Olrhaepnah 16

1 BOEIPA na Pathen loh Abib hla ah Egypt Khoyin lamloh nang n'khuen coeng dongah Abib hla te ngaithuen lamtah BOEIPA na Pathen kah Yoom te saii.

Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

2 Te dongah saelhung neh boiva te, BOEIPA loh amah ming phuk thil hamla a coelh hmuen ah, BOEIPA na Pathen kah Yoom la ngawn.

You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.

3 Egypt kho lamloh phacipphabaem neh tokrhat la na nong dongah vaidamding buh te hnin rhih ca lamtah tolrhu caak thil boeh. Te daengah ni Egypt kho lamloh na nong tue te na hing tue khuiah na poek eh.

You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

4 Na taengkah loh hnin rhih tah, na khorhi pum ah tolrhu hmu boel saeh. A cuek khohnin hlaemhmah kah na ngawn maeh te mincang duela rhaeh boel saeh.

No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.

5 BOEIPA na Pathen loh nang m'paek vongka carhui dongah Yoom te na ngawn ham coeng thai mahpawh.

You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.

6 Egypt lamloh na lo vaengkah khoning bangla, khomik a tlak thuk, hlaemhmah vaengah a ming phuk thil ham BOEIPA na Pathen loh a coelh hmuen ah Yoom te dawk ngawn.

You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.

7 Te phoeiah thong lamtah BOEIPA na Pathen loh amah ham a coelh hmuen ah ca. Mincang ah mael lamtah namah kah dap la cet.

And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.

8 Vaidamding te hnin rhuk ca lamtah a hnin rhih dongkah BOEIPA na Pathen ham pahong vaengah bitat saii boeh.

For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.

9 A yalh rhih te namah loh tae. Canghli la vin a tawn lamloh tong lamtah yalh rhih duela tae.

You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

10 BOEIPA na Pathen taengah Yalh khat Khotue te na saii ni. BOEIPA na Pathen loh yoethen m'paek vanbangla na kut dongkah na kothoh te a khawknah hil pae.

And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

11 Te vaengah namah neh na capa na canu, na salnu neh na salpa, na vongka khuikah Levi neh yinlai, na khui kah cadah nuhmai loh BOEIPA na Pathen loh a ming phuk thil ham a coelh nah hmuen kah BOEIPA na Pathen kah mikhmuh ah na kohoe sakuh.

and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

12 Egypt ah sal la na om te poek lamtah he rhoek kah oltlueh na vai ham khaw ngaithuen van.

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.

13 Na canghlom neh na va-am na than phoeikah a hnin rhih vaengah Pohlip Khotue na saii ni.

You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.

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.

And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

15 BOEIPA kah a 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 nang te BOEIPA na Pathen loh yoethen m'paek vetih kohoe la na om taktak ni.

For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

16 Na khuikah tongpaca boeih loh kum khat ah voei thum, vaidamding khotue, yalh rhoek khotue, pohlip khotue, vaengahBOEIPAhmuen coelh kah BOEIPA na Pathen mikhmuh ah phoe saeh. Tedae BOEIPA mikhmuh ah kuttling la phoe boel saeh.

Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

17 BOEIPA na Pathen loh nang taengah m'paek yoethennah te a kut dongah kutdoe la rhip hang khuen saeh.

Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

18 BOEIPA na Pathen loh namah koca rhoek ham nang taengah m'paek na vongka khui boeih ah namah ham lai aka tloek la rhoiboei khueh lamtah pilnam taengah duengnah neh a tiktamnah la laitloek uh saeh.

You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

19 Laitloeknah te haeh sak boeh. maelhmai khaw so boeh. Kapbaih loh hlang cueih kah a mik he a dael sak tih hlang dueng kah olka pataeng a paimaelh thai dongah kapbaih na ca mahpawh.

Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

20 Duengnah te duengnah bangla na hloem daengah ni na hing vetih BOEIPA na Pathen loh nang ham a khueh khohmuen te na pang eh.

Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

21 Asherah thing boeih tah namah loh BOEIPA na Pathen kah hmueihtuk na saii kaepah namah ham ling boeh.

Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

22 BOEIPA na Pathen loh a hmuhuet kaam te khaw namah ham thoh boeh.

and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.