Numeri 8
1 Yehova anawuza Mose kuti,
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Yankhula ndi Aaroni kuti pamene uyimika nyale zisanu ndi ziwiri, nyalezo ziziyaka kutsogolo kwa choyikapo nyale.”
“Speak to Aaron, and tell him, ‘When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand.’”
3 Aaroni anachitadi zomwezo. Anayimika nyale ndi kuziyangʼanitsa kumene kunali choyikapo nyale monga Yehova analamulira Mose.
Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lamp stand, as the LORD commanded Moses.
4 Choyikapo nyalecho chinapangidwa motere: chinasulidwa kuchokera ku golide, kuyambira pa tsinde pake mpaka ku maluwa ake. Choyikapo nyalecho chinapangidwa monga momwe Yehova anaonetsera Mose.
This was the workmanship of the lamp stand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work. He made the lamp stand according to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses.
5 Yehova anawuza Mose kuti,
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
6 “Tenga Alevi pakati pa Aisraeli ndipo uwayeretse.
“Take the Levites from amongst the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7 Powayeretsa uchite izi: uwawaze madzi oyeretsa ndipo amete thupi lawo lonse ndi kuchapa zovala zawo kuti adziyeretse.
You shall do this to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
8 Atenge ngʼombe yayimuna yayingʼono ndi chopereka cha chakudya cha ufa wosalala wosakaniza ndi mafuta. Atengenso ngʼombe ina yayimuna, yayingʼono, ya chopereka chopepesera machimo.
Then 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.
9 Ubwere nawo Aleviwo kutsogolo kwa tenti ya msonkhano ndipo usonkhanitse gulu la Aisraeli.
You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
10 Ubwere nawo pamaso pa Yehova, ndipo Aisraeli asanjike manja awo pa iwo.
You shall present the Levites before the LORD. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,
11 Aaroni apereke Alevi aja pamaso pa Yehova ngati chopereka choweyula kuchokera kwa Aisraeli kuti akhale okonzeka kugwira ntchito ya Yehova.
and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for a wave offering on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of the LORD.
12 “Alevi akatsiriza kusanjika manja awo pa mitu ya ngʼombe zazimuna, imodzi ikhale ya nsembe yopepesera machimo ndipo inayo ikhale ya nsembe yopsereza ya kwa Yehova, kupepesera machimo a Alevi.
“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 the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.
13 Uyimiritse Aleviwo pamaso pa Aaroni ndi ana ake aamuna ndipo uwapereke ngati nsembe yoweyula kwa Yehova.
You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.
14 Pochita zimenezi mudzapatula Alevi pakati pa Aisraeli ndipo Aleviwo adzakhala anga.
Thus you shall separate the Levites from amongst the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
15 “Utatha kuyeretsa ndi kupereka Aleviwo monga nsembe yoweyula, apite kukagwira ntchito yawo ku tenti ya msonkhano.
“After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. You shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.
16 Iwo ndiwo Aisraeli amene aperekedwa kwathunthu kwa Ine. Ndawatenga kuti akhale anga mʼmalo mwa mwana wamwamuna aliyense woyamba kubadwa wa Mwisraeli aliyense wamkazi.
For they are wholly given to me from amongst 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.
17 Mwana aliyense wamwamuna woyamba kubadwa mu Israeli, kaya wa munthu kapena wa ziweto, ndi wanga. Pamene ndinakantha ana oyamba kubadwa ku Igupto, ndinawapatulira kwa Ine mwini.
For all the firstborn amongst 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.
18 Ndipo ndatenga Alevi mʼmalo mwa ana aamuna onse oyamba kubadwa mu Israeli.
I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn amongst the children of Israel.
19 Mwa Aisraeli onse, ndapereka Alevi kuti akhale mphatso kwa Aaroni ndi ana ake aamuna kugwira ntchito ya ku tenti ya msonkhano mʼmalo mwa Aisraeli onse kuti azikapereka nsembe yopepesera machimo, kuti mliri usadzaphe Aisraeli pamene ayandikira ku malo wopatulika.”
I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from amongst 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, so that there will be no plague amongst the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.”
20 Mose, Aaroni pamodzi ndi gulu lonse la Israeli anachita kwa Alevi monga momwe Yehova analamulira Mose.
Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.
21 Alevi anadziyeretsa ndi kuchapa zovala zawo. Kenaka Aaroni anawapereka ngati nsembe yoweyula pamaso pa Yehova ndi kuchita nsembe yopepesera machimo yowayeretsa.
The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before the LORD and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
22 Zitatha zimenezi, Alevi anapita kukagwira ntchito yawo ku tenti ya msonkhano motsogozedwa ndi Aaroni ndi ana ake aamuna. Anachita kwa Alevi monga momwe Yehova analamulira Mose.
After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
23 Yehova anawuza Mose kuti,
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
24 “Ntchito za Alevi ndi izi: Amuna a zaka 24 kapena kuposera pamenepa ndiye azibwera kudzagwira ntchito ku tenti ya msonkhano.
“This is what is assigned 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;
25 Koma akakwana zaka makumi asanu, apume pa ntchito yawo ya tsiku ndi tsiku ndi kulekeratu kugwira ntchitoyo.
and from the age of fifty years they shall retire from doing the work, and shall serve no more,
26 Atha kuthandiza abale awo kugwira ntchito za ku tenti ya msonkhano, koma iwowo asamagwire ntchitoyo. Mmenemu ndimo ugawire ntchito yomwe azigwira Alevi.”
but shall assist their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall perform no service. This is how you shall have the Levites do their duties.”
