Mitango 8
1 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
2 « Loba na Aron mpe yebisa ye: ‹ Tango okotia minda, minda sambo esengeli kongengisa liboso ya etelemiselo ya minda. › »
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, then shall the seven lamps give light toward the body of the candlestick.
3 Aron asalaki kaka bongo: atiaki minda na liboso ya etelemiselo ya minda ndenge Yawe atindaki na nzela ya Moyize.
And Aaron did so; toward the body of the candlestick did he light its lamps; 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.
And this was the workmanship of the candlestick: It was of beaten gold, from the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work; according unto the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so made he the candlestick.
5 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
6 « Kamata Balevi kati na bana ya Isalaele mpe petola bango.
Take the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
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.
And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle upon them water of purification, after they have let the razor pass over all their flesh, and then let them wash their clothes, and so shall they be clean.
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.
And they shall take a young bullock with his meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
9 Yeisa Balevi liboso ya Ndako ya kapo ya Bokutani mpe sangisa lisanga mobimba ya Isalaele.
And thou shalt bring near the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt assemble together the whole congregation of the children of Israel.
10 Okopusa Balevi liboso ya Yawe mpe bana ya Isalaele bakotia bango maboko.
And when thou hast brought near the Levites before the Lord, then shall the children of Israel lay their hands upon the Levites:
11 Sima na yango, Aron akobonza Balevi lokola likabo oyo bana ya Isalaele babonzeli Yawe mpo ete bazwa makoki ya kosala mosala ya Yawe.
And Aaron shall make with the Levites a waving before the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may be ready to execute 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 shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt prepare the one as a sin-offering, and the other as a burnt-offering, unto the Lord, to make an 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.
And thou shalt place the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and make with them a waving before the Lord.
14 Ezali na nzela wana nde okotia pembeni Balevi kati na bana ya Isalaele, mpe bakozala ya Ngai.
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
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,
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: after thou shalt have cleansed them, and made with them a waving.
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 they are wholly given unto me from the midst of the children of Israel: instead of every one that openeth the womb, of every first-born of the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
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 mine are all the first-born of the children of Israel, both of man and beast: on the day that I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt did I sanctify them unto myself.
18 Mpe nazwaki Balevi na esika ya bana nyonso ya liboso ya bana ya Isalaele.
And I have taken the Levites, instead of all the first-born among the children 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 to his sons from the midst of 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 be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
20 Moyize, Aron mpe lisanga mobimba ya bana ya Isalaele basalaki mpo na Balevi, makambo nyonso oyo Yawe atindaki Moyize.
And so did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the Levites: according unto all that the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
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.
And the Levites purified themselves, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron made with them a waving before the Lord: and Aaron made an 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.
And after that went the Levites in to do 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 unto them.
23 Yawe alobaki na Moyize:
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
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 shall be the rule for the Levites: From twenty and five years old and upward shall he go into the ranks to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation;
25 Kasi soki akokisi mibu tuku mitano, akotika mosala oyo azalaki kosala, akosala lisusu mosala te.
And from the age of fifty years shall he go out of the ranks of the service, and he shall serve no more;
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. »
But he shall wait on his brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, but the service shall he not perform; thus shalt thou do unto the Levites in the discharge of their office.
