< Leviticus 27 >
1 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 to speak: speak to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel and to say to(wards) them man: anyone for to wonder vow in/on/with valuation your soul: person to/for LORD
“Tell the Israeli people [that this is what I am saying to them]: If anyone solemnly promises to dedicate another person to [work solely] for me, the person who is dedicated to me is allowed to be free from having to do that by someone paying [to the priest] a fixed amount of money. The money that is given must be calculated by comparing it with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
3 and to be valuation your [the] male from son: aged twenty year and till son: aged sixty year and to be valuation your fifty shekel silver: money in/on/with shekel [the] holiness
[These are the amounts that must be paid]: 50 pieces of silver for men who are between 20 and 60 years old,
4 and if female he/she/it and to be valuation your thirty shekel
30 pieces of silver for adult women [who are between 20 and 60 years old],
5 and if from son: aged five year and till son: aged twenty year and to be valuation your [the] male twenty shekel and to/for female ten shekel
20 pieces of silver for young men who are between five and 20 years old, ten pieces of silver for young women who are between five and 20 years old,
6 and if from son: aged month and till son: aged five year and to be valuation your [the] male five shekel silver: money and to/for female valuation your three shekel silver: money
five pieces of silver for boys who are between one month and five years old, three pieces of silver for girls who are between one month and five years old,
7 and if from son: aged sixty year and above [to] if male and to be valuation your five ten shekel and to/for female ten shekel
15 pieces of silver for men who are more than 60 years old, ten pieces of silver for women who are more than 60 years old.
8 and if be poor he/she/it from valuation your and to stand: stand him to/for face: before [the] priest and to value [obj] him [the] priest upon lip: according which to overtake hand: expend [the] to vow to value him [the] priest
‘If anyone who has made such a solemn promise is very poor and unable to pay, to free that person from doing what he had promised, he must take that person to the priest. The priest will set the price [for freeing him] to be what the person who made that solemn promise is able to pay.
9 and if animal which to present: bring from her offering to/for LORD all which to give: give from him to/for LORD to be holiness
‘If someone solemnly promises to give an animal that is acceptable to be an offering to me, that animal becomes sacred [and belongs to me].
10 not to pass him and not to change [obj] him pleasant in/on/with bad: harmful or bad: harmful in/on/with pleasant and if to change to change animal in/on/with animal and to be he/she/it and exchange his to be holiness
The person who promised to give it must not give another animal instead of the one that he promised; he must not substitute a bad animal for a good one or even a better one than the one offered. If he would substitute one animal for the other, both animals would belong to me.
11 and if all animal unclean which not to present: bring from her offering to/for LORD and to stand: stand [obj] [the] animal to/for face: before [the] priest
If the animal that he wishes to dedicate to me is a kind that is unacceptable to be an offering to me, he must take that animal to the priest.
12 and to value [the] priest [obj] her between pleasant and between bad: harmful like/as valuation your [the] priest so to be
The priest will then decide what its value is, according to the animal’s good and bad points. Whatever value the priests sets will be the value of the animal, [and that is the price that the priest must pay for the animal].
13 and if to redeem: redeem to redeem: redeem her and to add fifth his upon valuation your
If the man who gave the animal later decides that he wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] that price plus an additional 20 percent.
14 and man: anyone for to consecrate: dedicate [obj] house: home his holiness to/for LORD and to value him [the] priest between pleasant and between bad: harmful like/as as which to value [obj] him [the] priest so to arise: establish
‘[Similarly], if someone dedicates his house to be a sacred gift to belong to me, the priest will decide how much it is worth, which will depend on whether the house is in good condition. Whatever the priest says that it is worth, that will be its value [and that is the price that the priest must pay for it].
15 and if [the] to consecrate: dedicate to redeem: redeem [obj] house: home his and to add fifth silver: price valuation your upon him and to be to/for him
If the man who dedicated his house to me later wants to buy it back, he must pay that price plus an additional 20 percent, and then the house will belong to him again.
16 and if from land: country possession his to consecrate: dedicate man: anyone to/for LORD and to be valuation your to/for lip: according seed his seed homer barley in/on/with fifty shekel silver: money
‘If someone dedicates to me some of the property that belongs to him and his family, its value will be determined by the number of bushels of seed that will be needed to plant seeds on that land: Its value will be ten pieces of silver for each bushel of seed.
17 if from year [the] jubilee/horn to consecrate: dedicate land: country his like/as valuation your to arise: establish
If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount.
18 and if after [the] jubilee/horn to consecrate: dedicate land: country his and to devise: count to/for him [the] priest [obj] [the] silver: price upon lip: according [the] year [the] to remain till year [the] jubilee/horn and to dimish from valuation your
But if he dedicates the field after the Year of Celebration, the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration, and if there are not many years that remain, the price will be much lower [than the full price].
19 and if to redeem: redeem to redeem: redeem [obj] [the] land: country [the] to consecrate: dedicate [obj] him and to add fifth silver: price valuation your upon him and to arise: establish to/for him
If the person who dedicated the field later wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] the price that the priest says it is worth, plus an added one-fifth, and then the field will belong to that man again.
20 and if not to redeem: redeem [obj] [the] land: country and if to sell [obj] [the] land: country to/for man another not to redeem: redeem still
However, if he does not buy it back, or if it has been sold (OR, the priest has sold it) to someone else, that person will never be permitted to buy it back again.
21 and to be [the] land: country in/on/with to come out: send he in/on/with jubilee/horn holiness to/for LORD like/as land: country [the] devoted thing to/for priest to be possession his
In the Year of Celebration, it will become sacred again, and it will be given to the priest.
22 and if [obj] land: country purchase his which not from land: country possession his to consecrate: dedicate to/for LORD
‘If someone dedicates to me some land that he has bought, land which is not part of the land that his family has always owned,
23 and to devise: count to/for him [the] priest [obj] number [the] valuation your till year [the] jubilee/horn and to give: pay [obj] [the] valuation your in/on/with day [the] he/she/it holiness to/for LORD
the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration to determine how much it is worth, and the man must pay that amount to the priest on that day, [and then that land will belong to that man again].
24 in/on/with year [the] jubilee/horn to return: return [the] land: country to/for which to buy him from with him to/for which to/for him possession [the] land: country/planet
But in the Year of Celebration, the land will again be owned by the person from whom he bought it, the person whose family had always owned that land.
25 and all valuation your to be in/on/with shekel [the] holiness twenty gerah to be [the] shekel
All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
26 surely firstborn which to be/bear firstborn to/for LORD in/on/with animal not to consecrate: dedicate man: anyone [obj] him if: surely no cattle if: surely no sheep to/for LORD he/she/it
‘No one is permitted to dedicate to me the firstborn of any cow or sheep, because the firstborn already belongs to me [DOU].
27 and if in/on/with animal [the] unclean and to ransom in/on/with valuation your and to add fifth his upon him and if not to redeem: redeem and to sell in/on/with valuation your
If someone gives to me a kind of animal that is not acceptable to me, that person may later buy it back by paying what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent of its value. If he does not buy it back, it must be sold (OR, the priest must sell it) for its standard price.
28 surely all devoted thing which to devote/destroy man: anyone to/for LORD from all which to/for him from man and animal and from land: country possession his not to sell and not to redeem: redeem all devoted thing holiness holiness he/she/it to/for LORD
‘However, no slave or animal or family land that someone owns can be sold or bought back after it has been dedicated to me [and no price has been paid for it]. That kind of gift belongs to me permanently/forever.
29 all devoted thing which to devote/destroy from [the] man not to ransom to die to die
‘No person who has [done something that I consider to be very wicked] is permitted to be freed [from being punished]; that person must surely be executed.
30 and all tithe [the] land: country/planet from seed [the] land: country/planet from fruit [the] tree to/for LORD he/she/it holiness to/for LORD
‘One tenth of all the crops and grain or fruit that is produced on anyone’s land is sacred and belongs to me.
31 and if to redeem: redeem to redeem: redeem man: anyone from tithe his fifth his to add upon him
If anyone wants to buy back any of that tenth, he must pay [to the priest] what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent.
32 and all tithe cattle and flock all which to pass underneath: under [the] tribe: staff [the] tenth to be holiness to/for LORD
One of every ten domestic animals belongs to me. When a shepherd counts his animals [MTY] [to decide which ones he will give to me], he must mark every tenth one as belonging to me.
33 not to enquire between pleasant to/for bad: harmful and not to change him and if to change to change him and to be he/she/it and exchange his to be holiness not to redeem: redeem
When he does that, he must not pick out the good ones for himself or leave the bad ones, or substitute bad ones for good ones. If he substitutes one animal for another, both animals will belong to me, and he will not be permitted to buy them back (OR, the shepherd cannot buy them back).’”
34 these [the] commandment which to command LORD [obj] Moses to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with mountain: mount Sinai
Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain [to tell to the people].