Eksodosy 13
1 Ary Jehovah niteny tamin’ i Mosesy ka nanao hoe:
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 Hamasino ho Ahy ny lahimatoa rehetra, dia izay voalohan-teraka rehetra eo amin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely, na olona na biby fiompy: Ahy ireny.
“Set apart all the firstborn males in order that they may belong to me. The firstborn males of the Israeli people and of their animals will be mine.”
3 Dia hoy Mosesy tamin’ ny olona: Tsarovy izao andro izao, izay nivoahanareo avy tany Egypta, tamin’ ny trano nahandevozana, fa tamin’ ny tanana mahery no nitondran’ i Jehovah anareo nivoaka avy tany; koa aza misy mihinana izay misy masirasira.
Moses/I said to the people, “Do not forget this day! This is the day that you are leaving Egypt. This is the day you [are freed from] being their slaves. Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt by his great power [MTY]. Do not eat any bread that has yeast in it [whenever you celebrate] this day.
4 Izao andro amin’ ny volana Abiba izao no ivoahanareo
You are leaving Egypt on this day, which is the first day of the month that is [named] Abib.
5 Ary raha hitondra anao Jehovah ho any amin’ ny tanin’ ny Kananita sy ny Hetita sy ny Amorita sy ny Hivita ary ny Jebosita, izay nianianany tamin’ ny razanao homena anao, dia tany tondra-dronono sy tantely, dia hanao izany fanompoana izany ianao amin’ izao volana izao.
Later, when Yahweh brings you into the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Hiv, and Jebus [now live], the land that he solemnly promised to give to you, a land that will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops [MTY], you must celebrate this festival during this month [every year].
6 Hafitoana no hihinananao mofo tsy misy masirasira, ary amin’ ny andro fahafito dia hisy andro firavoravoana ho an’ i Jehovah.
For seven days the bread that you eat must not have any yeast in it. On the seventh day there must be a festival to [honor] Yahweh.
7 Ny mofo tsy misy masirasira hohanina mandritra ny hafitoana; ary tsy hisy eo aminao izay mofo misy masirasira, ary tsy hisy izay masirasira akory ao aminao eny amin’ ny taninao rehetra.
For seven days do not eat bread that has yeast in it. You should not have any yeast or bread made with yeast anywhere in your land.
8 Dia hambaranao amin’ ny zanakao amin’ izany andro izany hoe: Noho ny nataon’ i Jehovah tamiko tamin’ ny nivoahako avy tany Egypta no anaovako izao.
On the day [the festival starts], you must tell your children, ‘[We are doing this to remember] what Yahweh did for our ancestors when they left Egypt.
9 Dia ho famantarana ho anao eo amin’ ny tananao ary ho fampahatsiarovana eo ambonin’ ny handrinao izany, mba ho ao am-bavanao ny lalàn’ i Jehovah: fa tanana mahery no nitondran’ i Jehovah anao nivoaka avy tany Egypta.
This ritual will remind you how Yahweh brought your ancestors out of Egypt with his great power [MTY]. [The ritual will be like something] you tie on your forehead or on your wrist. It will remind you to recite to others what Yahweh has instructed you.
10 Dia tandremo amin’ ny fotoany isan-taona izao lalàna izao.
So you must celebrate this festival every year at the time [Yahweh] has appointed.’
11 Ary raha hitondra anao Jehovah ho any amin’ ny tanin’ ny Kananita araka izay nianianany taminao sy ny razanao, ka homeny anao izany,
Yahweh will bring you into the land where the descendants of Canaan live, just as he promised you and your ancestors that he would do. When he gives that land to you,
12 dia hatokanao ho an’ i Jehovah izay voalohan-teraka rehetra: ny voalohan-teraky ny biby fiompy rehetra izay anananao, dia ho an’ i Jehovah ny lahy rehetra;
you must dedicate to Yahweh the firstborn males of all your animals. These all will belong to Yahweh.
13 ary ny voalohan-teraky ny boriky dia hosoloanao zanak’ ondry; fa raha tsy hanolo azy ianao, dia hofolahinao ny vozony; ary ny lahimatoa rehetra amin’ ny olona eo amin’ ny zanakao dia havotanao.
You may keep the firstborn male donkeys, but you must buy them back by sacrificing a lamb as a substitute for the donkey. If you do not want to buy back the donkey, you must [kill it by] breaking its neck. You must also buy back every one of your own firstborn sons.
14 Ary raha hanontany anao ny zanakao amin’ ny andro ho avy ka hanao hoe: Inona no anton’ izao? dia holazainao aminy hoe: Tanana mahery no nitondran’ i Jehovah antsika nivoaka avy tany Egypta, tamin’ ny trano nahandevozana;
In the future, when one of your children asks, ‘What does this mean?’, you must say to him, ‘Yahweh brought our ancestors out of Egypt with his great power [MTY], and freed us from being slaves there.
15 ary raha nanamafy ny fony ka tsy nandefa antsika Farao, dia novonoin’ i Jehovah ny lahimatoa rehetra tany amin’ ny tany Egypta, hatramin’ ny lahimatoan’ ny olona ka hatramin’ ny voalohan-teraky ny biby; koa izany no anaterako ho an’ i Jehovah ny lahy voalohan-teraka rehetra, fa ny lahimatoa rehetra amin’ ny zanako dia soloako.
The king of Egypt stubbornly refused to let them leave his country, so Yahweh killed all the firstborn males in Egypt, both the boys and the firstborn of their livestock. That is why we now sacrifice to Yahweh all the firstborn of our livestock, but we buy back our own firstborn sons.’
16 Ary ho famantarana eo amin’ ny tananao sy ho fehy eo ambonin’ ny handrinao izany; fa tanana mahery no nitondran’ i Jehovah antsika nivoaka avy tany Egypta.
I repeat that this ritual will remind you about how Yahweh brought our [ancestors] out of Egypt by his great power [MTY]; it will be like something you tie on your wrist or on your forehead [to remind you of that].”
17 Ary rehefa nalefan’ i Farao ny olona, dia tsy mba nentin’ Andriamanitra tamin’ ny lalana nankany amin’ ny tanin’ ny Filistina izy, na dia akaiky aza izany; fa hoy Andriamanitra: Andrao hanenina ny olona, raha mahita ady, ka hiverina any Egypta.
When the king [of Egypt] let the [Israeli] people go, God did not lead them to go through the land of the Philistines. That was a shorter way, but God said, “It would be bad if my people change their minds when they realize that they will have to fight [the Philistines to take their land], and then [decide to] return to Egypt.”
18 Fa nentin’ Andriamanitra nivily ho amin’ ny lalana mahazo any an-efitra amoron’ ny Ranomasina Mena ny olona; ary voaomana hiady ny fiakatry ny Zanak’ Isiraely avy tany amin’ ny tany Egypta.
Instead, God led them to go around through the desert toward the Red Sea (OR, the Gulf of Suez). When the Israeli people left Egypt, they were carrying weapons to fight [their enemies].
19 Ary nentin’ i Mosesy niaraka taminy ny taolan’ i Josefa, satria Josefa efa nampianiana dia nampianiana ny Zanak’ Isiraely ka nanao hoe: Hamangy anareo tokoa Andriamanitra, dia hitondra ny taolako hiala atỳ miaraka aminareo ianareo.
Moses/I [had them] take along the bones of Joseph with them/us, because Joseph long ago had made the Israeli people promise solemnly that they would do that. He had said to them, “God will enable your descendants to leave Egypt. When that happens, you must carry my bones with you.”
20 Dia nifindra niala tao Sokota izy ka nitoby tao Etama teo an-tsisin’ ny efitra.
The Israeli people left Succoth and traveled to Etham, at the edge of the desert, and they set up their tents there.
21 Ary Jehovah nandeha teo alohany tamin’ ny andri-rahona raha antoandro hitari-dalana azy, ary tamin’ ny andri-afo nony alina ho fahazavana ho azy, handehanany andro aman’ alina.
[When they traveled] during the daytime, Yahweh went in front of them in a tall [white] cloud to show them the way. During the night, he went in front of them in a tall cloud that looked like a fire. By doing that, he enabled them to travel in the daytime and also at nighttime.
22 Ny andri-rahona tsy niala teo alohan’ ny olona raha antoandro, na ny andri-afo nony alina.
The tall cloud did not leave them. It was always in front of them, as a bright white cloud in the daytime and like a fire at night.
