Kutoka 13
1 Yahweh akasema na Musa na kumwambia,
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Nitengee wazaliwa wote wa kwanza, kila mzaliwa wa kwanza wa Waisraeli, watu na wanyama. Mzaliwa wa kwanza ni wangu.”
“Set apart to me all the firstborn, every firstborn male among the Israelites, both of people and animals. The firstborn belongs to me.”
3 Musa akawambia watu, “Hii kumbukeni hii siku, siku mliyo toka Misri, kutoka nyumba ya utumwa, kwa mkono hodari wa Yahweh amewatoa kutoka hii sehemu. Hakuna mkate wa hamira waruhusiwa kuliwa.
Moses said to the people, “Call this day to mind, the day on which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by Yahweh's strong hand he brought you out from this place. No bread with yeast may be eaten.
4 Mnatoka Misri hii siku, mwezi wa Abibu.
You are going out of Egypt on this day, in the month of Aviv.
5 Yahweh atakapo waleta nchi ya Wakanani, Wahiti, Waamori, Wahivi, na Wayebusi, nchi aliyo waapia mababu zenu kuwapa, nchi inayo tiririka kwa maziwa na asali - kisha wapaswa kuadhimisha hili tendo la ibada kila mwezi.
When Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and the Jebusites, the land that he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—then you must observe this act of worship in this month.
6 Kwa siku saba utakula mkate bila hamira; siku ya saba kutakuwa na maakuli ya kumuadhimisha Yahweh.
For seven days you must eat bread without yeast; on the seventh day there will be a feast to honor Yahweh.
7 Mkate usio na hamira wapaswa kuliwa kwa siku saba zote; hakuna mkate ulio na hamira wapaswa kuliwa miongoni mwenu. Hakuna hamira yapaswa kuonekana kwenye mipaka yenu.
Bread without yeast must be eaten throughout the seven days; no bread with yeast may be seen among you. No yeast may be seen with you within any of your borders.
8 Hiyo siku utasema kwa watoto wako, 'Hii ni kwasababu ya kile Yahweh alichofanya kwangu nilipo taka Misri.'
On that day you are to say to your children, 'This is because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
9 Hii itakuwa kumbukumbu mkononi mwako, na kumbukumbu kwenye paji la uso wako. Hii ni ili sheria ya Yahweh iwe kinywani mwako, maana kwa mkono hodari Yahweh amewatoa kutoka Misri.
This will be a reminder for you on your hand, and a reminder on your forehead. This is so the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth, for with a strong hand Yahweh brought you out of Egypt.
10 Kisha basi wapaswa kushika hii sheria kwa wakati uliyo kusudiwa kutoka mwaka hadi mwaka.
Therefore you must keep this law at its appointed time from year to year.
11 Yahweh atakapo waleta kwenye nchi ya Wakanani, kama alivyo apa kwenu na kwa mababu zenu kufanya, na atakapo wapa nchi ninyi,
When Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your ancestors to do, and when he gives the land to you,
12 lazima umtengee mzaliwa wa kwanza mtoto na uzao wa kwanza wa wanyama wenu. Wakiume watakuwa wa Yahweh.
you must set apart to Yahweh the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn offspring of your animals that are males, will belong to Yahweh.
13 Kila mzaliwa wa kwanza wa punda lazima umnunue tena na mwana kondoo. Kama hautamnunua tena, lazima uivunje shingo yake. Lakini kila mzaliwa wa kwanza wakiume miongoni mwenu - lazima umnunue tena.
Every firstborn of a donkey you must buy back with a lamb. If you do not buy it back, then you must break its neck. But each of your firstborn males among all your sons—you must buy them back.
14 Mwanae atakapo kuuliza baadae, 'Hii ina maana gani?' kisha utamwambia, 'Ni kwa mkono hodari Yahweh katutoa Misri, kutoka nyumba ya utumwa.
When your son asks you later, 'What does this mean?' then you are to tell him, 'It was by a strong hand that Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of slavery.
15 Farao alipo kataa kwa ujeuri kutuachia twende, Yahweh aliwaua wazaliwa wa kwanza wa nchi ya Misri, wazaliwa wa kwanza wa watu na wa wanyama. Ndio sababu ninatoa dhabihu kwa Yahweh kwa kila mzaliwa wa kwanza wa kila mnyama, na pia sababu nina nunua wazaliwa wa kwanza wa wanangu tena.'
When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of people and the firstborn of animals. That is why I sacrifice to Yahweh the firstborn male of every animal, and why I buy back the firstborn of my sons.'
16 Hii itakuwa kumbukumbu mikononi mwako na kumbukumbu kwenye paji lako la uso, kwa kuwa ni kwa mkono hodari Yahweh alitutoa kutoka Misri.”
This will become a reminder on your hands, and a reminder on your forehead, for it was by a strong hand Yahweh brought us out of Egypt.”
17 Farao alipo waachia watu waende, Mungu akuwaongoza kwa njia ya Wafilisti, japo hiyo njia ilikuwa karibu. Kwa kuwa Mungu alisema, “Labda watu watabadili nia zao watakapo ona vita na watarudi Misri.”
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that land was nearby. For God said, “Perhaps the people will change their minds when they experience war and will then return to Egypt.”
18 Hivyo Mungu akawaongoza watu kuzunguka nyikani kupita Bahari ya Shamu. Waisraeli waliondoka kutoka nchi ya Misri wakiwa wamejiami kwa pambano.
So God led the people around through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds. The Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt armed for battle.
19 Musa akachukuwa mifupa ya Yusufu pamoja naye, kwa kuwa Yusufu aliwaapisha Waisraeli na kusema, “Mungu atawaokoa, na muibebe mifupa yangu na nyie.”
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear and said, “God will surely rescue you, and you must carry away my bones with you.”
20 Waisraeli walisafiri kutoka Sakothi na kuweka kambi Ethamu pembezoni mwa nyikani.
The Israelites journeyed from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
21 Yahweh alitangulia mbele yao mchana kama nguzo ya wingu kuwaongoza njiani. Usiku alienda kama nguzo ya moto kuwapa mwanga. Kwa namna hii waliweza kusafiri mchana na usiku.
Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them on the way. By night he went in a pillar of fire to give them light. In this way they could travel by day and by night.
22 Yahweh hakuchukuwa kutoka kwa watu nguzo ya wingu mchana wala nguzo ya moto usiku.
Yahweh did not take away from before the people the daytime pillar of cloud or the nighttime pillar of fire.
