Numbers 3
1 These are some of the things that happened to Aaron and Moses/me when Yahweh spoke to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain.
Hina Gode da Sainai Goumia Elane amola Mousesema sia: i. Amo esoga, ela sosogo fi da agoane galu.
2 Aaron’s four sons were Nadab the oldest, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Elane egefelali da biyaduyale galu. Ilia dio, magobo Na: ida: be. Amo baligia da Abaihiu, Elia: isa amola ufidafa da Idama.
3 They were appointed [MTY] (OR, Moses/I appointed them) to be priests.
Ilia huluane da gobele salasu dunu hamoma: ne susuligi legele, momogili gagai dagoi ba: i.
4 But, while Yahweh was watching, Nadab and Abihu died in the Sinai Desert because they burned [incense] in a manner that was different from what Yahweh had commanded. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar were the [only] sons of Aaron who [were left to be] priests, along with their father Aaron.
Be Na: ida: be amola Abaihiu da sia: mae nabane, hame hadigi lalu amo Sainai hafoga: i sogega Hina Godema imunusa: dawa: beba: le, Hina Gode da ela medole legei. Ela da mano hame. Amaiba: le, Elane da esalea, Elia: isa amola Idama da eda Elane esalebeba: le, gobele salasu dunu hawa: hamonanu.
5 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Hina Gode da Mousesema amane sia: i,
6 “Bring [the men of] the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron, in order that they may assist him.
“Lifai fi dunu oule misini, ilia da gobele salasu dunu Elane amo ea hawa: hamoma: ne, Lifai dunu momogili gagama.
7 They will serve Aaron and all the other Israeli people, while they do their work inside the Sacred Tent and outside it.
Ilia da Na Abula Diasu ouligima: ne hawa: hamomu amola gobele salasu dunu amola fi dunu huluane fidima: ne, ilelegema.
8 They must serve all the Israeli people by taking care of all the things that are inside the Sacred Tent.
Ilia da liligi huluane Na Abula Diasu ganodini sali amo huluane ouligimu. Amola Isala: ili dunu huluane fidima: ne, hawa: hamomu.
9 Appoint them to [help] Aaron and his two sons. I have chosen them from all the Israeli people to do that.
Ilia da eno hawa: hamosu hame hamomu. Ilia da Elane amola ea mano fawane fidimu.
10 Appoint Aaron and his two sons to do the work that priests do. But anyone else who comes close to the Sacred Tent [to do that work] must be executed.”
Be dia Elane amola ea mano amo elea gobele salasu hawa: hamosu fawane hamoma: ne ilegema. Be nowa dunu eno da ilia hawa: hamosu amo udigili hamomusa: dawa: sea, amo medole legema!
11 Yahweh also told Moses/me,
Hina Gode da Mousesema amane sia: i,
12 “Note that from all the Israelis, I have chosen the men of the tribe of Levi to take the places of all the firstborn sons of the Israeli people. The male descendants of Levi belong to me,
“Na da wali Lifai fi amo Na dunu fi ilegei dagoi. Na da Idibidi dunu ilia mano magobo huluane medole legeiba: le, Na da Isala: ili mano magobo huluanedafa amola ohe fi mano magobo huluane, amo Na hawa: hamomusa: gini ilegele momogili gagai dagoi. Be Isala: ili magobo huluane mae lale, Na da wali Lifai fi dunu huluane lalegagumu. Ilia da Na fi dunu esalumu. Bai Na da Hina Gode.
13 because truly all the firstborn [males] belong to me. That is because on the day that I killed all the firstborn [sons] of the people of Egypt, I [spared] all the firstborn [sons] of the Israelis and set them apart for myself. I also set apart the firstborn [males] of your domestic animals. They belong to me, Yahweh.”
14 Yahweh spoke to Moses/me again in the Sinai Desert. He said,
Sainai hafoga: i soge ganodini, Hina Gode da Mousese amola Lifai dunu huluane, dunu mano amo da oubi afae lalelegele esala, amola dunu eno huluane, ilia fi amola sosogo fi defele, idili, dedema: ne sia: i.
15 “Count the male members of the tribe of Levi. Write down their names and the names of their clans and family groups. Count all the males who are at least one month old.”
16 So Moses/I counted them, just as Yahweh commanded.
Mousese da Hina Gode Ea hamoma: ne sia: i defele hamoi.
17 Levi had [three] sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Lifai da dunu mano udiana galu. Ilia dio da Gesione, Gouha: de amola Milalai. Ilia da amo dio udiana ilia fi udiana ilima asuli. Gesione da dunu mano aduna galu. Elea dio da Libini amola Simiai. Gouha: de da dunu mano biyaduyale galu. Ilia dio da A: mala: me, Isiha, Hibalone amola Asaiele. Milalai da dunu mano aduna galu. Elea dio da Malai amola Musiai. Iligaga fi da amo dunu ilia dio lai dagoi.
18 Gershon had [two] sons: Libni and Shimei. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those [two] sons.
19 Kohath had [four] sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those [four] sons.
20 Merari had [two] sons: Mahli and Mushi. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those [two] sons. Those are the clans that were descended from Levi.
21 The two clans descended from Gershon are those that were descended from [his sons] Libni and Shimei.
Libini amola Simiai elea sosogo fi da Gesione fi hamoi galu.
22 In those two clans there were 7,500 males who were at least one month old.
Amo fi dunu huluane amo da lalelegele, oubi afae baligi, ilia idi da 7,500!
23 They were told to set up their tents on the west side of the Sacred Tent.
Amo fi ilia fisisu sogebi da Hina Gode Ea Abula Diasu amoga guma: dini ilegei galu.
24 The leader of those two clans was Eliasaph, the son of Lael.
Ilia ouligisudafa da Ilaiasa: fe (La: iele egefe) galu.
25 Their work was to take care of the Sacred Tent, including the coverings of the tent, the curtain at the entrance of the tent,
Ilia da Hina Gode Ea Abula Diasu liligi huluane ouligima: ne ilegei. Amo da ea ganodini dedebosu, ea gadili dedebosu abula amo ea logo holei dedebosu, gagoi amo Abula Diasu amola oloda sisiga: su amo ea abula liligi, amola gagoi logo holei amo ea abula dedebosu. Ilia da amo liligi hahamoma: ne, ouligisu.
26 the (curtains/large pieces of cloth) that formed the walls around the courtyard that is around the tent and around the altar, the curtains that were at the entrance of the courtyard, and the ropes [for fastening the tent]. They also did all the work of taking care of the things outside the Sacred Tent.
27 The clans that were descended from Kohath were those descended from his four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
A: mala: me, Isiha, Hibalone amola Asaiele, amo ilia sosogo fi da Gouha: de fi hamoi.
28 In those four clans there were 8,600 males who were at least one month old. The work of the men of the clans was to take care of [the things that are inside] the Sacred Tent.
Amo fi ilia dunu mano huluane lalelegele, oubi afae baligi, ilia idi da 8,600.
29 They set up their tents on the south side of the Sacred Tent.
Amo fi ilia fisisu sogebi da Hina Gode Ea Abula Diasu gadili (south) ilegei dagoi ba: i.
30 The leader of those four clans was Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel.
Ilia ouligisudafa da Elisa: ifa: ne (Asaiele egefe) galu.
31 The work of the men of those clans was to take care of the sacred chest, the table [on which the priest put the sacred bread], the lampstand, the altars, all the items that the priest used in the Sacred Tent, and the curtain that is inside the tent. Their work was also to take care of the things inside the tent.
Ilia da Gode Ea Gousa: su Sema Gagili, fafai, gamali bai, oloda huluane, hawa: hamosu liligi amo gobele salasu dunu da Hadigi Malei Sesei amoga hamosu amola Hadigidafa Momei Sesei logo holei ea abula, amo huluane noga: le ouligima: ne ilegei.
32 Aaron’s son Eleazar was the leader of all the male descendants of Levi. He supervised all the work that was done at the Sacred Tent.
Lifai fi dunu ilia bisilua da Elia: isa (Gobele salasu dunu Elane ea mano). E da dunu huluane amo da Hadigi Malei Sesei hawa: hamosu hamoma: ne ouligisu.
33 The clans that were descended from Merari were those descended from [his sons] Mahli and Mushi.
Malai amola Musiai ela sosogo fi da Milalai fi hamoi galu.
34 In those two clans there were 6,200 males who were at least one month old.
Amo fi dunu huluane lalelegele, oubi afae baligili, ilia idi da 6,200.
35 They were told to set up their tents on the north side of the Sacred Tent. The leader of those two clans was Zuriel, the son of Abihail.
Amo fi ilia fisisu sogebi da Hina Gode Ea Abula diasuga ga (north) agoane, ilegei dagoi ba: i. Ilia ouligisudafa da Siuliele (A: biha: ile egefe) galu.
36 The work of the men of those two clans was to take care of the frames that held up the tent, the crossbars, the pillars, and the bases. They also did all the work that was connected with those items.
Mousese da amo fi dunu ilia Abula Diasu amo gagui liligi, golasu ifa, fa: i liligi amola disisili hahamomusa: liligi huluane amo ouligima: ne ilegei.
37 Their work was also to take care of the posts [that held up the curtains that formed the walls of] the courtyard, and all the bases, tent pegs, and ropes [that fastened those curtains].
Amola ilia hawa: hamosu da gadili gagoi ea golasu ifa, amo ea bai, duni bugisu amola efe huluane ouligima: ne sia: i.
38 Aaron and Moses/I and Aaron’s sons were told to set up their/our tents in the area in front of the Sacred Tent, on the east side. Their/Our work was to supervise the work that would be done in and around the Sacred Tent, for the benefit of the Israeli people. Only the priests were permitted to do that. [Yahweh declared that] we should execute anyone else who went near the tent [to do the work that the priests do].
Mousese, Elane amola egefelali ilia fisisu da Hina Gode Ea Abula Diasu midadi, eso mabe gusudili ilegei. Ilisu da Isala: ili dunu fidima: ne, Hadigi Malei Sesei amo ganodini hawa: hamonanu. Be dunu eno da amo hawa: hamomusa: dawa: i ganiaba, ilia amo dunu medole legemusa: ilegei.
39 When Aaron and Moses/I counted all the males who were at least one month old, who belonged to the clans descended from Levi, the total was 22,000.
Hina Gode da ema sia: beba: le, Mousese da dunu huluane amo da lalelegele, oubi afae baligiba: le, ilia dunu momogi defele idili gagale dedei. Ilia idi huluane da 22,000.
40 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Now count all the [other] firstborn males in Israel who are at least one month old, and write down their names.
Hina Gode da Mousesema amane sia: i, “Isala: ili dunu ilia mano magobo huluanedafa da Na: Amaiba: le, Isala: ili magobo dunu mano amo da oubi afae baligi, amo dedema. Be amo mae lale, Na da Lifai fi huluane amo lamu. Na da Hina Gode! Amola Isala: ili ohe fi mano magobo huluane mae lale, Na da Lifai fi dunu ilia ohe huluanedafa lamu.”
41 Also, set apart for me the descendants of Levi to be substitutes for the firstborn males of the other Israelis. And set apart for me the livestock of the descendants of Levi to be substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the other Israeli people.”
42 So Moses/I did that. He/I counted the firstborn males of all the Israeli people, as Yahweh had commanded.
Mousese da Hina Gode Ea sia: nababeba: le, Isala: ili dunu ilia mano magobo huluane amo da lalelegele, oubi afae baligi galea, ilia dio huluane dedei. Ilia idi huluane da 22,273 agoane ba: i.
43 The total of those who were at least one month old was 22,273.
44 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Hina Gode da Mousesema amane sia: i,
45 “Set apart the descendants of Levi to be substitutes for [the firstborn males of] the other Israeli people. The descendants of Levi belong to me, Yahweh.
“Wali, Isala: ili magobo dunu mano huluane ilia sogebi lama: ne, Lifai fi dunu huluane ilegele, Nama ima. Amola Isala: ili dunu ilia ohe fofoi mano magobo ilia sogebi lama: ne, Lifai fi dunu ilia ohe fofoi mano magobo huluanedafa ilegele, Nama ima.
46 There are 273 more firstborn males of the other Israeli people than of the descendants of Levi.
Be Isala: ili dunu ilia dunu mano magobo ilia idi da Lifai fi dunu huluane ilia idi273agoane baligisa. Amaiba: le, di amo 273 dunu bu bidi lama.
47 To pay for these 273 males, collect five pieces of silver for each of them. Each of those pieces of silver must weigh the same as each of the silver coins that are stored in the Sacred Tent. Give this silver to Aaron and his sons.”
Bidi lasu ilegesu amo defele Isala: ili ilia dunu mano magobo amo silifa biyale gala amoga bu bidi lama.
Amo muni lale amo Elane amola egefelali ilima ima: mu.”
49 So Moses/I did that. He/I collected the silver from those 273 males.
Mousese da Hina Gode Ea hamoma: ne sia: i defele hamoi dagoi.
50 The total was 1,365 pieces of silver. Each silver coin weighed the same as each of the silver coins stored in the Sacred Tent.
E da silifa fage 1,365 amo lale, Elane amola egefelali ilima i.
51 Moses/I gave these silver coins to Aaron and his sons, as Yahweh had commanded.
