Exodus 23

1 Thou shalt not utter a false report; put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

١ لَا تَنْقُلْ أَخْبَاراً كَاذِبَةً، وَلا تَتَعَاوَنْ مَعَ المُنَافِقِ فِي شَهَادَةِ زُورٍ.

2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou bear witness in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to pervert justice;

٢ لَا تَتْبَعِ الأَغْلَبِيَّةَ لاِرْتِكَابِ الشَّرِّ، وَلا تُحَرِّفْ شَهَادَتَكَ فِي دَعْوَى انْجِرَافاً مَعَ الأَكْثَرِيَّةِ،

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

٣ وَلا تَتَحَيَّزْ لِلْفَقِيرِ فِي دَعْوَاهُ لِمُجَرَّدِ كَوْنِهِ فَقِيراً فَقَطْ.

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

٤ إِذَا صَادَفْتَ ثَوْرَ عَدُوِّكَ أَوْ حِمَارَهُ شَارِداً، فَرُدَّهُ إِلَيْهِ.

5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, thou shalt forbear to pass by him; thou shalt surely release it with him.

٥ وَإذَا عَايَنْتَ حِمَارَ مُبْغِضِكَ وَاقِعاً تَحْتَ حِمْلِهِ، فَلا تَتَجَاوَزْهُ حَتَّى تُسْعِفَ عَدُوَّكَ فِي حَلِّ ثِقْلِ حِمَارِهِ.

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

٦ لَا تَتَهَاوَنْ فِي حَقِّ فَقِيرِكَ فِي دَعْوَاهُ لِكَوْنِهِ فَقِيراً.

7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.

٧ اجْتَنِبْ الاتِّهَامَ الْكَاذِبَ وَلا تَقْتُلِ الْبَرِيءَ وَالصَّالِحَ، لأَنَّنِي لَا أُبْرِىءُ المُذْنِبَ.

8 And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

٨ لَا تَقْبَلْ رِشْوَةً لأَنَّ الرِّشْوَةَ تُعْمِي الْمُبْصِرِينَ وَتُحَرِّفُ أَقْوَالَ الصَّالِحِينَ.

9 And a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

٩ لَا تُضَايِقْ غَرِيباً لأَنَّكُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَشَاعِرَ الغَرِيبِ، فَقَدْ كُنْتُمْ غُرَبَاءَ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ.

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and gather in the increase thereof;

١٠ ازْرَعْ أَرْضَكَ وَاحْصُدْ غَلَّتَهَا سِتَّ سِنِينَ،

11 but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat; and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

١١ ثُمَّ أَرِحْهَا فِي السَّنَةِ السَّابِعَةِ وَاتْرُكْهَا لِيَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا فُقَرَاءُ شَعْبِكَ. وَمَا فَضَلَ عَنْهُمْ تَقْتَاتُهُ وُحُوشُ الْبَرِّيَّةِ. وَهَكَذَا تَفْعَلُ أَيْضاً بِكَرْمِكَ وَزَيْتُونِكَ.

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

١٢ اعْمَلْ سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ فَقَطْ، وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ تَسْتَرِيحُ لِكَيْ يَسْتَرِيحَ أَيْضاً ثَوْرُكَ وَحِمَارُكَ، وَيَنْتَعِشَ ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ وَالغَرِيبُ.

13 And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed; and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

١٣ أَطِيعُوا كُلَّ مَا أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ بِهِ، وَلا تَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ آلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى، وَلا يَتَلَفَّظْ بِهِ فَمُكَ.

14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto Me in the year.

١٤ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ تَحْتَفِلُ لِي فِي السَّنَةِ:

15 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep; seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib — for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear before Me empty;

١٥ تَحْتَفِلُ بِعِيدِ الْفَطِيرِ فَتَأْكُلُ كَمَا أَمَرْتُكَ فَطِيراً، مُدَّةَ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ، فِي الْوَقْتِ الْمُعَيَّنِ مِنْ شَهْرِ أَبِيبَ (أَيْ شَهْرِ آذَارَ – مَارِسَ)، لأَنَّهُ فِيهِ خَرَجْتَ مِنْ مِصْرَ. وَلا يَمْثُلُ أَحَدٌ أَمَامِي بِيَدَيْنِ فَارِغَتَيْنِ.

16 and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours, which thou sowest in the field; and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.

١٦ وَتَحْتَفِلُ أَيْضاً بِعِيدِ الْحَصَادِ، حَيْثُ تُقَدِّمُ بَاكُورَةَ غَلّاتِكَ الَّتِي زَرَعْتَهَا فِي الْحَقْلِ، ثُمَّ عِيدِ الْجَمْعِ فِي نِهَايَةِ مَوْسِمِ الْحَصَادِ عِنْدَمَا تَجْمَعُ غَلّاتِكَ مِنَ الْحَقْلِ.

17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

١٧ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يَمْثُلُ جَمِيعُ الرِّجَالِ أَمَامَ السَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ.

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.

١٨ لَا تُقَرِّبْ لِي دَمَ ذَبِيحَةٍ مَعَ خُبْزٍ مُخْتَمِرٍ، وَلا يَبِتْ شَحْمُ ذَبَائِحِ عِيدِي إِلَى صَبَاحِ الْغَدِ.

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

١٩ أَحْضِرْ أَجْوَدَ بَاكُورَةِ أَرْضِكَ إِلَى بَيْتِ إِلَهِكَ. وَلا تَطْبُخْ جَدْياً فِي لَبَنِ أُمِّهِ.

20 Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

٢٠ هَا أَنَا مُرْسِلٌ مَلاكِي أَمَامَكَ لِيَحْرُسَكَ طَوَالَ الطَّرِيقِ، وَيَقُودَكَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَعْدَدْتُهَا لَكَ.

21 Take heed of him, and hearken unto his voice; be not rebellious against him; for he will not pardon your transgression; for My name is in him.

٢١ فَأصْغِ إِلَيْهِ وَامْتَثِلْ لَهُ وَلا تَعْصَهُ لأَنَّهُ لَا يَصْفَحُ عَنْ ذُنُوبِكُمْ إِذْ أَنَّ اسْمِي فِيهِ.

22 But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

٢٢ إِنْ حَرِصْتَ عَلَى الاسْتِمَاعِ إِلَى أَقْوَالِهِ وَفَعَلْتَ كُلَّ مَا قُلْتُهُ، أُعَادِي مَنْ يُعَادِيكَ، وَأُقَاوِمُ مُقَاوِمِيكَ،

23 For Mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.

٢٣ إِذْ يَسِيرُ مَلاكِي أَمَامَكَ حَتَّى يُدْخِلَكَ بِلادَ الأَمُورِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ وَالْفَرِزِّيِّينَ وَالْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْيَبُوسِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ أُبِيدُهُمْ.

24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their doings; but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.

٢٤ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِآلِهَتِهِمْ، وَلا تَعْبُدْهَا، وَلا تَعْمَلْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ، بَلْ تُبِيدُهُمْ وَتُحَطِّمُ أَصْنَامَهُمْ.

25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

٢٥ إِنَّمَا تَعْبُدُونَنِي أَنَا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ فَأُبَارِكُ طَعَامَكَ وَشَرَابَكَ وَأُزِيلُ الأَمْرَاضَ مِنْ بَيْنِكُمْ

26 None shall miscarry, nor be barren, in thy land; the number of thy days I will fulfil.

٢٦ فَلا تَكُونُ مُجْهِضَةٌ وَلا عَاقِرٌ فِي أَرْضِكَ. وَأُمَتِّعُكَ بِكَامِلِ عُمْرِكَ.

27 I will send My terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

٢٧ وَأَجْعَلُ هَيْبَتِي تَتَقَدَّمُكَ، أُزْعِجُ كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ تَقِفُ فِي وَجْهِكَ، وَأَجْعَلُ أَعْدَاءَكَ يُوَلُّونَ الأَدْبَارَ أَمَامَكَ.

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

٢٨ وَأَبْعَثُ الزَّنَابِيرَ أَمَامَكَ، فَتَطْرُدُ الْحِوِّيِّينَ وَالْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْحِثِّيِّينَ مِنْ قُدَّامِكَ.

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

٢٩ إِنَّمَا لَنْ أَطْرُدَهُمْ فِي سَنَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ لِئَلّا تُقْفِرَ الأَرْضُ فَتَتَكَاثَرَ عَلَيْكَ وُحُوشُ الْبَرِّيَّةِ،

30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

٣٠ بَلْ أَطْرُدُهُمْ تَدْرِيجِيًّا مِنْ أَمَامِكَ رَيْثَمَا تَنْمُونَ وَتَرِثُونَ الْبِلادَ.

31 And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

٣١ وَأَجْعَلُ تُخُومَكَ تَمْتَدُّ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ الأَحْمَرِ إِلَى سَاحِلِ فِلِسْطِينَ، وَمِنَ الْبَرِّيَّةِ حَتَّى نَهْرِ الْفُرَاتِ، وَأُخْضِعُ لَكَ سُكَّانَ الأَرْضِ فَتَطْرُدُهُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكَ.

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

٣٢ لَا تَقْطَعْ مَعَهُمْ وَلا مَعْ آلِهَتِهِمْ عَهْداً،

33 They shall not dwell in thy land — lest they make thee sin against Me, for thou wilt serve their gods — for they will be a snare unto thee.

٣٣ وَلا تُسْكِنْهُمْ فِي أَرْضِكَ لِئَلّا يَجْعَلُوكَ تُخْطِئُ إِلَيَّ، لأَنَّكَ إنْ عَبَدْتَ آلِهَتَهُمْ، يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ لَكَ فَخّاً».