Rewitikuha 27

1 I korero ano a Ihowa ki a Mohi, i mea,

Yahweh also said to Moses/me,

2 Korero ki nga tama a Iharaira, mea atu ki a ratou, Ki te motuhia e te tangata, he mea ki taurangi, ma Ihowa nga tangata, me whakarite e koe nga moni.

“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 A kia penei tau whakarite mo te tane e rua tekau ona tau, he maha ake ranei, a ono tekau noa nga tau, ara kia rima tekau nga hekere hiriwa e whakaritea e koe, hei te hekere o te wahi tapu.

[These are the amounts that must be paid]: 50 pieces of silver for men who are between 20 and 60 years old,

4 A ki te mea he wahine, kia toru tekau nga hekere e whakaritea e koe.

30 pieces of silver for adult women [who are between 20 and 60 years old],

5 A ki te mea e rima ona tau, tae noa atu ranei ki te rua tekau tau, na kia rua tekau nga hekere e whakaritea e koe mo te tane, kia tekau hoki nga hekere mo te wahine.

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, ki te mea kotahi tona marama a tae noa atu ranei ki te rima ona tau, na kia rima nga hekere hiriwa e whakaritea e koe mo te tane, kia toru nga hekere hiriwa e whakaritea e koe mo te wahine.

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 A ki te mea e ono tekau ona tau, he maha atu ranei; ki te mea he tane, kia kotahi tekau ma rima nga hekere e whakaritea e koe, kia kotahi tekau hoki nga hekere mo te wahine.

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 A ki te iti iho ona rawa i au i whakarite ai, na, me tu ia ki te aroaro o te tohunga, a me whakarite ona utu e te tohunga: kei nga mea e taea atu e te ringa o te tangata nana te ki taurangi te tikanga mo ta te tohunga e whakarite ai hei utu mona.

‘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 A, mehemea he kararehe no reira nei te whakahere a te tangata ki a Ihowa, ka tapu katoa nga mea o tena i homai e ia ma Ihowa.

‘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 Kaua e whakareretia ketia e ia, e whakawhitia ranei, he pai mo te kino, he kino ranei mo te pai: a ki te tupono ka whakawhitia e ia he kararehe ki tetahi kararehe, na ka tapu taua mea me te mea i whakawhitia ai.

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 A ki te mea he poke te kararehe, he mea e kore e whakaherea tetahi pera ma Ihowa, na ka whakaturia e ia te kararehe ki te aroaro o te tohunga:

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 A me whakarite ona utu e te tohunga, ahakoa pai, ahakoa kino: me waiho i tau i whakarite ai, e te tohunga.

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 Otiia ki te mea ia kia utua kia hoki ai, na me tapiri tona wahi whakarima ki tau i whakarite ai.

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 Ki te whakatapua ano e te tangata tona whare kia tapu ki a Ihowa, na me whakarite ona utu e te tohunga, ahakoa pai, ahakoa kino: ko ta te tohunga e whakarite ai, ka tuturu ki reira.

‘[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 A ki te mea te kaiwhakatapu kia utua kia hoki ai tona whare, na me tapiri tona whakarima o te moni i whakaritea e koe, a ka riro i a ia.

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 A ki te whakatapua e te tangata mo Ihowa tetahi wahi mara o tona kainga, na kia rite ki nga purapura mo reira tau whakaritenga utu: kotahi te homa parei hei purapura, kia rima tekau hekere hiriwa.

‘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 Ki te mea no te tau tiupiri tana whakatapunga i tana mara, ka tuturu ano ki tau utu i whakarite ai.

If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount.

18 Mehemea ia no muri i te tiupiri tana whakatapunga i tana mara, na ma te tohunga e tatau nga moni ki a ia, kia rite ki nga tau e toe ana ki te tau tiupiri, ka tango ai i roto i tau i whakarite ai.

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 A ki te mea te kaiwhakatapu o te mara kia utua kia hoki atu ai, na me tapiri tona whakarima o te moni i whakaritea e koe, a ka whakatuturutia mana.

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 A ki te kahore ia e utu kia hoki ai te mara, ki te mea ranei i hokona e ia te mara ki te tangata ke, e kore e utua kia hoki atu i muri iho:

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 Engari ka tapu te mara ki a Ihowa, ina riro atu i te tiupiri, he mara hoki i oti rawa; hei kainga tena mo te tohunga.

In the Year of Celebration, it will become sacred again, and it will be given to the priest.

22 Ki te whakatapua ia e tetahi ki a Ihowa he mara i hokona mai e ia, ehara nei i te mara tupu nana:

‘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 Katahi ka taua e te tohunga ki a ia nga utu i whakaritea e koe mo te takiwa atu ki te tau tiupiri: a ka homai e ia tau i whakarite ai i taua rangi, he mea tapu hoki na Ihowa.

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 Ko a te tau tiupiri hoki ai te mara ki te tangata i hokona mai nei i a ia, ara ki te tangata nona te tuturutanga o te whenua.

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 Hei te hekere o te wahi tapu te tikanga mo au whakaritenga katoa: e rua tekau nga kera o te hekere kotahi.

All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.

26 Ko te matamua ia o nga kararehe, i meinga nei hei matamua ki a Ihowa, kaua ena e whakatapua e te tangata; ahakoa kau, hipi ranei: na Ihowa ena.

‘No one is permitted to dedicate to me the firstborn of any cow or sheep, because the firstborn already belongs to me [DOU].

27 A ki te mea no nga kararehe poke, na kia rite ki tau whakaritenga tana utu mo te whakahokinga atu, me tapiri ano e ia tona whakarima; a ki te kahore e utua, e whakahokia, na me hoko; kia rite nga utu ki au i whakarite ai.

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 Kaua ia e hokona, e utua ranei kia hoki atu te mea i oti rawa, i tukua putia mai e te tangata ki a Ihowa i roto i ona taonga katoa, te tangata ranei, te kararehe ranei, te mara ranei o tona kainga tupu: he tino tapu ki a Ihowa nga mea katoa i ot i.

‘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 Ki te tukua putia mai tetahi tangata, he mea oti rawa, e kore e utua, e whakahokia; me whakamate rawa.

‘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 Me nga whakatekau katoa o te whenua, o te purapura ranei o te whenua, o nga hua ranei o te rakau, na Ihowa ena: he tapu ki a Ihowa.

‘One tenth of all the crops and grain or fruit that is produced on anyone’s land is sacred and belongs to me.

31 A ki te mea te tangata kia utua, kia hoki ai etahi o ana whakatekau; me tapiri mai tetahi o ona wahi whakarima.

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 A ko nga whakatekau katoa o nga kau, o nga hipi, o nga mea katoa e haere mai ana i raro i te tokotoko, ka tapu tena whakatekau ki a Ihowa.

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 Kaua e tirohia iho e ia, wehe ai i te pai, i te kino, kaua ano hoki e whakawhitia: a ki te whakawhitia e ia, na ka tapu taua mea me tona utu ano; e kore e utua kia hoki.

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 Ko nga whakahau enei ki nga tama a Iharaira i whakahaua e Ihowa ki a Mohi ki Maunga Hinai.

Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain [to tell to the people].