Numbers 18

The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood.

Da bi Yesu nam abebu so kyerɛɛ n’asuafo no hia a ehia sɛ wɔbɔ mpae daa a wɔmpa abaw.

Bring your fellow Levites from your ancestral tribe to join you and assist you when you and your sons minister before the tent of the covenant law.

Yesu kae se, “Ɔtemmufo bi tenaa kurow bi mu a na onsuro Onyankopɔn, mfɛre onipa biara.

They are to be responsible to you and are to perform all the duties of the tent, but they must not go near the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar. Otherwise both they and you will die.

Na ɔbea kunafo bi te saa kurow yi mu a, ɔne obi wɔ asɛm. Daa na saa okunafo yi kɔ ɔtemmufo no nkyɛn kɔsrɛ no sɛ onni n’asɛm no mma no.

They are to join you and be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting—all the work at the tent—and no one else may come near where you are.

Mfitiase no, ɔtemmufo no ammua no. Nanso akyiri yi ɔkae se, ‘Ɛwom sɛ minsuro Onyankopɔn, mfɛre onipa biara de,

“You are to be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the altar, so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelites again.

nanso esiane sɛ daa ɔbea yi haw me nti, mɛhwɛ adi asɛm no yiye ama no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɔremmɛhaw me bio!’

I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting.

Awurade toaa so se, “Moate asɛm a ɔtemmufo yi a ɔnteɛ no kae.

But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.”

Offerings for Priests and Levites

Munnnye nnni sɛ Onyankopɔn bedi ama ne mma a daa wosu frɛ no awia ne anadwo no no anaa ɔbɛtwentwɛn ne nan ase anaa?

Then the Lord said to Aaron, “I myself have put you in charge of the offerings presented to me; all the holy offerings the Israelites give me I give to you and your sons as your portion, your perpetual share.

Merema moate ase sɛ, ɔbɛyɛ wɔn apɛde ama wɔn ntɛm. Sɛ Onipa Ba no san ba a, nnipa baahe na obehu wɔn sɛ wɔwɔ ne mu gyidi?”

Farisini ne towgyeni

You are to have the part of the most holy offerings that is kept from the fire. From all the gifts they bring me as most holy offerings, whether grain or sin^[a] or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.

Yesu san buu bɛ bi faa nnipa a wobu wɔn ho sɛ atreneefo na ɛno nti wobu afoforo animtia no ho se,

Eat it as something most holy; every male shall eat it. You must regard it as holy.

“Da bi nnipa baanu bi kɔɔ asɔredan mu kɔbɔɔ mpae. Na wɔn mu baako yɛ Farisini a obu ne ho, na ɔbaako no nso yɛ towgyeni.

“This also is yours: whatever is set aside from the gifts of all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I give this to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.

Farisini yi kogyinaa baabi a obiara behu no bɔɔ mpae se, ‘Onyankopɔn, meda wo ase sɛ mente sɛ nnipa a aka no te sɛ apoobɔfo, nkontompofo, aguamammɔfo ne saa towgyeni a ogyina hɔ yi.

“I give you all the finest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain they give the Lord as the firstfruits of their harvest.

Nnawɔtwe biara mu, midi mmuada mprenu na nea minya biara nso, miyi mu nkyɛm du mu baako de ma.’

All the land’s firstfruits that they bring to the Lord will be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it.

”Saa bere no na towgyeni no gyina akyiri baabi a ɔmpɛ sɛ ɔma n’ani so kyerɛ soro. Ɔde ne nsa guu ne bo bɔɔ mpae se, ‘Onyankopɔn, hu me ɔdebɔneyɛfo mmɔbɔ!’

“Everything in Israel that is devoted^[b] to the Lord is yours.

Mereka akyerɛ mo se, nea towgyeni no yɛe no sɔɔ Onyankopɔn ani sen nea Farisini no yɛe no. Obiara a ɔma ne ho so no, wɔbɛbrɛ no ase, na nea ɔbrɛ ne ho ase no, wɔbɛma no so.”

Yesu hyira mmofra nketewa

The first offspring of every womb, both human and animal, that is offered to the Lord is yours. But you must redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

Da bi, awofo bi de wɔn mma nketewa brɛɛ Yesu sɛ ɔmfa ne nsa nka wɔn, nhyira wɔn. Asuafo no huu awofo no no, wɔtramtram wɔn.

When they are a month old, you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels^[c] of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

Yesu frɛɛ mmofra no awofo no baa ne nkyɛn na ɔka kyerɛɛ n’asuafo no se, “Momma mmofra nketewa no mmra me nkyɛn na munnsiw wɔn kwan, na eyinom sɛɛ na Onyankopɔn Ahenni no yɛ wɔn dea.

“But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow, a sheep or a goat; they are holy. Splash their blood against the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.

Merema moate ase sɛ, obiara a onnye Onyankopɔn Ahenni no nni sɛ abofra ketewa no, renkɔ mu.”

Osikani bi

Their meat is to be yours, just as the breast of the wave offering and the right thigh are yours.

Da bi Yudani sikani bi bisaa Yesu se, “Kyerɛkyerɛfo pa, dɛn na menyɛ na manya nkwa a enni awiei?”

Whatever is set aside from the holy offerings the Israelites present to the Lord I give to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the Lord for both you and your offspring.”

Yesu buaa no se, “Adɛn nti na wofrɛ me onipa pa? Obiara nyɛ papa, gye Onyankopɔn.

The Lord said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them; I am your share and your inheritance among the Israelites.

“Wunim Mose mmara no: mmɔ aguaman! Nni awu! Mmɔ korɔn! Nni adansekurum! Di w’agya ne wo na ni!”

“I give to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their inheritance in return for the work they do while serving at the tent of meeting.

Osikani yi ka kyerɛɛ Yesu se, “Madi saa mmara yi nyinaa so fi me mmofraase.”

From now on the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and will die.

Yesu tee nea osikani no kae no, ɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ade baako pɛ na aka wo a ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ. Kɔ na kɔtɔn w’ahode nyinaa na kyɛ sika no ma ahiafo na wubenya agyapade wɔ Onyankopɔn Ahenni no mu, na afei, bra bedi m’akyi.”

It is the Levites who are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for any offenses they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance among the Israelites.

Osikani yi tee saa asɛm yi no, anyɛ no dɛ koraa efisɛ, na ɔwɔ ahode pii.

Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the Lord. That is why I said concerning them: ‘They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.’”

Yesu hui sɛ ne werɛ ahow no ɔkae se, “Ɛyɛ den ma ahonyafo sɛ wɔbɛkɔ Onyankopɔn Ahenni no mu!

The Lord said to Moses,

Mereka akyerɛ mo se, ɛyɛ mmerɛw sɛ nantwi bewura paane aniwa mu sen sɛ ɔhonyafo bɛkɔ Onyankopɔn Ahenni no mu.”

“Speak to the Levites and say to them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the Lord’s offering.

Na wɔn a wɔtee nea Yesu kae no bisae se, “Ɛnne na hena na wobegye no nkwa?”

Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.

Yesu buae se, “Biribiara nni hɔ a Onyankopɔn ntumi nyɛ.”

In this way you also will present an offering to the Lord from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites. From these tithes you must give the Lord’s portion to Aaron the priest.

Petro ka kyerɛɛ Yesu se, “Yɛagyaw nea yɛwɔ nyinaa hɔ abedi w’akyi.”

You must present as the Lord’s portion the best and holiest part of everything given to you.’

Yesu buaa Petro se, “Merema mo ate ase sɛ, obiara nni hɔ a, esiane Onyankopɔn Ahenni no nti, wagyaw ne fi anaa ne nuanom anaa n’awofo anaa ne mma

“Say to the Levites: ‘When you present the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the product of the threshing floor or the winepress.

na ɔrennya mma ɛmmoro nea wahwere no so saa bere yi mu, na daakye nso, ɔrennya nkwa a enni awiei.”

Yesu san hyɛ ne wu ho nkɔm

You and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere, for it is your wages for your work at the tent of meeting.

Yesu frɛɛ asuafo dumien no gyinaa nkyɛn baabi ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Yɛrekɔ Yerusalem, na biribiara a nkɔmhyɛfo no aka afa Onipa Ba no ho no bɛba mu.

By presenting the best part of it you will not be guilty in this matter; then you will not defile the holy offerings of the Israelites, and you will not die.’”

Wobeyi no ama Amanamanmufo ama wɔadi ne ho fɛw, ayeyaw no, atew ntasu agu no so,

aka no mpire, akum no na ne nnansa so no, wasɔre.”

Asuafo no ante nea Yesu kae no biara ase, efisɛ, na asɛm no boro wɔn adwene so.

Onifuraefo bi ayaresa

Yesu ne n’asuafo no rebɛn Yeriko no, wohuu onifuraefo bi a ɔte kwankyɛn resrɛsrɛ ade.

Onifuraefo no tee sɛ nkurɔfokuw bi retwam no, obisaa asɛm a asi.

Wɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Yesu Nasaretni no na ɔretwam!”

Ɔtee saa no, ɔteɛteɛɛm se, “Yesu, Dawid Ba, hu me mmɔbɔ!”

Wɔn a wodi anim no tramtram no se ommua n’ano nanso wantie, na ɔkɔɔ so teɛteɛɛm denneenen se, “Yesu Dawid Ba, hu me mmɔbɔ!”

Yesu duu baabi a onifuraefo no te no, ɔma wɔde no brɛɛ no. Wɔde no duu Yesu nkyɛn no, obisaa no se,

“Dɛn na wopɛ sɛ meyɛ ma wo?” Onifuraefo no buae se, “Awurade, ma minhu ade.”

Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Hu ade, wo gyidi ama wo ho ayɛ wo den.”

Amonom hɔ ara, onifuraefo yi huu ade, na odii Yesu akyi, yii Onyankopɔn ayɛ. Na wɔn a wohuu ayaresa no nyinaa nso yii Onyankopɔn ayɛ.