¹Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

¹Huan, TOUPAN Mosi a houpiha,

²“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

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

³from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

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

⁴“This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.

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

⁵When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,

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;

⁶and shall put a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.

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

⁷“On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it.

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:

⁸They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.

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

⁹“They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.

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:

¹⁰They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.

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

¹¹“On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.

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:

¹²“They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.

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.

¹³“They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.

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

¹⁴They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the flesh hooks, the shovels, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.

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.

¹⁵“When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.

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.

¹⁶“The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings.”

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.

¹⁷Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

¹⁷Huan, TOUPAN Mosi leh Aron a houpiha,

¹⁸“Don’t cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

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

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

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:

²⁰but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.”

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

²¹Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²¹Huan, TOUPAN Mosi a houpiha,

²²“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;

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

²³you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old; all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

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

²⁴“This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

²⁴Gerson suante tantuam naseplam leh puaklam ahi:

²⁵they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

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

²⁶and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.

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.

²⁷At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.

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.

²⁸This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting: and their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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

²⁹“As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;

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

³⁰you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.

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

³¹This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,

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

³²and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden.

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.

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

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

³⁴Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,

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

³⁵from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting.

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

³⁶Those who were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.

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

³⁷These are those who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.

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

³⁸Those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers’ houses,

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

³⁹from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting,

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

⁴⁰even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.

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

⁴¹These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh.

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

⁴²Those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

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

⁴³from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting,

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

⁴⁴even those who were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred.

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

⁴⁵These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.

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

⁴⁶All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,

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

⁴⁷from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,

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

⁴⁸even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.

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.

⁴⁹According to the commandment of Yahweh they were numbered by Moses, everyone according to his service, and according to his burden. Thus were they numbered by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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.