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.
Hiche hi Sinai molchunga Pakaiyin Mose ahoupi lai a ana kijihlut Aaron le Mose insung khanggui thu chu ahi.
2 Aaron’s four sons were Nadab the oldest, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Aaron chapateho min chu Nadab (atah pen), Abihu, Elezear chule Ithamar ahiuve.
3 They were appointed [MTY] (OR, Moses/I appointed them) to be priests.
Hiche Aaron chapateho chengse hin thempu kintheng atoh thei nading uva thao anu uva chule atumbeh a kilhandoh ahiuve.
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.
Ahinlah Nadab le Abihu chu Pathen umpet a Sinai gamthip a maicham asemlai uva Pathen thupeh toh kikal a meikong dihlou ahal lhon jeh chun, ani lhonin hiche muna chun athilhon tan ahi. Chapa dang aneitahlou jeh in kintheng natong ding chu adalhahlhon Eleazer le Ithamar chutoh apalhon Aaraon chubou ahitauve.
5 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Hichun Pakaiyin Mose henga thu aseiyin,
6 “Bring [the men of] the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron, in order that they may assist him.
Levi phung le changho chu koukhom min lang, Aaron kintheng natoh ga kithopi ding in gapuiyin.
7 They will serve Aaron and all the other Israeli people, while they do their work inside the Sacred Tent and outside it.
Amaho chu Aaron leh mipijenlea pang ding u, houbuh leh akimvel a kintheng natong a pang ding ahiuve.
8 They must serve all the Israeli people by taking care of all the things that are inside the Sacred Tent.
Levite jousen hiche ponbuh theng chu avettup dingu Israel mipite thalheng a ponbuh maicham a chu kin thengna atoh diu ahi.
9 Appoint them to [help] Aaron and his two sons. I have chosen them from all the Israeli people to do that.
Levi chilhahho jouse chun Aaron leh achapate vaihomna noi a umsah in. Amaho chu Israel mipiho jouse lah a kon a Aaron le achapate jenle ding leh kithopi ding a kipehdoh ah ahitauvin ahi.
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.”
Aaron le achapateho jouse chun thempu kintheng na atoh ding uvin seipeh in. Koi hijongleh nganse changlou a muntheng ganailut hochu thitei teidiu ahi.
11 Yahweh also told Moses/me,
Chuin Pakaiyin Mose kom a asei in,
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,
“Ven, Levite hi Israel japi lah kon a Israel chapate apengmasa jouse thalheng a natong ding a kalhendoh ahitai. Leviteho jouse keiya ahi.
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.”
Ajehchu chapa tahpen jouse keima a ahi. Egypt chapate lah a apeng masa jouse kanasuhgam nikho apatna keima Israel chapa tahpen jouse hi keidia atumbeh a ka lhendohsa ahin, mihem a hihen gancha a hi jongleh amaho jouse chu keia ahiuve; Keima Pakai chu kahi.”
14 Yahweh spoke to Moses/me again in the Sinai Desert. He said,
Pakaiyin Sinai molchung a chun Mose hengah thu aseikit in, hiti hin ati,
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.”
“Levite chu ama ama insung leh phung kailhah in amin u jihlut cheh in. Pasal jouse lhakhat a pat chunglam se jihlut in.”
16 So Moses/I counted them, just as Yahweh commanded.
Hichun Mose chun Pakai thupeh bang chun minho chu ajihlut tan ahi.
17 Levi had [three] sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Levi in chapa thum aneiyin, amaho chu Gershon, Kohath chule Merari ahiuve.
18 Gershon had [two] sons: Libni and Shimei. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those [two] sons.
Gershon a kon a phungguiho chu ama chilhahte lah a kon a mini min, Libni leh Shimei a kiminsah ahiuve.
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.
Kohath akon a phungguiho chu ama chilhah a kon miliho- Amran, Izhar, Hebron chule Uzzeil a kiminsah ahiuve.
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.
Merari a kon a phungguiho chu ama chilhahte lah a kon a mini min, Mahli le Mushi a kiminsah ahiuve.
21 The two clans descended from Gershon are those that were descended from [his sons] Libni and Shimei.
Gershon chilhahte chu Libni le Shimei phunggui akon ahiuvin ahi.
22 In those two clans there were 7,500 males who were at least one month old.
Gershonte phunggui a kon a Pasal kum khat a pat chunglam chu abonchauvin mi 7,500 aum uve.
23 They were told to set up their tents on the west side of the Sacred Tent.
Amaho chu houbuh akon a lhumlam lang chu angahmun kisahna ding uva kipedoh ahiuve.
24 The leader of those two clans was Eliasaph, the son of Lael.
Gershonte phungho chung a lamkai a ana pang chu Lael chapa Eliasaph ahi.
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,
Hiche phung teni chung a mopohna a um chu ahileh houbuh avetsui diu, ponbuhtheng leh achung a kidal akhuna chengse ahin, maicham ponbuh lutna phung a kikhai pondal ahin,
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.
Maicham ponbuh leh maicham phung kimvel a ki-dah pondal chengse ahin, a khaoho ahin, chuleh manchah akimangcha ding jouse jaona a ahiye.
27 The clans that were descended from Kohath were those descended from his four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Kohath chilhahte chu Amram, Izhar, Hebron chule Uzziel phung a kon ahiuve.
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.
Gershonte phunggui a kon a Pasal kum khat a pat chunglam chu abonchauvin mi 8,600 aum uvin, amaho chu muntheng ventup leh vettupna mopohna kipe ahiuvin,
29 They set up their tents on the south side of the Sacred Tent.
chuleh angahmun sahna ding uva Houbuh a kon a lhanglam kipe ahiuve.
30 The leader of those four clans was Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel.
Kohath phungho chung a lamkai a ana pang chu Uzzeil chapa Elizaphan ahi.
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.
Hiche phung li ho hin Pathen thingkhong, dokhang, thaomei khom, maicham phungho, houbuh sung a kimang thil le lo chom chomho, asung dan pondal, chuleh amaho manchah ding a angaicha jouse chung a mopohna anei ding u ahi.
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.
Thempupa Aaron chapa Eleazer chu, Levite ho jouse chung a vaihom pipu anahin, houbuh sung a nakitong jouse vetup ding a deichom a mopohna kipe ahi
33 The clans that were descended from Merari were those descended from [his sons] Mahli and Mushi.
Merari chilhahte chu Mushi le Mahli phung a kon ahiuve.
34 In those two clans there were 6,200 males who were at least one month old.
Merari phunggui a kon a Pasal kum khat a pat chunglam chu abonchauvin mi 6,200 aum uve.
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.
Amaho chu houbuh akon a Sahlam lang chu angahmun kisahna ding uva kipedoh ahiuve. Merari phungho chung a lamkai a ana pang chu Abihal chapa Zuriel ahi.
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.
Hiche phung teni hin houbuh thingkolho, ingolvaiho, akhumho, akhumdouho leh amaho manding manchah ho jouse avetup diu ahi.
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].
Chuleh houbuh kimvel a palkhumho leh athehho ahin, akikhainaho le khaoho jouse jong avettup ding u ahi.
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].
Maicham ponbuh mai lhang, solam niso lamkot lang sese chu, Israel mipi ho thalheng a Houbuh muntheng a natohna ding a mopohna nunungpen kipe, Mose le Aaron chapate ponbuh kisahna dinga ana kikoitup a ahi. Koi hijeng jong leh Thempu le Levite tilou Houbuh muntheng maicham lang hin nailailut tapou chu tha jeng ding ahi.
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.
Mose le Aaron chun Pakai thupeh banga Levite phunghoa a kon in pasal lhakhatna pat chunglam se chu asim lhon in ahileh mi 22,000 alhing uvin ahi.
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.
Hichun Pakaiyin Mose jah a aseiyin, “Tun nangman Israelte chapate apeng masa lhakhat lhingtasa apat chunglam jouse amin u jih lut in.
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.”
Keima Pakai kahin, keima ding a Levite chu, Israel chapa tahpenho thalhelng ding a kikoitup teitei ding ahi. Chuleh Israelte pumpi a gancha apengdoh masa ho khel ding a Levite gancha ho chu kikoitup teitei ding ahi.
42 So Moses/I did that. He/I counted the firstborn males of all the Israeli people, as Yahweh had commanded.
Hitichun Mosen Pathen thupeh bangtah in Israel chapate lah a atahpen ho chu asimtan ahi.
43 The total of those who were at least one month old was 22,273.
Lhakhat a lhingsa leh achunglam chapa tahpenho chu 22,273 anahiuve.
44 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Hichun Pakaiyin Mose jah a aseiyin,
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.
“Levite chu Israel chapate lah a atahpen ho thalheng chun la in. Chuleh Israelte gancha apeng masa ho khel ding a Levite gancha ho chu nalah ding ahi. Keima Pakai kahi, Levite chu keiya ahibouve.
46 There are 273 more firstborn males of the other Israeli people than of the descendants of Levi.
Levite sang in Israel chapate apeng masa mi 273 in atamjo uvin ahi. Amaho lhatdoh a aum thei na ding un,
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.”
mikhat cheh a ding a Sumgoi a Shekel nga nalahkhom ding, hiche shekel chu muntheng laiya shekel ho toh agihdan nakibahsah ding, gerah somnia shekel khat dungjuiya nate ding ahi.
Chapa pengmasa avahdoh ho lhatdoh na ding in hiche sum chu Aaron le achapate petan.”
49 So Moses/I did that. He/I collected the silver from those 273 males.
Hiti chun Levite jat sang a hung tamjo Israel chapa tahpen ho lhatdoh a aum nading uvin Mosen in sum ho chu achom khom in ahi.
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.
Aman Israel chapate lah a apengmasa ho thalheng chun sum pum 1,365 achomdoh in ahi. Hiche ho khat cheh hi muntheng a Shekel khat cheh toh agihdan kibang cheh ahiuve.
51 Moses/I gave these silver coins to Aaron and his sons, as Yahweh had commanded.
Chuin Pathen in thu apeh bang bang chun, akilhatdoh thei nadiuvin Mose in hiche sumho chu Aaron le achapate apetan ahi.
