Lewwota 23
1 Waaqayyo Museedhaan akkana jedhe;
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 “Akkana jedhiitii Israaʼelootatti dubbadhu; ‘Kunneen ayyaanota koo murtaaʼoo, ayyaanota Waaqayyoo kanneen isin guyyoota wal gaʼii qulqulluu jettanii labsitanii dha.
“Tell the Israeli people about the festivals that I have chosen, the days when you all must gather together [to worship me].”
3 “‘Guyyoonni isin hojii itti hojjettan jaʼatu jira; guyyaan torbaffaan garuu sanbata boqonnaa, guyyaa wal gaʼii qulqulluu ti. Isin hojii tokko illee hin hojjetinaa; iddoo isin jiraattan kamitti iyyuu kun sanbata Waaqayyoo ti.
“You may work for six days [each week], but on the seventh day you must not do any work. You must rest. It is a sacred/holy day when you must gather together [to worship me]. Wherever you live, you must rest on that day.”
4 “‘Isaan kunneen ayyaanota Waaqayyoo murteeffamoo, waldaawwan qulqulluu isin yeroo isaaniitti labsitanii dha;
“There are festivals that I have established for you. Those will also be sacred/holy days when you must gather together [to worship me].
5 Faasiikaan Waaqayyoo galgala bultii kudha afuraffaa jiʼa jalqabaatti jalqabama.
[The first festival is] (the Passover/when you remember that I spared your ancestors when I killed all the firstborn Egyptian sons). That festival will begin at twilight/dusk/sunset on the chosen day (each spring/in March or April each year), [and end on the following day].
6 Guyyaa kudha shanaffaa jiʼa jalqabaatti Ayyaana Waaqayyoo kan maxinootu jalqabama; isinis guyyaa torba buddeena raacitii hin qabne nyaadhaa.
The next day, the Festival of Eating Bread That Has No Yeast will begin. That festival will continue for seven days. During that time, the bread that you eat must be made without yeast.
7 Guyyaa jalqabaatti wal gaʼii qulqulluu qabaadhaa; hojii idilees hin hojjetinaa.
On the first day of that festival, you all must stop your regular work and you must gather together [to worship me].
8 Bultii torba aarsaa ibiddaan Waaqayyoof dhiʼeeffamu dhiʼeessaa. Bultii torbaffaatti wal gaʼii qulqulluu qabaadhaa; hojii idilees hin hojjetinaa.’”
On each of the seven days, you must present to me [several animals to be] an offering/sacrifice to be completely burned [on the altar]. On the seventh day, you all must again stop your regular work and gather to worship me.”
9 Waaqayyo Museedhaan akkana jedhe;
Yahweh also told Moses/me
10 “Akkana jedhii Israaʼelootatti dubbadhu; ‘Yommuu biyya ani isiniif kennutti galtanii oomisha walitti qabdanitti bissii mataa midhaan walitti qabdan sanaa lubatti fidaa.
to tell the Israeli people [about other festivals]. He said, “When you arrive in the land which I am giving to you, and you harvest your crops [for the first time] there, bring to the priest some of the first grain that you harvest.
11 Innis akka bissiin sun fudhatama isiniif argatuuf fuula Waaqayyoo duratti haa sochoosu; lubichis guyyaa Sanbata booddee jirutti haa sochoosu.
On the day after the [next] Sabbath/rest day, the priest will lift it up [high to dedicate it] to me, in order that I will accept it as your [gift].
12 Guyyaa bissii sana sochooftanitti, xobbaallaa hoolaa waggaa tokkoo kan hirʼina hin qabne aarsaa gubamu godhaatii Waaqayyoof dhiʼeessaa;
That same day, you must sacrifice to me a one-year-old male lamb that has no defects. You must burn it [on the altar].
13 kana wajjinis aarsaa midhaanii daakuu bullaaʼaa zayitiidhaan sukkuumame iifii tokko irraa harka kudhan keessaa harka lama aarsaa urgaaʼaa ibiddaan Waaqayyoof dhiʼeeffamuu fi dhibaayyuu daadhii wayinii iinii tokko irraa harka afur keessaa harka tokko dhiʼeessaa.
You must also burn an offering of grain. That offering must consist of (three quarts/3.5 liters) of good flour mixed with [olive] oil. The smell [of those things burning] will be very pleasing to me. Along with that, you must also offer one quart/liter of wine, which will be a liquid offering.
14 Isin hamma gaafa kennaa kana Waaqayyoof dhiʼeessitanitti buddeena yookaan akaayii yookaan asheetii hin nyaatinaa. Kunis iddoo isin jiraattan hundatti dhaloota dhufuuf seera bara baraa haa taʼu.
Do not eat any bread or any roasted grain or unroasted grain on that day until after you have brought those offerings to me, your God. You must always obey [LIT] those commands, wherever you live.”
15 “‘Guyyaa Sanbata booddee jiru, gaafa bissii aarsaa sochoofamu fiddanii jalqabaatii torbanoota torba guutuu lakkaaʼaa.
“Seven weeks after the priest offers that grain to me,
16 Hamma guyyaa Sanbata torbaffaa booddee jiruutti guyyaa shantama lakkaaʼaa; ergasii immoo aarsaa midhaan haaraa Waaqayyoof dhiʼeessaa.
on the next/50th day after he offers it, [each family] must bring to me an offering from the new crop of grain.
17 Iddoo jiraattan hundatti buddeena lama kan daakuu bullaaʼaa iifii tokkoo irraa harka kudhan keessaa harka lamaa kan raacitiin itti makamee tolfame kennaa hangafa kan sochoofamu godhaatii Waaqayyoof fidaa.
From your homes, bring two loaves of bread [to the priest]. He will lift them up [high to dedicate them] as an offering to me. Those loaves must be baked from three quarts/liters of good flour that has yeast mixed with it. That bread will be an offering to me from the first wheat that you harvest [each year].
18 Buddeena kana wajjinis xobbaallaawwan hoolaa torba kanneen hirʼina hin qabnee fi kanneen waggaa tokko tokkoo, dibicha tokkoo fi korbeeyyii hoolaa lama dhiʼeessaa. Isaanis aarsaa midhaan isaaniitii fi aarsaa dhibaayyuu isaanii wajjin Waaqayyoof aarsaa gubamu taʼu; kunis aarsaa ibiddaan dhiʼeeffamu kan urgaan isaa Waaqayyotti toluu dha.
Along with this bread, you must present to me seven one-year-old lambs with no defects, one young bull, and two rams. They must all be completely burned [on the altar]. All those offerings, with the grain offering and the wine offering, will be burned, and the smell [of all those things burning] will be very pleasing to me.
19 Ergasiis aarsaa cubbuutiif korma reʼee tokko akkasumas xobbaallaa hoolaa lama kanneen waggaa tokko tokkoo aarsaa nagaatiif qalaa.
Then you must also kill one male goat to be an offering/sacrifice for your sins, and two one-year-old male lambs to be an offering to enable you to maintain fellowship with me.
20 Lubni immoo xobbaallaa hoolaa sana lamaan aarsaa sochoofamu godhee buddeena jalqabaa wajjin fuula Waaqayyoo duratti haa sochoosu. Isaan kunneenis kan Waaqayyoof qulqulleeffamanii dha; qooda lubootaatis.
The priest will lift up these offerings [high to dedicate them] to me. He will also offer the loaves of bread that were baked from the first wheat that you harvest. Those offerings are sacred to me, but they are for the priests [to eat].
21 Isin gaafuma sana wal gaʼii qulqulluu labsaa; hojii idilees hin hojjetinaa. Kunis iddoo isin jiraattan hundatti dhaloota dhufuuf seera bara baraa haa taʼu.
On that day, you must stop your regular work and gather to worship me. You must always obey those instructions/commands, and you must obey them wherever you live.
22 “‘Yommuu oomisha lafa keessanii walitti qabdanitti hamma qarqaraatti hin haaminaa yookaan qarmii isaa hin funaaninaa; waan kana hiyyeeyyii fi alagootaaf hambisaa. Ani Waaqayyo Waaqa keessan.’”
“When you harvest the grain in your fields, do not harvest the grain along the edges of the fields, and do not pick up the grain that the harvesters drop. Leave that grain for the poor people and for the foreigners who are living among you. [Do not forget that it is] I, Yahweh your God, [who am commanding those things]!”
23 Waaqayyo Museedhaan akkana jedhe;
Yahweh also told Moses/me
24 “Israaʼelootaan akkana jedhi; ‘Isin guyyaa jalqaba jiʼa torbaffaatti sanbata boqonnaa qabaadhaa; yaaʼii qulqulluu sagalee malakataatiin ayyaaneffamus qabaadhaa.
to give these instructions/commands to the Israeli people: “[Each year] in September, on the day that I have chosen, you all must celebrate it by completely resting. You must not do any work on that day. When [the priests] blow their trumpets loudly, you all must gather together to worship me.
25 Aarsaa ibiddaan Waaqayyoof dhiʼeeffamu dhiʼeessaa malee hojii idilee hin hojjetinaa.’”
All of you must not do your regular work on that day. Instead, you must present offerings to me that will be burned [on the altar].”
26 Waaqayyo Museedhaan akkana jedhe;
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
27 “Guyyaan kurnaffaan jiʼa torbaffaa guyyaa araarri buʼuu dha. Wal gaʼii qulqulluu qabaadhaa; gad ofi deebisaa; Waaqayyoofis aarsaa ibiddaan dhiʼeeffamu dhiʼeessaa.
“You must celebrate a day [on which you request that I] forgive you for the sins that you have committed. That day will be nine days after the festival [when the priests blow] the trumpets. On that day you must (fast/abstain from eating food). You must gather together to worship me and present offerings to me that will be burned [on the altar].
28 Sababii guyyaan sun Guyyaa Araarri Buʼu, yeroo itti fuula Waaqayyo Waaqa keessanii duratti araarri isiniif buʼu taʼeef hojii tokko illee hin hojjetinaa.
You must not do any work on that day, because it is the day when the priests will offer sacrifices to me to (atone for/ask me to forgive) your sins.
29 Namni gaafuma sana gad of hin deebifne kam iyyuu saba isaa keessaa baafamee ni balleeffama.
You must expel from your group anyone who does not (fast/abstain from eating food) on that day.
30 Nama gaafa sana hojii tokko illee hojjetu kam iyyuus ani saba isaa gidduudhaa nan balleessa.
I will get rid of anyone who does any kind of work on that day.
31 Isin hojii tokko iyyuu hin hojjetinaa. Kunis lafa isin jiraattan hundatti dhaloota dhufuuf seera bara baraa haa taʼu.
You must not work at all! You must always obey those instructions/commands, and you must obey them wherever you live.
32 Kun isiniif sanbata boqonnaa ti; isinis gad of deebisuu qabdu. Galgala bultii saglaffaa jiʼa sanaatii jalqabaatii hamma galgala itti aanutti sanbata keessan ayyaaneffadhaa.”
That day will be a day of complete rest for all of you, and on that day you must (fast/abstain from eating food) [to show that you are sorry for having sinned]. That day of rest and (fasting/abstaining from eating food) will begin on the evening before the day in which you ask me to forgive you for your sins, and it will end on the evening of the following day.”
33 Waaqayyo Museedhaan akkana jedhe;
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
34 “Israaʼelootaan akkana jedhi; ‘Bultii kudha shanaffaa jiʼa torbaffaatti Ayyaana Dunkaana Qulqulluu Waaqayyootu jalqabama; kunis bultii torba tura.
“Tell the Israeli people that [each year] they must also celebrate a festival of living in temporary shelters. That festival will begin five days after the day in which they request me to forgive them for their sins. It will last for seven days.
35 Guyyaan jalqabaa wal gaʼii qulqulluu dha; hojii idilees hin hojjetinaa.
On the first day of that festival, the people must gather together to worship me, and they must not do any regular work on that day.
36 Guyyaa torba aarsaa ibiddaan Waaqayyoof dhiʼeeffamu dhiʼeessaa; guyyaa saddeettaffaatti immoo wal gaʼii qulqulluu godhadhaatii aarsaa ibiddaan Waaqayyoof dhiʼeeffamu dhiʼeessaa; kun guyyaa wal gaʼiin qulqulluun itti xumuramuu dha; hojii idilees hin hojjetinaa.
On each of the seven days of the festival, they must present to me an offering [of animals] that will be burned [on the altar]. On the next day, they must gather again to worship me and present to me another animal that will be burned [on the altar]. That also will be a sacred gathering, and they must not work on that day, either.
37 “‘Kunneen ayyaanota Waaqayyoo murtaaʼoo isin aarsaa ibiddaan Waaqayyoof dhiʼeeffamu, aarsaa gubamu, aarsaa midhaanii, qalmaa fi dhibaayyuu guyyaa kamiif iyyuu barbaachisu dhiʼeessuuf wal gaʼiiwwan qulqulluu itti labsitanii dha.
“[To summarize], those are the festivals that I have appointed. Celebrate those sacred festivals by gathering together to present to me all the various offerings that will be burned [on the altar]—animals that will be burned completely, and offerings of grain, and offerings to enable the Israeli people to maintain fellowship with me, and offerings of wine. Each offering must be brought on the day that I have indicated.
38 Aarsaawwan kunneen kennaawwan isin Sanbata Waaqayyootiif dhiʼeessitanii fi kennaawwan keessan, kennaawwan wareega keessanii fi kennaawwan isin fedhiidhaan kennitan hunda irratti dabaltanii Waaqayyoof fiddanii dha.
(Those festivals must be celebrated/You must celebrate those festivals) in addition to [worshiping on] the (Sabbath days/days of rest). And all those offerings must be given in addition to the offerings that people personally decide to give, and in addition to the offerings that people make to accompany the solemn promises that they have made, or offerings that people make (voluntarily/because they themselves want to).
39 “‘Erga oomisha lafa keessanii walitti qabdanii booddee bultii kudha shanaffaa jiʼa torbaffaatii jalqabaatii bultii torba Waaqayyoof ayyaana ayyaaneffadhaa; guyyaan jalqabaa sanbata boqonnaa ti; guyyaan saddeettaffaanis akkasuma sanbata boqonnaa ti.
“[Returning to my instructions about] the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters, you must celebrate this festival after you have harvested all the crops. On the first day and on the last day of that festival, you must rest completely.
40 Guyyaa jalqabaa ija muka gaarii, damee meexxii, damee muka baala qabuutii fi alaltuu qabadhaatii guyyaa torba fuula Waaqayyo Waaqa keessanii duratti gammadaa.
But on the first day, you are permitted to pick fruit from trees. Cut palm fronds/branches and other leafy branches from trees or from bushes that grow by the streams, [and make shelters/huts to live in for that week]. Then rejoice in my presence for those seven days.
41 Wagguma waggaan ayyaana Waaqayyoo guyyaa torba ayyaaneffadhaa. Kunis dhaloota dhufuuf seera bara baraa haa taʼu; jiʼa torbaffaattis isa ayyaaneffadhaa.
You must celebrate this festival for seven days every year. You must never stop obeying my commands/instructions for that festival. You must celebrate it in September.
42 Bultii torba daasii keessa turaa; dhalataan Israaʼel hundinuu daasii keessa haa turu;
During the seven days of that festival, all of you people who have been Israelis your entire lives must live in shelters/huts.
43 ijoolleen keessanis akkasiin akka ani yeroo biyya Gibxiitii Israaʼeloota baasetti daasii keessa isaan turse ni beeku. Ani Waaqayyo Waaqa keessan.’”
That will remind your descendants that their ancestors lived in shelters [for many years] after I rescued them from Egypt. [Do not forget that] I, Yahweh your God, [am the one who is commanding this].”
44 Museenis ayyaanota Waaqayyoo murtaaʼoo Israaʼelootatti labse.
So Moses/I gave to the Israeli people all those instructions concerning the festivals that Yahweh [wanted them to celebrate] each year.
