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] its length, and a cubit its breadth; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits [shall be] its hight: its horns [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, its top, and its sides round about, and its horns; and thou shalt make to 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 its two corners, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make [it]; and they shall be for places for the staffs to bear it with.

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

And thou shalt make the staffs 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 upon it 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 evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a perpetual incense before the LORD, 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 upon it, nor burnt-sacrifice, nor meat-offering; neither shall ye pour drink-offering upon it.

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 a year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it [is] most holy to the LORD.

11 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,

And the LORD spoke to 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 to the LORD, when thou numberest them: that there may 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: ) a half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD.

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 to the LORD.

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 to the LORD 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 to the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

17 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se.

And the LORD spoke to 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 its foot [also of] brass, to wash [in]: [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 their 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 to the LORD.

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 the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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

Take thou also to thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half as 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 olive-oil a 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 a holy anointing oil.

26 Na momfa eyi ntew Ahyiae Ntamadan ne Apam Adaka,

And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, 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 its vessels, and the candlestick and its 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 its vessels, and the laver and its 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: whatever 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 to 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 to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anointing oil to 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 to 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.’”

Whoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whoever 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 the LORD said to Moses, Take to 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 to 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 its composition: it shall be to thee holy for the LORD.

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

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