Numbers 8

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,

2 Speak to Aaron, and you shall say to him, Whenever you shall set the lamps in order, the seven lamps shall give light opposite 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: on one side opposite the candlestick he lighted its lamps, as the Lord appointed 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 [is] the construction of the candlestick: [it is] solid, golden—its stem, and its lilies—all solid: according to the pattern which the Lord showed Moses, so 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 the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,

6 Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and you shall purify them.

“Mavahe ʻae kau Livai mei he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo fakamaʻa ʻakinautolu.

7 And thus shall you perform their purification: you shall 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.

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 one calf of the herd, and its meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and you shall take a calf of a year old of the herd 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 you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and you shall assemble all the congregation of the sons 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 you shall bring the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay 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 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.

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 on the heads of the calves; and you shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for them.

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 you shall set the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron, and before his sons; and you shall give them as a gift before the Lord.

“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 you shall separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and they shall 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 the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and you shall purify them, and present them before the Lord.

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 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 firstborn of the sons of Israel that open every womb.

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 every firstborn among the children of Israel [is] mine, whether of man or beast: in the day in which I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified 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 took the Levites in the place of every 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 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 near to the holy things.

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 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.

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 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.

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 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.

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 the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

“Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,

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.

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 [the Levites] shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.

Pea ʻoka hoko ki he nimangofulu taʻu, tenau tuku ʻa ʻenau tauhi ʻae ngāue ʻi ai, pea ʻe ʻikai tenau toe fai:

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