Numbers 18
1 and to say LORD to(wards) Aaron you(m. s.) and son: child your and house: household father your with you to lift: guilt [obj] iniquity: crime [the] sanctuary and you(m. s.) and son: child your with you to lift: guilt [obj] iniquity: crime priesthood your
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 [obj] brother: male-relative your tribe Levi tribe father your to present: bring with you and to join upon you and to minister you and you(m. s.) and son: child your with you to/for face: before tent [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 to keep: guard charge your and charge all [the] tent surely to(wards) article/utensil [the] holiness and to(wards) [the] altar not to present: come and not to die also they(masc.) also you(m. p.)
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 to join upon you and to keep: guard [obj] charge tent meeting to/for all service: ministry [the] tent and be a stranger not to present: come to(wards) you
Wataungana na wewe na kuitunza hema ya kukutania, kwa kazi zote zinazohusiana na hema. Mtu mgeni asikusogelee.
5 and to keep: guard [obj] charge [the] holiness and [obj] charge [the] altar and not to be still wrath upon son: descendant/people 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 to take: take [obj] brother: male-relative your [the] Levi from midst son: descendant/people Israel to/for you gift to give: give to/for LORD to/for to serve: minister [obj] service: ministry tent 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(m. s.) and son: child your with you to keep: guard [obj] priesthood your to/for all word: thing [the] altar and to/for from house: inside to/for curtain and to serve: minister service: ministry gift to give: give [obj] priesthood your and [the] be a stranger [the] approaching to die
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 to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Aaron and I behold to give: give to/for you [obj] charge contribution my to/for all holiness son: descendant/people Israel to/for you to give: give them to/for consecrated portion and to/for son: child your to/for statute: portion forever: enduring
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 to be to/for you from holiness [the] holiness from [the] fire all offering their to/for all offering their and to/for all sin: sin offering their and to/for all guilt (offering) their which to return: pay to/for me holiness holiness to/for you he/she/it and to/for son: child your
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 in/on/with holiness [the] holiness to eat him all male to eat [obj] him holiness to be to/for you
Sadaka hizi ni takatifu sana; kila mume lazima aile, kwa kuwa ni vitakatifu kwako.
11 and this to/for you contribution gift their to/for all wave offering son: descendant/people Israel to/for you to give: give them and to/for son: child your and to/for daughter your with you to/for statute: portion forever: enduring all pure in/on/with house: household your to eat [obj] him
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 fat oil and all fat new wine and grain first: beginning their which to give: give to/for LORD to/for you to give: give them
Mafuta yote mazuri, ile divai nzuri yote mpya na unga, malimbuko ambyo watu hutoa kwangu- vitu hivi vyote nimekupa wewe.
13 firstfruit all which in/on/with land: country/planet their which to come (in): bring to/for LORD to/for you to be all pure in/on/with house: household your to eat him
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 all devoted thing in/on/with Israel to/for you to be
Kila kitu kilichotolewa wakfu katika Israeli kitakuwa chako.
15 all firstborn womb to/for all flesh which to present: bring to/for LORD in/on/with man and in/on/with animal to be to/for you surely to ransom to ransom [obj] firstborn [the] man and [obj] firstborn [the] animal [the] unclean to ransom
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 to ransom his from son: aged month to ransom in/on/with valuation your silver: price five shekel in/on/with shekel [the] holiness twenty gerah he/she/it
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 surely firstborn cattle or firstborn sheep or firstborn goat not to ransom holiness they(masc.) [obj] blood their to scatter upon [the] altar and [obj] fat their to offer: burn food offering to/for aroma soothing to/for LORD
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 flesh their to be to/for you like/as breast [the] wave offering and like/as leg [the] right to/for you to be
Nyama yao itakuwa yako. Kama kidali cha kuinuliwa na paja la kulia, nyama yao itakuwa yako.
19 all contribution [the] holiness which to exalt son: descendant/people Israel to/for LORD to give: give to/for you and to/for son: child your and to/for daughter your with you to/for statute: portion forever: enduring covenant salt forever: enduring he/she/it to/for face: before LORD to/for you and to/for seed: children your 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 to say LORD to(wards) Aaron in/on/with land: country/planet their not to inherit and portion not to be to/for you in/on/with midst their I portion your and inheritance your in/on/with midst son: descendant/people 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/for son: descendant/people Levi behold to give: give all tithe in/on/with Israel to/for inheritance for service: ministry their which they(masc.) to serve: minister [obj] service: ministry tent meeting
Tazama, Nimewapatia uzao wa Lawi, zaka zote za Israeli kuwa urithi wao kwa sababu ya huduma wanayotoa katika hema ya kukutania.
22 and not to present: come still son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) tent meeting to/for to lift: guilt sin to/for to die
Kuanzi a sasa, watu wa Israeli wasisogee karibu na hema ya kukutania, vinginevyo wataajibika kwa dhambi hii na kufa.
23 and to serve: minister [the] Levi he/she/it [obj] service: ministry tent meeting and they(masc.) to lift: guilt iniquity: crime their statute forever: enduring to/for generation your and in/on/with midst son: descendant/people Israel not to inherit inheritance
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 for [obj] tithe son: descendant/people Israel which to exalt to/for LORD contribution to give: give to/for Levi to/for inheritance upon so to say to/for them in/on/with midst son: descendant/people Israel not to inherit inheritance
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 to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say
BWANA akanena na Musa, akamwambia,
26 and to(wards) [the] Levi to speak: speak and to say to(wards) them for to take: take from with son: descendant/people Israel [obj] [the] tithe which to give: give to/for you from with them in/on/with inheritance your and to exalt from him contribution LORD tithe from [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 to devise: count to/for you contribution your like/as grain from [the] threshing floor and like/as fruit from [the] wine
Zaka yenu itahesabika kama moja ya mapato ya sakafu ya kupuria nafaka ya mazao yenu au mazao ya vinu vya kukamulia zabibu.
28 so to exalt also you(m. p.) contribution LORD from all tithe your which to take: recieve from with son: descendant/people Israel and to give: give from him [obj] contribution LORD to/for 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 from all gift your to exalt [obj] all contribution LORD from all fat his [obj] sanctuary his from him
Kwa kila sadaka mnayopata, mtatoa matoleo yenu kwa BWANA. Mtafanya hivi kutokana na vitu vizuri na vitakatifu sana ambavyo mmepewa.
30 and to say to(wards) them in/on/with to exalt you [obj] fat his from him and to devise: count to/for Levi like/as produce threshing floor and like/as produce wine
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 to eat [obj] him in/on/with all place you(m. p.) and house: household your for wages he/she/it to/for you for service: ministry your in/on/with tent 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 not to lift: guilt upon him sin in/on/with to exalt you [obj] fat his from him and [obj] holiness son: descendant/people Israel not to profane/begin: profane and not to 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.,”
