Exodus 23

1 "You shall not spread a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be an unjust witness.

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

2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

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

3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

٣ وَلا تَتَحَيَّزْ لِلْفَقِيرِ فِي دَعْوَاهُ لِمُجَرَّدِ كَوْنِهِ فَقِيراً فَقَطْ.

4 "If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

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

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.

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

6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

٦ لَا تَتَهَاوَنْ فِي حَقِّ فَقِيرِكَ فِي دَعْوَاهُ لِكَوْنِهِ فَقِيراً.

7 "Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

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

8 "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

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

9 "You shall not oppress a foreigner, for you know the heart of a foreigner, seeing you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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

10 "For six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,

١٠ ازْرَعْ أَرْضَكَ وَاحْصُدْ غَلَّتَهَا سِتَّ سِنِينَ،

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

14 "You shall observe a feast to me three times a year.

١٤ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ تَحْتَفِلُ لِي فِي السَّنَةِ:

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.

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 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.

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 your males shall appear before Lord YHWH.

١٧ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يَمْثُلُ جَمِيعُ الرِّجَالِ أَمَامَ السَّيِّدِ الرَّبِّ.

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.

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

19 The first of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of YHWH your God. "You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

25 You shall serve YHWH your God, and I will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.

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

26 No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

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

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.

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

28 I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hethite, from before you.

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

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.

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

30 Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.

٣٠ بَلْ أَطْرُدُهُمْ تَدْرِيجِيًّا مِنْ أَمَامِكَ رَيْثَمَا تَنْمُونَ وَتَرِثُونَ الْبِلادَ.

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.

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

32 You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.

٣٢ لَا تَقْطَعْ مَعَهُمْ وَلا مَعْ آلِهَتِهِمْ عَهْداً،

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."

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