Kwan 9
1 Jehova Nyasaye nowuoyo gi Musa e Thim mar Sinai e dwe mokwongo mar higa mar ariyo bangʼ kane gisewuok Misri. Nowachone niya,
One year after the Israelis left Egypt, during the month of March, while they were in the Sinai Desert, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 “Ket jo-Israel otim nyasi mar Pasaka e kinde moketne mowinjore.
“Tell the Israeli people that they must celebrate the Passover [Festival again].
3 Tim nyasini e kinde moketne, ma en kinde mag odhiambo mar odiechiengʼ mar apar gangʼwen mar dweni, kaluwore gi chikene kod buchene duto.”
They must do it on the fourteenth day of this month, early in the evening, and they must obey all the instructions about it [that I gave you previously].”
4 Omiyo Musa nowacho ne jo-Israel mondo otim nyasi mar Pasaka,
So Moses/I told the people what Yahweh had said about celebrating the Passover.
5 kendo negitimo kamano e Thim mar Sinai e kinde mag odhiambo mar odiechiengʼ mar apar gangʼwen mar dwe mokwongo. Jo-Israel notimo gik moko duto mana kaka Jehova Nyasaye nochiko Musa.
The people celebrated it, there in the Sinai Desert, in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
6 To jomoko kuomgi ne ok obedo e nyasi mar Pasaka e odiechiengʼno nikech negibedo mogak bangʼ mulo ringre joma otho. Omiyo negibiro ir Musa kod Harun mana godiechiengno
But some of the Israeli people had touched a corpse, and as a result they had become unfit to celebrate the Passover. So they asked Aaron and Moses/me,
7 mi giwachone Musa niya, “Wasebedo mogak nikech wamulo ringre joma otho, to en angʼo momiyo ditamwa chiwo misango ne Jehova Nyasaye kaka jo-Israel mamoko e kinde moketne?”
“It is true that we have touched a corpse. But why should that prevent us from celebrating the Passover Festival and offering sacrifices to Yahweh like everyone else [RHQ]?”
8 Musa nodwokogi niya, “Horeuru nyaka angʼe gima Jehova Nyasaye wacho kuomu.”
Moses/I replied, “Wait here until I go into the Sacred Tent and find out what Yahweh says about it.”
9 Eka Jehova Nyasaye nowacho ne Musa niya,
[So Moses/I went into the tent and asked Yahweh what he/I should tell the people], and this is what Yahweh said:
10 “Nyis jo-Israel kama: ‘Ka ngʼato angʼata kuomu kata nyikwau obedo mogak nikech ringruok motho kata ka gidhi wuoth, to pod ginyalo mana timo nyasi mar Pasaka mar Jehova Nyasaye.
“Tell this to the Israeli people: If any of you or your descendants touch a corpse and as a result become unacceptable to me, or if you are away from home on a long trip [at the time to celebrate the Passover], you will still be permitted to celebrate it.
11 Nyasini ginitim chiengʼ mar apar gangʼwen mar dwe mar ariyo e seche mag odhiambo. Ginicham nyarombo, kaachiel gi makati ma ok oketie thowi kod alode makech.
But you must celebrate it exactly one month later, early in the evening of the fourteenth day of that month. Eat the meat of the lamb for the Passover Festival with bread that is baked without yeast and eat bitter herbs.
12 Kik giwe chiemogo machop okinyi bende kik gitur choke rombono. E kinde ma gitimo nyasi mar Pasaka nyaka gine ni giluwo chike duto.
Do not leave any of it until the next morning. And do not break any of the lamb’s bones. Obey all the regulations about celebrating the Passover.
13 To ka ngʼat ma ok ogak kendo ma ok odhi wuoth otamore timo nyasi mar Pasaka, ngʼatno nyaka gol oko kuom jogi nikech ne ok ochiwo misango ne Jehova Nyasaye e kinde moketne. Ngʼat ma kamano noyud kum moromore gi richone.
But if any of you has not done anything that would make you unfit to celebrate the Passover Festival, and you are not away from home on a long trip, and you do not sacrifice to me at the proper time, you will no longer be allowed to associate with my people. (You will be punished/I will punish you).
14 “‘Japiny moro modak kodu madwaro timo nyasi mar Pasaka mar Jehova Nyasaye nyaka tim kamano kaluwore gi chikene kod buchene. Nyaka ubed gi chike machalre ne japiny moro kod ngʼat monywol e gwengʼno.’”
Foreigners who live among you may also celebrate the Passover Festival, if they obey all my commands concerning it.”
15 E odiechiengʼ mane osetiek gero kar lemo, ma en Hema mar Singruok, bor polo noume. Chakre odhiambo nyaka okinyi bor polo mane oumo kar lemo ne chalo ka mach.
On the day that the Sacred Tent was set up, a cloud covered it. From the time that the sun set until the time that the sun rose [the next day], the cloud resembled a [huge] fire. And that is what happened every day [that we/the Israelis were in the desert].
16 Mano e kaka nochalo ka bor polo oume godiechiengʼ to gotieno ochalo ka mach.
17 E kinde moro amora ma bor polo ne oa ewi Hema, jo-Israel ne chako wuoth; to e kinde ma bor polo nopiyo ewi Hema, jo-Israel ne goyo kambi.
When the cloud rose up and started to move [to a new location], we/they followed it. When the cloud stopped, we/the Israelis stopped there and set up their tents.
18 Kane Jehova Nyasaye ogolo chik, to jo-Israel ne chako wuoth, kendo kane ogolo chik to negigoyo kambi. E kinde duto ma bor polo nosiko ewi kar lemo, negisiko e kambi.
We/They traveled when Yahweh, [by causing the cloud to move or stop], signaled to us/them when to move and when to stop. When the cloud stayed over the Sacred Tent, we/the Israelis stayed at that place.
19 Kane bor polo osiko koumo kar lemo kuom thuolo malach, jo-Israel norito buche Jehova Nyasaye kendo ne ok giwuok.
Sometimes the cloud stayed over the tent for a long time, so when that happened, we/they did not travel.
20 Seche moko bor polo neumo kar lemo kuom ndalo manok kende; to ka Jehova Nyasaye nogolo chik to negidak, bangʼe kochako ogolo chik to gichako wuoth.
Sometimes the cloud remained over the tent for only a few days. We/The people stopped and set up our/their tents as Yahweh commanded us/them, and we/they traveled [to a new location] when Yahweh commanded us/them to do that.
21 Seche moko bor polo ne ni kanyo chakre odhiambo nyaka okinyi kende, to kane oyawore gokinyi to negichako wuoth. Bed ni en odiechiengʼ kata otieno, to e kinde ma bor polo noyawore, negichako wuoth.
Sometimes the cloud stayed in one place for only one day. When that happened, when the cloud rose up [into the sky] the next morning, then we/they traveled. Whenever the cloud moved, during the day or during the night, we/they traveled.
22 Bed ni bor polo nosiko koumo kar lemo kuom ndalo ariyo, dwe achiel kata higa achiel, to jo-Israel ne siko e kambi kendo ne ok gichak wuoth; to ka bor polono ne oyawore, to negichako wuoth.
If the cloud stayed over the Sacred Tent for two days, or for a month, or for a year, during that time we/they stayed where we/they were. But when the cloud rose up [into the sky], we/they started to travel.
23 Kane Jehova Nyasaye ogolo chik negibet e kambi, kendo kane ochako ogolo chik to negichako wuoth. Negirito weche Jehova Nyasaye, kaluwore gi chik mane ochiwo kokalo kuom Musa.
When Yahweh commanded us/them to [stop and] set up our/their tents, we/they did that. When he told us/them to move, we/they moved. We/They did whatever Yahweh told Moses/me that we/they should do.
