4 Mose 8
1 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
And the Lord said to Moses,
2 “Ka kyerɛ Aaron sɛ, sɛ ɔsɔ nkanea nson a ɛwɔ kaneadua no so no a, ɔnsɔ no sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, ɛbɛto ne hann no akɔ nʼanim.”
Say to Aaron, When you put the lights in their places, the seven lights will give light in front of the support.
3 Enti, Aaron yɛɛ saa.
And Aaron did so; he put the lights in their places so that they gave light in front of the support, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
4 Kaneadua no ne nhwiren a wɔde asiesie nʼase ne ne mman no nyinaa, sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔaboro na wɔde yɛeɛ. Wɔyɛɛ no sɛdeɛ Awurade kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ wɔnyɛ no no.
The support for the lights was of hammered gold work, from its base to its flowers it was of hammered work; from the design which the Lord had given to Moses, he made the support for the lights.
5 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
And the Lord said to Moses,
6 “Yi Lewifoɔ no firi Israelfoɔ no mu na te wɔn ho.
Take the Levites out from among the children of Israel and make them clean.
7 Fa ahodwira nsuo pete wɔn so. Ma wɔnyi wɔn ho nwi nyinaa, na wɔnsi wɔn nneɛma nyinaa, afei wɔn ho bɛte.
And this is how you are to make them clean: let the holy water which takes away sin be put on them, and let the hair all over their bodies be cut off with a sharp blade, and let their clothing be washed and their bodies made clean.
8 Afei, ma wɔmfa nantwinini ba ne aduane afɔrebɔdeɛ a ɛyɛ asikyiresiam a wɔayam no muhumuhu a wɔde ngo afra a nantwinini ba baako ka ho a wɔde no bɛbɔ bɔne ho afɔdeɛ mmra.
Then let them take a young ox and its meal offering, crushed grain mixed with oil, and take another ox for a sin-offering.
9 Afei, frɛ Israelfoɔ no nyinaa hyia na fa Lewifoɔ no bra Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no ɛpono ano.
And make the Levites come forward in front of the Tent of meeting, and let all the children of Israel come together:
10 Ɛhɔ, wɔ Awurade anim, mpanimfoɔ a wɔtuatua mmusuakuo no ano no de wɔn nsa bɛgu wɔn so
And you are to take the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel are to put their hands on them:
11 na Aaron ayɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ bi sɛ ɔde wɔn rema Awurade sɛ akyɛdeɛ a ɛfiri Israel manfoɔ nyinaa nkyɛn. Lewifoɔ bɛsi nnipa no nyinaa anan asom Awurade.
And Aaron is to give the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the children of Israel, so that they may do the Lord's work.
12 “Afei, Lewifoɔ mpanimfoɔ no de wɔn nsa bɛgu nantwie mma no apampam na wɔde wɔn ama Awurade. Wɔde baako bɛbɔ bɔne ho afɔdeɛ na wɔde baako nso abɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ de ayɛ mpatadeɛ ama Lewifoɔ no.
And the Levites are to put their hands on the heads of the oxen, and one of the oxen is to be offered for a sin-offering and the other for a burned offering to the Lord to take away the sin of the Levites.
13 Afei, wɔde Lewifoɔ no bɛma Aaron ne ne mma te sɛ deɛ wɔde afɔrebɔdeɛ biara fa asɔfoɔ so de ma Awurade no.
Then the Levites are to be put before Aaron and his sons, to be offered as a wave offering to the Lord.
14 Monam saa ɛkwan yi so bɛyi Lewifoɔ no afiri Israelfoɔ no mu ama me, na wɔayɛ me dea.
So you are to make the Levites separate from the children of Israel, and the Levites will be mine.
15 “Sɛ mote wɔn ho na mofa saa ɛkwan yi so de wɔn ma me a, afei, wɔbɛdi ahyɛnfirie wɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no mu, adi wɔn dwuma.
After that, the Levites will go in to do whatever has to be done in the Tent of meeting; you are to make them clean and give them as a wave offering.
16 Israelfoɔ mu nyinaa, wɔn na wɔyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ, na magye wɔn atom asi Israelfoɔ mmakan nyinaa anan. Mafa Lewifoɔ no sɛ wɔn ananmusifoɔ.
For they have been given to me from among the children of Israel; in place of every mother's first son, the first to come to birth in Israel, I have taken them for myself.
17 Ɛfiri sɛ, Israelfoɔ mmakan nyinaa yɛ me dea—nnipa ne mmoa nyinaa. Anadwo a mekumm Misraimfoɔ mmakan nyinaa no ara na mefaa wɔn de wɔn yɛɛ me nkurɔfoɔ.
For every mother's first son among the children of Israel is mine, the first male birth of man or beast: on the day when I sent death on all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I made them mine.
18 Mafa Lewifoɔ no asi Israelfoɔ mmakan nyinaa anan mu.
And in place of the first sons among the children of Israel, I have taken the Levites.
19 Na mede Lewifoɔ no bɛkyɛ Aaron ne ne mmammarima. Lewifoɔ no na wɔbɛyɛ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no mu nnwuma kronkron a anka ɛsɛ sɛ Israelfoɔ no na wɔyɛ, na wɔn na wɔbɛbɔ afɔdeɛ ama nkurɔfoɔ de ayɛ mpatadeɛ ama wɔn. Ɔyaredɔm biara renka Israelfoɔ no, nanso sɛ nnipa afoforɔ biara kɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no mu a, wɔbɛyareyare.”
And I have given them to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to undertake for them all the work of the Tent of meeting, and to take away sin from the children of Israel so that no evil may come on them when they come near the holy place.
20 Enti, Mose ne Aaron ne Israelfoɔ no nyinaa faa ɛkwan a Awurade kyerɛɛ Mose no so pɛpɛɛpɛ de Lewifoɔ no maa Awurade.
All these things Moses and Aaron and the children of Israel did to the Levites; as the Lord gave orders to Moses about the Levites, so the children of Israel did.
21 Lewifoɔ no dwiraa wɔn ho, sii wɔn nneɛma ɛnna Aaron de wɔn hyɛɛ Awurade nsa. Ɔyɛɛ wɔn ho mpatadwuma de tee wɔn ho.
And the Levites were made clean from sin, and their clothing was washed, and Aaron gave them for a wave offering before the Lord; and Aaron took away their sin and made them clean.
22 Ɛno akyi, wɔkɔɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan no mu sɛ Aaron ne ne mmammarima aboafoɔ. Wɔyɛɛ biribiara sɛdeɛ Awurade hyɛɛ Mose sɛ wɔnyɛ no.
And then the Levites went in to do their work in the Tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons: all the orders which the Lord had given Moses about the Levites were put into effect.
23 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ,
And the Lord said to Moses,
24 “Sɛ Lewini biara di mfeɛ aduonu enum a, ma no mfiri aseɛ nsom wɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan mu,
This is the rule for the Levites: those of twenty-five years old and over are to go in and do the work of the Tent of meeting;
25 na wɔdi mfeɛ aduonum a, wɔapɔn wɔn ho.
But after they are fifty years old, they are to give up their work and do no more;
26 Sɛ wɔpɔn wɔn ho a, wɔtumi di dwuma nketenkete wɔ Ahyiaeɛ Ntomadan mu hɔ. Wɔrenyɛ nnwuma a daa ɛbɛgye wɔn berɛ.”
But be with their brothers in the Tent of meeting, taking care of it but doing no work. This is what you are to do in connection with the Levites and their work.
