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.
Ojjukiranga omwezi ogwa Abibu ng’ogukwatiramu Okuyitako kwa Mukama Katonda wo, kubanga ekiro mu mwezi gwa Abibu, Mukama Katonda wo mwe yakuggyira mu nsi y’e Misiri.
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].
Onooleetanga ekiweebwayo eri Mukama eky’Okuyitako, ng’okiggya mu ggana lyo, ne mu kisibo kyo mu kifo Mukama ky’anaabanga yerondedde nga kye ky’okubeerangamu Erinnya lye.
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].
Tokiryanga na mugaati omuzimbulukuse. Onoomalanga ennaku musanvu ng’emigaati gy’olya si mizimbulukuse, gye migaati egy’okulaba ennaku, kubanga mu Misiri wavaayo mu bwangu, bw’otyo olyokenga ojjukirenga, mu nnaku zonna ez’obulamu bwo, olunaku lwe wasitulirako ng’ova mu nsi y’e Misiri.
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.
Tewaabeerengawo asangibwa na kizimbulukusa mu nsi yo yonna okumalanga ennaku musanvu. Ennyama gy’onooteekateekanga, ey’ekiweebwayo, akawungeezi ku lunaku olw’olubereberye teesigalengawo kutuusa nkeera.
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.
Tokkirizibwenga kuweerangayo mu bibuga byo Mukama Katonda wo by’akuwa, ekiweebwayo eky’Okuyitako,
wabula onookiweerangayo mu kifo Mukama ky’anaabanga yeerondedde eky’okubeerangamu Erinnya lye. Eyo gy’onooweerangayo Okuyitako akawungeezi ng’enjuba egwa, ng’ojjukiranga olunaku lwe wasitulirako ng’ova mu nsi y’e Misiri.
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.
Onoofumbanga okuyitako okwo n’okuliira mu kifo Mukama Katonda wo kye yeerondera. Enkeera onoddangayo mu weema yo.
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.”
Onoolyanga emigaati egitali mizimbulukuse okumala ennaku mukaaga, kyokka ku lunaku olw’omusanvu kunaabanga kukuŋŋaana mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda wo okumusinza; tolukolerangako mulimu gwonna.
9 “[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.
Onoobalanga wiiki musanvu okuva ku kiseera lw’onookungulanga emmere ey’empeke okuva mu nnimiro yo omulundi ogusooka.
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.
Kale nno onookwatanga Embaga ya Wiiki ezo ng’oleetera Mukama Katonda wo ekiweebwayo ekya kyeyagalire ekinaavanga mu ngalo zo, ng’emikisa bwe ginaabeeranga Mukama Katonda wo gy’anaabanga akuwadde.
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.
Onoosanyukiranga mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda wo mu kifo ky’anaabanga yeerondedde okubeerangamu Erinnya lye. Onoosanyukanga ne batabani bo, ne bawala bo, n’abaweereza bo abasajja, n’abaweereza bo abakazi, n’Omuleevi anaabeeranga mu bibuga byo, ne munnaggwanga ne mulekwa, ne nnamwandu abanaabeeranga mu mmwe.
12 [“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”
Ojjukiranga nga bwe wali omuddu mu nsi ey’e Misiri, osaana ogonderenga ebiragiro ebyo n’obwegendereza.
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.
Onookwatanga Embaga ey’Ensiisira okumala ennaku musanvu ng’omaze okuyingiza ebyamakungula byo okubiggya mu gguuliro, ne wayini ng’omuggye mu ssogolero lyo.
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.
Onoojaguzanga ng’oli ku Mbaga eyo, ggwe, ne mutabani wo, ne muwala wo, n’omuweereza wo omusajja, n’omuweereza wo omukazi, n’Omuleevi, n’omunnaggwanga, ne mulekwa, ne nnamwandu, abanaabeeranga mu bibuga byo.
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.
Onoomalanga ennaku musanvu ng’ojaguza ku Mbaga eyo mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda wo mu kifo Mukama ky’aneeronderanga. Kubanga Mukama Katonda wo anaakuwanga omukisa mu bibala byonna eby’amakungula go, ne mu mirimu gyo gyonna gy’onootuusangako engalo zo, essanyu lyo bwe lityo linaabanga lijjuvu.
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]
Abasajja bonna mu mmwe banaakuŋŋaananga emirundi esatu buli mwaka, mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda wo, mu kifo ky’aneeronderanga, ku Mbaga y’Emigaati Egitali Mizimbulukuse, ne ku Mbaga eya Wiiki Omusanvu, ne ku Mbaga ey’Ensiisira. Tewaabengawo n’omu anajjanga engalo enjereere awali Mukama.
17 in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”
Buli omu anaaleetanga ekirabo kye ng’obusobozi bwe bwe bunaabanga, nga bwesigamizibwa ku mikisa Mukama Katonda wo gy’anaabanga akuwadde.
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.
Onoolondanga abalamuzi n’abakulembeze mu bantu, mu bika byo byonna, mu bibuga byo byonna, Mukama Katonda wo by’akuwa, baweerezenga abantu nga babasalirawo ensonga zaabwe nga tebasaliriza.
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].
Obeeranga n’obwenkanya, era tobanga na kyekubiira ng’osala emisango. Tolyanga nguzi, kubanga enguzi eziba amaaso g’omugezi era ebuzaabuza ebigambo by’abatuukirivu.
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.”
Ogobereranga bwenkanya bwokka olyoke olye ensi Mukama Katonda wo gy’akuwa.
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.
Tosimbanga miti gya kusinza okumpi n’ekyoto ky’onoozimbiranga Mukama Katonda wo;
22 And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”
wadde okuyimirizangawo empagi ey’amayinja ey’okusinzanga; kubanga ebyo byonna Mukama Katonda wo tabyagala abikyayira ddala.
