Exodus 30

1 And you shall make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood.

“Fa okuo yɛ afɔrebukyia ketewa bi a wobɛhye aduhwam wɔ so.

2 And you shall make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece.

Ma ɛnyɛ ahinanan a ne fa biara susu nsateakwaa dunwɔtwe, na ne ɔsorokɔ nso nyɛ anammɔn mmiɛnsa a wɔasene mmɛn a ɛfiri dua a wɔde yɛɛ afɔrebukyia no ara mu ama ɛtuatua ho. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ɛyɛ mmɛn a wɔsene firi baabi bɛtuatuaa ho.

3 And you shall gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and you shall make for it a wreathen border of gold roundabout.

Fa sikakɔkɔɔ kata ne soro, ne nkyɛn ne mmɛn a ɛwɔ afɔrebukyia no ho no nyinaa. Na fa sikakɔkɔɔ ntotoano twa afɔrebukyia no ho nyinaa hyia.

4 And you shall make under its wreathen border two rings of pure gold; you shall make it to the two corners on the two sides, and they shall be bearings for the staves, so as to bear it with them.

Fa sikakɔkɔɔ nkawa mmienu bobɔ afɔrebukyia no afanu no nkyɛn mu ase na wɔde nnua a wɔde bɛsoa no awurawura mu.

5 And you shall make the staves of incorruptible wood, and shall gild them with gold.

Wɔmfa okuo na ɛnyɛ nnua no, na wɔmfa sikakɔkɔɔ nnura ho nyinaa.

6 And you shall set it before the veil that is over the ark of the testimonies, wherein I will make myself known to you from thence.

Fa afɔrebukyia no si ntwamutam no akyi wɔ mpata beaeɛ hɔ a ɛbɔ faako a Apam Adaka a Mmaransɛm Edu no wɔ hɔ no ho ban. Mɛhyia mo hɔ.

7 And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whenever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon it.

“Ɛda biara anɔpa, sɛ Aaron resiesie kanea no a, ɔbɛhye aduhwam wɔ afɔrebukyia no so.

8 And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a constant incense-offering always before the Lord for their generations.

Anwummerɛ biara, sɛ ɔsɔ kanea no a, ɔbɛhye aduhwam wɔ Awurade anim. Yei bɛtoa so firi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ so akɔsi awo ntoatoasoɔ so.

9 And you shall not offer strange incense upon it, [nor] and offering made by fire, [nor] a sacrifice; and you shall not pour a drink-offering upon it.

Monhye aduhwam a wɔama ho ɛkwan wɔ afɔrebukyia no so. Mommmɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ ne aduane afɔdeɛ wɔ so, na mommfa ahwiesa ngu so.

10 And once in the year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns, he shall purge it with the blood of purification for their generations: it is most holy to the Lord.

Afe biara, ɛsɛ sɛ Aaron dwira afɔrebukyia no ho yɛ no kronkron. Ɔde mogya bɛsrasra mmɛn a ɛtuatua ho no so sɛ mpatadeɛ. Ɛsɛ sɛ afe biara wɔte afɔrebukyia no ho yɛ no kronkron firi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ so kɔsi awo ntoatoasoɔ so, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ Awurade afɔrebukyia kronkron.”

11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,

12 If you take account of the children of Israel in the surveying of them, and they shall give every one a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be among them a destruction in the visiting of them.

“Ɛberɛ biara a wobɛkan Israelfoɔ no, obiara a wɔbɛkan no no mfa ne mpatadeɛ mmrɛ Awurade mma ne kra, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔyaredɔm biara remma wɔn mu bi so.

13 And this is what they shall give, as many as pass the survey, half a didrachm which is according to the didrachm of the sanctuary: twenty oboli [go to] the didrachm, but the half of the didrachm is the offering to the Lord.

Ɛsɛ sɛ obiara a wɔkan no no ma dwetɛbena fa, a emu duru yɛ gram nsia (sɛdeɛ kronkronbea mu dwetɛbena boɔ teɛ no).

14 Every one that passes the survey from twenty years old and upwards shall give the offering to the Lord.

Obiara a wadi mfeɛ aduonu rekorɔ no na ɔbɛbɔ saa afɔdeɛ yi.

15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachm in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.

Ɛnsɛ sɛ adefoɔ ma ma ɛboro sika a wɔatwa ato hɔ no so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ahiafoɔ nso ma deɛ ɛsua sene saa, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ Awurade afɔdeɛ a ɔde rete yɛn ho ama yɛn.

16 And you shall take the money of the offering from the children of Israel, and shall give it for the service of the tabernacle of testimony; and it shall be to the children of Israel a memorial before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls.

Momfa saa sika yi nsiesie Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no. Sɛ moyɛ saa a, ɛbɛma Awurade ani aba mo, Israelfoɔ so, na ayɛ mpatadeɛ nso ama mo.”

17 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ.

18 Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, for washing; and you shall put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and you shall pour forth water into it.

“Fa kɔbere yɛ atam a ne nnyinasoɔ nso yɛ kɔbere. Fa si Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no ne afɔrebukyia no ntam na fa nsuo gu mu.

19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet with water from it.

Ɛhɔ na Aaron ne ne mmammarima bɛhohoro wɔn nsa ne wɔn nan ho

20 Whenever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whenever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt offerings to the Lord.

ɛberɛ a wɔrekɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no mu de wɔn ho akɔkyerɛ Awurade, anaasɛ nso wɔrekɔ akɔbɔ afɔdeɛ wɔ afɔrebukyia no so ama Awurade no. Ɛberɛ biara a wɔrekɔdi saa dwuma yi no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhohoro wɔn ho; anyɛ saa a, wɔbɛwuwu.

21 They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whenever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not; and it shall be for them a perpetual statute, for him and his posterity after him.

Yei ne mmara a wɔahyɛ ama Aaron ne ne mmammarima firi awo ntoatoasoɔ so kɔsi awo ntoatoasoɔ so no.”

22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,

23 Do you also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet smelling calamus,

“Hwehwɛ nnuhwam papa sɛ kurobo, kilogram nsia, sinamon kilogram mmiɛnsa ne mmɛtire hwamhwam kilogram mmiɛnsa.

24 and of cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.

Kurobo dodoɔ a mobɛfa no nyɛ sɛ sinamon no dodoɔ na momfa ngo dua mu ngo lita ɛnan.

25 And you shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment [tempered] by the are of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil.

Awurade ahyɛ nnuhwamfrafoɔ a wɔaben yie, sɛ wɔmfra saa nnuhwam yi ma ɛnyɛ ngo kronkron a wɔde te onipa ho.

26 And you shall anoint with it the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the tabernacle of witness,

Awurade kaa sɛ, momfa yei nte Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan ne Apam Adaka,

27 and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, and the altar of incense,

ne ɛpono ne ɛho nkyɛnsee ne ɔhyeɛ afɔrebukyia no ho.

28 and the altar of whole burnt offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver.

Saa ara nso na momfa nte afɔrebukyia no ne ɛho nneɛma ne atam ne deɛ ɛsi mu no ho.

29 And you shall sanctify them, and they shall be most holy: every one that touches them shall be hallowed.

Monte ho na ɛnyɛ kronkron; biribiara a ɛbɛka saa nneɛma yi ho bɛte.

30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them that they may minister to me as priests.

“Momfa nsra Aaron ne ne mmammarima ho sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔn ho bɛte na wɔatumi ayɛ asɔfodwuma ama me.

31 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be to you a holy anointing oil throughout your generations.

Na monka nkyerɛ Israelfoɔ sɛ, ‘Yei ne me srango kronkron.

32 On man's flesh it shall not be poured, and you shall not make [any] for yourselves according to this composition: it is holy, and shall be holiness to you.

Ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔhwie gu obiara so kwa, na ɛnsɛ sɛ mo ara ankasa nso moyɛ bi, ɛfiri sɛ, ɛyɛ kronkron enti ɛsɛ sɛ mo nso moyɛ no kronkron.

33 Whosoever shall make it in like manner, and whoever shall give of it to a stranger, shall be destroyed from among his people.

Obiara a ɔbɛfra aduhwam a ɛte sɛ no anaa ɔbɛhwie bi agu obi a ɔnyɛ ɔsɔfoɔ so no, wɔbɛtwa no asuo.’”

34 And the Lord said to Moses, Take for yourself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum, and transparent frankincense; there shall be an equal weight of each.

Awurade hyɛɛ mmara a ɛfa aduhwam no ho maa Mose sɛ, “Fa nnuhwam aneneduro ne nworahwam ne prɛkɛsɛ hwamhwam ne ohwamfufuo gyenegyene na wɔnsusu ne nyinaa mu duru ma ɛnyɛ pɛ,

35 And they shall make with it perfumed incense, tempered with the are of a perfumer, a pure holy work.

na fa yɛ aduhwam a wɔhyeɛ a aduhwamfrani a waben yɛ no bi, na wɔmfa nkyene mfra mu; na ɛbɛyɛ aduhwam kronkron.

36 And of these you shall beat some small, and you shall put it before the testimonies in the tabernacle of testimony, whence I will make myself known to you: it shall be to you a most holy incense.

Monyam bi ma ɛnyɛ muhumuhu na momfa bi nsi Apam Adaka no anim baabi a mɛhyia mo wɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no mu hɔ no. Saa aduhwam yi ne deɛ ɛyɛ kronkron koraa wɔ ne nyinaa mu.

37 You shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition; it shall be to you a holy thing for the Lord.

Monnyɛ bi mfa, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔakora ama Awurade enti, ɛsɛ sɛ mohunu sɛ ɛyɛ kronkron.

38 Whosoever shall make any in like manner, so as to smell it, shall perish from his people.

Obiara a ɔbɛyɛ bi afa no, wɔbɛtwa no asuo.”