Alawii 16
1 Nake Jehova akĩarĩria Musa thuutha wa gĩkuũ kĩa ariũ arĩa eerĩ a Harũni arĩa maakuire rĩrĩa mookire magĩkuhĩrĩria mbere ya Jehova.
After the two sons of Aaron died because they burned incense to Yahweh [in a manner that was contrary to what Yahweh commanded], Yahweh spoke to Moses/me.
2 Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ: “Ĩra mũrũ wa nyũkwa Harũni ndagatoonyage o rĩrĩa enda Handũ-harĩa-Hatheru-Mũno, hau thuutha wa gĩtambaya gĩa gũcuuria kĩrĩa kĩrĩ mbere ya gĩtĩ gĩa tha kĩrĩa kĩrĩ igũrũ wa ithandũkũ rĩa kĩrĩkanĩro ndakae gũkua, tondũ hau nĩho ndĩyumagĩria ndĩ thĩinĩ wa itu hau igũrũ wa gĩtĩ gĩa tha.
He said to him/me, “Warn your [older] brother Aaron that he must not enter the Very Holy Place inside the curtain that is in the Sacred Tent whenever he wants to, because the cover of the sacred chest is there. That is the place where the priest (makes atonement for/requests me to forgive) sins. I am present in the cloud that is over the cover of the sacred chest. If Aaron goes in that room when it is not the proper time, he will die!
3 “Ũũ nĩguo Harũni arĩĩtoonyaga harĩa haamũre: arĩĩtoonyaga na gategwa ka iruta rĩa kũhoroherio mehia, na ndũrũme ĩmwe ya iruta rĩa njino.
“When Aaron enters the Sacred Tent area, he must bring a bull that [will be killed] to become an offering/sacrifice for sins, and a ram [to be killed] to be an offering that will be completely burned [on the altar].
4 Nĩarĩhumbaga kanjũ ya gatani ĩrĩa nyamũre, na thuruarĩ cia thĩinĩ cia gatani iriganie na mwĩrĩ wake, nĩarĩĩhotoraga mũcibi ũrĩa wa gatani, na akeoha kĩremba kĩrĩa gĩa gatani. Icio nĩcio nguo iria nyamũre; nĩ ũndũ ũcio no nginya ethambe na maaĩ mbere ya gũciĩhumba.
Then he must bathe his whole body, and put on the linen underwear/undershorts and the linen gown. He must tie the linen sash/waistbands around his waist and wrap the turban around his head. Those are his sacred garments.
5 Nĩakoya thenge igĩrĩ cia iruta rĩa kũhoroherio mehia, na ndũrũme ya iruta rĩa njino kuuma kũrĩ kĩrĩndĩ kĩa andũ a Isiraeli.
The Israeli people must then bring to him two male goats [to be killed] as an offering/sacrifice for sin, and a ram to be [killed and] burned completely [on the altar].
6 “Harũni nĩakaruta ndegwa ĩyo ĩrĩ iruta rĩa kũhoroherio mehia make mwene nĩguo ehoroherie we mwene na nyũmba yake.
“Aaron must offer the bull [to me] to be a sacrifice in order that (I will forgive his sins and the sins of his family/his sins and the sins of his family will be forgiven).
7 Ningĩ nĩakoya thenge icio cierĩ acineane hau mbere ya Jehova itoonyero-inĩ rĩa Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo.
Then he must bring the two male goats to me at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.
8 Nĩagacuukĩra thenge icio cierĩ mĩtĩ, ũmwe nĩ wa Jehova, naguo ũcio ũngĩ nĩ wa mbũri ya kũrekererio ĩkuuithĩtio mehia.
He must (cast lots/throw down stones that have been marked) to determine which goat will be [sacrificed] to me, and which will be the goat that will be set free.
9 Harũni nĩakaruta thenge ĩrĩa ĩkaagũĩrwo nĩ mũtĩ wa mwena wa Jehova, amĩrute ĩrĩ igongona rĩa kũhoroherio mehia.
Aaron must bring to me the goat that was chosen to be sacrificed. It will be an offering for the people’s sins.
10 No thenge ĩrĩa ĩkaagũĩrwo nĩ mũtĩ ĩtuĩke ya kũrekererio ĩkuuithĩtio mehia nĩĩkaneanwo mbere ya Jehova ĩrĩ muoyo, ĩtuĩke ya kũhorohanĩria, na ũndũ wa kũmĩrekereria ĩĩthiĩre werũ-inĩ, ĩrĩ yo ya kũrekererio ĩkuuithĩtio mehia.
Aaron must also bring to me the other goat, but it is not to be killed. It will be freed while it is still alive. As a result of Aaron sending it into the desert, the people’s sins will be forgiven.
11 “Harũni nĩakarehe ndegwa ĩyo ĩtuĩke ya iruta rĩa mehia make mwene, nĩguo ehoroherie we mwene na nyũmba yake, na nĩagathĩnja ndegwa ĩyo nĩ ũndũ wa iruta rĩa kũhoroherio mehia make mwene.
“Then Aaron must bring the young bull to me, to be an offering/sacrifice for himself and for his family. He must slaughter that bull to be an offering for their sins, [and he must drain the blood into a basin].
12 Nĩakoya rũgĩo rwa ũbani rũiyũrĩtio makara ma mwaki marutĩtwo kĩgongona-inĩ mbere ya Jehova, na ngundi igĩrĩ cia ũbani mũhinyu ũrĩa ũtararĩkaga wega, na acitware na kũu thuutha wa gĩtambaya gĩa gũcuurio.
Then he must take some burning coals from the [bronze] altar and put them in the incense burner. Then he must fill his hands with fragrant finely-ground incense. Then he must take the incense and the incense burner inside the curtain into the Very Holy Place [of the Sacred Tent].
13 Nĩagekĩra ũbani ũcio mwaki-inĩ mbere ya Jehova, nayo ndogo ya ũbani ũcio nĩĩgathiĩka gĩtĩ kĩu gĩa tha, kĩu kĩrĩ igũrũ rĩa ithandũkũ rĩa Ũira, nĩguo ndagakue.
There he must put the incense on the burning coals, with the result that a cloud of burning incense will rise up over the lid of the sacred chest. If he obeys these instructions, he will not die [like Korah’s two sons did because of offering incense incorrectly] (OR, [because of being in God’s presence]).
14 Ningĩ nĩakoya thakame ĩmwe ya ndegwa ĩyo na kĩara gĩake, amĩminjaminje mwena wa mbere wa gĩtĩ kĩu gĩa tha; ningĩ nĩakaminjaminja ĩmwe yayo na kĩara gĩake maita mũgwanja hau mbere ya gĩtĩ kĩu gĩa tha.
Then he must dip his finger into [the basin] and sprinkle some blood on the lid of the sacred chest, and also sprinkle some blood seven times against the front of the chest.
15 “Ningĩ nĩagathĩnja thenge ĩrĩa ya iruta rĩa kũhoroherio mehia makoniĩ andũ acio, na atware thakame yayo thuutha wa gĩtambaya gĩa gũcuurio, eke nayo o ta ũrĩa eekire thakame ya ndegwa ĩyo: amĩminjaminje igũrũ rĩa gĩtĩ kĩu gĩa tha o na mbere yakĩo.
[“Aaron must then go outside the Sacred Tent] and slaughter the goat to be an offering for the sins of the people. Then he must bring its blood into the Very Holy Place behind the curtain. There he must sprinkle [some of] that blood on the lid of the sacred chest and against the front of the chest, like he did with the bull’s blood.
16 Ũguo nĩguo akaahoroheria Handũ-harĩa-Hatheru-Mũno tondũ wa thaahu na ũremi wa andũ a Isiraeli, kũringana na mehia mao mothe. Na ũguo noguo ageeka nĩ ũndũ wa Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo, ĩrĩa ĩrĩ gatagatĩ kao na thaahu wao.
By doing that, he will purify the Very Holy Place. And he must sprinkle more of the blood on the Sacred Tent, because the tent is in the midst of the camp of the Israeli people who have become unacceptable to me [because of their sins].
17 Gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ũgaakorwo thĩinĩ wa Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo kuuma ihinda rĩrĩa Harũni agaathiĩ kũhoroheria Handũ-harĩa-Hatheru-Mũno nginya hĩndĩ ĩrĩa akoima ho, arĩkĩtie kwĩhoroheria we mwene, na akahoroheria nyũmba yake na akahoroheria kĩrĩndĩ gĩothe gĩa Isiraeli.
When Aaron goes into the Very Holy Place [in the Sacred Tent] to purify it, no one else is permitted to enter [the other part of] the Sacred Tent. Only after Aaron has performed rituals to enable me to forgive him and his family, and all the Israeli people, is any priest permitted to enter the Sacred Tent.
18 “Ningĩ nĩakoima athiĩ kĩgongona-inĩ kĩrĩa kĩrĩ hau mbere ya Jehova akĩhoroherie. Nĩakoya thakame ĩmwe ya ndegwa ĩyo, na thakame ĩmwe ya thenge, amĩhake hĩa ciothe cia kĩgongona kĩu.
“Then Aaron must go outside the tent to purify my altar. He must do this by smearing some of the blood from the bull and some of the blood from the goat on each of the projections at the corners of the altar.
19 Nĩakaminjaminja thakame ĩmwe na kĩara gĩake igũrũ rĩakĩo maita mũgwanja, agĩtherie na akĩamũre nĩguo gĩthirwo nĩ thaahu wa andũ a Isiraeli.
Then Aaron must dip his finger into the [basin of] blood and sprinkle some of the blood over the altar seven times. By doing that, he will cleanse it from being unholy [because of the sins] of the Israeli people, and it will become holy again.
20 “Harũni aarĩkia kũhoroheria Handũ-harĩa-Hatheru-Mũno, na Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo na kĩgongona kĩu, nĩakarehe thenge ĩrĩa ĩrĩ muoyo.
“When Aaron has finished purifying the Very Holy Place [inside the Sacred Tent] and all of the Sacred Tent and the altar, he must bring the goat that was chosen to be set free.
21 Nĩakaigĩrĩra moko make meerĩ igũrũ rĩa mũtwe wa thenge ĩyo ĩrĩ muoyo, na oimbũrĩre hau igũrũ rĩayo waganu wothe na ũremi wa andũ a Isiraeli, oimbũre mehia mao mothe, amacookererie igũrũ rĩa mũtwe wayo. Nĩakarekereria thenge ĩyo ĩĩthiĩre werũ-inĩ ĩmenyereirwo nĩ mũndũ ũrĩa ũthuurĩirwo wĩra ũcio.
He must put both of his hands on the head of the goat and confess all the sins [DOU] of the Israeli people. By doing that, he will put [the guilt of] their sins on the head of the goat. Then he must give the goat to a man who is chosen, and that man will send the goat out into the desert.
22 Thenge ĩyo nĩĩgakuuithio mehia mao mothe, ĩmatware kũndũ kũrĩa gũtatũũragwo nĩ Andũ; nake mũndũ ũcio nĩakarekereria thenge ĩyo na kũu werũ-inĩ.
[It is as though] the goat will carry away into the desert [the guilt for] the sins of all the people.
23 “Harũni nĩagacooka atoonye Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo arute nguo icio cia gatani iria eekĩrire mbere ya gũtoonya Handũ-harĩa-Hatheru-Mũno, nake acitige kuo.
“When Aaron approaches the Sacred Tent, he must take off the linen clothes that he wore when he [previously] entered the Very Holy Place, and he must leave those clothes there.
24 Nĩagethamba mwĩrĩ na maaĩ, arĩ handũ hatheru na acooke ehumbe nguo ciake cia ndũire. Acooke oime nja na erutĩre iruta rĩa njino nĩ ũndũ wake mwene, na arute iruta rĩa njino nĩ ũndũ wa andũ, nĩguo ehoroherie we mwene na ahoroherie andũ arĩa angĩ.
Then he must bathe in a sacred place, put on his regular/ordinary clothes, and sacrifice the animals that will be burned completely on the altar for his own sins and for the sins of the Israeli people. By doing that he will enable me to forgive him and them.
25 Ningĩ nĩagacinĩra maguta ma iruta rĩa kũhoroherio mehia igũrũ rĩa kĩgongona.
He must also burn on the altar all the fat of the bull and the goat that were sacrificed.
26 “Mũndũ ũcio ũrekagĩrĩria thenge ĩyo ya gũkuuithio mehia no nginya athambie nguo ciake na ethambe mwĩrĩ na maaĩ; thuutha ũcio acooke atoonye kambĩ.
“The man who was chosen to send the other goat into the desert and free it there must afterwards wash his clothes and bathe. Then he may return to the camp.
27 Ndegwa ĩyo na thenge, iria cia iruta rĩa kũhoroherio mehia, iria thakame yacio yatwarĩtwo Handũ-harĩa-Hatheru-Mũno ya kũhorohanĩria, no nginya ciumio nja ya kambĩ; njũa ciacio na nyama, na mahu ciothe icinwo ihĩe biũ.
The carcasses of the bull and the goat that were slaughtered to be an offering/sacrifice for the people’s sins, whose blood was taken inside the Very Holy Place to enable Yahweh to forgive the Israeli people, must be carried outside the camp and burned. The hides/skins of the animals, the inner organs, and the dung must also be burned.
28 Mũndũ ũrĩa ũgacicina no nginya agaathambia nguo ciake na ethambe mwĩrĩ na maaĩ; thuutha ũcio no acooke atoonye kambĩ.
The man who burns those things must then wash his clothes and bathe before he returns to the camp.
29 “Ũndũ ũyũ ũgũtuĩka watho mwandĩke wa kũrũmagĩrĩrwo hĩndĩ ciothe nĩ inyuĩ: Mũthenya wa ikũmi mweri-inĩ wa mũgwanja no nginya mwĩimage irio, na mũtikarutage wĩra o na ũrĩkũ, arĩ mũndũ ũciarĩirwo bũrũri wanyu, kana arĩ mũgeni ũrĩa ũtũũranagia na inyuĩ,
“On (October/the month after the dry season ends), on the day that I have appointed, you all must (fast/abstain from eating food) and not do any work. This is a rule/law that will never end. It must be obeyed by you people who have been Israelis all your lives, and also by foreigners who are living among you.
30 tondũ mũthenya ũcio nĩmũkahoroherio, nĩguo mũtherio. Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmũgatherio kuuma kũrĩ mehia manyu mothe mũrĩ hau mbere ya Jehova.
On that day, Aaron will perform rituals to enable me to forgive you all, and then I will cleanse/free you all from [the guilt of] all your sins and you will become acceptable to me.
31 Ĩyo nĩ Thabatũ ya kũhurũka, na no nginya mwĩimage irio; ũyũ nĩ watho mwandĩke wa kũrũmagĩrĩrwo hĩndĩ ciothe.
That will be a day for you to rest and not do any work, like the Sabbath days, and you must (fast/abstain from eating food) all that day. That is a permanent command/law for you all to obey.
32 Mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũrĩa mũitĩrĩrie maguta na akaamũrwo gũcooka ithenya rĩa ithe ta mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũrĩa mũnene nĩwe ũkaahoroheria andũ. Nĩakehumbaga nguo iria nyamũre cia gatani
In future years, [after Aaron has died], this ritual/ceremony to enable me to forgive you all [DOU] will be performed by the Supreme Priest who is anointed [with olive oil] and appointed to serve instead of his ancestor Aaron. He must put on the sacred clothes made of linen
33 na ahoroherie Handũ-harĩa-Hatheru-Mũno, na Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo, na kĩgongona, na athĩnjĩri-Ngai, na andũ othe a mũingĩ wa Isiraeli.
and offer sacrifices to purify the Very Holy Place, all of the Sacred Tent, the altar, the priests, and all the Israel people [like Aaron did].
34 “Ũndũ ũyũ ũgũtuĩka watho mwandĩke wa kũrũmagĩrĩrwo hĩndĩ ciothe nĩ inyuĩ; horohio ĩrĩrutagwo riita rĩmwe o mwaka nĩ ũndũ wa mehia mothe ma andũ a Isiraeli.” Na gũgĩĩkwo o ta ũrĩa Jehova aathĩte Musa gwĩkagwo.
This will be a permanent command/law for you to obey once every year, to enable me to forgive you Israeli people for the sins that you have committed.” Moses/I obeyed all those instructions/commands that Yahweh had given to him/me.
