Exodus 13
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Habló Yahvé a Moisés, diciendo:
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.”
“Conságrame todo primogénito. Mío es todo primer nacido entre los hijos de Israel, tanto de hombres como de animales.”
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.
Dijo pues Moisés al pueblo: “Acordaos de este día en que salisteis de Egipto, de la casa de la servidumbre; pues Yahvé os ha sacado de aquí con mano poderosa; y no comáis pan fermentado.
4 You are leaving Egypt on this day, which is the first day of the month that is [named] Abib.
Salís hoy, en el mes de Abib.
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].
Así, pues, cuando Yahvé te haya introducido en la tierra del cananeo, del heteo, del amorreo, del heveo y del jebuseo, que juró a tus padres darte, tierra que mana leche y miel, celebrarás ese rito en este mes.
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.
Siete días comerás panes ácimos y el día séptimo será fiesta en honor de Yahvé.
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.
Se comerán panes ácimos durante siete días, y no se verá pan fermentado en tu casa, ni levadura en todo tu territorio.
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.
En aquel día dirás a tu hijo: “Esto es a causa de lo que hizo conmigo Yahvé cuando salí de Egipto.
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.
Y esto te será como una señal en tu mano, y como un recuerdo entre tus ojos, para que la ley de Yahvé se halle en tu boca; porque con mano poderosa te sacó Yahvé de Egipto.”
10 So you must celebrate this festival every year at the time [Yahweh] has appointed.’
Guardarás este precepto, año por año, en el tiempo señalado.
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,
Cuando Yahvé te haya introducido en la tierra del cananeo, como lo tiene jurado a ti y a tus padres, y te la haya dado,
12 you must dedicate to Yahweh the firstborn males of all your animals. These all will belong to Yahweh.
apartarás para Yahvé a todos los primogénitos. También todos los primerizos de tus animales, si son machos, pertenecen a Yahvé.
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.
Todo primerizo del asno lo rescatarás con un cordero; y si no lo rescatas, has de quebrarle la cerviz. Rescatarás también todo primogénito humano de entre tus hijos.
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.
Y cuando el día de mañana te preguntare tu hijo, diciendo: “¿Qué significa esto?”, le dirás: “Con mano poderosa nos sacó Yahvé de Egipto, de la casa de la servidumbre.
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.’
Al obstinarse el Faraón en no dejarnos salir, Yahvé mató a todos los primogénitos en el país de Egipto, desde el primogénito del hombre hasta el primogénito de la bestia. Por eso sacrifico a Yahvé todo primer nacido macho, y rescato todo primogénito de mis hijos.”
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].”
Esto será como una señal en tu mano, y como frontal entre tus ojos; porque con mano poderosa Yahvé nos ha sacado de Egipto.”
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.”
Cuando el Faraón dejó salir al pueblo, Dios no los condujo por el camino de la tierra de los filisteos, aunque estaba cerca; pues dijo Dios: “No sea que al verse atacado se arrepienta el pueblo y se vuelva a Egipto.”
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].
Dios hizo, pues, rodear al pueblo por el camino del desierto hacia el Mar Rojo. Y los hijos de Israel salieron en buen orden del país de Egipto.
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.”
Moisés llevó también consigo los huesos de José, pues este había hecho jurar a los hijos de Israel, diciendo: “Cuando os visitare Dios, llevad de aquí con vosotros mis huesos.”
20 The Israeli people left Succoth and traveled to Etham, at the edge of the desert, and they set up their tents there.
Partieron de Sucot y acamparon en Etam, al borde del desierto.
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.
E iba Yahvé al frente de ellos, de día en una columna de nube para guiarlos en el camino, y de noche en una columna de fuego para alumbrarlos, a fin de que pudiesen marchar de día y de noche.
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.
La columna de nube no se retiraba del pueblo de día, ni la columna de fuego de noche.
