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Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Lango la ua wa ndani, lielekealo upande wa mashariki
“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened.
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Naye mkuu ataingia kwa njia ya ukumbi wa lango lile, upande wa nje, naye
The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.
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Watu wa nchi nao wataabudu mbele ya mlango wa lile lango mbele za Bwana, siku za
On the Sabbaths and New Moons the people of the land are also to bow in worship before the LORD at the entrance to that gateway.
4
Nayo sadaka ya kuteketezwa, ambayo mkuu atamtolea Bwana siku ya sabato, itakuwa
The burnt offering that the prince presents to the LORD on the Sabbath day shall be six unblemished male lambs and an unblemished ram.
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Na sadaka ya unga itakuwa efa moja kwa kondoo mume, na sadaka ya unga kwa wale
The grain offering with the ram shall be one ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
6
Na siku ya mwezi mpya itakuwa ni ng'ombe mume mchanga mkamilifu; na wana-kondoo
On the day of the New Moon he shall offer a young, unblemished bull, six lambs, and a ram without blemish.
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Naye atatengeneza sadaka ya unga, efa moja kwa ng'ombe mume, na efa moja kwa
He is to provide a grain offering of an ephah with the bull, an ephah with the ram, and as much as he is able with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
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Naye mkuu atakapoingia, ataingia kwa njia ya ukumbi wa lango lile, naye atatoka
When the prince enters, he shall go in through the portico of the gateway, and he shall go out the same way.
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Lakini watu wa nchi watakapokuja mbele za Bwana katika sikukuu zilizoamriwa, yeye
When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.
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Naye mkuu atakapoingia, ataingia katikati yao, nao, watakapotoka, watatoka wote
When the people enter, the prince shall go in with them, and when they leave, he shall leave.
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Na katika sikukuu hizo, na sikukuu nyingine zilizoamriwa, sadaka ya unga itakuwa
At the festivals and appointed feasts, the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and as much as one is able to give with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
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Naye mkuu atakapotengeneza sadaka atoayo kwa hiari yake mwenyewe, sadaka ya
When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.
13
Nawe utatengeneza mwana-kondoo wa mwaka wa kwanza, mkamilifu, kuwa sadaka ya
And you shall provide an unblemished year-old lamb as a daily burnt offering to the LORD; you are to offer it every morning.
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Nawe utatengeneza sadaka ya unga pamoja nayo kila siku asubuhi, sehemu ya sita
You are also to provide with it every morning a grain offering of a sixth of an ephah with a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour—a grain offering to the LORD. This is a permanent statute.
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Hivyo ndivyo watakavyomtengeneza mwana-kondoo, na sadaka ya unga, na mafuta,
Thus they shall provide the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil every morning as a regular burnt offering.’
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Bwana MUNGU asema hivi; Mkuu akimpa mwanawe awaye yote zawadi, ni urithi wake,
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons as an inheritance, it will belong to his descendants. It will become their property by inheritance.
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Bali akimpa mmoja wa watumishi wake baadhi ya urithi wake, itakuwa mali yake
But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.
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Tena mkuu hatawaondolea watu urithi wao, hata kuwatoa kwa nguvu katika milki
The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
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Ndipo akanileta kati ya maingilio, yaliyokuwa kando ya lango, mpaka vyumba
Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end
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Akaniambia, Hapa ndipo mahali pa makuhani, watakapoitokosa sadaka ya hatia, na
and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”
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Kisha akanileta mpaka ua wa nje, akanipitisha karibu na pembe nne za ua huo; na
Then he brought me into the outer court and led me around to its four corners, and I saw a separate court in each of its corners.
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Katika pembe nne za ua huo palikuwa na viwanja vilivyoungana, urefu wake dhiraa
In the four corners of the outer court there were enclosed courts, each forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. Each of the four corner areas had the same dimensions.
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Tena palikuwa na safu ndani yake pande zote, kuvizunguka vile viwanja vinne;
Around the inside of each of the four courts was a row of masonry with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides.
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Ndipo akaniambia, Hizi ni nyumba za kutokosea, ambamo wahudumu wa nyumba
And he said to me, “These are the kitchens where those who minister at the temple will cook the sacrifices offered by the people.”