Ebyabaleevi 23
1 Awo Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti,
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 “Yogera n’abaana ba Isirayiri obagambe nti, Zino ze mbaga zange ze nnonze, nga ze mbaga za Mukama Katonda ezirondeddwa ze munaakubirangako enkuŋŋaana entukuvu.
“Tell the Israeli people about the festivals that I have chosen, the days when you all must gather together [to worship me].”
3 “Mu nnaku omukaaga munaakolerangamu emirimu gyammwe, naye olunaku olw’omusanvu ye Ssabbiiti ey’okuwummula; lunaabeeranga olunaku olw’okukuŋŋaana okutukuvu. Temulukolerangako mulimu n’akatono yonna gye munaabeeranga, kubanga ye Ssabbiiti ya Mukama Katonda.
“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 “Zino ze mbaga Mukama Katonda ze yeerondera okunaakubirwanga enkuŋŋaana entukuvu ze munaalangiriranga mu ntuuko zaazo:
“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 Embaga ya Mukama Katonda ey’Okuyitako eneetandikanga ng’obudde buwungeera ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’ennya olw’omwezi ogw’olubereberye.
[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 Ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’ettaano olw’omwezi ogwo, Embaga ya Mukama Katonda ey’Emigaati Egitali Mizimbulukuse kw’eneetandikiranga; munaamalanga ennaku musanvu nga mulya emigaati egifumbiddwa nga temuli kizimbulukusa.
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 Ku lunaku olusooka olw’embaga eyo ey’Okuyitako munaakubanga olukuŋŋaana olutukuvu, era temuukolerengako mirimu gyammwe egya bulijjo.
On the first day of that festival, you all must stop your regular work and you must gather together [to worship me].
8 Munaamalanga ennaku musanvu nga buli lunaku muleeta ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa n’omuliro eri Mukama. Ku lunaku olw’omusanvu munaakubanga olukuŋŋaana olutukuvu, era temuukolerengako mirimu gyammwe egya bulijjo.”
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 Awo Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti,
Yahweh also told Moses/me
10 “Tegeeza abaana ba Isirayiri nti, Bwe mutuukanga mu nsi gye nzija okubawa ne mukungula ebibala byamu, muleetanga eri kabona ekinywa eky’ebibala byammwe eby’olubereberye;
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 naye anaawuubawuubanga ekinywa ekyo awali Mukama Katonda kiryoke kikkirizibwe ku lwammwe. Kabona anaakiwuubawuubanga ku lunaku oluddirira Ssabbiiti.
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 Ku lunaku olwo lwe munaawuubirawuubirangako ekinywa, munaawangayo ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa eri Mukama Katonda eky’omwana gw’endiga omulume, ogwakamala omwaka gumu ogw’obukulu era nga teguliiko kamogo.
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’ekiweebwayo eky’emmere ey’empeke ekigenderako kinaabanga kigero kya desimoolo bbiri eza efa, eky’obuwunga obulungi nga mutabuddwamu n’amafuta ag’omuzeeyituuni, nga kye kiweebwayo ekyokebwa n’omuliro eri Mukama, ne muvaamu evvumbe eddungi erisanyusa Mukama n’ekiweebwayo ekyokunywa ekigenderako kinaabanga ekitundu kimu kya kuna ekya lita emu ey’envinnyo.
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 Era temuulyenga ku mugaati n’akatono oba ku mmere ey’empeke ensiike oba eyaakakungulwa, okutuusa ku lunaku olwo lwennyini lwe munaaleeterangako ekiweebwayo kino eri Katonda wammwe. Lino linaabanga tteeka ery’enkalakkalira ery’emirembe gyonna egigenda okujja, mu bifo byonna gye munaabeeranga.
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 “Okuva ku lunaku oluddirira Ssabbiiti, nga lwe lunaku kwe mwaleetera ekiweebwayo eky’ekinywa ekiwuubibwawuubibwa mubalanga ewiiki enzijuvu musanvu.
“Seven weeks after the priest offers that grain to me,
16 Munaabalanga ennaku amakumi ataano okutuuka ku Ssabbiiti ey’omusanvu, ne mulyoka muwaayo eri Mukama ekiweebwayo eky’emmere ey’empeke empya eyaakakungulwa.
on the next/50th day after he offers it, [each family] must bring to me an offering from the new crop of grain.
17 Nga muva mu buli kitundu gye mubeera, munaaleetanga emigaati, ebiri ebiri nga gikoleddwa mu kigero ekya desimoolo bbiri eza efa ez’obuwunga obulungi, nga bufumbiddwa n’ekizimbulukusa; nga kye kiweebwayo eri Mukama Katonda ekiwuubibwawuubibwa eky’ebibala ebibereberye.
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 Era awamu n’emigaati egyo munaaleeterangako abaana b’endiga musanvu ab’omwaka gumu abataliiko kamogo; munaaleetanga n’ente eya seddume ento emu, n’endiga ennume ento bbiri. Binaabeeranga ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa eri Mukama, awamu n’ekiweebwayo eky’emmere ey’empeke n’ekiweebwayo eky’ebyokunywa; nga kye kiweebwayo ekyokebwa n’omuliro, ne muvaamu evvumbe erisanyusa Mukama.
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 Era munaawangayo embuzi emu ennume nga kye kiweebwayo olw’ekibi, era n’endiga ento ennume ez’omwaka ogumu bbiri nga kye kiweebwayo olw’emirembe.
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 Kabona anaawubawuubanga ebiweebwayo ebyo awamu n’emigaati egikoleddwa mu bibala ebibereberye n’endiga zombi ento, nga kye kiweebwayo eri Mukama Katonda ekiwuubibwawuubibwa. Kinaabanga kiweebwayo eri Mukama Katonda ekitukuvu, era kabona y’anaakitwalanga.
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 Ku lunaku olwo onoolangiriranga olukuŋŋaana olutukuvu; era temujjanga kukolerako mirimu gyammwe egya bulijjo. Eryo linaabeeranga etteeka ery’emirembe gyonna mu mmwe buli yonna gye munaabeeranga.
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 “Bwe munaakungulanga emmere mu ttaka lyammwe temugimalirangamu ddala okutuuka ku mbibiro z’ennimiro yammwe, wadde okukuŋŋaanyanga eneebanga ekunkumuse wansi nga mumaze okukungula. Eyo mugirekeranga abaavu ne bannamawanga. Nze Mukama Katonda wammwe.”
“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 Awo Mukama n’agamba Musa nti,
Yahweh also told Moses/me
24 “Tegeeza abaana ba Isirayiri nti olunaku olw’olubereberye mu mwezi ogw’omusanvu lunaabanga lwa kuwummula, munaakwatirangako olukuŋŋaana olutukuvu olunaalangirirwanga n’okufuuwa amakondeere ag’omwanguka.
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 Temukolerangako mirimu gyonna egya bulijjo, naye munaawangayo ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa n’omuliro eri Mukama Katonda.”
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 Awo Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
27 “Olunaku olw’ekkumi olw’omwezi guno ogw’omusanvu lwe lunaabanga Olunaku olw’Okutangiririrwa. Munaakubanga olukuŋŋaana olutukuvu, muneefiirizanga ne mwerumya, era munaawangayo ekiweebwayo ekyokebwa n’omuliro eri Mukama Katonda.
“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 Olunaku olwo temulukolerangako mulimu na gumu, kubanga lwe Lunaku olw’Okutangiririrwa, lwe munaatangiririrwanga awali Mukama Katonda wammwe.
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 Omuntu yenna anaagaananga okwefiiriza ku lunaku olwo kinaamugwaniranga okuwaŋŋangusibwa n’aggyibwa mu banne.
You must expel from your group anyone who does not (fast/abstain from eating food) on that day.
30 Era buli muntu anaakolanga omulimu ku lunaku olwo ndimuggya mu banne ne mmuzikiriza.
I will get rid of anyone who does any kind of work on that day.
31 Temulukolerangako mulimu n’akatono. Eryo linaabeeranga etteeka ery’enkalakkalira, ery’emirembe gyonna egigenda okujja mu bifo byonna gye munaabeeranga.
You must not work at all! You must always obey those instructions/commands, and you must obey them wherever you live.
32 Lunaabeeranga lwa Ssabbiiti na kuwummulirako gye muli, era muneefiirizanga. Munaakuumanga Ssabbiiti yammwe okuva ku lunaku olw’omwenda olw’omwezi akawungeezi okutuusa ku kawungeezi akaddirira.”
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 Awo Mukama Katonda n’agamba Musa nti,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
34 “Tegeeza abaana ba Isirayiri nti ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’ettaano Embaga ya Mukama ey’Ensiisira kw’eneetandikiranga, era eneemalanga ennaku musanvu.
“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 Ku lunaku olw’olubereberye munaakubirangako olukuŋŋaana olutukuvu; temuulukolerengako mirimu egya bulijjo.
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 Munaaleetanga ebiweebwayo eri Mukama ebyokye mu muliro okumalira ddala ennaku musanvu, ne ku lunaku olw’omunaana munaakubanga olukuŋŋaana olutukuvu ne muwaayo eri Mukama Katonda ekiweebwayo ekyokye n’omuliro. Olwo lwe lukuŋŋaana olukulu oluggalawo, temulukolerangako mirimu egya bulijjo.
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 “Ezo ze mbaga Mukama ze yalagira, ze munaalangiriranga nti mbaga ntukuvu okunaaleeterwanga ebiweebwayo eri Mukama Katonda ebyokeddwa mu muliro, ebiweebwayo ebyokye, ebiweebwayo eby’empeke, ssaddaaka n’ebiweebwayo ebinywebwa ebineetaagibwanga buli lunaku.
“[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 Ebiweebwayo bino byeyongera ku biri eby’oku Ssabbiiti za Mukama Katonda, era ne byeyongera ku birabo byammwe ne ku ebyo byonna bye munaabanga mweyamye, ne ku biweebwayo ebirala byonna bye munaabanga muleetedde Mukama Katonda nga mweyagalidde.
(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 “Kale nno okutandikira ku lunaku olw’ekkumi n’ettaano olw’omwezi ogw’omusanvu, nga mumaze okukungula n’okuyingiza ebibala ebivudde mu ttaka lyammwe, munaakoleranga Mukama Katonda ekijaguzo okumala ennaku musanvu; olunaku olw’olubereberye lunaabanga lwa kuwummula era n’olunaku olw’omunaana nalwo nga lwa kuwummula.
“[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 Ku lunaku olw’olubereberye munaanoganga ku miti ebibala ebisingira ddala obulungi ne muddira n’amatabi g’enkindu, n’amatabi ag’emiti agaziyidde n’ebikoola ebigimu, n’emiti egy’oku migga, ne mulyoka musanyukira awali Mukama Katonda wammwe okumala ennaku musanvu.
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 Mukolanga bwe mutyo ng’ekyo kye kijaguzo eri Mukama Katonda, okumala ennaku musanvu buli mwaka. Lino ly’etteeka ery’enkalakkalira erinaakwatibwanga n’ab’omu mirembe egigenda okujja; mujaguzenga mu mwezi ogw’omusanvu.
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 Munaasulanga mu busiisira okumala ennaku musanvu. Abo bonna abazaaliranwa ab’omu Isirayiri banaasulanga mu busiisira,
During the seven days of that festival, all of you people who have been Israelis your entire lives must live in shelters/huts.
43 bwe batyo ab’omu zzadde lyammwe balyoke bamanye nga bwe nasuzanga abaana ba Isirayiri mu busiisira bwe nnali nga mbaggya mu nsi y’e Misiri. Nze Mukama Katonda wammwe.”
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 Bw’atyo Musa n’alangirira mu baana ba Isirayiri embaga za Mukama ennonde.
So Moses/I gave to the Israeli people all those instructions concerning the festivals that Yahweh [wanted them to celebrate] each year.
