Exodus 23
1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
“Oduu sobaa hin odeessin; dhuga baʼuu jalʼaa kennuudhaan nama balleessaa hojjete hin gargaarin.
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment: ]
“Waan hamaa hojjechuuf jettee nama baayʼee faana hin buʼin. Fuula seeraa duratti yommuu dhugaa baatu, gara nama baayʼee gortee murtii hin jalʼisin;
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
murtii irratti hiyyeessaaf hin loogin.
4 If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
“Yoo sangaa yookaan harree diina keetii kan baduutti jiru argite deebisii geessiif.
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
Yoo harree nama si jibbu tokkoo utuu isheen baʼaa baattee kuftee jirtuu argite achitti hin dhiisin; isa gargaarii ol kaasi.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
“Murtii irratti hiyyeessa saba keetii jalaa murtii hin dabsin.
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Himata sobaa keessatti hin hirmaatin; waan ani nama balleessaa hojjete hin qulqulleessineef nama yakka hin qabne yookaan nama qajeelaa hin ajjeesin.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
“Ati mattaʼaa hin fudhatin; mattaʼaan ogeeyyii ni jaamsaatii; dubbii qajeeltotaas jalʼisa.
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers 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 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof:
“Waggaa jaʼa lafa qotiisaa kee facaafadhu; midhaanis galfadhu;
11 But the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.
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 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and 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.
“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 And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
“Waan ani isinitti hime hunda eegaa; maqaa waaqota biraa hin waammatinaa; afaan keessanii iyyuu hin baʼin.
14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
“Ati waggaatti yeroo sadii ayyaana naa ayyaaneffadhu.
15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty: )
“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 And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of 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 in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
“Dhiirri hundi waggaatti yeroo sadii fuula Waaqayyoo Gooftaa duratti haa dhiʼaatu.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
“Dhiiga aarsaa waan raacitii qabu wajjin naa hin dhiʼeessin. “Coomni aarsaa ayyaana koos hamma bariitti hin turin.
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
“Mataa midhaan lafa keetii keessaa filatamaa isaa gara mana Waaqayyo Waaqa keetii fidi. “Ilmoo reʼee aannan haadha isheetiin hin affeelin.
20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which 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 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for 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 thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
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 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.
Ergamaan koos fuula kee dura deemee biyya Amoorotaatti, Heetotaatti, Feerzotaatti, Kanaʼaanotaatti, Hiiwotaattii fi Yebuusotaatti si galcha; anis jara nan balleessa.
24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
Waaqota isaaniitiif hin sagadin; hin waaqeffatinis; hojii isaanii faanas hin buʼin. Ati isaan balleessitee soodduu waaqeffannaa isaanii illee caccabsuu qabda.
25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
Waaqayyo Waaqa kee waaqeffadhu; innis midhaan keetii fi bishaan kee ni eebbisa. Dhukkubas isin gidduudhaa nan balleessa;
26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
biyya kee keessatti dubartiin ulfi irraa baʼu yookaan dhabduun tokko iyyuu hin argamtu. Jireenya guutuus siif nan kenna.
27 I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
“Ani sodaachisuu koo si dura ergee saba ati itti dhuftu hunda nan burjaajessa. Akka diinonni kee hundinuu dugda sitti galanii baqatanis nan godha.
28 And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Akka inni Hiiwota, Kanaʼaanotaa fi Heetota karaa kee irraa ariʼuuf ani si duraan sonsa nan erga.
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.
Akka lafti onee bineensi wal horee sitti hin baayʼanneef ani waggaa tokko keessatti saba kana si duraa ariʼee hin baasu.
30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Hamma ati baayʼattee biyyattii dhaaltutti ani xinnoo xinnoon fuula kee duraa isaan nan baasa.
31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
“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 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Ati isaan wajjin yookaan waaqota isaanii wajjin kakuu tokko illee hin galin.
33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
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.”
