Numbers 18
1 And the Lord sayd vnto Aaron, Thou, and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with thee, shall beare the iniquitie of the Sanctuarie: both thou and thy sonnes with thee shall beare the iniquitie of your Priestes office.
BWANA akamwambia Haruni, “Wewe, wana wako, na uzao wa baba yako watawajibika kwa dhambi zote zilizotendwa mahali patakatifu. Lakini wewe na wana wako pekee mtawajibika kwa uovu uliofanywa na yeyote mahali patakatifu.
2 And bring also with thee thy brethren of the tribe of Leui of ye familie of thy father, which shalbe ioyned with thee, and minister vnto thee: but thou, and thy sonnes with thee shall minister before the Tabernacle of the Testimonie:
Na ndugu zako nao wa kabila ya Lawi, kabila la ukoo wako, utawaleta pamoja na wewe ili kwamba waweze kuungana na wewe ili wakusaidie wakati wewe na wanao mnapokuwa mnatumikia mbele ya hema ya amri ya agano.
3 And they shall keepe thy charge, euen the charge of all the Tabernacle: but they shall not come neere the instruments of the Sanctuary, nor to the altar, lest they die, both they and you:
Watakutumikia wewe na hema yote. Hata hivyo, wasisogee karibu na chochote ndani ya mahali patakatifu au kitu chochote kilichounganishwa na madhabahu, vinginevyo wewe na wao mtakufa.
4 And they shalbe ioyned with thee, and keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation for all the seruice of the Tabernacle: and no stranger shall come neere vnto you:
Wataungana na wewe na kuitunza hema ya kukutania, kwa kazi zote zinazohusiana na hema. Mtu mgeni asikusogelee.
5 Therefore shall ye keepe the charge of the Sanctuarie, and the charge of the altar: so there shall fall no more wrath vpon the children of Israel.
Wewe utaajibika kwa ajili ya mahali patakatifu na kwa ajili ya madhabahu ili kwamba hasira yangu isiwajilie watu wa Israeli tena.
6 For lo, I haue taken your brethren the Leuites from among the children of Israel, which as a gift of yours, are giuen vnto the Lord, to do the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
Tazama, Mmi mwenyewe nimewachagua ndugu zako wa kabila ya Walawi kutoka mioingoni mwa uzao wa Israeli. Wao ni zawadi kwako. walitolewa kwangu ili waifanye kazi inayohusiana na hema ya kukutania.
7 But thou, and thy sonnes with thee shall keepe your Priestes office for all things of the altar, and within the vaile: therefore shall ye serue: for I haue made your Priestes office an office of seruice: therefore the stranger that cometh neere, shalbe slayne.
Lakini ni wewe pekee yako na wanao ndio mnaoruhusiwa kufanya kazi ya ukuhani kuhusiana na kila kitu kilichounganishwa na madhabahu na kitu chochote ndani ya lile pazia. Wewe mwenyewe lazima ukamilishe majukumu hayo. Mimi ninakupa ukuhani kama zawadi. Mgeni yeyote anayekaribia atauawa.”
8 Againe the Lord spake vnto Aaron, Behold, I haue giuen thee the keeping of mine offrings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel: vnto thee I haue giuen them for the anoyntings sake, and to thy sonnes, for a perpetuall ordinance.
Kisha BWANA akamwambia Haruni, “Tazama, Nimekupa majukumu ya kusimamia sadaka za kuinuliwa kwangu, na sadaka zengine takatifu ambazo wana wa Israeli wanatoa kwangu. Nimekupa sadaka hizi wewe na wana wako kuwa haki yako milele.
9 This shalbe thine of the most holy things, reserued from the fire: all their offering of all their meate offring, and of all their sinne offring, and of all their trespasse offring, which they bring vnto me, that shalbe most holy vnto thee, and to thy sonnes.
Hivi ni vitu vitakatifu sana, amabavyo visiteketezwe kwa moto: kutoka kwenye sadaka zao-kila sadaka ya unga, kila sadaka ya dhambi, na kila sadaka ya hatia- ni vitu vitakatifu sana kwa ajili yako na wana wako.
10 In the most holy place shalt thou eate it: euery male shall eate of it: it is holy vnto thee.
Sadaka hizi ni takatifu sana; kila mume lazima aile, kwa kuwa ni vitakatifu kwako.
11 This also shalbe thine: the heaue offering of their gift, with all the shake offerings of the children of Israel: I haue giuen them vnto thee and to thy sonnes and to thy daughters with thee, to be a duetie for euer al the cleane in thine house shall eate of it.
Hizi ni sadaka ambazo zitakuwa zako: Sadaka zao, sadaka zote za kuinuliwa za wana wa Israeli. Nimekupa wewe, wana wako na binti zako kuwa gawio lako la milele. Kila mmoja ambaye ni msafi katika familia yako anaweza kula sadaka zozote katika hizi.
12 All the fat of the oyle, and all the fat of the wine, and of the wheate, which they shall offer vnto the Lord for their first fruites, I haue giuen them vnto thee.
Mafuta yote mazuri, ile divai nzuri yote mpya na unga, malimbuko ambyo watu hutoa kwangu- vitu hivi vyote nimekupa wewe.
13 And the first ripe of al that is in their land, which they shall bring vnto Lord, shalbe thine: all the cleane in thine house shall eate of it.
Mavuno ya kwanza yaliyoiva yaliyo katika ardhi yao ambayo wanaleta kwangu, yatakuwa yako. Kila mtu aliye msafi kwenye famila yako anaweza kula vitu hivi.
14 Euery thing separate from the common vse in Israel, shalbe thine.
Kila kitu kilichotolewa wakfu katika Israeli kitakuwa chako.
15 All that first openeth the matrice of any flesh, which they shall offer vnto the Lord, of man or beast, shalbe thine: but the first borne of man shalt thou redeeme, and the first borne of the vncleane beast shalt thou redeeme.
Kila kitu kinachofungua tumbo, kila limbuko ambalo watu hutoa kwa BWANA, vyote vya watu na wanyama, vitakuwa vyako. Hata hivyo, watu lazima wawakomboe wazaliwa wa kwanza wa kiume, na watawakomboa wazaliwa wa kwanza wa wanyama wasio safi.
16 And those that are to bee redeemed, shalt thou redeeme from the age of a moneth, according to thy estimation, for the money of fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, which is twentie gerahs.
Wale ambao wanahitaji kukombolewa na watu watakombolewa wakiwa na umri wa mwezi mmoja. Ndipo watu watawakomboa kwa bei ya shekeli tano, kwa kiwango cha shekeli za mahali patakatifu, ambacho ni sawa na gera ishirini.
17 But the first borne of a kow, or the first borne of a sheepe, or the first borne of a goate shalt thou not redeeme: for they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood at the altar, and thou shalt burne their fat: it is a sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord.
Lakini mzaliwa wa kwanza wa ng'ombe, au mzaliwa wa kwana wa kondoo, au mzaliwa wa kwanza wa mbuzi-msiwakomboe hawa wanyama, wametengwa kwa ajili yangu. Utanyunyizia damu yake madhabahuni na kuteketeza mafuta yao kama sadaka ya moto, ambayo ni harufu nzuri ya kumpendeza BWANA.
18 And the flesh of them shalbe thine, as the shake breast, and as the right shoulder shalbe thine.
Nyama yao itakuwa yako. Kama kidali cha kuinuliwa na paja la kulia, nyama yao itakuwa yako.
19 All the heaue offrings of the holy things which the children of Israel shall offer vnto the Lord, haue I giuen thee, and thy sonnes, and thy daughters with thee, to be a duetie for euer: it is a perpetual couenant of salt before the Lord, to thee, and to thy seede with thee.
Sadaka yote takatifu ambayo watu wa Israeli wanaitoa kwa BWANA, nimekupa wewe, na wana wako na binti zako walio pamoja nawe. Kama gawio la kudumu. Hili ni agano la milele la chumvi, agano linalofunga milele, mbele za BWANA kwako wewe na uzao wako walio pamoja na wewe.”
20 And the Lord sayde vnto Aaron, Thou shalt haue none inheritance in their lande, neyther shalt thou haue any parte among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
BWANA akasema na Haruni. “hautakuwa na urithi katika ardhi ya watu, wala hautakuwa na gawio miongoni mwa watu. Mimi ndimi gawiio lenu na urithi wenu miongoni mwa watu wa Israeli.
21 For beholde, I haue giuen the children of Leui all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their seruice which they serue in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
Tazama, Nimewapatia uzao wa Lawi, zaka zote za Israeli kuwa urithi wao kwa sababu ya huduma wanayotoa katika hema ya kukutania.
22 Neyther shall the children of Israel any more come neere the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest they susteine sinne, and die.
Kuanzi a sasa, watu wa Israeli wasisogee karibu na hema ya kukutania, vinginevyo wataajibika kwa dhambi hii na kufa.
23 But the Leuites shall do the seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and they shall beare their sinne: it is a law for euer in your generations, that among the children of Israel they possesse none inheritance.
Walawi wafanya kazi inayohusiana na hema ya kukutania. Wataajibika kwa dhambi inyohusiana na hema. Hii itakuwa sheri ya kudumu kwa watu wote wa uzao wako. Na miongoni mwa watu wa Israeli hawa hawatakuwa na urithi.
24 For the tythes of the children of Israel, which they shall offer as an offring vnto the Lord, I haue giuen the Leuites for an inheritance: therfore I haue said vnto them, Among the children of Israel ye shall possesse none inheritance.
Kwa kuwa zaka za wana wa Israeli, wanazotoa kama mchango kwangu -ndivyo hivyo ambavyo nimewapa Walawi kuwa urithi wao. Hiyo ndiyo sababu ya kuwaambia, Kuwa hawatakuwa na urithi kati ya watu wa Israeli.
25 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
BWANA akanena na Musa, akamwambia,
26 Speake also vnto the Leuites and say vnto them, When ye shall take of the children of Israel the tithes, which I haue giuen you of them for your inheritance, then shall ye take an heaue offring of that same for the Lord, euen the tenth part of the tithe.
“Inakupasa ukaseme na Walawi uwaambie, 'Mnapopokea zaka toka kwa watu ambayo BWANA amewapa kutoka kwao kuwa urithi, ndipo na nyie mtakapotoa sehemu ya kumi ya zaka hizo.
27 And your heaue offering shalbe reckened vnto you, as the corne of the barne, or as the abundance of the wine presse.
Zaka yenu itahesabika kama moja ya mapato ya sakafu ya kupuria nafaka ya mazao yenu au mazao ya vinu vya kukamulia zabibu.
28 So ye shall also offer an heaue offring vnto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye shall receiue of the children of Israel, and ye shall giue thereof the Lords heaue offring to Aaron the Priest.
Kwa hiyo na ninyi lazima mtoe mchango wenu kwa BWANA kutokana na zaka mnazopata kutoka kwa watu wa Israeli. Kutokana na hizo mtatoa matoleo yenu kwa Haruni yule kuhani.
29 Ye shall offer of all your gifts al the Lords heaue offrings: of all the fat of the same shall ye offer the holy things thereof.
Kwa kila sadaka mnayopata, mtatoa matoleo yenu kwa BWANA. Mtafanya hivi kutokana na vitu vizuri na vitakatifu sana ambavyo mmepewa.
30 Therefore thou shalt say vnto them, When ye haue offred the fat thereof, then it shalbe couted vnto the Leuites, as the encrease of the corne floore, or as the encrease of the wine presse.
Kwa hiyo utawaambia, 'Mnapotoa hayo matoleo mazuri, ndipo itahesabika kwa Walawi kuwa ni mazao yao kutoka kwenye sakafu za kupuria na vinu vyao vya kukamulia.
31 And ye shall eate it in al places, ye, and your housholdes: for it is your wages for your seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
Ndipo matakapokula nafaka zote zinazobaki mahali popote, ninyi na famailia zenu kwa sababu ndiyo malipo yenu ya kazi y a kwenye hema ya kukutania.
32 And ye shall beare no sinne by the reason of it, when ye haue offred the fatte of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
Hamtakuwa na hatia yeyote kwa kuvila na kuvinywa, kama mtatoa kwa BWANA matoleo yenu mazuri mliyopokea. Lakini msizinajisi sadaka takatifu za wana wa Israeli, vinginevyo mtakufa.,”
