Exodus 23
1 You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Ou pa pou pote yon fo rapò. Pa jwenn men ou avèk yon moun mechan pou devni yon move temwen.
2 You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Ou pa pou swiv foul la nan fè mechanste, ni ou pa pou fè temwen nan yon pwosè k ap vire pou swiv foul la pou ou kapab fè lajistis vin konwonpi.
3 Neither shall you countenance a poor man in his cause.
Ni ou p ap apiye vè yon malere pou bay li avantaj nan pwosè a.
4 If you meet your enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
Si ou rankontre bèf, oswa bourik a lènmi ou k ap pati, anverite, ou va remèt li bay mèt li.
5 If you see the ass of him that hates you lying under his burden, and would forbear to help him, you shall surely help with him.
Si ou wè bourik a yon moun ki rayi ou, k ap kouche anba gwo chaj, ou p ap abandone li nan pwoblèm nan, men ou va ede l dechaje li.
6 You shall not wrest the judgment of your poor in his cause.
Ou pa pou konwonpi lajistis ki se dwa a yon malere nan pwosè li.
7 Keep you far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Rete lwen yon fo pwosè, e pa touye inosan an oswa moun ki dwat la, paske Mwen p ap jistifye koupab la.
8 And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
Ou pa pou pran lajan anba tab, paske kòb anba tab ap avegle sila ki wè klè yo, e konwonpi kòz sila ki jis yo.
9 Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Ou pa pou oprime yon etranje, paske nou konnen pozisyon a yon etranje, konsi, nou osi te etrange nan peyi Égypte la.
10 And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in the fruits thereof:
Ou va simen tè ou pou sis ane, e rekòlte donn li,
11 But the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie still; that the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your olive grove.
men nan setyèm ane a ou va kite li san fè anyen pou l kab pran repo. Konsa, malere pami pèp nou an kapab manje, epi nenpòt sa yo menm ta kite, ap rete pou bèt chan yo. Ou ap fè menm bagay la avèk chan rezen e avèk chan oliv ou yo.
12 Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Pandan sis jou ou va fè travay ou, men nan setyèm jou a, ou va sispann fè travay pou bèf ou avèk bourik ou kapab repoze, ansanm avèk fis esklav femèl ou a, ak etranje ou a tou, kapab repoze.
13 And in all things that I have said to you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth.
Alò, konsènan tout sa ke M te pale avèk nou yo, pran atansyon pou fè yo. Konsa, pa nonmen non a lòt dye yo, ni kite yo tande pawòl sa yo sòti nan bouch nou.
14 Three times you shall keep a feast to me in the year.
Twa fwa pa ane nou va selebre yon fèt pou Mwen.
15 You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread: (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it you came out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty: )
Nou va obsève fèt Pen San Ledven an. Pandan sèt jou nou va manje pen san ledven an, jan Mwen te kòmande nou an, nan tan ki apwente nan mwa Abib la, paske nan li nou te sòti an Égypte. Epi okenn moun pèsòn p ap parèt devan M men vid.
16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you have sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors out of the field.
Osi nou va obsève fèt Mwason Premye Fwi a travay nou yo, nan sa ke nou te simen nan chan, anplis, fèt rekòlt nan fen ane a lè nou fin ranmase tout fwi travay nan jaden nou yo.
17 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the LORD God.
Twa fwa pa lane tout mal nou yo va parèt devan SENYÈ Bondye a.
18 You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
Nou pa pou ofri san a sakrifis Mwen ansanm avèk pen ledven. Ni grès fèt Mwen an pa pou pase lannwit pou rive nan maten.
19 The first of the first fruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
Nou va pote pi bon nan premye fwi latè yo antre nan kay SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an. Nou pa pou bouyi yon jèn kabrit nan lèt manman li.
20 Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
“Gade byen, Mwen ap voye yon zanj devan nou pou pwoteje nou pandan nou nan chemen an, e pou mennen nou antre nan plas ke M te prepare pou nou an.
21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
Rete vijilan devan li, e obeyi vwa li. Pa fè rebelyon anvè li, paske li p ap padone peche nou yo, paske non Mwen nan li.
22 But if you shall indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
“Men si nou vrèman obeyi vwa li, e fè tout sa ke M pale nou yo, alò, Mwen va vin lènmi ak lènmi pa nou yo, e advèsè pou advèsè nou yo.
23 For my Angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.
Paske zanj Mwen va ale devan nou pou mennen nou nan peyi Amoreyen yo, Etyen yo, Ferezyen yo, Kananeyen yo, Evityen yo, ak Jebisyen yo. Epi Mwen va detwi yo nèt.
24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but you shall utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
“Nou pa pou adore dye pa yo, ni sèvi yo, ni fè selon zèv pa yo, men nou va boulvèse yo nèt e nou va kraze pilye sakre pa yo an mòso.
25 And you shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless your bread, and your water; and I will take sickness away from the middle of you.
Men nou va sèvi SENYÈ a Bondye nou an, e Li va beni pen nou, ak dlo nou; epi Mwen va retire maladi pami nou.
26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in your land: the number of your days I will fulfill.
P ap gen foskouch oswa moun esteril nan peyi nou. Mwen va fin ranpli fòs kantite jou ke n ap viv yo.
27 I will send my fear before you, and will destroy all the people to whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
“Mwen va voye laperèz Mwen devan nou. Mwen va jete nan konfizyon tout pèp pami sila nou parèt yo, e Mwen va fè tout lènmi nou yo ban nou do.
28 And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
Mwen va voye gèp devan nou pou yo pouse mete deyò tout Evityen yo, Kananeyen yo, ak Etyen yo devan nou.
29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against you.
Mwen p ap pouse yo deyò nan yon sèl ane, pou peyi a pa vin dezole, e pou bèt chan yo pa vin twòp pou nou.
30 By little and little I will drive them out from before you, until you be increased, and inherit the land.
Mwen va pouse yo deyò devan nou mòso pa mòso jiskaske nou vin gran, e posede peyi a.
31 And I will set your bounds from the Red sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and you shall drive them out before you.
“Mwen va etabli bòn nou yo soti nan Lamè Wouj, jis rive nan lanmè Filisten yo, soti savann nan pou rive nan larivyè Lefrat paske Mwen va livre abitan peyi yo nan men nou, e nou va pouse yo ale devan nou.
32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
“Nou pa pou fè okenn akò avèk yo, ni avèk dye pa yo.
33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me: for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.
Yo p ap viv nan peyi nou, paske yo va fè nou peche kont Mwen; paske si nou sèvi dye pa yo, sa va vrèman vin yon pèlen pou nou.”
