4 Mose 8
1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 “Ka kyerɛ Aaron se, ‘Sɛ wosɔ akanea ason a ɛwɔ kaneadua no so no a, sɔ no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, ɛbɛtow ne hann no akɔ kaneadua no nʼanim.’”
“Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”
3 Aaron yɛɛ saa; ɔsɔɔ akanea no ma ɛtow hann kɔɔ kaneadua no anim, sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ Mose no.
And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps facing toward the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
4 Sɛnea Wosi yɛɛ kaneadua no ni: Sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔaboro na wɔde yɛ fii nʼase kosi ne soro. Wɔyɛɛ no sɛnea Awurade kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ wɔnyɛ no ara pɛ.
This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.
5 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
6 “Yi Lewifo no fi Israelfo no mu na tew wɔn ho.
“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
7 Sɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔn ho ni yɛ eyi: Fa ahodwira nsu pete wɔn so. Ma wonyi wɔn ho nwi nyinaa, na wɔnhoro wɔn nneɛma nyinaa, na ama wɔn ho atew.
This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
8 Afei, ma wɔmfa nantwinini ba ne aduan afɔrebɔde a ɛyɛ asikresiam a wɔayam no muhumuhu a wɔde ngo afra a nantwinini ba baako ka ho a wɔde no bɛbɔ bɔne ho afɔre mmra.
Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.
9 Frɛ Israelfo no nyinaa hyia na fa Lewifo no bra Ahyiae Ntamadan no pon ano.
Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.
10 Ɛhɔ na mpanyimfo a wotuatua mmusuakuw no ano no de wɔn nsa begu wɔn so.
You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.
11 Ɛsɛ sɛ Aaron yɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne bi sɛ ɔde wɔn rema Awurade sɛ akyɛde a efi Israel manfo nyinaa nkyɛn, na asiesie Lewifo no ama wɔayɛ Awurade adwuma.
Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
12 “Afei, Lewifo mpanyimfo no de wɔn nsa begu nantwimma no apampam na wɔde wɔn ama Awurade. Wɔde ɔbaako bɛbɔ bɔne ho afɔre na wɔde ɔbaako nso abɔ ɔhyew afɔre de ayɛ mpata ama Lewifo no.
And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
13 Afei, wɔde Lewifo no bɛma Aaron ne ne mma te sɛnea wɔde afɔrebɔde biara fa asɔfo so de ma Awurade no.”
You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.
14 Mobɛfa saa kwan yi so ayi Lewifo no afi Israelfo no mu ama me, na wɔayɛ me dea.
In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.
15 “Sɛ motew wɔn ho na mofa saa kwan yi so de wɔn ma me a, afei, wobedi ahyɛmfiri wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu, adi wɔn dwuma.
After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
16 Israelfo mu nyinaa, wɔn na wɔyɛ me nkurɔfo, na magye wɔn ato mu asi Israelfo mmakan nyinaa anan, Israelni bea biara abakan barima.
For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
17 Israel abakan biara yɛ me de; nnipa ne mmoa nyinaa. Bere a mikunkum Misraimfo mmakan nyinaa no ara na mefaa wɔn de wɔn yɛɛ me nkurɔfo.
For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.
18 Mafa Lewifo no asi Israelfo mmakan nyinaa anan mu.
But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
19 Na mede Lewifo no bɛkyɛ Aaron ne ne mmabarima. Lewifo no na wɔbɛyɛ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu nnwuma kronkron a anka ɛsɛ sɛ Israelfo no na wɔyɛ, na wɔn na wɔbɛbɔ afɔre ama nkurɔfo de ayɛ mpata ama wɔn sɛnea sɛ Israelfo no kɔ kronkronbea hɔ a ɔyaredɔm biara renka wɔn.”
And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”
20 Mose ne Aaron ne Israelfo no nyinaa faa ɔkwan a Awurade kyerɛɛ Mose no so pɛpɛɛpɛ de Lewifo no maa Awurade.
So Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel did with the Levites everything that the LORD had commanded Moses they should do.
21 Lewifo no dwiraa wɔn ho, horoo wɔn nneɛma. Na Aaron de wɔn hyɛɛ Awurade nsa sɛ ohim afɔre na ɔyɛɛ wɔn ho mpata adwuma de tew wɔn ho.
The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.
22 Ɛno akyi no, Lewifo no kɔyɛɛ adwuma wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan no mu a na Aaron ne ne mmabarima no hwɛ wɔn so Wɔyɛɛ biribiara sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ Mose sɛ wɔnyɛ no.
After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
23 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
And the LORD said to Moses,
24 “Eyi kɔ ma Lewifo no: Sɛ Lewini barima biara di mfe aduonu anum a, ma no nsom wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan mu,
“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
25 na sɛ wodi mfe aduonum a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔapɔn fi adwuma mu a wɔnnyɛ adwuma bio.
But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.
26 Sɛ wɔpɔn a, wotumi adi dwuma wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan mu hɔ de boa wɔn nuanom, mmom wɔn ankasa de, ɛnsɛ sɛ wɔhyɛ da yɛ adwuma. Eyi ne ɔkwan a momfa so mma Lewifo no adwuma nyɛ.”
After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”
