Oekyuk 3

1 Pa inge fwilin tulik natul Aaron ac Moses ke pacl se LEUM GOD El tuh kaskas nu sel Moses Fineol Sinai.

And these [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day of YHWH’s speaking with Moses in Mount Sinai.

2 Oasr wen akosr natul Aaron: Nadab pa matu emeet, na Abihu, Eleazar, ac Ithamar.

And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron: the firstborn Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar;

3 Elos akmusrala ac akmutalyeyukla nu ke orekma lun mwet tol.

these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he has consecrated for acting as priest.

4 Tusruktu Nadab ac Abihu eltal misa ke sripen eltal tuh orek kisa nu sin LEUM GOD yen mwesis Sinai, ke sie e ma tia mutal. Wangin tulik natultal, ke sripa se inge Eleazar ac Ithamar eltal oru orekma lun mwet tol ke lusen pacl Aaron el moul.

And Nadab dies—Abihu also—before YHWH, in their bringing strange fire near before YHWH, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they did not have sons; and Eleazar—Ithamar also—acts as priest in the presence of their father Aaron.

5 LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses,

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

6 “Kuhlma sruf lal Levi nu meet uh, ac srisrngelosi tuh elos in mwet kulansap lal Aaron mwet tol.

“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and you have caused it to stand before Aaron the priest, and they have served him,

7 Elos ac fah oru orekma ma eneneyuk nu ke Lohm Nuknuk Mutal sik, ac kulansupu mwet tol oayapa mwet Israel nukewa.

and kept his charge, and the charge of all the congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the Dwelling Place;

8 Elos ac fah karingin kufwen mwe orekma nukewa ke Lohm Nuknuk Mutal, ac oru orekma ke inen mwet Israel nukewa.

and they have kept all the vessels of the Tent of Meeting, and the charge of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the Dwelling Place;

9 Pwayena ma kunen mwet Levi pa in kulansupal Aaron ac wen natul.

and you have given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are surely given to him out of the sons of Israel.

10 Kom fah srisrngilya Aaron ac wen natul in oru orekma lun mwet tol; kutena mwet saya su srike in orekma kac ac fah anwuki.”

And you appoint Aaron and his sons, and they have kept their priesthood, and the stranger who comes near is put to death.”

11 LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses,

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

12 “Inge nga eis mwet Levi liki inmasrlon mwet Israel tuh elos in eis acn sin wounse nukewa nutin mwet Israel. Ouinge mwet Levi nukewa elos ma nutik,

“And I, behold, have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn opening a womb among the sons of Israel, and the Levites have been Mine;

13 tuh wounse nukewa ma nutik. Ke nga tuh uniya wounse mukul nukewa nutin mwet Egypt, na nga akmutalye wounse mukul nukewa nutin mwet Israel tuh in ma nutik — kewana mwet ac kosro; elos fah ma nutik. Nga, LEUM GOD.”

for every firstborn [is] Mine, in the day of My striking every firstborn in the land of Egypt I have sanctified to Myself every firstborn in Israel, from man to beast; they are Mine; I [am] YHWH.”

14 In acn Mwesis Sinai LEUM GOD El sapkin nu sel Moses

And YHWH speaks to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

15 elan oakla mwet Levi fal nu ke kais sie sifen sou lulap lalos, ac elan simusla inen mukul nukewa ma malem seyak matwa.

“Number the sons of Levi by the house of their fathers, by their families; every male from a son of a month and upward—you number them.”

16 Na Moses el oru oana ma LEUM GOD El sapkin.

And Moses numbers them according to the command of YHWH, as he has been commanded.

17 Pa inge inen wen tolu natul Levi: Gershon, Kohath, ac Merari. Elos pa matu in sou lulap lalos, su fwilin tulik natulos ekin.

And these are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18 Oasr wen luo natul Gershon: Libni ac Shimei.

And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

19 Oasr wen akosr natul Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, ac Uzziel.

And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20 Oasr wen luo natul Merari: Mahli ac Mushi. Elos inge pa matu in sou lalos, su fwilin tulik natulos ekin, ac elos nukewa ma ke sruf lun Levi.

And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.

21 Fwilin tulik natul Libni ac fwilin tulik natul Shimei pa orala sou lulap se pangpang Gershon.

Of Gershon—the family of the Libnite and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite.

22 Pisa lulap ke mukul su malem seyak matwa in sou lulap se inge oasr ke tausin itkosr ac lumfoko.

Their numbered ones, in number, every male from a son of a month and upward, their numbered ones [are] seven thousand and five hundred.

23 Sou lulap se inge pa ac tulokunak lohm nuknuk selos tukun Lohm Nuknuk Mutal, layen roto.

The families of the Gershonite encamp westward behind the Dwelling Place.

24 Eliasaph wen natul Lael pa mwet kol lun sou lulap se inge.

And the prince of a father’s house for the Gershonite [is] Eliasaph son of Lael.

25 Ma kunen mwet in sou lulap lal Gershon pa in karinganang Lohm Nuknuk Mutal, mwe afyuf loac, mwe afyuf lik, ac lisrlisr nu ke acn in utyak uh,

And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting [is] the Dwelling Place, and the tent, its covering, and the veil at the opening of the Tent of Meeting,

26 oayapa mwe lisrlisr ke inkul uh su rauneak Lohm Nuknuk Mutal ac loang uh, ac lisrlisr nu ke nien utyak nu inkul uh. Elos pa ac fosrngakin orekma nukewa ma kupasr nu ke ma inge.

and the hangings of the court, and the veil at the opening of the court, which [is] by the Dwelling Place and by the altar all around, and its cords, to all its service.

27 Fwil in tulik natul Amram, ac fwilin tulik natul Izhar, ac fwilin tulik natul Hebron, ac fwilin tulik natul Uzziel pa orala sou lulap se pangpang Kohath.

And of Kohath—the family of the Amramite, and the family of the Izharite, and the family of the Hebronite, and the family of the Uzzielite; these are families of the Kohathite.

28 Pisa lulap ke mukul malem seyak matwa in sou lulap se inge oasr ke tausin oalkosr ac onfoko.

In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward, [are] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the holy place.

29 Elos inge pa ac tulokunak lohm nuknuk selos layen eir ke Lohm Nuknuk Mutal,

The families of the sons of Kohath encamp southward by the side of the Dwelling Place.

30 ac Elizaphan wen natul Uzziel pa mwet kol lun sou lulap se inge.

And the prince of a father’s house for the families of the Kohathite [is] Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

31 Ma kunen mwet in sou lulap lal Kohath in karinganang Tuptup in Wuleang, tepu, sukan lam, loang uh, ahlu nukewa ma mwet tol elos orekmakin in Acn Mutal, ac mwe lisrlisr ke acn in utyak nu ke Acn Mutal Na Mutal. Elos pa ac fosrngakin orekma nukewa ma kupasr nu ke ma inge.

And their charge [is] the Ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of the holy place with which they serve, and the veil, and all its service.

32 Sifen mwet Levi nukewa pa Eleazar wen natul Aaron mwet tol. El pa kololos su oru orekma in Acn Mutal.

And Eleazar son of Aaron the priest [is] the prince of the princes of the Levites, [with] the oversight of the keepers of the charge of the holy place.

33 Fwilin tulik natul Mahli ac fwilin tulik natul Mushi pa orala sou lulap se pangpang Merari.

Of Merari—the family of the Mahlite and the family of the Mushite; these [are] the families of Merari.

34 Pisa lulap ke mukul su malem seyak matwa oasr ke tausin onkosr ac luofoko.

And their numbered ones, in number, all the males from a son of a month and upward, [are] six thousand and two hundred.

35 Elos inge pa ac tulokunak lohm nuknuk selos layen epang ke Lohm Nuknuk Mutal, ac Zuriel wen natul Abihail pa mwet kol lun sou lulap se inge.

And the prince of a father’s house for the families of Merari [is] Zuriel son of Abihail; they encamp northward by the side of the Dwelling Place.

36 Ma kunen mwet in sou lulap lal Merari in karinganang frem ke Lohm Nuknuk Mutal, sukan brace uh, sru uh, kapin sru uh, ac kufwen mwe orekma nukewa nu kac. Elos pa ac fosrngakin orekma nukewa ma kupasr nu ke ma inge.

And the oversight [and] charge of the sons of Merari [are] the boards of the Dwelling Place, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all its service,

37 Oayapa elos pa ac fosrngakin sru uh, kapin sru uh, kwi ac sucl nu ke kalkal lik ah.

and the pillars of the court all around, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

38 Moses, Aaron ac wen natul pa ac tulokunak lohm nuknuk selos mutun Lohm Nuknuk Mutal, layen kutulap. Ma kunalos in oru orekma nukewa in Acn Mutal nu sin mwet Israel. Kutena mwet saya su srike in oru orekma inge ac tufah anwuki.

And those encamping before the Dwelling Place eastward, before the Tent of Meeting, at the east, [are] Moses and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel, and the stranger who comes near is put to death.

39 Pisa lulap ke mukul Levi nukewa su malem seyak matwa, su Moses el oakla ke kais sie sou lulap, fal nu ke ma LEUM GOD El tuh sapkin, oasr ke tausin longoul luo.

All those numbered of the Levites whom Moses numbered—Aaron also—by the command of YHWH, by their families, every male from a son of a month and upward, [are] twenty-two thousand.

40 Na LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses: “Oakla wounse mukul nukewa nutin mwet Israel ma malem seyak matwa, ac simusla inelos.

And YHWH says to Moses, “Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take up the number of their names;

41 Tusruktu, in aol wounse nukewa inge, nga fah eis mwet Levi tuh in ma nutik. Nga LEUM GOD. Ac nga fah eis kosro nutin mwet Levi in aol wounsien kosro nukewa nutin mwet Israel.”

and you have taken the Levites for Me (I [am] YHWH), instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of every firstling among the livestock of the sons of Israel.”

42 Ouinge Moses el oru oana ma LEUM GOD El sapkin, ac oakla wounse mukul nukewa

And Moses numbers, as YHWH has commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.

43 malem seyak matwa. Pisalos nukewa oasr ke tausin longoul luo ac luofoko itngoul tolu.

And every firstborn male, by the number of names, from a son of a month and upward, of their numbered ones, are twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

44 LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses,

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

45 “Kom fah eis mwet Levi tuh elos in ma nutik in aol wounsien mwet Israel nukewa, ac eis kosro nukewa nutin mwet Levi in ma nutik, aoliyen wounsien kosro nukewa nutin mwet Israel. Nga LEUM GOD fahk ouinge.

“Take the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites have been Mine; I [am] YHWH.

46 Ke sripen wounsien mwet Israel pus liki mwet Levi ke mwet luofoko itngoul tolu, kom enenu in moli nu sik lupa yolyak sac.

And [from] those ransomed of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, who are more than the Levites,

47 Molin kais sie selos pa ipin silver limekosr, fal nu srikasrak oakwuki nu kac.

you have even taken five shekels apiece by the counted head—you take by the shekel of the holy place; the shekel [is] twenty gerahs;

48 Kom fah sang mani inge nu sel Aaron ac wen natul.”

and you have given the money to Aaron and to his sons, whereby those over and above are ransomed.”

49 Ouinge, Moses el akos ac eisani

And Moses takes the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites;

50 ipin silver tausin sie ac tolfoko onngoul limekosr

he has taken the money from the firstborn of the sons of Israel—one thousand and three hundred and sixty-five, by the shekel of the holy place;

51 ac sang nu sel Aaron ac wen natul, fal nu ke kas ma LEUM GOD El tuh sapkin nu sel Moses.

and Moses gives the money of those ransomed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the command of YHWH, as YHWH has commanded Moses.