Exodus 23
1 "You shall not spread a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be an unjust witness.
“Usafalitse mbiri yabodza. Usathandize munthu wolakwa pomuchitira umboni wonama.
2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;
“Usatsate gulu la anthu ndi kuchita choyipa. Pamene ukupereka umboni mʼbwalo lamilandu, usakhotetse mlandu chifukwa chofuna kukondweretsa anthu ambiri.
3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.
Ndipo poweruza mlandu wa munthu wosauka usamukondere.
4 "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
“Ngati ukumana ndi ngʼombe kapena bulu wa mdani wako zitasochera, uwonetsetse kuti wazitenga kupita nazo kwa mwini wakeyo.
5 If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, do not leave him, you shall surely help him with it.
Ngati uwona bulu wa munthu wina amene amakuda atagwa ndi katundu, usamusiye pomwepo, uwonetsetse kuti wamuthandiza.
6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
“Usakhotetse milandu ya anthu osauka.
7 "Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
Upewe zabodza ndipo usaphetse munthu wosalakwa ndi wolungama, chifukwa Ine sindidzakhululukira wochimwa.
8 "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
“Musamalandire chiphuphu, pakuti chiphuphu chimadetsa mʼmaso anthu oweruza ndi kusintha mawu awo kuti mlandu uyipire osalakwa.
9 "You shall not oppress a foreigner, for you know the heart of a foreigner, seeing you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
“Usamuzunze mlendo, pakuti inu nomwe mukudziwa mmene amamvera mlendo chifukwa nanunso munali alendo mʼdziko la Igupto.
10 "For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,
“Muzidzala mbewu zanu mʼmunda ndi kumakolola mbewuzo kwa zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi.
11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the animal of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and with your olive grove.
Koma chaka chachisanu ndi chiwiri muzisiya osalima mindayo kuti anthu osauka pakati panu azipezamo chakudya, ndipo nyama zakuthengo zizidya zotsalazo. Muzichita chimodzimodzi ndi minda ya mpesa ndi mitengo ya olivi.
12 "Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest, that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the alien may be refreshed.
“Muzigwira ntchito masiku asanu ndi limodzi koma tsiku lachisanu ndi chiwiri musagwire ntchito kuti ngʼombe yanu ndi bulu wanu apume ndiponso kuti kapolo wobadwira mʼnyumba yanu ndi mlendo yemwe apezenso mphamvu.
13 "Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and do not invoke the name of other gods, neither let them be heard out of your mouth.
“Samalani pochita zonse zimene ine ndanena. Musamapemphere kwa milungu ina ndipo mayina awo musamawatchule.
14 "You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.
“Muzichita zikondwerero zolemekeza Ine katatu pa chaka.
15 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.
“Muzichita Chikondwerero cha Buledi wopanda Yisiti. Kwa masiku asanu ndi awiri muzidya buledi wopanda yisiti monga ndinakulamulirani. Muzichita zimenezi mwezi wa Abibu pa nthawi yomwe ndayika, pakuti mʼmwezi umenewu munatuluka mʼdziko la Igupto. “Pasapezeke munthu wobwera pamaso panga wopanda kanthu mʼmanja.
16 And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you sow in the field: and the feast of harvest, at the end of the year, when you gather in your labors out of the field.
“Muzichita Chikondwerero cha Masika pogwiritsa ntchito zipatso zoyambirira kucha zimene munadzala mʼmunda. “Muzichitanso Chikondwerero cha Zokolola pakutha pa chaka, pamene mukututa zokolola zanu mʼmunda.
17 Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
“Amuna onse azionekera pamaso pa Ambuye Yehova katatu pa chaka.
18 "You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
“Musapereke magazi anyama ngati nsembe kwa Ine pamodzi ndi chilichonse chimene chili ndi yisiti. “Ndipo musasunge mafuta anyama yansembe ya pa chikondwerero mpaka mmawa.
19 The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. "You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
“Muzibwera ndi zipatso zoyambirira kucha zabwino kwambiri ku Nyumba ya Yehova Mulungu wanu. “Musamaphike kamwana kambuzi mu mkaka wa mayi wake.
20 "Look, I send an angel before you, to keep you by the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
“Taona Ine ndikutuma mngelo wanga patsogolo panu kuti akutetezeni mʼnjiramo ndi kukakufikitsani ku malo amene ndakonza.
21 Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Do not provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.
Muzimumvera ndi kumvetsetsa zimene akunena. Musamuwukire chifukwa sadzakhululuka kuwukira kwanu, pakuti akuchita zimenezi mʼdzina langa.
22 But if you indeed listen to his voice, and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.
Ngati mudzamvera iyeyu ndi kuchita zonse zimene Ine ndikunena, Ine ndidzakhala mdani wa adani anu ndipo ndidzatsutsana ndi onse otsutsana nanu.
23 For my angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorite, and the Hethite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I will cut them off.
Mngelo wanga adzakhala patsogolo panu ndipo adzakufikitsani mʼdziko la Aamori, Ahiti, Aperezi, Akanaani, Ahivi ndi Ayebusi, ndipo ndidzawapheratu onsewo.
24 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor follow their practices, but you shall utterly overthrow them and demolish their pillars.
Musagwadire milungu yawo kapena kuyipembedza. Ndipo musatsatire zinthu zomwe amachita. Koma inu mukawononge milungu yawo ndi kuphwasula malo amene amapembedzerapo.
25 You shall serve the LORD your God, and I will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.
Muzipembedza Yehova Mulungu wanu ndipo adzakudalitsani ndi chakudya ndi madzi ndiponso ndidzachotsa nthenda pakati panu.
26 No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
Palibe mkazi amene adzapite padera kapena kukhala wosabereka mʼdziko mwanu. Ndidzakupatsani moyo wautali.
27 I will send my terror before you, and will confuse all the people to whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
“Ine ndidzawachititsa mantha ndi kusokoneza anthu onse amene adzalimbana ndi inu ndipo adani anu onse adzakuthawani.
28 I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hethite, from before you.
Ahivi, Akanaani ndi Ahiti adzathawa ngati kuti ndawatumizira mavu.
29 I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you.
Komabe sindidzawachotseratu onse mʼchaka chimodzi chifukwa dziko lingadzakhale lopanda anthu ndipo nyama zakuthengo zidzakuchulukirani.
30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.
Ndidzawathamangitsa pangʼonopangʼono mpaka inu mutachuluka kokwanira mwakuti nʼkutenga dzikolo.
31 I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
“Malire a dziko lanu adzakhala kuyambira ku Nyanja Yofiira mpaka ku nyanja ya Afilisti, ndiponso kuyambira ku chipululu mpaka ku mtsinje wa Yufurate. Anthu onse okhala mʼdziko limeneli ndidzawapereka mʼmanja mwanu ndipo mudzawathamangitsa.
32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Musachite pangano ndi iwo kapena ndi milungu yawo.
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."
Asadzakhale mʼdziko lanu chifukwa angadzakuchimwitseni ndi kuyamba kupembedza milungu yawo. Mukadzatero ndiye kuti mwakodwa mu msampha.”
