Baʼuu 13
1 Waaqayyo Museedhaan akkana jedhe;
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 “Dhiira hangafa hunda addaan naa baasi; Israaʼeloota keessaa namas taʼu horiin hangafni gadameessa banu kam iyyuu kan koo ti.”
“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 Yommus Museen uummataan akkana jedhe; “Sababii Waaqayyo irree jabaadhaan achii isin baaseef guyyaa itti mana garbummaatii Gibxi keessaa baatan kana yaadadhaa. Waan raacitii qabu tokko illee hin nyaatinaa.
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 Isin jiʼa Abiibii keessa guyyaa harʼaa baatan.
You are leaving Egypt on this day, which is the first day of the month that is [named] Abib.
5 Yeroo Waaqayyo gara biyya Kanaʼaanotaa, Heetotaa, Amoorotaa, biyya Hiiwotaa fi Yebuusotaatti jechuunis biyya aannanii fi damma baasu kan inni akka siif kennu abbootii keetiif kakate sanatti si galchutti ati jiʼa kana keessa ayyaana kana ayyaaneffatta;
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 ati bultii torba Maxinoo nyaatta; guyyaa torbaffaatti immoo ayyaana Waaqayyoo taʼa.
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 Guyyaa torban sana Maxinoo nyaadhu; wanni raacitii qabu tokko iyyuu si biratti hin argamin; daangaa kee hunda keessattis raacitiin hin argamin.
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 Gaafas, ‘Ani waan Waaqayyo yeroo ani Gibxi keessaa baʼetti naa godhe sanaaf jedhee waan kana godha’ jedhiitii ilma keetti himi.
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 Sirni kunis akka seerri Waaqayyoo arraba kee irra jiraatuuf harka kee irratti akka mallattoo, adda kee irratti immoo akka yaadannoo siif taʼa. Waaqayyo harka isaa jabaa sanaan Gibxii si baaseetii.
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 Atis sirna kana wagguma waggaan yeroo isaatti eeguu qabda.
So you must celebrate this festival every year at the time [Yahweh] has appointed.’
11 “Yommuu Waaqayyo akkuma siʼii fi abbootii keetiif kakuudhaan waadaa gale sanatti biyya Kanaʼaanotaatti si galchee biyyattii siif kennutti,
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 ati hangafa gadameessa banu hunda Waaqayyoof kennita. Kormi horii keetii hangafni hundinuus kan Waaqayyoo ti.
you must dedicate to Yahweh the firstborn males of all your animals. These all will belong to Yahweh.
13 Harree hangafa kam iyyuu ilmoo hoolaatiin furi; yoo furuu baatte garuu morma isaa cabsi. Ilmaan kee keessaas hangafa kam iyyuu furi.
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 “Bara dhufuuf jiru keessa yoo ilmi kee, ‘Kun maal jechuu dha?’ jedhee si gaafate ati akkana jedhiin; ‘Waaqayyo harka jabaadhaan Gibxii, mana garbummaa keessaa nu baase.
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 Yommuu Faraʼoon mataa jabaatee gad nu dhiisuu didetti, Waaqayyo hangafa Gibxi hunda namaa fi horii ajjeese. Sababiin ani korma hangafa gadameessa banu hunda Waaqayyoof aarsaa dhiʼeessuu fi sababiin ani ilmaan koo keessaa hangafa hunda furuuf kanuma.’
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 Waaqayyo irree jabaadhaan Gibxii nu baasuu isaatiif wanni kun harka kee irratti mallattoo, adda kee irrattis mallattoo taʼa.”
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 Yeroo Faraʼoon saba sana gad dhiisetti karichi gabaabaa taʼu iyyuu Waaqni karaa biyya Filisxeem irra isaan hin qajeelchine; sababiin isaas Waaqni, “Isaan yoo waraanni isaan mudate yaada geeddarratanii Gibxitti deebiʼuu dandaʼan” jedhee ti.
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 Kanaafuu Waaqni karaa naannoo gammoojjiitiin gara Galaana Diimaatti saba sana qajeelche. Israaʼeloonnis waraanaaf qophaaʼanii biyya Gibxiitii baʼan.
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 Sababii Yoosef, “Waaqni dhugumaan isin gargaara; isinis gaafas lafee koo asii fuudhaa baʼaa” jedhee Israaʼeloonni kakachiisee tureef Museen lafee Yoosef fuudhee baʼe.
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 Isaanis Sukootii kaʼanii Eetaam keessa qarqara gammoojjii qubatan.
The Israeli people left Succoth and traveled to Etham, at the edge of the desert, and they set up their tents there.
21 Waaqayyo akka isaan halkanii guyyaa deemuu dandaʼaniif guyyaa utubaa duumessaatiin isaan dura deemee karaa isaan argisiise; halkan immoo isaaniif ibsuuf jedhee utubaa ibiddaatiin isaan dura deemaa ture.
[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 Utubaan duumessaa guyyaa guyyaa, utubaan ibiddaa immoo halkan halkan uummata duraa hin dhabamne ture.
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.
