ULevi 7
1 Lalo ngumlayo womnikelo wecala. Uyingcwelengcwele.
“These are the regulations concerning the offerings to be made by people who are guilty of not giving to me the things that are required to be given to me. Those are very sacred offerings.
2 Endaweni lapho okuhlatshelwa khona umnikelo wokutshiswa bazahlabela khona umnikelo wecala, legazi lawo uzalifafaza elathini inhlangothi zonke.
Each animal that is to be offered by such people must be slaughtered in the same place where the animals that will be completely burned [on the altar] are slaughtered, and their blood must be sprinkled against all sides of the altar.
3 Lawo wonke amahwahwa awo uzawanikela, umsila ononileyo, ledanga,
All their fat, the fat tails that are cut close to the backbone, and all the fat that covers the inner parts of the animals or which is attached to them, must be burned [on the altar].
4 lezinso zombili lamahwahwa akuzo asezinkalweni, lamahwahwa angaphezu kwesibindi uzawasusa lezinso;
That includes the kidneys with their fat near the lower back muscle, and the protruding lobe that is attached to the liver.
5 lompristi uzakutshisa elathini kube ngumnikelo owenzelwe iNkosi ngomlilo; kungumnikelo wecala.
The priest must burn them on the altar to be offerings to me, Yahweh. They are an offering for the people to be forgiven for not doing what they were required to do.
6 Wonke owesilisa kubapristi uzawudla; kawudlelwe endaweni engcwele, uyingcwelengcwele.
All the males in the priest’s family are permitted to eat its meat, but it must be eaten in a sacred place, because it is very sacred.
7 Njengomnikelo wesono unjalo umnikelo wecala; umlayo wayo munye. Umpristi owenza inhlawulo yokuthula ngawo, uzakuba ngowakhe.
“The regulation is the same for the offerings [to enable people to be forgiven for the sins they have committed] and the offerings for when they are guilty of not giving to me the things that are required to be given to me. The meat of those offerings belongs to the priest who offers them in order that the people will be forgiven.
8 Umpristi onikela-ke umnikelo wokutshiswa womuntu, isikhumba somnikelo wokutshiswa anikele ngawo sizakuba ngesalowompristi.
The priest who slaughters an animal that will be completely burned on the altar is permitted to keep the animal’s hide for himself.
9 Lawo wonke umnikelo wokudla obhakwe eziko, lakho konke okulungiswa epaneni loba emganwini oyincence, kuzakuba ngokwalowompristi onikele ngakho.
Offerings of things made from grain that are baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or (in a shallow pan/on a griddle) belong to the priest who makes those offerings [for another person].
10 Lawo wonke umnikelo wokudla ovutshwe ngamafutha kumbe owomileyo uzakuba ngowamadodana wonke kaAroni, enye njengenye.
And offerings of things made from grain, whether they were mixed with olive oil or not, also belong to the sons of Aaron.”
11 Njalo lo ngumlayo womhlatshelo weminikelo yokuthula awunikela eNkosini.
These are the regulations concerning the offerings that people make to maintain fellowship [with Yahweh]:
12 Uba ewunikela ube ngumnikelo wokubonga, uzanikela kanye lomhlatshelo womnikelo wokubonga amaqebelengwana angelamvubelo ahlanganiswe lamafutha, lezinkwana eziyizipatalala ezingelamvubelo ezinindwe ngamafutha, lamaqebelengwana empuphu ecolekileyo ixubene lamafutha, ekhanzingiwe.
“If you bring an offering to thank [Yahweh], along with [the animal that you slaughter] you must offer loaves of bread made with olive oil mixed [with the flour] but without yeast, and wafers that are made without yeast but with olive oil smeared on them, and loaves made from fine flour with olive oil well mixed with the flour.
13 Ngaphandle kwamaqebelengwana uzanikela isinkwa esilemvubelo kube ngumnikelo wakhe, lomhlatshelo womnikelo wokubonga weminikelo yakhe yokuthula.
Along with that offering to thank Yahweh, you must bring an offering of loaves made with yeast.
14 Njalo uzanikela okwawo okukodwa okuvela kuwo wonke umnikelo kube ngumnikelo wokuphakanyiswa eNkosini; lizakuba ngelalowompristi ofafaza igazi leminikelo yokuthula.
You must bring one of each kind for an offering to Yahweh, but they belong to the priest who sprinkles against the altar the blood of the animal that is [slaughtered as an offering] to maintain fellowship with Yahweh.
15 Kodwa inyama yomhlatshelo womnikelo wokubonga weminikelo yakhe yokuthula izadliwa ngosuku lokunikela kwakhe, angatshiyi okwayo kuze kube sekuseni.
The meat of that offering must be eaten on the day that it is offered; none of it should be left to [be eaten on] the next day.
16 Kodwa uba umhlatshelo womnikelo wakhe uyisithembiso loba umnikelo wesihle, uzadliwa ngosuku anikela ngalo umhlatshelo wakhe, lokuseleyo kuwo kudliwe lakusisa;
“However, if your offering is the result of a solemn promise that you made to Yahweh, or if it is an offering that you make (voluntarily/without being required to), you are permitted to eat some of the meat on the day it is offered, but anything that is left may be eaten on the next day.
17 kodwa okuseleyo enyameni yomhlatshelo ngosuku lwesithathu kuzatshiswa ngomlilo.
But any meat that is left until the third day must be completely burned.
18 Njalo uba okwenyama yomhlatshelo weminikelo yakhe yokuthula kudliwa lokudliwa ngosuku lwesithathu, okunikelayo kayikwemukeleka, kakuyikubalelwa kuye; kuzakuba yisinengiso, lomphefumulo odla okwayo uzathwala ububi bawo.
If any meat from the offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh is eaten on the third day, Yahweh will not accept that offering; it will be useless to offer it, because Yahweh will consider that it is worthless. Anyone who eats some of it will have to pay a penalty [to Yahweh].
19 Lenyama ethinta into engcolileyo kayiyikudliwa, izatshiswa ngomlilo. Kodwa mayelana lenyama, wonke ohlambulukileyo angadla inyama,
“Meat that touches something [that God considers to be] impure must not be eaten; it must be completely burned. Anyone who has performed the rituals to become acceptable to God is allowed to eat other meat [which has been offered as a sacrifice].
20 kodwa umphefumulo odla inyama yomhlatshelo weminikelo yokuthula, engeyeNkosi, lokungcola kwawo kuphezu kwawo, lowomphefumulo uzaqunywa usuke ebantwini bawo.
But if anyone who has not performed those rituals eats some of the meat of the offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh, meat that belongs to Yahweh, he must no longer be allowed to associate with God’s people.
21 Njalo uba umphefumulo uthinta loba yini engcolileyo, ukungcola komuntu, loba inyamazana engcolileyo, kumbe loba yini engcolileyo eyisinengiso, abesesidla okwenyama yomhlatshelo weminikelo yokuthula engeyeNkosi, lowomphefumulo uzaqunywa usuke ebantwini bawo.
If anyone touches something that God considers to be impure and very displeasing to him, whether it is from a human or from an animal, and then he eats any of the meat of the offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh, meat that belongs to Yahweh, he must no longer be allowed to associate with God’s people.”
22 INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me:
23 Tshono ebantwaneni bakoIsrayeli uthi: Lingadli lakanye amahwahwa enkomo kumbe awemvu kumbe awembuzi.
“Say this to the Israeli people: ‘Do not eat any of the fat of cattle or sheep or goats.
24 Kodwa amahwahwa esidumbu senyamazana, lamahwahwa enyamazana edatshuliweyo angasetshenziswa loba kuwuphi umsebenzi, kodwa lingawadli lakanye.
The fat of an animal that is found dead or that has been killed by a wild animal may be used for other purposes, but you must not eat it.
25 Ngoba loba ngubani odla amahwahwa enyamazana abanikela ngayo umnikelo owenzelwe iNkosi ngomlilo, lowomphefumulo odlayo uzaqunywa usuke ebantwini bawo.
Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which an offering has been made to Yahweh must no longer be allowed to associate with God’s people.
26 Futhi lingadli lagazi lakuyiphi imizi yenu, elenyoni loba elenyamazana.
And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.
27 Wonke umphefumulo odlayo loba yiliphi igazi, lowomphefumulo uzaqunywa usuke ebantwini bawo.
If anyone eats blood, he must no longer be allowed to associate with God’s people.’”
28 INkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi:
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
29 Tshono ebantwaneni bakoIsrayeli uthi: Lowo onikela umhlatshelo weminikelo yakhe yokuthula eNkosini uzaletha umnikelo wakhe eNkosini uvela kumhlatshelo weminikelo yakhe yokuthula.
“Tell the Israeli people this: ‘Anyone who brings an offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh must bring part of it to be a sacrifice to Yahweh.
30 Izandla zakhe zizaletha iminikelo yeNkosi eyenziwe ngomlilo, amahwahwa lesifuba, uzakuletha lesifuba, ukusizunguza sibe ngumnikelo wokuzunguzwa phambi kweNkosi.
He himself must bring the offering that will be burned in the fire. He must bring the fat along with the breast of the animal and lift it up in front of Yahweh to indicate that it is an offering to him.
31 Umpristi uzatshisa-ke amahwahwa elathini, kodwa isifuba sibe ngesikaAroni lesamadodana akhe.
The Supreme Priest must burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and all his sons.
32 Lizanika-ke umpristi umlenze wokunene, ube ngumnikelo wokuphakanyiswa ovela emihlatshelweni yeminikelo yenu yokuthula.
You must give to the Supreme Priest the right thigh of the animal that is sacrificed to maintain fellowship with Yahweh.
33 Lowo phakathi kwamadodana kaAroni onikela igazi leminikelo yokuthula lamahwahwa uzazuza umlenze wokunene ube yisabelo sakhe.
The son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat of that sacrifice must be given the right thigh of the animal as his share.
34 Ngoba isifuba sokuzunguzwa lomlenze wokuphakanyiswa ngikuthethe ebantwaneni bakoIsrayeli, emihlatshelweni yeminikelo yabo yokuthula, ngakunika uAroni umpristi lamadodana akhe, kube yisimiso esilaphakade, okuvela ebantwaneni bakoIsrayeli.
From the offerings that the Israeli people give to maintain fellowship with Yahweh, he has declared that he has given to Aaron and his sons the breast that is lifted up and the right thigh that is offered; those portions must always be their regular share from the Israeli people.’”
35 Lokho kuyisabelo sikaAroni lesabelo samadodana akhe esivela eminikelweni yeNkosi eyenziwe ngomlilo, mhla ebasondeza ukusebenzela iNkosi njengabapristi,
Those are the portions of the offerings brought/given to Yahweh and burned in fire that are allotted to Aaron and his sons on the day that they are set apart to serve Yahweh as priests.
36 iNkosi eyalaya ngakho ukubanika, ngosuku eyabagcoba ngalo, okuvela ebantwaneni bakoIsrayeli. Kuyisimiso esilaphakade ezizukulwaneni zabo.
Yahweh commands that on the day that the priests are appointed [MTY], the Israeli people must always give those portions to the priests.
37 Lo ngumlayo womnikelo wokutshiswa, womnikelo wokudla, lowomnikelo wesono, lowomnikelo wecala, lowokwehlukaniselwa, lowomhlatshelo weminikelo yokuthula,
Those are the regulations for the offerings that are to be completely burned on the altar, the offerings made from grain, the offerings to enable people to become acceptable to God again, the offerings for when people are guilty of not giving to Yahweh the things that are required to be given to him, the offerings given when the priests are appointed, and the offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh.
38 iNkosi eyamlaya ngawo uMozisi entabeni yeSinayi, ngosuku alaya ngalo abantwana bakoIsrayeli ukuthi balethe iminikelo yabo eNkosini enkangala yeSinayi.
They are regulations that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain in the Sinai Desert, on the day that he commanded the Israeli people to start bringing their offerings to him.
