Mitango 8
1 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 « Loba na Aron mpe yebisa ye: ‹ Tango okotia minda, minda sambo esengeli kongengisa liboso ya etelemiselo ya minda. › »
“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 Aron asalaki kaka bongo: atiaki minda na liboso ya etelemiselo ya minda ndenge Yawe atindaki na nzela ya Moyize.
And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
4 Tala ndenge basalaki etelemiselo ya minda: basalaki yango na wolo batuta wuta na likonzi kino na bafololo na yango; basalaki yango ndenge kaka Yawe alakisaki Moyize.
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 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
6 « Kamata Balevi kati na bana ya Isalaele mpe petola bango.
“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
7 Tala ndenge okosala mpo na kopetola bango: okobwakela bango mayi ya bopetoli; bongo bakolekisa jileti na nzoto na bango mobimba mpo na komikokola suki ya nzoto mobimba mpe bakosukola bilamba na bango. Ezali na nzela wana nde bakokoma peto.
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 Bakokamata mwana ngombe ya mobali elongo na likabo na yango ya farine oyo basangisa na mafuta; mpe okokamata mwana ngombe mosusu ya mobali mpo na mbeka ya masumu.
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 Yeisa Balevi liboso ya Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani mpe sangisa lisanga mobimba ya Isalaele.
Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.
10 Okopusa Balevi liboso ya Yawe mpe bana ya Isalaele bakotia bango maboko.
You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
11 Sima na yango, Aron akobonza Balevi lokola likabo oyo bana ya Isalaele babonzeli Yawe mpo ete bazwa makoki ya kosala mosala ya Yawe.
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 Mpe na sima, Balevi bakotia maboko na bango likolo ya mito ya bangombe ya mibali. Bonza ngombe moko lokola mbeka ya masumu epai na Yawe mpe mosusu lokola mbeka ya kotumba, mpo na kosala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na Balevi.
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 Tika ete Balevi batelema liboso ya Aron mpe ya bana na ye ya mibali; bongo bonza bango lokola likabo epai na Yawe.
You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.
14 Ezali na nzela wana nde okotia pembeni Balevi kati na bana ya Isalaele, mpe bakozala ya Ngai.
In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.
15 Sima na yo kopetola Balevi mpe kobonza bango lokola likabo, bakozwa ndingisa ya kosala mosala na bango na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani. Boye, okopetola bango mpe okobonza bango lokola likabo epai na Yawe,
After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
16 pamba te bango nde bazali bato oyo bapesameli Ngai kati na bana ya Isalaele. Ngai moko nde nazwaki bango na esika ya bana nyonso ya liboso ya bana ya Isalaele.
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 Pamba te, bana nyonso ya liboso ya bana ya Isalaele bazali ya Ngai, ezala bana ya liboso ya bana ya bato to ya banyama. Tango nabomaki bana nyonso ya liboso na mokili ya Ejipito, natiaki bango pembeni mpo na Ngai moko.
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 Mpe nazwaki Balevi na esika ya bana nyonso ya liboso ya bana ya Isalaele.
But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
19 Kati na bato nyonso ya Isalaele, napesi Balevi lokola likabo epai ya Aron mpe ya bana na ye ya mibali, mpo ete basala mosala kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani mpo na bolamu ya bana ya Isalaele mpe basala mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na bango, mpo ete likama moko te ekomela bana ya Isalaele tango bakopusana pene ya Esika ya bule. »
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 Moyize, Aron mpe lisanga mobimba ya bana ya Isalaele basalaki mpo na Balevi, makambo nyonso oyo Yawe atindaki Moyize.
So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.
21 Balevi bamipetolaki mpe basukolaki bilamba na bango. Aron abonzaki bango lokola likabo epai na Yawe mpe asalaki mpo na bango mosala ya bolimbisi masumu mpo na kopetola bango.
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 Sima na yango, Balevi bazwaki ndingisa ya kosala mosala na bango na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani, na se ya bokonzi ya Aron mpe ya bana na ye ya mibali. Basalaki mpo na Balevi, makambo oyo Yawe atindaki na nzela ya Moyize.
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 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
And the LORD said to Moses,
24 « Tala bikateli oyo etali Balevi: mobali nyonso oyo azali na mibu ya mbotama kobanda tuku mibale na mitano mpe koleka asengeli koya kosala mosala kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani.
“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 Kasi soki akokisi mibu tuku mitano, akotika mosala oyo azalaki kosala, akosala lisusu mosala te.
But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.
26 Akokoma nde kosunga bandeko na ye mpo na kokokisa misala na bango kati na Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani. Nzokande ye moko akosala lisusu mosala te. Yango nde ekozala bikateli oyo okolanda mpo na mosala ya Balevi. »
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.”
