Levitikọs 24
1 Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis sị,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 “Nye ndị Izrel niile iwu ka ha wetara gị mmanụ oliv asụrụ asụ, nke a na-agwaghị ihe, maka itinye nʼiheọkụ ime ka ọkụ oriọna na-enwu mgbe niile.
“Command the Israeli people to continually bring to you clear oil made from pressed olives to burn in the lamps [in the Sacred Tent], in order that those lamps will burn all the time.
3 Na mpụta nke akwa mgbochi nke kpuchiri igbe Ihe Ama ahụ, nʼime ụlọ nzute, Erọn ga-amụnye oriọna ndị ahụ nʼihu Onyenwe anyị mgbe niile, site nʼuhuruchi ruo nʼụtụtụ. Nke a bụ ụkpụrụ ga-adịgide nye ọgbọ niile dị nʼihu.
Outside the curtain of the Very Holy Place, Aaron must take care of the lamps in my presence continually, in order that they will burn all during the night. That regulation must be obeyed forever.
4 Ihe ọkụ ọlaedo a nụchara anụcha ndị ahụ dọọ nʼelu ihe ịdọkwasị oriọna, nʼihu Onyenwe anyị ga na-enwu ọkụ mgbe niile.
Those lampstands that burn in my presence must be taken care of continually.
5 “Were ọka a kwọrọ nke ọma mee ogbe achịcha iri na abụọ. Jiri ihe ruru iko ọka asatọ mee otu ogbe achịcha ọbụla.
“Also, [each week] you must take some fine flour and bake twelve [very big] loaves of bread, using about four quarts/liters of flour for each loaf.
6 Doo achịcha ndị a nʼahịrị abụọ nʼelu tebul ahụ e ji ọlaedo a nụchara anụcha kpụọ, nke dị nʼihu Onyenwe anyị. Ogbe achịcha isii ga-adị nʼotu ahịrị.
Put the loaves in two rows, with six loaves in each row, on the table covered with pure gold, in my presence.
7 Nʼogologo ahịrị ọbụla tinye insensi a na-agwaghị ihe, ka ọ bụrụ ihe nọchiri achịcha ndị a dịka onyinye nsure ọkụ nye Onyenwe anyị.
Along each row, place [in some gold cups] some pure incense to be burned to be an offering to me instead of the bread.
8 A ga-edo achịcha ndị a nʼihu Onyenwe anyị oge niile, ụbọchị izuike niile, nʼọnọdụ ụmụ Izrel, dịka ọgbụgba ndụ ebighị ebi.
New/Fresh loaves of bread must be put [on the table] each Sabbath day, to signify the agreement that will never end, that I have made with you Israeli people.
9 Ọ dịrị Erọn na ụmụ ya ndị ikom, bụ ndị ga-eri ya nʼime nʼebe nsọ ahụ, nʼihi na ọ bụ oke dịkarịsịrị nsọ, site nʼoke ha mgbe niile, nke sitere nʼonyinye nsure ọkụ e chere nye Onyenwe anyị.”
The bread [that is taken off the table] belongs to Aaron and his sons. They must eat it in a holy place, because it is a very holy part of the offerings that are given to me by being burned.”
10 Otu nwokorobịa, nke nna ya bụ onye Ijipt ma nne ya bụ onye Izrel, sitere nʼetiti ụmụ Izrel pụta. O ruo na nwoke a nne ya bụ onye Izrel na otu nʼime ndị ikom Izrel malitere ịlụ ọgụ.
There was a man whose mother’s name was Shelomith; she was an Israeli whose father was Dibri from the tribe of Dan. And that man’s father was from Egypt. One day that man and another Israeli man started to fight inside the camp. And while they were fighting, that man cursed Yahweh [MTY].
11 Mgbe ha na-alụ ọgụ ahụ nwoke ahụ nne ya bụ onye Izrel kwuluru Aha ahụ kọchaa ya. Nʼihi ya, a kpọrọ ya ikpe nʼihu Mosis. (Aha nne ya bụ Shelomit, nwa Dibri, onye ebo Dan.)
12 Ha tinyere nwoke ahụ nʼụlọ mkpọrọ na-eche ka ha nụ okwu Onyenwe anyị, ịmata ihe ha ga-eme ya.
So the Israeli people seized him and guarded him until they could find out what Yahweh would reveal to them [that they should do to that man].
13 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis sị,
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
14 “Kpụrụ onye nkwulu ahụ gaa nʼazụ obodo. Ndị niile nụrụ okwu ahụ o kwuru ga-ebikwasị ya aka ha nʼisi. Mgbe ahụ, ọgbakọ Izrel niile ga-eji nkume tugbuo ya.
“[Tie up and] take outside the camp the man who has cursed me. There all those who heard what he said must put their hands on his head [to indicate that he is guilty], and then all the people must [kill him by] throwing stones at him.
15 Gwa ụmụ Izrel okwu sị ha, ‘Onye ọbụla kọchara Chineke ya ga-ebu mmehie ya nʼisi ya.
Tell the Israelis, ‘If anyone curses me, he must (endure the consequences/be punished).
16 Onye ọbụla kwuluru aha Onyenwe anyị ka a ga-egbu. Mmadụ niile ga-agbakọ jiri nkume tugbuo onye ahụ. Onye ọbụla kwuluru Aha ahụ, maọbụ ọbịa, maọbụ nwa afọ ala, ka a ga-egbu.
So anyone who curses me [MTY] must be executed. All the people must throw stones at him. It does not matter if he is a foreigner or an Israeli citizen; anyone who curses me must be executed.’
17 “‘Onye ọbụla gburu mmadụ ka a ga-egbu.
“Also, If anyone murders another person, he must be executed.
18 Onye gburu anụ ụlọ na-abụghị nke ya, ga-akwụghachi ụgwọ ya. Ndụ ga-alara ndụ.
And anyone who kills [another person’s] animal must give that person a live animal to replace the one that he killed.
19 Onye ọbụla merụrụ mmadụ ibe ya ahụ, a ga-emerụkwa onye ahụ ahụ nʼebe o merụrụ ibe ya ahụ.
And if one person injures another person, the injured person is allowed to injure the person who injured him in the same way:
20 Onye tijiri mmadụ ọkpụkpụ, a ga-etiji ọkpụkpụ nke ya. Anya ga-alara anya, eze ga-alakwara eze. Otu e si merụọ mmadụ ahụ, ka a ga-esi merụọkwa onye merụrụ ya ahụ.
If someone breaks one of another person’s bones, that person is allowed to break one of the bones of the person who injured him. If someone gouges out an eye of another person, that person is allowed to gouge out the eye of the person who injured him. If someone knocks out the tooth of another person, that person is allowed to knock out one of his teeth. What is done to the offender must be the same as what he did to the other person.
21 Onye ọbụla gburu anụ ụlọ onye ọzọ, ga-akwụ ụgwọ ya. Ma a ga-egbu onye ọbụla gburu mmadụ.
Whoever kills [another person’s] animal must give that person a live animal to replace the one that he killed, but anyone who murders another person must be executed.
22 Unu ga-enwe otu iwu nke ga-adị nye ndị amụrụ nʼala, dịkwara ndị ọbịa niile. Abụ m Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu.’”
That law applies to you Israelis and and also to the foreigners who live among you; I, Yahweh your God [am the one who has commanded it].”
23 Mgbe ahụ, Mosis gwara ndị Izrel okwu, nʼihi ya ha dọkpụụrụ onye nkwulu ahụ pụọ nʼazụ obodo, jiri nkume tugbuo ya nʼebe ahụ, dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere Mosis nʼiwu.
Then Moses/I told the Israelis [what they must do to the man who cursed Yahweh], so they took the man outside the camp and [killed him by] throwing stones at him. They did what Yahweh commanded Moses/me [to tell them to do].
