Alawii 27
1 Ningĩ Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
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 Israeli people [that this is what I am saying to them]: If anyone solemnly promises to dedicate another person to [work solely] for me, the person who is dedicated to me is allowed to be free from having to do that by someone paying [to the priest] a fixed amount of money. The money that is given must be calculated by comparing it with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
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,
[These are the amounts that must be paid]: 50 pieces of silver for men who are between 20 and 60 years old,
4 na aakorwo nĩ mũndũ-wa-nja, ũgaatua irĩhi rĩkorwo rĩrĩ cekeri mĩrongo ĩtatũ.
30 pieces of silver for adult women [who are between 20 and 60 years old],
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.
20 pieces of silver for young men who are between five and 20 years old, ten pieces of silver for young women who are between five and 20 years old,
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.
five pieces of silver for boys who are between one month and five years old, three pieces of silver for girls who are between one month and five years old,
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.
15 pieces of silver for men who are more than 60 years old, ten pieces of silver for women who are more than 60 years old.
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.
‘If anyone who has made such a solemn promise is very poor and unable to pay, to free that person from doing what he had promised, he must take that person to the priest. The priest will set the price [for freeing him] to be what the person who made that solemn promise is able to pay.
9 “‘Angĩkorwo kĩndũ kĩrĩa eeranĩire na mwĩhĩtwa nĩ nyamũ ĩngĩĩtĩkĩrĩka ĩrĩ iruta kũrĩ Jehova, nyamũ ta ĩyo ĩheanĩtwo kũrĩ Jehova ĩrĩtuĩkaga nĩ nyamũre.
‘If someone solemnly promises to give an animal that is acceptable to be an offering to me, that animal becomes sacred [and belongs to me].
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.
The person who promised to give it must not give another animal instead of the one that he promised; he must not substitute a bad animal for a good one or even a better one than the one offered. If he would substitute one animal for the other, both animals would belong to me.
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 the animal that he wishes to dedicate to me is a kind that is unacceptable to be an offering to me, he must take that 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 then decide what its value is, according to the animal’s good and bad points. Whatever value the priests sets will be the value of the animal, [and that is the price that the priest must pay for the animal].
13 Angĩkorwo mwene no ende gũkũũra nyamũ ĩyo, no nginya ongerere gĩcunjĩ kĩngĩ gĩa ithano harĩ thogora ũrĩa ũtuĩtwo.
If the man who gave the animal later decides that he wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] that price plus an additional 20 percent.
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.
‘[Similarly], if someone dedicates his house to be a sacred gift to belong to me, the priest will decide how much it is worth, which will depend on whether the house is in good condition. Whatever the priest says that it is worth, that will be its value [and that is the price that the priest must pay for it].
15 Mũndũ ũrĩa wamũrĩte nyũmba yake angĩmĩkũũra-rĩ, no nginya ongerere gĩcunjĩ kĩngĩ gĩa ithano gĩa thogora wayo, nayo nyũmba ĩyo nĩĩgatuĩka yake rĩngĩ.
If the man who dedicated his house to me later wants to buy it back, he must pay that price plus an additional 20 percent, and then the house will belong to him 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 someone dedicates to me some of the property that belongs to him and his family, its value will be determined by the number of bushels of seed that will be needed to plant seeds on that land: Its value will be ten pieces of silver for each bushel of seed.
17 Angĩkaamũra mũgũnda wake Mwaka-inĩ wa Jubilii, thogora ũrĩa ũtuĩtwo nĩguo ũgaatuĩka thogora waguo.
If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount.
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 he dedicates the field after the Year of Celebration, the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration, and if there are not many years that remain, the price will be much lower [than the full price].
19 Mũndũ ũcio wamũrĩte mũgũnda wake angĩenda kũũkũũra, nĩakongerera gĩcunjĩ kĩngĩ gĩa ithano harĩ thogora waguo, mũgũnda ũcio ũcooke ũtuĩke wake rĩngĩ.
If the person who dedicated the field later wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] the price that the priest says it is worth, plus an added one-fifth, and then the field will belong to that man again.
20 No rĩrĩ, angĩkorwo ndegũkũũra mũgũnda ũcio, kana aakorwo nĩawendeirie mũndũ ũngĩ, mũgũnda ũcio ndũrĩ hĩndĩ ũgaakũũrwo o na rĩ.
However, if he does not buy it back, or if it has been sold (OR, the priest has sold it) to someone else, that person will never be permitted to buy it back again.
21 Rĩrĩa mũgũnda ũcio ũkaarekererio Mwaka-inĩ wa Jubilii, nĩũgatuĩka mwamũre, o ta mũgũnda wamũrĩirwo Jehova; ũgaatuĩka mũgũnda wa athĩnjĩri-Ngai.
In the Year of Celebration, it will become sacred again, and it will be given to the priest.
22 “‘Ningĩ mũndũ angĩkaamũrĩra Jehova mũgũnda ũrĩa agũrĩte, na ti mũgũnda wa nyũmba yao,
‘If someone dedicates to me some land that he has bought, land which is not part of the land that his family has always owned,
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 count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration to determine how much it is worth, and the man must pay that amount to the priest on that day, [and then that land will belong to that man again].
24 Mwaka-inĩ wa Jubilii, mũgũnda ũcio nĩũgacookerera mwene ũrĩa wamwendeirie, ũrĩa warĩ mwene mũgũnda ũcio.
But in the Year of Celebration, the land will again be owned by the person from whom he bought it, the person whose family had always owned that land.
25 Thogora wothe ũrĩtuagwo kũringana na cekeri ya handũ-harĩa-haamũre, nacio nĩ geera mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ harĩ cekeri ĩmwe.
All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
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 permitted to dedicate to me the firstborn of any cow or sheep, because the firstborn already belongs to me [DOU].
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.
If someone gives to me a kind of animal that is not acceptable to me, that person may later buy it back by paying what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent of its value. If he does not buy it back, it must be sold (OR, the priest must sell it) for its standard price.
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.
‘However, no slave or animal or family land that someone owns can be sold or bought back after it has been dedicated to me [and no price has been paid for it]. That kind of gift belongs to me permanently/forever.
29 “‘Na rĩrĩ, gũtirĩ mũndũ wamũrĩirwo kũũragwo ũngĩkũũrwo; no nginya ooragwo.
‘No person who has [done something that I consider to be very wicked] is permitted to be freed [from being punished]; that person must surely be executed.
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.
‘One tenth of all the crops and grain or fruit that is produced on anyone’s land is sacred and belongs to me.
31 Mũndũ angĩgakũũra gĩcunjĩ gĩake gĩa ikũmi, no nginya akongerera gĩcunjĩ kĩngĩ gĩa ithano harĩ thogora ũrĩa ũtuĩtwo.
If anyone wants to buy back any of that tenth, he must pay [to the priest] what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent.
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.
One of every ten domestic animals belongs to me. When a shepherd counts his animals [MTY] [to decide which ones he will give to me], he must mark every tenth one as belonging to me.
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.’”
When he does that, he must not pick out the good ones for himself or leave the bad ones, or substitute bad ones for good ones. If he substitutes one animal for another, both animals will belong to me, and he will not be permitted to buy them back (OR, the shepherd cannot buy them back).’”
34 Macio nĩmo maathani marĩa Jehova aaheire Musa Kĩrĩma-inĩ gĩa Sinai makoniĩ andũ a Isiraeli.
Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain [to tell to the people].
