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Shuruucda Caddaaladda Iyo Naxariista

23 Waa inaadan qaadqaadin war been ah; gacantaada heshiis ha ugu dhiibin kan sharka ah, yaadan markhaati xaqdaran noqone. Inaad xumaan fashid aawadeed dad badan ha u raacin, ama marag ha furin oo dad badan dhankooda ha u leexan inaad gar qalloocisaan, waana inaadan nin miskiin ah u gar eexan.

Haddaad aragtid cadowgaaga dibigiisii ama dameerkiisii oo lumaya, waa inaad u celisaa. Haddaad aragtid kan ku neceb dameerkiisii oo rar la dhacay, oo aanad doonayn inaad caawiso, hubaal waa inaad caawisaa.

Miskiinkaaga dacwaddiisa waa inaadan garta ka qalloocin. 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. Oo waa inaadan laaluush qaadan innaba; waayo, laaluushku waa indho tiraa kuwa wax arka, wuuna qalloociyaa kan xaqa ah hadalkiisa. Oo qariib waa inaadan dulmin; waayo, qalbiga qariibka waad garanaysaan, maxaa yeelay, idinba qariib baad dalkii Masar ku ahaydeen.

Qaynuunnadii Sabtida

10 Lix sannadood waa inaad dhulkaaga wax ku abuurtaa oo midhihiisa urursataa, 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. 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. 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.

Saddexda Iid Ee Sannadka

14 Oo sannad walba saddex goor waa inaad ii iiddaa. 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. 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. 17 Kuwaaga labka ah oo dhammu waa inay sannad walba saddex goor Rabbiga Ilaaha ah ka hor yimaadaan.

18 Oo waa inaadan dhiigga allabarigayga la bixin kibis khamiir leh; baruurta iiddayduna waa inaanay hadhin habeenka oo dhan ilaa subaxda. 19 Oo dhulkaaga midhaha ugu horreeya waa inaad inta hore guriga Rabbiga Ilaahaaga ah geeysaa. Waa inaadan waxar caanaha hooyadiis ku karin.

Malaa'igta Rabbiga Oo Jidka Diyaarin Doonta

20 Bal eeg, waxaan hortaada u soo dirayaa malaa'ig, inay jidka kugu dhawrto oo ay meeshii aan diyaarshay ku geeyso. 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. 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. 24 Waa inaadan u sujuudin ilaahyadooda, hana u adeegin, shuqulkooda oo kalena ha samayn; laakiinse waa inaad wada afgembidaa, oo aad sanamyadoodana jejebisaa. 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. 26 Oo dhulkaaga dhexdiisa miduna dhicis ma dhali doonto, ama madhalays ma noqon doonto, oo tirada maalmahaaga waan dhammaystiri doonaa. 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. 28 Oo waxaan hortaa diri doonaa xoon, kaas oo reer Xiwi, iyo reer Kancaan, iyo reer Xeed hortaada ka eryi doona. 29 Oo iyaga sannad uun hortaada ka eryi maayo, waayo, waaba intaasoo dhulku cidla noqdaa, oo dugaagga duurku kugu bataa. 30 In yar in yar ayaan hortaada ka eryi doonaa, ilaa aad adigu badatid oo aad dalka dhaxashid. 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. 32 Waa inaadan axdi la dhigan iyaga iyo ilaahyadooda toona. 33 Waa inayan iyagu dalkaaga degganaan, waaba intaasoo ay igu kaa dembaajiyaane, waayo, haddaad ilaahyadooda u adeegtid, hubaal waxay taasu kugu noqon doontaa dabin.

Laws of Justice and Mercy

23 “Do not spread false reports.(A) Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.(B)

“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice(C) by siding with the crowd,(D) and do not show favoritism(E) to a poor person in a lawsuit.

“If you come across your enemy’s(F) ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it.(G) If you see the donkey(H) of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.

“Do not deny justice(I) to your poor people in their lawsuits. Have nothing to do with a false charge(J) and do not put an innocent(K) or honest person to death,(L) for I will not acquit the guilty.(M)

“Do not accept a bribe,(N) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

“Do not oppress a foreigner;(O) you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

Sabbath Laws

10 “For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops, 11 but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused.(P) Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

12 “Six days do your work,(Q) but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the slave born in your household and the foreigner living among you may be refreshed.(R)

13 “Be careful(S) to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods;(T) do not let them be heard on your lips.(U)

The Three Annual Festivals

14 “Three times(V) a year you are to celebrate a festival to me.

15 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread;(W) for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv,(X) for in that month you came out of Egypt.

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.(Y)

16 “Celebrate the Festival of Harvest(Z) with the firstfruits(AA) of the crops you sow in your field.

“Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering(AB) at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field.(AC)

17 “Three times(AD) a year all the men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord.

18 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast.(AE)

“The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.(AF)

19 “Bring the best of the firstfruits(AG) of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.

“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.(AH)

God’s Angel to Prepare the Way

20 “See, I am sending an angel(AI) ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.(AJ) 21 Pay attention to him and listen(AK) to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive(AL) your rebellion,(AM) since my Name(AN) is in him. 22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do(AO) all that I say, I will be an enemy(AP) to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. 23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites,(AQ) and I will wipe them out. 24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship(AR) them or follow their practices.(AS) You must demolish(AT) them and break their sacred stones(AU) to pieces. 25 Worship the Lord your God,(AV) and his blessing(AW) will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness(AX) from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren(AY) in your land. I will give you a full life span.(AZ)

27 “I will send my terror(BA) ahead of you and throw into confusion(BB) every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run.(BC) 28 I will send the hornet(BD) ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites(BE) out of your way. 29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals(BF) too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession(BG) of the land.

31 “I will establish your borders from the Red Sea[a] to the Mediterranean Sea,[b] and from the desert to the Euphrates River.(BH) I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out(BI) before you. 32 Do not make a covenant(BJ) with them or with their gods. 33 Do not let them live in your land or they will cause you to sin against me, because the worship of their gods will certainly be a snare(BK) to you.”

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 23:31 Or the Sea of Reeds
  2. Exodus 23:31 Hebrew to the Sea of the Philistines