Liber Numeri 8
1 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to Aaron,
2 Loquere Aaron, et dices ad eum: Cum posueris septem lucernas, candelabrum in australi parte erigatur. Hoc igitur præcipe ut lucernæ contra boream e regione respiciant ad mensam panum propositionis, contra eam partem, quam candelabrum respicit, lucere debebunt.
and thou schalt seie to hym, Whanne thou hast sett seuene launternes, the candilstike be reisid in the south part; therfor comaunde thou this, that the lanternes biholde euene ayens the north to the boord of looues of `settyng forth, tho schulen schyne ayenus that part which the candilstike biholdith.
3 Fecitque Aaron, et imposuit lucernas super candelabrum, ut præceperat Dominus Moysi.
And Aaron dide, and puttide lanternes on the candilstike, as the Lord comaundide to Moises.
4 Hæc autem erat factura candelabri, ex auro ductili, tam medius stipes, quam cuncta quæ ex utroque calamorum latere nascebantur: iuxta exemplum quod ostendit Dominus Moysi, ita operatus est candelabrum.
Sotheli this was the makyng of the candilstike; it was of gold betun out with hameris, as wel the myddil stok as alle thingis that camen forth of euer eithir side of the yeerdis; bi the saumple `whych the Lord schewide to Moises, so he wrouyte the candilstike.
5 Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
And the Lord spak to Moises,
6 Tolle Levitas de medio filiorum Israel, et purificabis eos
and seide, Take thou Leuytis fro the myddis of the sones of Israel;
7 iuxta hunc ritum: Aspergantur aqua lustrationis, et radant omnes pilos carnis suæ. Cumque laverint vestimenta sua, et mundati fuerint,
and thou schalt clense hem bi this custom. Be thei spreynt with watir of clensyng, and schaue thei alle the heeris of her fleisch. And whanne thei han waische her clothis and ben clensid, take thei an oxe of drooues,
8 tollent bovem de armentis, et libamentum eius similam oleo conspersam: bovem autem alterum de armento tu accipies pro peccato:
and the fletyng sacrifice therof, flour spreynt to gidere with oile; forsothe thou schalt take another oxe of the drooue for synne;
9 et applicabis Levitas coram tabernaculo fœderis, convocata omni multitudine filiorum Israel.
and thou schalt present the Leuytis bifor the tabernacle of boond of pees, whanne al the multitude of the sones of Israel is clepid togidere.
10 Cumque Levitæ fuerint coram Domino, ponent filii Israel manus suas super eos.
And whanne the Leuytis ben bifor the Lord, the sones of Israel schulen sette her hondis on hem;
11 Et offeret Aaron Levitas, munus in conspectu Domini a filiis Israel, ut serviant in ministerio eius.
and Aaron schal offre the Leuytis in the siyt of the Lord, a yifte of the sones of Israel, that thei serue in the seruice `of hym.
12 Levitæ quoque ponent manus suas super capita boum, e quibus unum facies pro peccato, et alterum in holocaustum Domini, ut depreceris pro eis.
Also the Leuytis schulen sette her hondis on the heedis of the oxun, of whiche oxun thou schalt make oon for synne, and the tother in to brent sacrifice of the Lord, that thou preye for hem.
13 Statuesque Levitas in conspectu Aaron et filiorum eius, et consecrabis oblatos Domino,
And thou schalt ordeyne the Leuytis in the siyt of Aaron, and of hise sones, and thou schalt sacre hem offrid to the Lord;
14 ac separabis de medio filiorum Israel, ut sint mei.
and thou schalt departe hem fro the myddis of the sones of Israel, that thei be myne.
15 Et postea ingredientur tabernaculum fœderis, ut serviant mihi. Sicque purificabis et consecrabis eos in oblationem Domini: quoniam dono donati sunt mihi a filiis Israel.
And aftirward entre thei in to the tabernacle of boond of pees, that thei serue me; and so thou schalt clense and schalt halewe hem, in to an offryng of the Lord, for bi fre yifte thei ben youun to me of the sones of Israel.
16 Pro primogenitis quæ aperiunt omnem vulvam in Israel, accepi eos.
Y haue take hem for the firste gendrid thingis that openen ech wombe in Israel;
17 Mea sunt enim omnia primogenita filiorum Israel, tam ex hominibus quam ex iumentis. Ex die quo percussi omne primogenitum in Terra Ægypti, sanctificavi eos mihi:
for alle the firste gendrid thingis of the sones of Israel ben myne, as wel of men as of beestis, fro the dai in which Y smoot ech firste gendrid thing in the loond of Egipt, Y halewide hem to me.
18 et tuli Levitas pro cunctis primogenitis filiorum Israel:
And Y took the Leuytis for alle the firste gendrid children of the sones of Israel;
19 tradidique eos dono Aaron et filiis eius de medio populi, ut serviant mihi pro Israel in tabernaculo fœderis, et orent pro eis ne sit in populo plaga, si ausi fuerint accedere ad Sanctuarium.
and Y yaf hem bi fre yifte to Aaron and hise sones, fro the myddis of the puple, that thei serue me for Israel, in the tabernacle of boond of pees, and that thei preie for hem, lest veniaunce be in the puple, if thei ben hardi to neiye to the seyntuarye.
20 Feceruntque Moyses et Aaron et omnis multitudo filiorum Israel super Levitas quæ præceperat Dominus Moysi:
And Moises and Aaron, and al the multitude of the sones of Israel, diden on the Leuitis tho thingis that the Lord comaundide to Moyses.
21 purificatique sunt, et laverunt vestimenta sua. Elevavitque eos Aaron in conspectu Domini, et oravit pro eis,
And thei weren clensid, and thei waischiden her clothis; and Aaron reiside hem in the siyt of the Lord, and preiede for hem,
22 ut purificati ingrederentur ad officia sua in tabernaculum fœderis coram Aaron et filiis eius. Sicut præceperat Dominus Moysi de Levitis, ita factum est.
that thei schulen be clensid, and schulden entre to her offices in to the tabernacle of boond of pees, bifor Aaron and hise sones; as the Lord comaundide to Moises of the Leuytis, so it was don.
23 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, This is lawe of Leuytis;
24 Hæc est lex Levitarum, A viginti quinque annis et supra, ingredientur ut ministrent in tabernaculo fœderis.
fro fyue and twentithe yeer and aboue thei schulen entre, for to mynystre in the tabernacle of boond of pees;
25 Cumque quinquagesimum annum ætatis impleverint, servire cessabunt:
and whanne thei han fillid the fiftithe yeer of age, thei schulen ceesse to serue.
26 eruntque ministri fratrum suorum in tabernaculo fœderis, ut custodiant quæ sibi fuerunt commendata, opera autem ipsa non faciant. Sic dispones Levitis in custodiis suis.
And thei schulen be the mynystris of her bretheren in the tabernacle of boond of pees, that thei kepe tho thingis that ben bitakun to hem; sothely thei schulen not do tho werkis; thus thou schalt dispose Leuytis in her kepyngis.
