Numbers 8
1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
耶和華曉諭摩西說：
2 “Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”
「你告訴亞倫說：點燈的時候，七盞燈都要向燈臺前面發光。」
3 And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
亞倫便這樣行。他點燈臺上的燈，使燈向前發光，是照耶和華所吩咐摩西的。
4 This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.
這燈臺的做法是用金子錘出來的，連座帶花都是錘出來的。摩西製造燈臺，是照耶和華所指示的樣式。
5 Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
耶和華曉諭摩西說：
6 “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
「你從以色列人中選出利未人來，潔淨他們。
7 This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
潔淨他們當這樣行：用除罪水彈在他們身上，又叫他們用剃頭刀刮全身，洗衣服，潔淨自己。
8 Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.
然後叫他們取一隻公牛犢，並同獻的素祭，就是調油的細麵；你要另取一隻公牛犢作贖罪祭。
9 Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.
將利未人奉到會幕前，招聚以色列全會眾。
10 You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
將利未人奉到耶和華面前，以色列人要按手在他們頭上。
11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
亞倫也將他們奉到耶和華面前，為以色列人當作搖祭，使他們好辦耶和華的事。
12 And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
利未人要按手在那兩隻牛的頭上；你要將一隻作贖罪祭，一隻作燔祭，獻給耶和華，為利未人贖罪。
13 You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.
你也要使利未人站在亞倫和他兒子面前，將他們當作搖祭奉給耶和華。
14 In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.
「這樣，你從以色列人中將利未人分別出來，利未人便要歸我。
15 After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
此後利未人要進去辦會幕的事，你要潔淨他們，將他們當作搖祭奉上；
16 For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
因為他們是從以色列人中全然給我的，我揀選他們歸我，是代替以色列人中一切頭生的。
17 For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.
以色列人中一切頭生的，連人帶牲畜，都是我的。我在埃及地擊殺一切頭生的那天，將他們分別為聖歸我。
18 But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
我揀選利未人代替以色列人中一切頭生的。
19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”
我從以色列人中將利未人當作賞賜給亞倫和他的兒子，在會幕中辦以色列人的事，又為以色列人贖罪，免得他們挨近聖所，有災殃臨到他們中間。」
20 So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.
摩西、亞倫，並以色列全會眾便向利未人如此行。凡耶和華指着利未人所吩咐摩西的，以色列人就向他們這樣行。
21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.
於是利未人潔淨自己，除了罪，洗了衣服；亞倫將他們當作搖祭奉到耶和華面前，又為他們贖罪，潔淨他們。
22 After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
然後利未人進去，在亞倫和他兒子面前，在會幕中辦事。耶和華指着利未人怎樣吩咐摩西，以色列人就怎樣向他們行了。
23 And the LORD said to Moses,
耶和華曉諭摩西說：
24 “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
「利未人是這樣：從二十五歲以外，他們要前來任職，辦會幕的事。
25 But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.
到了五十歲要停工退任，不再辦事，
26 After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”
只要在會幕裏，和他們的弟兄一同伺候，謹守所吩咐的，不再辦事了。至於所吩咐利未人的，你要這樣向他們行。」
