Numbers 8
1 And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,
Yehova anawuza Mose kuti,
2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the lampstand.
“Yankhula ndi Aaroni kuti pamene uyimika nyale zisanu ndi ziwiri, nyalezo ziziyaka kutsogolo kwa choyikapo nyale.”
3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the lampstand, as Yhwh commanded Moses.
Aaroni anachitadi zomwezo. Anayimika nyale ndi kuziyangʼanitsa kumene kunali choyikapo nyale monga Yehova analamulira Mose.
4 And this work of the lampstand was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Yhwh had shewed Moses, so he made the lampstand.
Choyikapo nyalecho chinapangidwa motere: chinasulidwa kuchokera ku golide, kuyambira pa tsinde pake mpaka ku maluwa ake. Choyikapo nyalecho chinapangidwa monga momwe Yehova anaonetsera Mose.
5 And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,
Yehova anawuza Mose kuti,
6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
“Tenga Alevi pakati pa Aisraeli ndipo uwayeretse.
7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
Powayeretsa uchite izi: uwawaze madzi oyeretsa ndipo amete thupi lawo lonse ndi kuchapa zovala zawo kuti adziyeretse.
8 Then let them take a young bullock with his grain offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
Atenge ngʼombe yayimuna yayingʼono ndi chopereka cha chakudya cha ufa wosalala wosakaniza ndi mafuta. Atengenso ngʼombe ina yayimuna, yayingʼono, ya chopereka chopepesera machimo.
9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:
Ubwere nawo Aleviwo kutsogolo kwa tenti ya msonkhano ndipo usonkhanitse gulu la Aisraeli.
10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before Yhwh: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
Ubwere nawo pamaso pa Yehova, ndipo Aisraeli asanjike manja awo pa iwo.
11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yhwh for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of Yhwh.
Aaroni apereke Alevi aja pamaso pa Yehova ngati chopereka choweyula kuchokera kwa Aisraeli kuti akhale okonzeka kugwira ntchito ya Yehova.
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, unto Yhwh, to make an atonement for the Levites.
“Alevi akatsiriza kusanjika manja awo pa mitu ya ngʼombe zazimuna, imodzi ikhale ya nsembe yopepesera machimo ndipo inayo ikhale ya nsembe yopsereza ya kwa Yehova, kupepesera machimo a Alevi.
13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto Yhwh.
Uyimiritse Aleviwo pamaso pa Aaroni ndi ana ake aamuna ndipo uwapereke ngati nsembe yoweyula kwa Yehova.
14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
Pochita zimenezi mudzapatula Alevi pakati pa Aisraeli ndipo Aleviwo adzakhala anga.
15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
“Utatha kuyeretsa ndi kupereka Aleviwo monga nsembe yoweyula, apite kukagwira ntchito yawo ku tenti ya msonkhano.
16 For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
Iwo ndiwo Aisraeli amene aperekedwa kwathunthu kwa Ine. Ndawatenga kuti akhale anga mʼmalo mwa mwana wamwamuna aliyense woyamba kubadwa wa Mwisraeli aliyense wamkazi.
17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
Mwana aliyense wamwamuna woyamba kubadwa mu Israeli, kaya wa munthu kapena wa ziweto, ndi wanga. Pamene ndinakantha ana oyamba kubadwa ku Igupto, ndinawapatulira kwa Ine mwini.
18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
Ndipo ndatenga Alevi mʼmalo mwa ana aamuna onse oyamba kubadwa mu Israeli.
19 And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
Mwa Aisraeli onse, ndapereka Alevi kuti akhale mphatso kwa Aaroni ndi ana ake aamuna kugwira ntchito ya ku tenti ya msonkhano mʼmalo mwa Aisraeli onse kuti azikapereka nsembe yopepesera machimo, kuti mliri usadzaphe Aisraeli pamene ayandikira ku malo wopatulika.”
20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that Yhwh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
Mose, Aaroni pamodzi ndi gulu lonse la Israeli anachita kwa Alevi monga momwe Yehova analamulira Mose.
21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before Yhwh; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
Alevi anadziyeretsa ndi kuchapa zovala zawo. Kenaka Aaroni anawapereka ngati nsembe yoweyula pamaso pa Yehova ndi kuchita nsembe yopepesera machimo yowayeretsa.
22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as Yhwh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
Zitatha zimenezi, Alevi anapita kukagwira ntchito yawo ku tenti ya msonkhano motsogozedwa ndi Aaroni ndi ana ake aamuna. Anachita kwa Alevi monga momwe Yehova analamulira Mose.
23 And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,
Yehova anawuza Mose kuti,
24 This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
“Ntchito za Alevi ndi izi: Amuna a zaka 24 kapena kuposera pamenepa ndiye azibwera kudzagwira ntchito ku tenti ya msonkhano.
25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
Koma akakwana zaka makumi asanu, apume pa ntchito yawo ya tsiku ndi tsiku ndi kulekeratu kugwira ntchitoyo.
26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
Atha kuthandiza abale awo kugwira ntchito za ku tenti ya msonkhano, koma iwowo asamagwire ntchitoyo. Mmenemu ndimo ugawire ntchito yomwe azigwira Alevi.”
