Numbers 18

1 So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.

1 وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِهَارُونَ: «أَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ وَبَيْتُ أَبِيكَ مَعَكَ تَحْمِلُونَ ذَنْبَ ٱلْمَقْدِسِ، وَأَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ مَعَكَ تَحْمِلُونَ ذَنْبَ كَهَنُوتِكُمْ.

2 But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.

2 وَأَيْضًا إِخْوَتُكَ سِبْطُ لَاوِي، سِبْطُ أَبِيكَ، قَرِّبْهُمْ مَعَكَ فَيَقْتَرِنُوا بِكَ وَيُوازِرُوكَ، وَأَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ قُدَّامَ خَيْمَةِ ٱلشَّهَادَةِ،

3 And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.

3 فَيَحْفَظُونَ حِرَاسَتَكَ وَحِرَاسَةَ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ كُلِّهَا. وَلَكِنْ إِلَى أَمْتِعَةِ ٱلْقُدْسِ وَإِلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ لَا يَقْتَرِبُونَ، لِئَلَّا يَمُوتُوا هُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ جَمِيعًا.

4 They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.

4 يَقْتَرِنُونَ بِكَ وَيَحْفَظُونَ حِرَاسَةَ خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ مَعَ كُلِّ خِدْمَةِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ. وَٱلْأَجْنَبِيُّ لَا يَقْتَرِبْ إِلَيْكُمْ.

5 And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

5 بَلْ تَحْفَظُونَ أَنْتُمْ حِرَاسَةَ ٱلْقُدْسِ وَحِرَاسَةَ ٱلْمَذْبَحِ، لِكَيْ لَا يَكُونَ أَيْضًا سَخَطٌ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

6 Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.

6 هَأَنَذَا قَدْ أَخَذْتُ إِخْوَتَكُمُ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَيْنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَطِيَّةً لَكُمْ مُعْطَيْنَ لِلرَّبِّ، لِيَخْدِمُوا خِدْمَةَ خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ.

7 But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

7 وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ مَعَكَ فَتَحْفَظُونَ كَهَنُوتَكُمْ مَعَ مَا لِلْمَذْبَحِ وَمَا هُوَ دَاخِلَ ٱلْحِجَابِ، وَتَخْدِمُونَ خِدْمَةً. عَطِيَّةً أَعْطَيْتُ كَهَنُوتَكُمْ. وَٱلْأَجْنَبِيُّ ٱلَّذِي يَقْتَرِبُ يُقْتَلُ».

8 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.

8 وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِهَارُونَ: «وَهَأَنَذَا قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكَ حِرَاسَةَ رَفَائِعِي، مَعَ جَمِيعِ أَقْدَاسِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَكَ أَعْطَيْتُهَا، حَقَّ ٱلْمَسْحَةِ وَلِبَنِيكَ فَرِيضَةً دَهْرِيَّةً.

9 A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.

9 هَذَا يَكُونُ لَكَ مِنْ قُدْسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ، كُلُّ قَرَابِينِهِمْ مَعَ كُلِّ تَقْدِمَاتِهِمْ وَكُلِّ ذَبَائِحِ خَطَايَاهُمْ وَكُلِّ ذَبَائِحِ آثَامِهِمْ ٱلَّتِي يَرُدُّونَهَا لِي. قُدْسُ أَقْدَاسٍ هِيَ لَكَ وَلِبَنِيكَ.

10 You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.

10 فِي قُدْسِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ تَأْكُلُهَا. كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ يَأْكُلُهَا. قُدْسًا تَكُونُ لَكَ.

11 And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.

11 وَهَذِهِ لَكَ: ٱلرَّفِيعَةُ مِنْ عَطَايَاهُمْ مَعَ كُلِّ تَرْدِيدَاتِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. لَكَ أَعْطَيْتُهَا وَلِبَنِيكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ مَعَكَ فَرِيضَةً دَهْرِيَّةً. كُلُّ طَاهِرٍ فِي بَيْتِكَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا.

12 I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.

12 كُلُّ دَسَمِ ٱلزَّيْتِ وَكُلُّ دَسَمِ ٱلْمِسْطَارِ وَٱلْحِنْطَةِ، أَبْكَارُهُنَّ ٱلَّتِي يُعْطُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ، لَكَ أَعْطَيْتُهَا.

13 The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.

13 أَبْكَارُ كُلِّ مَا فِي أَرْضِهِمِ ٱلَّتِي يُقَدِّمُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ لَكَ تَكُونُ. كُلُّ طَاهِرٍ فِي بَيْتِكَ يَأْكُلُهَا.

14 Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.

14 كُلُّ مُحَرَّمٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَكُونُ لَكَ.

15 The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

15 كُلُّ فَاتِحِ رَحِمٍ مِنْ كُلِّ جَسَدٍ يُقَدِّمُونَهُ لِلرَّبِّ، مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَهَائِمِ، يَكُونُ لَكَ. غَيْرَ أَنَّكَ تَقْبَلُ فِدَاءَ بِكْرِ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ. وَبِكْرُ ٱلْبَهِيمَةِ ٱلنَّجِسَةِ تَقْبَلُ فِدَاءَهُ.

16 You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.

16 وَفِدَاؤُهُ مِنِ ٱبْنِ شَهْرٍ تَقْبَلُهُ حَسَبَ تَقْوِيمِكَ فِضَّةً، خَمْسَةَ شَوَاقِلَ عَلَى شَاقِلِ ٱلْقُدْسِ. هُوَ عِشْرُونَ جِيرَةً.

17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

17 لَكِنْ بِكْرُ ٱلْبَقَرِ أَوْ بِكْرُ ٱلضَّأْنِ أَوْ بِكْرُ ٱلْمَعْزِ لَا تَقْبَلْ فِدَاءَهُ. إِنَّهُ قُدْسٌ. بَلْ تَرُشُّ دَمَهُ عَلَى ٱلْمَذْبَحِ، وَتُوقِدُ شَحْمَهُ وَقُودًا رَائِحَةَ سَرُورٍ لِلرَّبِّ.

18 And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.

18 وَلَحْمُهُ يَكُونُ لَكَ، كَصَدْرِ ٱلتَّرْدِيدِ وَٱلسَّاقِ ٱلْيُمْنَى يَكُونُ لَكَ.

19 All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”

19 جَمِيعُ رَفَائِعِ ٱلْأَقْدَاسِ ٱلَّتِي يَرْفَعُهَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِلرَّبِّ أَعْطَيْتُهَا لَكَ وَلِبَنِيكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ مَعَكَ حَقًّا دَهْرِيًّا. مِيثَاقَ مِلْحٍ دَهْرِيًّا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ لَكَ وَلِزَرْعِكَ مَعَكَ».

20 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

20 وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِهَارُونَ: «لَا تَنَالُ نَصِيبًا فِي أَرْضِهِمْ، وَلَا يَكُونُ لَكَ قِسْمٌ فِي وَسَطِهِمْ. أَنَا قِسْمُكَ وَنَصِيبُكَ فِي وَسَطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

21 Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

21 «وَأَمَّا بَنُو لَاوِي، فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهُمْ كُلَّ عُشْرٍ فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِيرَاثًا عِوَضَ خِدْمَتَهِمْ ٱلَّتِي يَخْدِمُونَهَا، خِدْمَةِ خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ.

22 No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.

22 فَلَا يَقْتَرِبُ أَيْضًا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ لِيَحْمِلُوا خَطِيَّةً لِلْمَوْتِ،

23 The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.

23 بَلِ ٱللَّاوِيُّونَ يَخْدِمُونَ خِدْمَةَ خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ، وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ ذَنْبَهُمْ فَرِيضَةً دَهْرِيَّةً فِي أَجْيَالِكُمْ. وَفِي وَسَطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يَنَالُونَ نَصِيبًا.

24 For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”

24 إِنَّ عُشُورَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلَّتِي يَرْفَعُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ رَفِيعَةً قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُهَا لِلَّاوِيِّينَ نَصِيبًا. لِذَلِكَ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ: فِي وَسَطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَا يَنَالُونَ نَصِيبًا».

25 And the LORD instructed Moses,

25 وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا:

26 “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.

26 «وَٱللَّاوِيُّونَ تُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: مَتَى أَخَذْتُمْ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْعُشْرَ ٱلَّذِي أَعْطَيْتُكُمْ إِيَّاهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ نَصِيبًا لَكُمْ، تَرْفَعُونَ مِنْهُ رَفِيعَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ: عُشْرًا مِنَ ٱلْعُشْرِ،

27 Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.

27 فَيُحْسَبُ لَكُمْ. إِنَّهُ رَفِيعَتُكُمْ كَٱلْحِنْطَةِ مِنَ ٱلْبَيْدَرِ، وَكَالْمِلْءِ مِنَ ٱلْمِعْصَرَةِ.

28 So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.

28 فَهَكَذَا تَرْفَعُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضًا رَفِيعَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ مِنْ جَمِيعِ عُشُورِكُمُ ٱلَّتِي تَأْخُذُونَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ. تُعْطُونَ مِنْهَا رَفِيعَةَ ٱلرَّبِّ لِهَارُونَ ٱلْكَاهِنِ.

29 You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’

29 مِنْ جَمِيعِ عَطَايَاكُمْ تَرْفَعُونَ كُلَّ رَفِيعَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ مِنَ ٱلْكُلِّ، دَسَمَهُ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَ مِنْهُ.

30 Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.

30 وَتَقُولُ لَهُمْ: حِينَ تَرْفَعُونَ دَسَمَهُ مِنْهُ يُحْسَبُ لِلَّاوِيِّينَ كَمَحْصُولِ ٱلْبَيْدَرِ وَكَمَحْصُولِ ٱلْمِعْصَرَةِ.

31 And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.

31 وَتَأْكُلُونَهُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ أَنْتُمْ وَبُيُوتُكُمْ، لِأَنَّهُ أُجْرَةٌ لَكُمْ عِوَضَ خِدْمَتِكُمْ فِي خَيْمَةِ ٱلِٱجْتِمَاعِ.

32 Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”

32 وَلَا تَتَحَمَّلُونَ بِسَبَبِهِ خَطِيَّةً إِذَا رَفَعْتُمْ دَسَمَهُ مِنْهُ. وَأَمَّا أَقْدَاسُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَا تُدَنِّسُوهَا لِئَلَّا تَمُوتُوا».