تَثنِيَة 16

١ 1 احْتَفِلُوا دَائِماً بِفِصْحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ فِي شَهْرِ أَبِيبَ (أَيْ شَهْرِ نِيسَانَ – أَبْرِيلَ)، فَفِي هَذَا الشَّهْرِ أَخْرَجَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ لَيْلاً.

Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Pesac ·Passover· to Adonai your God; for in the month of Abib Adonai your God brought you out of Egypt [Abode of slavery] by night.

٢ 2 وَاذْبَحُوا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ غَنَماً أَوْ بَقَراً فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ لِيُحِلَّ اسْمَهُ فِيهِ.

You shall sacrifice the Pesac ·Passover· to Adonai your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Adonai shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

٣ 3 لَا تَأْكُلُوهُ مَعَ خُبْزٍ مُخْتَمِرٍ، بَلْ كُلُوهُ مَعَ فَطِيرٍ طَوَالَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ، لأَنَّ هَذَا هُوَ خُبْزُ الْمَشَقَّةِ، إِذْ إِنَّكُمْ عَلَى عَجَلٍ غَادَرْتُمْ دِيَارَ مِصْرَ، وَبِذَلِكَ تَتَذَكَّرُونَ يَوْمَ خُرُوجِكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِكُمْ.

You shall eat no leavened bread with it. You shall eat matzah ·unleavened bread· with it seven days, even the bread of affliction; for you came out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery] in haste; that you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery] all the days of your life.

٤ 4 لَا تُبْقُوا خَمِيراً فِي أَرْضِكُمْ طَوَالَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ، وَلا يَبِتْ شَيْءٌ مِنْ لَحْمِ حَمَلِ الْفِصْحِ الْمَذْبُوحِ فِي مَسَاءِ الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ إِلَى الْغَدِ.

No yeast shall be seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the meat, which you sacrifice the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning.

٥ 5 يُحْظَرُ عَلَيْكُمْ ذَبْحُ الْفِصْحِ فِي أَيٍّ مِنْ مُدُنِكُمُ الَّتِي يُوَرِّثُهَا لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ،

You may not sacrifice the Pesac ·Passover· within any of your gates, which Adonai your God gives you;

٦ 6 بَلْ فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لِيُحِلَّ اسْمَهُ فِيهِ تَذْبَحُونَ الْفِصْحَ فِي الْمَسَاءِ، عِنْدَ غُرُوبِ الشَّمْسِ، فِي نَفْسِ مِيعَادِ خُرُوجِكُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ.

but at the place which Adonai your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Pesac ·Passover· at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt [Abode of slavery].

٧ 7 فَتَشْوُونَهُ وَتَأْكُلُونَهُ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ، ثُمَّ تَنْصَرِفُونَ فِي الْغَدِ كُلٌّ إِلَى خَيْمَتِهِ.

You shall roast and eat it in the place which Adonai your God chooses. In the morning you shall teshuvah ·completely return· to your tents.

٨ 8 سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ تَأْكُلُونَ فَطِيراً، وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ تَتَوَقَّفُونَ عَنْ كُلِّ عَمَلٍ، وَتَحْتَفِلُونَ مُعْتَكِفِينَ لِلرَّبِّ.

Six days you shall eat matzah ·unleavened bread·. On the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to Adonai your God. You shall do no work.

٩ 9 احْسِبُوا سَبْعَةَ أَسَابِيعَ مُنْذُ ابْتِدَاءِ حَصَادِ الزَّرْعِ،

You shall count for yourselves seven weeks. From the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain you shall begin to count seven weeks.

١٠ 10 ثُمَّ احْتَفِلُوا بِعِيدِ الأَسَابِيعِ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، حَيْثُ تُحْضِرُونَ مَا تَسْخُو بِهِ نُفُوسُكُمْ حَسَبَ مَا يُبَارِكُكُمُ الرَّبُّ بِهِ،

You shall keep the festival of Shavu'ot ·Weeks· / Pentacost ·Fifty· to Adonai your God with a tribute of a free will offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as Adonai your God blesses you.

١١ 11 فَتَحْتَفِلُونَ أَنْتُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَعَبِيدُكُمْ وَإِمَاؤُكُمْ، وَاللّاوِيُّونَ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي مُدُنِكُمْ، وَالْغَرِيبُ وَالْيَتِيمُ وَالأَرْمَلَةُ الَّذِينَ بَيْنَكُمْ، لَدَى الرَّبِّ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ لِيُحِلَّ اسْمَهُ فِيهِ.

You shall rejoice before Adonai your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite [Descendant of United with] who is within your gates, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow, who are among you, in the place which Adonai your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

١٢ 12 وَتَذَكَّرُوا أَنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ عَبِيداً فِي مِصْرَ، فَأَطِيعُوا هَذِهِ الْفَرَائِضَ وَاعْمَلُوا بِها.

You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt [Abode of slavery]. You shall observe and do these statutes.

١٣ 13 وَاحْتَفِلُوا بِعِيدِ الْخِيَامِ فِي نِهَايَةِ مَوْسِمِ الْحَصَادِ، عِنْدَ جَمْعِ غَلّاتِ بَيَادِرِكُمْ وَمَعَاصِرِكُمْ،

You shall keep Sukkot ·Booths· seven days, after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your wine press.

١٤ 14 فَتَحْتَفِلُونَ بِالْعِيدِ أَنْتُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَإِمَاؤُكُمْ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ وَالْغَرِيبُ وَالْيَتِيمُ وَالأَرْمَلَةُ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي مُدُنِكُمْ،

You shall rejoice in your feast, you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the foreigner, the orphan, and the widow, who are within your gates.

١٥ 15 فَتُعَيِّدُونَ لِلرَّبِّ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ يُبَارِكُ لَكُمْ مَحَاصِيلَكُمْ وَكُلَّ مَا تُنْتِجُهُ أَيْدِيكُمْ، فَيَكْمُلُ بِذَلِكَ فَرَحُكُمْ.

You shall keep a feast to Adonai your God seven days in the place which Adonai chooses; because Adonai your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.

١٦ 16 وَيَحْضُرُ جَمِيعُ ذُكُورِكُمْ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لِلْمُثُولِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ، وَذَلِكَ فِي عِيدِ الْفَطِيرِ وَعِيدِ الأَسَابِيعِ وَعِيدِ الْمَظَالِّ. وَإِيَّاهُمْ أَنْ يَمْثُلُوا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَقْدِمَاتٍ.

Three times in a year all of your males shall appear before Adonai your God in the place which he chooses: in the festival of Matzah ·Unleavened bread·, in the festival of Shavu'ot ·Weeks· / Pentacost ·Fifty·, and in the festival of Sukkot ·Booths·. They shall not appear before Adonai empty.

١٧ 17 فَيُقَدِّمُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مَا تَسْخُو بِهِ نَفْسُهُ حَسْبَمَا بَارَكَهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُهُ.

Every man shall give as he is able, according to Adonai your God’s blessing which he has given you.

١٨ 18 وَأَقِيمُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ قُضَاةً وَمُدَبِّرِينَ فِي جَمِيعِ الْمُدُنِ الَّتِي يُوَرِّثُكُمْ إِيَّاهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ بِحَسَبِ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ فَيَقْضُوا بَيْنَ الشَّعْبِ بِالْعَدْلِ.

You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Adonai your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

١٩ 19 لَا تُعَوِّجُوا الْقَضَاءَ وَلا تُحَابُوا، وَلا تَقْبَلُوا رِشْوَةً، لأَنَّ الرِّشْوَةَ تُعْمِي أَبْصَارَ الْحُكَمَاءِ، وَتُعَوِّجُ أَقْوَالَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ.

You shall not pervert mishpat ·justice·. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the upright.

٢٠ 20 الْعَدْلَ وَالْعَدْلَ وَحْدَهُ أَجْرُوا، لِتَحْيَوْا وَتَمْتَلِكُوا الأَرْضَ الَّتِي يَهَبُهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ.

You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Adonai your God gives you.

٢١ 21 لَا تَنْصِبُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ سَوَارِيَ مِنْ شَجَرٍ مَا إِلَى جِوَارِ مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمُ الَّذِي تَبْنُونَهُ لَكُمْ،

You shall not plant for yourselves an Asherah of any kind of tree beside Adonai your God’s altar, which you shall make for yourselves.

٢٢ 22 وَلا تُقِيمُوا لَكُمْ أَنْصَاباً مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ لأَنَّ هَذِهِ مَكْرُوهَةٌ لَدَى الرَّبِّ.

Neither shall you set yourself up a sacred stone which Adonai your God hates.