Éxodo 13
1 Yavé habló a Moisés:
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 Conságrame todo primogénito. Todo el que abre matriz entre los hijos de Israel, tanto de los hombres como de los animales, es mío.
“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 Moisés dijo al pueblo: Recuerden este día en el cual salieron de Egipto, de la casa de esclavitud, porque la poderosa mano de Yavé los sacó de este lugar. Nada leudado se comerá.
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 Ustedes salen hoy, el mes de Abib.
You are leaving Egypt on this day, which is the first day of the month that is [named] Abib.
5 Sucederá que, cuando Yavé te introduzca en la tierra del cananeo, del heteo, del amorreo, del heveo y del jebuseo, la cual Él juró a tus antepasados que te la daría, tierra de la cual fluye leche y miel, harán esta celebración en este mes.
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 Durante siete días comerán pan sin levadura, y el séptimo día será una fiesta en honor a Yavé.
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 Se comerá pan sin levadura todos los siete días, y nada leudado se verá entre ustedes. Ni se verá alguna levadura en todo tu territorio.
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 Aquel día se lo explicarás a tu hijo: Esto se hace con motivo de lo que Yavé hizo por mí cuando salí de Egipto.
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 Esto será como una señal en tu mano y como un recordatorio en tu frente, para que la Ley de Yavé esté en tu boca, porque Yavé te sacó de Egipto con mano fuerte.
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 Por tanto de año en año, cumplirás esta ordenanza en su tiempo señalado.
So you must celebrate this festival every year at the time [Yahweh] has appointed.’
11 Cuando Yavé te introduzca en la tierra de los cananeos y te la dé, como te juró a ti y a sus antepasados,
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 apartarás para Yavé todo lo que abra la matriz. Es decir, de todo primogénito de todo animal que tengas, los machos pertenecen a Yavé,
you must dedicate to Yahweh the firstborn males of all your animals. These all will belong to Yahweh.
13 excepto todo primogénito de asno, el cual sustituirás con un cordero. Y si no lo sustituyes, lo desnucarás. También redimirás a todo primogénito de hombre entre tus hijos.
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 Y sucederá que cuando tu hijo te pregunte: ¿Qué es esto? Le dirás: Yavé nos sacó de Egipto con mano fuerte, de la casa de esclavitud.
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 Sucedió que, al endurecerse Faraón para no dejarnos salir, Yavé mató a todo primogénito en la tierra de Egipto, tanto el primogénito del hombre como el primogénito del animal. Por eso yo sacrifico en honor a Yavé todos los machos que abren la matriz y redimo todo primogénito de mis hijos.
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 Te servirá como una señal sobre tu mano y como frontales entre tus ojos, porque Yavé nos sacó de Egipto con mano fuerte.
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 Sucedió que cuando Faraón dejó salir al pueblo, ʼElohim no los condujo por el camino de la tierra de los filisteos, aunque estaba cerca, porque ʼElohim dijo: No sea que el pueblo cambie de mente cuando vea guerra y regrese a Egipto.
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 Por tanto, ʼElohim condujo al pueblo por el camino del desierto hacia el mar Rojo, y los hijos de Israel subieron armados de la tierra de Egipto.
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 Moisés tomó consigo los huesos de José, pues éste ordenó jurar solemnemente a los hijos de Israel: De cierto ʼElohim los visitará y llevarán mis huesos de aquí con ustedes.
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 Luego salieron de Sucot y acamparon en Etam, al borde del desierto.
The Israeli people left Succoth and traveled to Etham, at the edge of the desert, and they set up their tents there.
21 Yavé iba delante de ellos, de día en una columna de nube para guiarlos por el camino, y de noche en una columna de fuego para alumbrarles, a fin de que caminaran de día y de noche.
[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 Nunca se apartó de delante del pueblo la columna de nube durante el día, ni la columna de fuego durante la noche.
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.
