Olrhaepnah 16
1 BOEIPA na Pathenloh Abib hla ah Egypt Khoyin lamloh nang n'khuen coeng dongah Abib hla te ngaithuen lamtah BOEIPA na Pathen kah Yoomte saii.
“[Each year] honor Yahweh our God by celebrating the Passover [Festival] in the month of Abib [in early spring]. It was on a night in that month that Yahweh rescued your ancestors from Egypt.
2 Te dongah saelhung neh boiva te, BOEIPAloh amah ming phuk thil hamlaa coelh hmuen ah, BOEIPA na Pathen kah Yoom la ngawn.
[In order to celebrate that festival], go to the place that Yahweh will choose [for you to worship him], and offer [there one young animal] from your cattle or your sheep to be the Passover sacrifice, to honor Yahweh [MTY].
3 Egypt kho lamloh phacipphabaem neh tokrhat lana nong dongah vaidamding buh te hnin rhih ca lamtah tolrhu caak thil boeh. Te daengahni Egypt kho lamloh na nong tue te na hing tue khuiahna poek eh.
[When you eat the Passover meal], the bread that you eat must not have yeast in it. You must eat this kind of bread, which will be called the bread of suffering/misery, for seven days. This is to help you to remember all during the time that you are alive that when your ancestors left Egypt, [where they were suffering because they were slaves], they left very quickly. [They did not put in yeast and wait for the dough to swell up].
4 Na taengkahloh hnin rhih tah, na khorhi pum ah tolrhu hmu boel saeh. A cuek khohnin hlaemhmah kahna ngawn maeh te mincang duela rhaeh boel saeh.
[During that festival], you must not have any yeast in any house in your land for seven days. Furthermore, the meat [of the animals] that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day [of the Passover Festival must be eaten during that night]; do not allow any of it to remain until the next day.
5 BOEIPA na Pathenloh nang m'paek vongka carhui dongah Yoom tena ngawn ham coeng thai mahpawh.
“To honor Yahweh our God, you must offer the Passover sacrifice only at the place that he chooses for you [to worship him]; do not offer that sacrifice in any other town in the land that Yahweh is giving to you. Offer that sacrifice when the sun is setting, at the same time of day that your ancestors [started to] leave Egypt.
6 Egypt lamloh na lo vaengkah khoning bangla, khomika tlak thuk, hlaemhmah vaengah a ming phuk thil ham BOEIPA na Pathenloh a coelh hmuen ah Yoom te dawk ngawn.
7 Te phoeiah thong lamtah BOEIPA na Pathenloh amah hama coelh hmuen ah ca. Mincang ah mael lamtah namah kah dap la cet.
Boil [the meat] and eat it at the place [of worship] that Yahweh our God chooses. The next morning, you may return to your tents.
8 Vaidamdingte hnin rhuk ca lamtaha hnin rhih dongkah BOEIPA na Pathen ham pahong vaengah bitat saii boeh.
Each day for six days the bread that you eat must have no yeast in it. On the seventh day, you must all gather to worship Yahweh our God. [It will be a day of rest]; you must not do any work on that day.”
9 A yalh rhihte namah loh tae. Canghli la vina tawn lamloh tong lamtah yalh rhih duela tae.
“[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.
10 BOEIPA na Pathen taengah Yalh khat Khotue te na saii ni. BOEIPA na Pathenloh yoethen m'paek vanbangla na kut dongkah na kothoh tea khawknah hil pae.
Then, to honor Yahweh our God, celebrate the Harvest Festival. Do that by bringing to him an offering [of grain]. Yahweh has blessed you [by causing it to grow in your fields during that year]. If you had a big harvest, bring a big offering. If you had a small harvest, bring a small offering.
11 Te vaengah namah nehna capana canu, na salnu neh na salpa, na vongka khuikah Levi neh yinlai, na khui kah cadah nuhmailoh BOEIPA na Pathenloh a ming phuk thil hama coelh nah hmuen kah BOEIPA na Pathen kah mikhmuh ahna kohoesakuh.
[Each married couple] should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh. Their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should also be joyful. Bring those offerings to the place of worship that Yahweh will choose.
12 Egypt ah sal la na om te poek lamtah herhoek kah oltluehna vai ham khaw ngaithuen van.
[“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”
13 Na canghlom neh na va-am na than phoeikaha hnin rhih vaengah Pohlip Khotuena saii ni.
“[Each year], after you have threshed all your grain and pressed [the juice from] all your grapes, you must celebrate the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days.
14 Namah kah khotue van vaengah tah namah neh na capa neh na canu khaw, na salnu neh na salpa khaw, na vongka khuikah Levi neh yilai khaw, cadah neh nuhmai khaw na kohoe uh saeh.
[Each married couple] along with their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh.
15 BOEIPAkaha hmuen coelh dongah BOEIPA na Pathen te hnin rhih khuiah na lam thil ni. Te vaengah na cangvuei boeih neh na kut dongkah bitat boeih dongah nangte BOEIPA na Pathenloh yoethen m'paek vetih kohoe la na om taktak ni.
Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that Yahweh chooses [for you to worship him]. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done.
16 Na khuikah tongpaca boeihloh kum khat ah voei thum, vaidamding khotue, yalhrhoek khotue, pohlip khotue, vaengahBOEIPAhmuen coelh kah BOEIPA na Pathen mikhmuh ah phoe saeh. Tedae BOEIPA mikhmuh ah kuttling la phoe boel saeh.
“So, each year all of you Israeli men must gather [with your families] to worship Yahweh our God at the place that he will choose, [to celebrate three festivals]: The Passover Festival, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. Each of you men must bring [LIT] an offering [for Yahweh to these festivals]
17 BOEIPA na Pathenloh nang taengah m'paek yoethennah te a kut dongah kutdoe la rhip hang khuen saeh.
in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”
18 BOEIPA na Pathenloh namah kocarhoek ham nang taengah m'paek na vongkakhui boeih ah namah ham lai aka tloek la rhoiboei khueh lamtah pilnam taengah duengnah neh a tiktamnah la laitloek uh saeh.
“Appoint judges and other officials throughout your tribes, in all the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you. They must judge people fairly/justly.
19 Laitloeknahte haeh sak boeh. maelhmai khaw so boeh. Kapbaih loh hlang cueihkaha mik he a dael sak tih hlang dueng kah olka pataeng a paimaelh thai dongah kapbaihna ca mahpawh.
They must not judge unjustly. They must not favor one person more than another. The judges must not accept bribes, because if a judge accepts a bribe, even if he is wise and honest, it will be very difficult for him to judge fairly [IDM]; [he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that] the righteous/innocent people [must be punished].
20 Duengnahte duengnah bangla na hloem daengahnina hing vetih BOEIPA na Pathenloh nang hama khueh khohmuen tena pang eh.
You must be completely fair and just [DOU], in order that you will enter and occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
21 Asherah thing boeih tah namah loh BOEIPA na Pathen kah hmueihtukna saii kaepah namah ham ling boeh.
“When you make an altar to worship Yahweh our God, do not put next to it any wooden statue [that represents] the goddess Asherah.
22 BOEIPA na Pathenloh a hmuhuet kaamte khaw namah ham thoh boeh.
And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”
