Números 18
1 Entonces Yavé dijo a Aarón: Tú, tus hijos y tu casa paterna llevarán las ofensas contra el Santuario y contra su 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 También haz que se acerquen tus hermanos de la tribu de Leví, la tribu de tu padre, para que se reúnan contigo y te sirvan mientras tú y tus hijos ministran en el Tabernáculo 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 acatarán tu orden y la obligación de todo el Tabernáculo. Pero no se acercarán a los utensilios sagrados ni al altar para que ellos no mueran ni ustedes.
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 Ellos te acompañarán y tendrán el cuidado del Tabernáculo de Reunión en todo el servicio del Tabernáculo. Ningún extraño se acercará a ustedes.
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 Ustedes serán responsables del Santuario y del cuidado del altar para que no haya más ira contra 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 Mira, Yo tomé a tus hermanos levitas de en medio de los hijos de Israel, y los entregué como un don para ustedes, dedicados a Yavé para el servicio del Tabernáculo de Reunión.
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 Por tanto, tú y tus hijos atenderán a su sacerdocio en todo lo relacionado con el altar y lo que está dentro del velo. Les concedo el servicio de su sacerdocio como don, pero el extraño que se acerque morirá.
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 Yavé habló a Aarón: Mira, Yo te doy la custodia de mis ofrendas alzadas. Todas las cosas que los hijos de Israel consagran te las doy a ti y a tus hijos como su porción. Es ordenanza perpetua.
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 De las cosas santísimas preservadas del fuego, será tuya toda ofrenda de ellos, toda ofrenda vegetal de ellos, todo sacrificio por su pecado y todo sacrificio por la culpa. Será cosa 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 Las comerás en el Santuario. Todo varón comerá de ellas, y será cosa santa 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 La ofrenda alzada de su donativo, incluso las ofrendas mecidas de los hijos de Israel, también serán tuyas. Las doy por estatuto perpetuo a ti, a tus hijos y a tus hijas. Todo el que esté purificado en tu casa podrá comer de ellas.
“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 Todo lo mejor del aceite nuevo, del vino nuevo y del trigo, las primicias que ofrecen a Yavé, te lo doy.
“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 Las primicias de todos los productos de su tierra, las cuales traen a Yavé, serán tuyas. Todo el que esté purificado en tu casa podrá comer de ellas.
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 por medio de voto en Israel será tuyo.
“Everything in Israel that is set apart to belong to me also belongs to you.
15 Todo lo que abra matriz de todo ser viviente, sea hombre o animal, que ellos presenten a Yavé, será tuyo. Sin embargo, redimirás sin falta el primogénito del hombre y de animal impuro.
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 De un mes efectuarás su rescate, según tu valoración, por precio de 55 gramos de plata, conforme al siclo del Santuario, que es de 20 geras.
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 la vaca, ni de la oveja, ni de la cabra, pues son sagrados. Rociarás su sangre sobre el altar, y harás consumir su grasa como sacrificio quemado en olor que apacigua a Yavé.
“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 para ti. También el pecho del sacrificio mecido y el muslo derecho serán para ti.
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 alzadas de las cosas sagradas que los hijos de Israel presenten a Yavé, te las doy a ti, a tus hijos y a tus hijas, como estatuto perpetuo. Es pacto de sal perpetuo delante de Yavé, para ti y tu descendencia.
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 Yavé dijo a Aarón: De la tierra de ellos no heredarás, ni tendrás porción en medio de ellos. Yo soy tu parte y tu heredad en medio de 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 Mira, Yo di a los hijos de Leví todos los diezmos de Israel como heredad por su servicio, porque ellos sirven en el ministerio del Tabernáculo de Reunión.
“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 Los hijos de Israel no se acercarán más al Tabernáculo de Reunión, porque llevarán pecado y morirán.
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 Solo los levitas ejercerán el servicio del Tabernáculo de Reunión, y ellos llevarán su iniquidad. Será estatuto perpetuo para sus generaciones. Entre los hijos de Israel no tendrán heredad,
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 que los hijos de Israel ofrecen a Yavé como ofrenda alzada, lo di a los levitas por heredad, por lo cual les dije: No tendrán heredad en medio de los hijos de Israel.
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 Yavé habló a Moisés:
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
26 Habla a los levitas: Cuando tomen de los hijos de Israel los diezmos, los cuales les di como su heredad, ustedes presentarán como ofrenda alzada a Yavé el diezmo de los diezmos.
“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 Sus ofrendas alzadas se les contarán como si fueran grano de la era y producto del lagar.
Just like the other Israelis give one tenth of the grain and wine that they produce,
28 Así también ustedes presentarán una ofrenda alzada a Yavé de todos los diezmos que reciban de los hijos de Israel, y de ellos darán la porción reservada de Yavé 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 todos sus donativos ofrecerán toda ofrenda alzada debida a Yavé, de todo lo mejor de ellos, la parte consagrada.
Select the best parts of the things that are given to you to give them to me.’
30 Y les dirás: Cuando ofrezcan lo mejor de ellos les será contado a los levitas como producto de la era, y como 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 Lo comerán en cualquier lugar, ustedes y sus familias, pues es su remuneración por su ministerio en el Tabernáculo 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 Así, cuando hayan presentado lo mejor de ello como ofrenda alzada, no llevarán pecado por ello. Así no profanarán las cosas consagradas por los hijos de Israel, y no morirán.
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.’”
