Números 8

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand.’"

3 Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lamp stand, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 4 This was the workmanship of the lamp stand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work. He made the lamp stand according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses.

5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6 "Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 You shall do this to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves. 8 Then let them take a young bull and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering. 9 You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel. 10 You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites, 11 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.

12 "The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites. 13 You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh. 14 Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

15 "After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. You shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering. 16 For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me. 17 For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself. 18 I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 19 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, so that there will be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary."

20 Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them. 21 The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24 "This is what is assigned to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting; 25 and from the age of fifty years they shall retire from doing the work, and shall serve no more, 26 but shall assist their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall perform no service. This is how you shall have the Levites do their duties."

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."