Hesabu 17
1 Bwana akamwambia Mose,
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,
2 “Sema na Waisraeli, na ujipatie fimbo kumi na mbili kutoka kwao, moja kutoka kwa kila mmoja wa viongozi wa kabila za baba zao. Andika jina la kila mtu kwenye fimbo yake.
“Ke ke lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, pea ke maʻu mei ai taki taha ʻae tokotoko ʻo fakatatau ki he fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, ʻi he houʻeiki kotoa pē ʻo fakatatau ki he fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai ʻae tokotoko ʻe hongofulu ma ua: ke ke tohi ʻae hingoa ʻoe tangata taki taha ki hono tokotoko.
3 Kwenye fimbo ya Lawi andika jina la Aroni, kwa maana ni lazima iwepo fimbo moja kwa kila kiongozi kwa ajili ya kila kabila la baba zao.
Pea ke tohi ʻae hingoa ʻo ʻElone ki he tokotoko ʻo Livai: ʻe tuku ʻae tokotoko taki taha ki he ʻeiki ʻoe fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai.
4 Ziweke hizo fimbo ndani ya Hema la Kukutania mbele ya Sanduku la Ushuhuda, mahali nikutanapo nawe.
Pea ʻe tuku ia ki he fale fehikitaki ʻoe kakai ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fakamoʻoni, ʻaia te u fetaulaki ai mo kimoutolu.
5 Fimbo ya mtu nitakayemchagua itachipuka, nami mwenyewe nitayakomesha haya manungʼuniko ya mara kwa mara ya Waisraeli dhidi yako.”
Pea ʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ko e tokotoko ʻoe tangata te u fili ki ai, ʻe moto ia: pea te u fai ke fakangata ʻae lāunga kiate au ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻaia ʻoku nau lāunga ʻaki kiate kimoua.”
6 Hivyo Mose akasema na Waisraeli, nao viongozi wao wakampa fimbo kumi na mbili, fimbo moja kwa ajili ya kila kabila la baba zao, nayo fimbo ya Aroni ikiwa miongoni mwa hizo.
Pea naʻe lea ʻa Mōsese ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, pea naʻe taki taha ʻange ʻe honau houʻeiki ʻa hono tokotoko ʻo fakatatau ki he fale ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tamai, ko e tokotoko ʻe hongofulu ma ua: pea ko e tokotoko ʻo ʻElone naʻe ʻai fakataha mo ʻenau ngaahi tokotoko.
7 Mose akaziweka hizo fimbo mbele za Bwana ndani ya Hema la Ushuhuda.
Pea naʻe tuku ʻe Mōsese ʻae ngaahi tokotoko ʻi he fale fehikitaki ʻoe fakamoʻoni ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova.
8 Siku iliyofuata Mose aliingia kwenye Hema la Ushuhuda akaona ile fimbo ya Aroni ambayo iliwakilisha jamaa ya Lawi haikuwa tu imechipuka, bali pia ilikuwa imetoa machipukizi, kuchanua maua na kuzaa malozi.
Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻene pongipongi hake naʻe hū ʻa Mōsese ki he fale fehikitaki ʻoe fakamoʻoni; pea vakai, ko e tokotoko ʻo ʻElone mei he fale ʻo Livai, kuo matala pea kuo tupu ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi moto, mo e fisiʻi ʻakau, pea mo e ngaahi telie.
9 Ndipo Mose akaleta zile fimbo zote kwa Waisraeli wote kutoka mbele za Bwana. Wakaziangalia, na kila mtu akaichukua fimbo yake mwenyewe.
Pea naʻe ʻomi ʻe Mōsese mei he ʻao ʻo Sihova ʻae ngaahi tokotoko kotoa pē ki he fānau kotoa pē ʻa ʻIsileli: pea naʻa nau mamata, pea naʻe taki taha ʻave ʻe he tangata ʻa hono tokotoko.
10 Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Rudisha fimbo ya Aroni mbele ya Sanduku la Ushuhuda, ili ihifadhiwe kama alama kwa waasi. Hili litakomesha manungʼuniko yao dhidi yangu, ili kwamba wasife.”
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova kia Mōsese, “Toe ʻomi ʻae tokotoko, ʻo ʻElone ki he ʻao ʻoe fakamoʻoni, ke tuku ia ko e fakaʻilonga ki he kau angatuʻu; pea te ke fakaʻosi ʻaupito ʻenau lāunga kiate au, telia naʻa nau mate.”
11 Mose akafanya kama Bwana alivyomwamuru.
Pea naʻe fai pehē ʻe Mōsese: ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Sihova kiate ia, naʻe pehē ʻene fai.
12 Waisraeli wakamwambia Mose, “Tutakufa! Tumepotea, sote tumepotea!
Pea naʻe lea ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, ʻoku mau mate, ʻoku mau malaʻia, ʻoku mau malaʻia kotoa pē.
13 Yeyote akaribiaye Maskani ya Bwana atakufa. Je, sisi sote tutakufa?”
Ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku haʻu ke ofi siʻi ki he fale fehikitaki ʻo Sihova ʻe mate ia: te mau fakaʻau aipe ke ʻauha ʻi he mate?”
