Levitik 23
1 Seyè a pale ak Moyiz, li di l' konsa:
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 -Pale ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo. W'a di yo pou mwen: Men jou pou nou mande pèp la pou li reyini pou fè fèt pou Seyè a. Men lè pou nou fè fèt pou mwen.
“Tell the Israeli people about the festivals that I have chosen, the days when you all must gather together [to worship me].”
3 Chak senmenn nou gen sis jou pou n' fè travay nou. Men, setyèm jou a se jou repo. Jou sa a, piga nou fè ankenn travay. Se jou n'a reyini pou n' fè sèvis pou Bondye. Jou repo a se pou Seyè a li ye. Nenpòt kote nou rete jou sa a, piga nou fè ankenn travay lakay nou.
“You may work for six days [each week], but on the seventh day you must not do any work. You must rest. It is a sacred/holy day when you must gather together [to worship me]. Wherever you live, you must rest on that day.”
4 Men jou pou nou fè fèt pou Seyè a, jou pou nou mande pèp la pou li reyini pou fè fèt pou Seyè a. Men dat pou nou reyini pèp la pou fèt yo:
“There are festivals that I have established for you. Those will also be sacred/holy days when you must gather together [to worship me].
5 N'a fete fèt Delivrans lan pou Seyè a chak lanne, nan katòzyèm jou premye mwa a. N'a konmanse fèt la lè solèy fin kouche.
[The first festival is] (the Passover/when you remember that I spared your ancestors when I killed all the firstborn Egyptian sons). That festival will begin at twilight/dusk/sunset on the chosen day (each spring/in March or April each year), [and end on the following day].
6 Sou kenzyèm jou premye mwa a, n'a konmanse fèt pen san ledven yo. Pandan sèt jou, n'a manje pen ki fèt san ledven.
The next day, the Festival of Eating Bread That Has No Yeast will begin. That festival will continue for seven days. During that time, the bread that you eat must be made without yeast.
7 Premye jou a, n'a reyini tout pèp la pou n' fè sèvis pou Bondye. Nou p'ap fè ankenn gwo travay jou sa a.
On the first day of that festival, you all must stop your regular work and you must gather together [to worship me].
8 Pandan sèt jou n'a boule ofrann nan dife pou Seyè a. Sou setyèm jou a, n'a reyini tout pèp la ankò pou n' adore Seyè a. Jou sa a, nou p'ap fè ankenn gwo travay non plis.
On each of the seven days, you must present to me [several animals to be] an offering/sacrifice to be completely burned [on the altar]. On the seventh day, you all must again stop your regular work and gather to worship me.”
9 Seyè a pale ak Moyiz, li di l' konsa:
Yahweh also told Moses/me
10 -Pale ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo. Men sa pou ou di yo. Lè n'a antre nan peyi m'ap ban nou an, lè n'a fin ranmase premye rekòt grenn nan jaden nou, n'a pran premye makout la, n'a pote l' bay prèt la.
to tell the Israeli people [about other festivals]. He said, “When you arrive in the land which I am giving to you, and you harvest your crops [for the first time] there, bring to the priest some of the first grain that you harvest.
11 Prèt la va balanse l' devan Seyè a tankou yon ofrann espesyal, pou Seyè a ka asepte resevwa nou. Prèt la va fè ofrann lan jou ki vini apre jou repo a.
On the day after the [next] Sabbath/rest day, the priest will lift it up [high to dedicate it] to me, in order that I will accept it as your [gift].
12 Jou n'ap fè ofrann premye makout rekòt la, n'a pran yon ti belye ki pa gen ankenn enfimite epi ki poko gen ennan, n'a boule l' nèt pou Seyè a.
That same day, you must sacrifice to me a one-year-old male lamb that has no defects. You must burn it [on the altar].
13 N'a ofri ansanm avè l' tou katòz ti mamit farin frans melanje ak lwil oliv pou nou boule nan dife pou Seyè a. Bon sant ofrann lan va fè Seyè a plezi. N'a ofri tou yon boutèy ka diven pou yo vide pou Seyè a.
You must also burn an offering of grain. That offering must consist of (three quarts/3.5 liters) of good flour mixed with [olive] oil. The smell [of those things burning] will be very pleasing to me. Along with that, you must also offer one quart/liter of wine, which will be a liquid offering.
14 Piga nou pran nan grenn nou fèk rekòlte yo ni pou nou manje kri, ni pou nou griye, ni pou nou fè pen, toutotan nou pa pote ofrann premye grenn yo bay Seyè a. Se va yon regleman pou nou swiv tout tan, de pitit an pitit, kote nou pase.
Do not eat any bread or any roasted grain or unroasted grain on that day until after you have brought those offerings to me, your God. You must always obey [LIT] those commands, wherever you live.”
15 N'a konte sèt semèn antye, depi jou nou te pote premye makout rekòt la ofri bay Seyè a, apre jou repo a.
“Seven weeks after the priest offers that grain to me,
16 Wi, n'a konte senkant jou. Sa va mennen nou sou jou ki vini apre setyèm jou repo a. N'a fè yon lòt ofrann grenn jaden bay Seyè a.
on the next/50th day after he offers it, [each family] must bring to me an offering from the new crop of grain.
17 Chak fanmi va soti lakay yo ak de gwo pen pou yo ofri bay Seyè a. Chak pen va fèt ak de liv farin kwit ak ledven. Y'a ofri yo bay Seyè a tankou ofrann premye grenn yo rekòlte.
From your homes, bring two loaves of bread [to the priest]. He will lift them up [high to dedicate them] as an offering to me. Those loaves must be baked from three quarts/liters of good flour that has yeast mixed with it. That bread will be an offering to me from the first wheat that you harvest [each year].
18 Ansanm ak pen yo, pèp la va ofri sèt ti mouton ki poko gen ennan, yon jenn ti towo bèf ak de belye. Fòk tout bèt sa yo pa gen ankenn enfimite. Y'a boule yo nèt nan dife pou Seyè a, ansanm ak ofrann grenn jaden yo ak ofrann diven an. Bon sant ofrann sa a va fè Seyè a plezi.
Along with this bread, you must present to me seven one-year-old lambs with no defects, one young bull, and two rams. They must all be completely burned [on the altar]. All those offerings, with the grain offering and the wine offering, will be burned, and the smell [of all those things burning] will be very pleasing to me.
19 N'a touye tou yon bouk ki va sèvi ofrann pou peye pou tou sa nou fè ki mal, ak de ti mouton ki poko gen ennan ki va sèvi ofrann pou di Bondye mèsi.
Then you must also kill one male goat to be an offering/sacrifice for your sins, and two one-year-old male lambs to be an offering to enable you to maintain fellowship with me.
20 Prèt la va balanse pen yo ansanm ak de ti mouton yo tankou yon ofrann espesyal devan Seyè a. Ofrann sa yo se bagay ki apa nèt pou Seyè a. Se pou prèt yo yo ye.
The priest will lift up these offerings [high to dedicate them] to me. He will also offer the loaves of bread that were baked from the first wheat that you harvest. Those offerings are sacred to me, but they are for the priests [to eat].
21 Jou sa a, n'a reyini pèp la pou l' adore Bondye. Pesonn p'ap fè gwo travay. Sa se regleman pou nou swiv tout tan, de pitit an pitit, kote nou pase.
On that day, you must stop your regular work and gather to worship me. You must always obey those instructions/commands, and you must obey them wherever you live.
22 Lè n'ap fè rekòt nan jaden nou, se pa pou nou ranmase grenn ki toupre lizyè jaden an, ni nou pa bezwen tounen dèyè pou ranmase grenn ki te tonbe atè. W'a kite yo pou moun peyi a ki pa genyen ak pou moun lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan mitan nou. Se mwen menm ki Seyè a, Bondye nou an!
“When you harvest the grain in your fields, do not harvest the grain along the edges of the fields, and do not pick up the grain that the harvesters drop. Leave that grain for the poor people and for the foreigners who are living among you. [Do not forget that it is] I, Yahweh your God, [who am commanding those things]!”
23 Seyè a pale ak Moyiz, li di l' konsa:
Yahweh also told Moses/me
24 -Pale ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo. Men sa pou ou di yo: Premye jou setyèm mwa a va yon gwo jou repo pou nou. Jou sa a n'a kònen twonpèt pou fè moun yo chonje se jou pou yo reyini pou adore Bondye.
to give these instructions/commands to the Israeli people: “[Each year] in September, on the day that I have chosen, you all must celebrate it by completely resting. You must not do any work on that day. When [the priests] blow their trumpets loudly, you all must gather together to worship me.
25 Piga nou fè gwo travay. N'a fè ofrann pou yo boule nan dife pou Seyè a.
All of you must not do your regular work on that day. Instead, you must present offerings to me that will be burned [on the altar].”
26 Seyè a pale ak Moyiz, li di l':
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
27 -Dizyèm jou sètyèm mwa sa a, se gran jou padon an li ye. N'a reyini tout moun pou n' adore Bondye. N'a fè jèn epi n'a fè ofrann pou yo boule nan dife devan Seyè a.
“You must celebrate a day [on which you request that I] forgive you for the sins that you have committed. That day will be nine days after the festival [when the priests blow] the trumpets. On that day you must (fast/abstain from eating food). You must gather together to worship me and present offerings to me that will be burned [on the altar].
28 Jou sa a, nou p'ap travay menm, paske se gran jou padon an, jou pou nou fè sèvis pou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pou nou mande l' fè nou gras.
You must not do any work on that day, because it is the day when the priests will offer sacrifices to me to (atone for/ask me to forgive) your sins.
29 Si yon moun mete anyen nan bouch li jou sa a, y'ap wete l' nan mitan pèp li a.
You must expel from your group anyone who does not (fast/abstain from eating food) on that day.
30 Si yon moun travay jou sa a, se mwen menm, Seyè a, k'ap touye l'.
I will get rid of anyone who does any kind of work on that day.
31 Nou pa pou fè anyen jou sa a. Sa se regleman pou nou swiv tout tan, de pitit an pitit, kote nou pase.
You must not work at all! You must always obey those instructions/commands, and you must obey them wherever you live.
32 Se va yon gwo jou repo, jou nou p'ap fè ankenn travay. Depi lè solèy kouche nan nevyèm jou mwa a jouk lè li kouche ankò dizyèm jou a, n'a rete san manje.
That day will be a day of complete rest for all of you, and on that day you must (fast/abstain from eating food) [to show that you are sorry for having sinned]. That day of rest and (fasting/abstaining from eating food) will begin on the evening before the day in which you ask me to forgive you for your sins, and it will end on the evening of the following day.”
33 Seyè a pale ak Moyiz, li di l':
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
34 -Pale ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo, w'a di yo konsa: N'a fete fèt joupa yo pandan sèt jou. N'a konmanse sou kenzyèm jou setyèm mwa a.
“Tell the Israeli people that [each year] they must also celebrate a festival of living in temporary shelters. That festival will begin five days after the day in which they request me to forgive them for their sins. It will last for seven days.
35 Premye jou a, n'a reyini tout moun pou adore Bondye. Pesonn p'ap fè gwo travay jou sa a.
On the first day of that festival, the people must gather together to worship me, and they must not do any regular work on that day.
36 Chak jou, pandan sèt jou, n'a boule ofrann nan dife pou Seyè a. Sou wityèm jou a, n'a reyini moun yo ankò pou adore Bondye, epi n'a boule ofrann nan dife pou Seyè a. Se va yon jou pou adore Bondye. Jou sa a, piga nou fè gwo travay.
On each of the seven days of the festival, they must present to me an offering [of animals] that will be burned [on the altar]. On the next day, they must gather again to worship me and present to me another animal that will be burned [on the altar]. That also will be a sacred gathering, and they must not work on that day, either.
37 Men fèt pou nou fete pou Seyè a. Men jou n'a reyini tout moun pou yo fè sèvis pou Bondye. Men ofrann pou nou boule nan dife pou Seyè a, se ka bèt pou nou boule nèt, se ka ofrann grenn jaden, se ka bèt pou nou touye, se ka ofrann diven. Chak jou fèt gen ofrann pa li.
“[To summarize], those are the festivals that I have appointed. Celebrate those sacred festivals by gathering together to present to me all the various offerings that will be burned [on the altar]—animals that will be burned completely, and offerings of grain, and offerings to enable the Israeli people to maintain fellowship with me, and offerings of wine. Each offering must be brought on the day that I have indicated.
38 Apa tout jou repo Seyè yo, n'a fete fèt sa yo tou. Apa kado pou nou fè nòmalman, apa ofrann n'ap fè paske nou te fè ve, apa ofrann n'ap fè pou Seyè a paske nou te vle fè l', n'a fè ofrann sa yo.
(Those festivals must be celebrated/You must celebrate those festivals) in addition to [worshiping on] the (Sabbath days/days of rest). And all those offerings must be given in addition to the offerings that people personally decide to give, and in addition to the offerings that people make to accompany the solemn promises that they have made, or offerings that people make (voluntarily/because they themselves want to).
39 Sou kenzyèm jou setyèm mwa a, n'a fè fèt pou Seyè a pandan sèt jou, apre n'a fin rekòlte jaden nou yo. Premye jou a ak wityèm jou a va de gwo jou repo.
“[Returning to my instructions about] the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters, you must celebrate this festival after you have harvested all the crops. On the first day and on the last day of that festival, you must rest completely.
40 Premye jou a, n'a keyi pi bon fwi nan pye sitwon nou yo, n'a koupe fèy nan pye dat nou yo ak branch nan pye jasmen ak pye sikren, n'a fè kè nou kontan devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pandan sèt jou.
But on the first day, you are permitted to pick fruit from trees. Cut palm fronds/branches and other leafy branches from trees or from bushes that grow by the streams, [and make shelters/huts to live in for that week]. Then rejoice in my presence for those seven days.
41 Chak lanne, pandan sèt jou nan setyèm mwa a, n'a fete fèt sa a pou mwen menm, Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Sa se yon regleman pou nou swiv tout tan, de pitit an pitit.
You must celebrate this festival for seven days every year. You must never stop obeying my commands/instructions for that festival. You must celebrate it in September.
42 Pandan sèt jou tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo va rete anba joupa. Wi, n'a rete anba joupa pandan sèt jou.
During the seven days of that festival, all of you people who have been Israelis your entire lives must live in shelters/huts.
43 Konsa, pitit pitit nou yo va konnen mwen menm, Seyè a, mwen te fè pèp Izrayèl rete anba joupa lè mwen te fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip la. Se mwen menm ki Seyè a, Bondye nou an!
That will remind your descendants that their ancestors lived in shelters [for many years] after I rescued them from Egypt. [Do not forget that] I, Yahweh your God, [am the one who is commanding this].”
44 Se konsa Moyiz te bay moun pèp Izrayèl yo tout kalite fèt pou yo fete pou Seyè a.
So Moses/I gave to the Israeli people all those instructions concerning the festivals that Yahweh [wanted them to celebrate] each year.
