Keessa Deebii 26
1 Ati yommuu biyya Waaqayyo Waaqni kee dhaala godhee siif kennutti galtee dhaaltee keessa qubattutti,
“After you occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you (have settled/are living) there,
2 midhaan lafa biyya Waaqayyo Waaqni kee siif kennu irraa argattu hunda irraa mataa isaa fuudhiitii guuboo keessa kaaʼi. Ergasiis iddoo Waaqayyo Waaqni kee iddoo jireenya Maqaa isaatiif filatu dhaqi;
[each of] you must take some of the first crops that you harvest, put them in a basket, and take them to the place that Yahweh will have chosen for you to worship [MTY] there.
3 luba yeroo sanatti hojii irra jiruun, “Ani biyya Waaqayyo akka nuu kennu abbootii keenyaaf waadaa galetti dhufuu koo harʼa fuula Waaqayyo Waaqa keetii duratti nan labsa” jedhi.
Go to the Supreme Priest who is serving at that time and say to him, ‘[By giving you this first part of my harvest] today, I am declaring to Yahweh our God that I have [picked it in] the land that he vowed to our ancestors to give to us.’
4 Lubni sunis guuboo sana si harkaa fuudhee iddoo aarsaa Waaqayyo Waaqa keetii dura ni kaaʼa.
Then the priest must take the basket of food from your hand and put it on the altar where sacrifices are offered to Yahweh our God.
5 Atis Waaqayyo Waaqa kee duratti akkana jettee ni labsita; “Abbaan koo nama biyya Arraam kan asii fi achi godaanu ture; innis namoota xinnoo fudhatee Gibxitti gad buʼe; achis jiraatee saba guddaa, humna qabeessaa fi akka malee baayʼee taʼe.
Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor [Jacob] was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering [from one place to another]. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group [when they went there], but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous [DOU] and powerful nation.
6 Warri Gibxi garuu nu hacuucuu fi nu dhiphisuudhaan hojii jabaa nutti feʼan.
Then the people of Egypt treated them very harshly [DOU], and they forced them to become their slaves and to work very hard.
7 Nu ergasii gara Waaqayyo Waaqa abbootii keenyaatti iyyanne; Waaqayyos sagalee keenya dhagaʼee rakkina keenya, dadhabbii keenyaa fi hacuucamuu keenya arge.
Then our ancestors cried out to you, Yahweh our God, and you heard them. You saw that they were suffering, and that they were forced to work very hard, and were being oppressed.
8 Kanaafuu Waaqayyo harka jabaa fi irree diriirfameen, sodaachisa guddaadhaan, mallattoo fi dinqiidhaan Gibxii nu baase.
Then by your great power [MTY] and by performing many kinds of miracles [DOU], and other terrifying things, you brought them out of Egypt.
9 Iddoo kanattis nu fidee biyya aannanii fi damma baaftu kana nuuf kenne;
You brought us to this land and gave it to us, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 ammas yaa Waaqayyo kunoo, ani midhaan lafa ati naa kennitee irraa mataa isaa fideera.” Guuboo sanas fuula Waaqayyo Waaqa keetii dura kaaʼiitii fuula isaa duratti gad jedhii sagadi.
So now, Yahweh, I have brought to you the first part of the harvest from the land that I received.’ Then you must set the basket down in Yahweh’s presence and worship him there.
11 Ati, Lewwonnii fi alagoonni gidduu kee jiraatan waan gaarii Waaqayyo Waaqni kee sii fi maatii keetiif kenne hundaan gammadaa.
And you must celebrate [by eating a meal together to thank] Yahweh our God for all the good things that he has given to you and to your family. And you must invite the descendants of Levi and the foreigners who are living among you to also rejoice [and eat] with you.
12 Yommuu waggaa sadaffaatti jechuunis waggaa itti kennaa kudhan keessaa tokko baafamutti midhaan kee irraa erga kennaa kudhan keessaa tokko baaftee raawwatee booddee akka isaan magaalaawwan kee keessatti nyaatanii quufaniif Lewwotaaf, alagootaaf, ijoollee abbaa hin qabnee fi haadhota hiyyeessaatiif kenni.
Every third year, you must bring to the descendants of Levi and to the foreigners [who are living among you] and the orphans and the widows (a tithe/10 percent) of your crops, in order that in every town they will have plenty to eat.
13 Ergasii Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiin akkana jedhi; “Ani akkuma ajaja kee kan ati na ajajje hundaatti qooda qulqulluu mana kootii baasee Lewwotaaf, alagootaaf, ijoollee abbaa hin qabnee fi haadhota hiyyeessaatiif kenneera. Ani ajajawwan kee irraa hin gorre yookaan tokkoo isaanii illee hin daganne.
Then you must say to Yahweh, ‘I have brought to you, from my house, all of the sacred tithe [from my harvest this year]. I am giving it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded us to do. I have not disobeyed any of your commands [about the tithes], and I have not forgotten any of your commands [about tithes].
14 Ani yeroon gadda irra tures kutaa qulqulluu sana irraa homaa hin nyaanne; yookaan ani yeroon xuraaʼetti isa irraa waan tokko illee hin fuune; warra duʼaniifis hin dhiʼeessine; ani Waaqayyo Waaqa kootiif ajajameera; waan ati na ajajje hundas hojjedheera.
[I declare that] I have not eaten any food from the tithe while I was mourning [for someone who died]. And I have not touched any of it while I was unacceptable to you; I have not offered any of it to [spirits of] dead people. Yahweh, I have obeyed you and done everything that you have commanded us [concerning the tithe].
15 Samii irraa, iddoo jireenya keetii qulqulluu irraa gad ilaali; saba kee Israaʼelii fi biyya akkuma abbootii keenyaaf waadaa galtetti nuu kennite kan aannanii fi dammi keessaa burqu kana eebbisi.”
So [please] look down from your holy place in heaven, and bless us, your Israeli people. Also bless this very fertile [IDM] land which you have given to us, which is what you promised our ancestors that you would do.’
16 Waaqayyo Waaqni kee akka ati ajajawwanii fi seerawwan kanneen eegdu harʼa si ajaja; ati akka garaa kee guutuu fi lubbuu kee guutuudhaan isaan eegdu of eeggadhu.
Today Yahweh our God is commanding you to obey all these rules and regulations. So obey them faithfully, with your entire inner being [DOU].
17 Ati akka Waaqayyo Waaqa kee taʼee fi akka karaa isaa irra deddeebitu, akka qajeelchawwan isaa, ajajawwanii fi seerawwan isaa eegdee isaaf ajajamtu harʼa dubbatteerta.
Today you have declared that Yahweh is your God, and that you will conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and that you will obey all his commands and rules and regulations, and that you will do all that he tells you to do.
18 Waaqayyos akkuma abdachiise sanatti akka ati saba isaatii fi qabeenya isaa taatee ajajawwan isaa hunda eegdu harʼa dubbateera.
And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands.
19 Inni akka saboota uume hundaan olitti galataan, maqaa fi ulfinaan ol si kaasuu fi akkuma waadaa gale sanaatti akka ati Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiif saba qulqulluu taatu dubbateera.
If you do that, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation that he has established, and he will enable you to praise him and honor him [DOU]. You will truly belong to Yahweh our God, which is what he has promised.”
