Numbers 8
1 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
耶和华晓谕摩西说：
2 Speak to Aaron and you will say to him when lifting up you the lamps to [the] front of [the] face of the lampstand they will give light [the] seven the lamps.
“你告诉亚伦说：点灯的时候，七盏灯都要向灯台前面发光。”
3 And he did so Aaron to [the] front of [the] face of the lampstand he lifted up lamps its just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses.
亚伦便这样行。他点灯台上的灯，使灯向前发光，是照耶和华所吩咐摩西的。
4 And this [was] [the] work of the lampstand hammered work gold to base its to blossom its [was] hammered work it like the appearance which he had shown Yahweh Moses so he made the lampstand.
这灯台的做法是用金子锤出来的，连座带花都是锤出来的。摩西制造灯台，是照耶和华所指示的样式。
5 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
耶和华晓谕摩西说：
6 Take the Levites from among [the] people of Israel and you will purify them.
“你从以色列人中选出利未人来，洁净他们。
7 And thus you will do to them to purify them spatter on them water of sin offering and they will cause to pass a razor over all body their and they will wash clothes their and they will purify themselves.
洁净他们当这样行：用除罪水弹在他们身上，又叫他们用剃头刀刮全身，洗衣服，洁净自己。
8 And they will take a young bull a young one of cattle and grain offering its fine flour mixed with oil and a young bull second a young one of cattle you will take to a sin offering.
然后叫他们取一只公牛犊，并同献的素祭，就是调油的细面；你要另取一只公牛犊作赎罪祭。
9 And you will bring near the Levites before [the] tent of meeting and you will assemble all [the] congregation of [the] people of Israel.
将利未人奉到会幕前，招聚以色列全会众。
10 And you will bring near the Levites before Yahweh and they will lay [the] people of Israel hands their on the Levites.
将利未人奉到耶和华面前，以色列人要按手在他们头上。
11 And he will wave Aaron the Levites a wave-offering before Yahweh from with [the] people of Israel and they will be to serve [the] service of Yahweh.
亚伦也将他们奉到耶和华面前，为以色列人当作摇祭，使他们好办耶和华的事。
12 And the Levites they will lay hands their on [the] head of the young bulls and offer the one a sin offering and the one a burnt offering to Yahweh to make atonement on the Levites.
利未人要按手在那两只牛的头上；你要将一只作赎罪祭，一只作燔祭，献给耶和华，为利未人赎罪。
13 And you will make stand the Levites before Aaron and before sons his and you will wave them a wave-offering to Yahweh.
你也要使利未人站在亚伦和他儿子面前，将他们当作摇祭奉给耶和华。
14 And you will separate the Levites from among [the] people of Israel and they will belong to me the Levites.
“这样，你从以色列人中将利未人分别出来，利未人便要归我。
15 And after thus they will go the Levites to serve [the] tent of meeting and you will purify them and you will wave them a wave-offering.
此后利未人要进去办会幕的事，你要洁净他们，将他们当作摇祭奉上；
16 For [are] assigned assigned they to me from among [the] people of Israel in place of [the] firstborn of every womb [the] firstborn of all from [the] people of Israel I have taken them for myself.
因为他们是从以色列人中全然给我的，我拣选他们归我，是代替以色列人中一切头生的。
17 For [belongs] to me every firstborn among [the] people of Israel among humankind and among the livestock on [the] day struck I every firstborn in [the] land of Egypt I set apart them for myself.
以色列人中一切头生的，连人带牲畜，都是我的。我在埃及地击杀一切头生的那天，将他们分别为圣归我。
18 And I have taken the Levites in place of every firstborn among [the] people of Israel.
我拣选利未人代替以色列人中一切头生的。
19 And I have given! the Levites given [things] - to Aaron and to sons his from among [the] people of Israel to serve [the] service of [the] people of Israel in [the] tent of meeting and to make atonement on [the] people of Israel and not it will be among [the] people of Israel a plague when draw near [the] people of Israel to the holy place.
我从以色列人中将利未人当作赏赐给亚伦和他的儿子，在会幕中办以色列人的事，又为以色列人赎罪，免得他们挨近圣所，有灾殃临到他们中间。”
20 And he did Moses and Aaron and all [the] congregation of [the] people of Israel to the Levites according to all that he had commanded Yahweh Moses of the Levites so they did to them [the] people of Israel.
摩西、亚伦，并以色列全会众便向利未人如此行。凡耶和华指着利未人所吩咐摩西的，以色列人就向他们这样行。
21 And they purified themselves the Levites and they washed clothes their and he waved Aaron them a wave-offering before Yahweh and he made atonement on them Aaron to purify them.
于是利未人洁净自己，除了罪，洗了衣服；亚伦将他们当作摇祭奉到耶和华面前，又为他们赎罪，洁净他们。
22 And after thus they went the Levites to serve service their in [the] tent of meeting before Aaron and before sons his just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses on the Levites so they did to them.
然后利未人进去，在亚伦和他儿子面前，在会幕中办事。耶和华指着利未人怎样吩咐摩西，以色列人就怎样向他们行了。
23 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses saying.
耶和华晓谕摩西说：
24 This [is that] which [is] to the Levites from a son of five and twenty year[s] and up-wards he will go to serve service in [the] service of [the] tent of meeting.
“利未人是这样：从二十五岁以外，他们要前来任职，办会幕的事。
25 And from a son of fifty year[s] he will turn back from [the] service of the service and not he will serve again.
到了五十岁要停工退任，不再办事，
26 And he will serve brothers his in [the] tent of meeting by keeping a duty and service not he will serve thus you will do to the Levites in duties their.
只要在会幕里，和他们的弟兄一同伺候，谨守所吩咐的，不再办事了。至于所吩咐利未人的，你要这样向他们行。”
