4 Mose 18

1 Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ Aaron se, “Wo, wo mmabarima ne wʼabusuafo a wofi Lewi abusuakuw mu no, mfomso biara a ɛfa kronkronbea hɔ no ho asodi bɛda mo so. Na sɛ biribi ankɔ so yiye wɔ asɔfodwuma no mu a, wobebisa wo ne wo mmabarima ho asɛm.

And the LORD said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

2 Fa wo nkurɔfo a wɔwɔ Lewi abusuakuw no mu na wɔmmoa wo mmabarima no wɔ dwuma kronkron a wodi no Ahyiae Ntamadan no anim no ho.

And your brothers also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring you with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

3 Ɛsɛ sɛ Lewifo no hwɛ yiye na wɔammɛn biribiara a ɛyɛ kronkron wɔ afɔremuka no so. Sɛ wɔyɛ saa a, wo ne wɔn bewuwu.

And they shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor you also, die.

4 Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔka mo ho na mohwɛ Ahyiae Ntamadan mu hɔ; ɛhɔ nnwuma nyinaa. Ɛnsɛ sɛ onipa foforo biara bɛn beae a wowɔ no.

And they shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come near to you.

5 “Wo na ɛsɛ sɛ wohwɛ kronkronbea hɔ ne afɔremuka no so, na mʼabufuwhyew amma Israelfo no so bio.

And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more on the children of Israel.

6 Mʼankasa na mapaw wo nkurɔfo Lewifo afi Israelfo mu sɛ akyɛde ama wo, atew wɔ ho ama Awurade sɛ wɔnyɛ adwuma wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu.

And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

7 Nanso wo ne wo mmabarima nkutoo na na mubedi dwuma sɛ asɔfo wɔ nea ɛfa afɔremuka ne nea ɛwɔ ntwamtam no mu no ho. Mede asɔfodwuma ɔsom rema mo sɛ akyɛde. Ɛsɛ sɛ wokum onipa foforo biara a ɔbɛbɛn kronkronbea hɔ no.”

Therefore you and your sons with you shall keep your priest’s office for everything of the altar, and within the veil; and you shall serve: I have given your priest’s office to you as a service of gift: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.

8 Awurade san ka kyerɛɛ Aaron se: “Mʼankasa na mede akyɛde a nkurɔfo de abrɛ Awurade no ahyɛ wo nsa; afɔrebɔde a Israelfo no de ma me no nyinaa no mede ma wo ne wo mmabarima sɛ mo kyɛfa; ɛyɛ mo kyɛfa afebɔɔ.

And the LORD spoke to Aaron, Behold, I also have given you the charge of my heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, by an ordinance for ever.

9 Aduan afɔrebɔ, bɔne afɔrebɔ ne afɔbu afɔrebɔ nyinaa mowɔ mu kyɛfa. Eyinom nyinaa yɛ afɔrebɔde a ɛyɛ kronkron pa ara.

This shall be your of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.

10 Munni no sɛ ade a ɛyɛ kronkron pa ara; ɔbarima biara nni bi. Mummu no sɛ ade kronkron.

In the most holy place shall you eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy to you.

11 “Eyi nso yɛ mo de: nea wobeyi agu nkyɛn afi Israelfo ohim afɔrebɔde mu no. Mede ma wo ne wo mmabarima ne wo mmabea nyinaa sɛ mo kyɛfa afebɔɔ. Obiara a ɔwɔ wo fi na ne ho tew no tumi di bi.

And this is yours; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in your house shall eat of it.

12 “Aba a edi kan mu akyɛde a nnipa no de bɛba sɛ afɔrebɔde a wɔde rebrɛ Awurade no a ɛyɛ ngo pa, bobesa pa, aburow ne nnɔbae biara no, mede ma mo.

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first fruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given you.

13 Asase no so aba a edi kan a wɔde bɛbrɛ Awurade no bɛyɛ mo de. Obiara a ɔwɔ wo fi na ne ho tew no tumi di bi.

And whatever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring to the LORD, shall be yours; every one that is clean in your house shall eat of it.

14 “Biribiara a ɛwɔ Israel a wɔde bɛma Awurade no yɛ mo de.

Every thing devoted in Israel shall be yours.

15 Israelfo abakan ne wɔn mmoa nyinaa abakan a wɔde bɛma Awurade no yɛ mo dea. Nanso mmoa a memmaa mo kwan sɛ wɔnwe wɔn nam no de, munnnye wɔn abakan. Na mmom, ɛsɛ sɛ wotua sika kakra de si abakan biara anan.

Every thing that opens the matrix in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shall you redeem.

16 Sɛ abakan no di ɔsram a, na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔde ogye bo a ɛyɛ dwetɛ nkaribo gram aduonum asia sɛnea kronkronbea hɔ nkaribo a ɛyɛ gram dubaako ne nkyemu anum mu baako no te no ba.

And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shall you redeem, according to your estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

17 “Nanso anantwi, nguan ne mmirekyi mmakan de, ɛnsɛ sɛ wogye wɔn; wɔyɛ kronkron. Fa wɔn mogya pete afɔremuka no so na hyew wɔn srade no sɛ aduan afɔre, ehua a ɛsɔ Awurade ani.

But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the LORD.

18 Saa mmoa yi nyinaa nam bɛyɛ mo de te sɛnea ohim afɔrebɔde koko ne ne srɛ nifa yɛ mo de no.

And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours.

19 Biribiara a Israelfo de bɛbrɛ Awurade a wobefi afɔrebɔ kronkron mu ayi ato hɔ no, mede ma wo ne wo mmabarima ne wo mmabea sɛ mo kyɛfa afebɔɔ. Ɛyɛ ahyɛde a ɛda mo ne Awurade ne mo asefo ntam daa nyinaa.”

All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you.

20 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Aaron se, “Morennya agyapade biara mfi wɔn asase mu, na morennya kyɛfa biara mfi wɔn mu; mene mo kyɛfa ne mo agyapade wɔ Israelfo no mu.

And the LORD spoke to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them: I am your part and your inheritance among the children of Israel.

21 “Mede Israel ntotoso du du no nyinaa ma Lewifo no sɛ wɔn agyapade de retua wɔ som a wɔsom wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu no so ka.

And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

22 Efi nnɛ rekɔ, Israelfo no nni ho kwan sɛ wɔbɛn Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu; anyɛ saa a, wobɛsoa wɔn bɔne ho asodi ama wɔawuwu.

Neither must the children of Israel from now on come near the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

23 Lewifo no nko ara na wɔbɛyɛ adwuma wɔ hɔ, na wɔasoa mfomso biara a wɔbɛyɛ no ho asodi. Ɛyɛ mmara a ɛda hɔ afebɔɔ ma awo ntoatoaso a ɛbɛba no. Wɔrennya agyapade biara wɔ Israelfo no mu.

But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

24 Mmom, ntotoso du du a Israelfo no de ba sɛ Awurade afɔrebɔde no na mede rema Lewifo no. Ɛno nti na meka faa wɔn ho se: ‘Wɔrennya agyapade wɔ Israelfo no mu no.’”

But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

25 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

26 “Ka kyerɛ Lewifo no se, ‘Sɛ munya ntotoso du du a mede rema mo sɛ mo agyapade no fi Israelfo no nkyɛn a, momfa nkyɛmu du mu baako mmrɛ Awurade sɛ nʼafɔrebɔde.

Thus speak to the Levites, and say to them, When you take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

27 Na Awurade begye no sɛ mo afɔrebɔde a efi mo awiporowbea anaa nsa a efi mo nsakyi amoa mu.

And this your heave offering shall be reckoned to you, as though it were the corn of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press.

28 Saa ɔkwan yi so na mobɛfa de mo afɔrebɔ a efi ntotoso du du a mubenya afi Israelfo no nkyɛn no abrɛ Awurade. Mumfi ntotoso du du yi mu mfa Awurade kyɛfa no mma ɔsɔfo Aaron.

Thus you also shall offer an heave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and you shall give thereof the LORD’s heave offering to Aaron the priest.

29 Biribiara a wɔde bɛma mo no, momfa emu nea eye pa ara na ɛyɛ kronkron no mma Awurade.’

Out of all your gifts you shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

30 “Ka kyerɛ Lewifo no se: ‘Sɛ mode emu nea eye pa ara no ba a, wɔbɛfa no sɛ nea efi mo ankasa mo awiporowbea anaa mo nsakyibea hɔ.

Therefore you shall say to them, When you have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press.

31 Mo ne mo fifo betumi adi nkae no wɔ baabiara a mopɛ, efisɛ ɛyɛ mo adwuma a moyɛ no wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan mu no so akatua.

And you shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

32 Sɛ mode emu nea ɛsɔ ani no ba a, munni eyi ho afɔbu; saayɛ remma mungu Israelfo no afɔrebɔ kronkron no ho fi, na morenwuwu.’”

And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall you pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die.