Numbers 8
1 And the Lord said to Moses,
Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
2 Say to Aaron, When you put the lights in their places, the seven lights will give light in front of the support.
« Loba na Aron mpe yebisa ye: ‹ Tango okotia minda, minda sambo esengeli kongengisa liboso ya etelemiselo ya minda. › »
3 And Aaron did so; he put the lights in their places so that they gave light in front of the support, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
Aron asalaki kaka bongo: atiaki minda na liboso ya etelemiselo ya minda ndenge Yawe atindaki na nzela ya Moyize.
4 The support for the lights was of hammered gold work, from its base to its flowers it was of hammered work; from the design which the Lord had given to Moses, he made the support for the lights.
Tala ndenge basalaki etelemiselo ya minda: basalaki yango na wolo batuta wuta na likonzi kino na bafololo na yango; basalaki yango ndenge kaka Yawe alakisaki Moyize.
5 And the Lord said to Moses,
Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
6 Take the Levites out from among the children of Israel and make them clean.
« Kamata Balevi kati na bana ya Isalaele mpe petola bango.
7 And this is how you are to make them clean: let the holy water which takes away sin be put on them, and let the hair all over their bodies be cut off with a sharp blade, and let their clothing be washed and their bodies made clean.
Tala ndenge okosala mpo na kopetola bango: okobwakela bango mayi ya bopetoli; bongo bakolekisa jileti na nzoto na bango mobimba mpo na komikokola suki ya nzoto mobimba mpe bakosukola bilamba na bango. Ezali na nzela wana nde bakokoma peto.
8 Then let them take a young ox and its meal offering, crushed grain mixed with oil, and take another ox for a sin-offering.
Bakokamata mwana ngombe ya mobali elongo na likabo na yango ya farine oyo basangisa na mafuta; mpe okokamata mwana ngombe mosusu ya mobali mpo na mbeka ya masumu.
9 And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together:
Yeisa Balevi liboso ya Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani mpe sangisa lisanga mobimba ya Isalaele.
10 And you are to take the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel are to put their hands on them:
Okopusa Balevi liboso ya Yawe mpe bana ya Isalaele bakotia bango maboko.
11 And Aaron is to give the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the children of Israel, so that they may do the Lord's work.
Sima na yango, Aron akobonza Balevi lokola likabo oyo bana ya Isalaele babonzeli Yawe mpo ete bazwa makoki ya kosala mosala ya Yawe.
12 And the Levites are to put their hands on the heads of the oxen, and one of the oxen is to be offered for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering to the Lord to take away the sin of the Levites.
Mpe na sima, Balevi bakotia maboko na bango likolo ya mito ya bangombe ya mibali. Bonza ngombe moko lokola mbeka ya masumu epai na Yawe mpe mosusu lokola mbeka ya kotumba, mpo na kosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na Balevi.
13 Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.
Tika ete Balevi batelema liboso ya Aron mpe ya bana na ye ya mibali; bongo bonza bango lokola likabo epai na Yawe.
14 So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.
Ezali na nzela wana nde okotia pembeni Balevi kati na bana ya Isalaele, mpe bakozala ya Ngai.
15 After that, the Levites will go in to do whatever has to be done in the Tent of meeting; you are to make them clean and give them as a wave offering.
Sima na yo kopetola Balevi mpe kobonza bango lokola likabo, bakozwa ndingisa ya kosala mosala na bango na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani. Boye, okopetola bango mpe okobonza bango lokola likabo epai na Yawe,
16 For they have been given to me from among the children of Israel; in place of every mother's first son, the first to come to birth in Israel, I have taken them for myself.
pamba te bango nde bazali bato oyo bapesameli Ngai kati na bana ya Isalaele. Ngai moko nde nazwaki bango na esika ya bana nyonso ya liboso ya bana ya Isalaele.
17 For every mother's first son among the children of Israel is mine, the first male birth of man or beast: on the day when I sent death on all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I made them mine.
Pamba te, bana nyonso ya liboso ya bana ya Isalaele bazali ya Ngai, ezala bana ya liboso ya bana ya bato to ya banyama. Tango nabomaki bana nyonso ya liboso na mokili ya Ejipito, natiaki bango pembeni mpo na Ngai moko.
18 And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.
Mpe nazwaki Balevi na esika ya bana nyonso ya liboso ya bana ya Isalaele.
19 And I have given them to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to undertake for them all the work of the Tent of meeting, and to take away sin from the children of Israel so that no evil may come on them when they come near the holy place.
Kati na bato nyonso ya Isalaele, napesi Balevi lokola likabo epai ya Aron mpe ya bana na ye ya mibali, mpo ete basala mosala kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani mpo na bolamu ya bana ya Isalaele mpe basala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na bango, mpo ete likama moko te ekomela bana ya Isalaele tango bakopusana pene ya Esika ya bule. »
20 All these things Moses and Aaron and the children of Israel did to the Levites; as the Lord gave orders to Moses about the Levites, so the children of Israel did.
Moyize, Aron mpe lisanga mobimba ya bana ya Isalaele basalaki mpo na Balevi, makambo nyonso oyo Yawe atindaki Moyize.
21 And the Levites were made clean from sin, and their clothing was washed, and Aaron gave them for a wave offering before the Lord; and Aaron took away their sin and made them clean.
Balevi bamipetolaki mpe basukolaki bilamba na bango. Aron abonzaki bango lokola likabo epai na Yawe mpe asalaki mpo na bango mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na kopetola bango.
22 And then the Levites went in to do their work in the Tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons: all the orders which the Lord had given Moses about the Levites were put into effect.
Sima na yango, Balevi bazwaki ndingisa ya kosala mosala na bango na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani, na se ya bokonzi ya Aron mpe ya bana na ye ya mibali. Basalaki mpo na Balevi, makambo oyo Yawe atindaki na nzela ya Moyize.
23 And the Lord said to Moses,
Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
24 This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;
« Tala bikateli oyo etali Balevi: mobali nyonso oyo azali na mibu ya mbotama kobanda tuku mibale na mitano mpe koleka asengeli koya kosala mosala kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani.
25 But after they are fifty years old, they are to give up their work and do no more;
Kasi soki akokisi mibu tuku mitano, akotika mosala oyo azalaki kosala, akosala lisusu mosala te.
26 But be with their brothers in the Tent of meeting, taking care of it but doing no work. This is what you are to do in connection with the Levites and their work.
Akokoma nde kosunga bandeko na ye mpo na kokokisa misala na bango kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani. Nzokande ye moko akosala lisusu mosala te. Yango nde ekozala bikateli oyo okolanda mpo na mosala ya Balevi. »
