प्रस्थान 13

1 तब परमप्रभुले मोशालाई यसो भन्‍नुभयो,

Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “इस्राएलीहरूमध्येका मानिस र पशुहरू दुवैबाट पहिले जन्मेका सबै नरलाई मेरो निम्ति अलग गर् । पहिले जन्मेकाहरू मेरा हुन् ।”

"Set apart to me all the firstborn. Whatever is first from the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal; it is mine."

3 मोशाले मानिसहरूलाई भने, “आजको दिन सम्झना राख । आजकै दिन परमप्रभुको शक्तिशाली हातद्वारा तिमीहरू मिश्रको दासत्वबाट यस ठाउँमा ल्याइएका छौ । खमिर हालेको कुनै पनि रोटी खाइनेछैन ।

And Moses said to the people, "Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for with a mighty hand Jehovah brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.

4 तिमीहरू आबीब महिनाको आजकै दिनमा मिश्रबाट बाहिर जाँदै छौ ।

On this day, in the month of Abib, you are going out.

5 परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूलाई कनानी, हित्ती, एमोरी, हिव्वी र यबूसीहरूको दूध र मह बग्‍ने देशमा लैजानुहुँदा तिमीहरूले यही महिनामा आराधनाको यो चाड मान्‍नू ।

And it shall be, when Jehovah brings you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you must keep this ceremony in this month.

6 सात दिनसम्म तिमीहरूले खमिर नहालेको रोटी खानू । सातौँ दिनमा परमप्रभुको निम्ति चाड हुनेछ ।

Six days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a feast to Jehovah.

7 सात दिनसम्म खमिर नहालेको रोटी खानू । खमिर हालेको रोटी तिमीहरूका बिचमा नदेखियोस् ।

Unleavened bread is to be eaten throughout the seven days. Nothing leavened is to be seen among you, nor is any leaven to be seen among you in all your territory.

8 त्यस दिन तिमीहरूले आ-आफ्ना छोराछोरीहरूलाई भन्‍नू, 'म मिश्रबाट बाहिर आउँदा परमप्रभुले मेरो निम्ति जे गर्नुभएको थियो, त्यसैको खातिर मैले यसो गरेको हुँ ।'

And you are to tell your son on that day, saying, 'It is because of what Jehovah did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

9 यो तिमीहरूका निम्ति हातमा र तिमीहरूको निधारमा सम्झना गराउने कुरो हुनेछ । परमप्रभुको शक्तिशाली हातले तिमीहरूलाई मिश्रबाट बाहिर ल्याएकोले तिमीहरूको मुखमा यो उहाँको विधि हुनेछ ।

And it shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a reminder between your eyes, so that the law of Jehovah may be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand Jehovah brought you out of Egypt.

10 त्यसकारण वर्षैपिच्छे तिमीहरूले तोकिएको समयमा यो विधिको पालन गर्नू ।

Therefore you are to keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.

11 परमप्रभुले तिमीहरू र तिमीहरूका पिता-पुर्खाहरूसित शपथ खानुभएझैँ उहाँले तिमीहरूलाई कनानीहरूको देशमा पुर्‍याई त्यो देश तिमीहरूलाई दिनुहुँदा

"And it shall be, when Jehovah brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

12 तिमीहरूले हरेकको गर्भको पहिले फल परमप्रभुको निम्ति अलग गर्नू ।

that you are to set apart to Jehovah everything that is first from the womb. Every firstborn male animal belongs to Jehovah.

13 गधाको हरेक पहिलो फललाई एउटा पाठोद्वारा छुटाउनू । त्यो छुटाएनौ भने त्यसको घाँटी निमोठिदिनू । तर तिमीहरूका सबै छोराका बिचमा पहिलो फललाई तिमीहरूले छुटाउनैपर्छ ।

Every firstborn of a donkey you are to redeem with a lamb, but if you will not redeem it, then you must break its neck. And every firstborn of man among your sons you must redeem.

14 'यसको मतलब के हो?' भनी पछि तिमीहरूको छोरोले सोध्दा तिमीहरूले यसो भन्‍नू, 'परमप्रभुले शक्तिशाली हातद्वारा हामीलाई मिश्रको दासत्वबाट निकालेर ल्याउनुभयो ।

And it shall be, when your son asks you in the future, saying, 'What is this?' then you are to tell him, 'With a mighty hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slavery.

15 हठी भएर फारोले हामीलाई जान दिन इन्कार गर्दा परमप्रभुले मिश्र देशमा मानिस र पशु दुवैका सबै पहिले जन्मेकाहरूलाई मार्नुभयो । त्यसकारण म हरेक पशुको पहिले जन्मेको नरलाई परमप्रभुको निम्ति बलिदान चढाउँछु, र मेरा छोराहरूमध्ये जेठोलाई छुटाउँछु ।'

And it happened, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that Jehovah killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of people and the firstborn of animals. This is why I am sacrificing to Jehovah any male that is first from the womb of an animal, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.'

16 यो तिमीहरूको हात र तिमीहरूको निधारमा सम्झना दिलाउने कुरो हुनेछ किनकि परमप्रभुको शक्तिशाली हातद्वारा उहाँले हामीलाई मिश्रबाट बाहिर ल्याउनुभएको थियो ।”

So it will be as a sign on your hand and at the front of a headband around your forehead, for with a mighty hand Jehovah brought us out of Egypt."

17 फारोले मानिसहरूलाई जान दिएपछि परमेश्‍वरले तिनीहरूलाई पलिश्तीको देशको बाटो नजिकै भए तापनि त्यहाँबाट भएर अगुवाइ गर्नुभएन । किनकि उहाँले भन्‍नुभयो, “तिनीहरूले लडाइँ देखेर तिनीहरूको मन बद्ली तिनीहरू मिश्रमा नै फर्केर जान सक्छन् ।”

Then it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearby, for God said, "Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt."

18 त्यसैले परमेश्‍वरले ती मानिसहरूलाई उजाड-स्थानको बाटो भएर लाल समुद्रतिर लैजानुभयो । इस्राएलीहरू युद्धको लागि सशस्‍त्र भई मिश्र देशबाट अगि बढे ।

So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up from the land of Egypt prepared for battle.

19 मोशाले योसेफको अस्थि आफूसितै लगे किनकि योसेफले इस्राएलीहरूलाई यसरी गम्भीरतापूर्वक शपथ खान लगाएका थिए, “निश्‍चय नै परमेश्‍वरले तिमीहरूलाई छुटकारा दिनुहुनेछ र तिमीहरूले मेरो अस्थि आफूसितै लैजानू ।”

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear an oath, saying, "God will surely attend to you, and you are to carry my bones up with you from this place."

20 इस्राएलीहरू सुक्‍कोतबाट यात्रा गरी उजाड-स्थानको नजिकै एथाममा आइपुगे र त्यहाँ तिनीहरूले पाल टाँगे ।

Then they set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.

21 परमप्रभु दिनमा बादलको खाँबो बनी तिनीहरूको अगिअगि जानुहुन्थ्यो । रातमा आगोको खाँबो बनी उहाँले तिनीहरूलाई ज्योति दिनुहुन्थ्यो । यसरी तिनीहरू दिन र रातमा यात्रा गर्न सक्थे ।

And God went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day and by night.

22 परमप्रभुले दिनमा बादलको खाँबो र रातमा आगोको खाँबो मानिसहरूबाट हटाउनुभएन ।

He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire at night from in front of the people.