Hesabu 18
1 Bwana akamwambia Aroni, “Wewe, wanao na jamaa ya baba yako mtawajibika kwa makosa dhidi ya mahali patakatifu, na wewe na wanao peke yenu ndio mtakaowajibika kwa makosa dhidi ya ukuhani.
And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers’ house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
2 Walete Walawi wenzako kutoka kabila la baba zako ili waungane nanyi na kuwasaidia wakati wewe na wanao mnapohudumu mbele ya Hema la Ushuhuda.
And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony.
3 Watawajibika kwenu na watafanya kazi zote za Hema, lakini kamwe wasisogelee vifaa vya patakatifu au madhabahu, la sivyo wao na ninyi mtakufa.
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent: only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye.
4 Watajiunga nanyi na watawajibika kwa utunzaji wa Hema la Kukutania, yaani kazi zote kwenye Hema, wala hakuna mtu mwingine yeyote atakayeweza kusogea karibu hapo mlipo.
And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
5 “Mtawajibika katika utunzaji wa mahali patakatifu na madhabahu, ili kwamba ghadhabu isiwaangukie Waisraeli tena.
And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be wrath no more upon the children of Israel.
6 Mimi mwenyewe nimewachagua Walawi wenzenu kutoka miongoni mwa Waisraeli kama zawadi kwenu, waliowekwa wakfu kwa Bwana ili kufanya kazi katika Hema la Kukutania.
And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given unto the LORD, to do the service of the tent of meeting.
7 Lakini ni wewe tu na wanao mtakaoweza kutumika kama makuhani kuhusiana na kila kitu kwenye madhabahu na ndani ya pazia. Ninawapa utumishi wa ukuhani kama zawadi. Mtu mwingine yeyote atakayekaribia mahali patakatifu ni lazima auawe.”
And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for every thing of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
8 Kisha Bwana akamwambia Aroni, “Mimi mwenyewe nimekuweka kuwa mwangalizi wa sadaka zote zitakazotolewa kwangu; matoleo yote matakatifu Waisraeli wanayonipa ninakupa wewe na wanao kama sehemu yenu na fungu lenu la kawaida.
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings, even all the hallowed things of the children of Israel, unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, as a due for ever.
9 Mtachukua sehemu ya yale matoleo matakatifu sana ambayo hayateketezwi kwa moto. Kutoka kwa matoleo yote wanayoniletea kama sadaka takatifu sana, ziwe za nafaka, au za dhambi, au za makosa, sehemu ile itakuwa yako na wanao.
This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every guilt offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
10 Mtaila kama kitu kilicho kitakatifu sana; kila mwanaume ataila. Ni lazima mtaiheshimu kama takatifu.
As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof: every male shall eat thereof; it shall be holy unto thee.
11 “Hiki pia ni chako: chochote kilichotengwa kutoka kwenye matoleo yote ya sadaka za kuinuliwa za Waisraeli. Ninakupa wewe haya, wana na binti zako kama sehemu yenu ya kawaida. Kila mmoja wa nyumba yako ambaye ni safi kwa taratibu za ibada anaweza kuyala.
And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof.
12 “Ninawapa mafuta ya zeituni yaliyo bora kuliko yote, na divai mpya iliyo bora kuliko zote na nafaka wanazompa Bwana kama malimbuko katika mavuno yao.
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the corn, the firstfruits of them which they give unto the LORD, to thee have I given them.
13 Malimbuko yote ya nchi ambayo wanamletea Bwana yatakuwa yenu. Kila mmoja nyumbani kwako ambaye ni safi kwa taratibu za Ibada anaweza kula.
The firstripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof.
14 “Kila kitu katika Israeli ambacho kimetolewa kwa Bwana ni chenu.
Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
15 Kila mzaliwa wa kwanza wa mwanadamu na wa mnyama, ambaye ametolewa kwa Bwana ni wenu. Lakini ni lazima mtamkomboa kila mwana mzaliwa wa kwanza na kila mzaliwa wa kwanza wa kiume wa wanyama wasio safi.
Every thing that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto the LORD, both of man and beast, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
16 Watakapokuwa na umri wa mwezi mmoja, ni lazima mtawakomboa kwa bei ya ukombozi iliyowekwa, kwa shekeli tano za fedha, kulingana na shekeli ya mahali patakatifu, yenye uzito wa gera ishirini.
And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs).
17 “Lakini kamwe usimkomboe mzaliwa wa kwanza wa maksai, kondoo au mbuzi; hawa ni watakatifu. Nyunyizia damu yao juu ya madhabahu na uchome mafuta yao kama sadaka itolewayo kwa moto, harufu nzuri inayompendeza Bwana.
But the firstling of an ox, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
18 Nyama zao zitakuwa chakula chenu, kama ilivyokuwa kidari cha kuinuliwa na paja la mguu wa kulia.
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.
19 Chochote kitakachotengwa kutoka sadaka takatifu ambazo Waisraeli wanamtolea Bwana, ninakupa wewe, wanao na binti zako kama fungu lenu la kawaida. Ni Agano la milele la chumvi mbele za Bwana kwako na watoto wako.”
All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
20 Bwana akamwambia Aroni, “Hutakuwa na urithi wowote katika nchi yao, wala hutakuwa na sehemu miongoni mwao; Mimi ni fungu lako na urithi wako miongoni mwa Waisraeli.
And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
21 “Ninawapa Walawi zaka yote katika Israeli kama urithi wao kuwa kama malipo kwa kazi wanayoifanya wakati wanapohudumu katika Hema la Kukutania.
And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.
22 Kuanzia sasa, kamwe Waisraeli wasisogelee karibu na Hema la Kukutania, la sivyo watabeba matokeo ya dhambi zao, nao watakufa.
And henceforth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.
23 Ni Walawi watakaofanya kazi katika Hema la Kukutania na kubeba wajibu wa makosa dhidi yake. Hili ni agizo la kudumu kwa vizazi vijavyo. Hawatapokea urithi wowote miongoni mwa Waisraeli.
But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
24 Badala yake, ninawapa Walawi zaka zote zinazotolewa na Waisraeli kama sadaka kwa Bwana kuwa urithi wao. Hiyo ndiyo sababu nimesema hivi kuhusu wao: ‘Hawatakuwa na urithi miongoni mwa Waisraeli.’”
For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
25 Bwana akamwambia Mose,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26 “Sema na Walawi na uwaambie: ‘Mtakapopokea zaka kutoka kwa Waisraeli ambayo ninawapa kama urithi wenu kutoka kwao, ni lazima mtoe sehemu ya kumi ya hiyo zaka kama sadaka kwa Bwana, iwe zaka ya hiyo zaka.
Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, a tithe of the tithe.
27 Sadaka yenu itahesabiwa kwenu kama nafaka kutoka sakafu ya kupuria, au divai kutoka kwenye shinikizo la kukamulia zabibu.
And your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
28 Kwa njia hii, ninyi pia mtatoa sadaka kwa Bwana kutoka zaka zote mtakazopokea kutoka kwa Waisraeli. Kutoka kwenye zaka hizi, ni lazima mtoe sehemu ya Bwana kwa Aroni, kuhani.
Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and thereof ye shall give the LORD’S heave offering to Aaron the priest.
29 Ni lazima mtoe kama sehemu ya Bwana iliyo nzuri sana tena ile sehemu iliyo takatifu sana kuliko zote ya kile kitu mlichopewa.’
Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
30 “Waambie Walawi: ‘Mtakapotoa sehemu zilizo bora sana, itahesabiwa kwenu kama mazao ya sakafu ya kupuria nafaka, au ya shinikizo la kukamulia zabibu.
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the winepress.
31 Ninyi na watu wa nyumbani mwenu mnaweza kula sehemu iliyobaki mahali popote, kwani ndio ujira wenu kwa ajili ya kazi yenu katika Hema la Kukutania.
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.
32 Kwa kutoa sehemu zake zilizo bora sana, hamtakuwa na hatia katika jambo hili; ndipo hamtatia unajisi sadaka takatifu za Waisraeli, nanyi hamtakufa.’”
And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best thereof: and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that ye die not.
