Tâconae 13
1 BAWIPA ni Mosi a kaw teh Isarelnaw thung dawk hmaloe khe e,
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 tami thoseh, saring thoseh ca caminnaw pueng Kai hanlah thoung sak awh. Kaie hno lah ao telah atipouh.
“Set apart all the firstborn males in order that they may belong to me. The firstborn males of the Israeli people and of their animals will be mine.”
3 Mosi ni hai nangmouh santoungnae Izip ram hoi tâconae hete hnin heh pahnim awh hanh. BAWIPA ni nangmouh teh a thaonae kut lahoi hote ram dawk hoi na hrawi awh toe. Ton phuen vaiyei cat awh hanh.
Moses/I said to the people, “Do not forget this day! This is the day that you are leaving Egypt. This is the day you [are freed from] being their slaves. Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt by his great power [MTY]. Do not eat any bread that has yeast in it [whenever you celebrate] this day.
4 Abib thapa atu e hnin dawk nangmouh teh na tâco awh.
You are leaving Egypt on this day, which is the first day of the month that is [named] Abib.
5 BAWIPA ni nangmouh poe hanlah mintoenaw koe lawk a kam e ram, Kanaannaw, Hitnaw, Amornaw, Hivnaw hoi Jebusitnaw e ram, sanutui hoi khoitui a lawngnae ram dawk na hrawi awh toteh, hete thapa dawk nangmouh ni hete hno heh na sak awh han.
Later, when Yahweh brings you into the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Hiv, and Jebus [now live], the land that he solemnly promised to give to you, a land that will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops [MTY], you must celebrate this festival during this month [every year].
6 Hnin sari touh thung tonphuenhoehe na ca awh vaiteh, hnin sarinae dawk BAWIPA han pawi lah ao han.
For seven days the bread that you eat must not have any yeast in it. On the seventh day there must be a festival to [honor] Yahweh.
7 Tonphuenhoehe vaiyei hnin sari touh thung na ca awh navah, nangmouh koe ton na tat awh mahoeh. Na onae hmuen pueng koehai hmu lah awm hanh naseh.
For seven days do not eat bread that has yeast in it. You should not have any yeast or bread made with yeast anywhere in your land.
8 Kaimouh ni BAWIPA lungmanae dawk Izip ram hoi ka tâconae tueng nah, hettelah ka sak awh, telah na ca catounnaw koe na dei pouh han.
On the day [the festival starts], you must tell your children, ‘[We are doing this to remember] what Yahweh did for our ancestors when they left Egypt.
9 BAWIPA e kâlawk teh na pahni dawk pou ao thai nahan, hote hno teh na kut dawk mitnout kapanuekkhaikung, na mit rahak vah pahnim hoeh nahanlah ao han. BAWIPA ni nang teh athakaawme a kut hoi Izip ram dawk hoi na hrawi awh toe.
This ritual will remind you how Yahweh brought your ancestors out of Egypt with his great power [MTY]. [The ritual will be like something] you tie on your forehead or on your wrist. It will remind you to recite to others what Yahweh has instructed you.
10 Hatdawkvah, hete phunglam heh a kum tangkuem ama tueng nah na ya awh han.
So you must celebrate this festival every year at the time [Yahweh] has appointed.’
11 Nangmouh hoi na mintoenaw koe thoseh lawk a kam e patetlah BAWIPA ni na hrawi awh teh, hote ram na poe awh torei teh,
Yahweh will bring you into the land where the descendants of Canaan live, just as he promised you and your ancestors that he would do. When he gives that land to you,
12 Nangmae ca caminnaw pueng hoi saringnaw e ca caminnaw pueng BAWIPA hanlah na hmoun awh han. A na tongpanaw pueng teh BAWIPA e lah ao han.
you must dedicate to Yahweh the firstborn males of all your animals. These all will belong to Yahweh.
13 Hateiteh, La ni a khe e camin teh tuca hoi na ratang awh han. Ratang ngai hoehpawiteh, Laca e a lahuen na kapai pouh awh han. Taminaw dawk ca caminnaw na ratang awh han.
You may keep the firstborn male donkeys, but you must buy them back by sacrificing a lamb as a substitute for the donkey. If you do not want to buy back the donkey, you must [kill it by] breaking its neck. You must also buy back every one of your own firstborn sons.
14 Na ca ni hmalah bangtelamaw telah na pacei pawiteh, BAWIPA ni santoungnae Izip ram hoi a kut tha kaawm hoi kaimouh na tâcokhai awh.
In the future, when one of your children asks, ‘What does this mean?’, you must say to him, ‘Yahweh brought our ancestors out of Egypt with his great power [MTY], and freed us from being slaves there.
15 Faro siangpahrang ni kayawi lah na tâco sak awh hoeh torei teh, Izip ram dawk tami thoseh, saring thoseh, ca tongpa caminnaw pueng BAWIPA ni koung a thei. Hatdawkvah, hmaloe ka khe e saring a na tongpanaw pueng heh BAWIPA koe na poe han. Ca tongpa thung dawk tongpa caminnaw pueng teh ratang hanlah na dei pouh han.
The king of Egypt stubbornly refused to let them leave his country, so Yahweh killed all the firstborn males in Egypt, both the boys and the firstborn of their livestock. That is why we now sacrifice to Yahweh all the firstborn of our livestock, but we buy back our own firstborn sons.’
16 Hete hno haiyah nange mitnout kapanuekkhaikung, na mit rahak vah mitnout lah ao han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni athakaawme a kut hoi kaimouh Izip ram dawk hoi na tâco sak awh toe telah taminaw koe a dei awh.
I repeat that this ritual will remind you about how Yahweh brought our [ancestors] out of Egypt by his great power [MTY]; it will be like something you tie on your wrist or on your forehead [to remind you of that].”
17 Faro ni Isarelnaw a tâco sak hnukkhu, Filistin lah ceinae lam kahnaica ao eiteh, Cathut ni hote lam dawk hrawi hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnimouh ni tarantuknae a kâhmo awh navah, a lungpout teh Izip ram lah a ban payon han doeh ti a panue.
When the king [of Egypt] let the [Israeli] people go, God did not lead them to go through the land of the Philistines. That was a shorter way, but God said, “It would be bad if my people change their minds when they realize that they will have to fight [the Philistines to take their land], and then [decide to] return to Egypt.”
18 Hatdawkvah, Cathut ni ahnimouh teh tuipuipaling kahrawng lam lahoi a hrawi. Isarelnaw ni Izip ram hoi ahuhu lahoi a tâco awh.
Instead, God led them to go around through the desert toward the Red Sea (OR, the Gulf of Suez). When the Israeli people left Egypt, they were carrying weapons to fight [their enemies].
19 Joseph ni hmaloe vah, Cathut ni na khet awh han. Ka hrunaw hete hmuen koe na sin awh han telah Isarelnaw koe lawk a kam e patetlah Mosi ni ahnie a hrunaw ama koe a sin.
Moses/I [had them] take along the bones of Joseph with them/us, because Joseph long ago had made the Israeli people promise solemnly that they would do that. He had said to them, “God will enable your descendants to leave Egypt. When that happens, you must carry my bones with you.”
20 Ahnimouh ni Sukkoth hoi bout a tâco awh teh kahrawng teng, Etham khopui vah a roe awh.
The Israeli people left Succoth and traveled to Etham, at the edge of the desert, and they set up their tents there.
21 Ahnimouh ni karum khodai a cei thai awh nahanelah, BAWIPA ni kanîthun lah lam ka patue hane tâmaikhom hoi thoseh, tangmin lah angnae ka poe hane hmaitokhom hoi thoseh, ahnimae hmalah a cei pouh.
[When they traveled] during the daytime, Yahweh went in front of them in a tall [white] cloud to show them the way. During the night, he went in front of them in a tall cloud that looked like a fire. By doing that, he enabled them to travel in the daytime and also at nighttime.
22 Kanîthun lah tâmaikhom, tangmin lah hmaitokhom hah ahnimae hmalah hoi takhoe pouh hoeh.
The tall cloud did not leave them. It was always in front of them, as a bright white cloud in the daytime and like a fire at night.
