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,

¹¶ A i korero a Ihowa ki a Mohi i te koraha o Hinai i roto i te tapenakara o te whakaminenga, i te ra tuatahi o te rua o nga marama, i te rua o nga tau o to ratou haerenga mai i te whenua o Ihipa, i mea,

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;

²Tirohia te tokomaha o te whakaminenga katoa o nga tama a Iharaira, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa i nga ingoa o nga tane katoa, tenei pane, tenei pane o ratou;

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.

³Ko nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei nga tau, ko nga mea hoki e kaha ana i roto i a Iharaira ki te haere ki te whawhai, ma korua ko Arona ratou e tatau, tenei ope, tenei ope.

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

⁴Kia kotahi hoki te tangata o tenei iwi, o tenei iwi, hei hoa mo korua; ara ko nga upoko o tenei whare, o tenei whare o o ratou matua.

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

⁵Ko nga ingoa hoki enei o nga tangata e tu tahi me korua: no Reupena; ko Erituru, tama a Hereuru.

⁶Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

⁶No Himiona; ko Herumiere, tama a Turiharai.

⁷Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

⁷No Hura; ko Nahahona, tama a Aminarapa.

⁸Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.

⁸No Ihakara; ko Netaneere, tama a Tuara.

⁹Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.

⁹No Hepurona; ko Eriapa, tama a Herona.

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

¹⁰No nga tama a Hohepa: no Eparaima; ko Erihama, tama a Amihuru: no Manahi; ko Kamariere, tama a Peraturu.

¹¹Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.

¹¹No Pineamine; ko Apirana, tama a Kirioni.

¹²Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

¹²No Rana; ko Ahietere, tama a Amiharai.

¹³Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.

¹³No Ahera; ko Pakiere, tama a Okorana.

¹⁴Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

¹⁴No Kara; ko Eriahapa, tama a Teuere.

¹⁵Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”

¹⁵No Napatari; ko Ahira, tama a Enana.

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.

¹⁶Ko nga mea whai ingoa enei o te whakaminenga, ko nga ariki o nga iwi o o ratou matua; ko ratou nga upoko o nga mano i roto i a Iharaira.

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

¹⁷¶ Na ka tikina e Mohi raua ko Arona enei tangata no ratou nga ingoa kua whakahuatia nei:

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.

¹⁸A huihuia ana e ratou te whakaminenga katoa i te ra tuatahi o te rua o nga marama: a ka whakaaturia e ratou o ratou whakapapa, tenei hapu, tenei hapu, me nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa nga ingoa, he pane, he pane, nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei o ratou tau.

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

¹⁹Rite tonu ki ta Ihowa i whakahau ai ki a Mohi tana tauanga i a ratou i te koraha o Hinai.

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;

²⁰A ko nga tama a Reupena, matamua a Iharaira, i o ratou toronga, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa nga ingoa, he pane, he pane, o nga tane katoa e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei nga tau, o nga mea katoa i kaha ki te haere ki t e whawhai;

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

²¹Ko nga mea o ratou, o te iwi o Reupena, i taua, e wha tekau ma ono mano e rima rau.

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;

²²No nga tama a Himiona, i o ratou toronga, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, ko nga mea o ratou i taua, tatau rawa nga ingoa, he pane, he pane, o nga tane katoa e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei nga tau, o nga mea katoa i kaha ki te haere ki te whawhai;

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

²³Ko nga mea i taua o ratou, o te iwi o Himiona, e rima tekau ma iwa mano e toru rau.

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;

²⁴No nga tama a Kara, i o ratou toronga, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa nga ingoa o nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei nga tau, o nga mea katoa i kaha ki te haere ki te whawhai;

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

²⁵Ko nga mea i taua o ratou, o te iwi o Kara, e wha tekau ma rima mano e ono rau e rima tekau.

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;

²⁶No nga tama a Hura, i o ratou toronga, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa nga ingoa o nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei o ratou tau, o nga mea katoa i kaha ki te haere ki te whawhai;

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

²⁷Ko nga mea i taua o ratou, o te iwi o Hura, e whitu tekau ma wha mano e ono rau.

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;

²⁸No nga tama a Ihakara, i o ratou toronga, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa nga ingoa o nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei o ratou tau, o nga mea katoa i kaha ki te haere ki te whawhai;

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

²⁹Ko nga mea i taua o ratou, o te iwi o Ihakara, e rima tekau ma wha mano e wha rau.

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;

³⁰No nga tama a Hepurona, i o ratou toronga, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa nga ingoa o nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei o ratou tau, o nga mea katoa i kaha ki te haere ki te whawhai;

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

³¹Ko nga mea i taua o ratou, o te iwi o Hepurona, e rima tekau ma whitu mano e wha rau.

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;

³²No nga tama a Hohepa, ara no nga tama a Eparaima, i o ratou toronga, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa nga ingoa o nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei o ratou tau, o nga mea katoa i kaha ki te haere ki te whawhai;

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

³³Ko nga mea i taua o ratou, o te iwi o Eparaima, e wha tekau mano e rima rau.

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;

³⁴No nga tama a Manahi, i o ratou toronga, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa nga ingoa o nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei o ratou tau, o nga mea katoa i kaha ki te haere ki te whawhai;

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

³⁵Ko nga mea i taua o ratou, o te iwi o Manahi, e toru tekau ma rua mano e rua rau.

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;

³⁶No nga tama a Pineamine, i o ratou toronga, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa nga ingoa o nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei o ratou tau, o nga mea katoa i kaha ki te haere ki te whawhai;

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

³⁷Ko nga mea i taua o ratou, o te iwi o Pineamine, e toru tekau ma rima mano e wha rau.

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;

³⁸No nga tama a Rana, i o ratou toronga, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa nga ingoa o nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei o ratou tau, o nga mea katoa i kaha ki te haere ki te whawhai;

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

³⁹Ko nga mea i taua o ratou, o te iwi o Rana, e ono tekau ma rua mano e whitu rau.

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;

⁴⁰No nga tama a Ahera, i o ratou toronga, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa nga ingoa o nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei o ratou tau, o nga mea katoa i kaha ki te haere ki te whawhai;

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

⁴¹Ko nga mea i taua o ratou, o te iwi o Ahera, e wha tekau ma tahi mano e rima rau.

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;

⁴²No nga tama a Napatari, i o ratou toronga, i o ratou hapu, i nga whare o o ratou matua, tatau rawa nga ingoa o nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei o ratou tau, o nga mea katoa i kaha ki te haere ki te whawhai;

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

⁴³Ko nga mea i taua o ratou, o te iwi o Napatari, e rima tekau ma toru mano e wha rua.

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.

⁴⁴¶ Ko nga mea enei i taua nei e Mohi, e Arona ratou ko nga ariki kotahi tekau ma rua o Iharaira; takikotahi te tangata o ratou ki te whare o ona matua.

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;

⁴⁵A, ko aua tangata i taua o nga tama a Iharaira, i nga whare o o ratou matua, nga mea e rua tekau, he maha atu ranei o ratou tau i roto i a Iharaira i kaha ki te haere ki te whawhai;

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

⁴⁶Ko aua tangata katoa i taua e ono rau e toru mano e rima rau e rima tekau.

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

⁴⁷¶ Ko nga Riwaiti ia, i te iwi o o ratou matua, kihai i taua i roto i a ratou.

⁴⁸For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

⁴⁸Na Ihowa hoki i korero ki a Mohi, i mea,

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

⁴⁹Otiia kaua e taua te iwi o Riwai, kaua ano e tirohia to ratou tokomaha i roto i nga tama a Iharaira:

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.

⁵⁰Engari me whakarite nga Riwaiti mo te tapenakara o te whakaaturanga, mo ona oko katoa, mo ona mea katoa hoki: ma ratou te tapenakara e amo, me ona oko katoa; a me mahi ki reira, me noho hoki ki tetahi taha, ki tetahi taha o te tapenakara.

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.

⁵¹A, ka maunu atu te tapenakara, ma nga Riwaiti e wahi iho; ka whakaturia ano hoki te tapenakara, ma nga Riwaiti e whakatu: a, ko te tangata ke e whakatata atu, ka whakamatea.

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.

⁵²Me whakatu ano o ratou teneti e nga tama a Iharaira ki tona puni, ki tona puni, ki tona kara, ki tona kara, puta noa i o ratou ope.

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.”

⁵³Ko nga Riwaiti ia, me whakatu o ratou ki tetahi taha, ki tetahi taha o te tapenakara o te whakaaturanga, kei puta he riri ki te whakaminenga o nga tama a Iharaira: a ma nga Riwaiti e tiaki te tapenakara o te whakaaturanga.

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

⁵⁴Na i pera nga tama a Iharaira; rite tonu ki ta Ihowa katoa i whakahau ai ki a Mohi ta ratou mahi.