Exodus 23
1 “Do not tell to others (false rumors/untrue reports) about other people. Do not help someone who is guilty by (testifying falsely/lying) [about what happened].
“ʻOua naʻa ke fakatupu ʻae ongoongo loi; ʻoua naʻa ke kuku nima mo e kau angakovi ke hoko ʻae fakamoʻoni taʻetotonu.
2 Do not join a group of people who are planning to do something evil. Do not testify the way the [crowd wants you to], if that will prevent [the judge from deciding the case] justly/fairly.
“ʻOua naʻa ke muimui ki he tokolahi ke fai kovi: ʻoua naʻa ke lea fakaangimui pe ki he tokolahi ke fakapikoʻi ʻae fakamaau.
3 When a poor person is on trial, do not [testify in] his favor [just] because he is poor [and you feel sorry for him].
“Pea ʻoua naʻa ke tokoni kovi ki he tangata masiva.
4 If you see someone’s bull or donkey when it is wandering away [loose], take it back to [its owner, even if the owner] is your enemy.
“Pea kapau ʻoku mo fetaulaki mo e pulu pe ko e ʻasi ʻa ho fili ʻoku ʻalu hē, ko e moʻoni te ke toe ʻomi ia kiate ia.
5 If you see someone’s donkey that has fallen down [because of its heavy load], help the owner to get the donkey up again, [even if] he is someone who hates you. Do not just walk away [without helping him].
Kapau ʻoku ke mamata ki he ʻasi ʻo ia ʻoku fehiʻa kiate koe ʻoku tokoto kuo taʻomia ia ʻe heʻene kavenga, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ke fie tokoni ia, ko e moʻoni te ke tokoni ia.
6 Decide the cases of poor people who are on trial [as] fairly [as you decide the cases of other people].
“ʻOua naʻa ke fakahalaʻi ʻae fakamaau ʻo hoʻo kakai masiva ʻi heʻene meʻa.
7 Do not accuse people falsely. Do not decide that innocent and righteous [DOU] people should be executed, because I will (punish/not forgive) people who do such an evil thing.
Taʻofi koe ke ke mamaʻo mei he meʻa loi: pea ʻoua naʻa ke tāmateʻi ʻae taʻehalaia mo e māʻoniʻoni: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te u fakatonuhia ʻae angakovi.
8 Do not accept money that is a bribe, because officials who accept bribes are not able to [MTY] decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly.
“Pea ʻoua naʻa ke maʻu ha meʻa foaki: he ko e meʻa foaki, ʻoku ne fakakui ʻae poto, mo ne fakahalaʻi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻae māʻoniʻoni.
9 Do not mistreat foreigners [who live among you]. You know [how people often treat] foreigners, because the Egyptians [did not treat you well when] you were foreigners there.
“Pea ʻoua naʻa ke fakafiuʻi foki ʻae muli; he ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻae loto ʻoe muli, he naʻa mou nofo ko e kau muli ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite.
10 Plant [seeds] in your ground and gather the harvest for six years.
“Pea te ke tō ho fonua ʻi he taʻu ʻe ono, mo ke tānaki hono ngaahi fua ʻo ia:
11 But during the seventh year you must not plant anything. [If things grow without your planting seeds], allow poor people [to harvest and] eat the crops. If there are still crops (left over/that they do not harvest), allow wild animals to eat them. Do the same thing with your grapevines/vineyards and your olive trees.
Ka ko hono fitu ʻoe taʻu, ke ke tuku ia ke mālōlō, pea taʻeueʻi: koeʻuhi ke kai ʻe he masiva ʻi ho kakai: pea ko ia ʻoku tuku ʻekinautolu ʻe kai ia ʻe he fanga manu ʻoe vao: pea te ke fai pehē pe ki hoʻo ngoue vaine, mo hoʻo ngoue ʻolive.
12 [You may] work for six days [each week], but on the seventh day you must rest [and not work]. And on the seventh day you must allow your work animals and your slaves and the foreigners [who live among you] also [to rest and] be refreshed.
“Ke ke fai hoʻo ngāue ʻi he ʻaho ʻe ono, pea ke mālōlō ʻi hono fitu ʻoe ʻaho: ke mālōlō ai hoʻo pulu, mo hoʻo asi, mo e tama ʻa hoʻo kaunanga, mo e muli, pea ke nau maʻu ʻae fiemālie.
13 Make certain that you obey everything that I have commanded [you to do]. Do not pray to [MTY] other gods. Do not even mention their names.”
“Pea ko e meʻa kotoa pē kuo u tala kiate kimoutolu, mou tokanga lelei ki ai: pea ʻoua siʻi naʻa ke lea ki he hingoa ʻoe ngaahi ʻotua kehe, pea ke ʻoua naʻa ongoʻi ia mei homou ngutu.
14 “Every year you must celebrate three festivals to [honor] me.
“ʻE liunga tolu hoʻo fai ʻae kātoanga kiate au ʻi he taʻu.
15 [The first one] is the Festival of Bread That Has No Yeast. Celebrate it in the month [that is named] Abib. That is the month in which you left Egypt. Celebrate it in the way that I commanded you. And always bring [LIT] an offering when you come to worship me.
Ke ke fai ʻae kātoanga ʻoe mā taʻefakalēvani: (ke ke kai mā taʻefakalēvani ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku fekau kiate koe, ʻi he ʻaho tuʻutuʻuni ʻi he māhina ko ʻApipi; he naʻa ke haʻu ai mei ʻIsipite; pea ʻoua naʻa haʻu mola pe ha tokotaha ki hoku ʻao.)
16 The second one is the Festival of Harvesting. During that festival you must offer to me the first parts/harvest of your crops that grow from the seeds that you planted. The third one is the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. That will be after you finish harvesting your grain and grapes and fruit.
“Mo e kātoanga ʻoe ututaʻu, ko e ʻuluaki fua ʻo hoʻo ngoue ʻaia naʻa ke tūtuuʻi ʻi hoʻo ngoue: pea mo e kātoanga ʻoe tānaki, ʻaia ʻoku fai ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻoe taʻu, hili hao tānaki fakataha hoʻo ngāue mei he ngoue.
17 Every year, at each of these times, all the men must gather together to worship me, Yahweh God.
ʻE fakahā liunga tolu ʻi he taʻu ʻa hoʻo kakai tangata kotoa pē ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko e ʻOtua.
18 When you sacrifice an animal [and offer it] to me, you must not offer bread that has been baked with yeast. [When you] offer sacrifices, [burn] the fat [from the animals on that same day]. Do not allow any fat to remain until the next morning.
“ʻOua naʻa ke ʻatu ʻae toto ʻo hoku feilaulau fakataha mo e mā kuo fakalēvani: pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ʻae ngako ʻo hoku feilaulau ki he ʻapongipongi.
19 Each year, when you harvest your crops, bring to the place where you worship me, Yahweh God, the first part of what you harvest. When you kill a (young animal/kid [or lamb or calf)], do not [prepare to eat it by] boiling it in its mother’s milk.”
“Ko e polopolo ʻoe ngaahi ʻuluaki fua ʻo ho fonua ke ke ʻomi ki he fale ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua. “ʻOua naʻa ke haka ʻae ʻuhikiʻi sipi pe ko e kosi ʻi he huhuʻa ʻo ʻene faʻē.
20 “Note this: I am going to send an angel ahead of you, to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared [for you]. Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him, because he will have my authority [MTY] and he will (punish/not forgive) [LIT] you if you rebel against him.
“Vakai, ʻoku ou fekau ha ʻĀngelo ke muʻomuʻa ʻi ho ʻao, ke tataki koe ʻi he hala, pea ke ʻomi koe ki he potu ʻaia kuo u teuteuʻi.
Pea ke tokanga kiate ia, pea fai talangofua ki hono leʻo, ʻoua naʻa ke fakahouhau kiate ia; koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te ne fakamolemole hoʻomou ngaahi talangataʻa: he ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻa hoku huafa.
22 But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you [to do], I will fight strongly [DOU] against all of your enemies.
Pea kapau te ke fai talangofua moʻoni ki hono leʻo, ʻo fai ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku ou tala: te u hoko ai ko e fili au ki ho ngaahi fili, pea te u tautea ʻakinautolu ʻoku tautea koe.
23 My angel will go ahead of you, and will take you to where the Amor and Heth and Periz and Canaan and Hiv and Jebus people-groups live, and I will completely get rid of them.
He ko ʻeku ʻĀngelo ʻe muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe, ʻo ne ʻomi koe ki he kakai ʻAmoli, mo e kau Heti, mo e kau Pelesi, mo e kau Kēnani, mo e kau Hevi, mo e kau Sepusi; pea te u tuʻusi ʻakinautolu.
24 Do not bow down before their gods/idols or worship them. And do not do the things [that they think that their gods want] them to do. Completely destroy their gods/idols, and smash to pieces their sacred stones.
ʻOua naʻa ke punou koe ki honau ngaahi ʻotua, pe tauhi ʻakinautolu, pe fai ʻo hangē ko ʻenau ngaahi ngāue, ka ke fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻakinautolu, mo holoki hifo ʻaupito ʻenau ngaahi meʻa fakatātā.
25 You must worship me, Yahweh God. [If you do that], I will bless your (OR, bless [you by giving you]) food and water, and I will protect you from becoming sick.
Pea te mou tauhi ʻa Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, pea te ne tāpuakiʻi hoʻo mā mo hoʻo vai: pea te u toʻo ʻae mahaki ʻo ʻave ia meiate kimoutolu.
26 No women in your land will have (miscarriages/babies that will die after being born prematurely), and no women will be unable to become pregnant. And I will enable you to live a long time.
ʻE ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe fānau taʻehoko, pe paʻa ʻi ho fonua: ko hono lau ʻo ho ngaahi ʻaho te u fakakakato.
27 I will cause the people who oppose you to become very afraid of me. I will cause the people whom you fight against to become very confused. And then I will cause them to turn around and run away from you.
“Te u fekau ke muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe hoku manavahēʻia, pea te u fakaʻauha ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻaia te ke hoko ki ai, pea te u ngaohi ha ngaahi fili ke nau fulituʻa kiate koe.
28 I will cause your enemies to become terrified. And I will expel the Hiv, Canaan, and Heth people-groups from your land.
Pea te u fekau ke muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe ʻae fanga langomū, pea te nau kapusi mei ho ʻao, ʻae kau Hevi, mo e kau Kēnani, mo e kau Heti.
29 I will not expel [all of] them in less than one year. If I did that, your land would become deserted, and there would be very many wild animals ([that would attack you/you would not be able to control]).
ʻE ʻikai te u kapusi ʻakinautolu mei ho ʻao ʻi he taʻu pe taha: telia naʻa ngaongao ai ʻae fonua, pea tupu ʻo lahi ai kiate koe ʻae fanga manu ʻoe vao.
30 I will expel those people-groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in the land.
Te u kapusi fakaholoholo pe ʻakinautolu mei ho ʻao, kaeʻoua ke mou tupu ʻo tokolahi, pea maʻu ʻae fonua.
31 I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba) [in the southeast] to the Mediterranean Sea [in the northwest], and from the [Sinai] Desert [in the southwest] to the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast of the country]. I will enable you [MTY] to expel the people who live there, so that you will expel them as you occupy more of the country.
Pea te u tuku ho ngataʻanga mei he tahi Kulokula, ʻo aʻu ki he tahi ʻoe kakai Filisitia, pea mei he toafa ʻo aʻu ki he vaitafe lahi: he te u tukuange ʻae kakai ʻoe fonua ki homou nima; pea te ke kapusi ʻakinautolu mei ho ʻao.
32 You must not make any agreement/treaty with those people or with their gods.
ʻOua naʻa ke fai ha fuakava mo kinautolu, pe ki honau ngaahi ʻotua.
33 Do not allow [those people] to live in your land, in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, [you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me, just like someone caught] in a trap [is unable to escape] [MET].”
ʻE ʻikai te nau nofo ʻi ho fonua, telia naʻa nau fakafaihalaʻi koe kiate au: he kapau te ke tauhi honau ngaahi ʻotua, ko e moʻoni ʻe fakahalahala ai koe.”
