4 Mose 8
1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
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 you have said to him: In your causing the lights to go up, the seven lights give light toward the front of the face of the lampstand.”
3 Aaron yɛɛ saa; ɔsɔɔ akanea no ma ɛtow hann kɔɔ kaneadua no anim, sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ Mose no.
And Aaron does so; he has caused its lights to go up toward the front of the face of the lampstand, as YHWH has 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.
And this [is] the work of the lampstand: beaten work of gold; from its thigh to its flower it [is] beaten work; as the appearance which YHWH showed Moses, so he has made the lampstand.
5 Na Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
6 “Yi Lewifo no fi Israelfo no mu na tew wɔn ho.
“Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and you have cleansed them.
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.
And thus you do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle waters of atonement on them, and they have caused a razor to pass over all their flesh, and have washed their garments, and cleansed 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.
and have taken a bullock, a son of the herd, and its present, flour mixed with oil, and you take a second bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering;
9 Frɛ Israelfo no nyinaa hyia na fa Lewifo no bra Ahyiae Ntamadan no pon ano.
and you have brought the Levites near before the Tent of Meeting, and you have assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel,
10 Ɛhɔ na mpanyimfo a wotuatua mmusuakuw no ano no de wɔn nsa begu wɔn so.
and you have brought the Levites near before YHWH, and the sons of Israel have laid their hands on the Levites,
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.
and Aaron has waved the Levites [as] a wave-offering before YHWH, from the sons of Israel, and they have been [consecrated] for doing the service of YHWH.
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 lay their hands on the head of the bullocks, and make one a sin-offering and one a burnt-offering to YHWH, to atone 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.”
And you have caused the Levites to stand before Aaron, and before his sons, and have waved them [as] a wave-offering to YHWH;
14 Mobɛfa saa kwan yi so ayi Lewifo no afi Israelfo no mu ama me, na wɔayɛ me dea.
and you have separated the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have become Mine;
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.
and afterward the Levites come in to serve the Tent of Meeting, and you have cleansed them, and have waved them [as] a wave-offering.
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 they are certainly given to Me out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of him who opens any womb—the firstborn of all; I have taken them for Myself from 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 among the sons of Israel [is] Mine, among man and among beast; in the day of My striking every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself;
18 Mafa Lewifo no asi Israelfo mmakan nyinaa anan mu.
and I take the Levites instead of every 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 give the Levites [as] gifts to Aaron and to his sons, from the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel, and there is no plague among the sons of Israel in the sons of Israel drawing near to the holy place.”
20 Mose ne Aaron ne Israelfo no nyinaa faa ɔkwan a Awurade kyerɛɛ Mose no so pɛpɛɛpɛ de Lewifo no maa Awurade.
And Moses does—Aaron also, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel—to the Levites according to all that YHWH has commanded Moses concerning the Levites; so the sons of Israel have done to them.
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.
And the Levites cleanse themselves, and wash their garments, and Aaron waves them [as] a wave-offering before YHWH, and Aaron makes 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.
and afterward the Levites have gone in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting, before Aaron and before his sons; as YHWH has commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they have done to them.
23 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose se,
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
24 “Eyi kɔ ma Lewifo no: Sɛ Lewini barima biara di mfe aduonu anum a, ma no nsom wɔ Ahyiae Ntamadan mu,
“This [is] who [is] for the Levites: from a son of twenty-five years and upward he goes in to serve the host in the service of the Tent of Meeting,
25 na sɛ wodi mfe aduonum a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔapɔn fi adwuma mu a wɔnnyɛ adwuma bio.
and from a son of fifty years he returns from the host of the service, and does not serve anymore,
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.”
and he has ministered with his brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to keep the charge, and does not do service; thus you do to the Levites concerning their charge.”
