Exodus 13
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Chuin Pakaiyin Mose heng'a asei jin.
2 “Set apart all the firstborn males in order that they may belong to me. The firstborn males of the Israeli people and of their animals will be mine.”
“Israel mite lah'a apeng lhamasa phot kaheng'a na katdoh ding ahi. Mihem hihen gancha hijong leh aboncha keija ahi,” ati.
3 Moses/I said to the people, “Do not forget this day! This is the day that you are leaving Egypt. This is the day you [are freed from] being their slaves. Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt by his great power [MTY]. Do not eat any bread that has yeast in it [whenever you celebrate] this day.
“Mose'n mipiho heng'a asei jin, “Hiche nikho hi imatih chan'na gedoh jing uvin Egypt gamma nasoh chan nauva konna nahung kitoldoh nikhou chu ahiye. Tunin Pakaiyin abanthahat pan'nan nahin puidoh tauve.” (geldoh jing un, cholsolou changlhah jeng naneh ding'u ahi),” ati.
4 You are leaving Egypt on this day, which is the first day of the month that is [named] Abib.
“Hiche nikho hi phalbi matah hichu Abid nikhoa hi na boncha uva chamlhat tah'a na potdoh sohkei ding'u ahiye.”
5 Later, when Yahweh brings you into the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Hiv, and Jebus [now live], the land that he solemnly promised to give to you, a land that will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops [MTY], you must celebrate this festival during this month [every year].
“Pakaiyin nangho chan dia napu napateu heng'a akitepna Canaan gam mite, Hit mite, Amor mite, Hivi mite chule Jebus mite chenna (khoiju le bongnoi lonna gamsung'a nahin puilut teng uleh hiche lhasung'a chu nangman jong hiche chonna dan chu nabol ding ahi),” ati.
6 For seven days the bread that you eat must not have any yeast in it. On the seventh day there must be a festival to [honor] Yahweh.
“Ni sagi sung'a chol solou changlhah jeng naneh diu ahi. Ni sagi lhin ni teng le vang Pakai heng'a kut khat nabol diu ahi.”
7 For seven days do not eat bread that has yeast in it. You should not have any yeast or bread made with yeast anywhere in your land.
“Ni sagi sung'a cholsolou changlhah jeng bou naneh thei diu ahi. Tahbeh'in hiche nikho sagi sungse'a hi na gamsung kimvel'u aboncha koiman cholsosa changlhah kiti toh naum khom louhel diu ahi.”
8 On the day [the festival starts], you must tell your children, ‘[We are doing this to remember] what Yahweh did for our ancestors when they left Egypt.
“Ni sagi lhinni teng leh na chate hou heng'a na sei uva, ‘Egypt gamsung'a keima ka um laiya Pakaiyin hiche melchihna hi eibol peh ahiye,’ nati ding ahi.
9 This ritual will remind you how Yahweh brought your ancestors out of Egypt with his great power [MTY]. [The ritual will be like something] you tie on your forehead or on your wrist. It will remind you to recite to others what Yahweh has instructed you.
“Hiche golvah nahi melchihna khat'a pang jing ding, chule namit jeng ajong hetjing na a pang ding, hiche kihilna hi na kamsung'a navop jing ding ahi: Pakaiyin nangma abanthahat pan'a Egypt gamsung'a kon'na nahin puidoh ahi,” ati.
10 So you must celebrate this festival every year at the time [Yahweh] has appointed.’
“Hijeh chun hiche golvahna hi kumseh'a ngai ngai ja bang'a na bol jing ding ahi.”
11 Yahweh will bring you into the land where the descendants of Canaan live, just as he promised you and your ancestors that he would do. When he gives that land to you,
“Hiche chonna dan hi Pakaiyin khanglui ja pat'a kitepna anei bang'a hichu aguilhun kahse'a nabol jom jing ding, nangman Canaan mite chenna nalhun teng leh nabol ding ahiye,” ati.
12 you must dedicate to Yahweh the firstborn males of all your animals. These all will belong to Yahweh.
“Hijeh achu Israel sung'a konna pasal pengdoh masapen mihem hihen gancha hijong le Pakaiya dia napeh doh jing ding ahi, hichu Pakaiya ahi.”
13 You may keep the firstborn male donkeys, but you must buy them back by sacrificing a lamb as a substitute for the donkey. If you do not want to buy back the donkey, you must [kill it by] breaking its neck. You must also buy back every one of your own firstborn sons.
“Hiti achu sangan nou penglha masa chan chu kelngoi nouva nalhat ding, nalhat tah lou jong le sangan nou hochu angong chang na hekelep ding ahi. Chule na chapate lah'a apeng masa chan nale lhat doh cheh cheh ding ahi.”
14 In the future, when one of your children asks, ‘What does this mean?’, you must say to him, ‘Yahweh brought our ancestors out of Egypt with his great power [MTY], and freed us from being slaves there.
“Chule khonung teng, nachapan thil umchan dol'a nahin doh ding, hiche ho jouse hi ipijeh pentah'a kibol ham?” Nangman hitia hi na donbut ding, “Egypt gam'a soh ichan lai uva Pakaiyin abanthahat pan'na mipi jouse leh gancha aboncha ehin puidoh uva ahiye,” na ti ding ahi, ati.
15 The king of Egypt stubbornly refused to let them leave his country, so Yahweh killed all the firstborn males in Egypt, both the boys and the firstborn of their livestock. That is why we now sacrifice to Yahweh all the firstborn of our livestock, but we buy back our own firstborn sons.’
“Pharaoh ana lungtah lheh jing in ahile, Egypt gam'a konna ipotdoh diu chu ana phal tapon, ajonan Pakaiyin Egypt gamsung'a pasal peng masa jouse leh gancha jouse abonchan athat chaikeiye. Hijeh achu tuahi keiman Pakaiya dia kilhaina kasem ahin hibang'a chu keiman ka chapate lah'a peng masa pen chan chu lhatdohna kaneiji ahi.” tia na seipeh ding ahi,” ati.
16 I repeat that this ritual will remind you about how Yahweh brought our [ancestors] out of Egypt by his great power [MTY]; it will be like something you tie on your wrist or on your forehead [to remind you of that].”
“Hiche chondan hi nakhut teni ahin, namit teni chule na nah lhong geija melchina thil'a navop jing ding ahiye. Hichu Pakaiyin abanthahat pan'na Egypt gam'a kon'na nahin puidoh het jing na ahi.”
17 When the king [of Egypt] let the [Israeli] people go, God did not lead them to go through the land of the Philistines. That was a shorter way, but God said, “It would be bad if my people change their minds when they realize that they will have to fight [the Philistines to take their land], and then [decide to] return to Egypt.”
Ajonan Pharaoh vin Israel mite ahin soldoh tan ahile, gamtepna lamlhun'na naicha ahi vang chun, Pathen'in Philistine galbol hojih chun lampia ahinpui pouvin ahi. Pathen'in aseiye, “Kamite hon galtoh khata le alung heikhao vintin Egypt lam'a kile ding ahiuve,” ati.
18 Instead, God led them to go around through the desert toward the Red Sea (OR, the Gulf of Suez). When the Israeli people left Egypt, they were carrying weapons to fight [their enemies].
Pathen'in amaho chu gamthip lah'a ahinpui leuvin, vadung san lammun chu ahin jon tauvin ahi. Israel mite chu galsat mibang in ahung kitol taovin ahi.
19 Moses/I [had them] take along the bones of Joseph with them/us, because Joseph long ago had made the Israeli people promise solemnly that they would do that. He had said to them, “God will enable your descendants to leave Egypt. When that happens, you must carry my bones with you.”
Mose'n jong Joseph gu-le chang ahin choijin, ajeh chu Joseph in hiche thulhah nahi ana neijin, hiti hin aseiye, “Pathen nangho kithopia hung jing ding ahi. Aman nangho nahin panpi teng ule, hiche kagu kachang hi nahin poh jing ding'u ahi,” ati.
20 The Israeli people left Succoth and traveled to Etham, at the edge of the desert, and they set up their tents there.
Israel miten Succoth mun ahida lha uvin gamthip lah Etham kiti mun ahung lhung tauvin hiche mun'na chun ngahmun akisem tauve.”
21 [When they traveled] during the daytime, Yahweh went in front of them in a tall [white] cloud to show them the way. During the night, he went in front of them in a tall cloud that looked like a fire. By doing that, he enabled them to travel in the daytime and also at nighttime.
Pakaiyin amite chu malam'a alhon pijing in, “Sunteng meibol khompi bang in alhon pe uvin, jan teng meivah khompi bang in alhon pi jiuve.”
22 The tall cloud did not leave them. It was always in front of them, as a bright white cloud in the daytime and like a fire at night.
Pakaiyin amite dalha louvin mei-lhang meivah'in aum pi jing uve.
