प्रस्थान 13
1 तब परमप्रभुले मोशालाई यसो भन्नुभयो,
Then Yahweh 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, every firstborn male among the Israelites, both of people and animals. The firstborn belongs to me.”
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 ।
Moses said to the people, “Call this day to mind, the day on which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by Yahweh's strong hand he brought you out from this place. No bread with yeast may be eaten.
4 तिमीहरू आबीब महिनाको आजकै दिनमा मिश्रबाट बाहिर जाँदै छौ ।
You are going out of Egypt on this day, in the month of Aviv.
5 परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूलाई कनानी, हित्ती, एमोरी, हिव्वी र यबूसीहरूको दूध र मह बग्ने देशमा लैजानुहुँदा तिमीहरूले यही महिनामा आराधनाको यो चाड मान्नू ।
When Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and the Jebusites, the land that he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—then you must observe this act of worship in this month.
6 सात दिनसम्म तिमीहरूले खमिर नहालेको रोटी खानू । सातौँ दिनमा परमप्रभुको निम्ति चाड हुनेछ ।
For seven days you must eat bread without yeast; on the seventh day there will be a feast to honor Yahweh.
7 सात दिनसम्म खमिर नहालेको रोटी खानू । खमिर हालेको रोटी तिमीहरूका बिचमा नदेखियोस् ।
Bread without yeast must be eaten throughout the seven days; no bread with yeast may be seen among you. No yeast may be seen with you within any of your borders.
8 त्यस दिन तिमीहरूले आ-आफ्ना छोराछोरीहरूलाई भन्नू, 'म मिश्रबाट बाहिर आउँदा परमप्रभुले मेरो निम्ति जे गर्नुभएको थियो, त्यसैको खातिर मैले यसो गरेको हुँ ।'
On that day you are to say to your children, 'This is because of what Yahweh 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 ।
This will be a reminder for you on your hand, and a reminder on your forehead. This is so the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth, for with a strong hand Yahweh brought you out of Egypt.
10 त्यसकारण वर्षैपिच्छे तिमीहरूले तोकिएको समयमा यो विधिको पालन गर्नू ।
Therefore you must keep this law 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
When Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your ancestors to do, and when he gives the land to you,
12 तिमीहरूले हरेकको गर्भको पहिले फल परमप्रभुको निम्ति अलग गर्नू ।
you must set apart to Yahweh the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn offspring of your animals that are males, will belong to Yahweh.
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 must buy back with a lamb. If you do not buy it back, then you must break its neck. But each of your firstborn males among all your sons—you must buy them back.
14 'यसको मतलब के हो?' भनी पछि तिमीहरूको छोरोले सोध्दा तिमीहरूले यसो भन्नू, 'परमप्रभुले शक्तिशाली हातद्वारा हामीलाई मिश्रको दासत्वबाट निकालेर ल्याउनुभयो ।
When your son asks you later, 'What does this mean?' then you are to tell him, 'It was by a strong hand that Yahweh 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 ।'
When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of people and the firstborn of animals. That is why I sacrifice to Yahweh the firstborn male of every animal, and why I buy back the firstborn of my sons.'
16 यो तिमीहरूको हात र तिमीहरूको निधारमा सम्झना दिलाउने कुरो हुनेछ किनकि परमप्रभुको शक्तिशाली हातद्वारा उहाँले हामीलाई मिश्रबाट बाहिर ल्याउनुभएको थियो ।”
This will become a reminder on your hands, and a reminder on your forehead, for it was by a strong hand Yahweh 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 ।”
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that land was nearby. For God said, “Perhaps the people will change their minds when they experience war and will then 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 through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds. The Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt armed 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 ।”
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear and said, “God will surely rescue you, and you must carry away my bones with you.”
20 इस्राएलीहरू सुक्कोतबाट यात्रा गरी उजाड-स्थानको नजिकै एथाममा आइपुगे र त्यहाँ तिनीहरूले पाल टाँगे ।
The Israelites journeyed 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 ।
Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them on the way. By night he went in a pillar of fire to give them light. In this way they could travel by day and by night.
22 परमप्रभुले दिनमा बादलको खाँबो र रातमा आगोको खाँबो मानिसहरूबाट हटाउनुभएन ।
Yahweh did not take away from before the people the daytime pillar of cloud or the nighttime pillar of fire.
