2 Mose 30

1 “Fa ɔkanto yɛ afɔremuka ketewa bi a wobɛhyew aduhuam wɔ so.

And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.

2 Ma ɛnyɛ ahinanan a ne fa biara susuw nsateaa dunwɔtwe, na ne sorokɔ nso nyɛ anammɔn abiɛsa a wɔasen; ne mmɛn a baako tua ho.

A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.

3 Fa sikakɔkɔɔ dura ne soro, ne nkyɛn ne ne mmɛn a ɛwɔ afɔremuka no ho no nyinaa. Na fa sikakɔkɔɔ mmuano twa afɔremuka no ho nyinaa hyia.

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.

4 Fa sikakɔkɔɔ nkaa abien hyehyɛ mmuano no a ɛwɔ afanu no ase na wɔde nnua a wɔde bɛsoa no awurawura mu.

And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal.

5 Wɔmfa ɔkanto na ɛnyɛ nnua no, na wɔmfa sikakɔkɔɔ nnura ho nyinaa.

And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

6 Fa afɔremuka no si ntwamtam no akyi wɔ mpatabea hɔ a ɛbɔ faako a Apam Adaka a Mmaransɛm Du no wɔ no ho ban. Mehyia mo wɔ hɔ.

And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

7 “Da biara anɔpa, sɛ Aaron resiesie kanea no a, ɔbɛhyew aduhuam wɔ afɔremuka no so.

And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

8 Anwummere biara, sɛ ɔsɔ kanea no a, ɔbɛhyew aduhuam wɔ Awurade anim ama awo ntoatoaso a ɛbɛba nyinaa.

And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before Yhwh throughout your generations.

9 Monhyew aduhuam a wɔama ho kwan wɔ afɔremuka no so. Mommmɔ ɔhyew afɔre ne aduan afɔre wɔ so, na mommfa ahwiesa ngu so.

Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor grain offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

10 Afe biara, ɛsɛ sɛ Aaron dwira afɔremuka no ho yɛ no kronkron. Ɔde mogya bɛsrasra mmɛn a etuatua ho no so sɛ mpata. Ɛsɛ sɛ afe biara wɔtew afɔremuka no ho yɛ no kronkron ma awo ntoatoaso a ɛbɛba no so kosi awo ntoatoaso so. Ɛyɛ kronkron ma Awurade.”

And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto Yhwh.

11 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,

And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,

12 “Bere biara a wobɛkan Israelfo no, obiara a wɔbɛkan no no mfa ne kra ho mpata mmrɛ Awurade, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɔyaredɔm biara remma wɔn mu bi so.

When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Yhwh, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

13 Ɛsɛ sɛ obiara a wɔkan no no ma dwetɛbona fa, a emu duru yɛ gram asia (sɛnea kronkronbea mu dwetɛbona bo te no.)

This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: ( a shekel is twenty gerahs: ) an half shekel shall be the offering of Yhwh.

14 Obiara a wadi mfe aduonu rekɔ no na ɔbɛbɔ saa afɔre yi.

Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto Yhwh.

15 Ɛnsɛ sɛ adefo ma ma ɛboro sika a wɔatwa ato hɔ no so. Ɛnsɛ sɛ ahiafo nso ma nea esua sen saa, efisɛ ɛyɛ Awurade afɔre a ɔde retew yɛn ho ama yɛn.

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto Yhwh, to make an atonement for your souls.

16 Momfa saa sika yi nsiesie Ahyiae Ntamadan no. Sɛ moyɛ saa a, ɛbɛma Awurade ani aba mo, Israelfo, so na ayɛ mpata nso ama mo.”

And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before Yhwh, to make an atonement for your souls.

17 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se.

And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,

18 “Fa kɔbere yɛ hweaseammɔ a ne nnyinaso nso yɛ kɔbere. Fa si Ahyiae Ntamadan no ne afɔremuka no ntam na fa nsu gu mu.

Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

19 Ɛhɔ na Aaron ne ne mmabarima bɛhohoro wɔn nsa ne wɔn anan ho

For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

20 bere a wɔrekɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu de wɔn ho akɔkyerɛ Awurade, anaasɛ wɔrekɔ akɔbɔ afɔre wɔ afɔremuka no so ama Awurade no. Saa ara na bere biara a wɔrekodi saa dwuma yi no,

When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto Yhwh:

21 ɛsɛ sɛ wɔhohoro wɔn ho na wɔanwuwu. Ɛsɛ sɛ eyi yɛ mmara a ɛbɛtena hɔ daa ama Aaron ne nʼasefo, awo ntoatoaso a ɛbɛba nyinaa.”

So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

22 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,

Moreover Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,

23 “Hwehwɛ nnuhuam papa sɛ kurobow a ɛyɛ kilogram asia, sinamon kilogram abiɛsa ne mmetire huamhuam kilogram abiɛsa.

Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

24 Kurobow dodow a mobɛfa no nyɛ sɛ sinamon no dodow na momfa ngodua mu ngo lita anan.

And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

25 Awurade ahyɛ nnuhuamfrafo a wakwadaw ne yɛ mu yiye, sɛ wɔmfra saa nnuhuam yi mma ɛnyɛ ngo kronkron a wɔde tew onipa ho.

And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.

26 Na momfa eyi ntew Ahyiae Ntamadan ne Apam Adaka,

And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,

27 ɔpon no ne ɛho nkankyee nyinaa, kaneadua no ɛho nneɛma, nnuhuam afɔremuka no,

And the table and all his vessels, and the lampstand and his vessels, and the altar of incense,

28 ɔhyew afɔre ne ho nkankyee, ne hweaseammɔ ne nea esi so.

And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.

29 Montew ho na ɛnyɛ kronkron na biribiara a ɛbɛka saa nneɛma yi no ho atew.

And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

30 “Monsra Aaron ne ne mmabarima no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔn ho bɛtew na wɔatumi ayɛ asɔfodwuma de asom me.

And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

31 Na monka nkyerɛ Israelfo se, ‘Eyi bɛyɛ me srango kronkron ama awo ntoatoaso a ɛbɛba no.

And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

32 Ɛnsɛ sɛ wohwie gu obiara so kwa, na ɛnsɛ sɛ mo ankasa nso moyɛ bi, efisɛ ɛyɛ kronkron enti ɛsɛ sɛ mo nso moyɛ no kronkron.

Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.

33 Obiara a ɔbɛfra aduhuam a ɛte sɛ ɛno na obehwie bi agu obi a ɔnyɛ ɔsɔfo so no, sɛ sɛ wo twa no asu.’”

Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.

34 Awurade hyɛɛ mmara a ɛfa aduhuam no ho maa Mose se, “Fa nnuhuam atomude ne nworahuam ne prɛkɛsɛ huamhuam ne ohuamfufu gyenennyenen na wonsusuw ne nyinaa mu duru mma ɛnyɛ pɛ,

And Yhwh said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

35 na fa yɛ aduhuam a wɔhyewee a aduhuamfrani a waben yɛ no bi, na wɔmfa nkyene mfra mu; na ɛbɛyɛ aduhuam kronkron.

And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:

36 Monyam bi mma ɛnyɛ muhumuhu na momfa bi nsi Apam Adaka no anim faako a mehyia mo wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu hɔ no. Saa aduhuam yi ne nea ɛyɛ kronkron koraa wɔ ne nyinaa mu.

And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

37 Monnyɛ bi mfa, efisɛ wɔakora ama Awurade enti ɛsɛ sɛ moyɛ no kronkron.

And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for Yhwh.

38 Obiara a ɔbɛyɛ bi afa no, wontwa no asu.”

Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.