Mose 4 3
1 Esiawoe nye Aron kple Mose viwo, le ɣeyiɣi si me Yehowa ƒo nu na Mose le Sinai to la dzi la.
Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
2 Viŋutsu enee nɔ Aron si. Woawoe nye Nadab, Via ŋutsu tsitsitɔ, Abihu, Eleaza kple Itamar.
And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3 Wosi ami na wo katã, eye woɖo wo nunɔlawoe. Woɖe wo ɖe aga be woawɔ subɔsubɔdɔwo le Agbadɔ la me.
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
4 Ke Nadab kple Abihu ku le Yehowa ŋkume le Sinai gbedzi esi wowɔ dzo makɔmakɔ ŋu dɔ le vɔsasa na Yehowa me. Esi vi aɖeke menɔ wo si o ta la, Eleazar kple Itamar koe susɔ akpe ɖe wo fofo, Aron ŋuti.
And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father.
5 Eya ta Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6 “Yɔ Levi ƒe viwo katã ƒo ƒu, eye nàtsɔ wo ana nunɔla Aron abe eƒe kpeɖeŋutɔwo ene.
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
7 Woawɔ nu siwo Aron aɖo na wo. Woawɔ dɔ kɔkɔewo le Agbadɔ la me ɖe Israelviwo katã nu,
And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8 Woakpɔ Agbadɔ la me nuwo kple Agbadɔ blibo la dzi
And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9 elabena wotsɔ wo katã na Aron abe Israelviwo katã ƒe teƒenɔlawo ene.
And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him on the behalf of the children of Israel.
10 Ke Aron ƒe viŋutsuwo koe awɔ nunɔlawo ƒe dɔdeasiwo. Ame bubu ɖe sia ɖe si atɔ asi akɔ be yeawɔ nunɔlawo ƒe dɔ la, woawui.”
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
11 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12 “Metsɔ Levi ƒe viwo le Israelviwo dome ɖe Israel nyɔnu ɖe sia ɖe ƒe viŋutsu gbãtɔ teƒe. Levi ƒe viwo nye tɔnyewo.
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:
13 Metsɔ wo ɖɔli viŋutsu tsitsitɔwo. Tso gbe si gbe mewu Egiptetɔwo ƒe viŋutsu ŋgɔgbetɔwo la, mexɔ Israel ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo, amegbetɔwo tɔwo kple lãwo tɔwo siaa na ɖokuinye! Tɔnyewoe wonye; nyee nye Yehowa!”
for all the firstborn are mine; on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine they shall be; I am the LORD.
14 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose le Sinai gbegbe la be,
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15 “Xlẽ Levi ƒe viwo le woƒe ƒomewo kple towo nu. Xlẽ ŋutsu ɖe sia ɖe si xɔ ɣleti ɖeka alo wu nenema.”
Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16 Ale Mose xlẽ wo abe ale si Yehowa ƒe nya ɖo nɛ ene.
And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
17 Levi ƒe viwo ƒe ŋkɔwoe nye: Gerson, Kohat kple Merari
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18 Gerson ƒe viwo ƒe ŋkɔwoe nye esiawo le woƒe ƒomewo nu: Libni kple Simei.
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni and Shimei.
19 Kohat ƒe viwo nye esiawo le woƒe ƒomewo nu: Amram, Izhar, Hebron kple Uziel.
And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 Eye Merari ƒe viwoe nye esiawo le woƒe ƒomewo nu: Mahli kple Musi. Esiawo nye Levi ƒe viwo ƒe ƒome le woƒe aƒewo nu.
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
21 Gerson hawo nye Libni kple Simei ƒe viwo ƒe ƒome. Woawoe nye Gerson ƒe ƒomeawo.
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22 Wotia ŋutsu siwo xɔ dzinu ɖeka alo wu nenema la xlẽ le wo dome, eye woƒe xexlẽme le ame akpe adre, alafa atɔ̃.
Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
23 Eye Gerson ƒe ƒome la ƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe nɔƒe la megbe le ɣedzeƒe gome.
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
24 Gerson ƒe ƒome la ƒe kplɔlae nye Eliasaf, Lael ƒe viŋutsu.
And the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25 Gerson ƒe viwo ƒe hlɔ̃ eve siawo ƒe dɔdeasiwoe nye, woakpɔ nɔƒe kple agbadɔ la, la gbɔ, egbãnuwo, mɔnuwo kple eŋu vɔ,
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
26 kpɔ si ƒo xlã nɔƒe la, vɔsamlekpui la kple ka siwo katã wotsɔ bla agbadɔ la ɖekae kple mɔnuvɔ la dzi.
and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27 Kohat ƒe ƒomeawoe nye: Amram ƒe viwo, Izhar ƒe viwo, Hebron ƒe viwo kple Uziel ƒe viwo.
And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
28 Ŋutsu siwo xɔ dzinu ɖeka alo wu nenema la ƒe xexlẽme le ame akpe enyi, alafa ade. Woawo nakpɔ kɔkɔeƒe la me nuwo dzi.
According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29 Kohat ƒe ƒome la naƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe nɔƒe la ƒe axadzi le dzigbeme lɔƒo.
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30 Kohat ƒe ƒome la ƒe kplɔlae nye Elizafan, Uziel ƒe viŋutsu.
And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 Levi ƒe viwo ƒe hlɔ̃ ene siawo ƒe dɔdeasiwoe nye, woakpɔ nubablaɖaka la, kplɔ̃ la, akaɖiti, vɔsamlekpui la ƒe nu vovovo siwo ŋu dɔ wowɔna le agbadɔ la me, xɔmetsovɔ kple nu siwo katã hiã be woadzra ɖo le nu siawo ŋu la dzi.
And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof.
32 Eleazar, nunɔla Aron ƒe viŋutsu anye kplɔlawo katã ƒe tatɔ, eye kɔkɔeƒe la dzi kpɔkpɔ nye eƒe dɔ tɔxɛ.
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
33 Merari hawo nye: Mahli ƒe viwo ƒe ƒome kple Musi ƒe viwo ƒe ƒome. Woawoe nye Merari ƒe ƒomeawo.
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
34 Wo dome ŋutsu siwo xɔ dzinu ɖeka alo wu nenema la ƒe xexlẽme le ame akpe ade alafa eve.
And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
35 Merari ƒe ƒome la ƒe kplɔlae nye Zuriel, Abihail ƒe viŋutsu; woawo naƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe agbadɔ la ƒe axadzi le anyiehe lɔƒo.
And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
36 Levi ƒe viwo ƒe hlɔ̃ eve siawo ƒe dɔdeasie nye woakpɔ ati siwo wotsɔ tu Agbadɔ la, sɔtiwo kple woƒe zɔwo kple nu sia nu si wohiã na wo ŋu dɔ wɔwɔ la dzi,
And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof, and all the service thereof;
37 eye woagakpɔ sɔti siwo ƒo xlã xɔxɔnu la, woƒe zɔwo kple tsyotiwo kple kawo dzi.
and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
38 Wotia teƒe si le agbadɔ la ƒe ɣedzeƒe la da ɖi na Mose kple Aron kple Aron ƒe viŋutsuwo ƒe agbadɔwo. Ame siawo ƒe dɔdeasie nye be woakpɔ be agbadɔ la dzi kpɔlawo wɔ woƒe dɔdeasiwo pɛpɛpɛ ɖe Israelviwo nu. Ame sia ame si menye nunɔla alo Levi ƒe vi o, gake wòge ɖe agbadɔ la me la, aku.
And those that pitch before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
39 Ale Levi ƒe viwo katã, siwo Mose kple Aron xlẽ abe ale si Yehowa gblɔ ene, eye woxɔ ɣleti ɖeka alo wu nenema la de ame akpe blaeve-vɔ-eve.
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose be, “Azɔ la, xlẽ Israelviwo ƒe viŋutsu tsitsitɔwo, ame siwo xɔ ɣleti ɖeka alo wu nenema la, eye nàŋlɔ wo katã ŋkɔ.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41 Tsɔ Levi ƒe viwo nam ɖe Israelviwo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo katã teƒe, eye nàtsɔ Levi ƒe viwo ƒe lãhawo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo nam ɖe Israelviwo ƒe lãhawo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo katã teƒe. Nyee nye Yehowa.”
And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
42 Ale Mose xlẽ Israelviwo ƒe viŋutsu tsitsitɔwo abe ale si Yehowa ɖo nɛ ene,
And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43 eye wòkpɔ be viŋutsu tsitsitɔwo, ame siwo xɔ ɣleti ɖeka alo wu nenema la de akpe blaeve-vɔ-eve alafa eve blaadre-vɔ-etɔ̃.
And all the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44 Yehowa gagblɔ na Mose be,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
45 “Tsɔ Levi ƒe viwo ɖɔli Israelviwo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo katã, eye nàtsɔ Levi ƒe viwo ƒe lãhawo aɖɔli Israelviwo tɔe. Levi ƒe viwo anye tɔnyewo; nyee nye Yehowa.
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle: and the Levites shall be mine; I am the LORD.
46 Be nàƒle Israelviwo ƒe ŋgɔgbevi alafa eve blaadre-vɔ-etɔ̃, siwo sɔ gbɔ wu Levi ƒe viwo ta la,
And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are over and above [the number of] the Levites,
47 ele be nàxɔ klosaloga gram blaatɔ̃ vɔ atɔ̃ ɖe wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe ta, ɖe kɔkɔeƒe la ƒe nudanu nu, si ƒe kpekpeme nye gram ewo.
thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):
48 Tsɔ ga si wona hena Israelvi mamlɛawo ɖeɖe la na Aron kple via ŋutsuwo.”
and thou shalt give the money wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons.
49 Ale Mose xɔ taƒlega ɖe Israelviwo ƒe viŋutsu tsitsitɔ alafa eve, blaadre-vɔ-etɔ̃, ame siwo wotsɔ wosɔ gbɔ wu Levi ƒe viwo ƒe xexlẽme la ta.
And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
50 Ga si woxɔ le Israelviwo ƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo si la ƒe kpekpeme le klosalo kilogram wuiatɔ̃ kple afã le kɔkɔeƒe la ƒe nudanu nu
from the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:
51 Mose tsɔ taƒlega la na Aron kple via ŋutsuwo abe ale si Yehowa ƒe nya de see nɛ ene.
and Moses gave the redemption-money unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
