Vows and Tithes
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Kisha Bwana akanena na Musa, na kumwambia,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
Nena na wana wa Israeli, uwaambie, Hapo mtu atakapoondoa nadhiri, hizo nafsi za watu zitakuwa kwa Bwana, kama utakavyowahesabia wewe.
3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
Na hesabu yako itakuwa kwa mtu mume, tokea aliye na umri wa miaka ishirini hata umri wa miaka sitini, hesabu yako itakuwa shekeli hamsini za fedha, kwa shekeli ya mahali patakatifu.
4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
Kama ni mwanamke, hesabu yako itakuwa shekeli thelathini.
5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Tena akiwa mwenye umri wa miaka mitano hata umri wa miaka ishirini, ndipo hesabu yako itakuwa shekeli ishirini kwa mwanamume, na shekeli kumi kwa mwanamke.
6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
Tena akiwa mwenye umri wa mwezi mmoja hata umri wa miaka mitano, ndipo hesabu yako itakuwa shekeli tano za fedha kwa mwanamume, na hesabu yako itakuwa shekeli tatu za fedha kwa mwanamke.
7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Tena akiwa mwenye umri wa miaka sitini na kuzidi; kama ni mwanamume, hesabu yako itakuwa shekeli kumi na tano, na kwa mwanamke shekeli kumi.
8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
Lakini kwamba ni maskini zaidi ya kuhesabu kwako, ndipo atawekwa mbele ya kuhani, na huyo kuhani atamtia kima; kama uwezo wake huyo aliyeweka nadhiri ulivyo, ndivyo kuhani atakavyomtia kima.
9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
Tena kama ni mnyama wa namna ambayo watu husongeza kuwa sadaka kwa Bwana, kila mmoja katika wanyama hao atakayetolewa kwa Bwana, na mtu ye yote, atakuwa ni mtakatifu.
10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
Yeye hatamgeuza, wala kumbadili mwema kwa mbaya, au mbaya kwa mwema; kwamba atabadili mnyama kwa mnyama ye yote, ndipo mnyama huyo na yule waliobadiliwa wote wawili watakuwa watakatifu.
11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
Na kama ni mnyama ye yote asiye safi, wa namna ambayo hawamsongezi kwa Bwana, basi atamweka huyo mnyama mbele ya kuhani;
12 and the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
na kuhani atamtia kima, akiwa mwema akiwa mbaya; kama wewe kuhani utakavyomtia kima, ndivyo itakavyokuwa.
13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
Lakini kwamba ataka kumkomboa kweli, ndipo atakapoongeza sehemu ya tano juu ya hesabu yako.
14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
Na mtu atakapoiweka nyumba yake iwe wakfu kwa Bwana ndipo kuhani ataihesabu kima chake hiyo nyumba, ikiwa njema ikiwa mbaya; kama kuhani atakavyoihesabu kima chake ndivyo itakavyokuwa.
15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
Tena mtu huyo aliyeweka nyumba yake iwe wakfu kama akitaka kuikomboa, ndipo atakapoongeza sehemu ya tano ya hiyo fedha ya hesabu yako, nayo itakuwa mali yake.
16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
Tena kama mtu akiweka wakfu kwa Bwana sehemu ya shamba la milki yake, ndipo hesabu yako itakuwa kama kule kupanda kwake kulivyo; kupanda kwake homeri moja ya mbegu ya shayiri, kutahesabiwa kuwa ni shekeli hamsini za fedha.
17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
Kwamba anaweka shamba lake liwe wakfu tangu mwaka wa yubile, litasimama vivyo kama hesabu yako ilivyo.
18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
Lakini akiliweka shamba lake wakfu baada ya yubile, ndipo kuhani atamhesabia hiyo fedha kama hesabu ya miaka iliyobaki hata mwaka wa yubile, na kuhesabiwa kwako kutapunguzwa.
19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
Na kama yeye aliyeliweka shamba wakfu akitaka kulikomboa kweli, ndipo atakapoongeza sehemu ya tano ya hiyo fedha ya hesabu yako, nalo litathibitishwa kwake.
20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
Lakini asipotaka kulikomboa shamba, au kama amemwuzia mtu mwingine hilo shamba, halitakombolewa tena kabisa;
21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
ila hilo shamba litakuwa takatifu kwa Bwana litakapotoka katika yubile, kama ni shamba lililowekwa wakfu; litakuwa mali ya kuhani.
22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
Tena kama akiweka wakfu kwa Bwana shamba ambalo amelinunua, ambalo si shamba la milki yake;
23 then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.
ndipo kuhani atamhesabia kima cha kuhesabu kwako hata mwaka wa yubile: naye atatoa siku hiyo kama hesabu yako, kuwa ni kitu kitakatifu kwa Bwana.
24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong .
Mwaka wa yubile shamba hilo litarejea kwake huyo ambaye lilinunuliwa kwake, yaani, huyo ambaye nchi hiyo ni milki yake.
25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
Na hesabu zako zote zitaandamana shekeli ya mahali patakatifu; gera ishirini zitakuwa shekeli moja.
26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD's.
Mzaliwa wa kwanza tu katika wanyama, aliyewekwa kuwa mzaliwa wa kwanza kwa Bwana, mtu awaye yote hatamweka kuwa mtakatifu; kama ni ng'ombe, kama ni kondoo, huyo ni wa Bwana.
27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
Na kama ni wa mnyama asiye safi, ndipo atamkomboa kama hesabu yako ilivyo, naye ataongeza sehemu ya tano ya bei yake; au asipokombolewa, ndipo atauzwa kama hesabu yako ilivyo.
28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
Pamoja na hayo, hakitauzwa wala kukombolewa kitu cho chote kilichowekwa wakfu, ambacho mtu amekiweka wakfu kwa Bwana, katika vitu vyote alivyo navyo, kama ni mtu, au mnyama, au kama ni shamba la milki yake; kila kitu kilichowekwa wakfu ni kitakatifu sana kwa Bwana.
29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
Kila aliyewekwa wakfu, aliyewekwa wakfu na binadamu, hatakombolewa; sharti atauawa.
30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
Tena zaka yote ya nchi, kama ni mbegu ya nchi, au kama ni matunda ya nchi, ni ya Bwana; ni takatifu kwa Bwana.
31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
Na kama mtu akitaka kukomboa cho chote cha zaka yake, ataongeza sehemu yake ya tano juu yake.
32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
Tena zaka yote ya ng'ombe, au ya kondoo, kila apitaye chini ya fimbo; sehemu ya kumi watakuwa ni watakatifu kwa Bwana.
33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
Hataangalia kwamba ni mwema au kwamba ni mbaya, wala hatambadili; na kama akimbadili na yo yote, ndipo wote wawili, huyo na huyo waliobadiliwa watakuwa ni watakatifu; hatakombolewa.
34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Haya ndiyo maagizo, Bwana aliyomwagiza Musa kwa ajili ya wana wa Israeli katika mlima wa Sinai.
