民數記 8
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1耶和華曉諭 摩西 說：
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2「你告訴 亞倫 說：點燈的時候，七盞燈都要向燈臺前面發光。」
2Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him: When thou shalt place the seven lamps, let the candlestick be set up on the south side. Give orders therefore that the lamps look over against the north, towards the table of the leaves of proposition, over against that part shall they give light, towards which the candlestick looketh.
3亞倫 便這樣行。他點燈臺上的燈， 使燈 向前 發光 ，是照耶和華所吩咐 摩西 的。
3And Aaron did so, and he put the lamps upon the candlestick, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
4這燈臺的做法是用金子錘出來的，連座帶花都是錘出來的。 摩西 製造燈臺，是照耶和華所指示的樣式。
4Now this was the work of the candlestick, it was of beaten gold, both the shaft in the middle, and all that came out of both sides of the branches: according to the pattern which the Lord had shewn to Moses, so he made the candlestick.
5耶和華曉諭 摩西 說：
5And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6「你從 以色列 人中選出 利未 人來，潔淨他們。
6Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them,
7潔淨他們當這樣行：用除罪水彈在他們身上，又叫他們用剃頭刀刮全身，洗衣服，潔淨自己。
7According to this rite: Let them be sprinkled with the water of purification, and let them shave all the hairs of their flesh. And when they shall have washed their garments, and are cleansed,
8然後叫他們取一隻公牛犢，並同獻的素祭，就是調油的細麵；你要另取一隻公牛犢作贖罪祭。
8They shall take an ox of the herd, and for the offering thereof fine flour tempered with oil: and thou shalt take another ox of the herd for a sin offering:
9將 利未 人奉到會幕前，招聚 以色列 全會眾。
9And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the children of Israel:
10將 利未 人奉到耶和華面前， 以色列 人要按手在他們 頭 上。
10And when the Levites are before the Lord, the children of Israel shall put their hands upon them:
11亞倫 也將他們奉到耶和華面前，為 以色列 人當作搖祭，使他們好辦耶和華的事。
11And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a gift in the sight of the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may serve in his ministry.
12利未 人要按手在那兩隻牛的頭上；你要將一隻作贖罪祭，一隻作燔祭，獻給耶和華，為 利未 人贖罪。
12The Levites also shall put their hands upon the heads of the oxen, of which thou shalt sacrifice one for sin, and the other for a holocaust to the Lord, to pray for them.
13你也要使 利未 人站在 亞倫 和他兒子面前，將他們當作搖祭奉給耶和華。
13And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and of his sons, and shalt consecrate them being offered to the Lord,
14「這樣，你從 以色列 人中將 利未 人分別出來， 利未 人便要歸我。
14And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, to be mine.
15此後 利未 人要進去辦會幕的事，你要潔淨他們，將他們當作搖祭奉上；
15And afterwards they shall enter into the tabernacle of the covenant, to serve me. And thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: for as a gift they were given me by the children of Israel.
16因為他們是從 以色列 人中全然給我的，我揀選他們歸我，是代替 以色列 人中一切頭生的。
16I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every womb in Israel,
17以色列 人中一切頭生的，連人帶牲畜，都是我的。我在 埃及 地擊殺一切頭生的那天，將他們分別為聖歸我。
17For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified them to myself:
18我揀選 利未 人代替 以色列 人中一切頭生的。
18And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel:
19我從 以色列 人中將 利未 人當作賞賜給 亞倫 和他的兒子，在會幕中辦 以色列 人的事，又為 以色列 人贖罪，免得他們挨近聖所，有災殃臨到他們中間。」
19And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary.
20摩西 、 亞倫 ，並 以色列 全會眾便向 利未 人如此行。凡耶和華指着 利未 人所吩咐 摩西 的， 以色列 人就向他們這樣行。
20And Moses and Aaron and all the multitude of the children of Israel did with the Levites all that the Lord had commanded Moses:
21於是 利未 人潔淨自己，除了罪，洗了衣服； 亞倫 將他們當作搖祭奉到耶和華面前，又為他們贖罪，潔淨他們。
21And they were purified, and washed their garments. And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lard, and prayed for them,
22然後 利未 人進去，在 亞倫 和他兒子面前，在會幕中辦事。耶和華指着 利未 人怎樣吩咐 摩西 ， 以色列 人就怎樣向他們行了。
22That being purified they might go into the tabernacle of the covenant to do their services before Aaron and his sons. As the Lord had commanded Moses touching the Levites, so was it done.
23耶和華曉諭 摩西 說：
23And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
24「 利未 人是這樣：從二十五歲以外，他們要前來任職，辦會幕的事。
24This is the law of the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upwards, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.
25到了五十歲要停工退任，不再辦事，
25And when they shall have accomplished the fiftieth year of their age, they shall cease to serve:
26只要在會幕裏，和他們的弟兄一同伺候，謹守所吩咐的，不再辦事了。至於所吩咐 利未 人的，你要這樣向他們行。」
26And they shall be the ministers of their brethren in the tabernacle of the covenant, to keep the things that are committed to their care, but not to do the works. Thus shalt thou order the Levites touching their charge.
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