Exodus 23
1 'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
“Oduu sobaa hin odeessin; dhuga baʼuu jalʼaa kennuudhaan nama balleessaa hojjete hin gargaarin.
2 'Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause [others] to turn aside;
“Waan hamaa hojjechuuf jettee nama baayʼee faana hin buʼin. Fuula seeraa duratti yommuu dhugaa baatu, gara nama baayʼee gortee murtii hin jalʼisin;
3 and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.
murtii irratti hiyyeessaaf hin loogin.
4 'When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;
“Yoo sangaa yookaan harree diina keetii kan baduutti jiru argite deebisii geessiif.
5 when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving [it] to it — thou dost certainly leave [it] with him.
Yoo harree nama si jibbu tokkoo utuu isheen baʼaa baattee kuftee jirtuu argite achitti hin dhiisin; isa gargaarii ol kaasi.
6 'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
“Murtii irratti hiyyeessa saba keetii jalaa murtii hin dabsin.
7 from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.
Himata sobaa keessatti hin hirmaatin; waan ani nama balleessaa hojjete hin qulqulleessineef nama yakka hin qabne yookaan nama qajeelaa hin ajjeesin.
8 'And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open -[eyed], and perverteth the words of the righteous.
“Ati mattaʼaa hin fudhatin; mattaʼaan ogeeyyii ni jaamsaatii; dubbii qajeeltotaas jalʼisa.
9 'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye — ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
“Alagaa hin cunqursin; isin waan biyya Gibxiitti alagaa turtaniif alagaa taʼuun maal akka taʼe isin mataan keessan ni beektuutii.
10 'And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase;
“Waggaa jaʼa lafa qotiisaa kee facaafadhu; midhaanis galfadhu;
11 and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard — to thine olive-yard.
waggaa torbaffaatti garuu lafa sana boqochiisi malee hin qotin. Akkasiin hiyyeeyyiin saba keetii laficha irraa nyaata argatu; waan isaan irraa hafe immoo bineensi haa nyaatu. Muka wayinii keetiitii fi muka ejersa keetiis akkasuma godhi.
12 'Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;
“Guyyaa jaʼa hojii kee hojjetadhu; akka sangaan keetii fi harreen kee boqotaniif, akka garbichi mana keetti dhalatee fi alagaan aara galfataniif guyyaa torbafaatti hin hojjetin.
13 and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth.
“Waan ani isinitti hime hunda eegaa; maqaa waaqota biraa hin waammatinaa; afaan keessanii iyyuu hin baʼin.
14 'Three times thou dost keep a feast to Me in a year;
“Ati waggaatti yeroo sadii ayyaana naa ayyaaneffadhu.
15 the Feast of Unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at the time appointed [in] the month of Abib; for in it thou hast come forth out of Egypt, and ye do not appear [in] My presence empty;
“Ayyaana Maxinoo Ayyaaneffadhu; akkuma ani si ajaje sana bultii torba Maxinoo nyaadhu. Waan kanas jiʼa Abiibii keessa yeroo murtaaʼetti godhi; ati jiʼa sana keessa Gibxii baateetii. “Namni tokko iyyuu harka duwwaa fuula koo duratti hin dhiʼaatin.
16 and the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy works which thou sowest in the field; and the Feast of the In-Gathering, in the outgoing of the year, in thy gathering thy works out of the field.
“Mataa midhaan keetii kan lafa qotiisaa keetti facaafatteen Ayyaana Galchaa Midhaanii ayyaaneffadhu. “Dhuma waggaatti yeroo midhaan kee lafa qotiisaa irraa walitti qabattutti Ayyaana Galchaa Midhaanii ayyaaneffadhu.
17 'Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah.
“Dhiirri hundi waggaatti yeroo sadii fuula Waaqayyoo Gooftaa duratti haa dhiʼaatu.
18 'Thou dost not sacrifice on a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice, and the fat of My festival doth not remain till morning;
“Dhiiga aarsaa waan raacitii qabu wajjin naa hin dhiʼeessin. “Coomni aarsaa ayyaana koos hamma bariitti hin turin.
19 the beginning of the first-fruits of thy ground thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
“Mataa midhaan lafa keetii keessaa filatamaa isaa gara mana Waaqayyo Waaqa keetii fidi. “Ilmoo reʼee aannan haadha isheetiin hin affeelin.
20 'Lo, I am sending a messenger before thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee in unto the place which I have prepared;
“Akka inni karaa irratti si eegee iddoo ani qopheessetti si galchuuf kunoo ani fuula kee dura ergamaa koo tokko nan erga.
21 be watchful because of his presence, and hearken to his voice, rebel not against him, for he beareth not with your transgression, for My name [is] in his heart;
Xiyyeeffadhuutii waan inni jedhu dhaggeeffadhu. Isatti hin fincilin; inni waan Maqaa koo of irraa qabuuf fincila kee siif hin dhiisuutii.
22 for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.
Yoo ati waan inni jedhu akka gaarii dhaggeeffatee waan ani dubbadhu hunda goote, ani diinota keetti diina nan taʼa; warra siin mormaniinis nan morma.
23 'For My messenger goeth before thee, and hath brought thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I have cut them off.
Ergamaan koos fuula kee dura deemee biyya Amoorotaatti, Heetotaatti, Feerzotaatti, Kanaʼaanotaatti, Hiiwotaattii fi Yebuusotaatti si galcha; anis jara nan balleessa.
24 'Thou dost not bow thyself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but dost utterly devote them, and thoroughly break their standing pillars.
Waaqota isaaniitiif hin sagadin; hin waaqeffatinis; hojii isaanii faanas hin buʼin. Ati isaan balleessitee soodduu waaqeffannaa isaanii illee caccabsuu qabda.
25 'And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart;
Waaqayyo Waaqa kee waaqeffadhu; innis midhaan keetii fi bishaan kee ni eebbisa. Dhukkubas isin gidduudhaa nan balleessa;
26 there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil:
biyya kee keessatti dubartiin ulfi irraa baʼu yookaan dhabduun tokko iyyuu hin argamtu. Jireenya guutuus siif nan kenna.
27 My terror I send before thee, and I have put to death all the people among whom thou comest, and I have given the neck of all thine enemies unto thee.
“Ani sodaachisuu koo si dura ergee saba ati itti dhuftu hunda nan burjaajessa. Akka diinonni kee hundinuu dugda sitti galanii baqatanis nan godha.
28 'And I have sent the hornet before thee, and it hath cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee;
Akka inni Hiiwota, Kanaʼaanotaa fi Heetota karaa kee irraa ariʼuuf ani si duraan sonsa nan erga.
29 I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;
Akka lafti onee bineensi wal horee sitti hin baayʼanneef ani waggaa tokko keessatti saba kana si duraa ariʼee hin baasu.
30 little [by] little I cast them out from before thee, till thou art fruitful, and hast inherited the land.
Hamma ati baayʼattee biyyattii dhaaltutti ani xinnoo xinnoon fuula kee duraa isaan nan baasa.
31 'And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou hast cast them out from before thee;
“Anis daarii kee Galaana Diimaadhaa jalqabee hamma Galaana Filisxeemiitti, lafa alootii jalqabee hamma Laga Efraaxiisiitti siifin dhaaba. Namoota biyya sana jiraatanis dabarsee harka keetti nan kenna; ati immoo of duraa ariitee isaan baafta.
32 thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods;
Ati isaan wajjin yookaan waaqota isaanii wajjin kakuu tokko illee hin galin.
33 they do not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against Me when thou servest their gods, when it becometh a snare to thee.'
Akka isaan biyya kee keessa jiraatan hin eeyyamaniif; yoo akkas taʼe isaan akka ati cubbuu natti hojjettu si godhu; ati waaqota isaanii waaqeffannaan kun dhugumaan kiyyoo sitti taʼaatii.”
