Levitikọs 27
1 Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu sị ya,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 “Gwa ụmụ Izrel sị ha, ‘Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ e kwee nkwa pụrụ iche iji mmadụ nye Onyenwe anyị onyinye, ihe ndị a ka ọ ga-eji gbara onye ahụ:
“Tell the Israeli people [that this is what I am saying to them]: If anyone solemnly promises to dedicate another person to [work solely] for me, the person who is dedicated to me is allowed to be free from having to do that by someone paying [to the priest] a fixed amount of money. The money that is given must be calculated by comparing it with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
3 nʼisi nwoke ọbụla gbara iri afọ abụọ ruo iri afọ isii, ọ ga-akwụ iri ọlaọcha shekel ise, dịka ihe ọtụtụ ebe nsọ si dị.
[These are the amounts that must be paid]: 50 pieces of silver for men who are between 20 and 60 years old,
4 Nʼisi nwanyị ọbụla gbara iri afọ abụọ ruo iri afọ isii ọ ga-enye iri ọlaọcha shekel atọ.
30 pieces of silver for adult women [who are between 20 and 60 years old],
5 Nʼisi nwoke gbara afọ ise ruo iri afọ abụọ, ọ ga-enye iri ọlaọcha shekel abụọ. Nʼisi nwanyị gbara afọ ise ruo iri afọ abụọ, ọ ga-enye ọlaọcha shekel iri.
20 pieces of silver for young men who are between five and 20 years old, ten pieces of silver for young women who are between five and 20 years old,
6 A ga-akwụrụ nwantakịrị nwoke gbara site otu ọnwa ruo afọ ise, ọlaọcha shekel ise, kwụọra nwantakịrị nwanyị gbara otu ọnwa ruo afọ ise ọlaọcha shekel atọ.
five pieces of silver for boys who are between one month and five years old, three pieces of silver for girls who are between one month and five years old,
7 Nʼisi nwoke gafere iri afọ isi, a ga-enye ọlaọcha shekel iri na ise. Nʼisi nwanyị gafere iri afọ isi a ga-enye ọlaọcha shekel iri.
15 pieces of silver for men who are more than 60 years old, ten pieces of silver for women who are more than 60 years old.
8 Ọ bụrụ na e nwee onye ogbenye na-enweghị ego ọ ga-eji kwụọ ụgwọ ndị a, a ga-akpọtara ya onye nchụaja, onye ga-ekwubi ihe onye ahụ kwere nkwa ga-akwụ dịka ego o nwere ruru.
‘If anyone who has made such a solemn promise is very poor and unable to pay, to free that person from doing what he had promised, he must take that person to the priest. The priest will set the price [for freeing him] to be what the person who made that solemn promise is able to pay.
9 “‘Ọ bụrụ anụ ụlọ dị mma inye Onyenwe anyị dịka onyinye ka e kwere nkwa inye, anụ ụlọ e nyere Onyenwe anyị ga-aghọ ihe dị nsọ.
‘If someone solemnly promises to give an animal that is acceptable to be an offering to me, that animal becomes sacred [and belongs to me].
10 Onye kwere nkwa inye ya enweghị ike iji anụ ụlọ nke ahụ ya na-ezughị oke gbanwere anụ ụlọ ahụ na-enweghị ntụpọ. O nwekwaghị ike iji anụ ụlọ ahụ na-enweghị ntụpọ gbanwere nke anụ ahụ ya na-ezughị oke. Ọ bụrụ na o mee otu a, anụ ụlọ nke mbụ, na nke abụọ, ga-abụ ihe dị nsọ.
The person who promised to give it must not give another animal instead of the one that he promised; he must not substitute a bad animal for a good one or even a better one than the one offered. If he would substitute one animal for the other, both animals would belong to me.
11 Ọ bụrụ na anụ ụlọ o ji kwee nkwa bụ anụ ụlọ rụrụ arụ, ụdị anụ ụlọ ahụ a jụrụ ịnabata dịka onyinye maka iji ya chụọ aja nye Onyenwe anyị, a ga-akpụtara onye nchụaja anụ ụlọ ahụ.
If the animal that he wishes to dedicate to me is a kind that is unacceptable to be an offering to me, he must take that animal to the priest.
12 Ọ bụ ya ka ọ dịrị ikpebi ma anụ ụlọ ahụ ọ dị mma, ma ọ jọrọ njọ. Ọnụ ego ọbụla onye nchụaja kpebiri, ka onye wetara anụ ụlọ ahụ ga-akwụ.
The priest will then decide what its value is, according to the animal’s good and bad points. Whatever value the priests sets will be the value of the animal, [and that is the price that the priest must pay for the animal].
13 Ọ bụrụ na onye nwe anụ ụlọ ahụ achọọ ịgbara ya, ọ ga-akwụ ụgwọ anụ ụlọ ahụ, tụkwasịkwa nʼelu ya otu ụzọ nʼime ụzọ ise nke ọnụahịa anụ ụlọ ahụ.
If the man who gave the animal later decides that he wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] that price plus an additional 20 percent.
14 “‘Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ enye ụlọ ya, dịka ihe ga-adị nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị, onye nchụaja ga-ekpebi maọbụ ụlọ dị mma, ma ọ bụkwanụ ụlọ jọrọ njọ. Ọ ga-ekwukwa ihe bụ ọnụahịa ụlọ ahụ.
‘[Similarly], if someone dedicates his house to be a sacred gift to belong to me, the priest will decide how much it is worth, which will depend on whether the house is in good condition. Whatever the priest says that it is worth, that will be its value [and that is the price that the priest must pay for it].
15 Ọ bụrụ na onye ahụ nke na-edo ụlọ ya nsọ achọọ ịgbara ya, ọ ga-akwụ ọnụahịa ụlọ ahụ, tụkwasịkwa nʼelu ya otu ụzọ nʼime ụzọ ise nke ọnụahịa ụlọ ahụ. Emesịa, ụlọ ahụ ga-abụkwa nke ya.
If the man who dedicated his house to me later wants to buy it back, he must pay that price plus an additional 20 percent, and then the house will belong to him again.
16 “‘Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ ewere mpaghara ala ubi ezinaụlọ ya nye Onyenwe anyị ka ihe ido nsọ, ihe a ga-eji mata ọnụahịa ala ahụ ga-abụ ụdị ihe ubi e nwere ike ịkụ nʼime ya. Ọnụahịa ala ubi e nwere ike ịkụnye ọka balị ruru otu ihe ọtụtụ homa, ga-abụ iri mkpụrụ ego ọlaọcha shekel ise.
‘If someone dedicates to me some of the property that belongs to him and his family, its value will be determined by the number of bushels of seed that will be needed to plant seeds on that land: Its value will be ten pieces of silver for each bushel of seed.
17 Ọ bụrụ nʼime afọ inwere onwe ka o doro ala ahụ nsọ, agaghị agbanwe ọnụahịa ya.
If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount.
18 Ma ọ bụrụ na o doro ala ahụ nsọ mgbe afọ inwe onwe ahụ gafere, onye nchụaja ga-agụkọrọ ya ọnụahịa ya dịka afọ ole ọ fọdụrụ mgbe mmemme afọ inwere onwe ọzọ ga-adị. A ga-ewebilatakwa ihe ọnụahịa ya ruru.
But if he dedicates the field after the Year of Celebration, the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration, and if there are not many years that remain, the price will be much lower [than the full price].
19 Ọ bụrụ na onye doro ala ahụ nsọ achọọ ịgbara ala ya, ọ ga-akwụ ọnụahịa ahụ onye nchụaja kpebiri, tụkwasị ya ego ruru otu ụzọ nʼime ụzọ ise nke ọnụahịa ala ahụ. Mgbe ahụ ala ahụ ga-abụkwa nke ya.
If the person who dedicated the field later wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] the price that the priest says it is worth, plus an added one-fifth, and then the field will belong to that man again.
20 Ọ bụrụ na ọ gbapụtaghị ala ahụ, maọbụ na o resila ya onye ọzọ, a gaghị agbapụtakwa ala ahụ ọzọ.
However, if he does not buy it back, or if it has been sold (OR, the priest has sold it) to someone else, that person will never be permitted to buy it back again.
21 Mgbe mmemme afọ inwere onwe ruru, ala ahụ ga-aghọ ala dị nsọ, ala e doro nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị. Ndị nchụaja ga-ewere ya ka ọ bụrụ nke ha.
In the Year of Celebration, it will become sacred again, and it will be given to the priest.
22 “‘Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ e doro Onyenwe anyị ala ubi ọ zụrụ azụ nsọ, nke na-abụghị ala ezinaụlọ ha,
‘If someone dedicates to me some land that he has bought, land which is not part of the land that his family has always owned,
23 onye nchụaja ga-agụ afọ ole ọ fọdụrụ ruo mmemme afọ inwere onwe. Ọ ga-agwa onye ahụ ego ole ọ ga-akwụ nʼihi ya. Ego ọbụla ọ kwụrụ nʼụbọchị ahụ ga-abụ ihe dị nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị.
the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration to determine how much it is worth, and the man must pay that amount to the priest on that day, [and then that land will belong to that man again].
24 Mgbe afọ inwere onwe ahụ zuru, onye nwe ala ahụ, ya bụ onye ahụ e si nʼaka ya zụọ ya, ga-ewerekwa ala ya.
But in the Year of Celebration, the land will again be owned by the person from whom he bought it, the person whose family had always owned that land.
25 Ọnụahịa ọbụla a ga-ekpebi ga-abụ nʼusoro dịka shekel ebe nsọ si dị. Iri gera abụọ ga-abụ otu shekel.
All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
26 “‘A gaghị edo nwa mbụ anụmanụ mụtara nsọ maọbụ ehi maọbụ atụrụ nʼihi na ha bụ nke Onyenwe anyị.
‘No one is permitted to dedicate to me the firstborn of any cow or sheep, because the firstborn already belongs to me [DOU].
27 Ọ bụrụ otu nʼime anụ ndị ahụ rụrụ arụ, a ga-agbara ya nʼọnụ ego nke akara bụ ọṅụ ahịa ya, tụkwasịkwa nʼelu ya otu ụzọ nʼime ụzọ ise nke ọnụahịa ya. Ọ bụrụkwanụ na onye nwe anụ ụlọ ahụ achọghị ịgbarakwa ya, a ga-ere ya nʼọnụ ahịa dịka o ruru.
If someone gives to me a kind of animal that is not acceptable to me, that person may later buy it back by paying what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent of its value. If he does not buy it back, it must be sold (OR, the priest must sell it) for its standard price.
28 “‘A gaghị ere, maọbụ gbara ihe ọbụla mmadụ nwere, nke o doro nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị, maọbụ mmadụ, maọbụ ala ezinaụlọ, maọbụ anụ ụlọ, nʼihi na ihe ọbụla nke e wezugara iche bụ ihe dịkarịsịrị nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị.
‘However, no slave or animal or family land that someone owns can be sold or bought back after it has been dedicated to me [and no price has been paid for it]. That kind of gift belongs to me permanently/forever.
29 “‘Mgbapụta ọbụla adịghị nye onye ọbụla e doro nsọ nye mbibi. A ghaghị ime ka ọ nwụọ.
‘No person who has [done something that I consider to be very wicked] is permitted to be freed [from being punished]; that person must surely be executed.
30 “‘Otu ụzọ nʼime ụzọ iri nke ihe niile si nʼala, maọbụ mkpụrụ ọghịgha nke ubi, maọbụ mkpụrụ nke osisi mịrị, bụ nke Onyenwe anyị. Ha bụ ihe nsọ dịrị Onyenwe anyị.
‘One tenth of all the crops and grain or fruit that is produced on anyone’s land is sacred and belongs to me.
31 Onye ọbụla chọrọ ịgbara otu ụzọ nʼime ụzọ iri nke ihe ubi ya aghaghị ịkwụ ọnụahịa ya, tụkwasị ya otu ụzọ nʼime ụzọ ise nke ọnụahịa e kwesiri ire ya.
If anyone wants to buy back any of that tenth, he must pay [to the priest] what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent.
32 Otu ụzọ nʼụzọ iri nke igwe ehi na atụrụ niile, anụ nke iri ọbụla nke na-agabiga nʼokpuru mkpanaka onye ọzụzụ atụrụ mgbe a na-agụ ha ọnụ, ga-abụ ihe dị nsọ nye Onyenwe anyị.
One of every ten domestic animals belongs to me. When a shepherd counts his animals [MTY] [to decide which ones he will give to me], he must mark every tenth one as belonging to me.
33 A gaghị ahọ anụ ụlọ a na-enye Onyenwe anyị ahọ, ile ma ha dị mma, maọbụ na ha dị njọ. A gaghị agbanwekwa ha. Ọ bụrụ na a gbanwee ha, ndị e ji gbanwee ha na ndị a na-achọ ịgbanwe ga-aghọ ihe dị nsọ, a gaghị agbarakwa ha.’”
When he does that, he must not pick out the good ones for himself or leave the bad ones, or substitute bad ones for good ones. If he substitutes one animal for another, both animals will belong to me, and he will not be permitted to buy them back (OR, the shepherd cannot buy them back).’”
34 Ndị a bụ iwu Onyenwe anyị nyere Mosis nʼugwu Saịnaị ka ọ nye ụmụ Izrel.
Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain [to tell to the people].
