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 said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee 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 thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but 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 charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, 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 unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

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 charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon 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, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you [they are] given [as] a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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.”

Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office [unto you] as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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 spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

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.

This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, [shall be] most holy for thee and for 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] shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto 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 [is] thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

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.

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.

13 Maciaro mothe ma bũrũri ma mbere marĩa marĩrehagĩra Jehova marĩtuĩkaga maku. Mũndũ o wothe wa nyũmba yaku ũtarĩ thaahu no amarĩe.

[And] whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat [of] it.

14 “Kĩndũ gĩothe kĩrĩ Isiraeli kĩrĩa kĩamũrĩirwo Jehova nĩ gĩaku.

Every thing devoted in 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.

Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, [whether it be] of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

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 those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which [is] twenty gerahs.

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 the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they [are] holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat [for] an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

18 Nyama ciacio nĩ ciaku, o ta ũrĩa gĩthũri kĩa igongona rĩa gũthũngũthio na kĩero kĩa ũrĩo irĩ ciaku.

And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are 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.”

All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it [is] a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with 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 spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thine inheritance among 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 the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, [even] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

22 Kuuma rĩu andũ a Isiraeli matigakuhagĩrĩrie Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo, kana macookererwo nĩ mehia mao, nao makue.

Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

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.

But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no 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.’”

But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer [as] an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

25 Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ,

And the LORD spake unto 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.

Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, [even] a tenth [part] of the tithe.

27 Maruta manyu marĩtuĩkaga ta ngano ĩrĩa ĩrutĩtwo kĩhuhĩro-inĩ, kana ndibei ĩrĩa ĩrutĩtwo kĩhihĩro-inĩ.

And [this] your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though [it were] the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

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.

Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD’s heave offering to Aaron the priest.

29 No nginya mũkarutagĩra Jehova gĩcunjĩ kĩrĩa kĩega mũno na kĩrĩa kĩamũre mũno kĩa indo ciothe iria mũheetwo.’

Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, [even] the hallowed part thereof out of 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.

Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.

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 every place, ye and your households: for it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

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 bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.