Directions for Setting Apart the Priests
1“Here is what you must do to set apart Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. Get a young bull and two rams. They must not have any flaws. 2Get the finest wheat flour. Make round loaves of bread that do not have yeast in them. Make thick loaves of bread that do not have yeast in them. Mix olive oil into the thick loaves of bread. Also make thin loaves of bread that do not have yeast in them. Brush the thin loaves with olive oil. 3Put everything in a basket. Offer them along with the bull and the two rams. 4Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting. Wash them with water. 5Take the inner robe, the outer robe of the linen apron, the apron itself and the chest cloth. Dress Aaron in them. Take the skillfully made waistband and tie the apron on him with it. 6Put the turban on his head. Connect the sacred plate to the turban. 7Take the anointing oil and pour it on his head. 8Bring his sons and dress them in their inner robes. 9Put caps on their heads. Tie belts on Aaron and his sons. The work of the priests belongs to them. This is my law that will last for all time to come.
“Then you must prepare Aaron and his sons to serve me.
10“Bring the bull to the front of the tent of meeting. Have Aaron and his sons place their hands on its head. 11Kill it in front of the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 12Dip your finger into some of the bull’s blood. Put it on the horns that stick out from the upper four corners of the altar. Pour the rest of it out at the base of the altar. 13Then take all the fat on the inside parts. Take the long part of the liver. Get both kidneys with the fat on them. And burn all of it on the altar. 14But burn the bull’s meat, hide and guts outside the camp. It is a sin offering.
15“Get one of the rams. Have Aaron and his sons place their hands on its head. 16Kill it. Take the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar. 17Cut the ram into pieces. Wash the inside parts and the legs. Put them with the head and the other pieces. 18Then burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to me. It has a pleasant smell. It is a food offering presented to the Lord.
19“Get the other ram. Have Aaron and his sons place their hands on its head. 20Kill it. Put some of its blood on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons. Put some on the thumbs of their right hands. Also put some on the big toes of their right feet. Then splash the blood against the sides of the altar. 21Get some of the blood from the altar. Also get some of the anointing oil. Sprinkle both of them on Aaron and his clothes and on his sons and their clothes. Then he and his sons and their clothes will be set apart to serve the Lord.
22“Here is what you must take from this second ram. Take the fat, the fat tail and the fat around the inside parts. Take the long part of the liver. Also take both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh. It is the ram you must use when you prepare the priests to serve the Lord. 23Get one round loaf of bread and one thick loaf of bread with olive oil mixed in. Also get one thin loaf of bread. Take them from the basket of bread made without yeast. It is the one in front of the Lord. 24Put all these things in the hands of Aaron and his sons. Tell them to lift them up and wave them in front of the Lord as a wave offering. 25Then take all these things from their hands. Burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering. Its smell pleases the Lord. It is a food offering presented to the Lord. 26Get the breast of the ram used when you prepare Aaron to serve the Lord. Wave it in front of the Lord as a wave offering. It will be your share of the meat.
27“Here are the parts of the second ram that belong to Aaron and his sons. You must set apart the breast that was waved and the thigh that was offered. 28It will be the regular share from the Israelites for Aaron and his sons. The people must give it to the Lord from their friendship offerings.
29“Aaron’s sacred clothes will belong to his sons who will come after him. Then they can wear them when you anoint them and prepare them to serve the Lord. 30The son who comes after Aaron as priest must wear them seven days. He will come and serve in the Holy Room in the tent of meeting.
31“Get the ram sacrificed when you prepare Aaron and his sons to serve the Lord. Cook the meat in a sacred place. 32Aaron and his sons must eat the ram’s meat. And they must eat the bread in the basket. They must eat all of it at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 33These are the offerings to pay for their sins. They must eat them. The offerings must be made when Aaron and his sons are set apart and prepared to serve the Lord. No one else can eat them. They are sacred. 34When you prepare Aaron and his sons to serve me, you will sacrifice the ram and the bread. If any parts of the ram or bread are left until morning, burn them up. They must not be eaten. They are sacred.
35“Do everything I have commanded you to do for Aaron and his sons. Take seven days when you prepare them to serve the Lord. 36Sacrifice a bull each day. It is a sin offering to pay for their sins. Make the altar pure. Pour olive oil on it to set it apart. 37Take seven days to make the altar pure. Set it apart. Then the altar will be a very holy place. Anything that touches it will be holy.
38“Every day sacrifice on the altar two lambs that are a year old. 39Sacrifice one in the morning and the other one when the sun goes down. 40Along with the first lamb, offer three and a half pounds of fine flour. Mix it with a quart of oil made from pressed olives. Along with that, sacrifice a quart of wine as a drink offering. 41Sacrifice the other lamb when the sun goes down. Sacrifice it along with the same grain offering and its drink offering as you do in the morning. It has a pleasant smell. It is a food offering presented to the Lord.
42“For all time to come, this burnt offering must be sacrificed regularly. Sacrifice it at the entrance to the tent of meeting in front of the Lord. There I will meet with you and speak to you. 43There I will also meet with the people of Israel. My glory will make the place holy.
44“So I will set apart the tent of meeting and the altar. And I will set apart Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. 45Then I will live among the people of Israel. And I will be their God. 46They will know that I am the Lord their God. They will know that I brought them out of Egypt so I could live among them. I am the Lord their God.
Mwambo Wopatula Ansembe
1“Pofuna kumupatula Aaroni ndi ana ake kuti akhale ansembe onditumikira Ine, uchite izi: Utenge ngʼombe yayingʼono yayimuna ndi nkhosa ziwiri zazimuna zopanda chilema. 2Utengenso buledi wopanda yisiti, makeke wopanda yisiti wopakidwa mafuta. Zonsezi uzipange ndi ufa wosalala wa tirigu. 3Uziyike mʼdengu ndipo ubwere nazo kwa Ine pamodzi ndi ngʼombe yayimuna ija ndi nkhosa ziwiri zazimuna zija. 4Kenaka ubwere naye Aaroni ndi ana ake pa khomo la tenti ya msonkhano ndipo uwasambitse ndi madzi. 5Tenga zovala ndipo umuveke Aaroni mwinjiro, mkanjo wa efodi, efodiyo ndi chovala chapachifuwa. Umumange mʼchiwuno lamba wa efodi wolukidwa mwaluso uja. 6Umuveke nduwira kumutu, ndiponso uyike chizindikiro chopatulika chija pa nduwirayo. 7Utenge mafuta wodzozera ndipo uwatsanulire pamutu pake kumudzoza. 8Ubwere ndi ana ake aamuna ndipo uwavekenso minjiro 9ndi nduwira. Kenaka umange malamba Aaroniyo pamodzi ndi ana ake ndi kuwaveka nduwira. Motero unsembe udzakhala wawo malingana ndi lamulo ili losatha.
“Umu ndi mmene udzadzozere Aaroni ndi ana ake aamuna.
10“Ubwere ndi ngʼombe yayimuna pa khomo la tenti ya msonkhano ndipo Aaroni ndi ana ake asanjike manja awo pamutu pake. 11Uphe ngʼombeyo pamaso pa Yehova pa khomo la tenti ya msonkhano. 12Utenge magazi ena angʼombeyo ndi kupaka ndi chala chako pa nyanga zaguwa lansembe ndipo magazi otsalawo uwakhutulire pa tsinde laguwalo. 13Kenaka utenge mafuta onse okuta matumbo, mafuta ophimba chiwindi ndiponso impsyo zonse ziwiri pamodzi ndi mafuta ake. Zonsezi uzitenthe pa guwapo. 14Koma nyama yangʼombeyo, chikopa chake ndi matumbo ake uziwotche kunja kwa msasa. Iyi ndi nsembe yopepesera machimo.
15“Utenge nkhosa yayimuna imodzi ndipo Aaroni ndi ana ake aamuna asanjike manja awo pamutu pake. 16Uyiphe ndipo utenge magazi ake ndi kuwaza mbali zonse zaguwalo. 17Uyidule nkhosayo nthulinthuli, kutsuka matumbo ake ndi miyendo yake. Ukatero, pamodzi ndi mutu wake, uziyike pamwamba pa nthulizo. 18Ndipo uwotche nkhosa yonseyo pa guwa lansembe. Iyi ndi nsembe yopsereza ya kwa Yehova. Ili ndi fungo lokoma, loperekedwa pa moto kwa Yehova.
19“Utenge nkhosa yayimuna ina ndipo Aaroni ndi ana ake aamuna asanjike manja awo pamutu pake. 20Uyiphe ndipo utenge magazi ake ena ndi kupaka ndewere za makutu a kudzanja lamanja la Aaroni ndi ana ake aamuna. Upakenso pa zala zawo zazikulu za kudzanja lawo lamanja, ndi zala zazikulu za kuphazi lakudzanja lawo lamanja. Kenaka uwaze magazi otsalawo mbali zonse za guwalo. 21Ndipo utenge magazi ena amene ali pa guwa lansembe komanso pa mafuta ena odzozera ndipo uwawaze pa Aaroni ndi zovala zake ndi ana ake ndi zovala zawo. Ndiye kuti iyeyo ndi ana ake aamuna adzakhala opatulika pamodzi ndi zovala zawo.
22“Pa nkhosa yayimuna ija utengepo mafuta ake, mafuta a ku mchira wake, mafuta okuta matumbo, mafuta okuta chiwindi, impsyo zonse ziwiri ndi mafuta ake, ndiponso ntchafu yakumanja. Iyi ndi nkhosa ya mwambo wodzoza. 23Utengenso mʼdengu la buledi wopanda yisiti limene lili pamaso pa Yehova, buledi mmodzi, buledi wokhala ndi mafuta a olivi, ndi buledi wopyapyala mmodzi. 24Izi zonse uzipereke mʼmanja mwa Aaroni ndi ana ake, ndipo iwo aziweyule pamaso pa Yehova kuti zikhale nsembe yoweyula. 25Kenaka uzitenge mʼmanja mwawo ndipo uzipsereze pa guwa lansembe, pamwamba penipeni pamodzi ndi nsembe yopsereza kuti ipereke fungo lokoma kwa Yehova. Ichi ndiye chopereka chachakudya kwa Yehova. 26Kenaka utenge chidale cha nkhosa yayimuna imene inaperekedwa pamwambo wodzoza Aaroni, uchiweyule kuti chikhale nsembe yoweyula pamaso pa Yehova ndipo chidzakhala gawo lako.
27“Uzipatule ziwalo zonse za nkhosa ya pa mwambo wodzoza Aaroni ndi ana ake. Chidale chimene unaweyula chija ndiponso ntchafu imene inaperekedwa ija. 28Nsembe izi ndi zimene Aisraeli azipereka kwa Aaroni ndi ana ake mwa zonse zimene azipereka nthawi zonse. Mwa zopereka za mtendere zimene ana a Aisraeli adzapereka kwa Yehova, zimenezi zikhale gawo lawo.
29“Zovala zopatulika za Aaroni zidzakhala za ana ake aamuna iye atafa kuti adzavale podzozedwa ndi polandira udindo wawo. 30Mwana amene adzalowa mʼmalo mwake monga wansembe pamene adzabwerera kudzalowa mu tenti ya msonkhano kudzatumikira ku malo wopatulika, adzavala zovala zimenezi masiku asanu ndi awiri.
31“Utenge nkhosa yayimuna ya pamwambo wodzoza ansembe ndipo uyiphike pamalo opatulika. 32Aaroni ndi ana ake adye nyama ya nkhosa yayimunayi pamodzi ndi buledi amene ali mʼdengu pa khomo la tenti ya msonkhano. 33Adye zonse zimene anazipereka kwa Yehova pamwambo wopepesera machimo powadzoza ndi kuwapatula. Munthu wamba asadye chifukwa ndi zopatulika. 34Ndipo ngati nyama ina ya nkhosa ya pamwambo wodzoza ansembe kapena buledi zatsala mpaka mmawa, muziwotche, asazidye chifukwa ndi zopatulika.
35“Uchitire Aaroni ndi ana ake aamuna zonse zimene ndakulamulazi. Uchite mwambo wowapatula kukhala ansembe masiku asanu ndi awiri. 36Tsiku lililonse uzipereka ngʼombe yayimuna ngati nsembe yopepesera machimo kuti machimowo akhululukidwe. Ndiponso upatule guwalo popereka nsembe yopepesera ndi kulidzoza mafuta kuti likhale lopatulika. 37Pa masiku asanu ndi awiri uzipereka pa guwapo nsembe zoyeretsera guwalo, ukatero ndiye kuti uzilipatula. Ndipo guwa lansembelo lidzakhala loyera kwambiri, ndipo chilichonse chimene chidzakhudza guwalo chidzayeretsedwa.
38“Tsiku ndi tsiku pa guwa lansembe uzipereka izi: Ana ankhosa a chaka chimodzi awiri. 39Mmawa muzipereka mwana wankhosa mmodzi ndipo winayo madzulo. 40Pamodzi ndi mwana wankhosa woyambayo, muzipereka kilogalamu imodzi ya ufa wosalala wosakaniza ndi lita imodzi ya mafuta a olivi pamodzi ndi lita imodzi ya vinyo ngati chopereka chachakumwa. 41Upereke mwana wankhosa winayo madzulo pamodzi ndi chopereka chachakudya monga poyamba paja ndi chopereka chachakumwa monga mmawa kuti ikhale fungo lokoma la chopereka chachakudya kwa Yehova.
42“Zopereka zopsereza zimenezi ziziperekedwa nthawi zonse, pa mibado yonse. Muzidzazipereka pamaso pa Yehova pa khomo la tenti ya msonkhano. Pa guwa lansembe, Yehova adzakumana nanu ndi kuyankhula nanu. 43Pameneponso Ine ndidzakumana ndi Aisraeli, ndipo guwalo lidzakhala lopatulika chifukwa cha ulemerero wanga.
44“Tsono Ine ndidzapatula tenti ya msonkhano ndi guwa lansembe. Ndidzapatulanso Aaroni pamodzi ndi ana ake kuti akhale ansembe anga onditumikira. 45Ndidzakhala pakati pa Aisraeli ndikukhala Mulungu wawo. 46Adzadziwa kuti ine ndine Mulungu wawo amene ndinawatulutsa mʼdziko la Igupto kuti ndikhale pakati pawo. Ine ndine Yehova, Mulungu wawo.”
