Exodus 23

1 “Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ tan ìròyìn èké kalẹ̀. Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ ran ènìyàn búburú lọ́wọ́ láti jẹ́rìí èké.

You shall not receive a vain report: you shall not agree with the unjust [man] to become an unjust witness.

2 “Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ tẹ̀lé ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn láti ṣe aburú. Nígbà tí ìwọ bá jẹ́rìí sí ẹjọ́, ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ yí ìdájọ́ po nípa gbígbé lẹ́yìn ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn.

You shall not associate with the multitude for evil; you shall not join yourself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgement.

3 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ ṣe ojúsàájú sí tálákà nínú ẹjọ́ rẹ̀.

And you shall not spare a poor man in judgement.

4 “Bí ìwọ bá ṣe alábàápàdé akọ màlúù tàbí akọ kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ ọ̀tá rẹ tí ó ṣìnà lọ, rí i dájú pé o mú un padà wá fún un.

And if you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall turn them back and restore them to him.

5 Bí ìwọ bá rí kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ ẹnìkan tí ó kórìíra rẹ tí ẹrù ṣubú lé lórí, má ṣe fi í sílẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀; rí i dájú pé o ran án lọ́wọ́ nípa rẹ.

And if you see your enemy's ass fallen under its burden, you shall not pass by it, but shall help to raise it with him.

6 “Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ du aláìní ní ìdájọ́ òdodo.

You shall not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgement.

7 Má ṣe lọ́wọ́ nínú ẹ̀sùn èké, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ pa aláìṣẹ̀ tàbí olódodo ènìyàn, nítorí Èmi kò ní dá ẹlẹ́bi láre.

You shall abstain from every unjust thing: you shall not kill the innocent and just, and you shall not justify the wicked for gifts.

8 “Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ gba àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, nítorí pé àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ ń fọ́ ojú ọlọ́gbọ́n, ó sì ń ba ọ̀rọ̀ olódodo jẹ́.

And you shall not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.

9 “Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ pọ́n àjèjì kan lójú, ẹ̀yin sa ti mọ inú àjèjì, nítorí ẹ̀yin náà ti jẹ́ àjèjì ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.

And you shall not afflict a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger; for you were yourselves strangers in the land of Egypt.

10 “Ní ọdún mẹ́fà ni ìwọ yóò gbin oko rẹ, ìwọ yóò sì kóre èso rẹ̀.

Six years you shall sow your land, and gather in the fruits of it.

11 Ṣùgbọ́n ní ọdún keje, jẹ́ kí ilẹ̀ náà wà ní àìkọ àti ní àìlò, jẹ́ kí ilẹ̀ náà kí ó sinmi. Nígbà náà ni tálákà láàrín yín yóò rí oúnjẹ láti ibẹ̀. Ẹranko igbó yóò sì jẹ èyí tí wọ́n fi sílẹ̀. Ìwọ ṣe bákan náà pẹ̀lú ọgbà àjàrà rẹ àti ọgbà olifi rẹ.

But in the seventh year you shall let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of your nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shall you do to your vineyard and to your oliveyard.

12 “Ọjọ́ mẹ́fà ni ìwọ yóò ṣe iṣẹ́ rẹ, ìwọ yóò sì sinmi ní ọjọ́ keje, kí akọ màlúù àti kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ rẹ bá à lè ní ìsinmi, kí a sì tú ọmọ ìránṣẹ́bìnrin rẹ àti àlejò ti ń gbé ni ilé rẹ lára.

Six days shall you do your works, and on the seventh day there shall be rest, that your ox and your ass may rest, and that the son of your maidservant and the stranger may be refreshed.

13 “Ẹ máa ṣọ́ra, kí ẹ sì ṣe ohun gbogbo tí mo wí fún un yín. Ẹ má ṣe pe orúkọ òrìṣà, kí a má ṣe gbọ́ orúkọ wọn ní ẹnu yín.

Observe all things whatever I have commanded you; and you shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shall they be heard out of your mouth.

14 “Ní ìgbà mẹ́ta ni ìwọ yóò ṣe àjọ fún mi nínú ọdún.

Keep you a feast to me three times in the year.

15 “Ṣe àjọ àkàrà àìwú; jẹ àkàrà ti kò ní ìwúkàrà fún ọjọ́ méje, bí mo ṣe pàṣẹ fún ọ. Ṣe èyí ní àkókò tí a ti yàn ní oṣù Abibu, nítorí ni oṣù yìí ni ìwọ jáde kúrò ni ilẹ̀ Ejibiti. “Ẹnikẹ́ni kò gbọdọ̀ wá sí iwájú mi ní ọwọ́ òfo.

Take heed to keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I charged you at the season of the month of new [corn], for in it you came out of Egypt: you shall not appear before me empty.

16 “Ṣe àjọ ìkórè pẹ̀lú èso àkọ́so ọ̀gbìn oko rẹ. “Ṣe àjọ àkójọ oko rẹ ní òpin ọdún, nígbà tí ìwọ bá kó ìre oko rẹ jọ tan.

And you shall keep the feast of the harvest of first fruits of your labours, whatever you shall have sown in your field, and the feast of completion at the end of the year in the gathering in of your fruits out of your field.

17 “Ní ìgbà mẹ́ta ọ̀tọ̀ọ̀tọ̀ ni àwọn ọkùnrin yín yóò máa wá fi ara hàn ní iwájú Olúwa Olódùmarè.

Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord your God.

18 “Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ rú ẹbọ ẹ̀jẹ̀ sí mi ti òun ti àkàrà tó ní ìwúkàrà. “Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀rá ẹbọ àjọ mi ni kò gbọdọ̀ kù títí di òwúrọ̀.

For when I shall have cast out the nations from before you, and shall have widened your borders, you shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, neither must the fat of my feast abide till the morning.

19 “Mú àkọ́ká èso ilẹ̀ rẹ tí ó dára jùlọ wá sí ilé Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ. “Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ bọ ọmọ ewúrẹ́ nínú omi ọmú ìyá rẹ̀.

You shall bring the first-offerings of the first fruits of your land into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not seethe a lamb in its mother's milk.

20 “Kíyèsi èmi rán angẹli kan lọ ní iwájú rẹ, láti ṣọ́ ọ ni ọ̀nà àti láti mú ọ dé ibi ti mo ti pèsè sílẹ̀ fún.

And, behold, I send my angel before your face, that he may keep you in the way, that he may bring you into the land which I have prepared for you.

21 Fi ara balẹ̀, kí o sì fetísílẹ̀ sí i, kí o sì gba ohùn rẹ̀ gbọ́; má ṣe ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí i, nítorí kò ní fi àìṣedéédéé yín jì yín, orúkọ mi wà lára rẹ̀.

Take heed to yourself and listen to him, and disobey him not; for he will not give way to you, for my name is on him.

22 Bí ìwọ bá fetísílẹ̀ dáradára sí ohùn rẹ̀ tí ẹ sì ṣe ohun gbogbo ti mo ní kí ẹ ṣe, èmi yóò jẹ́ ọ̀tá àwọn ọ̀tá yín. Èmi yóò sì fóòro àwọn tí ń fóòro yín.

If you will indeed hear my voice, and if you will do all the things I shall charge you with, and keep my covenant, you shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and you shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall you speak to the children of Israel, If you shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell you, I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries.

23 Angẹli mi yóò lọ níwájú rẹ, yóò sì mú ọ dé ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ará: Amori, Hiti, Peresi, Kenaani, Hifi àti Jebusi, èmi a sì gé wọn kúrò.

For my angel shall go as your leader, and shall bring you to the Amorite, and Chettite, and Pherezite, and Chananite, and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and I will destroy them.

24 Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ foríbalẹ̀ fún òrìṣà wọn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ sìn wọ́n, tàbí kí ẹ tẹ̀lé ìṣe wọn. Kí ìwọ kí ó si wó wọn lulẹ̀, kí ìwọ kí ó sì fọ́ ère òkúta wọ́n túútúú.

You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them: you shall not do according to their works, but shall utterly destroy them, and break to pieces their pillars.

25 Ẹ̀yin yóò sí máa sin Olúwa Ọlọ́run yin, òun yóò si bùsi oúnjẹ rẹ. Èmi yóò mú àìsàn kúrò láàrín rẹ.

And you shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your wine and your water, and I will turn away sickness from you.

26 Oyún kò ní bàjẹ́ lára obìnrin kan, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni obìnrin kan kì yóò yàgàn ni ilẹ̀ rẹ. Èmi yóò fún ọ ní ẹ̀mí gígùn.

There shall not be on your land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of your days.

27 “Èmi yóò rán ẹ̀rù mi lọ ṣáájú rẹ, ìdàrúdàpọ̀ yóò sì wà láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí ẹ bá da ojú kọ. Èmi yóò mú kí àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ yí ẹ̀yìn padà sí ọ, kí wọn sì sá ní iwájú rẹ.

And I will send terror before you, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which you shall come, and I will make all your enemies to flee.

28 Èmi yóò rán oyin ṣáájú rẹ láti lé àwọn ará: Hifi, Kenaani àti Hiti kúrò ni ọ̀nà rẹ.

And I will send hornets before you, and you shall cast out the Amorites and the Evites, and the Chananites and the Chettites from you.

29 Ṣùgbọ́n, Èmi kò ni lé gbogbo wọn jáde ni ọdún kan ṣoṣo, ki ilẹ̀ náà má ba à di ahoro, àwọn ẹranko búburú yóò sì ti pọ̀jù fún ọ.

I will not cast them out in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against you.

30 Díẹ̀díẹ̀ ni èmi yóò máa lé wọn jáde kúrò ní iwájú rẹ, títí ìwọ yóò fi pọ̀ tó láti gba gbogbo ilẹ̀ náà gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìní.

By little [and little] I will cast them out from before you, until you shall be increased and inherit the earth.

31 “Èmi yóò fi ìdí òpin ààlà ilẹ̀ rẹ lélẹ̀ láti etí Òkun Pupa títí dé òkun àwọn ara Filistini, láti aṣálẹ̀ títí dé etí odò Eufurate, Èmi yóò fa àwọn ènìyàn ti ń gbé ilẹ̀ náà lé ọ lọ́wọ́, ìwọ yóò sì lé wọn jáde kúrò ní iwájú rẹ.

And I will set your borders from the Red Sea, to the sea of the Phylistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from you.

32 Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ dá májẹ̀mú kankan pẹ̀lú wọn tàbí pẹ̀lú àwọn òrìṣà wọn.

You shall make no covenant with them and their gods.

33 Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ jẹ́ kí wọn gbé ni ilẹ̀ rẹ, bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, wọn yóò mú ọ dẹ́ṣẹ̀ sí mi: nítorí bí ìwọ bá sin òrìṣà wọn, èyí yóò jẹ́ ìdẹ̀kùn fun ọ nítòótọ́.”

And they shall not dwell in your land, lest they cause you to sin against me; for if you should serve their gods, these will be an offence to you.