3 Mose 9

1 Ahodwira no akyi da a ɛto so awotwe no, Mose frɛɛ Aaron ne ne mmabarima ne Israel mpanyimfo nyinaa.

Eight days later, Moses/I summoned the elders of Israel.

2 Ɔka kyerɛɛ Aaron se ɔnkɔkyere nantwinini ba mfi anantwi no mu na ɔmfa no mmɔ bɔne afɔre, na ɔnkyere odwennini a ne ho nni dɛm mfa no mmɔ ɔhyew afɔre. Ɔka kyerɛɛ no se ɔmmɔ saa afɔre yi nyinaa wɔ Awurade anim.

Then he/I said to Aaron, “Take a young bull for the offering to enable you leaders to be forgiven for the sins you have committed, and a ram to be completely burned [on the altar], both of them without any defects, and offer them to Yahweh.

3 Afei Mose ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Monka nkyerɛ Israelfo na wonyi ɔpapo mfa no mmɔ bɔne afɔre mma wɔn ho, na wɔmfa nantwi a wadi afe ne oguamma a wadi afe a wɔn ho nni dɛm biara mmɔ wɔn ɔhyew afɔre no,

Then say to the Israeli people, ‘Take one male goat for the offering to enable you all to be forgiven for the sins you have committed. Also take a calf and a lamb that have no defects, to be an offering completely burned [on the altar].

4 na wɔmfa nantwinini ne odwennini mmɔ asomdwoe afɔre na wɔmfa asikresiam a wɔde ngo afra mmɔ aduan afɔre mma Awurade, efisɛ nnɛ, Awurade beyi ne ho adi akyerɛ mo.”

Also take an ox and a ram to be an offering to maintain fellowship [with Yahweh], along with an offering of flour mixed with olive oil. Do this because today Yahweh is going to appear to you.’”

5 Enti wɔde saa nneɛma yi nyinaa baa Ahyiae Ntamadan no kwan ano sɛnea Mose hyɛe no. Nnipa no nyinaa begyinagyinaa Awurade anim.

[After Moses/I told this to the Israeli people, some of them] took the things that Moses/I had commanded them to take, and went to the courtyard in front of the Sacred Tent. Then all the people came near and stood in front of Yahweh.

6 Mose ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Eyi na Awurade ahyɛ mo sɛ monnyɛ na Awurade anuonyam ada ne ho adi akyerɛ mo.”

Then Moses/I said, “This is what Yahweh has commanded you to do, in order that his glory will appear to you.”

7 Mose ka kyerɛɛ Aaron se ɔnkɔ afɔremuka no so na ɔnkɔbɔ bɔne ne ɔhyew afɔre no mfa nyɛ mpata mma ne ho ansa na ato nnipa no sɛnea Awurade hyɛe no.

Then Moses/I said to Aaron, “Come to the altar and sacrifice the animal that is your offering to enable you to be forgiven for the sins you have committed, and the animal that will be completely burned there. Because of those offerings, God will forgive you and the people for the sins that you have committed [DOU]. Do those things that Yahweh has commanded.”

8 Enti Aaron foro kɔɔ afɔremuka no so. Okum nantwi ba no de bɔɔ ɔno ara ne bɔne ho afɔre.

So Aaron came close to the altar and slaughtered the calf to be an offering for his sins.

9 Ne mmabarima no de mogya no brɛɛ no na ɔde ne nsateaa baako bɔɔ mu sraa mmɛn a ɛwɔ afɔremuka no ho no na ohwiee nkae no guu afɔremuka no ase.

His sons brought its blood to him [in a bowl]. He dipped his finger into the blood and put some of it on the projections at the corners of the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

10 Afei, ɔhyew srade, asaabo, bɔnwoma, bɔnwoma nkotoku a efi bɔne afɔrebɔde no mu sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ Mose no.

He/I burned the fat, including that which covered the kidneys and the liver, as Yahweh had commanded him/me.

11 Na nam no de, ɔhyew ne ne nwoma wɔ nsraban no akyi.

Then Aaron burned [the rest of] the meat and the hide/skin outside the camp.

12 Nea edi hɔ ne sɛ, okum ɔhyew afɔre aboa no maa ne mmabarima sɔw mogya no ma ɔde petee afɔremuka no ho nyinaa,

Then Aaron slaughtered the animal that would be completely burned [on the altar]. His sons handed him [the bowl containing] its blood, and he sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar.

13 Wɔde aboa no brɛɛ no asinasin a ne ti ka ho. Ɔhyew aboa no akwaa biara wɔ afɔremuka no so.

Then they handed him the head and the pieces of the animal that would be burned, and he burned them on the altar.

14 Afei, ɔhoroo aboa no ayamde ne ne nan ho hyew wɔ afɔremuka no so sɛ ɔhyew afɔre.

He washed the inner parts and the legs of the animal, and burned them on the altar, on top of the other pieces of the animal.

15 Afei, ɔbɔɔ afɔre maa ɔmanfo. Okum abirekyi nanso ɔfaa ɔkwan koro a ɔfaa so bɔɔ bɔne afɔre maa ne ho no so bɔɔ afɔre maa ne ho.

Then Aaron brought the animals that would be sacrifices for the Israeli people. He took the goat and slaughtered it to be an offering to enable them to be forgiven for the sins they had committed, like he had done with the goat for his own offering.

16 Saa ɔkwan no so na ɔfa bɔɔ wɔn ɔhyew afɔre de maa Awurade sɛnea Onyankopɔn mmara kyerɛ no.

Then he brought the animal for the offering to be completely burned. He slaughtered it and offered it in the way that Yahweh had commanded him to do.

17 Afei, ɔbɔɔ atoko afɔre no, ɔfaa ne nsa mma na ɔhyew wɔ afɔremuka no so de kaa anɔpa ɔhyew afɔrebɔ no ho.

He also brought the offering of grain. He took a handful of it and burned it on the altar, like he had done for the animal that he had slaughtered and completely burned [on the altar] in the morning.

18 Okum nantwi ne odwennini no a ɛyɛ nnipa no asomdwoe afɔrebɔde no. Aaron mmabarima no de mogya no brɛɛ no ma ɔde petee afɔremuka no ho nyinaa.

Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram, to be an offering for the Israeli people to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. His sons handed him [the bowl containing] the blood, and he sprinkled the blood against all sides of the altar.

19 Oyii nantwi no ne odwennini no srade. Oyii wɔn dua mu srade ne wɔn ayamde srade, ne wɔn asaabo ne wɔn bɔnwoma kotoku no.

But he took the fat from the ox and the ram, including their fat tails that were cut close to the backbone, and all the fat that covered the livers and the kidneys.

20 Wɔde srade no guu mmoa no yan so na Aaron hyew wɔ afɔremuka no so.

He put them on top of the breasts of those animals and carried them to the altar to be burned.

21 Na ohim yan no ne mmoa no mmati nifa no wɔ Awurade anim de kyerɛɛ sɛ afɔre no yɛ ne dea, sɛnea Mose hyɛe no.

Then, doing what Moses/I had commanded, he lifted up in front of Yahweh the breast and the right thigh of those animals, to signify that those two animals completely belonged to Yahweh.

22 Afei, Aaron trɛw ne nsam wɔ nnipa no so hyiraa wɔn, na osian fii afɔremuka no ho sii fam.

Then Aaron lifted his arms toward the people and [asked Yahweh to] bless them. Then having finished making all those offerings, he stepped down [from the place where the altar was].

23 Mose ne Aaron kɔɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan mu hɔ na wɔsan baa bio no, wohyiraa nnipa no na Awurade anuonyam baa nnipa no nyinaa so.

Then Aaron and Moses/I entered the Sacred Tent. When they/we later came out, they/we [asked Yahweh to] bless the people. And suddenly the glory/brightness of Yahweh appeared to all the people.

24 Na ogya fi Awurade nkyɛn bɛhyew ɔhyew afɔrebɔde no ne srade a ɛwɔ afɔremuka no so no. Na nnipa no huu eyi no, wɔn nyinaa teɛteɛɛ mu butubutuw fam wɔ Awurade anim.

A fire from Yahweh appeared and burned up the offering that was to be completely burned and the fat that was on the altar. And when all the people saw that, they shouted joyfully and prostrated themselves on the ground [to worship Yahweh].