Numbers 8
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
2 “Speak to Aaron. Say to him, 'The seven lamps must give light in front of the lampstand when you light them.'”
Loquere Aaron, et dices ad eum: Cum posueris septem lucernas, candelabrum in australi parte erigatur. Hoc igitur praecipe ut lucernae contra borean e regione respiciant ad mensam panum propositionis, contra eam partem, quam candelabrum respicit, lucere debebunt.
3 Aaron did this. He lit the lamps on the lampstand to give light toward the front of it, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Fecitque Aaron, et imposuit lucernas super candelabrum, ut praeceperat Dominus Moysi.
4 The lampstand was made in this way and Yahweh showed Moses the pattern for it. It was to be hammered gold from its base to its top, with hammered cups like blossoms.
Haec autem erat factura candelabri, ex auro ductili, tam medius stipes, quam cuncta quae ex utroque calamorum latere nascebantur: iuxta exemplum quod ostendit Dominus Moysi, ita operatus est candelabrum.
5 Again, Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
6 “Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and purify them.
Tolle Levitas de medio filiorum Israel, et purificabis eos
7 Do this to them to purify them: Sprinkle the water of atonement on them. Make them shave their entire body, wash their clothes, and in this way purify themselves.
iuxta hunc ritum: Aspergantur aqua lustrationis, et radant omnes pilos carnis suae. Cumque laverint vestimenta sua, et mundati fuerint,
8 Then have them take a young bull and its grain offering of fine flour mingled with oil. Let them take another young bull as a sin offering.
tollent bovem de armentis, et libamentum eius similam oleo conspersam: bovem autem alterum de armento tu accipies pro peccato:
9 You will bring the Levites in front of the tent of meeting and assemble the whole community of the people of Israel.
et applicabis Levitas coram tabernaculo foederis, convocata omni multitudine filiorum Israel.
10 When you bring the Levites before Yahweh, the people of Israel must lay their hands on the Levites.
Cumque Levitae fuerint coram Domino, ponent filii Israel manus suas super eos.
11 Aaron must offer the Levites before Yahweh, as a wave offering from the people of Israel so that they may do the service of Yahweh.
et offeret Aaron Levitas, munus in conspectu Domini a filiis Israel, ut serviant in ministerio eius.
12 The Levites must place their hands on the heads of the bulls. You must offer one bull for a sin offering and the other bull for a burnt offering to me, to atone for the Levites.
Levitae quoque ponent manus suas super capita boum, e quibus unum facies pro peccato, et alterum in holocaustum Domini, ut depreceris pro eis.
13 Present the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and lift them up as a wave offering to me.
Statuesque Levitas in conspectu Aaron et filiorum eius, et consecrabis oblatos Domino,
14 In this way you must separate the Levites from among the people of Israel. The Levites will belong to me.
ac separabis de medio filiorum Israel, ut sint mei.
15 After that, the Levites must go in to serve in the tent of meeting. You must purify them. You must offer them as a wave offering.
et postea ingrediantur tabernaculum foederis, ut serviant mihi. Sicque purificabis et consecrabis eos in oblationem Domini: quoniam dono donati sunt mihi a filiis Israel.
16 Do this, because they are entirely mine from among the people of Israel. They will take the place of each male child who opens the womb, the firstborn of all the descendants of Israel. I have taken the Levites for myself.
Pro primogenitis quae aperiunt omnem vulvam in Israel, accepi eos.
17 All the firstborn from among the people of Israel are mine, both of people and of animals. On the day that I took the lives of all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set them apart for myself.
Mea sunt enim omnia primogenita filiorum Israel, tam ex hominibus quam ex iumentis. Ex die quo percussi omne primogenitum in Terra Aegypti, sanctificavi eos mihi:
18 I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of all the firstborn.
et tuli Levitas pro cunctis primogenitis filiorum Israel:
19 I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons. I have taken them from among the people of Israel to do the work of the people of Israel in the tent of meeting. I have given them to atone for the people of Israel so that no plague will harm the people when they come near to the holy place.”
tradidique eos dono Aaron et filiis eius de medio populi, ut serviant mihi pro Israel in tabernaculo foederis, et orent pro eis ne sit in populo plaga, si ausi fuerint accedere ad Sanctuarium.
20 Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of the people of Israel did this with the Levites. They did everything that Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites. The people of Israel did this with them.
Feceruntque Moyses et Aaron et omnis multitudo filiorum Israel super Levitas quae praeceperat Dominus Moysi:
21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothing, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering to Yahweh and he made atonement for them to cleanse them.
purificatique sunt, et laverunt vestimenta sua. Elevavitque eos Aaron in conspectu Domini, et oravit pro eis,
22 After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before Aaron's sons. This was as Yahweh had commanded Moses about the Levites. They treated all the Levites in this way.
ut purificati ingrederentur ad officia sua in tabernaculum foederis coram Aaron et filiis eius. Sicut praeceperat Dominus Moysi de Levitis, ita factum est.
23 Yahweh spoke again to Moses. He said,
Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
24 “All of this is for the Levites who are twenty-five years old and more. They must join the company to serve in the tent of meeting.
Haec est lex Levitarum, A viginti quinque annis et supra, ingredientur ut ministrent in tabernaculo foederis.
25 They must stop serving in this way at the age of fifty years. At that age they must not serve any longer.
Cumque quinquagesimum annum aetatis impleverint, servire cessabunt:
26 They may help their brothers who continue to work at the tent of meeting, but they must serve no more. You must direct the Levites in all these matters.”
eruntque ministri fratrum suorum in tabernaculo foederis, ut custodiant quae sibi fuerunt commendata, opera autem ipsa non faciant. Sic dispones Levitis in custodiis suis.
