Numbers 18
1 Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and the other members of your father’s family are the ones (who will be punished/whom I will punish) [if anything bad happens to the things] inside the Sacred Tent. But only you and your sons will be punished if the priests do something bad.
Yawe alobaki na Aron: « Yo elongo na bana na yo ya mibali mpe libota na yo bokomema mokumba ya masumu oyo ekosalema mpo na kobebisa bosantu ya Esika ya bule; mpe lisusu yo kaka elongo na bana na yo ya mibali nde bokomema mokumba ya masumu oyo ekosalema na mosala ya bonganga-Nzambe.
2 Require that those who belong to your tribe, the tribe of Levi, must assist you and your sons while you perform your work at the Sacred Tent.
Yeisa pene na yo bandeko na yo ya mibali, Balevi, bato ya libota ya koko na yo, mpo ete basunga yo tango yo elongo na bana na yo ya mibali bokosala mosala ya bonganga-Nzambe liboso ya Ndako ya kapo ya Litatoli.
3 But while they do that work, they must not go near the sacred items inside the tent or near the altar. If they do that, they will die, and you will die, too!
Bakosunga yo mpe bakosala misala nyonso ya Ndako ya kapo kasi bakopusana te pene ya bisalelo ya Esika ya bule mpe ya etumbelo, noki te bango to bino bokokufa.
4 They may assist you in doing all the work to take care of the Sacred Tent, but no one else is permitted to come near the place where you are working.
Bakosunga yo mpe bakozala na mokumba ya kobatela Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani, mosala nyonso ya Ndako ya kapo, mpe moto mosusu te akoki kopusana pene ya esika oyo bozali.
5 “You are the ones who will do the sacred work inside the Sacred Tent and at the altar. If you obey these instructions, I will not become very angry with the Israeli people again.
Bino nde bokozala na mokumba ya kobatela Esika ya bule mpe etumbelo, mpo ete kanda makasi ekweya lisusu likolo ya Isalaele te.
6 I myself have chosen the descendants of Levi from the other Israelis in order that they may be your special helpers. They are like a gift that I have given you to work at the Sacred Tent.
Tala, Ngai moko nde naponaki bandeko na yo, Balevi, kati na bana ya Isalaele lokola likabo mpo na yo; babulisami mpo na Yawe mpo na kosala mosala ya Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani.
7 But it is you and your sons, who are the priests, who must perform all the rituals concerning the altar and with what happens inside the Very Holy Place. I am giving to you this work of serving as priests. So anyone else who tries to do that work must be executed.”
Kasi ekozala kaka yo elongo na bana na yo ya mibali nde bokosala mosala lokola Banganga-Nzambe na makambo nyonso oyo etali etumbelo mpe oyo esalemaka na sima ya rido. Nazali kopesa yo mosala ya bonganga-Nzambe lokola likabo. Moto mosusu oyo akopusana pene ya Esika ya bule asengeli kokufa. »
8 Yahweh also said to Aaron, “I myself have appointed you to take care of all the sacred offerings that the Israeli people bring to me. I have given all these sacred offerings to you and to your sons. You and your descendants will get a share of these offerings permanently.
Bongo Yawe alobaki lisusu na Aron: « Ngai moko napesi yo mokumba ya kobatela makabo oyo babonzeli Ngai. Napesi na yo mpe na bana na yo ya mibali, lokola eteni na bino, makabo nyonso ya bule oyo bana ya Isalaele bapesi Ngai: ezali mobeko ya libela na libela.
9 The parts of the offerings that are not completely burned on the altar belong to you. Those parts of the sacred offerings, including the offerings of grain, the offerings for sins and for the people to be forgiven for not giving me what they are required to give, are set apart, and are to be given to you and your sons.
Tala eteni oyo okozwa kati na makabo ya bule oyo eleki kitoko, oyo batumba na moto te: makabo nyonso oyo bakomemela Ngai lokola makabo oyo eleki bule, ezala makabo ya bagato to bambeka mpo na masumu to bambeka nyonso ya kozongisa boyokani; biteni wana nyonso ekozala mpo na yo elongo na bana na yo.
10 You must eat those offerings in a sacred place, [near the Sacred Tent]. You and all of the other males [in your clan] may eat them, but you must consider those offerings to be holy/dedicated to me.
Bokolia yango lokola biloko oyo eleki bule, mwana mobali nyonso akolia yango. Bokotala yango lokola eloko ya bule.
11 “The priests lift up high the sacred offerings while they are standing in front of the altar. All of those offerings that the Israelis offer to me belong to you and your sons and daughters. They will always be your share. All the members of your family who [have performed the rituals to cause them to] be acceptable to me are permitted to eat from these offerings.
Tala lisusu biloko oyo ekozala mpo na yo: biloko nyonso oyo bakobonza kati na makabo oyo ekowuta na maboko ya bana ya Isalaele. Napesi yango epai na yo elongo na bana na yo ya mibali mpe ya basi, lokola mobeko ya libela na libela. Moto nyonso kati na ndako na yo, oyo akozala peto akoki kolia yango.
12 “am [also] giving to you the first food that people harvest each year and bring to me—the best [olive] oil and new wine and grain.
Napesi yo mafuta nyonso ya olive oyo eleki kitoko, vino ya sika mpe ble oyo bapesi epai na Yawe lokola mbuma ya liboso ya milona na bango.
13 All of the first crops that people harvest and bring to me belong to you. Anyone in your family who has [performed the ritual to] become acceptable to me is permitted to eat that food.
Bambuma ya liboso ya mokili, oyo bakomema epai na Yawe ekozala mpo na yo. Moto nyonso kati na ndako na yo, oyo akozala peto, akoki kolia yango.
14 “Everything in Israel that is set apart to belong to me also belongs to you.
Eloko nyonso, kati na Isalaele, oyo ekokabama epai na Yawe ekozala mpo na yo.
15 The firstborn males, both humans and domestic animals, that are offered to me, will be yours. But people must buy back their firstborn sons and the firstborn animals that may not be used for sacrifices.
Mpe lisusu, bana liboso nyonso, ezala ya bato to ya banyama oyo bakomema epai na Yawe bakozala mpo na yo. Kasi osengeli kosikola mwana mobali nyonso ya liboso ya moto to ya nyama ya mbindo.
16 They must buy them back when they are one month old. The price that they must pay [for each one] is five pieces of silver. They must weigh the silver on the scales that are in the Sacred Tent.
Tango bakokokisa sanza moko, osengeli kosikola bango na motuya ya mbongo ya bibende mitano ya palata, oyo moko na moko kati na yango ezali ya bagrame zomi, kolanda ndenge bamekaka kilo kati na Mongombo.
17 “But they are not permitted to buy back the firstborn cattle or sheep or goats. They are holy and have been set apart for me. [Slaughter them and] sprinkle their blood on the altar. Then completely burn the fat of those animals [on the altar] to be an offering to me. The smell as they burn will be very pleasing to me.
Kasi osengeli te kosikola mwana liboso ya ngombe, ya meme to ya ntaba, pamba te ezali bule. Okosopa makila na yango na etumbelo mpe okotumba mafuta na yango lokola likabo bazikisa na moto, likabo ya solo kitoko mpo na Yawe.
18 The meat from those offerings will be yours, just like the breast and right thigh of animals that are presented to me to maintain fellowship with me as the priest lifts them up high in front of the altar are yours.
Misuni na yango ekozala mpo na yo, ndenge moko mpe mpo na tolo mpe mopende ya loboko ya mobali oyo batombolaka mpo na kobonzela Ngai.
19 Anything that the Israeli people present to me as holy/sacred gifts, I am giving to you. They are for you and your sons and daughters [to eat]. They will always be your share. This is an agreement that I am making with you, an agreement that will (last forever/never be changed). I am also making this agreement with your descendants.”
Napesi yo elongo na bana na yo ya mibali mpe ya basi, lokola ekateli ya libele na libela, biloko nyonso oyo bana ya Isalaele bakotiaka pembeni mpo na kobonza epai na Yawe lokola makabo ya bule. Ezali boyokani ya seko, oyo ekobongwanaka te liboso ya Yawe mpo na yo mpe bakitani na yo. »
20 Yahweh also said to Aaron, “You priests will not receive any of the land or the property like the [other] Israeli people will receive. I am what you will receive.
Yawe alobaki na Aron: « Okozwa eteni ya mabele te kati na mokili na bango, mpe okozwa ata bomengo moko te lokola libula kati na bana ya Isalaele, pamba te Ngai moko nde nazali bomengo mpe libula na bino kati na bana ya Isalaele.
21 “Then the Israeli people bring to me a tenth of all [the crops and of their newborn animals], I will give that to you descendants of Levi. That will be your payment for the work you do at the Sacred Tent.
Napesi lokola libula, epai ya Balevi, biteni nyonso ya zomi oyo ekozwama kati na Isalaele lokola lifuti ya mosala oyo basalaka kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani.
22 The other Israelis must not go near that tent. If they go near it, [I will consider that their doing that is a sin, and] they will die for committing that sin.
Kobanda sik’oyo, bana ya Isalaele basengeli lisusu te kopusana pene ya Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani, noki te bakomema mokumba ya masumu na bango mpe bakokufa.
23 Only the descendants of Levi are permitted to work at the Sacred Tent, and they will be punished if anything bad happens to it. That is a law that will never be changed. You descendants of Levi will not receive any land among the other Israeli people,
Ezali Balevi nde bazali na mokumba ya kosala mosala na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani mpe ya komema mokumba ya bambeba na bango na kati na yango. Oyo ezali mobeko ya libela mpo na bileko oyo ekoya ya sima. Bakozwa libula moko te elongo na bana ya Isalaele.
24 because I will give you one tenth of all the [crops and animals] that the Israelis bring to be offerings to me. That is why I said that you will not receive any land like the other Israelis will receive.”
Na esika na yango, napesi epai ya Balevi lokola libula na bango, biteni moko nyonso kati na biteni zomi oyo bana ya Isalaele bakopesa lokola likabo epai na Yawe. Yango wana, nalobaki na tina na bango: ‹ Bakozwa libula moko te elongo na bana ya Isalaele. › »
25 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
26 “Tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you receive one tenth of all [the crops and animals] from the Israeli people, you must give one tenth of all that to me to be a sacred offering.
« Loba na Balevi mpe yebisa bango: ‹ Tango bokozwa na maboko ya bana ya Isalaele eteni ya zomi oyo napesi bino lokola libula, bosengeli kopesa eteni ya zomi ya biteni wana ya zomi lokola likabo mpo na Yawe.
27 Just like the other Israelis give one tenth of the grain and wine that they produce,
Likabo yango ekozala mpo na bino lokola oyo balongolaka na ble oyo bazali kobuka na elanga mpe na vino ya sika oyo ezali kobima na ekamolelo.
28 you must give to me one tenth of all that you receive from them. That will be your sacred offering to me. You must present it to Aaron.
Na nzela wana nde bino mpe bokobonza makabo epai na Yawe wuta na biteni nyonso ya zomi oyo bokozwa na maboko ya bana ya Isalaele. Mpe wuta na biteni wana ya zomi, bosengeli kopesa eteni ya Yawe epai ya Nganga-Nzambe Aron.
29 Select the best parts of the things that are given to you to give them to me.’
Kati na makabo nyonso oyo bokozwa, bosengeli kopesa epai na Yawe eteni oyo eleki kitoko mpe eleki bule. ›
30 “Also, tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you present those best portions of grain and wine as your offering to me, I will consider that those gifts are as though they came from your own grain fields and vineyards.
Loba na Balevi: ‹ Tango bokopesa eteni oyo eleki kitoko, ekotangama mpo na bino lokola bambuma oyo elanga eboti mpe lokola vino oyo ekamolelo ebimisi.
31 You descendants of Levi and your families are permitted to eat [the rest of] that food, and you may eat it wherever [you want to], because it is your payment for the work that you do at the Sacred Tent.
Bino elongo na mabota na bino, bokolia yango na bisika nyonso, pamba te yango ezali lifuti na bino mpo na mosala na bino kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani.
32 If you give to the priests the best portions of what you receive, you will not be punished [by me] for accepting one tenth of the gifts that the people bring to me. But you must consider those gifts to be sacred/holy. If you sin [by eating those things in ways that are contrary to these regulations that I have given to you], you will be executed.’”
Na nzela ya kopesa eteni wana oyo eleki kitoko, bokozala na ngambo te na likambo wana, bokobebisa te bosantu ya makabo ya bana ya Isalaele mpe bokokufa te. › »
