Numbers 8
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
2 “Speak to Aaron. Say to him, 'The seven lamps must give light in front of the lampstand when you light them.'”
« Loba na Aron mpe yebisa ye: ‹ Tango okotia minda, minda sambo esengeli kongengisa liboso ya etelemiselo ya minda. › »
3 Aaron did this. He lit the lamps on the lampstand to give light toward the front of it, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Aron asalaki kaka bongo: atiaki minda na liboso ya etelemiselo ya minda ndenge Yawe atindaki na nzela ya Moyize.
4 The lampstand was made in this way and Yahweh showed Moses the pattern for it. It was to be hammered gold from its base to its top, with hammered cups like blossoms.
Tala ndenge basalaki etelemiselo ya minda: basalaki yango na wolo batuta wuta na likonzi kino na bafololo na yango; basalaki yango ndenge kaka Yawe alakisaki Moyize.
5 Again, Yahweh spoke to Moses. He said,
Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
6 “Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and purify them.
« Kamata Balevi kati na bana ya Isalaele mpe petola bango.
7 Do this to them to purify them: Sprinkle the water of atonement on them. Make them shave their entire body, wash their clothes, and in this way purify themselves.
Tala ndenge okosala mpo na kopetola bango: okobwakela bango mayi ya bopetoli; bongo bakolekisa jileti na nzoto na bango mobimba mpo na komikokola suki ya nzoto mobimba mpe bakosukola bilamba na bango. Ezali na nzela wana nde bakokoma peto.
8 Then have them take a young bull and its grain offering of fine flour mingled with oil. Let them take another young bull as a sin offering.
Bakokamata mwana ngombe ya mobali elongo na likabo na yango ya farine oyo basangisa na mafuta; mpe okokamata mwana ngombe mosusu ya mobali mpo na mbeka ya masumu.
9 You will bring the Levites in front of the tent of meeting and assemble the whole community of the people of Israel.
Yeisa Balevi liboso ya Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani mpe sangisa lisanga mobimba ya Isalaele.
10 When you bring the Levites before Yahweh, the people of Israel must lay their hands on the Levites.
Okopusa Balevi liboso ya Yawe mpe bana ya Isalaele bakotia bango maboko.
11 Aaron must offer the Levites before Yahweh, as a wave offering from the people of Israel so that they may do the service of Yahweh.
Sima na yango, Aron akobonza Balevi lokola likabo oyo bana ya Isalaele babonzeli Yawe mpo ete bazwa makoki ya kosala mosala ya Yawe.
12 The Levites must place their hands on the heads of the bulls. You must offer one bull for a sin offering and the other bull for a burnt offering to me, to atone for the Levites.
Mpe na sima, Balevi bakotia maboko na bango likolo ya mito ya bangombe ya mibali. Bonza ngombe moko lokola mbeka ya masumu epai na Yawe mpe mosusu lokola mbeka ya kotumba, mpo na kosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na Balevi.
13 Present the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and lift them up as a wave offering to me.
Tika ete Balevi batelema liboso ya Aron mpe ya bana na ye ya mibali; bongo bonza bango lokola likabo epai na Yawe.
14 In this way you must separate the Levites from among the people of Israel. The Levites will belong to me.
Ezali na nzela wana nde okotia pembeni Balevi kati na bana ya Isalaele, mpe bakozala ya Ngai.
15 After that, the Levites must go in to serve in the tent of meeting. You must purify them. You must offer them as a wave offering.
Sima na yo kopetola Balevi mpe kobonza bango lokola likabo, bakozwa ndingisa ya kosala mosala na bango na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani. Boye, okopetola bango mpe okobonza bango lokola likabo epai na Yawe,
16 Do this, because they are entirely mine from among the people of Israel. They will take the place of each male child who opens the womb, the firstborn of all the descendants of Israel. I have taken the Levites for myself.
pamba te bango nde bazali bato oyo bapesameli Ngai kati na bana ya Isalaele. Ngai moko nde nazwaki bango na esika ya bana nyonso ya liboso ya bana ya Isalaele.
17 All the firstborn from among the people of Israel are mine, both of people and of animals. On the day that I took the lives of all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set them apart for myself.
Pamba te, bana nyonso ya liboso ya bana ya Isalaele bazali ya Ngai, ezala bana ya liboso ya bana ya bato to ya banyama. Tango nabomaki bana nyonso ya liboso na mokili ya Ejipito, natiaki bango pembeni mpo na Ngai moko.
18 I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of all the firstborn.
Mpe nazwaki Balevi na esika ya bana nyonso ya liboso ya bana ya Isalaele.
19 I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons. I have taken them from among the people of Israel to do the work of the people of Israel in the tent of meeting. I have given them to atone for the people of Israel so that no plague will harm the people when they come near to the holy place.”
Kati na bato nyonso ya Isalaele, napesi Balevi lokola likabo epai ya Aron mpe ya bana na ye ya mibali, mpo ete basala mosala kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani mpo na bolamu ya bana ya Isalaele mpe basala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na bango, mpo ete likama moko te ekomela bana ya Isalaele tango bakopusana pene ya Esika ya bule. »
20 Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of the people of Israel did this with the Levites. They did everything that Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites. The people of Israel did this with them.
Moyize, Aron mpe lisanga mobimba ya bana ya Isalaele basalaki mpo na Balevi, makambo nyonso oyo Yawe atindaki Moyize.
21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothing, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering to Yahweh and he made atonement for them to cleanse them.
Balevi bamipetolaki mpe basukolaki bilamba na bango. Aron abonzaki bango lokola likabo epai na Yawe mpe asalaki mpo na bango mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na kopetola bango.
22 After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before Aaron's sons. This was as Yahweh had commanded Moses about the Levites. They treated all the Levites in this way.
Sima na yango, Balevi bazwaki ndingisa ya kosala mosala na bango na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani, na se ya bokonzi ya Aron mpe ya bana na ye ya mibali. Basalaki mpo na Balevi, makambo oyo Yawe atindaki na nzela ya Moyize.
23 Yahweh spoke again to Moses. He said,
Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
24 “All of this is for the Levites who are twenty-five years old and more. They must join the company to serve in the tent of meeting.
« Tala bikateli oyo etali Balevi: mobali nyonso oyo azali na mibu ya mbotama kobanda tuku mibale na mitano mpe koleka asengeli koya kosala mosala kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani.
25 They must stop serving in this way at the age of fifty years. At that age they must not serve any longer.
Kasi soki akokisi mibu tuku mitano, akotika mosala oyo azalaki kosala, akosala lisusu mosala te.
26 They may help their brothers who continue to work at the tent of meeting, but they must serve no more. You must direct the Levites in all these matters.”
Akokoma nde kosunga bandeko na ye mpo na kokokisa misala na bango kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani. Nzokande ye moko akosala lisusu mosala te. Yango nde ekozala bikateli oyo okolanda mpo na mosala ya Balevi. »
