Baxniintii 23
1 Waa inaadan qaadqaadin war been ah; gacantaada heshiis ha ugu dhiibin kan sharka ah, yaadan markhaati xaqdaran noqone.
“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 Inaad xumaan fashid aawadeed dad badan ha u raacin, ama marag ha furin oo dad badan dhankooda ha u leexan inaad gar qalloocisaan,
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 waana inaadan nin miskiin ah u gar eexan.
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 Haddaad aragtid cadowgaaga dibigiisii ama dameerkiisii oo lumaya, waa inaad u celisaa.
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 Haddaad aragtid kan ku neceb dameerkiisii oo rar la dhacay, oo aanad doonayn inaad caawiso, hubaal waa inaad caawisaa.
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 Miskiinkaaga dacwaddiisa waa inaadan garta ka qalloocin.
Decide the cases of poor people who are on trial [as] fairly [as you decide the cases of other people].
7 Wax been ah ka fogow; oo ha dilin mid aan eed lahayn iyo kan xaqa ah; waayo, anigu xaq ka dhigi maayo kan shar fala.
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 Oo waa inaadan laaluush qaadan innaba; waayo, laaluushku waa indho tiraa kuwa wax arka, wuuna qalloociyaa kan xaqa ah hadalkiisa.
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 Oo qariib waa inaadan dulmin; waayo, qalbiga qariibka waad garanaysaan, maxaa yeelay, idinba qariib baad dalkii Masar ku ahaydeen.
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 Lix sannadood waa inaad dhulkaaga wax ku abuurtaa oo midhihiisa urursataa,
Plant [seeds] in your ground and gather the harvest for six years.
11 laakiinse sannadda toddobaad waa inaad iska daysaa ha nasto, oo dhul aan beernayn ha noqdee, inay masaakiinta dadkaagu wax ka cunaan; oo waxay reebaanna dugaagga duurku ha daaqeen. Oo sidaas oo kalena waa inaad u gashaa beertaada canabka ah iyo beertaada saytuunka ah.
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 Lix maalmood waa inaad shuqulkaaga qabsataa, oo maalinta toddobaadna waa inaad nasataa, si ay dibigaaga iyo dameerkaaguna u nastaan, oo ay wiilka addoontaada iyo kan qariibka ahuba nafis u helaan.
[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 Oo kulli wixii aan idinku idhi oo dhan waa inaad aad u dhawrtaan, oo ilaahyo kale magacood ha soo qaadina innaba, ama afkaagaba yaan laga maqlin.
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 Oo sannad walba saddex goor waa inaad ii iiddaa.
“Every year you must celebrate three festivals to [honor] me.
15 Oo Iiddii Kibista-aan-khamiirka-lahayn waa inaad dhawrtaa. Toddoba maalmood waa inaad cuntaa kibis aan khamiir lahayn, sidii aan kugu amray wakhtigii la yidhi oo bisha Aabiib ah, maxaa yeelay, bishaas ayaad Masar ka soo baxday; oo midkiinna hortayda yuusan iman isagoo faro madhan.
[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 Oo waa inaad dhawrtaa Iiddii Beergoosadka oo ah midhihii ugu horreeyey hawshaada aad beerta ku abuurtay, iyo Iiddii Wax urursiga oo sannadda dhammaadkeeda ah, marka aad soo urursatid midhihii aad beerta ku hawshootay.
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 Kuwaaga labka ah oo dhammu waa inay sannad walba saddex goor Rabbiga Ilaaha ah ka hor yimaadaan.
Every year, at each of these times, all the men must gather together to worship me, Yahweh God.
18 Oo waa inaadan dhiigga allabarigayga la bixin kibis khamiir leh; baruurta iiddayduna waa inaanay hadhin habeenka oo dhan ilaa subaxda.
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 Oo dhulkaaga midhaha ugu horreeya waa inaad inta hore guriga Rabbiga Ilaahaaga ah geeysaa. Waa inaadan waxar caanaha hooyadiis ku karin.
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 Bal eeg, waxaan hortaada u soo dirayaa malaa'ig, inay jidka kugu dhawrto oo ay meeshii aan diyaarshay ku geeyso.
“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 Iyada iska jira, oo codkeeda dhegaysta, hana ka xanaajinina, waayo, iyadu xadgudubkiinna idinkama cafiyi doonto; maxaa yeelay, iyada magacaygii baa ku dhex jira.
22 Laakiinse xaqiiqa haddaad codkeeda dhegaysatid, oo aad yeeshid kulli waxa aan ku hadlayo, de markaas waxaan noqon cadaawayaashaada cadowgooda, oo kuwa ku dhibana mid dhiba iyaga.
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 Waayo, malaa'igtaydu way ku hor socon doontaa, oo waxay ku dhex geeyn doontaa reer Amor, iyo reer Xeed, iyo reer Feres, iyo reer Kancaan, iyo reer Xiwi, iyo reer Yebuus; oo kolkaasaan iyaga baabbi'in doonaa.
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 Waa inaadan u sujuudin ilaahyadooda, hana u adeegin, shuqulkooda oo kalena ha samayn; laakiinse waa inaad wada afgembidaa, oo aad sanamyadoodana jejebisaa.
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 Oo waa inaad Rabbiga Ilaahiinna ah u adeegtaan, oo isaguna wuu idiin barakayn doonaa kibistiinna iyo biyihiinna; oo anna cudur waan ka fogayn doonaa dhexdiinna.
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 Oo dhulkaaga dhexdiisa miduna dhicis ma dhali doonto, ama madhalays ma noqon doonto, oo tirada maalmahaaga waan dhammaystiri doonaa.
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 Oo cabsidaydaan ku hor marin doonaa, oo dadka aad u tegaysid oo dhan waan argaggixin doonaa, oo waxaan cadaawayaashaada oo dhan ka dhigi doonaa inay dhabarkooda kaa sii jeediyaan.
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 Oo waxaan hortaa diri doonaa xoon, kaas oo reer Xiwi, iyo reer Kancaan, iyo reer Xeed hortaada ka eryi doona.
I will cause your enemies to become terrified. And I will expel the Hiv, Canaan, and Heth people-groups from your land.
29 Oo iyaga sannad uun hortaada ka eryi maayo, waayo, waaba intaasoo dhulku cidla noqdaa, oo dugaagga duurku kugu bataa.
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 In yar in yar ayaan hortaada ka eryi doonaa, ilaa aad adigu badatid oo aad dalka dhaxashid.
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 Oo waxaan soohdintaada ka dhigi doonaa Badda Cas iyo tan iyo badda reer Falastiin, iyo cidlada ilaa tan iyo Webiga, waayo, dadka dhulka deggan waxaan gelin doonaa gacantaada, markaasaad hortaada ka eryi doontaa.
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 Waa inaadan axdi la dhigan iyaga iyo ilaahyadooda toona.
You must not make any agreement/treaty with those people or with their gods.
33 Waa inayan iyagu dalkaaga degganaan, waaba intaasoo ay igu kaa dembaajiyaane, waayo, haddaad ilaahyadooda u adeegtid, hubaal waxay taasu kugu noqon doontaa dabin.
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].”
