1Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.
1Hiaite, Sinai tanga TOUPAN Mosi a houpih laia Aron leh Mosi suana mite ahi uh.
2These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2Aron tapate min a upapen Nabad, Abihu, Elearzer, Ithamar ahi uh.
3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
3Hiaite siampu dinga thuanilh, siampu na sem ding a hihtuam Aron tapate min ahi.
4Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father.
4Huan, Nabad leh Abihu ahih uleh Sinia gamdaia mei zat louh ding chih, TOUPA maa a latlai un TOUPA maah a si ua, ta a neikei uh: Eleazar leh Ithamarin a pa uh Aron dam laiin siampu-nasep a sem uhi.
5Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
5Huan, TOUPAN Mosi a houpiha,
6“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
6Levi chite, siampu Aron kiangah pi inla, a na a sep theihna ding un a kianga-ah omsakin.
7They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
7Huan amau biakbuka nasepna semin kihoupihna puanin chinah amah leh khawmpi tengteng tuam dingin na a sem ding uh.
8They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8Huan, kituahkhawmna puanin van tengteng a kem ding ua, Israel suante tuama biakbuk nasep na a sem ding uh.
9You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.
9Huan, Levite bel Aron leh a tapate kiangah na lan ding: Israel suante tuam din a kianga lat ahi uhi.
10You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
10Aron leh a tapate bel na sep dinga, a siampu hihna uh a tang nilouh ding uh: Nam dang honkigolhte hihlup ding ahi uh, chiin.
11Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
11Huan, TOUPAN Mosi a houpiha,
12“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:
12Ngaiin, Levite Israel suante lak akipan Israel suante ta chil sul hong masapen siaka keimah ngeiin ka lak ahi uh: Levite keia ahi ding ua:
13for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh.”
13Tachil tengteng lah keia ahi ngal ua; Aigupta gama tachil tengteng ka hihlup niin Israelte laka tachil tengteng, a mihing a ganin ka tuam dingin ka khama ahi; keia ahi ding uh; kei TOUPA ka hi, chiin.
14Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
14Huan, TOUPAN Sinai gamdai ah Mosi a houpiha,
15“Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”
15Levi tate a inkuankuan un a khangkhang un sim inla: pasal peuhmah kha khat akipan tunglam an sim ding ahi, chiin.
16Moses numbered them according to the word of Yahweh, as he was commanded.
16Huchiin Mosiin a hih dinga thupiak bangin TOUPA thu bangin a sim chiata.
17These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
17Levit tapate min Gerson, Kohath, Merari ahi uh.
18These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
18Huan, amau suangpa Gerson tapate min Libni leh Simei ahi uh.
19The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19Amau suangpa Kohath tapate Amram, Izhar, hebron, Uziel ahi uh.
20The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
20Amau suangpa Merari tapate Mali leh Musi ahi uh. Hiaite a inkuan uh bangjela Levite suante ahi uhi.
21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
21Gerson bel Libnite leh Simeite suang pa ahi: hiaite Gersonte suante ahi uhi.
22Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
22Pasal tengteng kha khat akipan tunglam a simte uh sang sagih leh ja nga tak a ching uhi.
23The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
23Gersonte suanten a puanin uh biakbuk tumlam pangah a kai ding uhi.
24The prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
24Huan, Gersonte inkuana lupen Lael tapa Eliasaph ahi ding.
25The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
25Gerson taten kihoupihna puanina a kep ding uh biakbuk leh puanin ahi ding, a tung khawng, kihoupihna puanina kongkhak puanjak khawng,
26and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
26A intual jakte, biakbuk china a intual kongkhak puanjak khawng, maitam kima khawng, huailaia zat ding khau tengteng.
27Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
27Huan, Kohath bel Amram te, Izhar te, Hebron te, Uziel te suangpa ahi: hiaite Kohath suante ahi uh.
28According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.
28Pasal tengteng kha khat akipan tunglam a simdan bang un sang giat leh za guk ahi un, mun siangthou kemmi ding.
29The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.
29Kohath tapate suanten biakbuk simlam pangah a puanin uh a kai ding uhi.
30The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
30Kohathte suante inkuana lupen ding bel Uziel tapa Eliazaphan ahi ding.
31Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.
31A kep dingte uh, bawmte, dohte, sathau khawnvak koihna, maitam, mun siangthoua nasepna tuiumbelsuan tengteng, puanjakte, huailaia nasepna thil tengteng ahi ding.
32Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.
32Huan, siampu Aron tapa Eleazar bel Levite lupen ahi dinga, mun siangthou kemmite a heu ding hi.
33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
33Merari bel Malite leh Musite suangpa ahi. Hiaite Merari suante ahi uh.
34Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
34Pasal tengteng kha khat akipan tunglam a simdan bang un sang guk leh za nih ahi uh.
35The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.
35Merari suan inkuana lupen Abihail tapa Zuriel ahi: biakbuk mallam pangah a puanin uh a kai ding uhi.
36The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,
36Merari tapate kep dinga sehte biakbuk khuam lepkhawm bang, bang kal te, a khuamte, a kingakna khukkuakte, a vanzat tengteng, nasepna vanzat tengteng ahi uh;
37the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
37A kongpi umna khuamte, a kingakna khuakkuakte, akilhbelhna leh a khaute toh.
38Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
38Biakbuk suahlam pang kihoupihna puanin chin, ni suahnalam puanin kai ding bel Mosi leh Aron leh a tapa hi ding ua, mun siangthou ah Israel suante tuam dingin a kul peuhpeuh a sem ding uh. Nam ding honkigolh peuhmah hihlup ding ahi, chiin,
39All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
39TOUPA thupiaka Levite a inkuankuan ua pasal tengteng kha khat akipan tunglam Mosi leh Aronin a sim teng uh sing nih leh sang nih ahi uh.
40Yahweh said to Moses, “Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
40Huan, TOUPAN Mosi kiangah, Israel suante laka tachil, pasal kha khat akipan tunglam teng sim inla, a zah uh theiin,
41You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel.”
41Huan, Levite bel (TOUPA ka hi) Israel suante laka tachil teng sikin non laksak ding ahi; huan, Levite gante Israel suante gan teng piang masapen sikin, a chi a,
42Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
42Huan, Mosiin TOUPAN thu a piak bangin Israel suante laka tachil teng a sim,
43All the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
43A min uh kizom bangjelin kha khat akipan tunglam tachil pasal teng a sim uh sing nih leh sang nih leh za nih leh sawmsagih leh thum ahi uh.
44Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
44Huan, TOUPAN Mosi a houpiha,
45“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh.
45Israel suante laka tachil teng sikin Levite la inla, a gan uh sikin Levite gan; Levite keia ahi ding ua; kei TOUPA ka hi.
46For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number of the Levites,
46Huan, Levite sanga a tamna uh Israel suante tachil za nih leh sawmsagih leh thum tatna dingin,
47you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):
47Sekel nga chiat na la ding ahi; mun siangthoua sekel bangin na la ding hi, (sekel bel gerah sawmnih ahi):
48and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.”
48Avalte tatna sum pen Aron leh a tapate na piak ding ahi, chiin,
49Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;
49Huan, Mosiin Leviten a tat ban ua a tatna sum uh a la a:
50from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
50Israel suante tachil lak akipanin sum a la a; sum siangthou sekel bangin sang khat leh ja thum leh sawmguk leh nga a la hi:TOUPAN Mosi thu a piak, TOUPA thu bangin Mosiin tatna sum Aron leh a tapate a pia hi.
51and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
51TOUPAN Mosi thu a piak, TOUPA thu bangin Mosiin tatna sum Aron leh a tapate a pia hi.