Numbers 8

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

١ وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

2 Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him, Whenever thou shalt set the lamps in order, the seven lamps shall give light opposite the candlestick.

٢ «كَلِّمْ هَارُونَ وَقُلْ لَهُ: مَتَى رَفَعْتَ ٱلسُّرُجَ فَإِلَى قُدَّامِ ٱلْمَنَارَةِ تُضِيءُ ٱلسُّرُجُ ٱلسَّبْعَةُ».

3 And Aaron did so: on one side opposite the candlestick he lighted its lamps, as the Lord appointed Moses.

٣ فَفَعَلَ هَارُونُ هَكَذَا. إِلَى قُدَّامِ ٱلْمَنَارَةِ رَفَعَ سُرُجَهَا كَمَا أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى.

4 And this [is] the construction of the candlestick: [it is] solid, golden—its stem, and its lilies—all solid: according to the pattern which the Lord shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

٤ وَهَذِهِ هِيَ صَنْعَةُ ٱلْمَنَارَةِ: مَسْحُولَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ. حَتَّى سَاقُهَا وَزَهْرُهَا هِيَ مَسْحُولَةٌ. حَسَبَ ٱلْمَنْظَرِ ٱلَّذِي أَرَاهُ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى هَكَذَا عَمِلَ ٱلْمَنَارَةَ.

5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

٥ وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

6 Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them.

٦ «خُذِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ.

7 And thus shalt thou perform their purification: thou shalt sprinkle them with water of purification, and a razor shall come upon the whole of their body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be clean.

٧ وَهَكَذَا تَفْعَلُ لَهُمْ لِتَطْهِيرِهِمِ: ٱنْضِحْ عَلَيْهِمْ مَاءَ ٱلْخَطِيَّةِ، وَلْيُمِرُّوا مُوسَى عَلَى كُلِّ بَشَرِهِمْ، وَيَغْسِلُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ فَيَتَطَهَّرُوا.

8 And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and thou shalt take a calf of a year old of the herd for a sin-offering.

٨ ثُمَّ يَأْخُذُوا ثَوْرًا ٱبْنَ بَقَرٍ وَتَقْدِمَتَهُ دَقِيقًا مَلْتُوتًا بِزَيْتٍ. وَثَوْرًا آخَرَ ٱبْنَ بَقَرٍ تَأْخُذُ لِذَبِيحَةِ خَطِيَّةٍ.

9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel.

٩ فَتُقَدِّمُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ أَمَامَ خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ، وَتَجْمَعُ كُلَّ جَمَاعَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.

١٠ وَتُقَدِّمُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ، فَيَضَعُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ.

11 And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from the children of Israel: and they shall be prepared to perform the works of the Lord.

١١ وَيُرَدِّدُ هَارُونُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ تَرْدِيدًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ مِنْ عِنْدِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَكُونُونَ لِيَخْدِمُوا خِدْمَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

12 And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves; and thou shalt offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord, to make atonement for them.

١٢ ثُمَّ يَضَعُ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ عَلَى رَأْسَيِ ٱلثَّوْرَيْنِ، فَتُقَرِّبُ ٱلْوَاحِدَ ذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ، وَٱلْآخَرَ مُحْرَقَةً لِلرَّبِّ، لِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ.

13 And thou shalt set the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron, and before his sons; and thou shalt give them as a gift before the Lord.

١٣ فَتُوقِفُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ أَمَامَ هَارُونَ وَبَنِيهِ وَتُرَدِّدُهُمْ تَرْدِيدًا لِلرَّبِّ.

14 And thou shalt separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and they shall be mine.

١٤ وَتُفْرِزُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَيَكُونُ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ لِي.

15 And afterwards the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt purify them, and present them before the Lord.

١٥ وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَأْتِي ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ لِيَخْدِمُوا خَيْمَةَ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ فَتُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُرَدِّدُهُمْ تَرْدِيدًا،

16 For these are given to me for a present out of the midst of the children of Israel: I have taken them to myself instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel that open every womb.

١٦ لِأَنَّهُمْ مَوْهُوبُونَ لِي هِبَةً مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. بَدَلَ كُلِّ فَاتِحِ رَحِمٍ، بِكْرِ كُلٍّ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَدِ ٱتَّخَذْتُهُمْ لِي.

17 For every first-born among the children of Israel [is] mine, whether of man or beast: in the day in which I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself.

١٧ لِأَنَّ لِي كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَهَائِمِ. يَوْمَ ضَرَبْتُ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ قَدَّسْتُهُمْ لِي.

18 And I took the Levites in the place of every first-born among the children of Israel.

١٨ فَٱتَّخَذْتُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ بِكْرٍ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

19 And I gave the Levites presented as a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness, and to make atonement for the children of Israel: thus there shall be none among the sons of Israel to draw nigh to the holy things.

١٩ وَوَهَبْتُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ هِبَةً لِهَارُونَ وَبَنِيهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِيَخْدِمُوا خِدْمَةَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ، وَلِلتَّكْفِيرِ عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِكَيْ لَا يَكُونَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَبَأٌ عِنْدَ ٱقْتِرَابِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى ٱلْقُدْسِ».

20 And Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites as the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.

٢٠ فَفَعَلَ مُوسَى وَهَارُونُ وَكُلُّ جَمَاعَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلَّاوِيِّينَ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى عَنِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ. هَكَذَا فَعَلَ لَهُمْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ.

21 So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments; and Aaron presented them as a gift before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them.

٢١ فَتَطَهَّرَ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ وَغَسَّلُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ، وَرَدَّدَهُمْ هَارُونُ تَرْدِيدًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَكَفَّرَ عَنْهُمْ هَارُونُ لِتَطْهِيرِهِمْ.

22 And afterwards the Levites went in to minister in their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as the Lord appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

٢٢ وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَتَى ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ لِيَخْدِمُوا خِدْمَتَهُمْ فِي خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ أَمَامَ هَارُونَ وَأَمَامَ بَنِيهِ، كَمَا أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى عَنِ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ هَكَذَا فَعَلُوا لَهُمْ.

23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

٢٣ وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

24 This is the [ordinance] for the Levites; From five and twenty years old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness.

٢٤ «هَذَا مَا لِلَّاوِيِّينَ: مِنِ ٱبْنِ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً فَصَاعِدًا يَأْتُونَ لِيَتَجَنَّدُوا أَجْنَادًا فِي خِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ.

25 And from fifty years old [the Levites] shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.

٢٥ وَمِنِ ٱبْنِ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً يَرْجِعُونَ مِنْ جُنْدِ ٱلْخِدْمَةِ وَلَا يَخْدِمُونَ بَعْدُ.

26 And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep charges, but he shall not do works: so shalt thou do to the Levites in their charges.

٢٦ يُوازِرُونَ إِخْوَتَهُمْ فِي خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ لِحَرَسِ حِرَاسَةٍ، لَكِنْ خِدْمَةً لَا يَخْدِمُونَ. هَكَذَا تَعْمَلُ لِلَّاوِيِّينَ فِي حِرَاسَاتِهِمْ».