< Deuteronomy 26 >
1 and to be for to come (in): come to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which LORD God your to give: give to/for you inheritance and to possess: take her and to dwell in/on/with her
“After you occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you (have settled/are living) there,
2 and to take: take from first: beginning all fruit [the] land: soil which to come (in): bring from land: country/planet your which LORD God your to give: give to/for you and to set: put in/on/with basket and to go: went to(wards) [the] place which to choose LORD God your to/for to dwell name his there
[each of] you must take some of the first crops that you harvest, put them in a basket, and take them to the place that Yahweh will have chosen for you to worship [MTY] there.
3 and to come (in): come to(wards) [the] priest which to be in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) and to say to(wards) him to tell [the] day to/for LORD God your for to come (in): come to(wards) [the] land: country/planet which to swear LORD to/for father our to/for to give: give to/for us
Go to the Supreme Priest who is serving at that time and say to him, ‘[By giving you this first part of my harvest] today, I am declaring to Yahweh our God that I have [picked it in] the land that he vowed to our ancestors to give to us.’
4 and to take: take [the] priest [the] basket from hand your and to rest him to/for face: before altar LORD God your
Then the priest must take the basket of food from your hand and put it on the altar where sacrifices are offered to Yahweh our God.
5 and to answer and to say to/for face: before LORD God your Aramean to perish father my and to go down Egypt [to] and to sojourn there in/on/with man little and to be there to/for nation great: large mighty and many
Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor [Jacob] was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering [from one place to another]. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group [when they went there], but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous [DOU] and powerful nation.
6 and be evil [obj] us [the] Egyptian and to afflict us and to give: put upon us service: work severe
Then the people of Egypt treated them very harshly [DOU], and they forced them to become their slaves and to work very hard.
7 and to cry to(wards) LORD God father our and to hear: hear LORD [obj] voice our and to see: see [obj] affliction our and [obj] trouble our and [obj] oppression our
Then our ancestors cried out to you, Yahweh our God, and you heard them. You saw that they were suffering, and that they were forced to work very hard, and were being oppressed.
8 and to come out: send us LORD from Egypt in/on/with hand strong and in/on/with arm to stretch and in/on/with fear great: large and in/on/with sign: miraculous and in/on/with wonder
Then by your great power [MTY] and by performing many kinds of miracles [DOU], and other terrifying things, you brought them out of Egypt.
9 and to come (in): bring us to(wards) [the] place [the] this and to give: give to/for us [obj] [the] land: country/planet [the] this land: country/planet to flow: flowing milk and honey
You brought us to this land and gave it to us, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 and now behold to come (in): bring [obj] first: beginning fruit [the] land: soil which to give: give to/for me LORD and to rest him to/for face: before LORD God your and to bow to/for face: before LORD God your
So now, Yahweh, I have brought to you the first part of the harvest from the land that I received.’ Then you must set the basket down in Yahweh’s presence and worship him there.
11 and to rejoice in/on/with all [the] good which to give: give to/for you LORD God your and to/for house: home your you(m. s.) and [the] Levi and [the] sojourner which in/on/with entrails: among your
And you must celebrate [by eating a meal together to thank] Yahweh our God for all the good things that he has given to you and to your family. And you must invite the descendants of Levi and the foreigners who are living among you to also rejoice [and eat] with you.
12 for to end: finish to/for to tithe [obj] all tithe produce your in/on/with year [the] third year [the] tithe and to give: give to/for Levi to/for sojourner to/for orphan and to/for widow and to eat in/on/with gate: town your and to satisfy
Every third year, you must bring to the descendants of Levi and to the foreigners [who are living among you] and the orphans and the widows (a tithe/10 percent) of your crops, in order that in every town they will have plenty to eat.
13 and to say to/for face: before LORD God your to burn: purge [the] holiness from [the] house: home and also to give: give him to/for Levi and to/for sojourner to/for orphan and to/for widow like/as all commandment your which to command me not to pass: trespass from commandment your and not to forget
Then you must say to Yahweh, ‘I have brought to you, from my house, all of the sacred tithe [from my harvest this year]. I am giving it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded us to do. I have not disobeyed any of your commands [about the tithes], and I have not forgotten any of your commands [about tithes].
14 not to eat in/on/with evil: trouble my from him and not to burn: purge from him in/on/with unclean and not to give: give from him to/for to die to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God my to make: do like/as all which to command me
[I declare that] I have not eaten any food from the tithe while I was mourning [for someone who died]. And I have not touched any of it while I was unacceptable to you; I have not offered any of it to [spirits of] dead people. Yahweh, I have obeyed you and done everything that you have commanded us [concerning the tithe].
15 to look [emph?] from habitation holiness your from [the] heaven and to bless [obj] people your [obj] Israel and [obj] [the] land: soil which to give: give to/for us like/as as which to swear to/for father our land: country/planet to flow: flowing milk and honey
So [please] look down from your holy place in heaven, and bless us, your Israeli people. Also bless this very fertile [IDM] land which you have given to us, which is what you promised our ancestors that you would do.’
16 [the] day: today [the] this LORD God your to command you to/for to make: do [obj] [the] statute: decree [the] these and [obj] [the] justice: judgement and to keep: careful and to make: do [obj] them in/on/with all heart your and in/on/with all soul your
Today Yahweh our God is commanding you to obey all these rules and regulations. So obey them faithfully, with your entire inner being [DOU].
17 [obj] LORD to say [the] day to/for to be to/for you to/for God and to/for to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct his and to/for to keep: obey statute: decree his and commandment his and justice: judgement his and to/for to hear: obey in/on/with voice his
Today you have declared that Yahweh is your God, and that you will conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and that you will obey all his commands and rules and regulations, and that you will do all that he tells you to do.
18 and LORD to say you [the] day to/for to be to/for him to/for people possession like/as as which to speak: promise to/for you and to/for to keep: obey all commandment his
And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands.
19 and to/for to give: put you high upon all [the] nation which to make to/for praise and to/for name and to/for beauty and to/for to be you people holy to/for LORD God your like/as as which to speak: promise
If you do that, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation that he has established, and he will enable you to praise him and honor him [DOU]. You will truly belong to Yahweh our God, which is what he has promised.”