Numbers 8
1 And the Lord said to Moses,
Awo Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti,
2 Say to Aaron, When you put the lights in their places, the seven lights will give light in front of the support.
“Yogera ne Alooni omugambe nti, ‘Bw’oba oteekateeka ettaala omusanvu, zisaana zaake nga zimulisa ebbanga eryo eriri mu maaso g’ekikondo ky’ettaala.’”
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.
Alooni n’akola bw’atyo; n’akoleeza ettaala ne zaaka nga zimulisa ebbanga eryali mu maaso g’ekikondo ky’ettaala, nga Mukama Katonda bwe yalagira Musa.
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.
Ekikondo ky’ettaala kyakolebwa mu ngeri eno: kyaweesebwa mu zaabu okuva ku ntobo yaakyo okutuuka ku bimuli byakyo. Ekikondo ky’ettaala kyakolebwa ng’ekifaananyi ekyokulabirako Mukama Katonda kye yalaga Musa bwe kyali.
5 And the Lord said to Moses,
Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti,
6 Take the Levites out from among the children of Israel and make them clean.
“Ggyamu Abaleevi mu baana ba Isirayiri, obafuule balongoofu.
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.
Okubafuula abalongoofu ojja kukola bw’oti: bamansireko amazzi ag’obulongoofu, obalagire bamwe omubiri gwabwe gwonna, era booze n’engoye zaabwe, bwe batyo bafuuke abalongoofu.
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.
Balagire baweeyo ente ya sseddume ento n’ekiweebwayo ekigenderako eky’obuwunga obulungi obutabuddwamu amafuta ag’omuzeeyituuni; n’oluvannyuma naawe oddire ente ya sseddume ento ogiweeyo olw’ekiweebwayo olw’ekibi.
9 And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together:
Abaleevi obaleete mu maaso ga Weema ya Mukama ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu, era okuŋŋaanyize awo ekibiina ky’abaana ba Isirayiri bonna.
10 And you are to take the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel are to put their hands on them:
Onooleeta Abaleevi mu maaso ga Mukama, era abaana ba Isirayiri bajja kussa emikono gyabwe ku Baleevi abo.
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.
Alooni ajja kuwaayo Abaleevi eri Mukama Katonda ng’ekiweebwayo ekiwuubibwa ekivudde mu baana ba Isirayiri, bwe batyo babe nga beetegese okukola omulimu gwa Mukama.
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.
“Abaleevi banassa emikono gyabwe ku mitwe gy’ente zisseddume zombi; emu onoogiwaayo ng’ekiweebwayo olw’ekibi, n’endala ng’ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa eri Mukama Katonda, okutangiririra Abaleevi.
13 Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.
Ojja kuyimiriza Abaleevi mu maaso ga Alooni ne batabani be, olyoke obaweeyo eri Mukama Katonda ng’ekiweebwayo ekiwuubibwa.
14 So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.
“Bw’otyo bw’onooyawula Abaleevi okuva mu baana ba Isirayiri, era Abaleevi banaabanga bange.
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.
“Ebyo nga biwedde Abaleevi banaayingiranga mu Weema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu ne baweereza, ng’omaze okubafuula abalongoofu era ng’obawaddeyo ng’ekiweebwayo ekiwuubibwa.
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.
Kubanga bampeereddwa ddala nga bava mu baana ba Isirayiri. Mbeetwalidde nga be bange ddala mu kifo ky’ababereberye, eky’abaana aboobulenzi ababereberye abazaalibwa buli mukazi Omuyisirayiri.
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.
Buli ekizaalibwa kyonna mu Isirayiri ekisajja nga kibereberye, oba muntu oba nsolo, kyange. Bwe nazikiriza ebibereberye byonna eby’omu nsi y’e Misiri, ebya Isirayiri nabyeyawulirako ne biba byange.
18 And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.
Kaakano ntutte Abaleevi mu kifo ky’ababereberye mu baana ba Isirayiri.
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.
Nzigye Abaleevi mu baana ba Isirayiri ne mbagabira Alooni ne batabani be ng’ekirabo, bakolererenga abaana ba Isirayiri nga baweereza mu Weema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu nga batangiririra abaana ba Isirayiri balemenga kulumbibwa kawumpuli nga babadde basemberedde awatukuvu.”
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.
Bwe batyo Musa ne Alooni n’ekibiina kyonna eky’abaana ba Isirayiri ne bakola ku Baleevi ebyo byonna nga Mukama bwe yalagira Musa.
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.
Abaleevi ne bayoza engoye zaabwe, ne Alooni n’abawaayo ng’ekiweebwayo ekiwuubibwa eri Mukama Katonda, n’abatangiririra okubafuula abalongoofu.
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.
Ebyo bwe byaggwa Abaleevi ne bajja okukola omulimu gwabwe nga baweereza mu Weema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu, nga balabirirwa Alooni ne batabani be. Baakola byonna ku Baleevi nga Mukama Katonda bwe yalagira Musa.
23 And the Lord said to Moses,
Awo Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti,
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;
“Bino bye bikwata ku Baleevi: Abasajja ab’emyaka amakumi abiri mu etaano egy’obukulu n’okusingawo, banajjanga ne batandika emirimu gyabwe mu Weema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu;
25 But after they are fifty years old, they are to give up their work and do no more;
naye bwe banaawezanga emyaka egy’obukulu amakumi ataano banaawummuliranga ddala ne bava ku mirimu emitongole egya bulijjo ne bateeyongera kuweereza.
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.
Naye banaayinzanga okudduukirirako ku booluganda abanaabanga bakola emirimu egyo mu Weema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu, naye bo ku lwabwe tebaakolenga mirimu egyo mu butongole. Bw’otyo bw’onootegekanga emirimu gy’Abaleevi.”
