Numbers 18
1 And YHWH says to Aaron, “You, and your sons, and the house of your father with you, bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you bear the iniquity of your priesthood;
Bwana akamwambia Aroni, “Wewe, wanao na jamaa ya baba yako mtawajibika kwa makosa dhidi ya mahali patakatifu, na wewe na wanao peke yenu ndio mtakaowajibika kwa makosa dhidi ya ukuhani.
2 and also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring near with you, and they are joined to you, and serve you, even you and your sons with you, before the Tent of the Testimony.
Walete Walawi wenzako kutoka kabila la baba zako ili waungane nanyi na kuwasaidia wakati wewe na wanao mnapohudumu mbele ya Hema la Ushuhuda.
3 And they have kept your charge, and the charge of all the tent; only, they do not come near to the vessels of the holy place and to the altar, and they do not die, either they or you;
Watawajibika kwenu na watafanya kazi zote za Hema, lakini kamwe wasisogelee vifaa vya patakatifu au madhabahu, la sivyo wao na ninyi mtakufa.
4 and they have been joined to you and have kept the charge of the Tent of Meeting for all the service of the tent; and a stranger does not come near to you;
Watajiunga nanyi na watawajibika kwa utunzaji wa Hema la Kukutania, yaani kazi zote kwenye Hema, wala hakuna mtu mwingine yeyote atakayeweza kusogea karibu hapo mlipo.
5 and you have kept the charge of the holy place and the charge of the altar, and there is no more wrath against the sons of Israel.
“Mtawajibika katika utunzaji wa mahali patakatifu na madhabahu, ili kwamba ghadhabu isiwaangukie Waisraeli tena.
6 And I, behold, have taken your brothers the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel; they are a gift given to you by YHWH to do the service of the Tent of Meeting;
Mimi mwenyewe nimewachagua Walawi wenzenu kutoka miongoni mwa Waisraeli kama zawadi kwenu, waliowekwa wakfu kwa Bwana ili kufanya kazi katika Hema la Kukutania.
7 and you and your sons with you keep your priesthood for everything of the altar and within the veil, and you have served; I make your priesthood a gift [for] service; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.”
Lakini ni wewe tu na wanao mtakaoweza kutumika kama makuhani kuhusiana na kila kitu kwenye madhabahu na ndani ya pazia. Ninawapa utumishi wa ukuhani kama zawadi. Mtu mwingine yeyote atakayekaribia mahali patakatifu ni lazima auawe.”
8 And YHWH speaks to Aaron: “And I, behold, have given to you the charge of My raised-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel—I have given them to you and to your sons for the anointing, by a continuous statute.
Kisha Bwana akamwambia Aroni, “Mimi mwenyewe nimekuweka kuwa mwangalizi wa sadaka zote zitakazotolewa kwangu; matoleo yote matakatifu Waisraeli wanayonipa ninakupa wewe na wanao kama sehemu yenu na fungu lenu la kawaida.
9 This is yours from the most holy things, from the fire: all their offering, of all their present, and of all their sin-offering, and of all their guilt-offering, which they give back to Me, is most holy to you and to your sons;
Mtachukua sehemu ya yale matoleo matakatifu sana ambayo hayateketezwi kwa moto. Kutoka kwa matoleo yote wanayoniletea kama sadaka takatifu sana, ziwe za nafaka, au za dhambi, au za makosa, sehemu ile itakuwa yako na wanao.
10 you eat it among the most holy things; every male eats it; it is holy to you.
Mtaila kama kitu kilicho kitakatifu sana; kila mwanaume ataila. Ni lazima mtaiheshimu kama takatifu.
11 And this [is] yours: the raised-offering of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the sons of Israel; I have given them to you, and to your sons, and to your daughters with you, by a continuous statute; every clean one in your house eats it;
“Hiki pia ni chako: chochote kilichotengwa kutoka kwenye matoleo yote ya sadaka za kuinuliwa za Waisraeli. Ninakupa wewe haya, wana na binti zako kama sehemu yenu ya kawaida. Kila mmoja wa nyumba yako ambaye ni safi kwa taratibu za ibada anaweza kuyala.
12 all the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and wheat—their first-[fruits] which they give to YHWH—I have given them to you.
“Ninawapa mafuta ya zeituni yaliyo bora kuliko yote, na divai mpya iliyo bora kuliko zote na nafaka wanazompa Bwana kama malimbuko katika mavuno yao.
13 The first-fruits of all that [is] in their land, which they bring to YHWH, are yours; every clean one in your house eats it;
Malimbuko yote ya nchi ambayo wanamletea Bwana yatakuwa yenu. Kila mmoja nyumbani kwako ambaye ni safi kwa taratibu za Ibada anaweza kula.
14 every devoted thing in Israel is yours;
“Kila kitu katika Israeli ambacho kimetolewa kwa Bwana ni chenu.
15 everyone opening a womb of all flesh which they bring near to YHWH, among man and among beast, is yours; only, you certainly ransom the firstborn of man, and you ransom the firstling of the unclean beast.
Kila mzaliwa wa kwanza wa mwanadamu na wa mnyama, ambaye ametolewa kwa Bwana ni wenu. Lakini ni lazima mtamkomboa kila mwana mzaliwa wa kwanza na kila mzaliwa wa kwanza wa kiume wa wanyama wasio safi.
16 And their ransomed ones from a son of a month, you ransom with your valuation [for] five shekels of silver, by the shekel of the holy place; it [is] twenty gerahs.
Watakapokuwa na umri wa mwezi mmoja, ni lazima mtawakomboa kwa bei ya ukombozi iliyowekwa, kwa shekeli tano za fedha, kulingana na shekeli ya mahali patakatifu, yenye uzito wa gera ishirini.
17 Only, the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you do not ransom, they [are] holy: you sprinkle their blood on the altar, and you make incense of their fat [as] a fire-offering of refreshing fragrance to YHWH;
“Lakini kamwe usimkomboe mzaliwa wa kwanza wa maksai, kondoo au mbuzi; hawa ni watakatifu. Nyunyizia damu yao juu ya madhabahu na uchome mafuta yao kama sadaka itolewayo kwa moto, harufu nzuri inayompendeza Bwana.
18 and their flesh is yours, as the breast of the wave-offering and as the right leg are yours.
Nyama zao zitakuwa chakula chenu, kama ilivyokuwa kidari cha kuinuliwa na paja la mguu wa kulia.
19 All the raised-offerings of the holy things, which the sons of Israel lift up to YHWH, I have given to you, and to your sons, and to your daughters with you, by a continuous statute—a covenant of salt; it [is] continuous before YHWH to you and to your seed with you.”
Chochote kitakachotengwa kutoka sadaka takatifu ambazo Waisraeli wanamtolea Bwana, ninakupa wewe, wanao na binti zako kama fungu lenu la kawaida. Ni Agano la milele la chumvi mbele za Bwana kwako na watoto wako.”
20 And YHWH says to Aaron, “You do not inherit in their land, and you do not have a portion in their midst: I [am] your portion and your inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel;
Bwana akamwambia Aroni, “Hutakuwa na urithi wowote katika nchi yao, wala hutakuwa na sehemu miongoni mwao; Mimi ni fungu lako na urithi wako miongoni mwa Waisraeli.
21 and to the sons of Levi, behold, have given all the tenth in Israel for inheritance in exchange for their service which they are serving—the service of the Tent of Meeting.
“Ninawapa Walawi zaka yote katika Israeli kama urithi wao kuwa kama malipo kwa kazi wanayoifanya wakati wanapohudumu katika Hema la Kukutania.
22 And the sons of Israel no longer come near to the Tent of Meeting, to bear sin, to die,
Kuanzia sasa, kamwe Waisraeli wasisogelee karibu na Hema la Kukutania, la sivyo watabeba matokeo ya dhambi zao, nao watakufa.
23 and the Levites have done the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they bear their iniquity; [it is] a continuous statute throughout your generations that they have no inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel;
Ni Walawi watakaofanya kazi katika Hema la Kukutania na kubeba wajibu wa makosa dhidi yake. Hili ni agizo la kudumu kwa vizazi vijavyo. Hawatapokea urithi wowote miongoni mwa Waisraeli.
24 but the tithe of the sons of Israel which they lift up to YHWH, a raised-offering, I have given to the Levites for inheritance; therefore I have said of them, They have no inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel.”
Badala yake, ninawapa Walawi zaka zote zinazotolewa na Waisraeli kama sadaka kwa Bwana kuwa urithi wao. Hiyo ndiyo sababu nimesema hivi kuhusu wao: ‘Hawatakuwa na urithi miongoni mwa Waisraeli.’”
25 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
Bwana akamwambia Mose,
26 “And you speak to the Levites, and you have said to them: When you take the tithe from the sons of Israel which I have given to you from them for your inheritance, then you have lifted up the raised-offering of YHWH from it, a tithe of the tithe;
“Sema na Walawi na uwaambie: ‘Mtakapopokea zaka kutoka kwa Waisraeli ambayo ninawapa kama urithi wenu kutoka kwao, ni lazima mtoe sehemu ya kumi ya hiyo zaka kama sadaka kwa Bwana, iwe zaka ya hiyo zaka.
27 and your raised-offering has been reckoned to you as grain from the threshing-floor and as the fullness from the wine-vat;
Sadaka yenu itahesabiwa kwenu kama nafaka kutoka sakafu ya kupuria, au divai kutoka kwenye shinikizo la kukamulia zabibu.
28 so you lift up—you also—the raised-offering of YHWH from all your tithes which you receive from the sons of Israel; and you have given the raised-offering of YHWH from it to Aaron the priest;
Kwa njia hii, ninyi pia mtatoa sadaka kwa Bwana kutoka zaka zote mtakazopokea kutoka kwa Waisraeli. Kutoka kwenye zaka hizi, ni lazima mtoe sehemu ya Bwana kwa Aroni, kuhani.
29 out of all your gifts you lift up every raised-offering of YHWH, out of all its fat—its hallowed part—out of it.
Ni lazima mtoe kama sehemu ya Bwana iliyo nzuri sana tena ile sehemu iliyo takatifu sana kuliko zote ya kile kitu mlichopewa.’
30 And you have said to them: In your lifting up its fat out of it, then it has been reckoned to the Levites as increase of a threshing-floor and as increase of a wine-vat;
“Waambie Walawi: ‘Mtakapotoa sehemu zilizo bora sana, itahesabiwa kwenu kama mazao ya sakafu ya kupuria nafaka, au ya shinikizo la kukamulia zabibu.
31 and you have eaten it in every place, you and your households, for it [is] your hire in exchange for your service in the Tent of Meeting;
Ninyi na watu wa nyumbani mwenu mnaweza kula sehemu iliyobaki mahali popote, kwani ndio ujira wenu kwa ajili ya kazi yenu katika Hema la Kukutania.
32 and you bear no sin for it in your lifting up its fat out of it, but you do not defile the holy things of the sons of Israel, and you do not die.”
Kwa kutoa sehemu zake zilizo bora sana, hamtakuwa na hatia katika jambo hili; ndipo hamtatia unajisi sadaka takatifu za Waisraeli, nanyi hamtakufa.’”
