第十八章 Numbers 18
1.耶和華對亞倫說:「你和你的兒子,並你本族的人,要一同擔當干犯聖所的罪孽。你和你的兒子也要一同擔當干犯祭司職任的罪孽。
The LORD said to Aaron, 「You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood.
2.你要帶你弟兄利未人,就是你祖宗支派的人前來,使他們與你聯合,服事你,只是你和你的兒子,要一同在法櫃的帳幕前供職。
Bring your fellow Levites from your ancestral tribe to join you and assist you when you and your sons minister before the tent of the covenant law.
3.他們要守所吩咐你的,並守全帳幕,只是不可挨近聖所的器具和壇,免得他們和你們都死亡。
They are to be responsible to you and are to perform all the duties of the tent, but they must not go near the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar. Otherwise both they and you will die.
4.他們要與你聯合,也要看守會幕,辦理帳幕一切的事,只是外人不可挨近你們。
They are to join you and be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting-all the work at the tent-and no one else may come near where you are.
5.你們要看守聖所和壇,免得忿怒再臨到以色列人。
「You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar, so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelites again.
6.我已將你們的弟兄利未人從以色列人中揀選出來歸耶和華,是給你們為賞賜的,為要辦理會幕的事。
I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to do the work at the tent of meeting.
7.你和你的兒子要為一切屬壇和幔子內的事一同守祭司的職任。你們要這樣供職;我將祭司得職任給你們當做賞賜事奉我。凡挨近的外人必被治死。」
But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.」