Numbers 18

1 And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, 'Thou, and thy sons, and the house of thy father with thee, do bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou, and thy sons with thee, do bear the iniquity of your priesthood;

上主對亞郎說：「你和你的兒子，連你的家族，應與你共同對聖所負責；你和你的兒子，應對司祭職負責。

2 and also thy brethren, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, and they are joined unto thee, and serve thee, even thou and thy sons with thee, before the tent of the testimony.

你也要令你家族的眾兄弟，──肋未支派，與你一同前來；他們應協助你，服事你；當你和你的兒子在約幕前供職時，

3 'And they have kept thy charge, and the charge of all the tent; only, unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar they do not come near, and they die not, either they or you;

他們應照料你和全帳幕的事務，但不應接近聖所的器皿和祭壇，不然他們該死，連你也該死。

4 and they have been joined unto thee, and have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and a stranger doth not come near unto you;

他們協助你照料會幕的事務，作會幕的各種勞役，俗人不可接近。

5 and ye have kept the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, and there is no more wrath against the sons of Israel.

你們應照料聖所和祭壇的事務，免得義怒降在以色列子民身上。

6 'And I, lo, I have taken your brethren the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel; to you a gift they are given by Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting;

是我由以色列子民中，選拔了你們的兄弟肋未人，交給你們當作獻於上主的人，為給會幕服務。

7 and thou, and thy sons with thee, do keep your priesthood, for everything of the altar, and within the vail, and ye have served; a service of gift I make your priesthood; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.'

至於你和你的兒子，在有關祭壇和帷幔以內的一切事上，應留人盡你們司祭的職務；你們應獻身於我賜予你們的司祭o月2。俗人若敢近前，必處死刑」。

8 And Jehovah speaketh unto Aaron: 'And I, lo, I have given to thee the charge of My heave-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel — to thee I have given them for the anointing, and to thy sons, by a statute age-during.

上主又對亞郎說：「看，我託你照管獻於我的獻儀，即凡以色列子民祝聖於我的，我都賜給你和你的子孫，作為應得之物，這是永久的權利。

9 This is thine of the most holy things, from the fire: all their offering, to all their present, and to all their sin-offering, and to all their guilt-offering, which they give back to Me, is most holy to thee, and to thy sons;

火祭中所餘剩的至聖之物都屬於你；凡他們獻於我的素祭，或贖罪祭，或贖過祭的祭品，都是至聖之物，都應屬於你和你的兒子。

10 in the holy of holies thou dost eat it; every male doth eat it; holy it is to thee.

你們應在至聖之處分食，凡是男子都可以吃；你應視為聖物。

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

此外歸於你的尚有：凡以色列子民行搖禮所獻的祭品，我都賜給你，你的兒子和與你尚在一起的兒女：這是永久的權利；凡你家內潔淨的人都可以吃。

12 all the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat — their first -[fruits] which they give to Jehovah — to thee I have given them.

凡是最好的油、酒和五榖，作初熟之物獻給上主的，我都賜給你。

13 'The first-fruits of all that [is] in their land, which they bring in to Jehovah, are thine; every clean one in thy house doth eat it;

凡他們地中的一切出產，作初熟之物獻給上主的，都屬於你；凡你家內潔淨的人都可以吃。

14 every devoted thing in Israel is thine,

凡以色列中照禁物法所獻之物，都屬於你。

15 every one opening a womb of all flesh which they bring near to Jehovah, among man and among beast, is thine; only, thou dost certainly ransom the first-born of man, and the firstling of the unclean beast thou dost ransom.

凡動物中應獻於上主的開胎的首生者，不論是人是獸，都屬於你；但你應叫人贖回首生的人，和首生的不潔之獸。

16 'And their ransomed ones from a son of a month, thou dost ransom with thy valuation, of silver, five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, twenty gerahs it [is].

關於贖價，為一月以上的，你應叫戈依所規定的估價，照聖所的衡量，交五「協刻耳」的銀子。 (每一「協刻耳」為二十「革辣」。)

17 'Only, the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou dost not ransom, holy they [are]: their blood thou dost sprinkle on the altar, and of their fat thou makest perfume, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah,

但是牛或綿羊或山羊的首生者，卻不可令人贖回，因為是聖的；你應將牠們的血灑在祭壇上，將脂肪焚化成煙，作為悅樂上主馨香的火祭。

18 and their flesh is thine, as the breast of the wave-offering, and as the right leg, it is thine;

至於牛羊的肉，卻歸於你，就如搖迥的胸脯和右腿歸於你一樣。

19 all the heave-offerings of the holy things which the sons of Israel lift up to Jehovah I have given to thee and to thy sons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute age-during, a covenant of salt, age-during it [is] before Jehovah, to thee and to thy seed with thee.'

凡是以色列子民奉獻與上主為聖的祭品，我都給你和你的兒子，以及同你尚在一起的女兒：這是永久的權利，這是在上主前，與你所訂立的永久不變的鹽約」。

20 And Jehovah saith unto Aaron, 'In their land thou dost not inherit, and a portion thou hast not in their midst: I [am] thy portion, and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel;

上主對亞郎說：「在你們的土地中，石可有產業，在他們當中，也不得有屬於你們的份子，在以色列子民中，我是你的份子，你的產業。

21 and to the sons of Levi, lo, I have given all the tenth in Israel for inheritance in exchange for their service which they are serving — the service of the tent of meeting.

至於肋未的子孫，我將以以色列什一之物給他們做產業；這是為酬報他們在會幕內所服的勞役。

22 'And the sons of Israel come no more near unto the tent of meeting, to bear sin, to die,

免得以色列子民接近會幕，負罪死亡；

23 and the Levites have done the service of the tent of meeting, and they — they bear their iniquity; a statute age-during to your generations, that in the midst of the sons of Israel they have no inheritance;

因此只有肋未人准在會幕內服役，應負全責。這為你們世世代代是一條永久的條例：肋未人在以色列子民中不應佔有產業；

24 but the tithe of the sons of Israel which they lift up to Jehovah, a heave-offering, I have given to the Levites for inheritance; therefore I have said of them, In the midst of the sons of Israel they have no inheritance.'

因為我把以色列子民獻給上主的什一獻儀，給了肋未人作為產業；所以我對他們說：他們在以色列子民中不應佔有產業」。

25 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

上主訓示梅瑟說：

26 'And unto the Levites thou dost speak; and thou hast said unto them, When ye take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given to you from them, for your inheritance, then ye have lifted up from it the heave-offering of Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe;

「你不告訴肋未人說：幾時你們由以色列子民中，取得了我賜予你們作為產業的什一之物，你們應由這什一之物中，取十分之一獻給上主，

27 and your heave-offering hath been reckoned to you as corn from the threshing-floor, and as fulness from the wine-vat;

這算是你們的獻儀；好似禾場上的新娘和榨房中的新酒。

28 so ye do lift up — ye also — the heave-offering of Jehovah from all your tithes which ye receive from the sons of Israel; and ye have given from it the heave-offering of Jehovah to Aaron the priest;

你們也由以色列子民所收的一切什一之物中，取一份獻給上主作獻儀，應將這獻儀與上主的獻儀，交給亞郎大司祭。

29 out of all your gifts ye do lift up the whole heave-offering of Jehovah; out of all its fat, — its hallowed part — out of it.

由你們所得的一切獻儀中，應取出獻於上主的一切獻儀，且應取出最好的一份來，獻作應祝聖的一份。

30 'And thou hast said unto them, In your lifting up its fat out of it, then it hath been reckoned to the Levites, as increase of a threshing-floor, and as increase of a wine-vat;

你再對他們說：幾時你們奉獻了其中最好的一份，其餘的為你們肋未就如禾場上和榨房內的出品，

31 and ye have eaten it in every place, ye and your households, for it [is] your hire in exchange for your service in the tent of meeting;

你們和你們的家人，可在任何地方分食，因為這是你們在會幕內服役所得的酬報。

32 and ye bear no sin for it, in your lifting up its fat out of it, and the holy things of the sons of Israel ye do not pollute, and ye die not.'

如果你們奉獻了其中最好的一份，就不致於有罪；你們不應褻瀆以色列子民的祝聖之物，免遭死亡」。