< Ndari 8 >

1 Nake Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ,
And the LORD spoke to 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 to Aaron, and say to him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against 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; he lighted the lamps of it over against the candlestick, as the LORD 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 work of the candlestick [was of] beaten gold, to its shaft, to the flowers of it, [was] beaten work: according to the pattern which the LORD had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
5 Nake Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ:
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
6 “Oya Alawii ũmeherie kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa angĩ a Isiraeli, ũmatherie mathirwo nĩ thaahu.
Take the Levites from among 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 to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and [so] make themselves 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.
Then let them take a young bullock with his meat-offering, [even] 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 the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt convene the whole assembly of the children of Israel:
10 Ũrehe Alawii acio mbere ya Jehova, nao andũ a Isiraeli mamaigĩrĩre moko mĩtwe.
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put 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 offer the Levites before the LORD [for] an offering of the children of Israel, that they may 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 offer the one [for] a sin-offering, and the other [for] a burnt-offering, to 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 set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them [for] an offering to 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 among 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 perform the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them [for] an offering.
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 to me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, [even instead of] the first-born of all the children of Israel, have I taken them to 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 all the first born of the children of Israel [are] mine, [both] man and beast: on the day that I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18 Na niĩ nĩ njoete Alawii ithenya rĩa marigithathi mothe ma ciana cia tũhĩĩ thĩinĩ wa Isiraeli.
And I have taken the Levites for all the first-born of 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 among 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 may be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh to the sanctuary.
20 Musa, na Harũni marĩ na kĩrĩndĩ kĩu gĩothe kĩa andũ a Isiraeli magĩĩka Alawii o ta ũguo Jehova aathĩte Musa.
And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel to 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 were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them [as] an offering 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 perform 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 to them.
23 Ningĩ Jehova akĩĩra Musa atĩrĩ,
And the LORD spoke to 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 [is it] that [belongeth] to the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon 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 they shall cease waiting upon the service [of it], and 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 shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do to the Levites concerning their charge.

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