< 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 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 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.
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 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;
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 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;
Wataungana na wewe na kuitunza hema ya kukutania, kwa kazi zote zinazohusiana na hema. Mtu mgeni asikusogelee.
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.
Wewe utaajibika kwa ajili ya mahali patakatifu na kwa ajili ya madhabahu ili kwamba hasira yangu isiwajilie watu wa Israeli 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;
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 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 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 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 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 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;
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 you eat it among the most holy things; every male eats it; it is holy to you.
Sadaka hizi ni takatifu sana; kila mume lazima aile, kwa kuwa ni vitakatifu kwako.
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;
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 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.
Mafuta yote mazuri, ile divai nzuri yote mpya na unga, malimbuko ambyo watu hutoa kwangu- vitu hivi vyote nimekupa wewe.
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;
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 every devoted thing in Israel is yours;
Kila kitu kilichotolewa wakfu katika Israeli kitakuwa chako.
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 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 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.
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 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 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 their flesh is yours, as the breast of the wave-offering and as the right leg are yours.
Nyama yao itakuwa yako. Kama kidali cha kuinuliwa na paja la kulia, nyama yao itakuwa yako.
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.”
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 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 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 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.
Tazama, Nimewapatia uzao wa Lawi, zaka zote za Israeli kuwa urithi wao kwa sababu ya huduma wanayotoa katika hema ya kukutania.
22 And the sons of Israel no longer come near to the Tent of Meeting, to bear sin, to die,
Kuanzi a sasa, watu wa Israeli wasisogee karibu na hema ya kukutania, vinginevyo wataajibika kwa dhambi hii na kufa.
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;
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 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.”
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 YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
BWANA akanena na Musa, akamwambia,
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;
“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 raised-offering has been reckoned to you as grain from the threshing-floor and as the fullness from the wine-vat;
Zaka yenu itahesabika kama moja ya mapato ya sakafu ya kupuria nafaka ya mazao yenu au mazao ya vinu vya 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 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 out of all your gifts you lift up every raised-offering of YHWH, out of all its fat—its hallowed part—out of it.
Kwa kila sadaka mnayopata, mtatoa matoleo yenu kwa BWANA. Mtafanya hivi kutokana na vitu vizuri na vitakatifu sana ambavyo mmepewa.
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;
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 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;
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 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.”
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.,”