Hesabu 18
1 BWANA akamwambia Haruni, “Wewe, wana wako, na uzao wa baba yako watawajibika kwa dhambi zote zilizotendwa mahali patakatifu. Lakini wewe na wana wako pekee mtawajibika kwa uovu uliofanywa na yeyote mahali patakatifu.
The Lord told Aaron, “You and your sons and the other Levites bear the responsibility for sins relating to the sanctuary. You and your sons alone bear the responsibility for sins relating to your priesthood.
2 Na ndugu zako nao wa kabila ya Lawi, kabila la ukoo wako, utawaleta pamoja na wewe ili kwamba waweze kuungana na wewe ili wakusaidie wakati wewe na wanao mnapokuwa mnatumikia mbele ya hema ya amri ya agano.
Have your brothers from the tribe of Levi, your father's tribe, join you to help you and your sons with your service in the Tent of the Testimony.
3 Watakutumikia wewe na hema yote. Hata hivyo, wasisogee karibu na chochote ndani ya mahali patakatifu au kitu chochote kilichounganishwa na madhabahu, vinginevyo wewe na wao mtakufa.
They will take care of your responsibilities and those relating to the Tent, but they must not come too close to the sacred objects of the sanctuary or the altar, otherwise they will die, and you will too.
4 Wataungana na wewe na kuitunza hema ya kukutania, kwa kazi zote zinazohusiana na hema. Mtu mgeni asikusogelee.
They are to help you and take care of the responsibilities of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent, but they are not allowed to be with you during your priestly ministry.
5 Wewe utaajibika kwa ajili ya mahali patakatifu na kwa ajili ya madhabahu ili kwamba hasira yangu isiwajilie watu wa Israeli tena.
You are to carry out the responsibilities relating to the sanctuary and the altar, so that my anger will not fall on the Israelites again.
6 Tazama, Mmi mwenyewe nimewachagua ndugu zako wa kabila ya Walawi kutoka mioingoni mwa uzao wa Israeli. Wao ni zawadi kwako. walitolewa kwangu ili waifanye kazi inayohusiana na hema ya kukutania.
Look, I myself have chosen your brothers the Levites from the Israelites as my gift to you, dedicated to the Lord to do the work that relates the Tent of Meeting.
7 Lakini ni wewe pekee yako na wanao ndio mnaoruhusiwa kufanya kazi ya ukuhani kuhusiana na kila kitu kilichounganishwa na madhabahu na kitu chochote ndani ya lile pazia. Wewe mwenyewe lazima ukamilishe majukumu hayo. Mimi ninakupa ukuhani kama zawadi. Mgeni yeyote anayekaribia atauawa.”
But only you and your sons are responsible for your priesthood, doing all that concerns the altar and is behind the veil. Only you are to perform that service. I am giving you the gift of your priesthood, but anyone else who approaches the sanctuary must be executed.”
8 Kisha BWANA akamwambia Haruni, “Tazama, Nimekupa majukumu ya kusimamia sadaka za kuinuliwa kwangu, na sadaka zengine takatifu ambazo wana wa Israeli wanatoa kwangu. Nimekupa sadaka hizi wewe na wana wako kuwa haki yako milele.
The Lord told Aaron, “Listen, I have put you in charge of officiating at my offerings. All the holy contributions of the Israelites that they bring are reserved for you, and this is a permanent rule.
9 Hivi ni vitu vitakatifu sana, amabavyo visiteketezwe kwa moto: kutoka kwenye sadaka zao-kila sadaka ya unga, kila sadaka ya dhambi, na kila sadaka ya hatia- ni vitu vitakatifu sana kwa ajili yako na wana wako.
Part of the most holy offerings taken from the burnt offerings are yours. Part of all the offerings they give me as most holy offerings, whether it's grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
10 Sadaka hizi ni takatifu sana; kila mume lazima aile, kwa kuwa ni vitakatifu kwako.
You shall eat it in a most holy place. Every male is allowed to eat it. You are to regard it as something holy.
11 Hizi ni sadaka ambazo zitakuwa zako: Sadaka zao, sadaka zote za kuinuliwa za wana wa Israeli. Nimekupa wewe, wana wako na binti zako kuwa gawio lako la milele. Kila mmoja ambaye ni msafi katika familia yako anaweza kula sadaka zozote katika hizi.
The following also belongs to you: the voluntary gifts as well as all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent rule. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean is allowed to eat it.
12 Mafuta yote mazuri, ile divai nzuri yote mpya na unga, malimbuko ambyo watu hutoa kwangu- vitu hivi vyote nimekupa wewe.
I am giving you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain that the Israelites give as firstfruits to the Lord.
13 Mavuno ya kwanza yaliyoiva yaliyo katika ardhi yao ambayo wanaleta kwangu, yatakuwa yako. Kila mtu aliye msafi kwenye famila yako anaweza kula vitu hivi.
The firstfruits of all the crops they produce in their land that they bring to the Lord are yours. Everyone in your family who is ceremonially clean is allowed to eat them.
14 Kila kitu kilichotolewa wakfu katika Israeli kitakuwa chako.
Everything in Israel that is dedicated to the Lord is yours.
15 Kila kitu kinachofungua tumbo, kila limbuko ambalo watu hutoa kwa BWANA, vyote vya watu na wanyama, vitakuwa vyako. Hata hivyo, watu lazima wawakomboe wazaliwa wa kwanza wa kiume, na watawakomboa wazaliwa wa kwanza wa wanyama wasio safi.
Every firstborn, whether human or animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours. But you must buy back every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.
16 Wale ambao wanahitaji kukombolewa na watu watakombolewa wakiwa na umri wa mwezi mmoja. Ndipo watu watawakomboa kwa bei ya shekeli tano, kwa kiwango cha shekeli za mahali patakatifu, ambacho ni sawa na gera ishirini.
When they are one month old you shall pay the redemption price of five shekels of silver, (using the sanctuary shekel standard), equivalent to twenty gerahs.
17 Lakini mzaliwa wa kwanza wa ng'ombe, au mzaliwa wa kwana wa kondoo, au mzaliwa wa kwanza wa mbuzi-msiwakomboe hawa wanyama, wametengwa kwa ajili yangu. Utanyunyizia damu yake madhabahuni na kuteketeza mafuta yao kama sadaka ya moto, ambayo ni harufu nzuri ya kumpendeza BWANA.
But you are not allowed to redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat because they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and burn their fat as a burnt offering accepted by the Lord.
18 Nyama yao itakuwa yako. Kama kidali cha kuinuliwa na paja la kulia, nyama yao itakuwa yako.
Their meat is yours, in the same way that the breast and right thigh of the wave offering are yours.
19 Sadaka yote takatifu ambayo watu wa Israeli wanaitoa kwa BWANA, nimekupa wewe, na wana wako na binti zako walio pamoja nawe. Kama gawio la kudumu. Hili ni agano la milele la chumvi, agano linalofunga milele, mbele za BWANA kwako wewe na uzao wako walio pamoja na wewe.”
I am giving all the voluntary gifts that the Israelites present to the Lord to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent rule. It is a permanent agreement of salt before the Lord for you and your descendants.”
20 BWANA akasema na Haruni. “hautakuwa na urithi katika ardhi ya watu, wala hautakuwa na gawio miongoni mwa watu. Mimi ndimi gawiio lenu na urithi wenu miongoni mwa watu wa Israeli.
“You won't possess property in their country, and you won't have a share in their land. I am your share and your possession among the Israelites.
21 Tazama, Nimewapatia uzao wa Lawi, zaka zote za Israeli kuwa urithi wao kwa sababu ya huduma wanayotoa katika hema ya kukutania.
Instead I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel as compensation for the service they provide in doing the work in the Tent of Meeting.
22 Kuanzi a sasa, watu wa Israeli wasisogee karibu na hema ya kukutania, vinginevyo wataajibika kwa dhambi hii na kufa.
The Israelites are no longer allowed to approach the Tent of Meeting, or they will commit an offense and die.
23 Walawi wafanya kazi inayohusiana na hema ya kukutania. Wataajibika kwa dhambi inyohusiana na hema. Hii itakuwa sheri ya kudumu kwa watu wote wa uzao wako. Na miongoni mwa watu wa Israeli hawa hawatakuwa na urithi.
The Levites are to carry out the work in the Tent of Meeting, and they must take responsibility for any sins involved. This is a permanent rule for all future generations. The Levites won't receive a share of land among the Israelites.
24 Kwa kuwa zaka za wana wa Israeli, wanazotoa kama mchango kwangu -ndivyo hivyo ambavyo nimewapa Walawi kuwa urithi wao. Hiyo ndiyo sababu ya kuwaambia, Kuwa hawatakuwa na urithi kati ya watu wa Israeli.
Instead I have given to the Levites as their compensation the tithe that the Israelites give to the Lord as a contribution. That's why I told them that they wouldn't receive a share of land among the Israelites.”
25 BWANA akanena na Musa, akamwambia,
The Lord told Moses,
26 “Inakupasa ukaseme na Walawi uwaambie, 'Mnapopokea zaka toka kwa watu ambayo BWANA amewapa kutoka kwao kuwa urithi, ndipo na nyie mtakapotoa sehemu ya kumi ya zaka hizo.
“Talk to the Levites and explain to them, ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your compensation, you must return part of it as an offering to the Lord: a tithe of the tithe.
27 Zaka yenu itahesabika kama moja ya mapato ya sakafu ya kupuria nafaka ya mazao yenu au mazao ya vinu vya kukamulia zabibu.
Your offering will be considered as if it were the firstfruits of grain from your threshing floor or grape juice from the winepress.
28 Kwa hiyo na ninyi lazima mtoe mchango wenu kwa BWANA kutokana na zaka mnazopata kutoka kwa watu wa Israeli. Kutokana na hizo mtatoa matoleo yenu kwa Haruni yule kuhani.
In this way you are to contribute an offering to the Lord from every tithe you receive from the Israelites, giving the Lord's offering to Aaron the priest.
29 Kwa kila sadaka mnayopata, mtatoa matoleo yenu kwa BWANA. Mtafanya hivi kutokana na vitu vizuri na vitakatifu sana ambavyo mmepewa.
From all the gifts you receive you are to contribute as the Lord's offering the very best, the holiest part of every gift.’
30 Kwa hiyo utawaambia, 'Mnapotoa hayo matoleo mazuri, ndipo itahesabika kwa Walawi kuwa ni mazao yao kutoka kwenye sakafu za kupuria na vinu vyao vya kukamulia.
So tell the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be considered as your contribution produced by your threshing floor or winepress.
31 Ndipo matakapokula nafaka zote zinazobaki mahali popote, ninyi na famailia zenu kwa sababu ndiyo malipo yenu ya kazi y a kwenye hema ya kukutania.
You and your families may eat it anywhere because it's compensation for your service in the Tent of Meeting.
32 Hamtakuwa na hatia yeyote kwa kuvila na kuvinywa, kama mtatoa kwa BWANA matoleo yenu mazuri mliyopokea. Lakini msizinajisi sadaka takatifu za wana wa Israeli, vinginevyo mtakufa.,”
You will not be considered to have sinned if you have presented the best part of it. But if you treat the sacred offerings of the Israelites with disrespect you will die.’”
