< Mose 2 13 >

1 Yehowa gblɔ na Mose bena,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Kɔ Israelviwo ƒe ŋutsuvi gbãtɔ ɖe sia ɖe kple lãwo ƒe atsu gbãtɔwo ŋu nam; eɖanye ame alo lã o, tɔnyewoe!”
“Set apart to me all the firstborn, every firstborn male among the Israelites, both of people and animals. The firstborn belongs to me.”
3 Mose gblɔ na ameawo be, “Ele be gbe si gbe miedzo le Egipte, eye miedo le kluvinyenye me la, nanye ŋkeke aɖe si dzi miaɖo ŋkui tegbetegbe, elabena Yehowa ɖe mi kple nukunu gãwo. Migaɖu naneke si me amɔʋãtike le la o.
Moses said to the people, “Call this day to mind, the day on which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by Yahweh's strong hand he brought you out from this place. No bread with yeast may be eaten.
4 Egbe, ɣleti Abib me, miele ʋuʋum.
You are going out of Egypt on this day, in the month of Aviv.
5 Ne Yehowa kplɔ mi va Kanaantɔwo, Hititɔwo, Amoritɔwo, Hivitɔwo kple Yebusitɔwo ƒe anyigba si wòka atam na mia fofowo be yeatsɔ ana mi, anyigba ‘si dzi notsi kple anyitsi bɔ ɖo’ dzi la, ekema miaɖu ŋkeke sia le dzinu sia me.
When Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and the Jebusites, the land that he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—then you must observe this act of worship in this month.
6 Hena ŋkeke adre la, miaɖu abolo maʋamaʋã, eye le ŋkeke adrelia gbe la, miaɖu ŋkekenyui na Yehowa.
For seven days you must eat bread without yeast; on the seventh day there will be a feast to honor Yahweh.
7 Miaɖu abolo maʋamaʋã le ŋkeke adre mawo me; womakpɔ naneke si ʋã la le mia dome o alo akpɔ amɔʋãtike le miaƒe liƒowo me o.
Bread without yeast must be eaten throughout the seven days; no bread with yeast may be seen among you. No yeast may be seen with you within any of your borders.
8 Le gbe ma gbe la, migblɔ na mia viŋutsuwo be, ‘Mele esia wɔm ɖe nu si Yehowa wɔ nam, esi medo go le Egipte la ta.’
On that day you are to say to your children, 'This is because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
9 Ŋkeke sia ɖuɖu anɔ na mi abe dzesi ene le miaƒe asiwo kple ŋkuɖodzinu le miaƒe ŋgonu, ale be Yehowa ƒe se la anɔ miaƒe nu me, elabena Yehowa kplɔ mi do goe le Egipte kple asi sesẽ.
This will be a reminder for you on your hand, and a reminder on your forehead. This is so the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth, for with a strong hand Yahweh brought you out of Egypt.
10 Eya ta miɖo ŋku nuɖoanyi sia dzi le ɣeyiɣi ɖoɖi la dzi ƒe sia ƒe.
Therefore you must keep this law at its appointed time from year to year.
11 “Ne Yehowa kplɔ mi yi anyigba si ŋugbe wòdo na mia fofowo ƒe geɖewo nye esi va yi, afi si Kanaantɔwo le fifia dzi la, miɖo ŋku edzi be,
When Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your ancestors to do, and when he gives the land to you,
12 miaƒe viŋutsuvi gbãtɔwo katã kple lãtsu siwo katã aʋu dɔ nu na miaƒe lãwo la katã nye Yehowa tɔ. Ele be miatsɔ wo nɛ.
you must set apart to Yahweh the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn offspring of your animals that are males, will belong to Yahweh.
13 Miate ŋu atsɔ agbo alo gbɔ̃tsu aɖɔli tedzitsu. Ke ne ame aɖe medi be yeawɔ alea o la, ele na amea be wòawu tedzi la. Ke ele be miaƒle viŋutsuvi ŋgɔgbeviwo katã ta.
Every firstborn of a donkey you must buy back with a lamb. If you do not buy it back, then you must break its neck. But each of your firstborn males among all your sons—you must buy them back.
14 “Ne mia viwo abia mi be, ‘Nu ka ta miewɔa nu siawo ɖo?’ la, ele be miagblɔ na wo be, ‘Yehowa tsɔ nukunu gãwo ɖe mí tso kluvinyenye me, tso Egiptenyigba dzi.
When your son asks you later, 'What does this mean?' then you are to tell him, 'It was by a strong hand that Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slavery.
15 Farao meɖe mɔ na mí be míadzo o, eya ta Yehowa wu woƒe ŋgɔgbeviwo katã, amegbetɔwo kple lãwo tɔwo siaa le Egipte, eya ta míetsɔa atsu sia atsu, si ʋu dɔ nu na dadaa, amegbetɔwo kple lãwo siaa naa Yehowa. Ke woƒlea ŋutsuvi tsitsitɔwo katã ta.’
When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of people and the firstborn of animals. That is why I sacrifice to Yahweh the firstborn male of every animal, and why I buy back the firstborn of my sons.'
16 Megale egblɔm na mi be ele be ŋkekenyui sia ɖuɖu nade dzesi mi abe Yehowa ƒe amewo ene, abe ɖe wòtsɔ eƒe nutɔnyenye ƒe dzesi ɖo ŋgonu na mi ene. Enye ŋkuɖodzi be Yehowa tsɔ ŋusẽ gã aɖe ɖe mi tso Egiptenyigba dzi.”
This will become a reminder on your hands, and a reminder on your forehead, for it was by a strong hand Yahweh brought us out of Egypt.”
17 Esi Farao ɖe asi le ameawo ŋu be woadzo mlɔeba la, Mawu mekplɔ wo to Filistitɔwo ƒe anyigba dzi o, togbɔ be eyae nye mɔ kpuitɔ hafi, elabena Mawu gblɔ be ne aʋa dzɔ ɖe wo kple Filistitɔwo dome la, woatrɔ ta me be yewoatrɔ, agbugbɔ ayi Egipte.
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that land was nearby. For God said, “Perhaps the people will change their minds when they experience war and will then return to Egypt.”
18 Ale Mawu kplɔ wo to gbegbemɔ la dzi ɖo ta Ƒu Dzĩ la nu. Israelviwo ʋu tso Egipte, nɔ akpababla me hena aʋawɔwɔ.
So God led the people around through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds. The Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt armed for battle.
19 Mose tsɔ Yosef ƒe ƒuwo ɖe asi, elabena Yosef na Israelviwo ka atam le Mawu ƒe ŋkume be yewoatsɔ eƒe ƒuwo ɖe asi ne Mawu akplɔ yewo adzoe tso Egipte, abe ale si wòka ɖe edzi be Mawu awɔe ene.
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear and said, “God will surely rescue you, and you must carry away my bones with you.”
20 Esi wodzo le Sukɔt la, woƒu asaɖa anyi ɖe Etam le gbegbe la to.
The Israelites journeyed from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
21 Yehowa kplɔa wo kple lilikpo dodo aɖe le ŋkeke me. Le zã me la, ekplɔa wo kple dzo bibi aɖe. Ale wotea ŋu zɔa mɔ le ŋkeke me kple zã me siaa.
Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them on the way. By night he went in a pillar of fire to give them light. In this way they could travel by day and by night.
22 Lilikpo dodo la kple dzo bibi la siaa mebuna ɖe wo ɣe aɖeke ɣi o.
Yahweh did not take away from before the people the daytime pillar of cloud or the nighttime pillar of fire.

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