Mose 3 9

1 Le ŋutikɔkɔ ƒe ŋkeke enyia gbe la, Mose yɔ Aron kple via ŋutsuwo kple Israel ƒe ametsitsiwo,

Eight days later, Moses/I summoned the elders of Israel.

2 eye wògblɔ na Aron be wòalé nyitsu ɖeka tso nyiha la me hena nu vɔ̃ ŋuti vɔsa kple agbo ɖeka hena numevɔsa, eye wòasa vɔ le Yehowa ŋkume.

Then he/I said to Aaron, “Take a young bull for the offering to enable you leaders to be forgiven for the sins you have committed, and a ram to be completely burned [on the altar], both of them without any defects, and offer them to Yahweh.

3 Mose yi edzi be, “Gblɔ na Israelviwo be woatia gbɔ̃tsu ɖeka hena woƒe nu vɔ̃ ŋuti vɔsa kple nyivi ɖeka kple alẽvi ɖeka, lã siwo de blibo hena woƒe numevɔsa.

Then say to the Israeli people, ‘Take one male goat for the offering to enable you all to be forgiven for the sins you have committed. Also take a calf and a lamb that have no defects, to be an offering completely burned [on the altar].

4 Kpe ɖe esia ŋu la, woatsɔ nyitsu ɖeka kple agbo ɖeka asa akpedavɔ, eye woatsɔ wɔ si woblu kple ami la asa nuɖuvɔ na Yehowa, elabena egbe la, Yehowa aɖe eɖokui afia wo.”

Also take an ox and a ram to be an offering to maintain fellowship [with Yahweh], along with an offering of flour mixed with olive oil. Do this because today Yahweh is going to appear to you.’”

5 Ale ameawo tsɔ nu siawo katã va Agbadɔ la ƒe mɔnu, abe ale si Mose gblɔ na wo la ene, eye ameawo tsi tsitre ɖe afi ma le Yehowa ŋkume.

[After Moses/I told this to the Israeli people, some of them] took the things that Moses/I had commanded them to take, and went to the courtyard in front of the Sacred Tent. Then all the people came near and stood in front of Yahweh.

6 Mose gblɔ na ameawo be, “Ne miewɔ Yehowa ƒe ɖoɖowo dzi la, eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe aɖe eɖokui afia mi.”

Then Moses/I said, “This is what Yahweh has commanded you to do, in order that his glory will appear to you.”

7 Mose gblɔ na Aron be wòate ɖe vɔsamlekpui la ŋu, eye wòasa nu vɔ̃ vɔsa kple numevɔ, alé avu gbã ɖe eɖokui ta, eye emegbe la, ɖe ame bubuawo ta abe ale si Yehowa ɖo ene.

Then Moses/I said to Aaron, “Come to the altar and sacrifice the animal that is your offering to enable you to be forgiven for the sins you have committed, and the animal that will be completely burned there. Because of those offerings, God will forgive you and the people for the sins that you have committed [DOU]. Do those things that Yahweh has commanded.”

8 Ale Aron te ɖe vɔsamlekpui la ŋu, eye wòtsɔ nyivi la wɔ nu vɔ̃ vɔsae ɖe eya ŋutɔ ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ta.

So Aaron came close to the altar and slaughtered the calf to be an offering for his sins.

9 Via ŋutsuwo tsɔ ʋu la nɛ. Ede asi eme, sisii ɖe vɔsamlekpui la ƒe dzowo ŋu, eye wòkɔ mamlɛa ɖe vɔsamlekpui la te.

His sons brought its blood to him [in a bowl]. He dipped his finger into the blood and put some of it on the projections at the corners of the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

10 Emegbe la, etɔ dzo nu vɔ̃ ŋuti vɔsalã la ƒe ami, ayikuawo kple aklã la le vɔsamlekpui la dzi, abe ale si Yehowa ɖo na Mose ene.

He/I burned the fat, including that which covered the kidneys and the liver, as Yahweh had commanded him/me.

11 Etɔ dzo lã la kple eƒe agbalẽ le asaɖa la godo.

Then Aaron burned [the rest of] the meat and the hide/skin outside the camp.

12 Nu si kplɔ esia ɖo lae nye Aron wu numevɔsalã la. Via ŋutsuwo tsɔ ʋua nɛ, eye wòhlẽe ɖe vɔsamlekpui la ŋu godoo.

Then Aaron slaughtered the animal that would be completely burned [on the altar]. His sons handed him [the bowl containing] its blood, and he sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar.

13 Wofli lã la tsɔ vɛ nɛ kpe ɖe lã la ƒe ta ŋu. Etɔ dzo wo katã le vɔsamlekpui la dzi.

Then they handed him the head and the pieces of the animal that would be burned, and he burned them on the altar.

14 Ekpala dɔmenuawo kple afɔawo, eye wòtɔ dzo wo ɖe vɔsamlekpui la dzi abe numevɔsa ene.

He washed the inner parts and the legs of the animal, and burned them on the altar, on top of the other pieces of the animal.

15 Emegbe la, etsɔ ameawo ƒe nunanawo sa vɔe. Ewu gbɔ̃tsu la, eye wòtsɔe sa vɔe abe ale si wòsa nu vɔ̃ vɔsa ɖe eɖokui ta ene.

Then Aaron brought the animals that would be sacrifices for the Israeli people. He took the goat and slaughtered it to be an offering to enable them to be forgiven for the sins they had committed, like he had done with the goat for his own offering.

16 Ale wòsa numevɔ la na Yehowa, le se siwo wòde nɛ la nu.

Then he brought the animal for the offering to be completely burned. He slaughtered it and offered it in the way that Yahweh had commanded him to do.

17 Le esia megbe la, esa nuɖuvɔ la. Eku wɔ la ƒe asiʋlo ɖeka, eye wòtɔ dzoe kpe ɖe gbe sia gbe ƒe ŋdivɔsa ŋu le vɔsamlekpui la dzi.

He also brought the offering of grain. He took a handful of it and burned it on the altar, like he had done for the animal that he had slaughtered and completely burned [on the altar] in the morning.

18 Azɔ la, ewu nyitsu la kple agbo si ameawo tsɔ vɛ la na akpedavɔsa. Aron viŋutsuwo tsɔ lãawo ƒe ʋu vɛ, eye wòhlẽe ɖe vɔsamlekpui la ŋu godoo.

Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram, to be an offering for the Israeli people to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. His sons handed him [the bowl containing] the blood, and he sprinkled the blood against all sides of the altar.

19 Eɖe nyitsu la kple agbo la ƒe amiwo, ami siwo le ayikuawo ŋu kpe ɖe esiwo le woƒe dɔmenuwo ŋu la ŋuti, eye wògaɖe woƒe ayikuwo kple aklãwo hã.

But he took the fat from the ox and the ram, including their fat tails that were cut close to the backbone, and all the fat that covered the livers and the kidneys.

20 Aron tsɔ amiawo da ɖe vɔsalãwo ƒe akɔwo dzi, eye wòtɔ dzo amiawo le vɔsamlekpui la dzi.

He put them on top of the breasts of those animals and carried them to the altar to be burned.

21 Ke Aron nye lãawo ƒe akɔwo kple ɖusitawo le yame le Yehowa ŋkume abe wo tsɔtsɔ na Mawu ƒe dzesi ene, abe ale si Mose ɖo nɛ ene.

Then, doing what Moses/I had commanded, he lifted up in front of Yahweh the breast and the right thigh of those animals, to signify that those two animals completely belonged to Yahweh.

22 Emegbe la, Aron wu eƒe asiwo dzi ɖe dukɔ la dzi, yra wo; eye esi wòsa nu vɔ̃ vɔ, numevɔ, kple akpedavɔ vɔ la, eɖi le vɔsamlekpui la dzi.

Then Aaron lifted his arms toward the people and [asked Yahweh to] bless them. Then having finished making all those offerings, he stepped down [from the place where the altar was].

23 Mose kple Aron woyi Agbadɔ la me, eye esi wodo go la, woyra ameawo. Tete Yehowa ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe ɖe eɖokui fia ameha blibo la,

Then Aaron and Moses/I entered the Sacred Tent. When they/we later came out, they/we [asked Yahweh to] bless the people. And suddenly the glory/brightness of Yahweh appeared to all the people.

24 eye dzo tso Yehowa gbɔ fia numevɔsa la kple amiawo le vɔsamlekpui la dzi. Esi ameawo kpɔe la, wo katã wodo dzidzɔɣli, eye wotsyɔ mo anyi le Yehowa ŋkume.

A fire from Yahweh appeared and burned up the offering that was to be completely burned and the fat that was on the altar. And when all the people saw that, they shouted joyfully and prostrated themselves on the ground [to worship Yahweh].