Numbers 18

1 The LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Yehowa ƒo nu na Aron azɔ gblɔ be, “Enye wò kple viwò ŋutsuwo kple wò ƒometɔwo ƒe dɔdeasi be miakpɔ egbɔ be, nu kɔkɔe aɖeke mezu nu makɔmakɔ o, eye anye miawo ƒe vodada ne kpɔtsɔtsɔ aɖe ava miaƒe nunɔladɔwo wɔwɔ ŋuti.

2 Bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the Tent of the Testimony.

Kplɔ nɔviwò, Levi ƒe viwo, tso Levi ƒe to la me vɛ be woakpe ɖe ŋuwò, ne wò kple viwò ŋutsuwo miele subɔsubɔm le agbadɔ la ŋgɔ.

3 They shall keep your commands and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they nor you.

Woawɔ dɔ le wò kpɔkplɔ te, eye woawɔ dɔ siwo katã ku ɖe agbadɔ la ŋu, gake womate ɖe agbadɔ la me nuwo alo vɔsamlekpui la ŋu o, ne wowɔe la, woawo kple wò siaa miaku.

4 They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.

Woanɔ ŋuwò awɔ dɔ, siwo katã le Mawu ƒe agbadɔ la ŋu. Ame sia ame si menye Levi ƒe vi o la mekpɔ mɔ akpe ɖe ŋuwò le mɔ aɖeke nu o.

5 “You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel.

“Ɖo ŋku edzi be, nunɔlawo koe awɔ dɔ kɔkɔewo le kɔkɔeƒe la kple vɔsamlekpui la dzi. Ne miewɔ se siawo dzi la, Mawu ƒe dɔmedzoe magabi ɖe Israelviwo dometɔ aɖeke ŋu le se siawo dzi dada ta gbeɖegbeɖe o.

6 Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.

Megale egblɔm be, nye ŋutɔe tia nɔviwò Levi ƒe viwo tso Israelviwo dome na Yehowa ƒe dɔ be woanye wò kpeɖeŋutɔwo le agbadɔmedɔwɔwɔ me.

7 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”

Ke wò kple viwò ŋutsuwo, nunɔlawo, miawoe awɔ dɔ kɔkɔeawo katã kple dɔ siwo le vɔsamlekpui la ŋu kple esiwo le xɔmetsovɔ la me, elabena nunɔlanyenye nye miaƒe dɔdeasi tɔxɛ. Ame bubu ɖe sia ɖe si ake atse awɔ dɔ siawo la aku.”

8 The LORD spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I myself have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever.

Yehowa gade se siawo na Aron. “Metsɔ nunana siwo katã Israelviwo tsɔna vɛ na Yehowa la na nunɔlawo. Nunana siwo katã wotsɔna naa Yehowa to wo nyenye le vɔsamlekpui la ŋgɔ me la nye wò kple viwò ŋutsuwo tɔ le se mavɔ la nu.

9 This shall be yours of the most holy things from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.

Nuɖuvɔsawo, nu vɔ̃ ŋuti vɔsawo kple fɔɖivɔsawo nye mia tɔ. Nu siwo wotsɔ vɛ abe kpɔɖeŋu ene be woame na Yehowa le vɔsamlekpui la dzi koe menye mia tɔ o. Nu siawo katã nye nunana kɔkɔewo.

10 You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you.

Ŋutsuwo koe aɖu wo, eye teƒe kɔkɔe aɖe ko woaɖu wo le.

11 “This is yours, too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

“Nunana bubuawo katã si Israelviwo anam to wo nyenye le vɔsamlekpui la ŋgɔ me la nye wò kple wò ƒometɔwo, viwò ŋutsuwo kple viwò nyɔnuwo siaa tɔ. Wò ƒometɔwo katã aɖu nu siawo negbe wo dometɔ si ŋu mekɔ le ɣe ma ɣi me o la ko.

12 “I have given to you all the best of the oil, all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to the LORD.

“Nenema ke kutsetse gbãtɔ siwo ameawo atsɔ vɛ na Yehowa abe ami, wain kple lu nyuitɔwo

13 The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the LORD, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

kple nuɖuɖu ɖe sia ɖe ene la hã nye mia tɔ. Miaƒe ƒometɔwo aɖu esiawo negbe ɖeko wo ŋuti mekɔ le ɣe ma ɣi me o.

14 “Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours.

“Nu sia nu si le Israel, si ŋu wokɔ, ɖe ɖe aga na Yehowa la nye tɔwò.

15 Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to the LORD, both of man and animal, shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.

Vi gbãtɔ ɖe sia ɖe, amegbetɔ kple lã siaa si wotsɔ na Yehowa la nye tɔwò. Ke ele na wò be nàƒle viŋutsuvi gbãtɔ kple lã makɔmakɔ ɖe sia ɖe ƒe lãtsu gbãtɔ ta.

16 You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which weighs twenty gerahs.

Ne woxɔ ɣleti ɖeka la, ele na wò be nàƒle wo ta, eye wo taƒlegae nye klosalo gram blaade, le kɔkɔeƒe la ƒe nudanu nu.

17 “But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to the LORD.

“Ke womaxe fe ɖe nyiwo, alẽwo kple gbɔ̃wo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo ta o; elabena wole kɔkɔe. Nàhlẽ woƒe ʋu ɖe vɔsamlekpui la dzi, eye nàtɔ dzo ami la abe dzovɔsa si ʋẽna lĩlĩlĩ la ene na Yehowa.

18 Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours.

Lã siawo ƒe lã nye mia tɔ hekpe ɖe woƒe akɔ kple ɖusita, si wotsɔna naa Yehowa to wo nyenye le vɔsamlekpui la ŋgɔ me la ŋu.

19 All the wave offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD to you and to your offspring with you.”

Ɛ̃, metsɔ nunana siwo katã Israelviwo va naa Yehowa, eye wonyena le yame la na mi. Wonye wò kple wò ƒometɔwo ƒe nuɖuɖu. Esia nye dze ƒe nubabla mavɔ le Yehowa kple wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo dome.”

20 The LORD said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

Yehowa gblɔ na Aron be, “Mianyi woƒe anyigba ƒe dome o, eye miakpɔ gome le wo dometɔ aɖeke me o, nyee nye miaƒe gome kple miaƒe domenyinu le Israelviwo dome.

21 “To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.

“Metsɔ Israelviwo ƒe nuwo ƒe ewolia na Levi ƒe viwo abe woƒe domenyinu ene le woƒe dɔ si wowɔna le agbadɔ me la ta.

22 Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

Tso azɔ dzi heyina la, Israelvi siwo menye nunɔlawo kple Levi ƒe viwo o la mekpɔ mɔ age ɖe agbadɔ la me o. Ne woge ɖee la, woaɖi fɔ, eye woaku.

23 But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. Among the children of Israel, they shall have no inheritance.

Levi ƒe viwo koe awɔ dɔ le agbadɔ la ŋu. Woaɖi fɔ ne wogbe dɔ wɔwɔ le afi ma. Esia nye se na mi tegbetegbe be nunɔamesi aɖeke manɔ Levi ƒe vi aɖeke si le Israelnyigba dzi o,

24 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’”

elabena Israelviwo ƒe nuwo ƒe ewolia si wotsɔ na Yehowa to wo nyenye le vɔsamlekpui la ŋgɔ me la anye Levi ƒe viwo tɔ. Eya ta megblɔ na wo be, ‘Domenyinu manɔ wo si le Israelviwo dome o.’”

25 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,

26 “Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for the LORD, a tithe of the tithe.

“Ƒo nu na Levi ƒe viwo, eye nàgblɔ na wo be, ‘Ne miexɔ nu ewolia si metsɔ na mi abe miaƒe domenyinu ene tso Israelviwo si la, ele na mi be miatsɔ nu ewolia mawo ƒe ewolia abe vɔsa na Yehowa ene.

27 Your wave offering shall be credited to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press.

Yehowa axɔ nu sia na mi abe miaƒe lu kple waintsetse gbãtɔwo ƒe nunana ene, abe ɖe wotso miawo ŋutɔ miaƒe agblewo me ene.

28 Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall give the LORD’s wave offering to Aaron the priest.

Ale miawo hã miana nu Yehowa tso nu ewolia siwo katã miexɔ tso Israelviwo gbɔ la me. Tso nu ewolia siawo me la, miatsɔ Yehowa ƒe ɖuƒe ana Aron, nunɔla la.

29 Out of all your gifts, you shall offer every wave offering to the LORD, of all its best parts, even the holy part of it.’

Ele be miatsɔ nu sia nu si wona la ƒe akpa nyuitɔ kple kɔkɔetɔ ana Yehowa abe eƒe ɖuƒe ene.’

30 “Therefore you shall tell them, ‘When you heave its best from it, then it shall be credited to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press.

“Gblɔ na Levi ƒe viwo be, ‘Ne mieɖe nyuitɔwo na adzɔe la, woabui na mi abe ɖe wotso miawo ŋutɔ miaƒe lugbɔƒe alo miaƒe wainfiaƒe ene.

31 You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.

Aron kple via ŋutsuwo kple eƒe ƒometɔwo aɖui le woƒe aƒewo me alo le teƒe ɖe sia ɖe si adze wo ŋu, elabena eyae nye woƒe fetu ɖe woƒe dɔwɔwɔ le agbadɔ la me ta.

32 You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best. You shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.’”

Mi, Levi ƒe viwo la, miada vo o, ne miexɔ ameawo ƒe nuwo ƒe akpa ewolia ƒe ɖeka na Yehowa, eye mietsɔ nu siawo ƒe nyuitɔwo ƒe akpa ewolia ƒe ɖeka na nunɔlawo. Ke mikpɔ nyuie be miabu Israelviwo ƒe nunana kɔkɔewo abe nu dzodzrowo wonye ene o. Ne miewɔ esia la, miaku.’”