Numbers 18

1 And the LORD said unto Aaron: 'Thou and thy sons and thy fathers' house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

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。

2 And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee, thou and thy sons with thee being before the tent of the testimony.

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，

3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent; only they shall not come nigh unto the holy furniture and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye.

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。

4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, whatsoever the service of the Tent may be; but a common man shall not draw nigh unto you.

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。

5 And ye shall keep the charge of the holy things, and the charge of the altar, that there be wrath no more upon the children of Israel.

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。

6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; for you they are given as a gift unto the LORD, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

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。

7 And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood in everything that pertaineth to the altar, and to that within the veil; and ye shall serve; I give you the priesthood as a service of gift; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.'

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」。

8 And the LORD spoke unto Aaron: 'And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of My heave-offerings; even of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel unto thee have I given them for a consecrated portion, and to thy sons, as a due for ever.

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。

9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every guilt-offering of theirs, which they may render unto Me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

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。

10 In a most holy place shalt thou eat thereof; every male may eat thereof; it shall be holy unto thee.

你們應在至聖之處分食，凡是男子都可以吃；你應視為聖物。

11 And this is thine: the heave-offering of their gift, even all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever; every one that is clean in thy house may eat thereof.

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。

12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the corn, the first part of them which they give unto the LORD, to thee have I given them.

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。

13 The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house may eat thereof.

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。

14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.

凡以色列中照禁物法所獻之物，都屬於你。

15 Every thing that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto the LORD, both of man and beast, shall be thine; howbeit the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

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。

16 And their redemption-money — from a month old shalt thou redeem them — shall be, according to thy valuation, five shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary — the same is twenty gerahs.

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」。)

17 But the firstling of an ox, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt dash their blood against the altar, and shalt make their fat smoke for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

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。

18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.

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。

19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever; it is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.'

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」。

20 And the LORD said unto Aaron: 'Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them; I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

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。

21 And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.

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。

22 And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

免得以色列子民接近會幕，負罪死亡；

23 But the Levites alone shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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；

24 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they set apart as a gift unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said unto them: Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.'

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」。

25 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

上主訓示梅瑟說：

26 'Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them: When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall set apart of it a gift for the LORD, even a tithe of the tithe.

「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，

27 And the gift which ye set apart shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the wine-press.

這算是你們的獻儀；好似禾場上的新娘和榨房中的新酒。

28 Thus ye also shall set apart a gift unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and thereof ye shall give the gift which is set apart unto the LORD to Aaron the priest.

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。

29 Out of all that is given you ye shall set apart all of that which is due unto the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

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。

30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them: When ye set apart the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press.

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，

31 And ye may eat it in every place, ye and your households; for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

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。

32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, seeing that ye have set apart from it the best thereof; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.'

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」。