1
Tena, mtakapoigawanya nchi kwa kura iwe urithi, mtamtolea Bwana toleo, sehemu
“When you divide the land by lot as an inheritance, you are to set aside a portion for the LORD, a holy portion of the land 25,000 cubits long and 20,000 cubits wide. This entire tract of land will be holy.
2
Katika hiyo itakuwako sehemu kwa mahali patakatifu, urefu wake mia tano, na upana
Within this area there is to be a section for the sanctuary 500 cubits square, with 50 cubits around it for open land.
3
Na kwa kipimo hicho utapima, urefu wa ishirini na tano elfu, na upana wa elfu
From this holy portion, you are to measure off a length of 25,000 cubits and a width of 10,000 cubits, and in it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
4
Hiyo ni sehemu takatifu ya nchi; itakuwa ya makuhani, wahudumu wa patakatifu,
It will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.
5
Tena urefu wa ishirini na tano elfu, na upana wa elfu kumi, ni sehemu ya Walawi,
An adjacent area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide shall belong to the Levites who minister in the temple; it will be their possession for towns in which to live.
6
Nanyi mtaiandika milki ya mji, upana wake elfu tano, na urefu wake ishirini na
As the property of the city, you are to set aside an area 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, adjacent to the holy district. It will belong to the whole house of Israel.
7
Na sehemu itakayokuwa ya mkuu itakuwa upande huu, na upande huu, wa toleo
Now the prince will have the area bordering each side of the area formed by the holy district and the property of the city, extending westward from the western side and eastward from the eastern side, running lengthwise from the western boundary to the eastern boundary and parallel to one of the tribal portions.
8
Katika nchi hiyo itakuwa milki kwake katika Israeli; wala wakuu wangu
This land will be his possession in Israel. And My princes will no longer oppress My people, but will give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
9
Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Na iwatoshe ninyi, enyi wakuu wa Israeli; ondoeni dhuluma
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
10
Mtakuwa na mizani ya haki, na efa ya haki, na bathi ya haki.
You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
11
Efa na bathi zitakuwa za kipimo kimoja; ili kwamba bathi ichukue sehemu ya kumi
The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.
12
Nayo shekeli itakuwa gera ishirini; shekeli tano zitakuwa shekeli tano, shekeli
The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
13
Toleo mtakalotoa ni hili; sehemu ya sita ya efa katika homeri moja ya ngano,
This is the contribution you are to offer: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley.
14
na sehemu ya mafuta iliyoamriwa, katika bathi ya mafuta, itakuwa sehemu ya kumi
The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer).
15
na mwana-kondoo mmoja wa kundi katika mia mbili, katika malisho ya Israeli yenye
And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people, declares the Lord GOD.
16
Watu wote wa nchi watatoa toleo hili kwa ajili ya mkuu katika Israeli.
All the people of the land must participate in this contribution for the prince in Israel.
17
Tena itakuwa kazi ya mkuu kutoa hizo sadaka za kuteketezwa, na sadaka za unga,
And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.
18
Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Mwezi wa kwanza, siku ya kwanza ya mwezi, utatwaa
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the first day of the first month you are to take a young bull without blemish and purify the sanctuary.
19
Na kuhani atatwaa baadhi ya damu ya sadaka ya dhambi, na kuitia juu ya miimo ya
And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the inner court.
20
Nawe utafanya vivyo hivyo katika mwezi wa saba, siku ya kwanza ya mwezi kwa
You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance. In this way you will make atonement for the temple.
21
Mwezi wa kwanza, siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi, mtakuwa na Pasaka, sikukuu ya
On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten.
22
Na siku hiyo mkuu atatengeneza ng'ombe kuwa sadaka ya dhambi, kwa ajili ya nafsi
On that day the prince shall provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of the land.
23
Tena, katika zile siku saba za sikukuu atamtengenezea Bwana sadaka ya
Each day during the seven days of the feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, along with a male goat for a sin offering.
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Naye atatengeneza sadaka ya unga, efa moja kwa ng'ombe, na efa moja kwa kondoo
He shall also provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull and an ephah for each ram, along with a hin of olive oil for each ephah of grain.
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katika mwezi wa saba, siku ya kumi na tano ya mwezi, katika sikukuu atafanya
During the seven days of the feast that begins on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, he is to make the same provision for sin offerings, burnt offerings, grain offerings, and oil.’