Alawii 27
1 Ningĩ Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ,
The Lord told Moses,
2 “Arĩria andũ a Isiraeli, ũmeere atĩrĩ: ‘Mũndũ o wothe angĩkeehĩta mwĩhĩtwa wa mwanya wa kwamũrĩra Jehova andũ, na ũndũ wa kũruta indo iria ciiganĩire iruta rĩu,
“Tell the Israelites: When you make a special promise to dedicate someone to the Lord, these are the values you are to use.
3 nĩũgaatua irĩhi rĩa mũndũ mũrũme wa kuuma mĩaka mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ nginya mĩaka mĩrongo ĩtandatũ rĩkorwo rĩrĩ cekeri mĩrongo ĩtano cia betha, kũringana na cekeri ya handũ-harĩa-haamũre,
The value of a man aged twenty to sixty is fifty shekels of silver, (using the sanctuary shekel standard).
4 na aakorwo nĩ mũndũ-wa-nja, ũgaatua irĩhi rĩkorwo rĩrĩ cekeri mĩrongo ĩtatũ.
The value of a woman is thirty shekels.
5 Aakorwo nĩ mũndũ wa kuuma mĩaka ĩtano nginya mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ, ũgaatua irĩhi rĩa mũndũ mũrũme rĩtuĩke nĩ cekeri mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ, na irĩhi rĩa mũndũ-wa-nja nĩ cekeri ikũmi.
The value of someone aged five to twenty is twenty shekels for a male and ten shekels for a female.
6 Aakorwo nĩ mũndũ wa kuuma mweri ũmwe nginya mĩaka ĩtano, ũgaatua irĩhi rĩa kahĩĩ rĩtuĩke nĩ cekeri ithano cia betha, na irĩhi rĩa kairĩtu nĩ cekeri ithatũ cia betha.
The value of someone aged one month to five years is five shekels of silver for a male and three shekels of silver for a female.
7 Aakorwo nĩ mũndũ wa mĩaka mĩrongo ĩtandatũ kana makĩrĩa, ũgaatua irĩhi rĩa mũndũ mũrũme rĩtuĩke nĩ cekeri ikũmi na ithano, na rĩa mũndũ-wa-nja nĩ cekeri ikũmi.
The value of someone aged sixty or older is fifteen shekels for a male and ten shekels of silver for a female.
8 Angĩkorwo mũndũ ũrĩa wĩhĩtĩte mwĩhĩtwa nĩ mũthĩĩni mũno ndaangĩhota kũrĩha irĩhi rĩrĩa rĩtuĩtwo, nĩagatwara mũndũ ũcio kũrĩ mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai, ũrĩa ũgaatua irĩhi rĩrĩa mũndũ ũcio wĩhĩtĩte mwĩhĩtwa angĩhota kũrĩha.
However, if when you fulfill your promise you are poorer than the fixed value, you are to present the person before the priest, who will then set the value depending on what you can afford.
9 “‘Angĩkorwo kĩndũ kĩrĩa eeranĩire na mwĩhĩtwa nĩ nyamũ ĩngĩĩtĩkĩrĩka ĩrĩ iruta kũrĩ Jehova, nyamũ ta ĩyo ĩheanĩtwo kũrĩ Jehova ĩrĩtuĩkaga nĩ nyamũre.
If when you fulfill your promise you bring an animal that is permitted as an offering to the Lord, the animal given to the Lord shall be considered holy.
10 Ndakanamĩkũũranie kana amĩgarũranie, aige ĩrĩa njega ithenya rĩa ĩrĩa njũru, kana aige ĩrĩa njũru ithenya rĩa ĩrĩa njega; angĩgakũũrania nyamũ ĩyo na ĩngĩ, cierĩ ĩyo ya mbere na ĩyo ya gũkũũranio nĩigatuĩka nyamũre.
You are not allowed to replace it or swap it, either for one that is better or one that is worse. However, if you do replace it then both animals become holy.
11 Angĩkorwo kĩndũ kĩu ehĩtĩte kũruta nĩ nyamũ ĩrĩ na thaahu, ĩrĩa ĩtangĩĩtĩkĩrĩka ĩrĩ iruta kũrĩ Jehova, nyamũ ĩyo no nginya ĩtwarĩrwo mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai,
If when you fulfill your promise you bring any unclean animal that is not permitted as an offering to the Lord, then you must show the animal to the priest.
12 ũrĩa ũgaatua kana nĩ njega kana ti njega. Thogora ũrĩa mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai agaatua, ũcio nĩguo ũgaatuĩka thogora wayo.
The priest will decide its value, whether high or low. Whatever value the priest places on it is final.
13 Angĩkorwo mwene no ende gũkũũra nyamũ ĩyo, no nginya ongerere gĩcunjĩ kĩngĩ gĩa ithano harĩ thogora ũrĩa ũtuĩtwo.
If you then decide to buy the animal back, you have to add one fifth to its value in payment.
14 “‘Mũndũ angĩamũra nyũmba yake ĩrĩ kĩndũ kĩamũrĩirwo Jehova, mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai nĩagatua itua kana nĩ njega kana ti njega. Thogora ũrĩa mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai agaatua, ũcio nĩguo ũgaatuĩka thogora wayo.
If you dedicate your house as holy to the Lord, then the priest will decide its value, whether high or low. Whatever value the priest places on it remains final.
15 Mũndũ ũrĩa wamũrĩte nyũmba yake angĩmĩkũũra-rĩ, no nginya ongerere gĩcunjĩ kĩngĩ gĩa ithano gĩa thogora wayo, nayo nyũmba ĩyo nĩĩgatuĩka yake rĩngĩ.
But if you want to buy back your house, you have to add one fifth to its value in payment. Then it will belong to you again.
16 “‘Angĩkorwo mũndũ nĩakamũrĩra Jehova gĩcunjĩ kĩa mũgũnda wa nyũmba yao, thogora waguo ũgaatuuo kũringana na mbeũ iria ingĩhaandwo, nacio nĩ cekeri mĩrongo ĩtano cia betha, iria arĩ kĩbaba kĩmwe kĩa omeri ya mbeũ cia cairi.
If you dedicate some of your land to the Lord, then its value shall be determined by the amount of seed required to sow it: fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed used.
17 Angĩkaamũra mũgũnda wake Mwaka-inĩ wa Jubilii, thogora ũrĩa ũtuĩtwo nĩguo ũgaatuĩka thogora waguo.
If you dedicate your field during the Jubilee Year, the value will be the full amount calculated.
18 No angĩamũra mũgũnda wake thuutha wa Jubilii, mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai nĩagatua thogora kũringana na mĩaka ĩrĩa ĩtigarĩte Jubilii ĩrĩa ĩngĩ ĩgĩgaakinya, naguo thogora waguo nĩũkanyihanyiihio.
But if you dedicate your field after the Jubilee, the priest will work out the value depending on the number of years left until the next Jubilee Year, so reducing the value.
19 Mũndũ ũcio wamũrĩte mũgũnda wake angĩenda kũũkũũra, nĩakongerera gĩcunjĩ kĩngĩ gĩa ithano harĩ thogora waguo, mũgũnda ũcio ũcooke ũtuĩke wake rĩngĩ.
But if you want to buy your field back, you have to add one fifth to its value in payment. Then it will belong to you again.
20 No rĩrĩ, angĩkorwo ndegũkũũra mũgũnda ũcio, kana aakorwo nĩawendeirie mũndũ ũngĩ, mũgũnda ũcio ndũrĩ hĩndĩ ũgaakũũrwo o na rĩ.
But if you don't buy the field back, or if you've already sold it to someone else, it can't ever be bought back.
21 Rĩrĩa mũgũnda ũcio ũkaarekererio Mwaka-inĩ wa Jubilii, nĩũgatuĩka mwamũre, o ta mũgũnda wamũrĩirwo Jehova; ũgaatuĩka mũgũnda wa athĩnjĩri-Ngai.
When the Jubilee comes, the field will become holy, in the same way as a field devoted to the Lord. It will become the property of the priests.
22 “‘Ningĩ mũndũ angĩkaamũrĩra Jehova mũgũnda ũrĩa agũrĩte, na ti mũgũnda wa nyũmba yao,
If you dedicate to the Lord a field you've bought that was not part of your original property,
23 mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai nĩagatua thogora waguo nginya Mwaka wa Jubilii, nake mũndũ ũcio nĩakarĩha irĩhi rĩu mũthenya ũcio taarĩ kĩndũ kĩamũrĩirwo Jehova.
the priest will work out the value until the next Jubilee Year. You will pay on that day the exact value, giving it as a holy offering to the Lord.
24 Mwaka-inĩ wa Jubilii, mũgũnda ũcio nĩũgacookerera mwene ũrĩa wamwendeirie, ũrĩa warĩ mwene mũgũnda ũcio.
In the Jubilee Year, ownership the field shall revert back to the person you bought it from—to the original owner of the land.
25 Thogora wothe ũrĩtuagwo kũringana na cekeri ya handũ-harĩa-haamũre, nacio nĩ geera mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ harĩ cekeri ĩmwe.
(All values will use the sanctuary shekel standard of twenty gerahs to the shekel.)
26 “‘Na rĩrĩ, gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩamũrĩra Jehova irigithathi rĩa nyamũ, nĩ ũndũ marigithathi mothe nĩ ma Jehova; arĩ ndegwa, kana ngʼondu, icio nĩ cia Jehova.
No one is allowed to dedicate the firstborn of the livestock, because the firstborn belong to the Lord. Whether they are cattle, sheep, or goats, they are the Lord's.
27 Angĩkorwo nĩ nyamũ ĩmwe ya iria irĩ thaahu, no amĩgũre na thogora ũrĩa ĩtuĩrĩirwo, ongerere gĩcunjĩ kĩngĩ gĩa ithano harĩ thogora ũcio. Aakorwo ndekũmĩkũũra, nyamũ ĩyo nĩĩkeendio na thogora ũrĩa ũtuĩtwo.
But if it is an unclean animal, then you can buy it back according to its value, adding on one fifth extra. If it's not bought back, then it is to be sold according to its value.
28 “‘No gũtirĩ kĩndũ kĩa mũndũ kĩrĩa aamũrĩire Jehova, arĩ mũndũ, kana nyamũ, kana mũgũnda wa nyũmba yao, kĩngĩendio kana gĩkũũrwo; indo ciothe ciamũrĩirwo Jehova nĩ nyamũre harĩ Jehova.
Anything that you specially dedicate to the Lord from what you own, whether it's a person, an animal, or your land, can't be sold or bought back. Anything specially dedicated if most holy to the Lord.
29 “‘Na rĩrĩ, gũtirĩ mũndũ wamũrĩirwo kũũragwo ũngĩkũũrwo; no nginya ooragwo.
No one who is specially dedicated to destruction can be bought back. They must be killed.
30 “‘Gĩcunjĩ gĩa ikũmi kĩa indo ciothe cia kuuma mũgũnda, arĩ ngano ya mũgũnda kana maciaro ma mĩtĩ, nĩ kĩa Jehova; gĩcunjĩ kĩu kĩamũrĩirwo Jehova.
Tithe from your crops or fruit belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.
31 Mũndũ angĩgakũũra gĩcunjĩ gĩake gĩa ikũmi, no nginya akongerera gĩcunjĩ kĩngĩ gĩa ithano harĩ thogora ũrĩa ũtuĩtwo.
If you want to buy back some of your tithe, you must add on one fifth to its value.
32 Gĩcunjĩ gĩa ikũmi gĩothe kĩa rũũru rwa ngʼombe kana rwa mbũri, nyamũ ya ikũmi yothe ĩrĩa ĩhĩtũkagĩra rungu rwa rũthanju rwa mũrĩithi nĩĩkamũrĩrwo Jehova.
When you count your herds and flocks, every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd's rod is holy to the Lord.
33 Mũndũ ndagathuure ĩrĩa njega kana ĩrĩa njũru, kana akũũranie. Angĩgakũũrania nyamũ ĩyo na ĩngĩ, cierĩ, ya mbere na ĩyo ya gũkũũranio, nĩ igaatuĩka nyamũre, na icio itingĩkũũrwo.’”
You must not examine it to see if it's good or bad, and you must not replace it. However, if you do replace it then both animals become holy; they can't be bought back.”
34 Macio nĩmo maathani marĩa Jehova aaheire Musa Kĩrĩma-inĩ gĩa Sinai makoniĩ andũ a Isiraeli.
These are the laws the Lord gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
