Numbers 18

1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers’ house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ Aaron se, “Wo, wo mmabarima ne wʼabusuafo a wofi Lewi abusuakuw mu no, mfomso biara a ɛfa kronkronbea hɔ no ho asodi bɛda mo so. Na sɛ biribi ankɔ so yiye wɔ asɔfodwuma no mu a, wobebisa wo ne wo mmabarima ho asɛm.

2 And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony.

Fa wo nkurɔfo a wɔwɔ Lewi abusuakuw no mu na wɔmmoa wo mmabarima no wɔ dwuma kronkron a wodi no Ahyiae Ntamadan no anim no ho.

3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye.

Ɛsɛ sɛ Lewifo no hwɛ yiye na wɔammɛn biribiara a ɛyɛ kronkron wɔ afɔremuka no so. Sɛ wɔyɛ saa a, wo ne wɔn bewuwu.

4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔka mo ho na mohwɛ Ahyiae Ntamadan mu hɔ; ɛhɔ nnwuma nyinaa. Ɛnsɛ sɛ onipa foforo biara bɛn beae a wowɔ no.

5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be wrath no more upon the children of Israel.

“Wo na ɛsɛ sɛ wohwɛ kronkronbea hɔ ne afɔremuka no so, na mʼabufuwhyew amma Israelfo no so bio.

6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given unto the LORD, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

Mʼankasa na mapaw wo nkurɔfo Lewifo afi Israelfo mu sɛ akyɛde ama wo, atew wɔ ho ama Awurade sɛ wɔnyɛ adwuma wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu.

7 And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for every thing of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Nanso wo ne wo mmabarima nkutoo na na mubedi dwuma sɛ asɔfo wɔ nea ɛfa afɔremuka ne nea ɛwɔ ntwamtam no mu no ho. Mede asɔfodwuma ɔsom rema mo sɛ akyɛde. Ɛsɛ sɛ wokum onipa foforo biara a ɔbɛbɛn kronkronbea hɔ no.”

8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings, even all the hallowed things of the children of Israel, unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, as a due for ever.

Awurade san ka kyerɛɛ Aaron se: “Mʼankasa na mede akyɛde a nkurɔfo de abrɛ Awurade no ahyɛ wo nsa; afɔrebɔde a Israelfo no de ma me no nyinaa no mede ma wo ne wo mmabarima sɛ mo kyɛfa; ɛyɛ mo kyɛfa afebɔɔ.

9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every guilt offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

Aduan afɔrebɔ, bɔne afɔrebɔ ne afɔbu afɔrebɔ nyinaa mowɔ mu kyɛfa. Eyinom nyinaa yɛ afɔrebɔde a ɛyɛ kronkron pa ara.

10 As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof: every male shall eat thereof; it shall be holy unto thee.

Munni no sɛ ade a ɛyɛ kronkron pa ara; ɔbarima biara nni bi. Mummu no sɛ ade kronkron.

11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof.

“Eyi nso yɛ mo de: nea wobeyi agu nkyɛn afi Israelfo ohim afɔrebɔde mu no. Mede ma wo ne wo mmabarima ne wo mmabea nyinaa sɛ mo kyɛfa afebɔɔ. Obiara a ɔwɔ wo fi na ne ho tew no tumi di bi.

12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the corn, the firstfruits of them which they give unto the LORD, to thee have I given them.

“Aba a edi kan mu akyɛde a nnipa no de bɛba sɛ afɔrebɔde a wɔde rebrɛ Awurade no a ɛyɛ ngo pa, bobesa pa, aburow ne nnɔbae biara no, mede ma mo.

13 The firstripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof.

Asase no so aba a edi kan a wɔde bɛbrɛ Awurade no bɛyɛ mo de. Obiara a ɔwɔ wo fi na ne ho tew no tumi di bi.

14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.

“Biribiara a ɛwɔ Israel a wɔde bɛma Awurade no yɛ mo de.

15 Every thing that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto the LORD, both of man and beast, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

Israelfo abakan ne wɔn mmoa nyinaa abakan a wɔde bɛma Awurade no yɛ mo dea. Nanso mmoa a memmaa mo kwan sɛ wɔnwe wɔn nam no de, munnnye wɔn abakan. Na mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ wotua sika kakra de si abakan biara anan.

16 And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs).

Sɛ abakan no di ɔsram a, na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde ogye bo a ɛyɛ dwetɛ nkaribo gram aduonum asia sɛnea kronkronbea hɔ nkaribo a ɛyɛ gram dubaako ne nkyemu anum mu baako no te no ba.

17 But the firstling of an ox, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

“Nanso anantwi, nguan ne mmirekyi mmakan de, ɛnsɛ sɛ wogye wɔn; wɔyɛ kronkron. Fa wɔn mogya pete afɔremuka no so na hyew wɔn srade no sɛ aduan afɔre, ehua a ɛsɔ Awurade ani.

18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.

Saa mmoa yi nyinaa nam bɛyɛ mo de te sɛnea ohim afɔrebɔde koko ne ne srɛ nifa yɛ mo de no.

19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

Biribiara a Israelfo de bɛbrɛ Awurade a wobefi afɔrebɔ kronkron mu ayi ato hɔ no, mede ma wo ne wo mmabarima ne wo mmabea sɛ mo kyɛfa afebɔɔ. Ɛyɛ ahyɛde a ɛda mo ne Awurade ne mo asefo ntam daa nyinaa.”

20 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Aaron se, “Morennya agyapade biara mfi wɔn asase mu, na morennya kyɛfa biara mfi wɔn mu; mene mo kyɛfa ne mo agyapade wɔ Israelfo no mu.

21 And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.

“Mede Israel ntotoso du du no nyinaa ma Lewifo no sɛ wɔn agyapade de retua wɔ som a wɔsom wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu no so ka.

22 And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

Efi nnɛ rekɔ, Israelfo no nni ho kwan sɛ wɔbɛn Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu; anyɛ saa a, wobɛsoa wɔn bɔne ho asodi ama wɔawuwu.

23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

Lewifo no nko ara na wɔbɛyɛ adwuma wɔ hɔ, na wɔasoa mfomso biara a wɔbɛyɛ no ho asodi. Ɛyɛ mmara a ɛda hɔ afebɔɔ ma awo ntoatoaso a ɛbɛba no. Wɔrennya agyapade biara wɔ Israelfo no mu.

24 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

Mmom, ntotoso du du a Israelfo no de ba sɛ Awurade afɔrebɔde no na mede rema Lewifo no. Ɛno nti na meka faa wɔn ho se: ‘Wɔrennya agyapade wɔ Israelfo no mu no.’”

25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,

26 Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, a tithe of the tithe.

“Ka kyerɛ Lewifo no se, ‘Sɛ munya ntotoso du du a mede rema mo sɛ mo agyapade no fi Israelfo no nkyɛn a, momfa nkyɛmu du mu baako mmrɛ Awurade sɛ nʼafɔrebɔde.

27 And your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

Na Awurade begye no sɛ mo afɔrebɔde a efi mo awiporowbea anaa nsa a efi mo nsakyi amoa mu.

28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and thereof ye shall give the LORD’S heave offering to Aaron the priest.

Saa ɔkwan yi so na mobɛfa de mo afɔrebɔ a efi ntotoso du du a mubenya afi Israelfo no nkyɛn no abrɛ Awurade. Mumfi ntotoso du du yi mu mfa Awurade kyɛfa no mma ɔsɔfo Aaron.

29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

Biribiara a wɔde bɛma mo no, momfa emu nea eye pa ara na ɛyɛ kronkron no mma Awurade.’

30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the winepress.

“Ka kyerɛ Lewifo no se: ‘Sɛ mode emu nea eye pa ara no ba a, wɔbɛfa no sɛ nea efi mo ankasa mo awiporowbea anaa mo nsakyibea hɔ.

31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

Mo ne mo fifo betumi adi nkae no wɔ baabiara a mopɛ, efisɛ ɛyɛ mo adwuma a moyɛ no wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan mu no so akatua.

32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best thereof: and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.

Sɛ mode emu nea ɛsɔ ani no ba a, munni eyi ho afɔbu; saayɛ remma mungu Israelfo no afɔrebɔ kronkron no ho fi, na morenwuwu.’”