Numbers 18
1 Olúwa sọ fún Aaroni pé, “Ìwọ, àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ àti ìdílé baba rẹ ni yóò ru gbogbo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tí wọ́n ti dá fún ilé tí a yà sí mímọ́ fún Ọlọ́run, àti ìwọ àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ nìkan ni yóò máa ru ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ iṣẹ́ àlùfáà yín.
Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and the other members of your father’s family are the ones (who will be punished/whom I will punish) [if anything bad happens to the things] inside the Sacred Tent. But only you and your sons will be punished if the priests do something bad.
2 Kí o sì mú àwọn ènìyàn rẹ ará Lefi láti ẹ̀yà ìran rẹ láti dàpọ̀ mọ́ ìwọ láti ràn ọ́ lọ́wọ́ nígbà tí ìwọ àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ ọkùnrin bá ń ṣe iṣẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ níwájú Àgọ́ ẹ̀rí.
Require that those who belong to your tribe, the tribe of Levi, must assist you and your sons while you perform your work at the Sacred Tent.
3 Àwọn ni ó yẹ láti dúró fún ọ àti láti ṣe gbogbo iṣẹ́ ti Àgọ́, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò gbọdọ̀ súnmọ́ ibi tí a ti ṣe lọ́ṣọ̀ọ́ tí a sì yà sí mímọ́ tàbí ibi pẹpẹ, tàbí gbogbo wọn àti ìwọ ló máa kú.
But while they do that work, they must not go near the sacred items inside the tent or near the altar. If they do that, they will die, and you will die, too!
4 Ó yẹ kí wọ́n darapọ̀ mọ́ ọ láti jẹ ìyà iṣẹ́ fún àìtọ́jú ibi ti àgọ́ ìpàdé àti gbogbo iṣẹ́ tí ó wà ní ibi àgọ́, àti wí pé kò sí àlejò tí ó le wá sí ẹ̀gbẹ́ ibi tí o wà.
They may assist you in doing all the work to take care of the Sacred Tent, but no one else is permitted to come near the place where you are working.
5 “Kí o sì mójútó iṣẹ́ ibi mímọ́ àti iṣẹ́ ibi pẹpẹ, kí ìbínú má ba wá sí orí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli mọ́.
“You are the ones who will do the sacred work inside the Sacred Tent and at the altar. If you obey these instructions, I will not become very angry with the Israeli people again.
6 Èmi fúnra mi ti yan àwọn arákùnrin rẹ tí í ṣe ọmọ Lefi kún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli yòókù, wọn jẹ́ ẹ̀bùn fún ọ, èyí ni a fún Olúwa láti ṣe iṣẹ́ tí ó wà ní àgọ́ ìpàdé.
I myself have chosen the descendants of Levi from the other Israelis in order that they may be your special helpers. They are like a gift that I have given you to work at the Sacred Tent.
7 Ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ ni yóò mójútó iṣẹ́ àlùfáà yín fún gbogbo ohun tó bá jẹ mọ́ ibi pẹpẹ àti ti ẹ̀yin aṣọ títa, ẹ ó sì máa ṣiṣẹ́ ibi pẹpẹ àti nínú aṣọ tí a ta. Mo fún ọ ní iṣẹ́ àlùfáà gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀bùn. Ṣùgbọ́n àlejò tí ó bá súnmọ́ tòsí ibi ìyàsímímọ́ fún Ọlọ́run ni a ó pa.”
But it is you and your sons, who are the priests, who must perform all the rituals concerning the altar and with what happens inside the Very Holy Place. I am giving to you this work of serving as priests. So anyone else who tries to do that work must be executed.”
8 Nígbà náà ni Olúwa sọ fún Aaroni pé, “Èmi fúnra mi ti fi ọ́ ṣọ́ ìdí gbogbo ẹbọ tí a bá mú wá fún gbogbo ọrẹ mímọ́ tí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli bá fún mi, mo fún ìwọ àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpín rẹ tí yóò máa ṣe.
Yahweh also said to Aaron, “I myself have appointed you to take care of all the sacred offerings that the Israeli people bring to me. I have given all these sacred offerings to you and to your sons. You and your descendants will get a share of these offerings permanently.
9 Ìwọ ni kí o ni ìpín ọrẹ mímọ́ jùlọ tí a mú kúrò ní ibi iná, nínú gbogbo ọrẹ tí wọ́n mú wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹbọ mímọ́ jùlọ, yálà ẹbọ ohun jíjẹ, ẹbọ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ tàbí ẹbọ ẹ̀bi, ìpín wọ̀nyí jẹ́ ti ìwọ àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ.
The parts of the offerings that are not completely burned on the altar belong to you. Those parts of the sacred offerings, including the offerings of grain, the offerings for sins and for the people to be forgiven for not giving me what they are required to give, are set apart, and are to be given to you and your sons.
10 Ẹ jẹ ẹ́ ní ibi mímọ́ jùlọ, gbogbo ọkùnrin ni ó gbọdọ̀ jẹ ẹ́. Ó gbọdọ̀ kà á sí mímọ́.
You must eat those offerings in a sacred place, [near the Sacred Tent]. You and all of the other males [in your clan] may eat them, but you must consider those offerings to be holy/dedicated to me.
11 “Èyí tún jẹ́ tìrẹ pẹ̀lú: ohunkóhun tí a bá yà sọ́tọ̀ lára ẹ̀bùn ọrẹ fífì àwọn ọmọ Israẹli. Mó fún ìwọ àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ ọkùnrin àti ọmọ rẹ obìnrin gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpín tí yóò máa ṣe déédé nínú ìdílé rẹ, tí o bá wà ní mímọ́ ni o le jẹ ẹ́.
“The priests lift up high the sacred offerings while they are standing in front of the altar. All of those offerings that the Israelis offer to me belong to you and your sons and daughters. They will always be your share. All the members of your family who [have performed the rituals to cause them to] be acceptable to me are permitted to eat from these offerings.
12 “Mo fún ọ ní gbogbo òróró tí ó dára jùlọ àti gbogbo ọtí tuntun dáradára jùlọ àti ọkà tí wọ́n mú wá fún Olúwa ní àkọ́so ohun ọ̀gbìn wọn tí wọ́n kórè.
“am [also] giving to you the first food that people harvest each year and bring to me—the best [olive] oil and new wine and grain.
13 Gbogbo àkọ́so nǹkan ilẹ̀ wọ́n tí wọn mú wá fún Olúwa yóò jẹ́ tìrẹ. Ẹnikẹ́ni nínú ìdílé rẹ, àwọn tí ó jẹ́ mímọ́ nínú ìdílé rẹ lè jẹ ẹ́.
All of the first crops that people harvest and bring to me belong to you. Anyone in your family who has [performed the ritual to] become acceptable to me is permitted to eat that food.
14 “Gbogbo nǹkan tí a yà sọ́tọ̀ fún Olúwa ní Israẹli jẹ́ tìrẹ.
“Everything in Israel that is set apart to belong to me also belongs to you.
15 Gbogbo àkọ́bí nínú gbogbo ohun alààyè tí wọ́n mú wá fún Olúwa, ìbá à jẹ́ ti ènìyàn tàbí ti ẹranko jẹ́ tìrẹ ṣùgbọ́n o gbọdọ̀ ra gbogbo àkọ́bí ọmọkùnrin padà àti àkọ́bí àwọn ẹranko aláìmọ́.
The firstborn males, both humans and domestic animals, that are offered to me, will be yours. But people must buy back their firstborn sons and the firstborn animals that may not be used for sacrifices.
16 Nígbà tí wọ́n bá pé oṣù kan, o gbọdọ̀ rà wọ́n padà ní iye owó ìràpadà tí í ṣe ṣékélì márùn-ún fàdákà, gẹ́gẹ́ bí iye ṣékélì ibi mímọ́ tí ó wọn ìwọ̀n ogún gera.
They must buy them back when they are one month old. The price that they must pay [for each one] is five pieces of silver. They must weigh the silver on the scales that are in the Sacred Tent.
17 “Ṣùgbọ́n o kò gbọdọ̀ ra àwọn àkọ́bí ọmọ màlúù, àgùntàn tàbí ewúrẹ́; wọ́n jẹ́ mímọ́. Wọ́n ẹ̀jẹ̀ wọn sórí pẹpẹ kí o sì sun ọ̀rá rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọrẹ àfinásun, ẹbọ òórùn dídùn sí Olúwa.
“But they are not permitted to buy back the firstborn cattle or sheep or goats. They are holy and have been set apart for me. [Slaughter them and] sprinkle their blood on the altar. Then completely burn the fat of those animals [on the altar] to be an offering to me. The smell as they burn will be very pleasing to me.
18 Ẹran wọn gbọdọ̀ jẹ́ tìrẹ, gẹ́gẹ́ bí igẹ̀ ọrẹ ẹbọ fífì àti itan ọ̀tún ṣe jẹ́ tìrẹ.
The meat from those offerings will be yours, just like the breast and right thigh of animals that are presented to me to maintain fellowship with me as the priest lifts them up high in front of the altar are yours.
19 Ohunkóhun tí a bá ti yà sọ́tọ̀ nínú ọrẹ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli tí wọ́n mú wá fún Olúwa ni mo fún ìwọ àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ ọkùnrin àti ọmọ rẹ obìnrin gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpín rẹ tí yóò máa ṣe déédé. Ó jẹ́ májẹ̀mú iyọ̀ láéláé níwájú Olúwa fún ìwọ àti ọmọ rẹ.”
Anything that the Israeli people present to me as holy/sacred gifts, I am giving to you. They are for you and your sons and daughters [to eat]. They will always be your share. This is an agreement that I am making with you, an agreement that will (last forever/never be changed). I am also making this agreement with your descendants.”
20 Olúwa sọ fún Aaroni pé, “O kò ní ní ogún nínú ilẹ̀ wọn bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ kò ní ní ìpín láàrín wọn; Èmi ni ìpín àti ogún rẹ láàrín àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.
Yahweh also said to Aaron, “You priests will not receive any of the land or the property like the [other] Israeli people will receive. I am what you will receive.
21 “Mó ti fún àwọn ọmọ Lefi ní gbogbo ìdámẹ́wàá ní Israẹli gẹ́gẹ́ bí ogún fún iṣẹ́ tí wọ́n ṣe, nígbà tí wọ́n ń ṣiṣẹ́ níbi àgọ́ ìpàdé.
“Then the Israeli people bring to me a tenth of all [the crops and of their newborn animals], I will give that to you descendants of Levi. That will be your payment for the work you do at the Sacred Tent.
22 Láti ìsinsin yìí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli, kò gbọdọ̀ súnmọ́ àgọ́ ìpàdé, bí wọ́n bá ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, wọn yóò jẹ ìyà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn, wọn á sì kú.
The other Israelis must not go near that tent. If they go near it, [I will consider that their doing that is a sin, and] they will die for committing that sin.
23 Àwọn ọmọ Lefi ní ó gbọdọ̀ ṣe iṣẹ́ tí ó wà nínú àgọ́ ìpàdé, wọn yóò sì jìyà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn bí wọ́n bá kúrò láti ṣe é. Èyí ni ìlànà láéláé fún àwọn ìran tí ó ń bọ̀. Wọn kò nígbà ogún kankan láàrín àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.
Only the descendants of Levi are permitted to work at the Sacred Tent, and they will be punished if anything bad happens to it. That is a law that will never be changed. You descendants of Levi will not receive any land among the other Israeli people,
24 Kàkà bẹ́ẹ̀, mo fún àwọn ọmọ Lefi gẹ́gẹ́ bí ogún wọn, ìdákan nínú ìdámẹ́wàá tí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli pèsè gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọrẹ sí Olúwa. Èyí ni mo wí nípa wọn. Wọn kò ní gba ogún kankan láàrín àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.”
because I will give you one tenth of all the [crops and animals] that the Israelis bring to be offerings to me. That is why I said that you will not receive any land like the other Israelis will receive.”
25 Olúwa sọ fún Mose pé,
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
26 “Sọ fún àwọn ọmọ Lefi kí o sì wí fún wọn pé: ‘Nígbà tí ìdámẹ́wàá bá ń wọlé láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli gẹ́gẹ́ bí ogún rẹ. O gbọdọ̀ mú ìdámẹ́wàá lára rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọrẹ Olúwa.
“Tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you receive one tenth of all [the crops and animals] from the Israeli people, you must give one tenth of all that to me to be a sacred offering.
27 A ó ka ọrẹ rẹ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọkà irúgbìn láti ilẹ̀ ìpakà tàbí wáìnì láti fún wa.
Just like the other Israelis give one tenth of the grain and wine that they produce,
28 Báyìí ni ìwọ gan an náà yóò mú ọrẹ wa fún Olúwa láti ara ìdámẹ́wàá tí ìwọ gbà láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli. Láti ara ìdámẹ́wàá ó gbọdọ̀ mú ọrẹ Olúwa fún Aaroni àlùfáà.
you must give to me one tenth of all that you receive from them. That will be your sacred offering to me. You must present it to Aaron.
29 Ìwọ gbọdọ̀ mú wá gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìpín Olúwa èyí tí ó dára jùlọ àti tí ó jẹ́ mímọ́ jùlọ lára gbogbo nǹkan tí wọ́n mú wá fún ọ.’
Select the best parts of the things that are given to you to give them to me.’
30 “Sọ fún àwọn ọmọ pé, ‘Nígbà tí ẹ̀yin bá mú ìpín tí ó dára jù wá, a ó kà á sí fún àwọn ọmọ Lefi gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìkórè láti ilẹ̀ ìpakà tàbí ìfúntí yín.
“Also, tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you present those best portions of grain and wine as your offering to me, I will consider that those gifts are as though they came from your own grain fields and vineyards.
31 Ìwọ àti àwọn ìdílé rẹ̀ le jẹ èyí tí ó kù ní ibikíbi gbogbo. Nítorí pé ó jẹ́ ọrẹ fún iṣẹ́ rẹ níbi àgọ́ ìpàdé.
You descendants of Levi and your families are permitted to eat [the rest of] that food, and you may eat it wherever [you want to], because it is your payment for the work that you do at the Sacred Tent.
32 Nípa ṣíṣe ìgbékalẹ̀ ìpín tí ó dára jùlọ o kò ní jẹ̀bi lórí ọ̀rọ̀ yìí, ìwọ kò sì ní ba ọrẹ mímọ́ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli jẹ́, ìwọ kì yóò sì kú.’”
If you give to the priests the best portions of what you receive, you will not be punished [by me] for accepting one tenth of the gifts that the people bring to me. But you must consider those gifts to be sacred/holy. If you sin [by eating those things in ways that are contrary to these regulations that I have given to you], you will be executed.’”
