Numbers 8
1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying,
Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
“Ƒo nu na Aron, eye nàgblɔ nɛ be, ‘Ne ètsɔ akaɖi adreawo da ɖe akaɖiti la dzi la, ele be woaklẽ ɖe teƒe si le akaɖiti la ŋgɔ.’”
3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
Aron wɔ esia. Eɖo akaɖigbea atiawo dzi ɖe ɖoɖo siwo Yehowa na Mose nu tututu.
4 And this was the work of the candlestick: [it was] of beaten gold; from its base to its flowers was it beaten work; according to the form which Jehovah had shewn Moses, so had he made the candlestick.
Wotsɔ sika wɔ akaɖiti la kple seƒoƒowo ɖe akaɖiti la ƒe zɔ kple alɔdzeawo ŋu. Wowɔ akaɖitiawo abe ale si Yehowa fia Mose ene.
5 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
“Ɖe Levi ƒe viwo ɖa le Israelvi bubuawo dome, eye nàkɔ wo ŋu to mɔ sia dzi.
7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle upon them water of purification from sin; and they shall pass the razor over all their flesh, and shall wash their garments, and make themselves clean.
Hlẽ tsi kɔkɔe la ɖe wo ŋu, eye nàna woawo ŋutɔ nalũ woƒe ŋutifuwo katã, eye woanya woƒe awuwo, ekema woanɔ kɔkɔe.
8 And they shall take a young bullock and its oblation of fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
Na woatsɔ nyitsuvi aɖe kple nuɖuvɔsanu si nye wɔ memee si wobaka kple ami la kple nyitsu bubu na nu vɔ̃ ŋuti vɔsa vɛ.
9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tent of meeting; and thou shalt gather together the whole assembly of the children of Israel.
Ekema, nàkplɔ Levi ƒe viwo va Agbadɔ la ƒe mɔnu eye naƒo Israelviwo ƒe ha blibo la nu ƒu.
10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before Jehovah; and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites.
Le afi ma la, nana Levitɔ nava Yehowa ƒe ŋkume eye Israelviwo ada asi ɖe wo dzi,
11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites as a wave-offering before Jehovah from the children of Israel, and they shall perform the service of Jehovah.
ato tsɔtsɔna ƒe dzesiwo me, atsɔ wo ana Yehowa abe nunana tso Israel dukɔ blibo la gbɔ ene. Levi ƒe viwo anɔ Israelviwo katã teƒe le Yehowa subɔsubɔ me.
12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and thou shalt offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, to Jehovah, to make atonement for the Levites.
“Le esia megbe la, Levi ƒe viwo ƒe kplɔlawo ada woƒe asiwo ɖe nyitsuvi eveawo ƒe tawo dzi, eye woatsɔ wo ana le Yehowa ŋkume. Woatsɔ ɖeka asa nu vɔ̃ vɔsa, eye woatsɔ evelia asa numevɔ be woalé avu ɖe Levi ƒe viwo nu.
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave-offering to Jehovah.
Ekema woatsɔ Levi ƒe viwo ana Aron kple via ŋutsuwo abe ale si wotsɔa nu bubu ɖe sia ɖe si wodi be woana Yehowa la naa nunɔlawo ene!
14 And thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, that the Levites may be mine.
Eya ta nàtia Levi ƒe viwo ɖa le Israelvi bubuawo katã dome, eye Levi ƒe viwo azu tɔnye.
15 And afterwards shall the Levites come in to do the service of the tent of meeting. And thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them as a wave-offering.
“Ne èkɔ wo ŋuti, eye nètsɔ wo nam le mɔ sia nu vɔ la, woate ŋu age ɖe agbadɔ la me hena woƒe subɔsubɔdɔwo wɔwɔ.
16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of every one that breaketh open the womb, instead of every firstborn among the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
Wonye tɔnyewo le Israelviwo katã dome. Mexɔ wo ɖe Israelviwo ƒe viŋutsu gbãtɔwo katã teƒe; mexɔ Levi ƒe viwo abe teƒenɔlawo ene.
17 For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both of man and beast; on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed them to myself.
Israelviwo ƒe viŋutsu ŋgɔgbetɔwo kple woƒe lãwo ƒe vi ŋgɔgbetɔwo katã nye tɔnyewo. Metsɔ wo na ɖokuinye le zã si me mewu Egiptetɔwo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo katã.
18 And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Ɛ̃, mexɔ Levi ƒe viwo ɖe Israelviwo ƒe viŋutsu tsitsiwo katã teƒe.
19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to perform the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel draw near to the sanctuary.
Matsɔ Levi ƒe viwo ake Aron kple via ŋutsuwo abe nunana ene. Levi ƒe viwo awɔ dɔ kɔkɔe siwo wohiã tso Israelviwo si be woawɔ le agbadɔ la me, woatsɔ nu siwo amewo na la asa vɔwoe, eye woalé avu ɖe wo nu. Dɔvɔ̃ mato le Israelviwo dome abe ale si wòanɔ ene ne ame siwo menye Levi ƒe viwo o la ge ɖe agbadɔ la me ene o.”
20 And Moses and Aaron, and all the assembly of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites: so did the children of Israel to them.
Ale Mose kple Aron kpakple Israelviwo katã wotsɔ Levi ƒe viwo na Yehowa le se si wòde na Mose la nu.
21 And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their garments; and Aaron offered them as a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
Levi ƒe viwo kɔ wo ɖokuiwo ŋu, eye wonya woƒe awuwo. Aron to tsɔtsɔna ƒe dzesiwo me tsɔ wo na Yehowa. Ewɔ avuléle ƒe wɔnawo ɖe wo ta hekɔ wo ŋuti.
22 And afterwards the Levites came in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons; as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they to them.
Le esia megbe la, woyi agbadɔ la me abe Aron kple via ŋutsuawo ƒe kpeɖeŋutɔwo ene. Wowɔ nu sia nu pɛpɛpɛ ɖe se si Yehowa de na Mose la nu.
23 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
24 This is that which concerneth the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward shall he come to labour in the work of the service of the tent of meeting.
“Se sia ku ɖe Levi ƒe viwo ŋu. Ŋutsu siwo xɔ ƒe blaeve vɔ atɔ̃ la ava awɔ Mawu ƒe agbadɔ la ŋuti dɔ.
25 And from fifty years old he shall retire from the labour of the service, and shall serve no more;
Ke ne woxɔ ƒe blaatɔ̃ la, woaxɔ dzudzɔ tso woƒe dɔwɔwɔ me, eye womagawɔ dɔ o.
26 but he shall minister with his brethren in the tent of meeting, and keep the charge, but he shall not serve [in] the service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites with regard to their charges.
Woate ŋu akpe ɖe wo nɔviwo ŋu le woƒe dɔwɔwɔwo me le agbadɔ la me, gake woawo ŋutɔ magawɔ dɔ la o. Ekema esiae nye ale si nàde dɔwo asi na Levi ƒe viwoe.”
