Papa Make di Complain Quiet Down
Dem beat di censers into plate to cover di altar as warning, di pipol still dey grumble, and Aaron run enter plague with incense and stand between di dead and di living. Den na only im staff bud and bear almond — we Papa answer di grumbling with life.
17 1Den our Papa talk give Moses, sey:
2"Tell Eleazar, Aaron di priest pikin, make e take di censer dem comot from di coal wey dey burn, den scatter di fire go far—because dem holy. 3Di censer dem of dis men wey sin against dem own life. Beat dem flat make e turn plate to cover di altar—since dem bring dem come my front and dem come holy—as sign for di sons of Israel."
4Eleazar di priest take di bronze censer dem wey di people wey burn don offer, den e beat dem flat make e turn cover for di altar. 5Na reminder to Israel sons sey no stranger—wey no be from Aaron pikin dem—fit come near go burn incense for our Papa front, so dat e no go come be like Korah and im people, as our Papa tell Aaron through Moses.
6Di next day di whole congregation of Israel sons complain against Moses and Aaron: "Una don kill di people of our Papa." 7As di assembly gada against Moses and Aaron, dem turn face di tent of meeting, and di cloud cover di tent, and di glory of our Papa show.
8Den Moses and Aaron come stand for di front of di tent of meeting. 9And our Papa talk give Moses, sey:
10"Comot from dis congregation make I fit destroy dem sharp-sharp." And dem fall down for dem face.
11Moses tell Aaron, "Take di censer, put fire inside am from di altar, add incense, and rush am go di community make you cover dem sin, because vex don comot from our Papa front; di plague don start."
12Aaron take am as Moses talk, run enter di middle of di assembly—di plague don already start among di people—e burn di incense, and e cover di people sin. 13And e stand between di dead and di living, and di plague stop. a a v13 As Aaron stand between di dead and di living to stop di plague, e dey point go Jesus, di one-and-only mediator wey dey stand between our Papa judgment and im people, e dey cover dem sin wit im own life. 14Di people wey die for di plague na 14,700, apart from di people wey die because of Korah. 15Aaron go back to Moses for di entrance of di tent of meeting, because di plague don stop. 16Den our Papa talk give Moses, sey:
17"Talk to di sons of Israel and collect from dem one staff for each ancestral house—twelve staff from all dem leaders according to ancestral house. Write each man name for im staff. 18Write Aaron name for Levi staff, because na one staff for each head of ancestral house. 19Put dem inside di tent of meeting for di front of di testimony, wia I dey meet wit una. b b v19 Di testimony na di stone tablet dem of di Law wey dem keep inside di ark for di tabernacle. 20Di staff of di man wey I choose go sprout, and na so I go quiet down for my front di complain of Israel sons wey dey complain against una."
21Moses talk to di Israelite dem, and each leader give am one staff—one for each leader according to ancestral house, twelve staff—wit Aaron staff among dem. 22And Moses put di staff dem for our Papa front inside di tent of di testimony. 23Di next day Moses enter di tent of testimony and e see sey Aaron staff, for di house of Levi, don sprout—e don bud, blossom, and produce ripe almond. c c v23 Hebrews 9:4 remember Aaron staff wey bud wey dem keep inside di ark. Life wey spring comot from dead wood confirm our Papa priest wey e choose, and e dey point go Jesus, wey our Papa vindicate im priesthood as e raise am from di dead. 24Moses carry all di staff dem comot from our Papa front go to all di sons of Israel; dem look, and each man take im own staff.
25And our Papa tell Moses, "Put Aaron staff back for di front of di testimony, keep am as sign for di rebel dem, to end dem complain against me, so dat dem no go die."
26And Moses do so; just as our Papa command am, na so e do. 27Di sons of Israel talk to Moses, "Look, we dey die, we don lost, we all don lost! 28Anybody wey come near, wey come near our Papa tabernacle, dey die. We all go perish?"
