Ọnụọgụgụ 8

1 Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu sị ya,

Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 “Gwa Erọn okwu sị ya, ‘Mgbe ọbụla ị mụnyere oriọna asaa nke iheọkụ, ị ga-edozi ha ka ìhè ha na-enwupụta naanị nʼihu iheọkụ ahụ.’”

“Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”

3 Erọn mere otu a. O doziri oriọna ndị ahụ ka ha chee ihu nʼihe ịdọba oriọna, dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere Mosis nʼiwu.

And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

4 Otu a ka esi mee ihe ịdọba oriọna ahụ. Ọ bụ naanị ọlaedo ka e ji kpụọ iheọkụ ahụ, site nʼụkwụ ya ruo nʼokooko niile e ji chọọ ya mma. A kpụrụ iheọkụ ahụ nʼusoro dịka oyiyi Onyenwe anyị gosiri Mosis si dị.

This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.

5 Mgbe ahụ Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu sị,

Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

6 “Ugbu a, site nʼetiti ụmụ Izrel, kpọpụta ụmụ Livayị, doo ha iche, mee ha ka ha dịrị ọcha.

“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

7 Ime ka ha dị ọcha, lee ihe ị ga-eme. Fesa ha mmiri na-asachapụ mmehie. Hụkwa na ha kpụchapụrụ ajị niile dị ha nʼahụ, ma sachaa uwe ha. Si otu a mee ka ha bụrụ ndị dị ọcha.

This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

8 Gwa ha ka ha weta nwa oke ehi na onyinye mkpụrụ ọka, bụ ụtụ ọka a gwara mmanụ. Ha ga-ewetakwa nwa oke ehi ọzọ; ka ọ bụrụ ihe ha ji achụ aja mmehie.

Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.

9 Emesịa, kpọbata ụmụ Livayị nʼọnụ ụzọ ụlọ nzute ahụ. Meekwa ka ọgbakọ ndị Izrel niile zukọọ nʼebe ahụ.

Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.

10 Kpọpụta ndị Livayị nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, ma mee ka ndị Izrel niile bikwasị ha aka ha.

You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.

11 Mgbe ahụ, Erọn ga-ewere ndị Livayị chee Onyenwe anyị nʼihu dịka onyinye mfufe ndị Izrel niile na-enye ya. Nʼụzọ dị otu a, ụmụ Livayị niile ga-abụ ndị jikere ijere Onyenwe anyị ozi.

Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.

12 “Emesịa, ndị Livayị ga-abịa bikwasị aka ha nʼisi oke ehi abụọ ndị ahụ jiri otu nʼime oke ehi abụọ ndị ahụ chụọ aja mmehie nye Onyenwe anyị, jiri nke ọzọ chụọ aja nsure ọkụ, maka ikpuchi mmehie ndị Livayị.

And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

13 Mgbe ahụ, mee ka ndị Livayị guzo nʼihu Erọn na ụmụ ndị ikom, werekwa ha nyefee Onyenwe anyị nʼaka dịka a ga-asị na ha bụ onyinye mfufe a na-enye Onyenwe anyị.

You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.

14 Otu a ka ị ga-esi doo ndị Livayị nsọ ime ka ha dịrị iche site nʼigwe ụmụ Izrel ndị ọzọ. Ọ bụ m nwe ndị Livayị.

In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

15 “Mgbe i dosiri ndị Livayị nsọ, cheekwa ha nʼihu Onyenwe anyị dịka aja mfufe, ha ga-abịa nʼime ụlọ nzute ahụ ije ozi dịrị ha.

After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.

16 Ha bụ nke m site nʼetiti ụmụ Izrel niile. Anarala m ha ka ha bụrụ nke m nʼọnọdụ ụmụ niile e bụ ụzọ mụọ, nwa nwoke nke nwanyị ọbụla nʼIzrel.

For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

17 Nʼihi na nwa nwoke mbụ ọbụla a mụrụ nʼetiti ndị Izrel bụ nke m, ma mmadụ ma anụmanụ niile. Edoro m ha nsọ nye onwe m, site nʼabalị ụbọchị ahụ m tigbusiri ụmụ niile e bụ ụzọ mụọ nʼIjipt.

For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.

18 Ewerela m ndị Livayị nʼọnọdụ ụmụ nwoke mbụ niile a mụrụ nʼIzrel.

But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.

19 Site nʼetiti ndị Izrel niile, ewerela m ndị Livayị nye Erọn na ụmụ ya ndị ikom dịka onyinye, ka ha rụọ ọrụ niile dị nʼime ụlọ nzute ahụ nʼọnọdụ ụmụ Izrel. Ka ha kpuchiere ha mmehie ha niile ka ihe otiti nke nrịa nrịa ghara ịbịakwasị ụmụ Izrel, mgbe ọbụla ha bịara nso ebe nsọ ahụ.”

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”

20 Ya mere, Mosis na Erọn na nzukọ niile nke ụmụ Izrel chere ụmụ Livayị nʼihu Onyenwe anyị, nʼusoro dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere Mosis nʼiwu.

So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.

21 Ndị Livayị niile doro onwe ha ọcha, sachakwaa uwe ha niile. Erọn chere ha nʼihu Onyenwe anyị dịka onyinye aja mfufe, chụọrọ ha aja ikpuchi mmehie, ime ka ha dị ọcha.

The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

22 Nʼikpeazụ, ndị Livayị bịara ije ozi ha nʼụlọ nzute nʼokpuru Erọn na ụmụ ya ndị ikom. Ha nyekwara ndị Livayị ọrụ dịka Onyenwe anyị nyere Mosis nʼiwu.

After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

23 Onyenwe anyị gwara Mosis okwu sị ya,

And the LORD said to Moses,

24 “Iwu m ndị a metụtara ndị Livayị niile. Nwoke onye Livayị ọbụla ga-ebido ịrụ ọrụ nʼụlọ nzute m mgbe ọ gbara iri afọ abụọ na ise.

“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

25 Ọ ga-akwụsịkwa ịrụ ọrụ nʼime ya mgbe ọ gbara iri afọ ise, mgbe oge ezumike ọrụ ya ga-amalite.

But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.

26 Ha nwere ike inyere ụmụnne ha aka nʼịrụ ọrụ ha nʼime ụlọ nzute, ma ha onwe ha agaghị arụ ọrụ ahụ. Otu a ka ị ga-esi dozie ọrụ ije ozi nke ndị Livayị.”

After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”