Ndari 8
1 Nake Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ,
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
2 “Arĩria Harũni, ũmwĩre atĩrĩ, ‘Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ũrĩbangaga matawa marĩa mũgwanja, mabangage nĩguo ũtheri wamo waragĩre mwena wa na mbere wa mũtĩ ũcio wa kũigĩrĩrwo matawa.’”
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, then shall the seven lamps give light toward the body of the candlestick.
3 Harũni agĩĩka o ta ũguo; akĩbanga matawa macio amaroretie mwena ũrĩa ũtheri wamo watheragĩra hau mbere ya mũtĩ ũcio maaigagĩrĩrwo, o ta ũrĩa Jehova aathĩte Musa gwĩkwo.
And Aaron did so; toward the body of the candlestick did he light its lamps; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
4 Mũtĩ ũcio wa kũigĩrĩrwo matawa wathondeketwo ũũ: wathondeketwo na thahabu ya gũturwo, kuuma gĩtina-inĩ kĩaguo o nginya kũrĩa mahũa maguo maarĩ. Mũhianĩre wa mũtĩ ũcio wa kũigĩrĩrwo matawa wathondeketwo o ta ũrĩa mũhianĩre waguo wonetio Musa nĩ Jehova.
And this was the workmanship of the candlestick: It was of beaten gold, from the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work; according unto the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so made he the candlestick.
5 Nake Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ:
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
6 “Oya Alawii ũmeherie kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa angĩ a Isiraeli, ũmatherie mathirwo nĩ thaahu.
Take the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7 Ũkĩmatheria ũgeekaga ũũ: Maminjaminjĩrie maaĩ ma kũmatheria thaahu; macooke menje njuĩrĩ cia mĩĩrĩ yao kũndũ guothe na mathambie nguo ciao, nĩguo metherie.
And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle upon them water of purification, after they have let the razor pass over all their flesh, and then let them wash their clothes, and so shall they be clean.
8 Ningĩ ũreke moe gategwa hamwe na iruta rĩako rĩa mũtu ũrĩa mũhinyu mũno ũtukanĩtio na maguta; nawe ũcooke woe gategwa kangĩ ga keerĩ ga kũrutwo igongona rĩa kũhoroherio mehia.
And they shall take a young bullock with his meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
9 Ũrehe Alawii acio mbere ya Hema-ya-Gũtũnganwo, na ũcooke wĩte kĩrĩndĩ gĩothe kĩa andũ a Isiraeli hamwe.
And thou shalt bring near the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt assemble together the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
10 Ũrehe Alawii acio mbere ya Jehova, nao andũ a Isiraeli mamaigĩrĩre moko mĩtwe.
And when thou hast brought near the Levites before the Lord, then shall the children of Israel lay their hands upon the Levites:
11 Nake Harũni arutĩre Jehova Alawii acio hau mbere yake taarĩ igongona rĩa gũthũngũthio rĩrutĩtwo nĩ andũ a Isiraeli, nĩguo maikarage mehaarĩirie kũruta wĩra wa Jehova.
And Aaron shall make with the Levites a waving before the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may be ready to execute the service of the Lord.
12 “Thuutha ũcio Alawii maigĩrĩre moko mao mĩtwe ya ndegwa icio, ũcirutĩre Jehova, ĩmwe ĩtuĩke ya igongona rĩa kũhoroherio mehia na ĩyo ĩngĩ ĩtuĩke iruta rĩa njino, nĩgeetha Alawii mahoroherio.
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt prepare the one as a sin-offering, and the other as a burnt-offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites.
13 Reke Alawii marũgame mbere ya Harũni na ariũ ake, na ũcooke ũmarutĩre Jehova taarĩ igongona rĩa gũthũngũthio.
And thou shalt place the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and make with them a waving before the Lord.
14 Ũguo nĩguo ũkaamũra Alawii, ũmeherie kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa angĩ a Isiraeli, nao Alawii acio matuĩke akwa.
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
15 “Warĩkia gũtheria Alawii acio na kũmaruta matuĩke ta igongona rĩa gũthũngũthio-rĩ, nĩmarutage wĩra wao Hema-inĩ-ya-Gũtũnganwo.
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: after thou shalt have cleansed them, and made with them a waving.
16 Acio nĩo andũ a Isiraeli arĩa mekũheanwo kũrĩ niĩ biũ. Ndĩmeyoeire marĩ akwa ithenya rĩa marigithathi ma ciana cia tũhĩĩ kuuma kũrĩ mũtumia o wothe Mũisiraeli.
For they are wholly given unto me from the midst of the children of Israel: instead of every one that openeth the womb, of every first-born of the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
17 Irigithathi o rĩothe rĩa njamba gũkũ Isiraeli, kana nĩ rĩa mũndũ kana nĩ rĩa nyamũ-rĩ, nĩ rĩakwa. Rĩrĩa ndooragire marigithathi mothe kũu bũrũri wa Misiri-rĩ, hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩguo ndaamaamũrire matuĩke akwa mwene.
For mine are all the first-born of the children of Israel, both of man and beast: on the day that I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt did I sanctify them unto myself.
18 Na niĩ nĩ njoete Alawii ithenya rĩa marigithathi mothe ma ciana cia tũhĩĩ thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli.
And I have taken the Levites, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.
19 Thĩinĩ wa andũ a Isiraeli othe-rĩ, nĩheanĩte Alawii matuĩke iheo kũrĩ Harũni na ariũ ake, na marutage wĩra Hema-inĩ-ĩno-ya-Gũtũnganwo handũ ha andũ a Isiraeli, na mamahorohagĩrie nĩgeetha andũ a Isiraeli matikae kũniinwo na mũthiro hĩndĩ ĩrĩa mangĩkuhĩrĩria handũ-harĩa-haamũre.”
And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
20 Musa, na Harũni marĩ na kĩrĩndĩ kĩu gĩothe kĩa andũ a Isiraeli magĩĩka Alawii o ta ũguo Jehova aathĩte Musa.
And so did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the Levites: according unto all that the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
21 Alawii acio magĩĩtheria na magĩthambia nguo ciao. Harũni nake agĩcooka akĩmaruta ta igongona rĩa gũthũngũthio mbere ya Jehova, na akĩmahoroheria nĩguo amatherie.
And the Levites purified themselves, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron made with them a waving before the Lord: and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
22 Thuutha ũcio, Alawii magĩtoonya Hema-inĩ-ĩyo-ya-Gũtũnganwo marutage wĩra wao marũgamĩrĩirwo nĩ Harũni na ariũ ake. Magĩĩka Alawii acio o ta ũrĩa Jehova aathĩte Musa gwĩkwo.
And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
23 Ningĩ Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ,
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
24 “Ũndũ ũyũ nĩguo ũkoniĩ Alawii: Atĩrĩ, arũme othe arĩa mahingĩtie mĩaka mĩrongo ĩĩrĩ na ĩtano na makĩria nĩo marĩũkaga kũruta wĩra Hema-inĩ-ya-Gũtũnganwo,
This shall be the rule for the Levites: From twenty and five years old and upward shall he go into the ranks to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation;
25 no mahingia mĩaka mĩrongo ĩtano-rĩ, no nginya mahurũke kuuma wĩra ũcio wao wa gũtungata, matigacooke kũruta wĩra.
And from the age of fifty years shall he go out of the ranks of the service, and he shall serve no more;
26 No rĩrĩ, no mateithagĩrĩrie ariũ a ithe wao rĩrĩa mekũruta wĩra Hema-inĩ-ya-Gũtũnganwo, no-o ene matikarute wĩra ũcio. Ũguo nĩguo ũrĩgayagĩra Alawii wĩra ũrĩa marĩrutaga.”
But he shall wait on his brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, but the service shall he not perform; thus shalt thou do unto the Levites in the discharge of their office.
