Leviticus 23
1 Yahweh said to Moses/me,
LEUM GOD El sang nu sel Moses
2 “Tell the Israeli people about the festivals that I have chosen, the days when you all must gather together [to worship me].”
oakwuk ten inge nu ke len in kufwa lulap ke mwet Israel elos fah fahsreni in alu.
3 “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.”
Oasr len onkosr nu suwos in oru orekma lowos, a esam lah len se akitkosr len Sabbath, sie len in mongla. Ke len sacn kowos fah tia orekma, a kowos fahsreni in alu. Sabbath uh ma lun LEUM GOD in kutena acn ma kowos muta we.
4 “There are festivals that I have established for you. Those will also be sacred/holy days when you must gather together [to worship me].
Sulkakinelik len in kufwa inge nu ke pacl ma srisrngiyuki nu kac uh.
5 [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].
Kufwen Alukela uh ma orek in akfulatye LEUM GOD, mutawauk ke faht uh ac tili ke len se aksingoul akosr in malem se meet.
6 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.
Ke len se aksingoul limekosr Kufwen Bread Tia Akpulol mutawauk, ac ke lusen len itkosr kowos fah tia kang kutena kain in bread ma oasr mwe pulol kac.
7 On the first day of that festival, you all must stop your regular work and you must gather together [to worship me].
Ke len se oemeet ke len inge kowos fah tukeni nu sie in alu, ac tia oru kutena orekma ma kowos oru ke len saya uh.
8 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.”
Sang kisa in mwe mongo lowos nu sin LEUM GOD ke len itkosr. Ke len se akitkosr uh kowos fah sifilpa tukeni in alu, tusruktu kowos fah tia oru kutena orekma ma kowos oru len nukewa.
9 Yahweh also told Moses/me
LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses,
10 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.
“Kaskas nu sin mwet Israel ac fahk nu selos, ‘Ke kowos utyak nu in facl se su nga ac sot nu suwos, ac kowos kosrani fokin ima uh, kowos fah use kahp in fahko se meet nu sin mwet tol.
11 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].
El fah sang tuh in sie mwe kisa mutal nu sin LEUM GOD, tuh God El fah insewowo keiwos. Mwet tol el fah oru kisa se inge ke len se tukun Sabbath uh.
12 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].
Ke len se kowos use mwe kisa ke wheat uh, kowos fah oayapa kisakin soko sheep fusr mukul yac se matwa su wanginna acn koluk ke mano, tuh in sie mwe kisa firir.
13 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.
Sang pac paun akosr ke flao ma aryarak ke oil in olive in wi, tuh in sie kisa in mwe mongo. Foulin kisa se inge ac fah akinsewowoye LEUM GOD. Kowos sang pac cup akosr ke wain in wi kisa se inge.
14 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.”
Nimet kowos kang kutena wheat ma tufahna kinkinla uh, finne takmwek, ku manmanla, ku umla nu ke bread, nwe ke na kowos use kisa se inge nu sin God. Oakwuk se inge ac fah akilenyuk sin fwil nutuwos nukewa ke pacl nukewa fahsru uh.’”
15 “Seven weeks after the priest offers that grain to me,
Oakla wik fon itkosr, mutawauk ke len se tukun Sabbath se ma kowos use kahp in wheat in tuh itukyang nu sin LEUM GOD.
16 on the next/50th day after he offers it, [each family] must bring to me an offering from the new crop of grain.
Ke len se aklumngaul, len se tukun Sabbath se akitkosr, kowos sifilpa sang nu sin LEUM GOD sie pac kisa sasu ke wheat.
17 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].
Kais sie sou fah use lukwa lof in bread ac sang nu sin LEUM GOD tuh in sie mwe kite srisrila. Kais soko lof fah orekla ke paun in flao akosr ma oasr mwe pulol kac, na umla ac itukyang nu sin LEUM GOD tuh in sie kisa ke fahko se meet ke wheat ma kowos kosrani.
18 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.
Ac kowos fah sang bread inge wi sheep fusr itkosr yac se matwa, soko cow mukul, ac lukwa sheep mukul, ac ma inge nukewa fah wanginna ma koluk ke mano. Ma inge ac itukyang tuh in sie mwe kisa firir nu sin LEUM GOD wi pac sie kisa wheat ac sie kisa wain. Foulin mwe kisa inge fah akinsewowoye LEUM GOD.
19 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.
Oayapa kisakin soko nani mukul tuh in sie kisa ke ma koluk, ac lukwa sheep fusr mukul yac se matwa tuh in sie kisa in akinsewowo.
20 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].
Mwet tol el fah sang bread wi sheep fusr lukwa tuh in sie mwe kite srisrila nu sin LEUM GOD, su ac ma nu sin mwet tol. Kisa inge kewa ma mutal.
21 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.
Ke len sac kowos fah tia oru kutena orekma ma kowos oru len nukewa, a kowos in pangoneni mwet uh in alu. Fwil nutuwos nukewa ac fah akfulatye oakwuk se inge ke pacl nukewa fahsru, in kutena acn elos muta we.
22 “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]!”
Ke kowos kosrani ima lowos uh, nik kowos sunala wheat ma oan ke sisken ima uh, ac tia pac folokla in kunesla ma lula in ima uh. Filiya ma inge nu sin mwet sukasrup ac mwetsac. LEUM GOD El God lowos.
23 Yahweh also told Moses/me
LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses,
24 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.
“Kaskas nu sin mwet Israel ac fahk, ‘Ke len se oemeet in malem se akitkosr kowos fah akfulatye sie len in mongla, sie len in esmakin su sulkakinyuk ke pusren mwe ukuk in pangon mwet uh in fahsreni nu ke alu.
25 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].”
Sang sie kisa in mwe mongo nu sin LEUM GOD, ac tia oru kutena orekma ma kowos oru len nukewa.’”
26 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
LEUM GOD El kaskas nu sel Moses ac fahk,
27 “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].
“Len aksingoul in malem se akitkosr pa len in eela ma koluk. Ac fah sie len in tukena mutal lowos in alu. In len sac kowos fah lalo ac tia kang kutena ma, ac kowos in oru sie kisa in mwe mongo nu sin LEUM GOD.
28 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.
Nimet kowos oru kutena orekma ke len sac, mweyen len in oru ouiya mutal nu ke eela ma koluk.
29 You must expel from your group anyone who does not (fast/abstain from eating food) on that day.
Mwet se fin kang kutena ma ke len sac el fah tia sifil akilenyuk mu el sie sin mwet lun God.
30 I will get rid of anyone who does any kind of work on that day.
Ac mwet se fin oru kutena orekma ke len sac, LEUM GOD El fah sifacna oru mwet sac in misa.
31 You must not work at all! You must always obey those instructions/commands, and you must obey them wherever you live.
Oakwuk se inge ma nu sin fwil nutuwos nukewa, in kutena acn ma elos muta we.
32 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.”
Mutawauk ke pacl se faht uh ac tili ke len se akeu in malem sac, nwe ke faht uh tili ke len aksingoul, kowos akfulatye len se inge tuh in sie len srisrila nu ke mongla, su mwet uh in tiana kang kutena ma.”
33 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
LEUM GOD El kaskas nu sel Moses ac fahk,
34 “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.
“Fahkang nu sin mwet Israel, ‘Ke len aksingoul limekosr in malem se akitkosr, kowos fah oru Kufwen Iwen Aktuktuk nu sin LEUM GOD ke lusen len itkosr.
35 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.
In len se oemeet ke len inge, kowos fah tukeni in alu, ac tia oru kutena orekma ma kowos oru len nukewa.
36 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.
Kais sie len ke len itkosr inge kowos fah oru kisa ke mwe mongo. Ke len se akoalkosr, kowos sifilpa tukeni in alu ac oru sie kisa ke mwe mongo. Len in alu se pa inge, ac kowos fah tia oru kutena orekma.’” (
37 “[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.
Pa inge len in kufwa mutal su kowos fah akfulatye LEUM GOD kac, ac tukeni in alu, ac usani mwe kisa ke mwe mongo, mwe kisa firir, mwe kisa wheat, mwe kisa wain, ac mwe kisa saya, oana ma oakwuk nu suwos ke kais sie len.
38 (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).
Len in kufwa inge ac orek pacna sayen oakwuk lun len Sabbath uh, ac kisa inge ac weang pacna mwe sang lowos, ac kisa in akfalye wuleang, ac kisa ma orek na ke insewowo lowos sifacna, ma kowos sang nu sin LEUM GOD uh.)
39 “[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.
Tukun kowos kosrani ima lowos uh, kowos akfulatye kufwa se inge ke len itkosr, mutawauk ke len aksingoul limekosr in malem se akitkosr. Ac len se oemeet an ac fah srisrila mu sie len in mongla.
40 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.
In len sacn, kowos eis kutu fokinsak ma wo emeet ke sak in ima lowos an, us kutu lesak palm ac kutu lesak ma ungung insroa, ac mutawauk in oru kufwa in akfulatye LEUM GOD lowos.
41 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.
Oru akfulat lowos an ke len itkosr. Oakwuk se inge ac fah karinginyuk sin fwil nutuwos nukewa nwe tok.
42 During the seven days of that festival, all of you people who have been Israelis your entire lives must live in shelters/huts.
Mwet Israel nukewa fah mutana in lohm in aktuktuk inge ke len itkosr,
43 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].”
tuh fwilin tulik nutuwos fah etu lah LEUM GOD El tuh oru mwet Israel in mutana ke iwen aktuktuk ke El kololosme liki facl Egypt. El pa LEUM GOD lowos.
44 So Moses/I gave to the Israeli people all those instructions concerning the festivals that Yahweh [wanted them to celebrate] each year.
Ouinge Moses el sang nu sin mwet Israel oakwuk ma elos in oru nu ke kufwa mutal inge in akfulatye LEUM GOD.
