Ndari 18
1 Nake Jehova akĩĩra Harũni atĩrĩ, “Wee, na ariũ aku, na andũ a nyũmba ya thoguo, nĩ inyuĩ mũrĩcookagĩrĩrwo nĩ mahĩtia marĩa mangĩĩkwo makoniĩ handũ-harĩa-haamũre, na wee na ariũ aku inyuĩ nĩ inyuĩ mũrĩcookagĩrĩrwo nĩ mahĩtia marĩa mangĩĩkwo makoniĩ wĩra wa ũthĩnjĩri-Ngai.
And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house shall bear the sins of the holy things, and thou and thy sons shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
2 Rehe Alawii a mbarĩ yanyu, a mũhĩrĩga wa maithe manyu, nĩguo manyiitane na inyuĩ na mamũteithagĩrĩrie rĩrĩa wee na ariũ aku mũgũtungata mbere ya Hema-ya-Ũira.
And take to thyself thy brethren the tribe of Levi, the family of thy father, and let them be joined to thee, and let them minister to thee; and thou and thy sons with thee [shall minister] before the tabernacle of witness.
3 Acio nĩwe marĩathĩkagĩra na marutage wĩra wothe wa Hema ĩyo, no matikanakuhĩrĩrie indo cia handũ hau haamũre kana kĩgongona, kana wee hamwe nao mũkue.
And they shall keep thy charges, and the charges of the tabernacle; only they shall not approach the holy vessels and the altar, so both they and you shall not die.
4 Marĩrutithanagia wĩra na inyuĩ na mamenyagĩrĩre Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo, marutage wĩra wothe wa Hema ĩyo na gũtikagĩe na mũndũ ũngĩ o wothe ũngĩkuhĩrĩria harĩa mũrĩ.
And they shall be joined to thee, and shall keep the charges of the tabernacle of witness, in all the services of the tabernacle; and a stranger shall not approach to thee.
5 “Nĩ wĩra wanyu kũmenyerera handũ hau haamũre o na kĩgongona, nĩguo mangʼũrĩ ma Jehova matikanakinyĩre andũ a Isiraeli rĩngĩ.
And ye shall keep the charges of the holy things, and the charges of the altar, and [so] there shall not be anger among the children of Israel.
6 Niĩ mwene nĩthuurĩte Alawii athiritũ anyu kuuma thĩinĩ wa andũ a Isiraeli matuĩke kĩheo kĩanyu, maamũrĩirwo Jehova nĩguo marutage wĩra wa Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo.
And I have taken your brethren the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, a present given to the Lord, to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness.
7 No rĩrĩ, no wee na ariũ aku mũrĩĩtungataga ta athĩnjĩri-Ngai maũndũ-inĩ mothe ma kĩgongona, na mũtungatage o na mwena ũcio ũngĩ wa gĩtambaya kĩu gĩa kũhakania. Niĩ nĩndamũhe ũtungata wa ũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ta kĩheo. Mũndũ ũngĩ o wothe ũngĩkuhĩrĩria handũ hau haamũre no nginya ooragwo.”
And thou and thy sons after thee shall keep up your priestly ministration, according to the whole manner of the altar, and that which is within the veil; and ye shall minister in the services as the office of your priesthood; and the stranger that comes near shall die.
8 Ningĩ Jehova akĩĩra Harũni atĩrĩ, “Niĩ mwene nĩngũtuĩte mũmenyereri wa maruta marĩa ndehagĩrwo; maruta mothe maamũre marĩa andũ a Isiraeli marĩndutagĩra nĩ ndakũhe wee na ariũ aku matuĩke gĩcunjĩ gĩaku na rũgai rwaku rwa mahinda mothe.
And the Lord said to Aaron, And, behold, I have given you the charge of the first-fruits of all things consecrated to me by the children of Israel; and I have given them to thee as an honour, and to thy sons after thee for a perpetual ordinance.
9 Wee ũrĩheagwo gĩcunjĩ kĩa maruta marĩa maamũre mũno marĩa matarĩ ma gũcinwo na mwaki. Kuuma kũrĩ iheo ciothe iria andũ a Isiraeli marĩndutagĩra irĩ maruta maamũre mũno, marĩ ma mũtu, kana ma kũhoroherio mehia, kana maruta ma mahĩtia, gĩcunjĩ kĩu nĩ gĩaku na ciana ciaku.
And let this be to you from all the holy things that are consecrated [to me, even] the burnt-offerings, from all their gifts, and from all their sacrifices, and from every trespass-offering of theirs, and from all their sin-offerings, whatever things they give to me of all their holy things, they shall be thine and thy sons'.
10 Rĩĩaga gĩcunjĩ kĩu ta kĩndũ kĩamũre mũno; mũndũ mũrũme o wothe wa nyũmba yaku nĩagakĩrĩĩaga. Wee no nginya ũtuage atĩ gĩcunjĩ kĩu nĩ kĩamũre.
In the most holy place shall ye eat them; every male shall eat them, thou and thy sons: they shall be holy to thee.
11 “O na ningĩ ici no ciaku: kĩrĩa gĩothe kĩamũrĩtwo kuuma iheo ciothe cia gũthũngũthio cia andũ a Isiraeli. Icio nĩndakũhe wee, na ariũ aku, na airĩtu aku, ituĩke rũgai rwaku rwa hĩndĩ ciothe. Mũndũ o wothe wa nyũmba yaku ũtarĩ na thaahu no acirĩe.
And this shall be to you of the first-fruits of their gifts, of all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them and to thy sons and thy daughters with thee, a perpetual ordinance; every clean person in thy house shall eat them.
12 “Nĩndakũhe maguta mothe marĩa mega mũno ma mũtamaiyũ na ndibei yothe ĩrĩa njega mũno ya mũhihano, na ngano ĩrĩa maheaga Jehova ĩrĩ maciaro ma mbere ma magetha mao.
Every first-offering of oil, and every first-offering of wine, their first-fruits of corn, whatsoever they may give to the Lord, to thee have I given them.
13 Maciaro mothe ma bũrũri ma mbere marĩa marĩrehagĩra Jehova marĩtuĩkaga maku. Mũndũ o wothe wa nyũmba yaku ũtarĩ thaahu no amarĩe.
All the first-fruits that are in their land, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord, shall be thine: every clean person in thy house shall eat them.
14 “Kĩndũ gĩothe kĩrĩ Isiraeli kĩrĩa kĩamũrĩirwo Jehova nĩ gĩaku.
Every devoted thing among the children of Israel shall be thine.
15 Marigithathi mothe, marĩ ma andũ kana ma nyamũ, marĩa marĩrutagĩrwo Jehova nĩ maku. No rĩrĩ, no nginya ũkũũrithagie irigithathi rĩothe rĩa kahĩĩ, na ũkũũrithagie irigithathi rĩa njamba rĩa nyamũ iria irĩ thaahu.
And every thing that opens the womb of all flesh, whatsoever they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be thine: only the first-born of men shall be surely redeemed, and thou shalt redeem the first-born of unclean cattle.
16 Marigithathi macio marĩ ma mweri ũmwe, no nginya ũkaamakũũrithia na thogora wa gũkũũrana ũrĩa ũtuĩtwo wa cekeri ithano cia betha, kũringana na cekeri ya handũ-harĩa-haamũre, ĩrĩa ĩrĩ na ũritũ wa geera mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ.
And the redemption of them [shall be] from a month old; their valuation of five shekels—it is twenty oboli according to the holy shekel.
17 “No mũtikanakũũrithie marigithathi ma ndegwa, kana ma ngʼondu, kana ma mbũri; icio nĩ nyamũre. Thakame yacio nĩĩminjaminjagwo kĩgongona-inĩ igũrũ, na maguta ma cio macinwo na mwaki nĩguo matuĩke igongona rĩ na mũtararĩko wa gũkenia Jehova.
But thou shalt not redeem the first-born of calves and the first-born of sheep and the first-born of goats; they are holy: and thou shalt pour their blood upon the altar, and thou shalt offer the fat as a burnt-offering for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.
18 Nyama ciacio nĩ ciaku, o ta ũrĩa gĩthũri kĩa igongona rĩa gũthũngũthio na kĩero kĩa ũrĩo irĩ ciaku.
And the flesh shall be thine, as also the breast of the wave-offering and as the right shoulder, it shall be thine.
19 Kĩrĩa gĩothe kĩamũragĩrwo Jehova nĩ andũ a Isiraeli kĩrĩ kĩamũre nĩndakũhe wee mwene, na ariũ aku, na airĩtu aku, kĩrĩ rũgai rwaku rwa hĩndĩ ciothe. Nĩkĩo kĩrĩkanĩro gĩa tene na tene gĩa cumbĩ mbere ya Jehova kũrĩ wee na njiaro ciaku.”
Every special offering of the holy things, whatsoever the children of Israel shall specially offer to the Lord, I have given to thee and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, a perpetual ordinance: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord, for thee and thy seed after thee.
20 Ningĩ Jehova akĩĩra Harũni atĩrĩ, “Wee ndũgakorwo na igai bũrũri-inĩ wao, kana ũgĩe na rũgai thĩinĩ wao; niĩ nĩ niĩ rũgai rwaku o na igai rĩaku thĩinĩ wa andũ a Isiraeli.
And the Lord said to Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them; for I [am] thy portion and thine inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.
21 “Nĩndahe Alawii icunjĩ ciothe cia ikũmi thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli, arĩ rĩo igai rĩao nĩ ũndũ wa wĩra ũrĩa marutaga rĩrĩa megũtungata Hema-inĩ-ya-Gũtũnganwo.
And, behold, I have given to the sons of Levi every tithe in Israel for an inheritance for their services, whereinsoever they perform ministry in the tabernacle of witness.
22 Kuuma rĩu andũ a Isiraeli matigakuhagĩrĩrie Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo, kana macookererwo nĩ mehia mao, nao makue.
And the children of Israel shall no more draw nigh to the tabernacle of witness to incur fatal guilt.
23 Alawii nĩo marĩrutaga wĩra Hema-inĩ-ya-Gũtũnganwo na nĩo marĩcookagĩrĩrwo nĩ mahĩtia marĩa meekĩirwo hau. Ũyũ nĩ watho wa gũtũũrio nĩ njiaro iria igooka. Matikagĩa na igai thĩinĩ wa andũ a Isiraeli.
And the Levite himself shall perform the service of the tabernacle of witness; and they shall bear their iniquities, it is a perpetual statute throughout their generations; and in the midst of the children of Israel they shall not receive an inheritance.
24 Handũ ha ũguo-rĩ, ngũhe Alawii icunjĩ cia ikũmi iria andũ a Isiraeli marehaga irĩ maruta kũrĩ Jehova ituĩke igai rĩao. Nĩkĩo ndoigire igũrũ rĩao atĩrĩ: ‘Matikagĩa na igai thĩinĩ wa andũ a Isiraeli.’”
Because I have given as a distinct portion to the Levites for an inheritance the tithes of the children of Israel, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord; therefore I said to them, In the midst of the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
25 Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ,
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
26 “Arĩria Alawii, ũmeere atĩrĩ: ‘Rĩrĩa mwamũkĩra icunjĩ cia ikũmi kuuma kũrĩ andũ a Isiraeli iria ndĩmũheete arĩ cio igai rĩanyu-rĩ, no nginya mũrehage gĩcunjĩ gĩa ikũmi gĩa gĩcunjĩ kĩu, kĩrĩ iruta kũrĩ Jehova.
Thou shalt also speak to the Levites, and shalt say to them, If ye take the tithe from the children of Israel, which I have given you from them for an inheritance, then shall ye separate from it a heave-offering to the Lord, a tenth of the tenth.
27 Maruta manyu marĩtuĩkaga ta ngano ĩrĩa ĩrutĩtwo kĩhuhĩro-inĩ, kana ndibei ĩrĩa ĩrutĩtwo kĩhihĩro-inĩ.
And your heave-offerings shall be reckoned to you as corn from the floor, and an offering from the wine-press.
28 Ũguo nĩguo o na inyuĩ mũrĩrutagĩra Jehova iruta kuuma kũrĩ icunjĩ cia ikũmi iria mũrĩamũkagĩra ciumĩte kũrĩ andũ a Isiraeli. Kuuma kũrĩ icunjĩ icio cia ikũmi, no nginya mũnengagĩre Harũni mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai gĩcunjĩ kĩa Jehova.
So shall ye also separate them from all the offerings of the Lord out of all your tithes, whatsoever ye shall receive from the children of Israel; and ye shall give of them an offering to the Lord to Aaron the priest.
29 No nginya mũkarutagĩra Jehova gĩcunjĩ kĩrĩa kĩega mũno na kĩrĩa kĩamũre mũno kĩa indo ciothe iria mũheetwo.’
Of all your gifts ye shall offer an offering to the Lord, and of every first-fruit the consecrated part from it.
30 “Ĩra Alawii atĩrĩ, ‘Rĩrĩa mwaruta gĩcunjĩ kĩrĩa kĩega mũno-rĩ, kĩrĩtuĩkaga ta iruta rĩanyu riumĩte kĩhuhĩro-inĩ kĩa ngano kana kĩhihĩro-inĩ kĩa ndibei.
And thou shalt say to them, When ye shall offer the first-fruits from it, then shall it be reckoned to the Levites as produce from the threshing-floor, and as produce from the wine-press.
31 Inyuĩ na andũ a nyũmba cianyu no mũrĩĩre icio ingĩ handũ o hothe, nĩgũkorwo ũcio nĩ mũcaara wanyu nĩ ũndũ wa wĩra wanyu kũu Hema-inĩ-ya-Gũtũnganwo.
And ye shall eat it in any place, ye and your families; for this is your reward for your services in the tabernacle of witness.
32 Nĩ ũndũ wa kũruta gĩcunjĩ kĩu kĩega mũno gĩacio, mũtigaatuĩrwo mahĩtia nĩ ũndũ wa ũndũ ũyũ; na ningĩ mũtigathaahia maruta marĩa maamũre ma andũ a Isiraeli, na nĩ ũndũ ũcio mũtigaakua.’”
And ye shall not bear sin by reason of it, for ye shall have offered an offering of first-fruits from it, and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.
