Numbers 8
1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying,
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,
2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
“Ke ke lea kia ʻElone, mo ke pehē kiate ia, ʻOka ke ka fokotuʻu ʻae ngaahi maama ʻe ulo atu ʻae ngaahi maama ʻe fitu mei he tuʻunga maama.”
3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Pea naʻe fai pehē ʻe ʻElone; naʻa ne tutu ʻae ngaahi maama ʻi ai ke ulo atu mei he tuʻunga maama, ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese.
4 And this was the work of the candlestick: [it was] of beaten gold; from its base to its flowers was it beaten work; according to the form which Jehovah had shewn Moses, so had he made the candlestick.
Pea naʻe ngaohi ʻae tuʻunga maama ʻaki ʻae koula kuo tuki, ʻo aʻu hifo ki hono kau, mo hono ngaahi fisi, ko e koula tuki ia: ʻo hangē ko e fakatātā ʻaia naʻe fakahā ʻe Sihova kia Mōsese, naʻe pehē ʻene ngaohi ʻae tuʻunga maama.
5 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,
6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
“Mavahe ʻae kau Livai mei he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu.
7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle upon them water of purification from sin; and they shall pass the razor over all their flesh, and shall wash their garments, and make themselves clean.
Pea ʻe pehē ni hoʻo fai kiate kinautolu, ke fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu: Ke ke luluku ʻakinautolu ʻaki ʻae vai fakamaʻa, ʻo tuku ʻakinautolu ke nau tele honau sino kotoa pē, ʻo fō honau ngaahi kofu, ke pehē ʻenau fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu.
8 And they shall take a young bullock and its oblation of fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
Pea tenau toki ʻave ʻae pulu mui fakataha mo e feilaulau meʻakai ʻoku kau ai, ʻio, ʻae mahoaʻa lelei kuo fefiofi mo e lolo, pea te ke ʻave ʻae pulu mui ʻe taha ko e feilaulau maʻae angahala.
9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tent of meeting; and thou shalt gather together the whole assembly of the children of Israel.
Pea te ke ʻomi ʻae kau Livai ki he matafale fehikitaki ʻoe kakai: pea te ke tānaki ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli kenau fakataha:
10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before Jehovah; and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites.
Pea te ke ʻomi ʻae kau Livai ki he ʻao ʻo Sihova: pea ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli tenau hilifaki honau nima ki he kau Livai:
11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites as a wave-offering before Jehovah from the children of Israel, and they shall perform the service of Jehovah.
Pea ʻe ʻatu ʻe ʻElone ʻae kau Livai ki he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko e feilaulau ia ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, koeʻuhi kenau fai ki he ngāue ʻa Sihova.
12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and thou shalt offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, to Jehovah, to make atonement for the Levites.
Pea ʻe hilifaki ʻe he kau Livai honau nima ki he ʻulu ʻoe ongo pulu: pea te ke ʻatu ʻae taha ko e feilaulau maʻae angahala, pea ko e taha ko e feilaulau tutu, kia Sihova, ke fai ʻae fakalelei koeʻuhi ko e kau Livai.
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave-offering to Jehovah.
“Pea te ke tuku ʻae kau Livai ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻElone, mo e ʻao ʻo hono ngaahi foha, ʻo ʻatu ʻakinautolu ko e feilaulau kia Sihova.
14 And thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, that the Levites may be mine.
ʻE pehē haʻo vaheʻi ʻae kau Livai mei he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli: pea ko e kau Livai ʻe ʻoʻoku ʻakinautolu.
15 And afterwards shall the Levites come in to do the service of the tent of meeting. And thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them as a wave-offering.
Pea hili ia, ʻe ʻalu ʻae kau Livai ke fai ʻae ngāue ʻoe fale fehikitaki ʻoe kakai: pea te ke fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu, ʻoatu ʻakinautolu ko e feilaulau.
16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of every one that breaketh open the womb, instead of every firstborn among the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
He kuo tuku maʻaku ʻakinautolu mei he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli; ke fetongi ʻaki ʻakinautolu ʻoku [fuofua ]tō mei he manāva, ʻio ke fetongi ʻaki ʻae ʻuluaki fānau ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ko ia kuo u ʻomi ai maʻaku ʻakinautolu.
17 For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both of man and beast; on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed them to myself.
He ko e ʻuluaki tama kotoa pē ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻe ʻoʻoku ia, ʻae tangata mo e manu fakatouʻosi pe: ʻi he ʻaho ne u taaʻi ai ʻae ʻuluaki tama kotoa pē ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ne u fakatapui ʻakinautolu maʻaku.
18 And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Pea kuo u fili mai ʻae kau Livai ke fetongi ʻaki ʻae ʻuluaki tama kotoa pē ʻi he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.
19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to perform the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel draw near to the sanctuary.
Pea kuo u foaki ʻae kau Livai mei he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ko e foaki kia ʻElone mo hono ngaahi foha ke fai ʻae ngāue maʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he fale fehikitaki ʻoe kakai, pea kenau fai ʻae fakalelei koeʻuhi ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli: koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa hoko ha mahaki fakaʻauha ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻoka haʻu ʻo ofi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ki he faletapu.”
20 And Moses and Aaron, and all the assembly of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites: so did the children of Israel to them.
Pea ko Mōsese mo ʻElone, mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, naʻa nau fai ki he kau Livai ʻo fakatatau ki he fekau kotoa pē ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese koeʻuhi ko e kau Livai, naʻe fai pehē ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli kiate kinautolu.
21 And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their garments; and Aaron offered them as a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
Pea naʻe fakamaʻa ʻae kau Livai, pea naʻa nau fō honau ngaahi kofu; pea naʻe ʻatu ʻe ʻElone ʻakinautolu ko e feilaulau ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova; pea naʻe fai ʻe ʻElone ʻae fakalelei maʻanautolu ke fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu.
22 And afterwards the Levites came in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons; as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they to them.
Pea hili ia naʻe hū ʻae kau Livai ke fai ʻae ngāue ʻi he fale fehikitaki ʻoe kakai ʻi he ʻao ʻo ʻElone, mo e ʻao ʻo hono ngaahi foha: ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese koeʻuhi ko e kau Livai, naʻa nau fai pehē kiate kinautolu.
23 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
“Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,
24 This is that which concerneth the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward shall he come to labour in the work of the service of the tent of meeting.
Pea ko e meʻa ni ʻoku kau ki he kau Livai: tenau hū ke talifekau ʻi he ngāue ʻoe fale fehikitaki ʻoe kakai mei honau taʻu ʻe uofulu ma nima:
25 And from fifty years old he shall retire from the labour of the service, and shall serve no more;
Pea ʻoka hoko ki he nimangofulu taʻu, tenau tuku ʻa ʻenau tauhi ʻae ngāue ʻi ai, pea ʻe ʻikai tenau toe fai:
26 but he shall minister with his brethren in the tent of meeting, and keep the charge, but he shall not serve [in] the service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites with regard to their charges.
Ka tenau fai fakataha mo honau kāinga ʻi he fale fehikitaki ʻoe kakai, ke fai ki he tauhi, ka ʻe ʻikai tenau fai ha ngāue lahi. Ke ke fai pehē ki he kau Livai ʻi honau tauhi.”
