Numbers 18
1 So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.
Bwana akamwambia Aroni, “Wewe, wanao na jamaa ya baba yako mtawajibika kwa makosa dhidi ya mahali patakatifu, na wewe na wanao peke yenu ndio mtakaowajibika kwa makosa dhidi ya ukuhani.
2 But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.
Walete Walawi wenzako kutoka kabila la baba zako ili waungane nanyi na kuwasaidia wakati wewe na wanao mnapohudumu mbele ya Hema la Ushuhuda.
3 And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.
Watawajibika kwenu na watafanya kazi zote za Hema, lakini kamwe wasisogelee vifaa vya patakatifu au madhabahu, la sivyo wao na ninyi mtakufa.
4 They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
Watajiunga nanyi na watawajibika kwa utunzaji wa Hema la Kukutania, yaani kazi zote kwenye Hema, wala hakuna mtu mwingine yeyote atakayeweza kusogea karibu hapo mlipo.
5 And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
“Mtawajibika katika utunzaji wa mahali patakatifu na madhabahu, ili kwamba ghadhabu isiwaangukie Waisraeli tena.
6 Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.
Mimi mwenyewe nimewachagua Walawi wenzenu kutoka miongoni mwa Waisraeli kama zawadi kwenu, waliowekwa wakfu kwa Bwana ili kufanya kazi katika Hema la Kukutania.
7 But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
Lakini ni wewe tu na wanao mtakaoweza kutumika kama makuhani kuhusiana na kila kitu kwenye madhabahu na ndani ya pazia. Ninawapa utumishi wa ukuhani kama zawadi. Mtu mwingine yeyote atakayekaribia mahali patakatifu ni lazima auawe.”
8 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.
Kisha Bwana akamwambia Aroni, “Mimi mwenyewe nimekuweka kuwa mwangalizi wa sadaka zote zitakazotolewa kwangu; matoleo yote matakatifu Waisraeli wanayonipa ninakupa wewe na wanao kama sehemu yenu na fungu lenu la kawaida.
9 A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
Mtachukua sehemu ya yale matoleo matakatifu sana ambayo hayateketezwi kwa moto. Kutoka kwa matoleo yote wanayoniletea kama sadaka takatifu sana, ziwe za nafaka, au za dhambi, au za makosa, sehemu ile itakuwa yako na wanao.
10 You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.
Mtaila kama kitu kilicho kitakatifu sana; kila mwanaume ataila. Ni lazima mtaiheshimu kama takatifu.
11 And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.
“Hiki pia ni chako: chochote kilichotengwa kutoka kwenye matoleo yote ya sadaka za kuinuliwa za Waisraeli. Ninakupa wewe haya, wana na binti zako kama sehemu yenu ya kawaida. Kila mmoja wa nyumba yako ambaye ni safi kwa taratibu za ibada anaweza kuyala.
12 I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
“Ninawapa mafuta ya zeituni yaliyo bora kuliko yote, na divai mpya iliyo bora kuliko zote na nafaka wanazompa Bwana kama malimbuko katika mavuno yao.
13 The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.
Malimbuko yote ya nchi ambayo wanamletea Bwana yatakuwa yenu. Kila mmoja nyumbani kwako ambaye ni safi kwa taratibu za Ibada anaweza kula.
14 Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
“Kila kitu katika Israeli ambacho kimetolewa kwa Bwana ni chenu.
15 The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.
Kila mzaliwa wa kwanza wa mwanadamu na wa mnyama, ambaye ametolewa kwa Bwana ni wenu. Lakini ni lazima mtamkomboa kila mwana mzaliwa wa kwanza na kila mzaliwa wa kwanza wa kiume wa wanyama wasio safi.
16 You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
Watakapokuwa na umri wa mwezi mmoja, ni lazima mtawakomboa kwa bei ya ukombozi iliyowekwa, kwa shekeli tano za fedha, kulingana na shekeli ya mahali patakatifu, yenye uzito wa gera ishirini.
17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
“Lakini kamwe usimkomboe mzaliwa wa kwanza wa maksai, kondoo au mbuzi; hawa ni watakatifu. Nyunyizia damu yao juu ya madhabahu na uchome mafuta yao kama sadaka itolewayo kwa moto, harufu nzuri inayompendeza Bwana.
18 And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
Nyama zao zitakuwa chakula chenu, kama ilivyokuwa kidari cha kuinuliwa na paja la mguu wa kulia.
19 All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
Chochote kitakachotengwa kutoka sadaka takatifu ambazo Waisraeli wanamtolea Bwana, ninakupa wewe, wanao na binti zako kama fungu lenu la kawaida. Ni Agano la milele la chumvi mbele za Bwana kwako na watoto wako.”
20 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
Bwana akamwambia Aroni, “Hutakuwa na urithi wowote katika nchi yao, wala hutakuwa na sehemu miongoni mwao; Mimi ni fungu lako na urithi wako miongoni mwa Waisraeli.
21 Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.
“Ninawapa Walawi zaka yote katika Israeli kama urithi wao kuwa kama malipo kwa kazi wanayoifanya wakati wanapohudumu katika Hema la Kukutania.
22 No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.
Kuanzia sasa, kamwe Waisraeli wasisogelee karibu na Hema la Kukutania, la sivyo watabeba matokeo ya dhambi zao, nao watakufa.
23 The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
Ni Walawi watakaofanya kazi katika Hema la Kukutania na kubeba wajibu wa makosa dhidi yake. Hili ni agizo la kudumu kwa vizazi vijavyo. Hawatapokea urithi wowote miongoni mwa Waisraeli.
24 For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
Badala yake, ninawapa Walawi zaka zote zinazotolewa na Waisraeli kama sadaka kwa Bwana kuwa urithi wao. Hiyo ndiyo sababu nimesema hivi kuhusu wao: ‘Hawatakuwa na urithi miongoni mwa Waisraeli.’”
25 And the LORD instructed Moses,
Bwana akamwambia Mose,
26 “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
“Sema na Walawi na uwaambie: ‘Mtakapopokea zaka kutoka kwa Waisraeli ambayo ninawapa kama urithi wenu kutoka kwao, ni lazima mtoe sehemu ya kumi ya hiyo zaka kama sadaka kwa Bwana, iwe zaka ya hiyo zaka.
27 Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
Sadaka yenu itahesabiwa kwenu kama nafaka kutoka sakafu ya kupuria, au divai kutoka kwenye shinikizo la kukamulia zabibu.
28 So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.
Kwa njia hii, ninyi pia mtatoa sadaka kwa Bwana kutoka zaka zote mtakazopokea kutoka kwa Waisraeli. Kutoka kwenye zaka hizi, ni lazima mtoe sehemu ya Bwana kwa Aroni, kuhani.
29 You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
Ni lazima mtoe kama sehemu ya Bwana iliyo nzuri sana tena ile sehemu iliyo takatifu sana kuliko zote ya kile kitu mlichopewa.’
30 Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.
“Waambie Walawi: ‘Mtakapotoa sehemu zilizo bora sana, itahesabiwa kwenu kama mazao ya sakafu ya kupuria nafaka, au ya shinikizo la kukamulia zabibu.
31 And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.
Ninyi na watu wa nyumbani mwenu mnaweza kula sehemu iliyobaki mahali popote, kwani ndio ujira wenu kwa ajili ya kazi yenu katika Hema la Kukutania.
32 Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
Kwa kutoa sehemu zake zilizo bora sana, hamtakuwa na hatia katika jambo hili; ndipo hamtatia unajisi sadaka takatifu za Waisraeli, nanyi hamtakufa.’”
