Números 8

Te Tahuna o ngā Rama

1 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi, i mea, 2 "Kōrero ki a Ārona, mea atu ki a ia: Ka tahuna e koe ngā rama, kia mārama i ngā rama e whitu te wāhi i mua o taua tūranga rama."

3 I pērā anō a Ārona; i meinga e ia kia kā ngā rama ki te wāhi i mua o te tūranga rama; i pērā ia me tā Ihowā i whakahau ai ki a Mohi. 4 Ā, ko te mahinga tēnei o te tūranga rama, he mea patu te kōura; ko tōna take, ko ōna puāwai, he mea patu; ko tāna hanga i te tūranga rama rite tonu ki te tauira i whakakitea e Ihowā ki a Mohi.

Te Pure me te Whakawahinga o ngā Rīwaiti

5 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi, i mea: 6 "Tangohia ngā Rīwaiti i roto i ngā tama a Īharaira, ka pure i a rātou. 7 Ko tēnei tāu e mea ai ki a rātou, hei pure i a rātou: tāuhiuhia ki a rātou he wai hei pure, kia heua ō rātou tinana katoa, ā, me horoi e rātou ō rātou kākahu, kia mā ai. 8 Kātahi rātou ka mau ki tētahi pūru kūao, me tōna whakahere totokore, arā, te parāoa pai i kōnatunatua ki te hinu; me tango anō e koe tētahi atu pūru kūao hei whakahere hara. 9 Nā, ka kawe koe i ngā Rīwaiti ki mua i te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, ka tāwhiu mai ai i te huihui katoa o ngā tama a Īharaira. 10 Nā, ka kawe koe i ngā Rīwaiti ki te aroaro o Ihowā; ā, ka popoki ngā ringa o ngā tama a Īharaira ki ngā Rīwaiti; 11 ā, me whakahere e Ārona ngā Rīwaiti ki te aroaro o Ihowā, hei whakahere poipoi mā ngā tama a Īharaira, ā, ka waiho rātou hei mahi i te mahi a Ihowā.

12 "Nā, ka popoki ngā ringa o ngā Rīwaiti ki runga ki ngā mātenga o ngā pūru; ā, me tuku tētahi e koe hei whakahere hara, tētahi hoki hei tahunga tinana ki a Ihowā, hei whakamārie mō ngā Rīwaiti. 13 Nā, ka whakatū koe i ngā Rīwaiti ki te aroaro o Ārona, ki te aroaro anō o āna tama, ka whakahere ai hei whakahere poipoi ki a Ihowā. 14 Nā, me momotu e koe ngā Rīwaiti i roto i ngā tama a Īharaira, ā, māku ngā Rīwaiti.

15 "Ā muri iho, ka haere ngā Rīwaiti ki roto, ki te mahi i te mahi o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga; ā, me pure rātou e koe, me whakahere hoki hei whakahere poipoi. 16 Ka tukua rawatia mai hoki rātou ki ahau i roto i ngā tama a Īharaira; hei utu mō ngā mea katoa e oroko puta mai ana i te kōpū, arā mō ngā mātāmua o ngā tama katoa a Īharaira i tangohia ai rātou e ahau māku. 17 Nāku hoki ngā mātāmua katoa o ngā tama a Īharaira, ngā tāngata me ngā kararehe; nō te rā i patua ai e ahau ngā mātāmua katoa o te whenua o Īhipa tāku whakatapunga i a rātou māku. 18 Nā, ka tangohia nei e ahau ngā Rīwaiti hei utu mō ngā mātāmua katoa o ngā tama a Īharaira. 19 He mea hoatu nāku ngā Rīwaiti i roto i ngā tama a Īharaira ki a Ārona rātou ko āna tama, hei mahi i ngā mahi a ngā tama a Īharaira, i te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, hei whakamārie mō ngā tama a Īharaira; kei pā te whiu ki ngā tama a Īharaira, ina whakatata ngā tama a Īharaira ki te wāhi tapu."

20 Nā, ko tā Mohi rātou ko Ārona, ko te whakaminenga katoa o ngā tama a Īharaira i mea ai ki ngā Rīwaiti, pērā tonu me ngā mea katoa i whakahau ai a Ihowā ki a Mohi mō ngā Rīwaiti; i pērā tonu ngā tama a Īharaira ki a rātou. 21 Nā, ka horohoroa ngā Rīwaiti, ā, ka horoia ō rātou kākahu; ā, whakaherea ana rātou e Ārona hei whakahere poipoi ki te aroaro o Ihowā; ā, ka whakamārie a Ārona mō rātou hei pure mō rātou. 22 Ā, ka mutu tērā, ka tomo ngā Rīwaiti ki te mahi i ā rātou mahi i te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, i te aroaro o Ārona, i te aroaro anō hoki o āna tama; pērā tonu me tā Ihowā i whakahau ai ki a Mohi mō ngā Rīwaiti tā rātou i mea ai ki a rātou.

23 I kōrero anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi, i mea: 24 "Ko te mea tēnei mā ngā Rīwaiti; ka rua tekau mā rima ō rātou tau, ka maha ake rānei, me tomo rātou ki te mahi i ngā mahi o te tapenākara o te whakaminenga; 25 ka maha ake ō rātou tau i te rima tekau, me whakamutu tā rātou mahi i ngā mahi o reira, kaua anō hoki he mahi mā rātou i muri iho. 26 Engari, me minita tahi me ō rātou tuākana i te tapenākara o te whakaminenga, me tiaki i ngā mea e tiakina ana, kaua hoki e mahi i tētahi mahi. Ko tēnei tāu e mea ai ki ngā Rīwaiti, ina tiaki rātou."

1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick. 3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as Jehovah commanded Moses. 4 And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

5 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves. 8 Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering. 9 And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel: 10 and thou shalt present the Levites before Jehovah. And the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites: 11 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave-offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah. 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto Jehovah, to make atonement for the Levites. 13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave-offering unto Jehovah.

14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine. 15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering. 16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. 17 For all the first-born among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. 18 And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel. 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

20 Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites: according unto all that Jehovah commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. 21 And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

23 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 24 This is that which belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting: 25 and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more, 26 but shall minister with their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges.