Mambo ya Walawi 21
1 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Zungumza na makuhani, wana wa Aroni, nawe waambie, 'hakuna hata mmoja miongoni mwenu atakayejitia unajisi kwa wale wanaokufa miongoni mwa watu wake,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them,
2 isipokuwa yule aliye ndugu wa karibu—mama yake, baba yake, mwanawe, bintiye, nduguye,
‘You priests must not cause yourselves to become unfit to do my work by [touching] corpses. Priests are permitted to touch only the corpses of close relatives, such as the priest’s mother or father or his son or daughter or his brother.
3 au dada yake bikira anayemtegemea, kwa kuwa hana mume—kwake huyo anaweza kujitia unajisi.
Priests are also permitted to touch the corpse of a sister if she is not married, because she has no husband [to bury her body].
4 Lakini hatajitia unajisi na kujichafu kwa ajili ya jamaa wengine.
Priests must not cause themselves to become unfit to do my work [DOU] by [touching corpses of] people who were married to one of their close relatives.
5 Makuhanai hawatanyoa vichwa vyo wala kunyoa pembeni mwa ndevu zao, wala hawatachanja chale miili yao.
You priests must not shave your heads or shave the edges of your beards or cut your bodies [to show that you are mourning for someone who has died].
6 Watakuwa watakatifu kwa Mungu wao, wala hawataliaibisha jina la Mungu wao, kwa sababu makuhani hutoa sadaka ya Yahweh ya chakula, mkate wa Mungu wao. Kwa hiyo makuhani lazima wawe watakatifu.
You must act in ways that I, your God, consider to be holy, and not disgrace my name/reputation. You are the ones who present to me the offerings that are burned. [It is as though] those offerings are food for me, your God; so you must act in ways that are holy.
7 Hawataoa mwanamke aliye kahaba na aliyetiwa unajisi, na hawataoa mwanamke aliyetalikiwa kutoka kwa mume wake kwa sababu wametengwa kwa ajili ya Mungu wao.
You priests must not marry women who have been prostitutes or who have been divorced from their husbands, because you priests are (set apart for me/holy).
8 Utamtenga kwa sababu yeye ndiye anayetoa mkate kwa Mungu wako. Ni lazima awe mtakatifu, kwa sababu—Mimi, Yahweh, ndimi niwatakasaye nyinyi—pia Mimi mwenyewe ni mtakatifu.
You must consider that you are holy, because you offer food to me, your God. Consider yourselves to be holy because I, Yahweh, [the one who caused you to be priests and] the one who enables you to be holy, am holy.
9 Binti yeyote wa kuhani anayejitia unajisi kwa kujifanya kahaba anajifedhehesha mwenyewe. Ni lazima ateketezwe kwa moto.
If a priest’s daughter disgraces herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; and she must be killed by being burned in a fire.
10 Mtu ambaye ni kuhani mkuu miongoni mwa nduguze, ambaye mafuta ya upako yamekwisha kumiminwa kichwani pake, na ambaye amekwisha kuwekwa wakfu ili kuvaa mavazi maalum ya kuhani mkuu, kamwe hataziacha wazi nywele zake wala hatazirarua nguo zake.
The Supreme Priest is the one among his relatives who has been [appointed for that work] by having his head anointed with olive oil. He is also the one who has been appointed to wear the special garments that priests wear. He must not allow the hair on his [head] to remain uncombed, and he must not tear his clothes [when he is mourning for someone].
11 Hataingia kamwe mahali popote ambapo kuna maiti na kujitia unajisi, hata kama ni maiti ya baba yake au ya mama yake.
He must not enter some place where there is a corpse. He must not do that and cause himself to become unfit for his work, even if it is his father or his mother who has died.
12 Kuhani mkuu hataondoka eneo takatifu la hema la kukutania au kupatia unajisi patakatifu pa Mungu wake, kwa sababu amewekwa wakfu kuwa kuhani mkuu kwa kutiwa mafuta ya upako ya Mungu wake. Mimi ndimi Yahweh.
He must not leave the Sacred Tent [to join those who are mourning], because he would cause himself to become unfit for his work and would also defile/desecrate the Sacred Tent. He must not leave the Sacred Tent [at that time], because by being anointed with olive oil he has been (appointed/set apart) to serve his God [in the Sacred Tent]. I, Yahweh, [am the one who am commanding this].
13 Kuhani mkuu nilazima aoe bikira kuwa mke wake.
Women whom you priests marry must be virgins.
14 Hataoa mjene, mwanamke mtalaka au mwanamke aliye kahaba. Anaweza kuoa mwanamke bikira kutoka kwa watu wake,
You priests must not marry widows or prostitutes or divorced women, because if you did that, [if you later have] sons, they would not be acceptable to be priests among your people. You must marry only virgins from among your own people. I am Yahweh, who sets priests apart to be holy.’”
15 kwa hiyo asiwatia unajisi watoto wake miongoni mwa watu wake. kwa kuwa Mimi Yahweh, ndimi ninayemfanya yeye mtakatifu.”
16 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, akasema,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
17 Zungumza na Aroni na umwambie, 'mtu yeyote wa ukoo wako katika vizazi vyako vyote mwenye kasoro mwilini mwake, asisogee kutoa chakula kwa Mungu wake.
“Say this to Aaron: 'For all future time, none of your descendants who has any defects [on his body] will be allowed to come near [the altar] to offer [sacrifices to me which will be like] [MET] my food:
18 Mtu yeyote mwenye kasoro mwilini mwake asimkaribie Yahweh,
No one who is blind or lame or deformed, or whose [face is] disfigured,
19 mtu kama vile: kipofu au mtu asiyeweza kutembea, mtu aliyeharibiwa uso au kupungukiwa na viungo mwilini, mtu aliye na mguu au mkono wenye ulemavu,
no man with a crippled foot or a crippled hand,
20 mtu mwenye kibiongo mgongoni mwake au aliye na kimo kidogo au wembamba usio wa kawaida, au mtu mwenye kasoro machoni mwake, au mwenye ugonjwa, kidonda, upele, au yule ambaye korodani zake zimeharibiwa.
no man who is a hunchback or a dwarf, no man whose eyes are defective, no man who has a skin disease [DOU] or whose testicles have been damaged is allowed to brings sacrifices.
21 Hakutakuwa na mtu miongoni mwa ukoo wa Aroni kuhani mkuu mwenye kasoro mwilini atakayekaribia kutoa matoleo yatakayoteketezwa kwa moto kwa ajili ya Yahweh. Mtu kama huyo mwenye kasoro mwilini hatakaribia ili kutoa mkate wa Mungu wake.
No descendant of Aaron, the [first Supreme] Priest, who has any defect is allowed to come to the altar to offer to me, his God, sacrifices that will be burned.
22 Anaweza kula chakula cha Mungu wake, ama iwe baadhi ya vile vilivyo vitakatifu sana au vile vitakatifu.
Priests who have defects are permitted to eat the various kinds of holy food offered to me.
23 Hata hivyo, hataingia ndani ya pazia wala kuisogelea madhabahu, kwa sababu ana kasoro mwilini mwake, ili kwamba asipanajisi mahali patakatifu pangu, kwa kuwa Mimi ndimi Yahweh anayewafanya watakatifu.”
But because of their defects, they must not go near the curtain [in the Sacred Tent] or near the altar, because if they did that, they would desecrate my Sacred Tent. I am Yahweh, the one who sets those places apart as being holy.'”
24 Kwa hiyo Musa akamwambia maneno haya Aroni, wanawe, na watu wote wa Israeli.
So Moses/I told this to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israeli people.
