< Nomery 9 >
1 Nitsara amy Mosè t’Iehovà an-dratraratra’ i Sinay añe ami’ty volam-balohan-taom-paharoe’ nienga’ iareo an-tane Mitsraime, ami’ty hoe:
One year after the Israelis left Egypt, during the month of March, while they were in the Sinai Desert, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 Hambena’ o ana’ Israeleo i Fihelañey amy namotoañañe azey,
“Tell the Israeli people that they must celebrate the Passover [Festival again].
3 ami’ty andro faha-folo-efats’ ambi’ ty volañe toy naho hariva ty hambena’ areo aze amy namantañañe azey; o fañè’e iabio naho ze hene fepe’e ty hambena’ areo.
They must do it on the fourteenth day of this month, early in the evening, and they must obey all the instructions about it [that I gave you previously].”
4 Aa le sinaontsi’ i Mosè amo ana’ Israeleo ty hiambeñe i Fihelañey.
So Moses/I told the people what Yahweh had said about celebrating the Passover.
5 Le nambena’ iareo te folakandro-miroñe amy andro faha-folo-efats’ ambi’ i volam-baloha’ey am-patrambei’ i Sinay i Fihelañey; amy nandilia’ Iehovà i Mosèy ty nanoe’ o ana’ Israeleo.
The people celebrated it, there in the Sinai Desert, in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
6 Ie amy zao teo t’indaty nandeo-batañe ami’ ty lolo vaho tsy nete niatreke i Fihelañey amy andro zay; aa le nimb’ amy Mosè naho i Aharone amy àndroy,
But some of the Israeli people had touched a corpse, and as a result they had become unfit to celebrate the Passover. So they asked Aaron and Moses/me,
7 le nanoe’ indaty rey ty hoe, Maleotse ami’ty fate’ ondaty zahay. Aa vaho ho sebañeñe tsy hitraok’ amo ana’ Israeleo hibanabana i enga’ Iehovày amy namantañañe azey hao?
“It is true that we have touched a corpse. But why should that prevent us from celebrating the Passover Festival and offering sacrifices to Yahweh like everyone else [RHQ]?”
8 Le hoe t’i Mosè am’ iereo, Mahaliñisa heike hitsanoñako ty ho lilie’ Iehovà ty ama’ areo.
Moses/I replied, “Wait here until I go into the Sacred Tent and find out what Yahweh says about it.”
9 Le hoe t’Iehovà amy Mosè,
[So Moses/I went into the tent and asked Yahweh what he/I should tell the people], and this is what Yahweh said:
10 Misaontsia amo ana’ Israeleo, ty hoe: Ndra iaia t’indaty ama’ areo ndra amo tarira’ areoo maleotse ami’ty lolo, ndra t’ie am-pitaveañañe añe, le mbe hambena’e i Fihelañ’Ambone’ Iehovày;
“Tell this to the Israeli people: If any of you or your descendants touch a corpse and as a result become unacceptable to me, or if you are away from home on a long trip [at the time to celebrate the Passover], you will still be permitted to celebrate it.
11 ami’ty andro miroñe’ i faha-folo-efats’ ambi’ i volam-paharoey ty hañambena’e aze. Ho kamae’ iareo ama’e ty mofo po-dalivay mitraok’ aña-mafaitse.
But you must celebrate it exactly one month later, early in the evening of the fourteenth day of that month. Eat the meat of the lamb for the Passover Festival with bread that is baked without yeast and eat bitter herbs.
12 Ie tsy hanisa ami’ty maraiñe, le tsy ho pozaheñe o taola’eo. Amo fañè’ i Fihelañey iabio ty hañambena’ iareo aze.
Do not leave any of it until the next morning. And do not break any of the lamb’s bones. Obey all the regulations about celebrating the Passover.
13 Fe t’indaty malio, tsy am-pañaveloañe añe, ie ado’e i Fihelañey tsy ambena’e; toe haitoeñe am’ondati’eo indatiy, amy t’ie tsy nibanabana i enga’ Iehovày amy namantañañe azey; ho vavè’ indatiy ty hakeo’e.
But if any of you has not done anything that would make you unfit to celebrate the Passover Festival, and you are not away from home on a long trip, and you do not sacrifice to me at the proper time, you will no longer be allowed to associate with my people. (You will be punished/I will punish you).
14 Aa naho mañialo ama’ areo ao ty ambahiny, ie te hañambeñe i Fihelañe am’ Iehovày, le i fañèm-Pèsakey naho o fepè’eo ty anoañe aze, ho raike ty fañè’ areo naho i ambahiniy vaho i nisamak’ amy taney.
Foreigners who live among you may also celebrate the Passover Festival, if they obey all my commands concerning it.”
15 Amy andro nampitroareñe i kivohoiy le nakopo’ i rahoñey i kivohoy, i kibohom-pañinay; amy harivay pak’ ami’ ty maraiñe, ie ambone’ i kivohoy hoe afo.
On the day that the Sacred Tent was set up, a cloud covered it. From the time that the sun set until the time that the sun rose [the next day], the cloud resembled a [huge] fire. And that is what happened every day [that we/the Israelis were in the desert].
16 Izay ty nilili’e: nikolopofe’ i rahoñey te antoandro vaho nihoe afo te haleñe.
17 Naho nonjoneñe tsy ho ambone’ i kivohoy i rahoñey, le nionjomb’eo o ana’ Israeleo; Aa naho nitsangañe i rahoñey le nitobe eo o ana’ Israeleo.
When the cloud rose up and started to move [to a new location], we/they followed it. When the cloud stopped, we/the Israelis stopped there and set up their tents.
18 Nandily t’Iehovà, le nienga o ana’ Israeleo, le nandily t’Iehovà vaho nitobe iereo; naho nijohañe ambone’ i kivohoy i rahoñey, le mbe nitobe eo avao.
We/They traveled when Yahweh, [by causing the cloud to move or stop], signaled to us/them when to move and when to stop. When the cloud stayed over the Sacred Tent, we/the Israelis stayed at that place.
19 Ndra te nitolom-pijohañe ambone’ i kivohoy andro maro i rahoñey le nambena’ o ana’ Israeleo ty hatoro’ Iehovà, vaho tsy nañavelo.
Sometimes the cloud stayed over the tent for a long time, so when that happened, we/they did not travel.
20 Ie amy zay, he nipetake ambone’ i kivohoy andro tsy ampeampe i rahoñey, le ami’ty lili’ Iehovà, nijohañe amy tobey iareo, vaho ami’ty lili’ Iehovà, nañavelo.
Sometimes the cloud remained over the tent for only a few days. We/The people stopped and set up our/their tents as Yahweh commanded us/them, and we/they traveled [to a new location] when Yahweh commanded us/them to do that.
21 Teo i rahoñey te nitoboke hariva pak’ ami’ty maraiñe, naho nionjoñe i rahoñey le nienga iereo, ke te tambatse ey andro raike naho haleñe raike i rahoñey vaho nionjoñe, le nienga iereo.
Sometimes the cloud stayed in one place for only one day. When that happened, when the cloud rose up [into the sky] the next morning, then we/they traveled. Whenever the cloud moved, during the day or during the night, we/they traveled.
22 Ke roe andro, he volañe raike, kera taoñe raike ty nijohaña’ i rahoñey ambone’ i kivohoy, le nitolon-kitobe ey avao o ana’ Israeleo, tsy nañavelo; ie naonjoñe, vaho nañavelo.
If the cloud stayed over the Sacred Tent for two days, or for a month, or for a year, during that time we/they stayed where we/they were. But when the cloud rose up [into the sky], we/they started to travel.
23 Am-palie’ Iehovà, le nitobe iereo, vaho am-palie’ Iehovà, nañavelo iereo; nambena’ iareo ze nafanto’ Iehovà, ze nitsarae’ Iehovà am-pità’ i Mosèy.
When Yahweh commanded us/them to [stop and] set up our/their tents, we/they did that. When he told us/them to move, we/they moved. We/They did whatever Yahweh told Moses/me that we/they should do.