Numbers 6
1 Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
Awo Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti,
2 “Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If any of you [wants to] make a solemn promise to dedicate himself to belong to me in a special way, [after you obey these instructions], you will be called a Nazir-man, [which means “dedicated man”].
“Tegeeza abaana ba Isirayiri nti, Omusajja oba omukazi bw’anaabanga ayagala okukola obweyamo obw’enjawulo obutali bwa bulijjo ne yeetukuza ne yeeyawula eri Mukama ng’Omunazaalayiti,
3 You must not drink any wine or other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink any vinegar made from wine or from any other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins.
anaateekwanga obutanywa nvinnyo n’ekyokunywa ekirala kyonna ekitamiiza, era taanywenga nvinnyo wadde ekitamiiza ekirala kyonna ekikaatuuse. Era taalyenga ku bibala bya mizabbibu wadde ensigo zaabyo.
4 You must not eat anything that comes from grapevines, not even the skins or seeds of grapes, during the time that you are a Nazir-man.
Ebbanga lyonna ly’anaamalanga nga Munnazaalayiti taalyenga ku kintu kyonna ekiva mu mizabbibu newaakubadde ensigo wadde ebikuta.
5 ‘Even your hair will be dedicated to me during the time that you area Nazir-man, so you must never allow anyone to cut your hair. Until the time that your solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me is ended, you must allow your hair to grow long.
“Ebbanga lyonna ly’anaamalanga ng’ali mu bweyamo bwe obwo, kkirita teyitenga ku mutwe gwe. Anaabanga mutukuvu eri Mukama Katonda okutuusa ekiseera kye eky’okweyawula nga kiweddeko; era enviiri ez’oku mutwe gwe anaazirekanga ne zikula ne ziwanvuwa.
6 And you must not go near a corpse during the time that you are a Nazir-man.
Ebbanga lyonna ly’anaamalanga mu bweyamo bwe obwo eri Mukama Katonda, taasembererenga muntu afudde.
7 Even if the person who died is your father or your mother or your brother or your sister, you must not cause yourself to become unacceptable to me [by coming close to the corpse]. Your long hair [MTY] shows that you belong to me in a special way, so you must not cut your hair.
Newaakubadde kitaawe, oba nnyina, oba muganda we oba mwannyina nga kwe kuli afudde, taabasembererenga alemenga okufuuka atali mulongoofu, kubanga akabonero ak’obweyamo obw’okweyawula eri Katonda kanaabanga kali ku mutwe gwe.
8 You are required to keep doing this all the time that you are dedicated to me in this special way.
Okumala ebbanga lyonna ery’obweyamo bwe obw’okweyawula, anaabanga mutukuvu eri Mukama Katonda.
9 ‘If anyone dies very suddenly when he is near you, then your hair that you have dedicated to me is no longer sacred. So you must wait seven days and then shave it all off. Then you must perform a special ritual to cause yourself to become acceptable to me again.
“Omuntu bw’anaafanga ekikutuko ng’aliraanye omuwonge oyo, bw’atyo n’afuula enviiri ze okuba ezitali nnongoofu, kale, anaamwanga omutwe gwe ku lunaku olw’okwerongoosa, lwe lunaku olw’omusanvu.
10 The next day you must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
Ku lunaku olw’omunaana anaaleetanga amayiba abiri oba enjiibwa ento bbiri eri kabona ku mulyango gwa Weema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu.
11 ‘The priest must [kill the birds and] offer them as sacrifices. One of them will be an offering to enable me to forgive you for the sins you have committed, and the other will be an offering that is burned completely to please me. [After the priest burns them on the altar], I will forgive you for having come close to a corpse, and [when] your hair [grows again it] will be dedicated to me again.
Kabona anaawangayo ekimu ku ebyo ng’ekiweebwayo olw’ekibi, n’ekyokubiri ng’ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa olw’okumutangiririra kubanga yali ayonoonye bwe yaliraana omuntu afudde. Ku lunaku olwo lwe lumu, kw’anaatukulizangako omutwe gwe.
12 The amount of time that you were set apart for me the previous time does not count, because you had become unacceptable to me [by coming close to a corpse] during the time that you were a Nazir-man. So you must again make a solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me for the entire amount of time that you indicated the previous time. And you must also sacrifice a one-year-old lamb for not doing what you were required to do.
Aneewangayo eri Mukama Katonda okumala ebbanga lyonna ery’obweyamo bwe obw’okweyawula, era anaaleetanga omwana gw’endiga omulume n’aguwaayo ng’ekiweebwayo olw’okusingibwa omusango. Ennaku ezaasooka teziibalibwenga kubanga yafuuka atali mulongoofu mu bbanga ery’obweyamo bwe obw’okweyawula.
13 ‘When the time that you promised to dedicate yourself to me is ended, go to the entrance of the Sacred Tent
“Lino ly’etteeka erinaakwatanga ku Munnazaalayiti ebbanga lye ery’obweyamo obw’okweyawula bwe linaggwangako. Anaaleetebwanga ku mulyango gwa Weema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu.
14 and offer as sacrifices to me three animals that have no defects: Offer a one-year-old ram that will be burned completely, a one-year-old female lamb as a sacrifice to enable me to forgive your sins, and one full-grown ram as a sacrifice to maintain fellowship with me.
Anaawangayo ebirabo bye eby’ebiweebwayo eri Mukama Katonda, bye bino: omwana gw’endiga omulume ogw’omwaka ogumu ogw’obukulu ogutaliiko kamogo nga gwe gw’ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa; n’omwana gw’endiga omuluusi ogutaliiko kamogo nga gwe gw’ekiweebwayo olw’ekibi; n’endiga ennume etaliiko kamogo nga ye y’ekiweebwayo olw’emirembe;
15 ‘When you bring those animals, you must also bring some wine to offer as a sacrifice. And you must also bring a basket of bread that you have made with very good flour and [olive] oil. But you must not put any yeast in the bread. Also brush/spread some [olive] oil on some thin wafers and bring them to the priest.
n’ekibbo ky’emigaati egitali mizimbulukuse; ne kkeeke ezikoleddwa mu buwunga obulungi obutabuddwamu n’amafuta ag’omuzeeyituuni agafumba; n’obusukuuti obw’oluwewere obutali buzimbulukuse obusiigiddwako amafuta ag’omuzeeyituuni, n’ebiweebwayo eby’emmere y’empeke n’ebiweebwayo eby’ebyokunywa.
16 ‘The priest will put the young lamb and the young ram on the altar and completely burn them, in order that I will be pleased and will forgive you for your sins.
“Kabona anaabireetanga awali Mukama Katonda, n’awaayo ekiweebwayo kye olw’ekibi n’ekiweebwayo kye ekyokebwa.
17 Then he will kill the full-grown ram as an offering to restore fellowship with me, and he will also burn on the altar some of the bread and the grain and wine.
Anaawangayo endiga ennume nga ssaddaaka ey’ekiweebwayo olw’emirembe eri Mukama Katonda awamu n’ekibbo ky’emigaati egitali mizimbulukuse; era kabona anaawangayo ekiweebwayo eky’emmere y’empeke n’ekiweebwayo eky’ebyokunywa.
18 ‘After that, you must [stand at] the entrance of the Sacred Tent and shave off your hair. Then you must put that hair in the fire that is under the [animal that has been sacrificed] on the altar to maintain fellowship with me.
“Omunnazaalayiti anaamweranga omutwe gwe ogw’obuwonge bwe ku mulyango gwa Weema ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu; anaddiranga enviiri ezivudde ku mutwe ogw’obuwonge bwe n’azissa ku muliro oguli wansi wa ssaddaaka ey’ekiweebwayo olw’emirembe.
19 ‘The meat from the ram’s shoulder must be boiled. After it is cooked, the priest will take it along with one of the loaves of bread and one wafer which has been brushed with [olive] oil, and he will put them in your hands.
“Omunnazaalayiti bw’anaamalanga okumwa omutwe gwe ogw’obuwonge bwe, kabona anaddiranga omukono gw’endiga omufumbe, n’aggya ne kkeeke etali nzimbulukuse emu mu kibbo, n’akasukuuti ak’oluwewere akatali kazimbulukuse kamu, n’abimukwasa mu ngalo ze.
20 Then the priest will [take them back and] lift them up high to dedicate them to me. They now belong to the priest, and he is permitted to eat some of the meat from the ram’s shoulder and from its ribs and from one of its thighs, because that meat is his share of the sacrifice. After that, you will no longer be a Nazir-man, and you will again be permitted to drink wine.
Kabona anaabiwuubanga nga kye kiweebwayo ekiwuubibwa mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda. Binaabanga bitukuvu era nga bya kabona awamu n’ekifuba ekiwuubibwa n’ekisambi ekinaaweebwangayo. Ebyo bwe binaggwanga, Omunnazaalayiti anaayinzanga okunywa envinnyo.
21 ‘Those are the regulations about the offerings that Nazir-men solemnly promise to bring to me to end their time of being dedicated to me. They must bring these offerings, but if they want to, they may bring additional offerings. And they must do everything that they solemnly promised to do when they dedicated themselves to me.’”
“Eryo lye tteeka ery’Omunnazaalayiti aneeyamanga okwewaayo eri Mukama Katonda ng’obweyamo bwe obw’okweyawula bwe bunaabanga, ng’agasseeko n’ebirala nga bw’anaasobolanga. Anaateekwanga okutuukiriza obweyamo bwe bwanaabanga akoze, ng’etteeka ly’Omunnazaalayiti bwe liragira.”
22 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti,
23 “Tell Aaron and his sons that when they [ask me to] bless the people, they must say,
“Tegeeza Alooni ne batabani be nti, Bwe muti bwe munaasabiranga abaana ba Isirayiri omukisa: munaabagambanga nti:
24 ‘I desire that Yahweh will bless you and protect you,
“‘Mukama Katonda akuwe omukisa, akukuume;
25 and that he will smile at you and act kindly toward you,
Mukama Katonda akwakize amaaso ge akukwatirwe ekisa;
26 and that he will be good to you [IDM] and cause things to go well for you.’”
Mukama Katonda akwolekeze amaaso ge akuwe emirembe.’
27 Then Yahweh said, “If Aaron and his sons ask me to bless the Israeli people, truly I will bless them.”
“Bwe batyo banaateekanga erinnya lyange ku baana ba Isirayiri, nange naabawanga omukisa.”
