Numbers 8
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
2 Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him, Whenever thou shalt set the lamps in order, the seven lamps shall give light opposite the candlestick.
“Ka kyerɛ Aaron se, ‘Sɛ wosɔ akanea ason a ɛwɔ kaneadua no so no a, sɔ no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, ɛbɛtow ne hann no akɔ kaneadua no nʼanim.’”
3 And Aaron did so: on one side opposite the candlestick he lighted its lamps, as the Lord appointed Moses.
Aaron yɛɛ saa; ɔsɔɔ akanea no ma ɛtow hann kɔɔ kaneadua no anim, sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ Mose no.
4 And this [is] the construction of the candlestick: [it is] solid, golden—its stem, and its lilies—all solid: according to the pattern which the Lord shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
Sɛnea Wosi yɛɛ kaneadua no ni: Sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔaboro na wɔde yɛ fii nʼase kosi ne soro. Wɔyɛɛ no sɛnea Awurade kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ wɔnyɛ no ara pɛ.
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
6 Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them.
“Yi Lewifo no fi Israelfo no mu na tew wɔn ho.
7 And thus shalt thou perform their purification: thou shalt sprinkle them with water of purification, and a razor shall come upon the whole of their body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be clean.
Sɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔn ho ni yɛ eyi: Fa ahodwira nsu pete wɔn so. Ma wonyi wɔn ho nwi nyinaa, na wɔnhoro wɔn nneɛma nyinaa, na ama wɔn ho atew.
8 And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and thou shalt take a calf of a year old of the herd for a sin-offering.
Afei, ma wɔmfa nantwinini ba ne aduan afɔrebɔde a ɛyɛ asikresiam a wɔayam no muhumuhu a wɔde ngo afra a nantwinini ba baako ka ho a wɔde no bɛbɔ bɔne ho afɔre mmra.
9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel.
Frɛ Israelfo no nyinaa hyia na fa Lewifo no bra Ahyiae Ntamadan no pon ano.
10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.
Ɛhɔ na mpanyimfo a wotuatua mmusuakuw no ano no de wɔn nsa begu wɔn so.
11 And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from the children of Israel: and they shall be prepared to perform the works of the Lord.
Ɛsɛ sɛ Aaron yɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne bi sɛ ɔde wɔn rema Awurade sɛ akyɛde a efi Israel manfo nyinaa nkyɛn, na asiesie Lewifo no ama wɔayɛ Awurade adwuma.
12 And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves; and thou shalt offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord, to make atonement for them.
“Afei, Lewifo mpanyimfo no de wɔn nsa begu nantwimma no apampam na wɔde wɔn ama Awurade. Wɔde ɔbaako bɛbɔ bɔne ho afɔre na wɔde ɔbaako nso abɔ ɔhyew afɔre de ayɛ mpata ama Lewifo no.
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron, and before his sons; and thou shalt give them as a gift before the Lord.
Afei, wɔde Lewifo no bɛma Aaron ne ne mma te sɛnea wɔde afɔrebɔde biara fa asɔfo so de ma Awurade no.”
14 And thou shalt separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and they shall be mine.
Mobɛfa saa kwan yi so ayi Lewifo no afi Israelfo no mu ama me, na wɔayɛ me dea.
15 And afterwards the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt purify them, and present them before the Lord.
“Sɛ motew wɔn ho na mofa saa kwan yi so de wɔn ma me a, afei, wobedi ahyɛmfiri wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu, adi wɔn dwuma.
16 For these are given to me for a present out of the midst of the children of Israel: I have taken them to myself instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel that open every womb.
Israelfo mu nyinaa, wɔn na wɔyɛ me nkurɔfo, na magye wɔn ato mu asi Israelfo mmakan nyinaa anan, Israelni bea biara abakan barima.
17 For every first-born among the children of Israel [is] mine, whether of man or beast: in the day in which I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself.
Israel abakan biara yɛ me de; nnipa ne mmoa nyinaa. Bere a mikunkum Misraimfo mmakan nyinaa no ara na mefaa wɔn de wɔn yɛɛ me nkurɔfo.
18 And I took the Levites in the place of every first-born among the children of Israel.
Mafa Lewifo no asi Israelfo mmakan nyinaa anan mu.
19 And I gave the Levites presented as a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness, and to make atonement for the children of Israel: thus there shall be none among the sons of Israel to draw nigh to the holy things.
Na mede Lewifo no bɛkyɛ Aaron ne ne mmabarima. Lewifo no na wɔbɛyɛ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu nnwuma kronkron a anka ɛsɛ sɛ Israelfo no na wɔyɛ, na wɔn na wɔbɛbɔ afɔre ama nkurɔfo de ayɛ mpata ama wɔn sɛnea sɛ Israelfo no kɔ kronkronbea hɔ a ɔyaredɔm biara renka wɔn.”
20 And Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites as the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.
Mose ne Aaron ne Israelfo no nyinaa faa ɔkwan a Awurade kyerɛɛ Mose no so pɛpɛɛpɛ de Lewifo no maa Awurade.
21 So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments; and Aaron presented them as a gift before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them.
Lewifo no dwiraa wɔn ho, horoo wɔn nneɛma. Na Aaron de wɔn hyɛɛ Awurade nsa sɛ ohim afɔre na ɔyɛɛ wɔn ho mpata adwuma de tew wɔn ho.
22 And afterwards the Levites went in to minister in their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as the Lord appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
Ɛno akyi no, Lewifo no kɔyɛɛ adwuma wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu a na Aaron ne ne mmabarima no hwɛ wɔn so Wɔyɛɛ biribiara sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ Mose sɛ wɔnyɛ no.
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
24 This is the [ordinance] for the Levites; From five and twenty years old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness.
“Eyi kɔ ma Lewifo no: Sɛ Lewini barima biara di mfe aduonu anum a, ma no nsom wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan mu,
25 And from fifty years old [the Levites] shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.
na sɛ wodi mfe aduonum a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔapɔn fi adwuma mu a wɔnnyɛ adwuma bio.
26 And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep charges, but he shall not do works: so shalt thou do to the Levites in their charges.
Sɛ wɔpɔn a, wotumi adi dwuma wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan mu hɔ de boa wɔn nuanom, mmom wɔn ankasa de, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔhyɛ da yɛ adwuma. Eyi ne ɔkwan a momfa so mma Lewifo no adwuma nyɛ.”
