Deuteronomy 16

1 Observe the month of Abib, when thou shalt keep a passover unto Yahweh thy God, —for in the month of Abib, did Yahweh thy God bring thee forth out of Egypt by night:

“Tokanga ki he māhina ko ʻApipi, pea fai ai ʻae Lakaatu kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua: koeʻuhi naʻe ʻomi koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua mei ʻIsipite ʻi he poʻuli ʻi he māhina ko ʻApipi.

2 therefore shalt thou sacrifice a passover unto Yahweh thy God of flock or herd, —in the place which Yahweh shall choose to make a habitation for his name there.

Ko ia ke ke feilaulau ʻaki ʻae Lakaatu kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, mei he fanga manu siʻi mo e fanga manu lalahi, ʻi he potu ko ia ʻe fili ʻe Sihova ke ʻai ki ai hono huafa.

3 Thou shalt not eat therewith any thing leavened, seven days, shalt thou eat therewith unleavened cakes the bread of humiliation, —for in haste, camest thou forth out of the land of Egypt, that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt, all the days of thy life.

‌ʻOua naʻa ke kai mo ia ʻae mā kuo fakalēvani: ke ke kai ia mo e mā taʻefakalēvani ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu, ʻio, ʻae mā ʻoe fakamamahi; he naʻa ke haʻu kituʻa mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite ʻi he fakatoʻotoʻo: koeʻuhi ke ke manatu ai ki he ʻaho naʻa ke haʻu ai mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo hoʻo moʻui ni.

4 And there shall not be seen with thee leaven in any of thy bounds seven days, —neither shall there remain all night of the flesh which thou shalt sacrifice in the evening, on the first day, unto the morning.

Pea ʻoua naʻa ʻilo ʻiate koe ha mā kuo fakalēvani ʻi ho fonua kotoa pē ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu; pea ko e kakano ʻoku feilaulau ʻaki ʻi he efiafi ʻoe ʻuluaki ʻaho, ʻoua naʻa tuku hono toe ʻi he pō ko ia ki he pongipongi.

5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover, —within any of thine own gates which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee;

‌ʻOku ʻikai ngofua ke tāmateʻi ʻae Lakaatu ʻi ho ngaahi lotoʻā kotoa pē, ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe:

6 but in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose to make a habitation for his name, there, shalt thou sacrifice the passover in the evening, —at the going in of the sun, at the very time thou camest forth out of Egypt.

Ka ʻi he potu ko ia ʻaia ʻe fili ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ke ʻai ki ai hono huafa, ko e potu ko ia ke ke feilaulau ʻaki ʻi ai ʻae Lakaatu ʻi he efiafi, ʻi he ʻalu hifo ʻae laʻā, ʻi he feituʻu naʻa ke haʻu ai kituʻa mei ʻIsipite.

7 Therefore shalt thou cook and eat it in the place which Yahweh thy God, shall choose, —and shalt turn away in the morning, and go thy way unto thy tents.

Pea te ke toʻo ʻo kai ia ʻi he potu ʻaia ʻe fili ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua: pea te ke foki ʻi he pongipongi ʻo ʻalu ki ho ngaahi fale fehikitaki.

8 Six days, shalt thou eat unleavened cakes, —and, on the seventh day, shall be a closing feast, unto Yahweh thy God, thou shalt do no work.

Ko e ʻaho ʻe ono ke ke kai mā taʻefakalēvani: pea ke fai ʻi hono fitu ʻoe ʻaho ʻae fakataha māʻoniʻoni kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua: ʻoua naʻa ke fai ai ha ngāue ʻe taha.

9 Seven weeks, shalt thou count unto thee, —from the beginning of thrusting in the sickle into the standing corn, shalt thou begin to count, seven weeks.

“Ke ke lau kiate koe ʻae uike ʻe fitu ke ke kamata hoʻo lau ʻae uike ʻe fitu mei he ʻaho ʻoku ke fuofua ʻai ʻae helepiko [ke tuʻusi ]ʻae uite.

10 So shalt thou keep the festival of weeks unto Yahweh thy God, in the measure of the freewill offering of thy hand which thou shalt give, —as Yahweh thy God shall bless thee.

Pea ke tauhi ʻae kātoanga ʻoe ngaahi uike kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻaki ʻae feilaulau ʻoe meʻa loto lelei mei ho nima, ʻaia ke ke ʻatu ʻo fakatatau ki he tāpuakiʻi koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua:

11 So shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God—thou, and thy son and thy daughter and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow who are in thy midst, —in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, to make a habitation for his name there.

Pea te ke fiefia ko e ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻa koe, mo ho foha, mo ho ʻofefine, mo hoʻo tamaioʻeiki, mo hoʻo kaunanga, mo e Livai ʻaia ʻoku ʻi hoʻo kolo, mo e muli, mo e tamai mate, mo e uitou, ʻaia ʻoku ʻiate kimoutolu, ʻi he potu ʻaia ʻe fili ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ke ʻai ki ai hono huafa.

12 So shalt thou remember that a servant, thou wast in Egypt, —and shalt observe and do these statutes.

Pea te ke manatu naʻa ke pōpula koe ʻi ʻIsipite: pea te ke tokanga mo fai ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ko eni.

13 The festival of booths, shalt thou keep for thyself seven days, —when thou hast gathered in out of thy threshing-floor and out of thy wine-vat.

“Ke ke tokanga ki he kātoanga ʻoe ngaahi fale fehikitaki ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu, ʻi he hili hoʻo tānaki hoʻo uite mo hoʻo uaine.

14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy festival, —thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow, who are within thy gates.

Pea te ke fiefia ʻi hoʻo kātoanga, ʻa koe, mo ho foha, mo ho ʻofefine, mo hoʻo tamaioʻeiki, mo hoʻo kaunanga, mo e Livai, mo e muli, mo e tamai mate, mo e fefine paea, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi ho lotoʻā.

15 Seven days, shalt thou keep festival unto Yahweh thy God, in the place which Yahweh shall choose, —for Yahweh thy God, will bless thee, in all thine increase and in all the work of thy hands, —therefore shalt thou do nothing but, rejoice.

Ke ke tauhi ʻae kātoanga māʻoniʻoni ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻi he potu ʻaia ʻe fili ʻe Sihova: koeʻuhi ʻe tāpuakiʻi koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻi hoʻo tupu meʻa kotoa pē, pea ʻi he ngaahi ngāue kotoa pē ʻa ho nima, ko ia ke ke fiefia moʻoni ai.

16 Three times in the year, shall each one of thy males see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, at the festival of unleavened cakes and at the festival of weeks and at the festival of booths, —and none shall see the face of Yahweh empty-handed:

“ʻE liunga tolu ʻi he taʻu ʻae fakahā ʻa hoʻo kakai tangata kotoa pē ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻi he potu ʻaia ʻe fili ʻe ia; ʻi ho kātoanga ʻoe mā taʻefakalēvani, pea ʻi he kātoanga ʻoe ngaahi uike, pea ʻi he kātoanga ʻoe ngaahi fale fehikitaki: pea ʻoua naʻa mou haʻu mola pe ʻakimoutolu ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova:

17 every man according as his hand can give, —according to the blessing of Yahweh thy God, which he hath bestowed upon thee.

‌ʻE foaki ʻe he tangata kotoa pē ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene mafai, ʻo taau mo e tāpuaki ʻa Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻaia kuo ne foaki kiate koe.

18 Judges and officers, shalt thou appoint thee in all thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, by thy tribes, —and they shall judge the people, with righteous judgment,

“Ke ke fakanofo ʻae kau fakamaau mo e kau matāpule kiate koe ʻi hoʻo ngaahi kolo kotoa pē, ʻaia ʻoku tuku kiate koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻi ho ngaahi faʻahinga kotoa pē: pea kenau fakamaau ʻae kakai ʻi he fakamaau angatonu.

19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not take note of faces, —nor shalt thou accept a bribe, for the bribe, blindeth the eyes of wise men, and perverteth the words of righteous men.

‌ʻOua naʻa ke fakahalaʻi ʻae fakamaau; ʻoua naʻa ke filifilimānako ki he tangata, pe maʻu ha tukungoue: he ʻoku fakakui ʻe he meʻa foaki ʻae mata ʻoe poto, mo ne fakahalaʻi ʻae lea ʻae angatonu.

20 What is right, what is right, shalt thou pursue, —that thou mayest live and possess the land, which, Yahweh thy God, is giving unto thee.

Ko ia ʻoku mātuʻaki angatonu ke ke muimui ki ai, koeʻuhi ke ke moʻui ai koe, pea maʻu ʻae fonua ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe.

21 Thou shalt not plant thee, as a sacred stem, any tree, —near unto the altar of Yahweh thy God which thou shalt make for thyself;

“ʻE ʻikai te ke tō ʻe koe ha ngaahi ʻakau ke ofi ki he feilaulauʻanga ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ʻaia te ke ngaohi kiate koe.

22 neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar, —which Yahweh thy God, doth hate.

Pea ʻe ʻikai te ke fokotuʻu kiate koe ha meʻa fakatātā; ʻaia ʻoku fehiʻa ki ai ʻa Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.