اَلْخُرُوجُ 13
| وَكَلَّمَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى قَائِلًا: | ١ 1 |
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
| «قَدِّسْ لِي كُلَّ بِكْرٍ، كُلَّ فَاتِحِ رَحِمٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَهَائِمِ. إِنَّهُ لِي». | ٢ 2 |
“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.”
| وَقَالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعْبِ: «ٱذْكُرُوا هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ خَرَجْتُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلْعُبُودِيَّةِ، فَإِنَّهُ بِيَدٍ قَوِيَّةٍ أَخْرَجَكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ هُنَا. وَلَا يُؤْكَلُ خَمِيرٌ. | ٣ 3 |
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.
| اَلْيَوْمَ أَنْتُمْ خَارِجُونَ فِي شَهْرِ أَبِيبَ. | ٤ 4 |
You are leaving Egypt on this day, which is the first day of the month that is [named] Abib.
| وَيَكُونُ مَتَى أَدْخَلَكَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَرْضَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَٱلْحِثِّيِّينَ وَٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ وَٱلْحِوِّيِّينَ وَٱلْيَبُوسِيِّينَ ٱلَّتِي حَلَفَ لِآبَائِكَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَكَ، أَرْضًا تَفِيضُ لَبَنًا وَعَسَلًا، أَنَّكَ تَصْنَعُ هَذِهِ ٱلْخِدْمَةَ فِي هَذَا ٱلشَّهْرِ. | ٥ 5 |
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].
| سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ تَأْكُلُ فَطِيرًا، وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلسَّابِعِ عِيدٌ لِلرَّبِّ. | ٦ 6 |
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.
| فَطِيرٌ يُؤْكَلُ ٱلسَّبْعَةَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، وَلَا يُرَى عِنْدَكَ مُخْتَمِرٌ، وَلَا يُرَى عِنْدَكَ خَمِيرٌ فِي جَمِيعِ تُخُومِكَ. | ٧ 7 |
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.
| «وَتُخْبِرُ ٱبْنَكَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ قَائِلًا: مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا صَنَعَ إِلَيَّ ٱلرَّبُّ حِينَ أَخْرَجَنِي مِنْ مِصْرَ. | ٨ 8 |
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.
| وَيَكُونُ لَكَ عَلَامَةً عَلَى يَدِكَ، وَتَذْكَارًا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْكَ، لِكَيْ تَكُونَ شَرِيعَةُ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي فَمِكَ. لِأَنَّهُ بِيَدٍ قَوِيَّةٍ أَخْرَجَكَ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ مِصْرَ. | ٩ 9 |
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.
| فَتَحْفَظُ هَذِهِ ٱلْفَرِيضَةَ فِي وَقْتِهَا مِنْ سَنَةٍ إِلَى سَنَةٍ. | ١٠ 10 |
So you must celebrate this festival every year at the time [Yahweh] has appointed.’
| «وَيَكُونُ مَتَى أَدْخَلَكَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَرْضَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ كَمَا حَلَفَ لَكَ وَلِآبَائِكَ، وَأَعْطَاكَ إِيَّاهَا، | ١١ 11 |
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,
| أَنَّكَ تُقَدِّمُ لِلرَّبِّ كُلَّ فَاتِحِ رَحِمٍ، وَكُلَّ بِكْرٍ مِنْ نِتَاجِ ٱلْبَهَائِمِ ٱلَّتِي تَكُونُ لَكَ. ٱلذُّكُورُ لِلرَّبِّ. | ١٢ 12 |
you must dedicate to Yahweh the firstborn males of all your animals. These all will belong to Yahweh.
| وَلَكِنَّ كُلَّ بِكْرِ حِمَارٍ تَفْدِيهِ بِشَاةٍ. وَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْدِهِ فَتَكْسِرُ عُنُقَهُ. وَكُلُّ بِكْرِ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْ أَوْلَادِكَ تَفْدِيهِ. | ١٣ 13 |
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.
| «وَيَكُونُ مَتَى سَأَلَكَ ٱبْنُكَ غَدًا قَائِلًا: مَا هَذَا؟ تَقُولُ لَهُ: بِيَدٍ قَوِيَّةٍ أَخْرَجَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ مِصْرَ مِنْ بَيْتِ ٱلْعُبُودِيَّةِ. | ١٤ 14 |
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.
| وَكَانَ لَمَّا تَقَسَّى فِرْعَوْنُ عَنْ إِطْلَاقِنَا أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ قَتَلَ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، مِنْ بِكْرِ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَى بِكْرِ ٱلْبَهَائِمِ. لِذَلِكَ أَنَا أَذْبَحُ لِلرَّبِّ ٱلذُّكُورَ مِنْ كُلِّ فَاتِحِ رَحِمٍ، وَأَفْدِي كُلَّ بِكْرٍ مِنْ أَوْلَادِي. | ١٥ 15 |
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.’
| فَيَكُونُ عَلَامَةً عَلَى يَدِكَ، وَعِصَابَةً بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْكَ. لِأَنَّهُ بِيَدٍ قَوِيَّةٍ أَخْرَجَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ مِصْرَ». | ١٦ 16 |
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].”
| وَكَانَ لَمَّا أَطْلَقَ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلشَّعْبَ أَنَّ ٱللهَ لَمْ يَهْدِهِمْ فِي طَرِيقِ أَرْضِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ مَعَ أَنَّهَا قَرِيبَةٌ، لِأَنَّ ٱللهَ قَالَ: «لِئَلَّا يَنْدَمَ ٱلشَّعْبُ إِذَا رَأَوْا حَرْبًا وَيَرْجِعُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ». | ١٧ 17 |
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.”
| فَأَدَارَ ٱللهُ ٱلشَّعْبَ فِي طَرِيقِ بَرِّيَّةِ بَحْرِ سُوفٍ. وَصَعِدَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مُتَجَهِّزِينَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. | ١٨ 18 |
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].
| وَأَخَذَ مُوسَى عِظَامَ يُوسُفَ مَعَهُ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ قَدِ ٱسْتَحْلَفَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِحَلْفٍ قَائِلًا: «إِنَّ ٱللهَ سَيَفْتَقِدُكُمْ فَتُصْعِدُونَ عِظَامِي مِنْ هُنَا مَعَكُمْ». | ١٩ 19 |
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.”
| وَٱرْتَحَلُوا مِنْ سُكُّوتَ وَنَزَلُوا فِي إِيثَامَ فِي طَرَفِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ. | ٢٠ 20 |
The Israeli people left Succoth and traveled to Etham, at the edge of the desert, and they set up their tents there.
| وَكَانَ ٱلرَّبُّ يَسِيرُ أَمَامَهُمْ نَهَارًا فِي عَمُودِ سَحَابٍ لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ، وَلَيْلًا فِي عَمُودِ نَارٍ لِيُضِيءَ لَهُمْ. لِكَيْ يَمْشُوا نَهَارًا وَلَيْلًا. | ٢١ 21 |
[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.
| لَمْ يَبْرَحْ عَمُودُ ٱلسَّحَابِ نَهَارًا وَعَمُودُ ٱلنَّارِ لَيْلًا مِنْ أَمَامِ ٱلشَّعْبِ. | ٢٢ 22 |
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.
