Levitiko 27

1 Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,

Yahweh also said to Moses/me,

2 Lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo tala kiate kinautolu, ʻOka fai ʻe ha tangata ha fuakava mamafa, ʻe ʻa Sihova ʻae tatau ʻoe meʻa ko ia te ke lau ʻe koe.

“Tell the Israeli people [that this is what I am saying to them]: If anyone solemnly promises to dedicate another person to [work solely] for me, the person who is dedicated to me is allowed to be free from having to do that by someone paying [to the priest] a fixed amount of money. The money that is given must be calculated by comparing it with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.

3 Pea ko hoʻo fakatatau ʻae tangata mei he taʻu ʻe uofulu ʻo ʻene motuʻa ʻo aʻu ki he taʻu ʻe onongofulu ʻo ʻene motuʻa, ʻio, ko hoʻo fakatatau ko e sikeli siliva ʻe fitungofulu, ʻo fakatatau ki he sikeli ʻoe faletapu.

[These are the amounts that must be paid]: 50 pieces of silver for men who are between 20 and 60 years old,

4 Pea kapau ko e fefine ia, ko hoʻo fakatatau, ko e sikeli ʻe tolungofulu.

30 pieces of silver for adult women [who are between 20 and 60 years old],

5 Pea kapau ko e taʻu ʻe nima ʻene motuʻa ʻo aʻu ki he taʻu ʻe uofulu, pea ko hoʻo fakatatau ki he tangata ko e sikeli ʻe uofulu, pea ki he fefine ko e sikeli ʻe hongofulu.

20 pieces of silver for young men who are between five and 20 years old, ten pieces of silver for young women who are between five and 20 years old,

6 Pea kapau ko e māhina pe taha ʻene motuʻa ʻo aʻu ki he taʻu ʻe nima ʻene motuʻa, pea ko hoʻo fakatatau ki he tangata ko e sikeli siliva ʻe nima, pea ko hoʻo fakatatau ki he fefine ko e sikeli siliva ʻe tolu.

five pieces of silver for boys who are between one month and five years old, three pieces of silver for girls who are between one month and five years old,

7 Pea kapau ʻoku onongofulu taʻu mo e taʻu niʻihi ʻene motuʻa; kapau ko e tangata, ko hoʻo fakatatau ki ai ko e sikeli ʻe hongofulu ma nima, pea ki he fefine ko e sikeli ʻe hongofulu.

15 pieces of silver for men who are more than 60 years old, ten pieces of silver for women who are more than 60 years old.

8 Pea kapau ʻoku masiva ʻaupito ia ʻi he meʻa kuo ke lau, pea te ne fakahā ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe taulaʻeiki, pea ʻe fakatatau ia ʻe he taulaʻeiki; pea ke fai ʻe he taulaʻeiki ʻi heʻene fakatatau, ʻo taau mo hono mafai ʻo ia ʻaia naʻa ne fuakava.

‘If anyone who has made such a solemn promise is very poor and unable to pay, to free that person from doing what he had promised, he must take that person to the priest. The priest will set the price [for freeing him] to be what the person who made that solemn promise is able to pay.

9 Pea kapau ko e manu, ʻaia ʻoku ʻomi ʻe he kakai ʻo ʻatu kia Sihova, ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku foaki ʻe ha tangata ʻi he meʻa pehē kia Sihova ʻe tapu ia.

‘If someone solemnly promises to give an animal that is acceptable to be an offering to me, that animal becomes sacred [and belongs to me].

10 ‌ʻE ʻikai te ne fakakehe ia, pe fetongi ia, ʻae lelei ki he kovi, pe ha kovi ki he lelei: pea kapau ʻoku ne fetongi ʻae manu ʻaki ʻae manu, pea ko ia mo ia naʻe fetongi ʻaki ia ʻe fakatou tapu ia.

The person who promised to give it must not give another animal instead of the one that he promised; he must not substitute a bad animal for a good one or even a better one than the one offered. If he would substitute one animal for the other, both animals would belong to me.

11 Pea kapau ko e manu taʻemaʻa ia, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai tenau fai ʻaki ha feilaulau kia Sihova, te ne toki ʻatu ʻae manu ʻi he ʻao ʻoe taulaʻeiki:

If the animal that he wishes to dedicate to me is a kind that is unacceptable to be an offering to me, he must take that animal to the priest.

12 Pea ke fakatatau ia ʻe he taulaʻeiki, pe ʻoku lelei pe ʻoku kovi: pea hangē ko hoʻo fakatatau ʻe koe ʻoku taulaʻeiki ko ia pe ʻe fai.

The priest will then decide what its value is, according to the animal’s good and bad points. Whatever value the priests sets will be the value of the animal, [and that is the price that the priest must pay for the animal].

13 Pea kapau ʻoku loto ia ke huhuʻi ia, pea ʻe fakalahi ʻaki ia hono nima ʻoe vahe ki hoʻo fakatatau.

If the man who gave the animal later decides that he wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] that price plus an additional 20 percent.

14 Pea kapau ʻoku fakatapui ʻe ha tangata hono fale ke māʻoniʻoni ia kia Sihova, pea ke fakatatau ia ʻe he taulaʻeiki, he ʻoku lelei ia pe kovi: pea hangē ko ia ʻoku fakatatau ia ki ai, ʻe maʻu pe ia.

‘[Similarly], if someone dedicates his house to be a sacred gift to belong to me, the priest will decide how much it is worth, which will depend on whether the house is in good condition. Whatever the priest says that it is worth, that will be its value [and that is the price that the priest must pay for it].

15 Pea kapau ʻoku loto ʻaia naʻa ne fakatapui ia ke huhuʻi hono fale, pea ʻe fakalahi ʻaki ia hono nima ʻoe vahe ʻoe koloa ʻo hoʻo fakatatau, pea ʻe ʻoʻona ia.

If the man who dedicated his house to me later wants to buy it back, he must pay that price plus an additional 20 percent, and then the house will belong to him again.

16 Pea kapau ʻoku fakatapui ʻe ha tangata kia Sihova ha potu ngoue ʻi hono potu fonua, pea ko hoʻo fakatatau, ʻe fakatatau ki he tenga ʻo ia: ko e oma ʻe taha ʻoe tengaʻi paʻale ʻe fakatatau ia ki he sikeli siliva ʻe nimangofulu.

‘If someone dedicates to me some of the property that belongs to him and his family, its value will be determined by the number of bushels of seed that will be needed to plant seeds on that land: Its value will be ten pieces of silver for each bushel of seed.

17 Kapau ʻoku ne fakatapu ʻene ngoue mei he taʻu ʻoe siupeli, ʻe tuʻumaʻu ia ʻo tatau mo hoʻo fakatatau.

If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount.

18 Pea kapau ʻoku ne fakatapui ʻene ngoue ka kuo hili ʻae siupeli, pea ʻe lau ʻe he taulaʻeiki ʻae paʻanga kiate ia ʻo fakatatau ki he ngaahi taʻu ʻoku toe, ʻio, ʻo aʻu atu ki he taʻu ʻoe siupeli, pea ʻe fakasiʻisiʻi ia mei hoʻo fakatatau.

But if he dedicates the field after the Year of Celebration, the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration, and if there are not many years that remain, the price will be much lower [than the full price].

19 Pea ko ia naʻa ne fakatapui ʻae ngoue, kapau ʻoku tokanga ia ke huhuʻi ia, pea ke fakalahi ʻaki ʻe ia ia hono vahe nima ʻoe koloa ʻo hoʻo fakatatau, pea ʻe hoko ia kiate ia.

If the person who dedicated the field later wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] the price that the priest says it is worth, plus an added one-fifth, and then the field will belong to that man again.

20 Pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai loto ia ke huhuʻi ʻae ngoue, pea kapau kuo ne fakatau ia ki he tangata ʻe taha, ʻe ʻikai toe huhuʻi ia.

However, if he does not buy it back, or if it has been sold (OR, the priest has sold it) to someone else, that person will never be permitted to buy it back again.

21 Ka ko e ngoue ʻi hono tukuange ʻi he siupeli, ʻe tapu ia kia Sihova, ʻo hangē ha ngoue kuo fakatapui: ʻe hoko ia ke ʻoe taulaʻeiki.

In the Year of Celebration, it will become sacred again, and it will be given to the priest.

22 Pea kapau ʻoku ai ha tangata ʻoku ne fakatapui kia Sihova ʻae ngoue naʻa ne fakatau, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ʻi he ngaahi ngoue ʻo hono tofiʻa;

‘If someone dedicates to me some land that he has bought, land which is not part of the land that his family has always owned,

23 Pea ʻe toki lau kiate ia ʻe he taulaʻeiki hono fakatatau, ʻio, ʻo hoko ki he taʻu ʻoe siupeli: pea te ne ʻatu ʻe ia ʻi he ʻaho ko ia hoʻo fakatatau, ko e meʻa tapu kia Sihova.

the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration to determine how much it is worth, and the man must pay that amount to the priest on that day, [and then that land will belong to that man again].

24 Pea ʻi he taʻu ʻoe siupeli ʻe toe hoko ʻae ngoue kiate ia naʻe fakatau ia mei ai, ʻio, kiate ia naʻe ʻoʻona ʻae potu fonua ko ia.

But in the Year of Celebration, the land will again be owned by the person from whom he bought it, the person whose family had always owned that land.

25 Pea ʻe fai ʻo taau mo e sikeli ʻoe faletapu ʻa hoʻo ngaahi fakatatau kotoa pē: ʻi he sikeli ʻe taha ʻae kela ʻe uofulu.

All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.

26 Ka ko e ngaahi ʻuluaki fānau ʻae fanga manu, ʻaia ʻoku totonu ke ʻa Sihova ʻae ʻuluaki tupu, ke ʻoua naʻa fakatapui ia ʻe ha tangata ʻe tokotaha; pe ko e pulu ia, pe ko ha sipi; ʻoku ʻa Sihova ia.

‘No one is permitted to dedicate to me the firstborn of any cow or sheep, because the firstborn already belongs to me [DOU].

27 Pea kapau ʻoku ʻi he manu taʻemaʻa ia, pea ʻe huhuʻi ia ʻo fakatatau ki hoʻo fakatatau, pea te ne fakalahi ʻaki ia hono nima ʻo hono vahe ʻo ia: pea kapau ʻe ʻikai huhuʻi ia, pea ʻe fakatau ia ʻo hangē ko hoʻo fakatatau.

If someone gives to me a kind of animal that is not acceptable to me, that person may later buy it back by paying what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent of its value. If he does not buy it back, it must be sold (OR, the priest must sell it) for its standard price.

28 Ka ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai fakatau pe huhuʻi ha meʻa ʻe taha, ʻaia kuo fakatapui ʻe ha tangata kia Sihova ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ne maʻu, ʻi he tangata, pe ʻi he manu, pe ʻi he ngoue ʻo hono potu fonua: ko e meʻa fakatapui kotoa pē ʻoku māʻoniʻoni lahi ia kia Sihova.

‘However, no slave or animal or family land that someone owns can be sold or bought back after it has been dedicated to me [and no price has been paid for it]. That kind of gift belongs to me permanently/forever.

29 ‌ʻE ʻikai huhuʻi ha meʻa kuo fakatapui ʻaia kuo fakatapu ʻe he tangata ka ʻe tāmateʻi moʻoni ia.

‘No person who has [done something that I consider to be very wicked] is permitted to be freed [from being punished]; that person must surely be executed.

30 Pea ko hono hongofulu ʻoe vahe kotoa pē ʻoe fonua, pe ko e meʻa ʻi he tenga ʻoe fonua, pe ʻi he ngaahi fua ʻoe ʻakau ʻoku ʻa Sihova ia: ʻoku māʻoniʻoni ia kia Sihova.

‘One tenth of all the crops and grain or fruit that is produced on anyone’s land is sacred and belongs to me.

31 Pea kapau ʻoku tokanga ʻe ha tangata ke huhuʻi ʻae meʻa niʻihi ʻi hono hongofulu ʻoe vahe, ʻe fakalahi ʻaki ʻe ia ia hono nima ʻoe vahe ʻo ia.

If anyone wants to buy back any of that tenth, he must pay [to the priest] what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent.

32 Pea ko e meʻa ʻi hono hongofulu ʻoe vahe ʻi he fanga manu lalahi, pe ʻi he fanga manu siʻi, ʻio, ʻi he manu kotoa pē ʻoku ʻalu ʻi lalo ʻi he vaʻakau, ʻe māʻoniʻoni hono hongofulu kia Sihova.

One of every ten domestic animals belongs to me. When a shepherd counts his animals [MTY] [to decide which ones he will give to me], he must mark every tenth one as belonging to me.

33 ‌ʻE ʻikai te ne kumi ke ʻilo pe ʻoku lelei pe ʻoku kovi ia, pea ʻe ʻikai te ne fetongi ia: pea kapau ʻoku ne fetongi ia, pea ko ia mo ia naʻe fetongi ʻaki ʻe fakatou māʻoniʻoni ia; ʻe ʻikai huhuʻi ia.

When he does that, he must not pick out the good ones for himself or leave the bad ones, or substitute bad ones for good ones. If he substitutes one animal for another, both animals will belong to me, and he will not be permitted to buy them back (OR, the shepherd cannot buy them back).’”

34 Ko eni ʻae ngaahi fekau, ʻaia naʻe fekau ʻe Sihova kia Mōsese ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻi he moʻunga ko Sainai.

Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain [to tell to the people].