< Levitiko 23 >
1 Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 Lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē kiate kinautolu, Ko e ngaahi kātoanga kia Sihova, ʻaia te mou fakahā ko e ngaahi fakataha māʻoniʻoni, ʻio, ko ʻeku ngaahi kātoanga ʻaʻaku ia.
“Tell the Israeli people about the festivals that I have chosen, the days when you all must gather together [to worship me].”
3 Ko e ʻaho ʻe ono ʻe fai ai ʻae ngāue: ka ko hono fitu ʻoe ʻaho ko e Sāpate mālōlō ia, ko e fakataha māʻoniʻoni; ʻoua naʻa mou fai ai ha ngāue ʻe taha; he ko e ʻaho tapu ia ʻo Sihova ʻi homou ngaahi fale kotoa pē.
“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 Ko e ngaahi kātoanga eni ʻa Sihova, ʻio, ʻae ngaahi kātoanga māʻoniʻoni, ʻaia te mou fanongonongo ʻi honau ngaahi faʻahitaʻu.
“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 ʻI he efiafi ʻo hono hongofulu ma fā ʻoe[ʻaho ]ʻoe ʻuluaki māhina, ko e Lakaatu ʻo Sihova ia.
[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 Pea ʻi hono hongofulu ma nima ʻoe ʻaho ʻi he māhina ko ia, ko e kātoanga kai mā taʻefakalēvani kia Sihova; ke mou kai mā taʻefakalēvani ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu.
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 Ke mou fai ʻae fakataha māʻoniʻoni ʻi he ʻuluaki ʻaho: ʻoua naʻa fai ha ngāue faʻiteliha ʻi ai.
On the first day of that festival, you all must stop your regular work and you must gather together [to worship me].
8 Ka mou ʻatu ʻae feilaulau kuo ngaohi ʻaki ʻae afi kia Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu: ko hono fitu ʻoe ʻaho ko e kātoanga māʻoniʻoni; ʻoua naʻa mou fai ha ngāue faʻiteliha ʻi ai.
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 Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,
Yahweh also told Moses/me
10 Lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē kiate kinautolu, ʻOka mou ka hoko atu ki he fonua ʻoku ou foaki kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻoku mou tuʻusi hono ngaahi fua, te mou toki ʻomi ʻae faluku ʻe taha ʻoe ʻuluaki fua ʻo hoʻo ngoue ki he taulaʻeiki:
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 Pea ʻe taʻaloʻalo ʻaki ʻe ia ʻae faluku ʻoe koane ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ke maʻu ia koeʻuhi ko koe: ʻi he pongipongi ʻi he hili ʻae Sāpate ʻe taʻaloʻalo ʻaki ia ʻe he taulaʻeiki.
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 Pea te mou ʻatu ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻoku mou taʻaloʻalo ʻaki ʻae faluku ʻoe koane, ʻae lami tangata taʻehanomele ʻi hono ʻuluaki taʻu, ko e feilaulau tutu kia Sihova.
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 Pea ko e feilaulau meʻakai ʻo ia ko e oma ʻe ua ʻoe mahoaʻa lelei mo e lolo, ko e feilaulau kuo ngaohi ʻaki ʻae afi kia Sihova, ko e meʻa namu kakala; pea ko e feilaulau inu ʻo ia ko e uaine, ko hono fā ʻoe vahe ʻoe hini.
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 Pea ʻe ʻikai te mou kai ʻae mā pe ko e uite tunu, pe ko e fua mata, kaeʻoua ke hokosia ʻae ʻaho ko ia ʻoku mou ʻomi ai ha feilaulau ki homou ʻOtua: ko e fekau fai maʻu ia ʻi homou ngaahi toʻutangata ʻi homou ngaahi nofoʻanga kotoa pē.
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 Pea ke mou lau kiate kimoutolu mei he pongipongi ʻi he hili ʻae Sāpate, mei he ʻaho naʻa mou ʻomi ai ʻae faluku ʻoe feilaulau ke taʻaloʻalo ʻaki; ʻe kātoa ʻae Sāpate ʻe fitu:
“Seven weeks after the priest offers that grain to me,
16 ʻIo, ʻo hoko mo e pongipongi ʻi he hili hono fitu ʻoe Sāpate ke mou lau ʻae ʻaho ʻe nimangofulu; pea ke mou ʻatu ʻae feilaulau foʻou ʻoe meʻakai kia Sihova.
on the next/50th day after he offers it, [each family] must bring to me an offering from the new crop of grain.
17 Ke mou ʻomi mei homou ngaahi fale ʻae foʻi mā taʻaloʻalo ʻe ua ʻoe oma ʻe ua: ʻe ngaohi ʻaki ia ʻae mahoaʻa lelei; ʻe taʻo ia mo e lēvani; ko e ʻuluaki fua ia kia Sihova.
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 Pea ke mou ʻatu fakataha mo e mā ʻae lami ʻe fitu taʻehanaumele, ʻi he ʻuluaki taʻu, mo e pulu mui ʻe taha, mo e sipitangata ʻe ua: ko e feilaulau tutu ia kia Sihova, fakataha mo ʻenau ngaahi feilaulau meʻakai, mo e feilaulau inu, ʻio, ko e feilaulau kuo ngaohi ʻaki ʻae afi, ko e meʻa namu kakala kia Sihova.
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 Pea ke mou feilaulau ʻaki ʻae ʻuhikiʻi kosi ʻe taha ko e feilaulau maʻae angahala, mo e lami ʻe ua ʻoe ʻuluaki taʻu ko e feilaulau fakamelino.
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 Pea ʻe taʻaloʻalo ʻaki ia ʻe he taulaʻeiki fakataha mo e mā ʻoe ʻuluaki fua, mo e ongo lami ko e feilaulau taʻaloʻalo ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova; ʻe māʻoniʻoni ia kia Sihova maʻae taulaʻeiki.
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 Pea ke mou fanongonongo ʻi he ʻaho pe ko ia, ke ʻiate kimoutolu ia ko e fakataha māʻoniʻoni; ʻoua naʻa mou fai ha ngāue faʻiteliha ʻi ai: ko e fekau fai maʻu ia ʻi homou ngaahi fale nofoʻanga kotoa pē ʻi homou toʻutangata kotoa pē.
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 Pea ʻoka ke ka tuʻusi ʻae ngaahi fua ʻo ho fonua, ʻo ʻikai te ke fetuku ke ʻosi mei he ngaahi tuliki ʻo hoʻo ngoue ʻoka ke ka tuʻusi ia, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke tānaki ʻae toenga ʻo hoʻo fua: ka te ke tuku ia ki he masiva, pea ki he muli: Ko au ko Sihova ko homou ʻOtua.
“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 Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,
Yahweh also told Moses/me
24 Lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē, ʻI hono fitu ʻoe māhina, ʻi he ʻuluaki [ʻaho ]ʻoe māhina, ʻe ʻiate kimoutolu ʻae Sāpate, ko e fakamanatu ʻoe ifi meʻa lea, ko e fakataha māʻoniʻoni.
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 ʻE ʻikai te mou fai ha ngāue faʻiteliha ʻi ai: ka te mou ʻatu ʻae feilaulau kuo ngaohi ʻaki ʻae afi kia Sihova.
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 Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
27 ʻI hono hongofulu foki ʻoe [ʻaho ]ʻo hono fitu ʻoe māhina ni ʻe ai ʻae ʻaho ʻoe fakalelei: ko e ʻaho ia ʻoe fakataha māʻoniʻoni kiate kimoutolu; pea ke mou fakamamahi homou laumālie, pea ʻatu ha feilaulau kuo ngaohi ʻaki ʻae afi kia Sihova.
“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 Pea ʻe ʻikai te mou fai ha ngāue ʻi he ʻaho ko ia: he ko e ʻaho ia ʻoe fakalelei, ke fai ai ʻae fakalelei maʻamoutolu ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko homou ʻOtua.
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 He ko ia ʻoku ʻikai fakamamahiʻi ia ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, ʻe motuhi ia mei hono kakai.
You must expel from your group anyone who does not (fast/abstain from eating food) on that day.
30 Pea ko ia ʻe fai ha ngāue ʻi he ʻaho ko ia, te u tāmateʻi ia mei hono kakai.
I will get rid of anyone who does any kind of work on that day.
31 ʻE ʻikai te mou fai ha momoʻi ngāue; ko e fekau fai maʻu ia ʻi homou ngaahi toʻutangata ʻi homou ngaahi nofoʻanga kotoa pē.
You must not work at all! You must always obey those instructions/commands, and you must obey them wherever you live.
32 ʻE ʻiate kimoutolu ia ko e Sāpate ʻoe mālōlō, pea te mou fakamamahi homou laumālie: ʻi hono hiva ʻoe[ʻaho ]ʻoe māhina ʻi he efiafi, mei he efiafi ʻo aʻu ki he efiafi, ke mou tauhi homou Sāpate.
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 Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kia Mōsese, ʻo pehē,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
34 Lea ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ʻo pehē, Ko hono hongofulu ma nima ʻoe [ʻaho ]ʻa hono fitu ʻoe māhina ni ʻe hoko ia ko e kātoanga kia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi fale fehikitaki, ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu.
“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 ʻI he ʻuluaki ʻaho ke mou fai ʻae fakataha māʻoniʻoni; ʻoua naʻa mou fai ha ngāue faʻiteliha ʻi ai.
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 Ko e ʻaho ʻe fitu ke mou ʻatu ai ʻae feilaulau kuo ngaohi ʻaki ʻae afi kia Sihova: ʻi hono valu ʻoe ʻaho ke mou fai ʻae fakataha māʻoniʻoni: pea te mou ʻatu ʻae feilaulau kuo ngaohi ʻaki ʻae afi kia Sihova: ko e fakataha mamalu: pea ʻe ʻikai te mou fai ha ngāue faʻiteliha ʻi ai.
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 Ko e ngaahi kātoanga eni ʻa Sihova, ʻaia ke mou fakahā ko e ngaahi fakataha māʻoniʻoni, ke ʻatu ai ʻae feilaulau kuo ngaohi ʻaki ʻae afi kia Sihova, ko e feilaulau tutu, mo e feilaulau meʻakai, mo e feilaulau meʻainu, taki taha pe ʻi hono ʻaho:
“[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 Kaeʻumaʻā foki ʻae ngaahi Sāpate ʻo Sihova, pea mo hoʻomou ngaahi foaki, mo hoʻomou ngaahi fuakava, mo e ngaahi feilaulau ʻoku fai loto lelei pe, ʻaia ʻoku mou foaki kia Sihova.
(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 Pea ʻi hono hongofulu ma nima foki ʻoe ʻaho ʻi hono fitu ʻoe māhina, hili hoʻomou tānaki ʻae fua ʻoe fonua, ke mou fai ha kātoanga kia Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu: ko hono ʻuluaki ʻaho, ko e Sāpate ia, pea ko hono valu ʻoe ʻaho ʻe Sāpate mo ia.
“[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 Pea te mou fili ʻekimoutolu ʻae ngaahi vaʻa ʻoe ʻakau matamatalelei, ʻae ngaahi vaʻa ponga, mo e ngaahi vaʻa ʻoe ʻakau lalahi, mo e ngaahi uilou ʻoe vaitafe; pea te mou fiefia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu.
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 Pea ke mou tauhi ia ko e kātoanga kia Sihova ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu ʻi he taʻu. Ko e fekau fai maʻu ia ʻi homou ngaahi toʻutangata: ke mou fai ia ʻi hono fitu ʻoe māhina.
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 Ke mou nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale louʻakau ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu; ko kinautolu kotoa pē kuo fanauʻi ko e ʻIsileli ʻe nofo ia ʻi he fale louʻakau:
During the seven days of that festival, all of you people who have been Israelis your entire lives must live in shelters/huts.
43 Koeʻuhi ke ʻilo ʻe homou ngaahi toʻutangata naʻaku puleʻi ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ke nofo ʻi he ngaahi fale fehikitaki, ʻi heʻeku ʻomi ʻakinautolu mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite: Ko au ko Sihova ko homou ʻOtua.
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 Pea naʻe fakahā ʻe Mōsese ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli ʻae ngaahi kātoanga ʻa Sihova.
So Moses/I gave to the Israeli people all those instructions concerning the festivals that Yahweh [wanted them to celebrate] each year.