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 said to Moses: “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'No one among you shall make himself unclean for those who die among his people,
2 isipokuwa yule aliye ndugu wa karibu—mama yake, baba yake, mwanawe, bintiye, nduguye,
except for his closest relatives—his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,
3 au dada yake bikira anayemtegemea, kwa kuwa hana mume—kwake huyo anaweza kujitia unajisi.
or his virgin sister who is dependent on him, since she has no husband—for her he may make himself unclean.
4 Lakini hatajitia unajisi na kujichafu kwa ajili ya jamaa wengine.
But he must not make himself unclean for other relatives and so defile himself.
5 Makuhanai hawatanyoa vichwa vyo wala kunyoa pembeni mwa ndevu zao, wala hawatachanja chale miili yao.
Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the corners of their beards, nor cut their bodies.
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.
They must be holy to their God and not disgrace the name of their God, because the priests offer Yahweh's food offerings, the bread of their God. Therefore the priests must be 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.
They must not marry any woman who is a prostitute and who is defiled, and they must not marry a woman divorced from her husband, for they are separate for their God.
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 will set him apart, for he is the one who offers bread to your God. He must be holy to you, because I, Yahweh who makes you holy, am holy.
9 Binti yeyote wa kuhani anayejitia unajisi kwa kujifanya kahaba anajifedhehesha mwenyewe. Ni lazima ateketezwe kwa moto.
Any daughter of any priest who defiles herself by becoming a prostitute disgraces her father. She must be burned.
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 one who is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured, and who has been consecrated to wear the special garments of the high priest, must not wear his hair loose or tear his clothes.
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 go anywhere that a dead body is present and defile himself, even for his father or his mother.
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.
The high priest must not leave the sanctuary area of the tabernacle or profane the sanctuary of his God, because he has been consecrated as high priest by the anointing oil of his God. I am Yahweh.
13 Kuhani mkuu nilazima aoe bikira kuwa mke wake.
The high priest must marry a virgin as his wife.
14 Hataoa mjene, mwanamke mtalaka au mwanamke aliye kahaba. Anaweza kuoa mwanamke bikira kutoka kwa watu wake,
He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman who is a prostitute. He will not marry these kinds of women. He may only marry a virgin from his own people,
15 kwa hiyo asiwatia unajisi watoto wake miongoni mwa watu wake. kwa kuwa Mimi Yahweh, ndimi ninayemfanya yeye mtakatifu.”
so he will not defile his children among his people, for I am Yahweh, who makes him holy.'”
16 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, akasema,
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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.
“Speak to Aaron and tell him, 'Whoever of your descendants throughout their generations has a bodily defect, he must not approach to offer the food to his God.
18 Mtu yeyote mwenye kasoro mwilini mwake asimkaribie Yahweh,
Any man who has a bodily defect must not approach Yahweh, such as a blind man or a man who is unable to walk, one who is disfigured or deformed,
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,
a man with a crippled hand or foot,
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.
a man who has a hump in his back or is abnormally thin or short, or a man with a defect in his eyes, or with a disease, sore, scabs, or whose testicles have been crushed.
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 man among the descendants of Aaron the priest with a bodily defect may come near to perform the offerings made by fire for Yahweh. Such a man has a bodily defect; he must not come near to offer the bread of his God.
22 Anaweza kula chakula cha Mungu wake, ama iwe baadhi ya vile vilivyo vitakatifu sana au vile vitakatifu.
He may eat the food of his God, whether some of the most holy or some of the holy.
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.”
However, he must not enter inside the curtain or come near the altar, because he has a bodily defect, so that he does not defile my holy place, for I am Yahweh, who makes them holy.'”
24 Kwa hiyo Musa akamwambia maneno haya Aroni, wanawe, na watu wote wa Israeli.
So Moses spoke these words to Aaron, to his sons, and to all the people of Israel.
