¹Drottinn talaði við Móse í Sínaí-eyðimörk, í samfundatjaldinu, á fyrsta degi annars mánaðar á öðru ári eftir brottför þeirra af Egyptalandi og mælti:

¹ Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

²,,Takið manntal alls safnaðar Ísraelsmanna eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, alla karlmenn mann fyrir mann.

²“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one;

³Alla herfæra menn í Ísrael frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri skuluð þér telja eftir hersveitum þeirra, þú og Aron.

³from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their divisions.

⁴Og með ykkur skal vera einn maður af ættkvísl hverri, og sé hann höfuð ættar sinnar.

⁴With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of his fathers’ house.

⁵Þessi eru nöfn þeirra manna, er ykkur skulu aðstoða: Af Rúben: Elísúr Sedeúrsson.

⁵These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

⁶Af Símeon: Selúmíel Súrísaddaíson.

⁶Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

⁷Af Júda: Nakson Ammínadabsson.

⁷Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

⁸Af Íssakar: Netanel Súarsson.

⁸Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.

⁹Af Sebúlon: Elíab Helónsson.

⁹Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.

¹⁰Af Jósefssonum: Af Efraím: Elísama Ammíhúdsson. Af Manasse: Gamlíel Pedasúrsson.

¹⁰Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

¹¹Af Benjamín: Abídan Gídeóníson.

¹¹Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.

¹²Af Dan: Akíeser Ammísaddaíson.

¹²Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

¹³Af Asser: Pagíel Ókransson.

¹³Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.

¹⁴Af Gað: Eljasaf Degúelsson.

¹⁴Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

¹⁵Af Naftalí: Akíra Enansson.``

¹⁵Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”

¹⁶Þessir voru tilnefndir af söfnuðinum, höfðingjar yfir ættkvíslum feðra sinna. Voru þeir höfuð Ísraels þúsunda.

¹⁶These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

¹⁷Móse og Aron tóku menn þessa, sem nafngreindir eru,

¹⁷Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by name.

¹⁸og stefndu saman öllum söfnuðinum á fyrsta degi annars mánaðar og skrifuðu þá á ættarskrárnar eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, mann fyrir mann.

¹⁸They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.

¹⁹Svo sem Drottinn hafði boðið Móse, taldi hann þá í Sínaí-eyðimörk.

¹⁹As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

²⁰Synir Rúbens, frumgetins sonar Ísraels, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, maður fyrir mann, allir karlmenn frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,

²⁰The children of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²¹þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Rúbens, voru 46.500.

²¹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

²²Synir Símeons, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, maður fyrir mann, allir karlmenn frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,

²²Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those who were numbered of it, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²³þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Símeons, voru 59.300.

²³those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

²⁴Synir Gaðs, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,

²⁴Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²⁵þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Gaðs, voru 45.650.

²⁵those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

²⁶Synir Júda, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,

²⁶Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²⁷þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Júda, voru 74.600.

²⁷those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were sixty-four thousand six hundred.

²⁸Synir Íssakars, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,

²⁸Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

²⁹þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Íssakars, voru 54.400.

²⁹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

³⁰Synir Sebúlons, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,

³⁰Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

³¹þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Sebúlons, voru 57.400.

³¹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

³²Synir Jósefs: Synir Efraíms, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,

³²Of the children of Joseph, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

³³þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Efraíms, voru 40.500.

³³those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.

³⁴Synir Manasse, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,

³⁴Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

³⁵þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Manasse, voru 32.200.

³⁵those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

³⁶Synir Benjamíns, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,

³⁶Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

³⁷þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Benjamíns, voru 35.400.

³⁷those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

³⁸Synir Dans, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,

³⁸Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;

³⁹þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Dans, voru 62.700.

³⁹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

⁴⁰Synir Assers, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,

⁴⁰Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;

⁴¹þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Assers, voru 41.500.

⁴¹those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

⁴²Synir Naftalí, niðjar þeirra eftir kynkvíslum þeirra, eftir ættum þeirra, samkvæmt nafnatölu, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn,

⁴²Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go forth to war;

⁴³þeir er taldir voru af ættkvísl Naftalí, voru 53.400.

⁴³those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

⁴⁴Þessir eru þeir, er taldir voru, sem þeir Móse, Aron og höfðingjar Ísraels töldu. Voru þeir tólf, einn fyrir hverja ættkvísl hans.

⁴⁴These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers’ house.

⁴⁵Og allir þeir af Ísraelsmönnum, er taldir voru eftir ættum þeirra, frá tvítugs aldri og þaðan af eldri, allir herfærir menn, voru, _

⁴⁵So all those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel;

⁴⁶allir þeir er taldir voru, voru 603.550.

⁴⁶even all those who were numbered were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.

⁴⁷En levítarnir, eftir ættbálki sínum, voru eigi taldir meðal þeirra.

⁴⁷But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

⁴⁸Drottinn talaði við Móse og sagði:

⁴⁸For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

⁴⁹,,Þú skalt þó eigi telja ættkvísl Leví og eigi taka manntal þeirra meðal Ísraelsmanna.

⁴⁹“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;

⁵⁰En þú skalt setja levítana yfir sáttmálsbúðina og yfir öll áhöld hennar og yfir allt, sem til hennar heyrir. Þeir skulu bera búðina og öll áhöld hennar, og þeir skulu þjóna að henni, og þeir skulu tjalda umhverfis búðina.

⁵⁰but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.

⁵¹Og er búðin tekur sig upp, skulu levítarnir taka hana niður, og þegar reisa skal búðina, skulu levítarnir setja hana upp. En komi nokkur annar þar nærri, skal hann líflátinn verða.

⁵¹When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

⁵²Ísraelsmenn skulu tjalda hver á sínum stað í herbúðunum og hver hjá sínu merki, eftir hersveitum sínum.

⁵²The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.

⁵³En levítarnir skulu tjalda umhverfis sáttmálsbúðina, að reiði komi eigi yfir söfnuð Ísraelsmanna. Og levítarnir skulu annast sáttmálsbúðina.``Ísraelsmenn gjörðu svo. Þeir gjörðu í alla staði svo sem Drottinn hafði boðið Móse.

⁵³But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony.”

⁵⁴Ísraelsmenn gjörðu svo. Þeir gjörðu í alla staði svo sem Drottinn hafði boðið Móse.

⁵⁴Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.