Deuteronomy 16
1 “[Each year] honor Yahweh our God by celebrating the Passover [Festival] in the month of Abib [in early spring]. It was on a night in that month that Yahweh rescued your ancestors from Egypt.
Selanjutnya Musa mengajarkan kepada umat Israel, “Sesuai perintah TUHAN Allahmu, rayakanlah Paskah setiap tahun, pada hari keempat belas bulan Abib, karena pada malam itulah TUHAN membawa kita keluar dari perbudakan di Mesir.
2 [In order to celebrate that festival], go to the place that Yahweh will choose [for you to worship him], and offer [there one young animal] from your cattle or your sheep to be the Passover sacrifice, to honor Yahweh [MTY].
Sebagai kurban Paskah bagi TUHAN, persembahkanlah seekor sapi jantan, domba jantan, atau kambing jantan di tempat penyembahan kepada TUHAN yang letaknya akan Dia tentukan.
3 [When you eat the Passover meal], the bread that you eat must not have yeast in it. You must eat this kind of bread, which will be called the bread of suffering/misery, for seven days. This is to help you to remember all during the time that you are alive that when your ancestors left Egypt, [where they were suffering because they were slaves], they left very quickly. [They did not put in yeast and wait for the dough to swell up].
Daging kurban itu tidak boleh dimakan bersama roti yang beragi. Selama tujuh hari perayaan Paskah, kamu sekalian harus memakan roti yang tidak mengandung ragi, yang disebut ‘Roti Penderitaan’. Dengan begitu, seumur hidupmu kamu akan mengingat bagaimana orang Israel keluar dari Mesir dengan terburu-buru.
4 [During that festival], you must not have any yeast in any house in your land for seven days. Furthermore, the meat [of the animals] that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day [of the Passover Festival must be eaten during that night]; do not allow any of it to remain until the next day.
Selama tujuh hari itu, jangan ada seorang pun di seluruh negeri yang menyimpan ragi. Daging hewan kurban Paskah yang dipotong pada malam Paskah pertama harus dimakan habis malam itu juga. Kalau ada yang tersisa, daging itu harus dibakar habis sebelum pagi.
5 “To honor Yahweh our God, you must offer the Passover sacrifice only at the place that he chooses for you [to worship him]; do not offer that sacrifice in any other town in the land that Yahweh is giving to you. Offer that sacrifice when the sun is setting, at the same time of day that your ancestors [started to] leave Egypt.
“Rayakanlah Paskah di tempat penyembahan kepada TUHAN. Kalian tidak boleh mempersembahkan kurban Paskah di sembarang tempat, misalnya di kota tempat tinggalmu masing-masing. Persembahkanlah kurban Paskah saat matahari terbenam, tepat seperti waktu kalian keluar dari Mesir.
7 Boil [the meat] and eat it at the place [of worship] that Yahweh our God chooses. The next morning, you may return to your tents.
Masaklah dan makanlah daging kurban di tempat itu. Keesokan paginya, kalian boleh pulang ke kemahmu masing-masing.
8 Each day for six days the bread that you eat must have no yeast in it. On the seventh day, you must all gather to worship Yahweh our God. [It will be a day of rest]; you must not do any work on that day.”
Sesudah perayaan hari pertama tersebut, selama enam hari berikutnya makanlah roti yang tidak beragi. Lalu pada hari ketujuh, kalian semua harus berkumpul lagi untuk menyembah dan menghormati TUHAN. Kalian tidak boleh melakukan pekerjaan apa pun pada hari itu.”
9 “[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.
“Untuk menentukan tanggal permulaan Hari Raya Panen, hitunglah tujuh minggu mulai dari hari pertama memanen jelai.
10 Then, to honor Yahweh our God, celebrate the Harvest Festival. Do that by bringing to him an offering [of grain]. Yahweh has blessed you [by causing it to grow in your fields during that year]. If you had a big harvest, bring a big offering. If you had a small harvest, bring a small offering.
Lalu rayakanlah Hari Raya Panen untuk menghormati TUHAN Allahmu, dengan membawa persembahan sukarela kepada Dia sesuai banyaknya hasil panen yang sudah TUHAN berikan kepadamu.
11 [Each married couple] should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh. Their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should also be joyful. Bring those offerings to the place of worship that Yahweh will choose.
Pada waktu itu, bersukacitalah di hadapan TUHAN di tempat penyembahan kepada-Nya. Rayakanlah bersama istrimu, anak-anakmu laki-laki dan perempuan, dan budak-budakmu baik laki-laki maupun perempuan. Undanglah juga penduduk kotamu yang dari suku Lewi, para pendatang, anak yatim, dan janda.
12 [“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”
Biarlah pengalaman kalian sebagai budak di Mesir menjadi dorongan bagimu untuk tetap menaati dengan cermat semua aturan dari TUHAN yang saya ajarkan ini.”
13 “[Each year], after you have threshed all your grain and pressed [the juice from] all your grapes, you must celebrate the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days.
“Setiap akhir musim panen, sesudah kalian menyimpan gandum dan memeras anggur, haruslah kalian merayakan Hari Raya Pondok Cabang-cabang Berdaun selama tujuh hari.
14 [Each married couple] along with their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh.
Pesta ini harus dirayakan dengan penuh sukacita oleh kamu semua bersama istrimu, anak-anakmu, dan semua budakmu baik laki-laki maupun perempuan. Undanglah juga penduduk kotamu yang dari suku Lewi, para pendatang, anak yatim, dan janda.
15 Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that Yahweh chooses [for you to worship him]. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done.
Hormatilah TUHAN Allahmu dengan merayakan ini selama tujuh hari di tempat penyembahan kepada TUHAN. Kamu semua pasti akan bersukacita, karena TUHAN akan memberkati hasil panenmu dan semua usahamu yang lain.
16 “So, each year all of you Israeli men must gather [with your families] to worship Yahweh our God at the place that he will choose, [to celebrate three festivals]: The Passover Festival, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. Each of you men must bring [LIT] an offering [for Yahweh to these festivals]
“Jadi, tiga kali dalam setahun, semua laki-laki bangsa Israel harus berkumpul di hadapan TUHAN di tempat penyembahan itu untuk merayakan ketiga perayaan ini: Paskah, Hari Raya Panen, dan Hari Raya Pondok Cabang-cabang Berdaun. Jangan sampai ada yang datang tanpa membawa persembahan,
17 in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”
dan persembahan itu diberikan sesuai dengan banyaknya berkat yang kamu terima dari TUHAN.”
18 “Appoint judges and other officials throughout your tribes, in all the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you. They must judge people fairly/justly.
“Angkatlah hakim-hakim dan pemimpin-pemimpin untuk setiap suku di semua kota yang nanti TUHAN Allah berikan kepada kalian. Para hakim dan pemimpin itu harus menghakimi dan memimpin dengan adil.
19 They must not judge unjustly. They must not favor one person more than another. The judges must not accept bribes, because if a judge accepts a bribe, even if he is wise and honest, it will be very difficult for him to judge fairly [IDM]; [he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that] the righteous/innocent people [must be punished].
Setiap kali memberi keputusan, mereka tidak boleh memihak dan dilarang menerima suap. Karena suap membutakan orang terhadap kebenaran, bahkan orang bijak sekali pun, sehingga tidak lagi mampu mengambil keputusan yang adil.
20 You must be completely fair and just [DOU], in order that you will enter and occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
“Hal ini berlaku juga untuk seluruh umat TUHAN! Hendaklah setiap orang di antara kalian selalu bertindak adil, supaya kalian boleh hidup dan menetap di negeri yang sebentar lagi TUHAN serahkan kepada kalian.”
21 “When you make an altar to worship Yahweh our God, do not put next to it any wooden statue [that represents] the goddess Asherah.
“Di sebelah mezbah TUHAN Allahmu jangan mendirikan tiang kayu lambang dewi Asyera
22 And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”
ataupun tiang batu untuk menyembah dewa apa saja, karena TUHAN Allahmu sangat membenci tiang-tiang seperti itu.”
