Mose 4 18

1 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.

And the LORD said unto Aaron, You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

2 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.

And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring you with you, that they may be joined unto you, and minister unto you: but you and your sons with you shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

3 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.

And they shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor all of you also, die.

4 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.

And they shall be joined unto you, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

5 “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.

And all of you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

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

And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

7 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.”

Therefore you and your sons with you shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and all of you shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that comes nigh shall be put to death.

8 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.

And the LORD spoke unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given you the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto you have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, by an ordinance for ever.

9 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.

This shall be your of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every food offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.

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

In the most holy place shall you eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto you.

11 “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.

And this is yours; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in your house shall eat of it.

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

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first-fruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given you.

13 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.

And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be yours; every one that is clean in your house shall eat of it.

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

Every thing devoted in Israel shall be yours.

15 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.

Every thing that opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem, and the first born of unclean beasts shall you redeem.

16 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.

And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shall you redeem, according to your estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

17 “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.

But the first born of a cow, or the first born of a sheep, or the first born of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

18 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.

And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours.

19 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.”

All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto you and to your seed with you.

20 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.

And the LORD spoke unto Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them: I am your part and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

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

And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

22 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.

Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

23 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,

But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

24 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.’”

But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

25 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

26 “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.

Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When all of you take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then all of you shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

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

And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the winepress.

28 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.

Thus all of you also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which all of you receive of the children of Israel; and all of you shall give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest.

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

Out of all your gifts all of you shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

30 “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.

Therefore you shall say unto them, When all of you have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the winepress.

31 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.

And all of you shall eat it in every place, all of you and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

32 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.’”

And all of you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when all of you have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall all of you pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest all of you die.