Êxodo 23
1 Não admitirás falso rumor, e não porás a tua mão com o ímpio, para seres testemunha falsa.
“Do not tell to others (false rumors/untrue reports) about other people. Do not help someone who is guilty by (testifying falsely/lying) [about what happened].
2 Não seguirás a multidão para fazeres o mal: nem numa demanda falarás, tomando parte com o maior número para torcer o direito.
Do not join a group of people who are planning to do something evil. Do not testify the way the [crowd wants you to], if that will prevent [the judge from deciding the case] justly/fairly.
3 Nem ao pobre favorecerás na sua demanda.
When a poor person is on trial, do not [testify in] his favor [just] because he is poor [and you feel sorry for him].
4 Se encontrares o boi do teu inimigo, ou o seu jumento, desgarrado, sem falta lho reconduzirás.
If you see someone’s bull or donkey when it is wandering away [loose], take it back to [its owner, even if the owner] is your enemy.
5 Se vires o jumento daquele que te aborrece deitado debaixo da sua carga, deixarás pois de ajuda-lo? certamente o ajudarás juntamente com ele.
If you see someone’s donkey that has fallen down [because of its heavy load], help the owner to get the donkey up again, [even if] he is someone who hates you. Do not just walk away [without helping him].
6 Não perverterás o direito do teu pobre na sua demanda.
Decide the cases of poor people who are on trial [as] fairly [as you decide the cases of other people].
7 De palavras de falsidade te afastarás, e não matarás o inocente e o justo; porque não justificarei o ímpio.
Do not accuse people falsely. Do not decide that innocent and righteous [DOU] people should be executed, because I will (punish/not forgive) people who do such an evil thing.
8 Também presente não tomarás: porque o presente cega os que tem vista, e perverte as palavras dos justos.
Do not accept money that is a bribe, because officials who accept bribes are not able to [MTY] decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly.
9 Também não oprimirás o estrangeiro; pois vós conheceis o coração do estrangeiro, pois fostes estrangeiros na terra do Egito.
Do not mistreat foreigners [who live among you]. You know [how people often treat] foreigners, because the Egyptians [did not treat you well when] you were foreigners there.
10 Também seis anos semearás tua terra, e recolherás os seus frutos;
Plant [seeds] in your ground and gather the harvest for six years.
11 Mas ao sétimo a soltarás e deixarás descançar, para que possam comer os pobres do teu povo, e do sobejo comam os animais do campo. Assim farás com a tua vinha e com o teu olival.
But during the seventh year you must not plant anything. [If things grow without your planting seeds], allow poor people [to harvest and] eat the crops. If there are still crops (left over/that they do not harvest), allow wild animals to eat them. Do the same thing with your grapevines/vineyards and your olive trees.
12 Seis dias farás os teus negócios, mas ao sétimo dia descançarás: para que descance o teu boi, e o teu jumento; e para que tome alento o filho da tua escrava, e o estrangeiro.
[You may] work for six days [each week], but on the seventh day you must rest [and not work]. And on the seventh day you must allow your work animals and your slaves and the foreigners [who live among you] also [to rest and] be refreshed.
13 E em tudo o que vos tenho dito, guardai-vos: e do nome de outros deuses nem vos lembreis, nem se ouça da vossa boca.
Make certain that you obey everything that I have commanded [you to do]. Do not pray to [MTY] other gods. Do not even mention their names.”
14 Três vezes no ano me celebrareis festa.
“Every year you must celebrate three festivals to [honor] me.
15 A festa dos pães asmos guardarás: sete dias comerás pães asmos, como te tenho ordenado, ao tempo apontado no mês de Abib; porque nele saíste do Egito: e ninguém apareça vazio perante mim.
[The first one] is the Festival of Bread That Has No Yeast. Celebrate it in the month [that is named] Abib. That is the month in which you left Egypt. Celebrate it in the way that I commanded you. And always bring [LIT] an offering when you come to worship me.
16 E a festa da sega dos primeiros frutos do teu trabalho, que houveres semeado no campo, e a festa da colheita à saída do ano, quando tiveres colhido do campo o teu trabalho.
The second one is the Festival of Harvesting. During that festival you must offer to me the first parts/harvest of your crops that grow from the seeds that you planted. The third one is the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. That will be after you finish harvesting your grain and grapes and fruit.
17 Três vezes no ano todos os teus machos aparecerão diante do Senhor.
Every year, at each of these times, all the men must gather together to worship me, Yahweh God.
18 Não oferecerás o sangue do meu sacrifício com pão levedado: nem ficará a gordura da minha festa de noite até à manhã
When you sacrifice an animal [and offer it] to me, you must not offer bread that has been baked with yeast. [When you] offer sacrifices, [burn] the fat [from the animals on that same day]. Do not allow any fat to remain until the next morning.
19 As primícias dos primeiros frutos da tua terra trarás à casa do Senhor teu Deus: não cozerás o cabrito no leite de sua mãe
Each year, when you harvest your crops, bring to the place where you worship me, Yahweh God, the first part of what you harvest. When you kill a (young animal/kid [or lamb or calf)], do not [prepare to eat it by] boiling it in its mother’s milk.”
20 Eis que eu envio um anjo diante de ti, para que te guarde neste caminho, e te leve ao lugar que te tenho aparelhado.
“Note this: I am going to send an angel ahead of you, to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared [for you]. Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him, because he will have my authority [MTY] and he will (punish/not forgive) [LIT] you if you rebel against him.
21 Guarda-te diante dele, e ouve a sua voz, e não o provoques à ira: porque não perdoará a vossa rebelião; porque o meu nome está nele.
22 Mas se diligentemente ouvires a sua voz, e fizeres tudo o que eu disser, então serei inimigo dos teus inimigos, e adversário dos teus adversários.
But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you [to do], I will fight strongly [DOU] against all of your enemies.
23 Porque o meu anjo irá diante de ti, e te levará aos amorreus, e aos heteus, e aos phereseus, e aos cananeus, heveus e jebuseus: e eu os destruirei.
My angel will go ahead of you, and will take you to where the Amor and Heth and Periz and Canaan and Hiv and Jebus people-groups live, and I will completely get rid of them.
24 Não te inclinarás diante dos seus deuses, nem os servirás, nem farás conforme às suas obras: antes os destruirás totalmente, e quebrarás de todo as suas estátuas.
Do not bow down before their gods/idols or worship them. And do not do the things [that they think that their gods want] them to do. Completely destroy their gods/idols, and smash to pieces their sacred stones.
25 E servireis ao Senhor vosso Deus, e ele abençoará o vosso pão e a vossa água: e eu tirarei do meio de ti as enfermidades.
You must worship me, Yahweh God. [If you do that], I will bless your (OR, bless [you by giving you]) food and water, and I will protect you from becoming sick.
26 Não haverá alguma que mova, nem estéril na tua terra: o número dos teus dias cumprirei.
No women in your land will have (miscarriages/babies that will die after being born prematurely), and no women will be unable to become pregnant. And I will enable you to live a long time.
27 Enviarei o meu terror diante de ti, destruindo a todo o povo aonde entrares, e farei que todos os teus inimigos te virem as costas.
I will cause the people who oppose you to become very afraid of me. I will cause the people whom you fight against to become very confused. And then I will cause them to turn around and run away from you.
28 Também enviarei vespões diante de ti, que lancem fora os heveus, os cananeus, e os heteus diante de ti.
I will cause your enemies to become terrified. And I will expel the Hiv, Canaan, and Heth people-groups from your land.
29 Num só ano os não lançarei fora diante de ti, para que a terra se não torne em deserto, e as feras do campo se não multipliquem contra ti.
I will not expel [all of] them in less than one year. If I did that, your land would become deserted, and there would be very many wild animals ([that would attack you/you would not be able to control]).
30 Pouco a pouco os lançarei diante de ti, até que sejas multiplicado, e possuas a terra por herança.
I will expel those people-groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in the land.
31 E porei os teus termos desde o Mar Vermelho até ao mar dos philisteus, e desde o deserto até ao rio: porque darei nas tuas mãos os moradores da terra, para que os lances fora diante de ti.
I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba) [in the southeast] to the Mediterranean Sea [in the northwest], and from the [Sinai] Desert [in the southwest] to the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast of the country]. I will enable you [MTY] to expel the people who live there, so that you will expel them as you occupy more of the country.
32 Não farás concerto algum com eles, ou com os seus deuses.
You must not make any agreement/treaty with those people or with their gods.
33 Na tua terra não habitarão, para que não te façam pecar contra mim: se servires aos seus deuses, certamente te será um laço
Do not allow [those people] to live in your land, in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, [you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me, just like someone caught] in a trap [is unable to escape] [MET].”
