¹Huan, TOUPAN Mosi a houpiha,

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

²Levi tate laka Kohath tate, a khangkhang un, a inkuankuan un, sim vek in,

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

³Kum sawmthum akipan tunglam, kum sawmnga tanin nasepna na, kihoupihna puanin a sem ding teng.

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.

⁴Kihoupihna puanin mun siangthou pen Kohath tapate nasep ding hiai ahi:

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

⁵Ommun a suan ding teng un Aron a tapate toh a lut ding ua, mun siangthou puanjak a hawkkhe ding ua, huaiin thukun bawm a khuh ding uh;

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:

⁶Tuapen ngalvang vunin a khuh ding ua, huaipen puandum buangin a khuh ding ua, ajawnna chiang a thuah ding uh ahi.

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.

⁷Huan, etsakna tanghou dohkan tungah puandum buang a phah ding ua, huailaiah kuangte, keute, belhbute leh noute a but khiakna ding a koih ding uh ahi; huan, tatkakloua tanghou koih huailaiah a om ding ahi:

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:

⁸Tuapen puan sanin a khuh ding ua; a khuhna ngalvang vunin a khuh ding uh, a jawnna chiang a thuah ding uhi.

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.

⁹Huan, vaksak khawnvak koihna leh huai adinga a zat ding ua khawnvakte, a taitehte, a vu koihnate, thau bing tengteng puandum buangin a khuh ding uhi:

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:

¹⁰Huai leh a vanzat tengteng a khuhna ngalvang vuna khuhin a jawnna ah a koih ding uh ahi.

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

¹¹Huan, dangkaeng maitam puandum buangin a khuh ding ua, a khuhna ngalvang vunin a khuh nawn ding uh, a jawnna chiang a thuah ding uhi:

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:

¹²Mun siangthou, huailaia a vanzat uh, tuiumbelsuan tengteng a la vek ding ua, puandum buangin a tun ding ua, a khuhna ngalvang vunin a khuh ding uh, a jawnnna ah a koih uhi.

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:

¹³Huan, maitama meivu a la mang ding ua, a tungah puan sandup a phah ding uh:

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

¹⁴Huan, a tungah a na sep vialvialna uh tuiumbelsuan tengteng, mei lakna te, sa thukna sikkhut te vutluahna te, tuikuang te, maitam tuiumbelsuan tengteng te a koih ding uhi; huan, a khuhna ngalvang vunin a khuh ding uh, a jawnna a bulh ding uh.

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.

¹⁵Huan, Aron leh a tapaten mun siangthou leh mun siangthou van tengteng ommun suan dinga akhuh khit chiang un; huai khit chiangin a jawng dingin Kohath tapate a hongpai ding uhi: ahihhangin thil siangthou himhim a khoih ding uh ahi kei, huchilouin jaw a si kha ding uhi. Hiaite kihoupihna puanina Kohath tapate nasep ding ahi.

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.

¹⁶Huan, siampu Aron tapa Eleazar sep ding, det ding thau te, namtui te, tatlak loua tangbuang thillatte, sathau nilh chite, biakbuk, huailaia thil om tentengte, mun siangthou leh a vante ngaihtuah khawng ahi, chiin.

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.

¹⁷Huan, TOUPAN Mosi leh Aron a houpiha,

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

¹⁸Kohath suan inkuan jaw Levite lak akipan mang mai loua:

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

¹⁹Thil siangthoute khoih loua si loua a om theihna ding uh hichibangin hihih: Aron leh a tapate lut uhenla, a sep ding uh leh a tantuam ding chiat uh seh sakin:

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:

²⁰Ahihhangin thil siangthou en dingin sawt lou chik leng lut kei uhen, a lut uleh a si ding uh, chiin,

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

²¹Huan, TOUPAN Mosi a houpiha,

²¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

²²Gerson tapate leng a inkuankuan un, a khangkhang un sim vekin;

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

²³Kum sawmthum akipan a tunglam kum sawmngaa upa tanin nasepna na kihoupihna puanina sem thei ding teng zah sim vekin.

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.

²⁴Gerson suante tantuam naseplam leh puaklam ahi:

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

²⁵Biakbuk puanjakte, kihoupihna puanin te, a khuhna te, a tung khuhna ngalvang vunte, kihoupihna puanin kongkhak puanjakte;

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,

²⁶Intual puanjak te, intual kongkhak puanjak te, abiakbuk leh maitam bula, akhaute, a vanzat tengteng uh toh a po ding ua, hih dia kiphamoh peuhmah a hih ding uh ahi.

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.

²⁷Gerson suante nasep a naseplam uleh puaklam ah a tantuam tengteng uh Aron leh a tapate ahi ding; ahih ding uh banghiam nengneng tana sehsak dingin thu na neisak ding.

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.

²⁸Huaite kihoupihna puanina Gerson suante nasep ahi: a hihding uh siampu Aron tapa Ithamar seh ding ahi.

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.

²⁹Merari tapate, akhangkhang un, a inkuankuan un na sim ding ahi;

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

³⁰Kum sawmthum akipan tunglam kum sawmngaa upa tanin kihoupihna puanina sem ding zah na sim vek ding hi.

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.

³¹Kihoupihna puanina a nasep uh, a tantuan ding uh hiai ahi-biakbuk khuam lepkhawm te, a bangkal te, akhuam te, a kingakna khuakhuakte;

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,

³²A intual umna khuamte, akingakna khuakkhuakte, a kilhbelhnate, a khau te, a vanzat tengteng leh a vanzat dang tengteng puak te: a min uh lou jel chiatin a tantuam ding uh na sehsak ding ahi.

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.

³³Huaite amau siampu Aron tapa Ithamar heua khoupihna puanina Merari tapate suanten a hihding uh banghiam nengneng tana a nasep dan ding uh, chiin.

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.

³⁴Huchiin Mosi leh Aron leh khawmpi laka lupenten Kohathte tapate a khangkhang un, a inkuankuan un a simta ua,

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,

³⁵Kihoupihna puanina nasepnaa ding, mi chih nasem dia kisate, kum sawmthum akipan tunglam kum sawmngaa upa chiang:

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:

³⁶Huaite a khangkhanga a sim uh sang nih leh za sagih leh sawmnga ahi uhi.

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

³⁷Hiaite ahi uh, kihoupihna puanina na sem jel Kohathte suan a simte uh Mosi zanga TOUPA thupiak banga Mosi leh Aronin a simte uh.

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.

³⁸Huan, hiaite a inkuankuana, a khangkhang ua kisim, Gerson tate ahi uh,

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

³⁹Kum sawmthum akipan tunglam kum sawmngaa upa, kihoupihna puanin nasepna dinga, mi chih nasem jel dia kisate,

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,

⁴⁰Huai a khangkhanga, a inkuankuan ua a simte uh sang nih leh za guk leh sawmthum ahi uh.

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

⁴¹Huaite ahi uh, Gerson tapate suante, kihoupihna puanina nasemte teng, TOUPA thupiak banga Mosi leh Aronin a simte uh.

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.

⁴²Huan, huaite a inkuankuan ua, a khangkhang ua, Merari tapa a simte uh ahi,

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

⁴³Kihoupihna puanin a sem dinga nasem zah ding, kum sawmthum akipan a tunglam kum sawmngaa upa chiang;

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,

⁴⁴Huai a khangkhanga, a inkuankuana a simte uh sang thum leh za nih ahi uh,

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

⁴⁵Huaite ahi uh, Merari tapate suante a sim uh, Mosi zanga TOUPA thupiak banga Mosi leh Aronin a simte uh.

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.

⁴⁶Mosi leh Aron leh Israelte lupenten a khangkhanga, a inkuankuana a simte uh avekun huaiteng ahi uh,

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,

⁴⁷Nasem ding leh kihoupihna puanina puak chi pomi ding zah, kum sawmthum akipan a tunglam kum sawmngaa upa chiang,

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.

⁴⁸Huai a simte uh sang giat leh za nga leh sawmgiat ahi uh.Mosi zanga TOUPA thupiak banga mi chih a sepding uleh a tantuam ding uh dungjui jela a sim ahi: huchibang takin TOUPA Mosi thu a piak bang sim ahi uhi.

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

⁴⁹Mosi zanga TOUPA thupiak banga mi chih a sepding uleh a tantuam ding uh dungjui jela a sim ahi: huchibang takin TOUPA Mosi thu a piak bang sim ahi uhi.

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.