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Ekikondo ky’Ettaala

Awo Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti, (A)“Yogera ne Alooni omugambe nti, ‘Bw’oba oteekateeka ettaala omusanvu, zisaana zaake nga zimulisa ebbanga eryo eriri mu maaso g’ekikondo ky’ettaala.’ ”

Alooni n’akola bw’atyo; n’akoleeza ettaala ne zaaka nga zimulisa ebbanga eryali mu maaso g’ekikondo ky’ettaala, nga Mukama Katonda bwe yalagira Musa. (B)Ekikondo ky’ettaala kyakolebwa mu ngeri eno: kyaweesebwa mu zaabu okuva ku ntobo yaakyo okutuuka ku bimuli byakyo. Ekikondo ky’ettaala kyakolebwa ng’ekifaananyi ekyokulabirako Mukama Katonda kye yalaga Musa bwe kyali.

Obulongoofu bw’Abaleevi

Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti, (C)“Ggyamu Abaleevi mu baana ba Isirayiri, obafuule balongoofu. (D)Okubafuula abalongoofu ojja kukola bw’oti: bamansireko amazzi ag’obulongoofu, obalagire bamwe omubiri gwabwe gwonna, era booze n’engoye zaabwe, bwe batyo bafuuke abalongoofu. (E)Balagire baweeyo ente ya sseddume ento n’ekiweebwayo ekigenderako eky’obuwunga obulungi obutabuddwamu amafuta ag’omuzeeyituuni; n’oluvannyuma naawe oddire ente ya sseddume ento ogiweeyo olw’ekiweebwayo olw’ekibi. (F)Abaleevi obaleete mu maaso ga Weema ya Mukama ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu, era okuŋŋaanyize awo ekibiina ky’abaana ba Isirayiri bonna. 10 (G)Onooleeta Abaleevi mu maaso ga Mukama, era abaana ba Isirayiri bajja kussa emikono gyabwe ku Baleevi abo. 11 (H)Alooni ajja kuwaayo Abaleevi eri Mukama Katonda ng’ekiweebwayo ekiwuubibwa ekivudde mu baana ba Isirayiri, bwe batyo babe nga beetegese okukola omulimu gwa Mukama.

12 (I)“Abaleevi banassa emikono gyabwe ku mitwe gy’ente zisseddume zombi; emu onoogiwaayo ng’ekiweebwayo olw’ekibi, n’endala ng’ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa eri Mukama Katonda, okutangiririra Abaleevi. 13 Ojja kuyimiriza Abaleevi mu maaso ga Alooni ne batabani be, olyoke obaweeyo eri Mukama Katonda ng’ekiweebwayo ekiwuubibwa.

Abaleevi Bayawulwa ku Bantu

14 (J)“Bw’otyo bw’onooyawula Abaleevi okuva mu baana ba Isirayiri, era Abaleevi banaabanga bange.

15 (K)“Ebyo nga biwedde Abaleevi banaayingiranga mu Weema ya Mukama ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu ne baweereza, ng’omaze okubafuula abalongoofu era ng’obawaddeyo ng’ekiweebwayo ekiwuubibwa. 16 (L)Kubanga bampeereddwa ddala nga bava mu baana ba Isirayiri. Mbeetwalidde nga be bange ddala mu kifo ky’ababereberye, eky’abaana aboobulenzi ababereberye abazaalibwa buli mukazi Omuyisirayiri. 17 (M)Buli ekizaalibwa kyonna mu Isirayiri ekisajja nga kibereberye, oba muntu oba nsolo, kyange. Bwe nazikiriza ebibereberye byonna eby’omu nsi y’e Misiri, ebya Isirayiri nabyeyawulirako ne biba byange. 18 (N)Kaakano ntutte Abaleevi mu kifo ky’ababereberye mu baana ba Isirayiri. 19 (O)Nzigye Abaleevi mu baana ba Isirayiri ne mbagabira Alooni ne batabani be ng’ekirabo, bakolererenga abaana ba Isirayiri nga baweereza mu Weema ya Mukama ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu nga batangiririra abaana ba Isirayiri balemenga kulumbibwa kawumpuli nga babadde basemberedde awatukuvu.”

20 Bwe batyo Musa ne Alooni n’ekibiina kyonna eky’abaana ba Isirayiri ne bakola ku Baleevi ebyo byonna nga Mukama bwe yalagira Musa. 21 (P)Abaleevi ne bayoza engoye zaabwe, ne Alooni n’abawaayo ng’ekiweebwayo ekiwuubibwa eri Mukama Katonda, n’abatangiririra okubafuula abalongoofu. 22 Ebyo bwe byaggwa Abaleevi ne bajja okukola omulimu gwabwe nga baweereza mu Weema ya Mukama ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu, nga balabirirwa Alooni ne batabani be. Baakola byonna ku Baleevi nga Mukama Katonda bwe yalagira Musa.

23 Awo Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti, 24 (Q)“Bino bye bikwata ku Baleevi: Abasajja ab’emyaka amakumi abiri mu etaano egy’obukulu n’okusingawo, banajjanga ne batandika emirimu gyabwe mu Weema ya Mukama ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu; 25 naye bwe banaawezanga emyaka egy’obukulu amakumi ataano banaawummuliranga ddala ne bava ku mirimu emitongole egya bulijjo ne bateeyongera kuweereza. 26 Naye banaayinzanga okudduukirirako ku booluganda abanaabanga bakola emirimu egyo mu Weema ya Mukama ey’Okukuŋŋaanirangamu, naye bo ku lwabwe tebaakolenga mirimu egyo mu butongole. Bw’otyo bw’onootegekanga emirimu gy’Abaleevi.”

Setting Up the Lamps

The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.(A)’”

Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the Lord commanded Moses. This is how the lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold(B)—from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern(C) the Lord had shown Moses.

The Setting Apart of the Levites

The Lord said to Moses: “Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.(D) To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing(E) on them; then have them shave their whole bodies(F) and wash their clothes.(G) And so they will purify themselves.(H) Have them take a young bull with its grain offering of the finest flour mixed with olive oil;(I) then you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.[a](J) Bring the Levites to the front of the tent of meeting(K) and assemble the whole Israelite community.(L) 10 You are to bring the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.(M) 11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering(N) from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the Lord.

12 “Then the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls,(O) using one for a sin offering(P) to the Lord and the other for a burnt offering,(Q) to make atonement(R) for the Levites. 13 Have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and then present them as a wave offering(S) to the Lord. 14 In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.(T)

15 “After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering,(U) they are to come to do their work at the tent of meeting.(V) 16 They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn,(W) the first male offspring(X) from every Israelite woman. 17 Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal,(Y) is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.(Z) 18 And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons in Israel.(AA) 19 From among all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons(AB) to do the work at the tent of meeting on behalf of the Israelites(AC) and to make atonement for them(AD) so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”

20 Moses, Aaron and the whole Israelite community did with the Levites just as the Lord commanded Moses. 21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes.(AE) Then Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the Lord and made atonement(AF) for them to purify them.(AG) 22 After that, the Levites came to do their work(AH) at the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did with the Levites just as the Lord commanded Moses.

23 The Lord said to Moses, 24 “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more(AI) shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting,(AJ) 25 but at the age of fifty,(AK) they must retire from their regular service and work no longer. 26 They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work.(AL) This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 8:8 Or purification offering; also in verse 12