Números 18
1 Yahvé dijo a Aarón: “Tú y tus hijos, y la casa de tu padre contigo, llevarán la iniquidad del santuario; y tú y tus hijos contigo llevarán la iniquidad de tu sacerdocio.
Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and the other members of your father’s family are the ones (who will be punished/whom I will punish) [if anything bad happens to the things] inside the Sacred Tent. But only you and your sons will be punished if the priests do something bad.
2 Trae también contigo a tus hermanos de la tribu de Leví, la tribu de tu padre, para que se unan a ti y te sirvan; pero tú y tus hijos contigo estarán delante de la Tienda del Testimonio.
Require that those who belong to your tribe, the tribe of Levi, must assist you and your sons while you perform your work at the Sacred Tent.
3 Ellos guardarán tus mandatos y el deber de toda la Tienda; sólo que no se acercarán a los utensilios del santuario ni al altar, para que no mueran, ni ellos ni tú.
But while they do that work, they must not go near the sacred items inside the tent or near the altar. If they do that, they will die, and you will die, too!
4 Se unirán a ti y guardarán la responsabilidad de la Tienda de reunión, para todo el servicio de la Tienda. Un extranjero no se acercará a vosotros.
They may assist you in doing all the work to take care of the Sacred Tent, but no one else is permitted to come near the place where you are working.
5 “Cumplirás el deber del santuario y el deber del altar, para que no haya más ira sobre los hijos de Israel.
“You are the ones who will do the sacred work inside the Sacred Tent and at the altar. If you obey these instructions, I will not become very angry with the Israeli people again.
6 He aquí que yo mismo he tomado a tus hermanos los levitas de entre los hijos de Israel. Ellos son un regalo para ti, dedicados a Yahvé, para hacer el servicio de la Tienda del Encuentro.
I myself have chosen the descendants of Levi from the other Israelis in order that they may be your special helpers. They are like a gift that I have given you to work at the Sacred Tent.
7 Tú y tus hijos contigo mantendrán su sacerdocio para todo lo que se refiere al altar, y para lo que está dentro del velo. Servirás. Te doy el servicio del sacerdocio como un regalo. El extranjero que se acerque será condenado a muerte”.
But it is you and your sons, who are the priests, who must perform all the rituals concerning the altar and with what happens inside the Very Holy Place. I am giving to you this work of serving as priests. So anyone else who tries to do that work must be executed.”
8 Yahvé habló a Aarón: “He aquí que yo mismo te he dado el mando de mis ofrendas mecidas, todas las cosas sagradas de los hijos de Israel. Te las he dado a ti por razón de la unción, y a tus hijos, como porción para siempre.
Yahweh also said to Aaron, “I myself have appointed you to take care of all the sacred offerings that the Israeli people bring to me. I have given all these sacred offerings to you and to your sons. You and your descendants will get a share of these offerings permanently.
9 Esto será para ti de las cosas más santas del fuego: toda ofrenda de ellos, toda ofrenda por el pecado de ellos y toda ofrenda por la culpa de ellos, que me presenten, será santísima para ti y para tus hijos.
The parts of the offerings that are not completely burned on the altar belong to you. Those parts of the sacred offerings, including the offerings of grain, the offerings for sins and for the people to be forgiven for not giving me what they are required to give, are set apart, and are to be given to you and your sons.
10 Comeréis de ella como de las cosas más santas. Todo varón comerá de ella. Será sagrado para ti.
You must eat those offerings in a sacred place, [near the Sacred Tent]. You and all of the other males [in your clan] may eat them, but you must consider those offerings to be holy/dedicated to me.
11 “Esto también es tuyo: la ofrenda mecida de su regalo, todas las ofrendas mecidas de los hijos de Israel. Te las he dado a ti, a tus hijos y a tus hijas contigo, como porción para siempre. Todo el que esté limpio en tu casa comerá de ella.
“The priests lift up high the sacred offerings while they are standing in front of the altar. All of those offerings that the Israelis offer to me belong to you and your sons and daughters. They will always be your share. All the members of your family who [have performed the rituals to cause them to] be acceptable to me are permitted to eat from these offerings.
12 “Te he dado todo lo mejor del aceite, todo lo mejor de la cosecha y del grano, las primicias de ellos que den a Yahvé.
“am [also] giving to you the first food that people harvest each year and bring to me—the best [olive] oil and new wine and grain.
13 Los primeros frutos de todo lo que hay en su tierra, que traen a Yahvé, serán tuyos. Todo el que esté limpio en tu casa comerá de ello.
All of the first crops that people harvest and bring to me belong to you. Anyone in your family who has [performed the ritual to] become acceptable to me is permitted to eat that food.
14 “Todo lo consagrado en Israel será tuyo.
“Everything in Israel that is set apart to belong to me also belongs to you.
15 Todo lo que abra el vientre, de toda la carne que ofrezcan a Yahvé, tanto de hombres como de animales, será tuyo. Sin embargo, redimirás al primogénito del hombre, y redimirás al primogénito de los animales inmundos.
The firstborn males, both humans and domestic animals, that are offered to me, will be yours. But people must buy back their firstborn sons and the firstborn animals that may not be used for sacrifices.
16 Redimirás a los que deban ser redimidos de un mes de edad, según tu estimación, por cinco siclos de dinero, según el siclo del santuario, que pesa veinte gerahs.
They must buy them back when they are one month old. The price that they must pay [for each one] is five pieces of silver. They must weigh the silver on the scales that are in the Sacred Tent.
17 “Pero no redimirás el primogénito de una vaca, ni el primogénito de una oveja, ni el primogénito de una cabra. Son sagrados. Rociarás su sangre sobre el altar, y quemarás su grasa como ofrenda encendida, como aroma agradable para Yahvé.
“But they are not permitted to buy back the firstborn cattle or sheep or goats. They are holy and have been set apart for me. [Slaughter them and] sprinkle their blood on the altar. Then completely burn the fat of those animals [on the altar] to be an offering to me. The smell as they burn will be very pleasing to me.
18 Su carne será tuya, como el pecho de la ofrenda mecida y como el muslo derecho, será tuyo.
The meat from those offerings will be yours, just like the breast and right thigh of animals that are presented to me to maintain fellowship with me as the priest lifts them up high in front of the altar are yours.
19 Todas las ofrendas mecidas de las cosas santas que los hijos de Israel ofrecen a Yahvé, te las he dado a ti y a tus hijos e hijas contigo, como una porción para siempre. Es un pacto de sal para siempre ante Yahvé para ti y para tu descendencia contigo”.
Anything that the Israeli people present to me as holy/sacred gifts, I am giving to you. They are for you and your sons and daughters [to eat]. They will always be your share. This is an agreement that I am making with you, an agreement that will (last forever/never be changed). I am also making this agreement with your descendants.”
20 Yahvé dijo a Aarón: “No tendrás herencia en su tierra, ni tendrás parte entre ellos. Yo soy tu porción y tu herencia entre los hijos de Israel.
Yahweh also said to Aaron, “You priests will not receive any of the land or the property like the [other] Israeli people will receive. I am what you will receive.
21 “A los hijos de Leví, he aquí que yo les he dado en herencia todo el diezmo en Israel, a cambio del servicio que prestan, el servicio de la Tienda del Encuentro.
“Then the Israeli people bring to me a tenth of all [the crops and of their newborn animals], I will give that to you descendants of Levi. That will be your payment for the work you do at the Sacred Tent.
22 De ahora en adelante los hijos de Israel no se acercarán a la Tienda del Encuentro, para que no lleven el pecado y mueran.
The other Israelis must not go near that tent. If they go near it, [I will consider that their doing that is a sin, and] they will die for committing that sin.
23 Pero los levitas harán el servicio de la Carpa del Encuentro, y cargarán con su iniquidad. Será un estatuto para siempre a lo largo de vuestras generaciones. Entre los hijos de Israel no tendrán herencia.
Only the descendants of Levi are permitted to work at the Sacred Tent, and they will be punished if anything bad happens to it. That is a law that will never be changed. You descendants of Levi will not receive any land among the other Israeli people,
24 Porque el diezmo de los hijos de Israel, que ofrecen como ofrenda mecida a Yahvé, lo he dado a los levitas como herencia. Por eso les he dicho: ‘Entre los hijos de Israel no tendrán herencia’”.
because I will give you one tenth of all the [crops and animals] that the Israelis bring to be offerings to me. That is why I said that you will not receive any land like the other Israelis will receive.”
25 Yahvé habló a Moisés diciendo:
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
26 “Además, hablarás a los levitas y les dirás: “Cuando toméis de los hijos de Israel el diezmo que os he dado de ellos como herencia, ofreceréis de él una ofrenda mecida para Yahvé, un diezmo del diezmo.
“Tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you receive one tenth of all [the crops and animals] from the Israeli people, you must give one tenth of all that to me to be a sacred offering.
27 Tu ofrenda mecida se te acreditará como el grano de la era y como la plenitud del lagar.
Just like the other Israelis give one tenth of the grain and wine that they produce,
28 Así también ofrecerás una ofrenda mecida a Yahvé de todos tus diezmos que recibas de los hijos de Israel; y de ella darás la ofrenda mecida de Yahvé al sacerdote Aarón.
you must give to me one tenth of all that you receive from them. That will be your sacred offering to me. You must present it to Aaron.
29 De todas vuestras ofrendas, ofreceréis a Yahvé cada ofrenda mecida, de todas sus mejores partes, la parte sagrada.’
Select the best parts of the things that are given to you to give them to me.’
30 “Por lo tanto, les dirás: ‘Cuando saques lo mejor de ella, se acreditará a los levitas como el producto de la era y como el producto del lagar.
“Also, tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you present those best portions of grain and wine as your offering to me, I will consider that those gifts are as though they came from your own grain fields and vineyards.
31 Podéis comerlo en cualquier parte, vosotros y vuestras familias, porque es vuestra recompensa en recompensa por vuestro servicio en la Tienda de Reunión.
You descendants of Levi and your families are permitted to eat [the rest of] that food, and you may eat it wherever [you want to], because it is your payment for the work that you do at the Sacred Tent.
32 No cargarás con ningún pecado por causa de ella, cuando hayas sacado de ella lo mejor. No profanarás las cosas santas de los hijos de Israel, para que no mueras”.
If you give to the priests the best portions of what you receive, you will not be punished [by me] for accepting one tenth of the gifts that the people bring to me. But you must consider those gifts to be sacred/holy. If you sin [by eating those things in ways that are contrary to these regulations that I have given to you], you will be executed.’”
