Tim Jo-Lawi 23
1 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya,
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 “Wuo gi jo-Israel kendo inyisgi ni: ‘Magi e sewni moyier mag Jehova Nyasaye, magin chokruok mage maler, ma onego ulandi kuonde duto ma uchokorue.
“Tell the Israeli people about the festivals that I have chosen, the days when you all must gather together [to worship me].”
3 “‘Nitie ndalo auchiel munyalo tiyoe tijeu; to chiengʼ mar abiriyo en odiechieng Sabato mar yweyo, ma en odiechiengʼ mowal mar chokruok. Ok oyienu timo gimoro amora, kamoro amora mudakie, nikech en Sabato mar Jehova Nyasaye.
“You may work for six days [each week], but on the seventh day you must not do any work. You must rest. It is a sacred/holy day when you must gather together [to worship me]. Wherever you live, you must rest on that day.”
4 “‘Magi e sewni moyier mag Jehova Nyasaye, ma gin chokruok maler, manyaka ulandi e kindegi mowinjore.
“There are festivals that I have established for you. Those will also be sacred/holy days when you must gather together [to worship me].
5 Pasaka mar Jehova Nyasaye chakore godhiambo tarik apar gangʼwen mar dwe mokwongo.
[The first festival is] (the Passover/when you remember that I spared your ancestors when I killed all the firstborn Egyptian sons). That festival will begin at twilight/dusk/sunset on the chosen day (each spring/in March or April each year), [and end on the following day].
6 To tarik apar gabich mar dweno en Sap Makati ma ok oketie Thowi mar Jehova Nyasaye kendo nyaka ucham makati motedi ma ok oketie thowi kuom ndalo abiriyo.
The next day, the Festival of Eating Bread That Has No Yeast will begin. That festival will continue for seven days. During that time, the bread that you eat must be made without yeast.
7 Chiengʼ mokwongo mar jumano nyaka ubed gi chokruok mowal, kendo kik uti tich moro amora ma utiyo pile.
On the first day of that festival, you all must stop your regular work and you must gather together [to worship me].
8 Kuom ndalo abiriyo, chiwuru ne Jehova Nyasaye misengini miwangʼo pep. Chiengʼ mar abiriyo beduru gi chokruok mar jomaler, kendo kik uti tich moro amora ma utiyo pile.’”
On each of the seven days, you must present to me [several animals to be] an offering/sacrifice to be completely burned [on the altar]. On the seventh day, you all must again stop your regular work and gather to worship me.”
9 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya,
Yahweh also told Moses/me
10 “Wuo gi jo-Israel kendo inyisgi ni: ‘Ka uchopo e piny ma asesingonu mi ukayo cham, to nyaka ukelne jadolo cham ma ukwongo kayo.
to tell the Israeli people [about other festivals]. He said, “When you arrive in the land which I am giving to you, and you harvest your crops [for the first time] there, bring to the priest some of the first grain that you harvest.
11 E odiechiengʼ mokwongo bangʼ Sabato, jadolo biro fwayo e nyim Jehova Nyasaye cham mukwongo kayo kaka mich moyiedhi, eka Jehova Nyasaye noyie kodu.
On the day after the [next] Sabbath/rest day, the priest will lift it up [high to dedicate it] to me, in order that I will accept it as your [gift].
12 To chiengʼono muchiewoe cham mifwayo to nyaka uchiwe ne Jehova Nyasaye gi nyaim ma pod hike achiel kendo maonge songa mondo timgo misango miwangʼo pep,
That same day, you must sacrifice to me a one-year-old male lamb that has no defects. You must burn it [on the altar].
13 kaachiel gi misango mar cham gi mogo mayom madirom kilo abiriyo moruw gi mo. Kendo misangono mondo owangʼe modungʼ tik mangʼwe ngʼar ni Jehova Nyasaye. Misango miolo piny to obed divai maromo lita achiel.
You must also burn an offering of grain. That offering must consist of (three quarts/3.5 liters) of good flour mixed with [olive] oil. The smell [of those things burning] will be very pleasing to me. Along with that, you must also offer one quart/liter of wine, which will be a liquid offering.
14 Kik ucham makati, kata makati mowangʼ kata cham manyien ma pod numu, kapok ochopo chiengʼ ma uchiwone Nyasachu michni. Kendo mae en chik momakou kaachiel gi nyikwau nyaka chiengʼ kamoro amora manudagie.
Do not eat any bread or any roasted grain or unroasted grain on that day until after you have brought those offerings to me, your God. You must always obey [LIT] those commands, wherever you live.”
15 “‘Chakre odiechiengʼ moluwo Sabato, mane ukeloe mich mar cham moyiedhi, to nyaka ukwan ma une ni oromo jumbe abiriyo.
“Seven weeks after the priest offers that grain to me,
16 Kwanuru ndalo piero abich bangʼ Sabato mar abiriyo, kendo chiengʼno unutim misango ni Jehova Nyasaye gi cham manyien.
on the next/50th day after he offers it, [each family] must bring to me an offering from the new crop of grain.
17 Keluru makati ariyo mugolo e miechu kaka misango mifwayo, kendo ulosgi gi mogo mayom moromo kilo abiriyo moketie thowi, mondo uchiwgi ne Jehova Nyasaye kaka chiwo mar cham mokwongo.
From your homes, bring two loaves of bread [to the priest]. He will lift them up [high to dedicate them] as an offering to me. Those loaves must be baked from three quarts/liters of good flour that has yeast mixed with it. That bread will be an offering to me from the first wheat that you harvest [each year].
18 Kaachiel gi makatino chiwne Jehova Nyasaye nyirombe abiriyo machwo maonge songa mahikgi en achiel, gi nyarwath matin kod imbe ariyo. Ginibed misango miwangʼo pep ni Jehova Nyasaye kaachiel gi misango mar cham gi misango miolo piny mondo obed misango miwangʼo pep madungʼ tik mangʼwe ngʼar ni Jehova.
Along with this bread, you must present to me seven one-year-old lambs with no defects, one young bull, and two rams. They must all be completely burned [on the altar]. All those offerings, with the grain offering and the wine offering, will be burned, and the smell [of all those things burning] will be very pleasing to me.
19 Bangʼe chiw nywok achiel mitimogo misango mar golo richo, kaachiel gi nyiimbe ariyo ma jo-higa achiel mitimogo misango mar lalruok.
Then you must also kill one male goat to be an offering/sacrifice for your sins, and two one-year-old male lambs to be an offering to enable you to maintain fellowship with me.
20 Jadolo nyaka chiw nyiimbe ariyogo e nyim Jehova Nyasaye kaka misango mifwayo, kaachiel gi makati mag cham mokwongo. Magi nobed mich mowal michiwo e nyim Jehova Nyasaye, kendo ginidongʼ ni jadolo.
The priest will lift up these offerings [high to dedicate them] to me. He will also offer the loaves of bread that were baked from the first wheat that you harvest. Those offerings are sacred to me, but they are for the priests [to eat].
21 To odiechiengʼno unugo tungʼ kulando chokruok maler, kendo kik uti tijeu mapile. Maeni en chik momakou kaachiel gi nyikwau kamoro amora manudagie.
On that day, you must stop your regular work and gather to worship me. You must always obey those instructions/commands, and you must obey them wherever you live.
22 “‘Ka ukeyo e puotheu, to kik uka nyaka cham manie giko puodho, kata kik uhul cham modongʼ, mago weuru ni joma odhier kod jodak. An e Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu.’”
“When you harvest the grain in your fields, do not harvest the grain along the edges of the fields, and do not pick up the grain that the harvesters drop. Leave that grain for the poor people and for the foreigners who are living among you. [Do not forget that it is] I, Yahweh your God, [who am commanding those things]!”
23 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya,
Yahweh also told Moses/me
24 “Wach ni jo-Israel ni: ‘E odiechiengʼ mokwongo mar dwe mar abiriyo, nyaka ubed gi odiechieng yweyo; ma en odiechieng chokruok mowal kaka rapar kugoyo turumbete.
to give these instructions/commands to the Israeli people: “[Each year] in September, on the day that I have chosen, you all must celebrate it by completely resting. You must not do any work on that day. When [the priests] blow their trumpets loudly, you all must gather together to worship me.
25 Chiengʼni kik utim tijeu mapile, to chiwuru misango miwangʼo pep ni Jehova Nyasaye.’”
All of you must not do your regular work on that day. Instead, you must present offerings to me that will be burned [on the altar].”
26 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
27 “E odiechiengʼ mar apar mar dwe mar abiriyo nobednu Chiengʼ Pwodhruok. Beduru gi chokruok maler ka uriyo kech, kendo uchiw ni Jehova Nyasaye misango miwangʼo pep.
“You must celebrate a day [on which you request that I] forgive you for the sins that you have committed. That day will be nine days after the festival [when the priests blow] the trumpets. On that day you must (fast/abstain from eating food). You must gather together to worship me and present offerings to me that will be burned [on the altar].
28 Odiechiengʼno kik ngʼato kuomu mul tich moro amora nikech en Chiengʼ Pwodhruok, migolonue richo e nyim Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu.
You must not do any work on that day, because it is the day when the priests will offer sacrifices to me to (atone for/ask me to forgive) your sins.
29 Ngʼato angʼata ma ok nyal riyo kech odiechiengʼno to nongʼad kare oko chuth e kind ogandane.
You must expel from your group anyone who does not (fast/abstain from eating food) on that day.
30 Kendo anatiek ngʼato angʼata momulo tich moro amora chiengʼno, kendo anagole e kind ogandane.
I will get rid of anyone who does any kind of work on that day.
31 Kik umul tich moro amora. Ma en chik ma omakou nyaka nyikwau duto kamoro amora ma unudagie.
You must not work at all! You must always obey those instructions/commands, and you must obey them wherever you live.
32 Chiengʼno nobednu Sabato mar yweyo, kendo nyaka une ni uriyo kech. Chakre odhiambo mar odiechiengʼ mar ochiko mar dwe nyaka kinyne godhiambo, nyaka urit Sabato maru.”
That day will be a day of complete rest for all of you, and on that day you must (fast/abstain from eating food) [to show that you are sorry for having sinned]. That day of rest and (fasting/abstaining from eating food) will begin on the evening before the day in which you ask me to forgive you for your sins, and it will end on the evening of the following day.”
33 Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
34 “Wach ni jo-Israel ni: ‘Chakre tarik apar gabich e dwe mar abiriyo en Sawo mar Kiche mar Jehova Nyasaye kendo nobedi kuom ndalo abiriyo.
“Tell the Israeli people that [each year] they must also celebrate a festival of living in temporary shelters. That festival will begin five days after the day in which they request me to forgive them for their sins. It will last for seven days.
35 Odiechiengʼ mokwongo nobed chokruok maler ma kik uti tijeu mapile.
On the first day of that festival, the people must gather together to worship me, and they must not do any regular work on that day.
36 Kuom ndalo abiriyo chiwuru ni Jehova Nyasaye misengini miwangʼo pep, eka chiengʼ mar aboro to ubedi gi chokruok maler kendo chiengʼno uchiwni Jehova Nyasaye misango miwangʼo pep. En chokruok mitiekogo nyasi, omiyo kik uti tijeu mapile.
On each of the seven days of the festival, they must present to me an offering [of animals] that will be burned [on the altar]. On the next day, they must gather again to worship me and present to me another animal that will be burned [on the altar]. That also will be a sacred gathering, and they must not work on that day, either.
37 (“‘Magi e sewni moyier mag Jehova Nyasaye manyaka ulandi ni gin e chokruok maler michiwone Jehova Nyasaye gi mach kaka misengini miwangʼo pep, gi misengini mag cham gi misengini miolo piny kendo moro ka moro nigi odiechienge mowinjore.
“[To summarize], those are the festivals that I have appointed. Celebrate those sacred festivals by gathering together to present to me all the various offerings that will be burned [on the altar]—animals that will be burned completely, and offerings of grain, and offerings to enable the Israeli people to maintain fellowship with me, and offerings of wine. Each offering must be brought on the day that I have indicated.
38 To ewi mago nitie Sabato mag Jehova Nyasaye gi chiwo mamoko to gi gimoro amora misesingori kaachiel gi chiwo mar hera michiwo ni Jehova Nyasaye.)
(Those festivals must be celebrated/You must celebrate those festivals) in addition to [worshiping on] the (Sabbath days/days of rest). And all those offerings must be given in addition to the offerings that people personally decide to give, and in addition to the offerings that people make to accompany the solemn promises that they have made, or offerings that people make (voluntarily/because they themselves want to).
39 “‘Omiyo kochakore e odiechiengʼ mar apar gabich mar dwe mar abiriyo bangʼ keyo to nyaka utim Sap Jehova Nyasaye kuom ndalo abiriyo. Chiengʼ mokwongo en odiechiengʼ mowal mar yweyo, kendo chiengʼ mar aboro bende en kamano.
“[Returning to my instructions about] the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters, you must celebrate this festival after you have harvested all the crops. On the first day and on the last day of that festival, you must rest completely.
40 Chiengʼ mokwongo kawuru olembe yien mabeyo gi bede othidhe, gi bede yien motimo otiep, gi omburi, kendo ubed mamor e nyim Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu kuom ndalo abiriyo.
But on the first day, you are permitted to pick fruit from trees. Cut palm fronds/branches and other leafy branches from trees or from bushes that grow by the streams, [and make shelters/huts to live in for that week]. Then rejoice in my presence for those seven days.
41 Timuru sawoni ni Jehova Nyasaye kuom ndalo abiriyo higa ka higa. Mae en chik momakou gi nyikwau nyaka chiengʼ. Paruru ni kochopo dwe mar abiriyo to nyaka ubed gi sawoni.
You must celebrate this festival for seven days every year. You must never stop obeying my commands/instructions for that festival. You must celebrate it in September.
42 Un jo-Israel nyaka udagi e kiche kuom ndalo abiriyo,
During the seven days of that festival, all of you people who have been Israelis your entire lives must live in shelters/huts.
43 mae ema biro miyo nyikwau nopar kaka namiyo jo-Israel odak e kiche kinde mane agologi e piny Misri. An e Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachu.’”
That will remind your descendants that their ancestors lived in shelters [for many years] after I rescued them from Egypt. [Do not forget that] I, Yahweh your God, [am the one who is commanding this].”
44 Kamano e kaka Musa nolando ni jo-Israel sewni moyier mag Jehova Nyasaye.
So Moses/I gave to the Israeli people all those instructions concerning the festivals that Yahweh [wanted them to celebrate] each year.
