎大司祭。

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

29 由你們所得的一切獻儀中，應取出獻於上主的一切獻儀，且應取出最好的一份來，獻作應祝聖的一份。

Out of all your gifts you shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

30 你再對他們說：幾時你們奉獻了其中最好的一份，其餘的為你們肋未就如禾場上和榨房內的出品，

Therefore you shall say to them, When you have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press.

31 你們和你們的家人，可在任何地方分食，因為這是你們在會幕內服役所得的酬報。

And you shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

32 如果你們奉獻了其中最好的一份，就不致於有罪；你們不應褻瀆以色列子民的祝聖之物，免遭死亡」。

And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall you pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die.