Deuteronomy 16
1 You are to observe the month of Abib and to celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, because it was in the month of Abib that the Lord your God led you out of Egypt by night.
Gcina inyanga kaAbhibhi, wenzele iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho iphasika, ngoba ngenyanga kaAbhibhi iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho yakukhupha eGibhithe ebusuku.
2 The Passover sacrifice from your herd or flock must be offered to the Lord your God in the place where the Lord will choose to live with you.
Ngakho uzahlabela iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho iphasika, lezimvu lenkomo, endaweni iNkosi ezayikhetha ukuthi ibeke ibizo layo khona.
3 Don't eat ordinary bread with it. For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast with it, the bread of hardship, because you had to leave Egypt in such a hurry. This way you'll remember day you left Egypt for the rest of your lives.
Ungadli lalo isinkwa esilemvubelo. Insuku eziyisikhombisa uzakudla lalo isinkwa esingelamvubelo, isinkwa senhlupheko, ngoba waphuma elizweni leGibhithe ngokuphangisa, ukuze ukhumbule usuku lokuphuma kwakho elizweni leGibhithe zonke izinsuku zempilo yakho.
4 Don't have yeast anywhere in your country for seven days. Don't keep any of the meat that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day until the morning.
Njalo kakungabonwa kuwe imvubelo emingceleni yonke yakho insuku eziyisikhombisa; futhi okwenyama oyihlaba kusihlwa ngosuku lokuqala kakungalali ubusuku bonke kuze kuse.
5 Don't sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the Lord your God is giving you.
Awulakuhlaba iphasika phakathi kwaloba yiliphi lamasango akho, iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika wona,
6 The Passover sacrifice must be offered by you only at the place where the Lord your God will choose to live with you. You are to do this in the evening at sunset-the same time you left Egypt.
kodwa endaweni iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ezayikhetha ukuhlalisa ibizo layo khona, lapho uzahlabela iphasika kusihlwa, ekutshoneni kwelanga, ngesikhathi esimisiweyo sokuphuma kwakho eGibhithe.
7 Cook it and eat it in the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning go back to your tents.
Njalo uzalipheka, ulidlele endaweni iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ezayikhetha. Lekuseni uzaphenduka uye emathenteni akho.
8 Eat bread without yeast for six days, and the on the seventh day you are to have a holy meeting to honor the Lord your God. You are not to do any work.
Insuku eziyisithupha uzakudla isinkwa esingelamvubelo; langosuku lwesikhombisa kube lomhlangano onzulu eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho; ungenzi umsebenzi.
9 Count off seven weeks from when you start the grain harvest.
Uzazibalela amaviki ayisikhombisa. Kusukela beqalisa ngesikela emabeleni amileyo uzaqala ukubala amaviki ayisikhombisa.
10 Then celebrate the Festival of Weeks to honor him the Lord your God by giving him a freewill offering, depending on just how much the Lord your God has blessed you.
Khona uzagcinela iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho umkhosi wamaviki, umnikelo wesihle wesandla sakho, ozawunikela, njengalokhu iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ikubusisile.
11 You will celebrate in the Lord's presence in the place where he will choose to live with you. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levites who live in your towns, as well as the foreigners, orphans, and widows among you.
Njalo uzathokoza phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, wena lendodana yakho lendodakazi yakho, lenceku yakho lencekukazi yakho, lomLevi ophakathi kwamasango akho, lowezizweni, lentandane, lomfelokazi, abaphakathi kwakho, endaweni iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ezayikhetha ukuhlalisa ibizo layo khona.
12 Don't forget that you were once slaves in Egypt, and be careful to follow these regulations.
Uzakhumbula-ke ukuthi wawuyisigqili eGibhithe. Njalo uzagcina njalo wenze lezizimiso.
13 Celebrate the Festival of Shelters for seven days once you have finished threshing your grain and pressing your grapes.
Umkhosi wamadumba uzazigcinela wona insuku eziyisikhombisa, ekubutheleni kwakho ebaleni lakho lokubhulela lesikhamelweni sakho sewayini.
14 Enjoy your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levites who live in your towns, as well as the foreigners, orphans, and widows among you.
Njalo uzathaba emkhosini wakho, wena lendodana yakho lendodakazi yakho, lenceku yakho lencekukazi yakho, lomLevi, lowezizweni, lentandane, lomfelokazi, abaphakathi kwamasango akho.
15 Celebrate this Festival for seven days to honor the Lord your God in the place he will choose, because the Lord your God will bless your whole harvest and everything you do, so you will be really happy.
Insuku eziyisikhombisa uzayigcinela iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho umkhosi, endaweni iNkosi ezayikhetha; ngoba iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakubusisa kuzo zonke izithelo zakho lemsebenzini wonke wezandla zakho. Ngakho uzathokoza ngoqotho.
16 All your men must come before the Lord your God in the place He will choose three times every year: the Festival of Bread without Yeast, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Shelters. No one should come before the Lord without an offering.
Kathathu ngomnyaka wonke owesilisa wakho uzabonakala phambi kweNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho endaweni ezayikhetha, ngomkhosi wesinkwa esingelamvubelo, langomkhosi wamaviki, langomkhosi wamadumba. Njalo kayikubonakala phambi kweNkosi engaphathanga lutho;
17 Each of you is to bring whatever gift you can, depending on how much the Lord your God has blessed you.
ngulowo lalowo ngokwesipho sesandla sakhe, njengesibusiso seNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ekunike sona.
18 Choose judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town that the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.
Abahluleli lezinduna uzazibekela bona emasangweni akho wonke, iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika wona, phakathi kwezizwe zakho, ukuthi bahlulele abantu ngesahlulelo esilungileyo.
19 Don't pervert justice or show favoritism. Don't take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the wise and twists the words of the truthful.
Ungaphambuli isahlulelo, ungakhangeli ubuso, ungemukeli isipho, ngoba isipho siphumputhekisa amehlo abahlakaniphileyo, siphambula amazwi abalungileyo.
20 Always do what is right and just, so that you may go on living, occupying the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Ukulunga, ukulunga uzakunxwanela, ukuze uphile, udle ilifa lelizwe iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekunika lona.
21 Don't ever set up a wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you build for the Lord your God,
Ungazihlanyeleli isixuku saloba yisiphi isihlahla eduze kwelathi leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ozazenzela lona.
22 and don't make for yourselves an idolatrous stone pillar, which the Lord your God hates.
Njalo ungazimiseli insika eyisithombe, iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho eyizondayo.
