Exodus 23

1 Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.

“ʻOua naʻa ke fakatupu ʻae ongoongo loi; ʻoua naʻa ke kuku nima mo e kau angakovi ke hoko ʻae fakamoʻoni taʻetotonu.

2 Thou shalt not follow the multitude for evil; neither shalt thou answer in a cause, to go after the multitude to pervert [judgment].

“ʻOua naʻa ke muimui ki he tokolahi ke fai kovi: ʻoua naʻa ke lea fakaangimui pe ki he tokolahi ke fakapikoʻi ʻae fakamaau.

3 Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

“Pea ʻoua naʻa ke tokoni kovi ki he tangata masiva.

4 — If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.

“Pea kapau ʻoku mo fetaulaki mo e pulu pe ko e ʻasi ʻa ho fili ʻoku ʻalu hē, ko e moʻoni te ke toe ʻomi ia kiate ia.

5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving [it] to him: thou shalt certainly loosen [it] with him.

Kapau ʻoku ke mamata ki he ʻasi ʻo ia ʻoku fehiʻa kiate koe ʻoku tokoto kuo taʻomia ia ʻe heʻene kavenga, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ke fie tokoni ia, ko e moʻoni te ke tokoni ia.

6 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

“ʻOua naʻa ke fakahalaʻi ʻae fakamaau ʻo hoʻo kakai masiva ʻi heʻene meʻa.

7 Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.

Taʻofi koe ke ke mamaʻo mei he meʻa loi: pea ʻoua naʻa ke tāmateʻi ʻae taʻehalaia mo e māʻoniʻoni: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te u fakatonuhia ʻae angakovi.

8 And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

“Pea ʻoua naʻa ke maʻu ha meʻa foaki: he ko e meʻa foaki, ʻoku ne fakakui ʻae poto, mo ne fakahalaʻi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻae māʻoniʻoni.

9 And the stranger thou shalt not oppress; for ye know the spirit of the stranger, for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.

“Pea ʻoua naʻa ke fakafiuʻi foki ʻae muli; he ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻae loto ʻoe muli, he naʻa mou nofo ko e kau muli ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite.

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in its produce;

“Pea te ke tō ho fonua ʻi he taʻu ʻe ono, mo ke tānaki hono ngaahi fua ʻo ia:

11 but in the seventh thou shalt let it rest and lie [fallow], that the poor of thy people may eat [of it]; and what they leave, the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thine olive-tree.

Ka ko hono fitu ʻoe taʻu, ke ke tuku ia ke mālōlō, pea taʻeueʻi: koeʻuhi ke kai ʻe he masiva ʻi ho kakai: pea ko ia ʻoku tuku ʻekinautolu ʻe kai ia ʻe he fanga manu ʻoe vao: pea te ke fai pehē pe ki hoʻo ngoue vaine, mo hoʻo ngoue ʻolive.

12 — Six days thou shalt do thy work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger may be refreshed.

“Ke ke fai hoʻo ngāue ʻi he ʻaho ʻe ono, pea ke mālōlō ʻi hono fitu ʻoe ʻaho: ke mālōlō ai hoʻo pulu, mo hoʻo asi, mo e tama ʻa hoʻo kaunanga, mo e muli, pea ke nau maʻu ʻae fiemālie.

13 And ye shall be on your guard as to everything that I have said unto you; and shall make no mention of the name of other gods — it shall not be heard in thy mouth.

“Pea ko e meʻa kotoa pē kuo u tala kiate kimoutolu, mou tokanga lelei ki ai: pea ʻoua siʻi naʻa ke lea ki he hingoa ʻoe ngaahi ʻotua kehe, pea ke ʻoua naʻa ongoʻi ia mei homou ngutu.

14 Thrice in the year thou shalt celebrate a feast to me.

“ʻE liunga tolu hoʻo fai ʻae kātoanga kiate au ʻi he taʻu.

15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread, (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I have commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear in my presence empty; )

Ke ke fai ʻae kātoanga ʻoe mā taʻefakalēvani: (ke ke kai mā taʻefakalēvani ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku fekau kiate koe, ʻi he ʻaho tuʻutuʻuni ʻi he māhina ko ʻApipi; he naʻa ke haʻu ai mei ʻIsipite; pea ʻoua naʻa haʻu mola pe ha tokotaha ki hoku ʻao.)

16 and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the field, and the feast of in-gathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.

“Mo e kātoanga ʻoe ututaʻu, ko e ʻuluaki fua ʻo hoʻo ngoue ʻaia naʻa ke tūtuuʻi ʻi hoʻo ngoue: pea mo e kātoanga ʻoe tānaki, ʻaia ʻoku fai ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻoe taʻu, hili hao tānaki fakataha hoʻo ngāue mei he ngoue.

17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the presence of the Lord Jehovah.

‌ʻE fakahā liunga tolu ʻi he taʻu ʻa hoʻo kakai tangata kotoa pē ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko e ʻOtua.

18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.

“ʻOua naʻa ke ʻatu ʻae toto ʻo hoku feilaulau fakataha mo e mā kuo fakalēvani: pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ʻae ngako ʻo hoku feilaulau ki he ʻapongipongi.

19 The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

“Ko e polopolo ʻoe ngaahi ʻuluaki fua ʻo ho fonua ke ke ʻomi ki he fale ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua. “ʻOua naʻa ke haka ʻae ʻuhikiʻi sipi pe ko e kosi ʻi he huhuʻa ʻo ʻene faʻē.

20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place that I have prepared.

“Vakai, ʻoku ou fekau ha ʻĀngelo ke muʻomuʻa ʻi ho ʻao, ke tataki koe ʻi he hala, pea ke ʻomi koe ki he potu ʻaia kuo u teuteuʻi.

21 Be careful in his presence, and hearken unto his voice: do not provoke him, for he will not forgive your transgressions; for my name is in him.

Pea ke tokanga kiate ia, pea fai talangofua ki hono leʻo, ʻoua naʻa ke fakahouhau kiate ia; koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te ne fakamolemole hoʻomou ngaahi talangataʻa: he ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻa hoku huafa.

22 But if thou shalt diligently hearken unto his voice, and do all that I shall say, then I will be an enemy to thine enemies, and an adversary to thine adversaries.

Pea kapau te ke fai talangofua moʻoni ki hono leʻo, ʻo fai ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku ou tala: te u hoko ai ko e fili au ki ho ngaahi fili, pea te u tautea ʻakinautolu ʻoku tautea koe.

23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will cut them off.

He ko ʻeku ʻĀngelo ʻe muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe, ʻo ne ʻomi koe ki he kakai ʻAmoli, mo e kau Heti, mo e kau Pelesi, mo e kau Kēnani, mo e kau Hevi, mo e kau Sepusi; pea te u tuʻusi ʻakinautolu.

24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their deeds; but thou shalt utterly destroy them, and utterly shatter their statues.

‌ʻOua naʻa ke punou koe ki honau ngaahi ʻotua, pe tauhi ʻakinautolu, pe fai ʻo hangē ko ʻenau ngaahi ngāue, ka ke fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻakinautolu, mo holoki hifo ʻaupito ʻenau ngaahi meʻa fakatātā.

25 And ye shall serve Jehovah your God; and he shall bless thy bread and thy water; and I will take sickness away from thy midst.

Pea te mou tauhi ʻa Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, pea te ne tāpuakiʻi hoʻo mā mo hoʻo vai: pea te u toʻo ʻae mahaki ʻo ʻave ia meiate kimoutolu.

26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days will I fulfil.

ʻE ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe fānau taʻehoko, pe paʻa ʻi ho fonua: ko hono lau ʻo ho ngaahi ʻaho te u fakakakato.

27 I will send my fear before thee, and confound every people to which thou comest, and will make all thine enemies turn their back to thee.

“Te u fekau ke muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe hoku manavahēʻia, pea te u fakaʻauha ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻaia te ke hoko ki ai, pea te u ngaohi ha ngaahi fili ke nau fulituʻa kiate koe.

28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.

Pea te u fekau ke muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe ʻae fanga langomū, pea te nau kapusi mei ho ʻao, ʻae kau Hevi, mo e kau Kēnani, mo e kau Heti.

29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year: lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

‌ʻE ʻikai te u kapusi ʻakinautolu mei ho ʻao ʻi he taʻu pe taha: telia naʻa ngaongao ai ʻae fonua, pea tupu ʻo lahi ai kiate koe ʻae fanga manu ʻoe vao.

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou art fruitful, and possess the land.

Te u kapusi fakaholoholo pe ʻakinautolu mei ho ʻao, kaeʻoua ke mou tupu ʻo tokolahi, pea maʻu ʻae fonua.

31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee.

Pea te u tuku ho ngataʻanga mei he tahi Kulokula, ʻo aʻu ki he tahi ʻoe kakai Filisitia, pea mei he toafa ʻo aʻu ki he vaitafe lahi: he te u tukuange ʻae kakai ʻoe fonua ki homou nima; pea te ke kapusi ʻakinautolu mei ho ʻao.

32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

‌ʻOua naʻa ke fai ha fuakava mo kinautolu, pe ki honau ngaahi ʻotua.

33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it is sure to be a snare unto thee.

‌ʻE ʻikai te nau nofo ʻi ho fonua, telia naʻa nau fakafaihalaʻi koe kiate au: he kapau te ke tauhi honau ngaahi ʻotua, ko e moʻoni ʻe fakahalahala ai koe.”