Numbers 18

1 And the LORD said to Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

١ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِهَرُونَ: «أَنْتَ وَأَبْنَاؤُكَ وَبَيْتُ أَبِيكَ مَسْؤولُونَ عَمَّا يُصِيبُ الْمَقْدِسَ مِنْ تَدْنِيسٍ، وَأَنْتَ وَأَبْنَاؤُكَ مَعَكَ تَحْمِلُونَ مَسْؤولِيَّةَ مَا يُرْتَكَبُ فِي حَقِّ الْكَهَنُوتِ.

2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined to thee, and minister to thee: but thou and thy sons with thee [shall minister] before the tabernacle of witness.

٢ وَاسْتَعِنْ بِإِخْوَتِكَ مِنْ سِبْطِ لاوِي، سِبْطِ أَبِيكَ، فَيَنْضَمُّوا إِلَيْكَ وَيُؤَازِرُوكَ أَنْتَ وَأَبْنَاءَكَ حِينَ تَقُومُونَ بِالْخِدْمَةِ أَمَامَ خَيْمَةِ الشَّهَادَةِ،

3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

٣ فَيَقُومُونَ عَلَى خِدْمَتِكَ، وَعَلَى خِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ. وَلَكِنْ إِيَّاهُمُ الاقْتِرَابَ مِنْ أَوَانِي الْمَقْدِسِ وَمِنَ الْمَذْبَحِ، لِئَلّا يَمُوتُوا جَمِيعاً وَأَنْتُمْ مَعَهُمْ.

4 And they shall be joined to thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh to you.

٤ لِيَنْضَمُّوا إِلَيْكَ قَائِمِينَ بِخِدْمَةِ الْخَيْمَةِ وَكُلِّ مَا يُنَاطُ بِهِمْ مِنْ وَاجِبَاتٍ لِلْعِنَايَةِ بِها. وَلَكِنْ لَا يَقْتَرِبْ مِنْهَا مَنْ لَيْسَ مِنْكُمْ،

5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

٥ فَأَنْتُمُ الْكَهَنَةُ الَّذِينَ تَقُومُونَ عَلَى خِدْمَةِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَالْمَذْبَحِ، لِئَلّا يَنْصَبَّ السَّخَطُ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you [they are] given [as] a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

٦ فَقَدِ اخْتَرْتُ إِخْوَتَكُمُ اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ لِيَكُونُوا لَكُمْ عَطِيَّةً مِنَ الرَّبِّ، لِيَعْتَنُوا بِخِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office [to you as] a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

٧ أَمَّا أَنْتَ، وَأَبْنَاؤُكَ مَعَكَ فَقَطْ، فَتَقُومُونَ بِخِدْمَةِ الْكَهَنُوتِ فِي جَمِيعِ مَا لِلْمَذْبَحِ ومَا هُوَ وَرَاءَ الْحِجَابِ، فَأَنَا قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكُمْ خِدْمَةَ الْكَهَنُوتِ هِبَةً. وَكُلُّ غَرِيبٍ يَقْتَرِبُ مِنَ الْمَقْدِسِ يُقْتَلُ».

8 And the LORD spoke to Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

٨ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِهَرُونَ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ وَلَّيْتُكَ الْقِيَامَ بِخِدْمَةِ قَرَابِينِي. وَكُلُّ التَّقْدِمَاتِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ الَّتِي يُحْضِرُهَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِي، أَمْنَحُكَ إِيَّاهَا أَنْتَ وَبَنِيكَ لِتَكُونَ لَكُمْ نَصِيباً فَرِيضَةً دَائِمَةً.

9 This shall be thine of the most holy things [reserved] from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, [shall be] most holy for thee and for thy sons.

٩ فَيَكُونُ مِنْ نَصِيبِكُمْ قَرَابِينُ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ، إِلا مَا تُحْرِقُونَهُ مِنْهَا عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ؛ فَيَكُونُ لَكُمْ مِنْ تَقْدِمَاتِ قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ الَّتِي يُحْضِرُونَهَا لِي، سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ تَقْدِمَاتِ دَقِيقٍ أَمْ ذَبَائِحَ خَطَايَاهُمْ أَمْ ذَبَائِحَ آثَامِهِمْ. هَذِهِ تَكُونُ نَصِيباً لَكَ وَلأَبْنَائِكَ.

10 In the most holy [place] shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy to thee.

١٠ وَعَلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَهَا فِي مَكَانٍ مُقَدَّسٍ لأَنَّهَا أَصْبَحَتْ مُقَدَّسَةً

11 And this [is] thine; the heave-offering of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them to thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

١١ وَأَمَّا مَا تُرَجِّحُهُ مِنْ عَطَايَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَإِنَّنِي أَهَبُهُ لَكَ وَلأَبْنَائِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ فَرِيضَةً دَائِمَةً، وَلا يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ إِلّا مَنْ كَانَ طَاهِراً.

12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first-fruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given to thee.

١٢ وَأُعْطِيكَ أَيْضاً بَاكُورَةَ غَلّاتِ أَفْضَلِ زَيْتِ الزَّيْتُونِ وَالْخَمْرِ وَالْحِنْطَةِ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ،

13 [And] whatever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring to the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat [of] it.

١٣ فَتَكُونُ لَكَ أَبْكَارُ غَلّاتِ أَرْضِهِمِ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ، فَيَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا كُلُّ طَاهِرٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ.

14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.

١٤ كُلُّ مَا هُوَ مَنْذُورٌ لِلرَّبِّ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَكُونُ لَكَ.

15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, [whether] of men or beast, shall be thine: nevertheless, the first born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

١٥ وَكَذَلِكَ كُلُّ بِكْرٍ فَاتِحِ رَحِمٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ يُقَدِّمُونَهُ لِلرَّبِّ يَكُونُ لَكَ، مَاعَدَا بِكْرَ الإِنْسَانِ وَبِكْرَ الْبَهِيمَةِ النَّجِسَةِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْبَلُ فِدَاءَهُمَا.

16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thy estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which [is] twenty gerahs.

١٦ وَفِدَاءُ النَّاسِ مِنِ ابْنِ شَهْرٍ، حَسَبَ تَقْوِيمِكَ، خَمْسَةُ شَوَاقِلَ (نَحْوَ سِتِّينَ جِرَاماً) مِنَ الفِضَّةِ وَفْقاً لِلْوَزْنِ الْمُعْتَمَدِ فِي الْقُدْسِ،

17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they [are] holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat [for] an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor to the LORD.

١٧ لَكِنْ لَا تَقْبَلْ فِدَاءَ بِكْرِ الْبَقَرِ أَوِ الضَّأْنِ أَوِ الْمَعْزِ. إِنَّهُ مُفْرَزٌ لِلرَّبِّ. بَلْ تَرُشُّ دَمَهُ عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ، وَتُحْرِقُ شَحْمَهُ وَقُوداً رَائِحَةَ رِضًى وَمَسَرَّةٍ لِلرَّبِّ.

18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder are thine

١٨ أَمَّا لَحْمُهُ فَيَكُونُ لَكَ نَصِيباً كَصَدْرِ التَّرْجِيحِ وَالسَّاقِ الْيُمْنَى.

19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given to thee, and to thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it [is] a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD to thee and to thy seed with thee.

١٩ وَهَكَذَا أُعْطِيكَ أَنْتَ وَأَبْنَاءَكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ، حَقّاً أَبَدِيًّا، جَمِيعَ تَقْدِمَاتِ الأَقْدَاسِ الَّتِي يُقَرِّبُهَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلرَّبِّ، فَيَكُونُ هَذَا مِيثَاقَ مِلْحٍ أَبَدِيًّا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، لَكَ وَلِنَسْلِكَ أَيْضاً».

20 And the LORD spoke to Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thy inheritance among the children of Israel.

٢٠ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِهَرُونَ: «لا يَكُونُ لَكَ مِيرَاثٌ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ وَلا نَصِيبٌ بَيْنَهُمْ، لأَنَّنِي أَنَا نَصِيبُكَ وَمِيرَاثُكَ فِي وَسَطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

21 And behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, [even] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

٢١ أَمَّا اللّاوِيُّونَ فَقَدْ وَهَبْتُهُمْ كُلَّ عُشْرٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، لِقَاءَ عَمَلِهِمِ الَّذِي يَقُومُونَ بِهِ فِي خِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ الاجِتِمَاعِ.

22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

٢٢ وَعَلَى الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ، مُنْذُ الآنَ، أَنْ لَا يَقْتَرِبُوا إِلَى خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ، وَإلَّا تَحَمَّلُوا نَتَائِجَ خَطِيئَتِهِمْ فَيَمُوتُونَ.

23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: [It shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

٢٣ فَاللّاوِيُّونَ وَحْدَهُمْ يَقُومُونَ بِخِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ، وَيَتَحَمَّلُونَ مَسْؤولِيَّةَ خَطَئِهِمْ، فَتَكُونُ هَذِهِ لَكُمْ فَرِيضَةً دَائِمَةً جِيلاً بَعْدَ جِيلٍ. وَلا يَكُونُ لِلّاوِيِّينَ نَصِيبٌ مِنَ الأَمْلاكِ فِي وَسَطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer [as] a heave-offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

٢٤ إِنَّ الْعُشُورَ الَّتِي يُقَدِّمُهَا الإِسْرَائِيلِيُّونَ لِلرَّبِّ قَدْ وَهَبْتُهَا لِلّاوِيِّينَ نَصِيباً، لِهَذَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ، لَا يَرِثُونَ نَصِيباً فِي وَسَطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ».

25 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

٢٥ وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

26 Thus speak to the Levites, and say to them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up a heave-offering of it for the LORD, [even] a tenth [part] of the tithe.

٢٦ «أَوْصِ اللّاوِيِّينَ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: مَتَى أَخَذْتُمْ مِنَ الإِسْرَائِيلِيِّينَ الْعُشْرَ الَّذِي جَعَلْتُهُ نَصِيباً لَكُمْ، تُقَدِّمُونَ مِنْهُ عُشْرَهُ لِلرَّبِّ.

27 And [this] your heave-offering shall be reckoned to you, as though [it were] the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fullness of the wine-press.

٢٧ فَيُحْسَبُ تَقْدِمَتَكُمْ مِثْلَ الْحِنْطَةِ مِنَ الْبَيْدَرِ أَوْ تَقْدِمَةِ عَصِيرِ الْكَرْمَةِ.

28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering to the LORD of all your tithes which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give of them the LORD'S heave-offering to Aaron the priest.

٢٨ وَهَكَذَا تُقَدِّمُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً تَقْدِمَةً لِلرَّبِّ مِنْ جَمِيعِ عُشُورِكُمُ الَّتِي تَأْخُذُونَهَا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَمَا تُقَرِّبُونَهُ لِلرَّبِّ، تُعْطُونَهُ لِهَرُونَ الْكَاهِنِ.

29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of the LORD, of all the best of it, [even] its hallowed part out of it.

٢٩ وَعَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُحْضِرُوا لِلرَّبِّ أَفْضَلَ جُزْءٍ وَأَقْدَسَهُ مِمَّا أُعْطِيَ لَكُمْ.

30 Therefore thou shalt say to them, When ye have heaved from it the best of it, then it shall be counted to the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine-press.

٣٠ وَقُلْ لَهُمْ: حِينَ تُقَدِّمُونَ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ عَطَايَاكُمْ فَإِنَّهَا تُحْسَبُ لَكُمْ مِثْلَ مَحْصُولِ الْبَيْدَرِ وَنِتَاجِ الْمَعْصَرَةِ.

31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

٣١ وَتَأْكُلُونَهُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ أَنْتُمْ وَأَهْلُ بُيُوتِكُمْ، لأَنَّهُ أُجْرَةٌ لَكُمْ لِقَاءَ خِدْمَتِكُمْ فِي خَيْمَةِ الاجْتِمَاعِ.

32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

٣٢ وَلَدَى تَقْدِيمِ خَيْرِ جُزْءٍ مِنْهَا لَا تَتَحَمَّلُونَ وِزْراً بِسَبَبِهَا. أَمَّا أَقْدَاسُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلا تُدَنِّسُوهَا لِئَلّا تَمُوتُوا».