¹خداوند به موسی و هارون فرمود: «خانوادۀ قهات را که طایفه ای از قبیلۀ لاوی هستند، سرشماری کن.

¹And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

²همه مردان سی ساله تا پنجاه ساله که بتوانند در خیمۀ حضور خداوند خدمت کنند باید ثبت نام نمایند.

²Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

³وظایف آن ها مربوط به چیزهای خیلی مقدس اند.»

³From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

⁴خداوند به موسی چنین هدایت داد: «وقتی اردو بخواهد به جای دیگری کوچ کند، هارون و پسرانش باید وارد خیمۀ حضور خداوند شوند. پرده را پائین آورده صندوق پیمان را با آن بپوشانند.

⁴This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

⁵بالای پرده پوست بز را بیندازند و سپس آنرا با یک پارچۀ لاجوردی پوشانده میله های حامل صندوق را در حلقه های آن قرار دهند.

⁵And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

⁶بعد روی میزی را که بالای آن نان مقدس گذاشته می شود با یک پارچۀ آبی بپوشانند و بشقاب ها، قاشق ها، کاسه ها، پیاله ها و نان مقدس را بر آن قرار دهند.

⁶And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

⁷آنگاه یک پارچۀ سرخ را بروی آن ها بیندازند و روی پارچۀ سرخ را با پوست بز بپوشانند و میله های حامل میز را در حلقه ها قرار دهند.

⁷And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

⁸بعد چراغدان ها، چراغها، آتشگیر ها، پطنوس ها و تمام ظروف روغن زیتون را با یک پارچۀ لاجوردی بپوشانند.

⁸And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

⁹همۀ این وسایل را در پوست بز پیچیده بالای چوکات حامل بگذارند.

⁹And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

¹⁰بعد یک پارچۀ لاجوردی را بروی قربانگاه طلائی بیندازند و آنرا با پوست بز بپوشانند و میله های حامل را در حلقه های قربانگاه قرار دهند.

¹⁰And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.

¹¹تمام سامان و لوازم دیگر خیمۀ حضور خداوند را در یک پارچۀ لاجوردی پیچیده آن را با پوست بز بپوشانند و بالای چوکات حامل بگذارند.

¹¹And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

¹²بعد خاکستر قربانگاه را خالی کرده و بروی قربانگاه یک پارچۀ ارغوانی را بیندازند.

¹²And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:

¹³آنگاه همه وسایل قربانگاه را از قبیل منقل ها، چنگک ها، خاک اندازها، کاسه ها و ظروف دیگر را بروی پارچه گذاشته آن ها را با پوست بز بپوشانند و میله های حامل را در جاهای شان قرار دهند.

¹³And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

¹⁴پس از آنکه هارون و پسرانش از کار جمع کردن خیمه حضور خداوند و سامان و لوازم آن فارغ شدند، قُهاتی ها باید برای بردن آن ها بیایند، ولی حق ندارند که به آن چیزهای مقدس دست بزنند، مبادا کشته شوند. این بود وظایف خانوادۀ قهات در مورد حمل سامان و لوازم خیمۀ حضور خداوند.

¹⁴And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.

¹⁵اَلِعازار، پسر هارون باید مسئول نظارت بر خیمۀ حضور خداوند و تهیۀ روغن برای چراغها، مواد خوشبوئی، هدیۀ آردی، روغن مسح و محتویات خیمه باشد.»

¹⁵And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

¹⁶بعد خداوند به موسی و هارون چنین هدایت داد: «شما نباید بگذارید که قُهاتی ها با دست زدن به اشیای مقدس از بین بروند.

¹⁶And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

¹⁷برای جلوگیری از آن هارون و پسرانش باید با آن ها وارد قدس الاقداس شوند و وظیفۀ هر کدام شان را تعیین کنند.

¹⁷And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying,

¹⁸اما اگر آن ها حتی برای یک لحظه هم بداخل خیمه بروند و به چیزهای مقدس نگاه کنند، خواهند مرد.»

¹⁸Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

¹⁹خداوند به موسی فرمود: «تمام مردان سی ساله تا پنجاه سالۀ خاندان جرشونِ قبیلۀ لاوی را که بتوانند در خیمۀ حضور خداوند خدمت کنند بشمار.

¹⁹But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:

²⁰آن ها را به این وظایف بگمار:

²⁰But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

²¹حمل خیمه، پوشش های داخلی و خارجی آن، پوشش پوست بز، پردۀ دروازۀ دخول،

²¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

²²حمل پرده ها و طناب های دور حویلی و قربانگاه، پردۀ دروازۀ دخول حویلی و دیگر سامان مربوطۀ خیمه.

²²Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

²³هارون و پسرانش مکلف اند که وظایف مردان خاندان جرشون را تعیین کنند.

²³From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

²⁴ایتامار، پسر هارون باید بر وظایف جرشونی ها نظارت نماید.»

²⁴This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:

²⁵خداوند به موسی فرمود: «تمام مردان سی ساله تا پنجاه سالۀ خاندان مراری را که بتوانند در خیمۀ حضور خداوند خدمت کنند، سرشماری کن.

²⁵And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

²⁶آن ها مسئول حمل و نقل خیمه، پشت بندها، ستونها و پایه های شان،

²⁶And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

²⁷ستونهای دورادور حویلی و پایه های آن ها، میخ ها، طناب ها و دیگر اجزای خیمه می باشند.

²⁷At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

²⁸این بود وظیفۀ مردان خاندان مراری که آن ها هم باید تحت نظر ایتامار، پسر هارون خدمت کنند.»

²⁸This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

²⁹پس موسی و هارون، با کمک رهبران قوم اسرائیل، مردان خاندان قهات را سرشماری کردند.

²⁹As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

³⁰تعداد مردان سی ساله تا پنجاه ساله که می توانستند در خیمۀ حضور خداوند خدمت کنند، دو هزار و هفتصد و پنجاه نفر بودند.

³⁰From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

³¹این احصائیه گیری طبق امر خداوند به موسی انجام گرفت.

³¹And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,

³²تعداد مردان سی ساله تا پنجاه سالۀ خاندان جرشون دو هزار و ششصد و سی نفر

³²And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

³³و از مردان خاندان مراری سه هزار و دوصد نفر بود.

³³This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

³⁴به این ترتیب، موسی و هارون به اتفاق رهبران قوم اسرائیل، مردان سه خانوادۀ قبیلۀ لاوی را سرشماری کردند و مجموع مردان سی ساله تا پنجاه ساله که لیاقت کار را داشتند هشت هزار و پنجصد و هشتاد نفر بود.این سرشماری قراریکه خداوند به موسی امر فرموده بود انجام شد.

³⁴And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

³⁵این سرشماری قراریکه خداوند به موسی امر فرموده بود انجام شد.

³⁵From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:

³⁶And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.

³⁷These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

³⁸And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,

³⁹From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,

⁴⁰Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.

⁴¹These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.

⁴²And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,

⁴³From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,

⁴⁴Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.

⁴⁵These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

⁴⁶All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

⁴⁷From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation.

⁴⁸Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore,

⁴⁹According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.