Numeri 18
1 Yehova anawuza Aaroni kuti, “Iwe, ana ako aamuna ndi banja la abambo ako mudzasenza tchimo la malo wopatulika, koma iwe ndi ana ako aamuna okha mudzasenza tchimo lokhudza unsembe wanu.
And the Lord said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father's family are to be responsible for all wrongdoing in relation to the holy place: and you and your sons are to be responsible for the errors which come about in your work as priests.
2 Ubweretse Alevi, abale ako, kuchokera ku fuko la abambo ako kuti azikhala ndi iwe ndi kumakuthandiza pamodzi ndi ana ako amuna pamene mukutumikira mu tenti ya umboni.
Let your brothers, the family of Levi, come near with you, so that they may be joined with you and be your servants: but you and your sons with you are to go in before the ark of witness.
3 Iwowo azikutumikirani ndipo azichita ntchito zonse za ku tenti, koma asamafike pafupi ndi zipangizo za ku malo opatulika kapena guwa lansembe, kuopa kuti iwo ndi inu mungafe.
They are to do your orders and be responsible for the work of the Tent; but they may not come near the vessels of the holy place or the altar, so that death may not overtake them or you.
4 Azikhala ndi inu ndipo azisamalira ntchito yonse ya mu tenti ya msonkhano koma munthu wina aliyense wapadera sayenera kufika pafupi nanu.
They are to be joined with you in the care of the Tent of meeting, doing whatever is needed for the Tent: and no one of any other family may come near you.
5 “Inuyo muzisamalira malo wopatulika ndi guwa lansembe, kuti ukali wa Yehova usawagwerenso Aisraeli.
You are to be responsible for the holy place and the altar, so that wrath may never again come on the children of Israel.
6 Ine mwini ndasankha Alevi, abale ako, pakati pa Aisraeli ngati mphatso yako ndipo aperekedwa kwa Yehova kuti azigwira ntchito ku tenti ya msonkhano.
Now, see, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: they are given to you and to the Lord, to do the work of the Tent of meeting.
7 Koma iwe wekha ndi ana ako aamuna muzitumikira ngati ansembe ndi zina zonse zokhudza pa guwa lansembe ndi za mʼkati mwa malo wopatulika kwambiri. Ndikukupatsani mphatso ya utumiki wa unsembe. Aliyense woyandikira malo wopatulika ayenera kuphedwa.
And you and your sons with you are to be responsible as priests for the altar and everything on it, and everything inside the veil; you are to do the work of priests; I have given you your position as priests; and any other man who comes near will be put to death.
8 “Kenaka Yehova anati kwa Aaroni, ona, Ine mwini ndikukuyika kuti ukhale woyangʼanira zopereka zobwera kwa Ine; zopereka zonse zopatulika za Aisraeli zimene amapereka kwa ine ndi kuzipereka kwa iwe ndi ana ako aamuna ngati gawo lanu la nthawi zonse.
And the Lord said to Aaron, See, I have given into your care my lifted offerings; even all the holy things of the children of Israel I have given to you and to your sons as your right for ever, because you have been marked with the holy oil.
9 Uzilandiranso gawo la zopereka zopatulika kwambiri zomwe sizinawotchedwe pa moto. Kuchokera pa mphatso zonse zimene amabweretsa kwa Ine ngati zopatulika kwambiri, nsembe zachakudya kapena nsembe zopepesera machimo, gawo limenelo ndi lako ndi ana ako aamuna.
This is to be yours of the most holy things, out of the fire offerings; every offering of theirs, every meal offering and sin-offering, and every offering which they make on account of error, is to be most holy for you and your sons.
10 Muzidya zimenezo ngati zinthu zopatulika kwambiri; mwamuna aliyense adyeko. Uzitenge kukhala zopatulika.
As most holy things they are to be your food: let every male have them for food; it is to be holy to you.
11 “Izinso ndi zako: chilichonse chopatulidwa kuchokera ku mphatso zoweyula za Aisraeli ndapereka kwa iwe ndi ana ako aamuna ndi aakazi ngati gawo lako la nthawi zonse. Aliyense wa mʼnyumba mwako amene ali woyeretsedwa monga mwa mwambo angathe kudyako.
And this is yours: the lifted offering which they give and all the wave offerings of the children of Israel I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as your right for ever: everyone in your house who is clean may have them for food.
12 “Ndikukupatsani mafuta onse abwino kwambiri a olivi ndi vinyo yense watsopano wabwino kwambiri ndi tirigu yense zomwe Aisraeli amapereka kwa Yehova ngati zipatso zoyamba pa zokolola zawo.
All the best of the oil and the wine and the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.
13 Zipatso zonse zoyamba kucha za mʼdziko lawo zomwe amapereka kwa Yehova zidzakhala zako. Aliyense mʼnyumba mwako amene ali woyeretsedwa angathe kudyako.
The earliest produce from their land which they take to the Lord is to be yours; everyone in your house who is clean may have it for his food.
14 “Chilichonse mu Israeli chomwe chapatulidwira Yehova ndi chako.
Everything given by oath to the Lord in Israel is to be yours.
15 Chilichonse choyamba kubadwa kwa munthu kaya nyama, chomwe chaperekedwa kwa Yehova ndi chako. Koma uyenera kuwombola mwana aliyense wamwamuna ndi mwana aliyense woyamba wa nyama zodetsedwa.
The first birth of every living thing which is offered to the Lord, of man or beast, is to be yours; but for the first sons of man payment is to be made, and for the first young of unclean beasts.
16 Pamene zili ndi mwezi umodzi wa kubadwa, uziwombole pa mtengo wowombolera wa ndalama zisanu zasiliva, monga mwa ndalama za ku malo wopatulika.
Payment is to be made for these when they are a month old, at the value fixed by you, a price of five shekels by the scale of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
17 “Koma usawombole ana oyamba kubadwa a ngʼombe, nkhosa kapena mbuzi. Iwo ndi opatulika. Uwaze magazi a nyamazi pa guwa lansembe ndi kutentha mafuta ake ngati nsembe yotentha ndi moto kuti likhale fungo lokoma kwa Yehova.
But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.
18 Nyama yake ikhale yanu monga momwe chimakhalira chidale cha nsembe yoweyula ndi ntchafu za miyendo ya kumanja, zonsezi ndi zako.
Their flesh is to be yours; like the breast of the wave offering and the right leg, it is to be yours.
19 Zonse zimene mwazichotsa ku zopereka zoyera zomwe Aisraeli anapereka kwa Yehova ndazipereka kwa iwe ndi ana ako aamuna ndi aakazi ngati gawo lanu nthawi zonse. Ili ndi pangano losatha la mchere pamaso pa Yehova kwa iwe ndi ana ako.”
All the lifted offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as a right for ever. This is an agreement made with salt before the Lord, to you and to your seed for ever.
20 Ndipo Yehova anati kwa Aaroni, “Iweyo sudzakhala ndi cholowa mʼdziko lawo, ndiponso sudzalandira gawo lililonse pakati pawo. Ine ndine gawo lako ndi cholowa chako pakati pa Aisraeli.
And the Lord said to Aaron, You will have no heritage in their land, or any part among them; I am your part and your heritage among the children of Israel.
21 “Taonani, ndawapatsa Alevi chakhumi chonse mu Israeli ngati cholowa chawo chifukwa cha ntchito ya ku tenti ya msonkhano.
And to the children of Levi I have given as their heritage all the tenths offered in Israel, as payment for the work they do, the work of the Tent of meeting.
22 Kuyambira tsopano mpaka mʼtsogolo Aisraeli asamapite pafupi ndi tenti ya msonkhano. Ngati atero adzasenza zotsatira za tchimo lawo ndipo adzafa.
In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.
23 Alevi ndi amene azidzagwira ntchito ya ku tenti ya msonkhano ndipo adzalangidwa chilichonse chikalakwika. Ili ndi lamulo losatha kwa mibado yawo yonse. Iwowo sadzalandira cholowa pakati pa Aisraeli.
But the Levites are to do the work of the Tent of meeting, and be responsible for errors in connection with it: this is a law for ever through all your generations; and among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.
24 Mʼmalo mwake, ndikuwapatsa Aleviwo chakhumi ngati cholowa chawo chimene Aisraeli amapereka kwa Yehova. Nʼchifukwa chake zokhudza iwo ndinati: ‘Sadzakhala ndi cholowa pakati pa Aisraeli.’”
For the tenths which the children of Israel give as a lifted offering to the Lord I have given to the Levites as their heritage. and so I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they will have no heritage.
25 Yehova anati kwa Mose,
And the Lord said to Moses,
26 “Yankhula ndi Alevi ndi kunena nawo kuti, ‘Pamene mulandira chakhumi kuchoka kwa Aisraeli chimene ndimakupatsani ngati cholowa chanu, muyenera kupereka chakhumi cha choperekacho kwa Yehova.
Say to the Levites, When you take from the children of Israel the tenth which I have given to you from them as your heritage, a tenth part of that tenth is to be offered as an offering lifted up before the Lord.
27 Chopereka chanucho chidzawerengedwa kwa inu ngati tirigu wochokera kopunthira kapena ngati mphesa zopsinya kuchokera kopsinyira mphesa.
And this lifted offering is to be put to your credit as if it was grain from the grain-floor and wine from the vines.
28 Mwa njira imeneyi inunso muzipereka chopereka kwa Yehova kuchokera ku chakhumi chanu chilichonse chimene mumalandira kuchokera kwa Aisraeli. Kuchokera ku chakhumicho muziperekako gawo la Yehova kwa Aaroni, wansembe.
So you are to make an offering lifted up to the Lord from all the tenths which you get from the children of Israel, giving out of it the Lord's lifted offering to Aaron the priest.
29 Muyenera kupereka monga gawo la Yehova magawo abwino kwambiri ndi opatulika a chilichonse chimene chapatsidwa kwa inu.’
From everything given to you, let the best of it, the holy part of it, be offered as a lifted offering to the Lord.
30 “Nena kwa Alevi: ‘Pamene mupereka gawo labwino lopambana zonse, gawo limenelo lidzawerengedwa kwa inu ngati lochokera popunthira tirigu kapenanso kopsinyira mphesa.
Say to them, then, When the best of it is lifted up on high, it is to be put to the account of the Levites as the increase of the grain-floor and of the place where the grapes are crushed.
31 Inu ndi a pa banja panu mungathe kudyera zimenezi paliponse chifukwa ndi malipiro a ntchito yanu ya ku tenti ya msonkhano.
It is to be your food, for you and your families in every place: it is your reward for your work in the Tent of meeting.
32 Popereka gawo labwino kwambirilo simudzapezeka olakwa. Mukatero simudzadetsa zopereka zoyera za Aisraeli, ndipo simudzafa.’”
And no sin will be yours on account of it, when the best of it has been lifted up on high; you are not to make a wrong use of the holy things of the children of Israel, so that death may not overtake you.
