Rapar Mar Chik 26
1 Ka udonjo e piny ma Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu miyou kaka girkeni kendo ukawe ma udakie,
“After you occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you (have settled/are living) there,
2 kawuru gik moko mokwongo nyak e puotheu e piny ma Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu miyou kendo oketgi ei okapu. Bangʼe dhiuru kama Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu biro yiero mondo nyinge obedie
[each of] you must take some of the first crops that you harvest, put them in a basket, and take them to the place that Yahweh will have chosen for you to worship [MTY] there.
3 kendo uwach ne jadolo manie tich e kindeno niya, “Asingora kawuono ne Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi ni asebiro e piny mane Jehova Nyasaye osingore ni kwerewa ni nomiwa.”
Go to the Supreme Priest who is serving at that time and say to him, ‘[By giving you this first part of my harvest] today, I am declaring to Yahweh our God that I have [picked it in] the land that he vowed to our ancestors to give to us.’
4 Jadolo nokaw okapuno e lweti mi okete piny e nyim kendo mar misango mar Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi.
Then the priest must take the basket of food from your hand and put it on the altar where sacrifices are offered to Yahweh our God.
5 Eka unuwachi e nyim Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu niya, “Wuonwa ne en ja-Aram mane bayo kendo ne odhi Misri gi ji moko manok modak kuno mi obedo oganda maduongʼ, maratego kendo mangʼeny.
Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor [Jacob] was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering [from one place to another]. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group [when they went there], but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous [DOU] and powerful nation.
6 To jo-Misri nosandowa mi omiyo wathagore ka giketowa e tich matek.
Then the people of Egypt treated them very harshly [DOU], and they forced them to become their slaves and to work very hard.
7 Eka ne walamo Jehova Nyasaye, ma Nyasach kwerewa kendo Jehova Nyasaye nowinjo ywakwa mi oneno chandruokwa, tich matek kod achune.
Then our ancestors cried out to you, Yahweh our God, and you heard them. You saw that they were suffering, and that they were forced to work very hard, and were being oppressed.
8 Kuom mano Jehova Nyasaye nogolowa Misri giteko mangʼongo korieyo bade, gi ranyisi kod honni madongo.
Then by your great power [MTY] and by performing many kinds of miracles [DOU], and other terrifying things, you brought them out of Egypt.
9 Ne okelowa ka mi omiyowa pinyni, ma en piny mopongʼ gi chak kod mor kich;
You brought us to this land and gave it to us, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 to koro, yaye Jehova Nyasaye, akeloni gik mokwongo nyak mag puodho mane imiya.” Bangʼe ket okapu e nyim Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi kendo ikulrine.
So now, Yahweh, I have brought to you the first part of the harvest from the land that I received.’ Then you must set the basket down in Yahweh’s presence and worship him there.
11 Un, jo-Lawi, kod jodak manie dieru biro bedo gimor kuom gik moko duto ma Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu osemiyou kod joutu duto.
And you must celebrate [by eating a meal together to thank] Yahweh our God for all the good things that he has given to you and to your family. And you must invite the descendants of Levi and the foreigners who are living among you to also rejoice [and eat] with you.
12 Ka useketo tenge achiel kuom apar mag gik moko duto monyak e higa mar adek, ma en higa michiwoe achiel kuom apar mag gik monyak, to nyaka uchiw gigo ne jo-Lawi, gi jopinje mamoko modak e dieru kaachiel gi nyithind kiye kod mon ma chwogi otho mondo gibed gi chiemo moromogi.
Every third year, you must bring to the descendants of Levi and to the foreigners [who are living among you] and the orphans and the widows (a tithe/10 percent) of your crops, in order that in every town they will have plenty to eat.
13 Bangʼe ngʼato ka ngʼato nowach ne Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasache niya, “Asegolo koa e oda chiwo mowal kendo asemiyogi jo-Lawi, jodak, nyithind kiye kod mon ma chwogi otho, kaluwore gi chik mane imiyowa. Pok ajwangʼo chikeni kendo wiya bende pok owil gi gimoro amora kuomgi.
Then you must say to Yahweh, ‘I have brought to you, from my house, all of the sacred tithe [from my harvest this year]. I am giving it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded us to do. I have not disobeyed any of your commands [about the tithes], and I have not forgotten any of your commands [about tithes].
14 Pok achamo dir pok mowalni kata e kinde mane an e kuyo, kata gologi e oda ka agak; kendo ok asechiwogi ne ngʼat motho. Aseluoro Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasacha, kendo asetimo gik moko duto mane iwachona.
[I declare that] I have not eaten any food from the tithe while I was mourning [for someone who died]. And I have not touched any of it while I was unacceptable to you; I have not offered any of it to [spirits of] dead people. Yahweh, I have obeyed you and done everything that you have commanded us [concerning the tithe].
15 Rang piny gie polo, ma en kar dakni maler kendo igwedh jogi Israel kod piny ma isemiyowa kane isingori kikwongʼori ni kwerewa, ma en piny mopongʼ gi chak kod mor kich.”
So [please] look down from your holy place in heaven, and bless us, your Israeli people. Also bless this very fertile [IDM] land which you have given to us, which is what you promised our ancestors that you would do.’
16 Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu wachonu kawuono mondo urit buchene kod chikene; ritgiuru ka uluwogi gi chunyu duto kod ngimau duto.
Today Yahweh our God is commanding you to obey all these rules and regulations. So obey them faithfully, with your entire inner being [DOU].
17 Usengʼado kawuono ni Jehova Nyasaye en e Nyasachu kendo ubiro wuotho e yorene kurito buchene, chikene kendo ubiro miye luor.
Today you have declared that Yahweh is your God, and that you will conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and that you will obey all his commands and rules and regulations, and that you will do all that he tells you to do.
18 Jehova Nyasaye osewacho kawuononi ni un joge, kendo mwandune mogeno kaka nosingorenu kendo ni nyaka urit chikene duto.
And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands.
19 Jehova Nyasaye osewacho ni unubed jok man-gi pak, huma kod luor maduongʼ moloyo ogendini mamoko duto mosechweyo kendo unubed jomaler e nyim Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu kaka nosesingo.
If you do that, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation that he has established, and he will enable you to praise him and honor him [DOU]. You will truly belong to Yahweh our God, which is what he has promised.”
