¹Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

¹In GOSPOD je govoril Mojzesu, rekoč:

²“Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.’”

²Govóri Aronu in mu reci: Ko prižgeš svetilnice, naj svetijo sedmere svetilnice proti ospredju svečnika.

³Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lampstand, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

³In Aron je storil tako: prižgal je svetilnice njegove, da bi svetile proti ospredju svečnika, kakor je bil GOSPOD ukazal Mojzesu.

⁴This was the workmanship of the lampstand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work: according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

⁴In takšno je bilo svečnikovo delo: tolkljano delo iz zlata je bilo, deblo njegovo in cvetice njegove so bile tolkljane; po vzorcu, ki ga je bil GOSPOD pokazal Mojzesu, ga je naredil.

⁵Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

⁵In GOSPOD je govoril Mojzesu, rekoč:

⁶“Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

⁶Vzemi levite izmed sinov Izraelovih ter jih očisti.

⁷You shall do this to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

⁷In takole stóri ž njimi pri njih očiščevanju: Poškropi jih z očiščevalno vodo, oni pa naj si obrijejo vse telo z britvijo in opero oblačila svoja, da bodo čisti.

⁸Then let them take a young bull, and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering.

⁸Nato naj vzamejo mladega voliča in jedilno daritev, ki gre k njemu, belo moko, umešeno z oljem, in drugega voliča mladega vzemi v daritev za greh.

⁹You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.

⁹In véli levitom, naj pristopijo pred shodni šator, in skliči vso občino sinov Izraelovih.

¹⁰You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,

¹⁰Nato postavi levite pred GOSPODA; sinovi Izraelovi pa naj polože roke svoje na levite.

¹¹and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.

¹¹In Aron naj daruje levite pred GOSPODOM kot daritev majanja od sinov Izraelovih, da opravljajo službo GOSPODOVO.

¹²“The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.

¹²In leviti naj polože roke svoje voličema na glavo, in eden naj se daruje v daritev za greh, drugi pa v žgalščino GOSPODU, da se stori poravnava za levite.

¹³You shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.

¹³In postavi levite pred Arona in sinove njegove ter jih daruj kot daritev majanja GOSPODU.

¹⁴Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

¹⁴Tako odločiš levite izmed sinov Izraelovih, da bodo moji leviti.

¹⁵“After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.

¹⁵Potem naj nastopijo leviti, da strežejo shodnemu šatoru, ko si jih očistil in daroval kot daritev majanja.

¹⁶For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.

¹⁶Zakaj dani so, meni so dani izmed sinov Izraelovih; namesto vsega, kar prodira maternico, namesto vsega prvorojenega sinov Izraelovih sem si jih vzel.

¹⁷For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.

¹⁷Zakaj moji so vsi prvenci sinov Izraelovih, med ljudmi in med živino: v dan, ko sem udaril vse prvorojeno v deželi Egiptovski, sem si jih posvetil zase.

¹⁸I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

¹⁸Levite pa sem si vzel namesto vseh prvorojencev sinov Izraelovih;

¹⁹I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.”

¹⁹in dal sem levite v dar Aronu in sinovom njegovim izmed sinov Izraelovih, da opravljajo službo sinov Izraelovih pri shodnem šatoru ter služijo v spravo za sinove Izraelove, da ne zadene sinov Izraelovih kaznilen udarec, kadar se sinovi Izraelovi bližajo svetišču.

²⁰Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.

²⁰In tako so storili Mojzes in Aron in sinovi Izraelovi z leviti: prav kakor je GOSPOD Mojzesu zapovedal za levite, tako so storili sinovi Izraelovi.

²¹The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

²¹In leviti so se očistili greha ter oprali oblačila svoja, in Aron jih je daroval kot daritev majanja pred GOSPODOM ter storil poravnavo zanje v njih očiščenje.

²²After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

²²Potem so šli leviti opravljat službo svojo v shodnem šatoru pred Aronom in pred sinovi njegovimi. Kakor je bil GOSPOD zapovedal Mojzesu zastran levitov, tako so jim storili.

²³Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²³In GOSPOD je govoril Mojzesu, rekoč:

²⁴“This is that which belongs to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;

²⁴To je, kar velja levitom: Od petindvajsetega leta in više naj prihajajo po vojaško služit v službi pri shodnem šatoru.

²⁵and from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the work, and shall serve no more,

²⁵A po petdesetem letu naj stopijo iz vojaške službe svoje in ne služijo več;samo pomaga naj vsak bratom svojim pri shodnem šatoru, da so marljivi na stražah, ali službe naj se ne loti. Tako narédi z leviti pri njih službovanju.

²⁶but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall do no service. You shall do thus to the Levites concerning their duties.”

²⁶samo pomaga naj vsak bratom svojim pri shodnem šatoru, da so marljivi na stražah, ali službe naj se ne loti. Tako narédi z leviti pri njih službovanju.