Exodus 23
1 “You shall not accept a lying voice. Neither shall you join your hand so as to give false testimony on behalf of the impious.
“Oduu sobaa hin odeessin; dhuga baʼuu jalʼaa kennuudhaan nama balleessaa hojjete hin gargaarin.
2 You shall not follow the crowd in doing evil. Neither shall you go astray in judgment, by agreeing with the majority opinion, apart from the truth.
“Waan hamaa hojjechuuf jettee nama baayʼee faana hin buʼin. Fuula seeraa duratti yommuu dhugaa baatu, gara nama baayʼee gortee murtii hin jalʼisin;
3 Likewise, you shall not show pity in judgment of the poor.
murtii irratti hiyyeessaaf hin loogin.
4 If you come across an ox or a donkey of your enemy, which has gone astray, lead it back to him.
“Yoo sangaa yookaan harree diina keetii kan baduutti jiru argite deebisii geessiif.
5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you, fallen under its burden, you shall not pass by without lifting it up with him.
Yoo harree nama si jibbu tokkoo utuu isheen baʼaa baattee kuftee jirtuu argite achitti hin dhiisin; isa gargaarii ol kaasi.
6 You shall not deviate in judgment of the poor.
“Murtii irratti hiyyeessa saba keetii jalaa murtii hin dabsin.
7 You shall flee from lies. The innocent and the just you shall not kill. For I shun the impious.
Himata sobaa keessatti hin hirmaatin; waan ani nama balleessaa hojjete hin qulqulleessineef nama yakka hin qabne yookaan nama qajeelaa hin ajjeesin.
8 Neither shall you accept bribes, which blind even the prudent and subvert the words of the just.
“Ati mattaʼaa hin fudhatin; mattaʼaan ogeeyyii ni jaamsaatii; dubbii qajeeltotaas jalʼisa.
9 You shall not harass a sojourner, for you know the life of a newcomer. For you yourselves also were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
“Alagaa hin cunqursin; isin waan biyya Gibxiitti alagaa turtaniif alagaa taʼuun maal akka taʼe isin mataan keessan ni beektuutii.
10 For six years, you shall sow your land and gather its produce.
“Waggaa jaʼa lafa qotiisaa kee facaafadhu; midhaanis galfadhu;
11 But in the seventh year, you shall release it and cause it to rest, so that the poor of your people may eat. And whatever remains, let the beasts of the field eat it. So shall you do with your vineyard and your olive grove.
waggaa torbaffaatti garuu lafa sana boqochiisi malee hin qotin. Akkasiin hiyyeeyyiin saba keetii laficha irraa nyaata argatu; waan isaan irraa hafe immoo bineensi haa nyaatu. Muka wayinii keetiitii fi muka ejersa keetiis akkasuma godhi.
12 For six days, you shall work. On the seventh day, you shall cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the newcomer and the son of your handmaid may be refreshed.
“Guyyaa jaʼa hojii kee hojjetadhu; akka sangaan keetii fi harreen kee boqotaniif, akka garbichi mana keetti dhalatee fi alagaan aara galfataniif guyyaa torbafaatti hin hojjetin.
13 Preserve all that I have said to you. And by the names of foreign gods you shall not swear; neither shall these be heard from your mouth.
“Waan ani isinitti hime hunda eegaa; maqaa waaqota biraa hin waammatinaa; afaan keessanii iyyuu hin baʼin.
14 Three times in each year, you shall celebrate feasts to me.
“Ati waggaatti yeroo sadii ayyaana naa ayyaaneffadhu.
15 You shall keep the solemnity of unleavened bread. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, just as I instructed you, at the time of the month of new grain, when you departed from Egypt. You shall not appear empty-handed in my sight,
“Ayyaana Maxinoo Ayyaaneffadhu; akkuma ani si ajaje sana bultii torba Maxinoo nyaadhu. Waan kanas jiʼa Abiibii keessa yeroo murtaaʼetti godhi; ati jiʼa sana keessa Gibxii baateetii. “Namni tokko iyyuu harka duwwaa fuula koo duratti hin dhiʼaatin.
16 for it is the solemnity of the harvest of the first-fruits of your work, of whatever you have sown in the field. Likewise, it is a solemnity at the end of the season, when you will have gathered in all your crops from the field.
“Mataa midhaan keetii kan lafa qotiisaa keetti facaafatteen Ayyaana Galchaa Midhaanii ayyaaneffadhu. “Dhuma waggaatti yeroo midhaan kee lafa qotiisaa irraa walitti qabattutti Ayyaana Galchaa Midhaanii ayyaaneffadhu.
17 Three times a year, all your males shall appear before the Lord your God.
“Dhiirri hundi waggaatti yeroo sadii fuula Waaqayyoo Gooftaa duratti haa dhiʼaatu.
18 You shall not immolate the blood of my victim over leaven, nor shall the fat of my solemnity remain until morning.
“Dhiiga aarsaa waan raacitii qabu wajjin naa hin dhiʼeessin. “Coomni aarsaa ayyaana koos hamma bariitti hin turin.
19 You shall carry the first grain of the land to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not cook a young goat in the milk of its mother.
“Mataa midhaan lafa keetii keessaa filatamaa isaa gara mana Waaqayyo Waaqa keetii fidi. “Ilmoo reʼee aannan haadha isheetiin hin affeelin.
20 Behold, I will send my Angel, who will go before you, and preserve you on your journey, and lead you into the place that I have prepared.
“Akka inni karaa irratti si eegee iddoo ani qopheessetti si galchuuf kunoo ani fuula kee dura ergamaa koo tokko nan erga.
21 Heed him, and hear his voice, and do not hold him in disregard. For he will not release you when you have sinned, and my name is in him.
Xiyyeeffadhuutii waan inni jedhu dhaggeeffadhu. Isatti hin fincilin; inni waan Maqaa koo of irraa qabuuf fincila kee siif hin dhiisuutii.
22 But if you listen to his voice and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will afflict those who afflict you.
Yoo ati waan inni jedhu akka gaarii dhaggeeffatee waan ani dubbadhu hunda goote, ani diinota keetti diina nan taʼa; warra siin mormaniinis nan morma.
23 And my Angel will go before you, and he will bring you to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, whom I will crush.
Ergamaan koos fuula kee dura deemee biyya Amoorotaatti, Heetotaatti, Feerzotaatti, Kanaʼaanotaatti, Hiiwotaattii fi Yebuusotaatti si galcha; anis jara nan balleessa.
24 You shall not adore their gods, nor worship them. You shall not do their works, but you shall destroy them and break apart their statues.
Waaqota isaaniitiif hin sagadin; hin waaqeffatinis; hojii isaanii faanas hin buʼin. Ati isaan balleessitee soodduu waaqeffannaa isaanii illee caccabsuu qabda.
25 And you shall serve the Lord your God, so that I may bless your bread and your waters, and so that I may take away sickness from your midst.
Waaqayyo Waaqa kee waaqeffadhu; innis midhaan keetii fi bishaan kee ni eebbisa. Dhukkubas isin gidduudhaa nan balleessa;
26 There will not be fruitless or barren ones in your land. I will fill up the number of your days.
biyya kee keessatti dubartiin ulfi irraa baʼu yookaan dhabduun tokko iyyuu hin argamtu. Jireenya guutuus siif nan kenna.
27 I will send my terror to run ahead of you, and I will kill all the people to whom you will enter. And I will turn the backs of all your enemies before you,
“Ani sodaachisuu koo si dura ergee saba ati itti dhuftu hunda nan burjaajessa. Akka diinonni kee hundinuu dugda sitti galanii baqatanis nan godha.
28 sending wasps ahead, so that they will put to flight the Hivite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, before you enter.
Akka inni Hiiwota, Kanaʼaanotaa fi Heetota karaa kee irraa ariʼuuf ani si duraan sonsa nan erga.
29 I will not cast them out from your face in one year, lest the land be reduced to a wilderness and the wild beasts increase against you.
Akka lafti onee bineensi wal horee sitti hin baayʼanneef ani waggaa tokko keessatti saba kana si duraa ariʼee hin baasu.
30 I will expel them little by little from your sight, until you have expanded and may possess the land.
Hamma ati baayʼattee biyyattii dhaaltutti ani xinnoo xinnoon fuula kee duraa isaan nan baasa.
31 Then I will set your limits to be from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Palestinians, and from the desert all the way to the river. I will deliver into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and I will cast them out from your sight.
“Anis daarii kee Galaana Diimaadhaa jalqabee hamma Galaana Filisxeemiitti, lafa alootii jalqabee hamma Laga Efraaxiisiitti siifin dhaaba. Namoota biyya sana jiraatanis dabarsee harka keetti nan kenna; ati immoo of duraa ariitee isaan baafta.
32 You shall not enter into a pact with them, nor with their gods.
Ati isaan wajjin yookaan waaqota isaanii wajjin kakuu tokko illee hin galin.
33 They may not live on your land, lest perhaps they may cause you to sin against me, if you serve their gods, which certainly would be a temptation for you.”
Akka isaan biyya kee keessa jiraatan hin eeyyamaniif; yoo akkas taʼe isaan akka ati cubbuu natti hojjettu si godhu; ati waaqota isaanii waaqeffannaan kun dhugumaan kiyyoo sitti taʼaatii.”
