5 Mose 16

1 "Achte auf den Ährenmonat, daß du dem Herrn, deinem Gott, Passah haltest! Denn im Ährenneumond hat dich der Herr, dein Gott, bei Nacht aus Ägypten geführt.

“[Each year] honor Yahweh our God by celebrating the Passover [Festival] in the month of Abib [in early spring]. It was on a night in that month that Yahweh rescued your ancestors from Egypt.

2 Schlachte als Passahopfer für den Herrn, deinen Gott, Schafe und Rinder an der Stätte, die der Herr erwählt, um seinen Namen dort wohnen zu lassen!

[In order to celebrate that festival], go to the place that Yahweh will choose [for you to worship him], and offer [there one young animal] from your cattle or your sheep to be the Passover sacrifice, to honor Yahweh [MTY].

3 Du sollst nichts Gesäuertes dazu essen! Du sollst sieben Tage darum ungesäuerte Brote, gemeine Kost essen! Denn in Hast bist du aus dem Ägypterland gezogen. Daß du des Tages deines Auszuges aus Ägypterland all dein Leben gedenkest!

[When you eat the Passover meal], the bread that you eat must not have yeast in it. You must eat this kind of bread, which will be called the bread of suffering/misery, for seven days. This is to help you to remember all during the time that you are alive that when your ancestors left Egypt, [where they were suffering because they were slaves], they left very quickly. [They did not put in yeast and wait for the dough to swell up].

4 Sieben Tage darf in deinem ganzen Bereich kein Sauerteig bei dir gesehen werden. Von dem am Abend des ersten Tages geopferten Fleisch darf nichts über die Nacht bis zum Morgen bleiben.

[During that festival], you must not have any yeast in any house in your land for seven days. Furthermore, the meat [of the animals] that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day [of the Passover Festival must be eaten during that night]; do not allow any of it to remain until the next day.

5 Du darfst nicht das Passah in einer deiner Ortschaften feiern, die dir der Herr, dein Gott, gibt.

“To honor Yahweh our God, you must offer the Passover sacrifice only at the place that he chooses for you [to worship him]; do not offer that sacrifice in any other town in the land that Yahweh is giving to you. Offer that sacrifice when the sun is setting, at the same time of day that your ancestors [started to] leave Egypt.

6 Nur an der vom Herrn, deinem Gott, zur Wohnung seines Namens erwählten Stätte sollst du das Passah schlachten, am Abend bei Sonnenuntergang, um die Zeit deines Auszuges aus Ägypten!

7 Koch und iß es an der vom Herrn, deinem Gott, erwählten Stätte! Am anderen Morgen reise ab und gehe zu deinen Zelten!

Boil [the meat] and eat it at the place [of worship] that Yahweh our God chooses. The next morning, you may return to your tents.

8 Sechs Tage noch sollst du ungesäuerte Brote essen! Am siebten sei Festversammlung zu Ehren des Herrn, deines Gottes! Da darfst du keine Arbeit tun.

Each day for six days the bread that you eat must have no yeast in it. On the seventh day, you must all gather to worship Yahweh our God. [It will be a day of rest]; you must not do any work on that day.”

9 Abzählen sollst du dir sieben Wochen! Vom Anlegen der Sichel an die Halme sollst du anfangen, sieben Wochen zu zählen!

“[Each year], from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.

10 Dann halte dem Herrn, deinem Gott, das Wochenfest mit den freiwilligen Gaben, die deine Hand spendet, je nachdem dich der Herr, dein Gott, segnete

Then, to honor Yahweh our God, celebrate the Harvest Festival. Do that by bringing to him an offering [of grain]. Yahweh has blessed you [by causing it to grow in your fields during that year]. If you had a big harvest, bring a big offering. If you had a small harvest, bring a small offering.

11 Sei fröhlich vor dem Herrn, deinem Gott, du, dein Sohn, deine Tochter, dein Knecht, deine Magd, der Levite in deiner Siedlung, der Fremdling, die Waise und die Witwe bei dir an der vom Herrn, deinem Gott, zur Wohnung seines Namens erwählten Stätte!

[Each married couple] should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh. Their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should also be joyful. Bring those offerings to the place of worship that Yahweh will choose.

12 Gedenke, daß du in Ägypten Sklave gewesen bist! Halte sorgsam diese Gebote!

[“When you celebrate these festivals] by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.”

13 Das Laubhüttenfest sollst du sieben Tage feiern, wenn du den Ertrag deiner Tenne und Kelter einheimst!

“[Each year], after you have threshed all your grain and pressed [the juice from] all your grapes, you must celebrate the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days.

14 Sei an diesem Feste fröhlich, du, dein Sohn, deine Tochter, dein Knecht, deine Magd, der Levite, der Fremdling, die Waise und die Witwe in deinen Toren!

[Each married couple] along with their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi [who are in that town], and the foreigners, orphans, and widows [who are living among you], should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh.

15 Sieben Tage sollst du feiern ein Fest dem Herrn, deinem Gott, an der vom Herrn erwählten Stätte! Denn der Herr, dein Gott, segnet dich in all deinem Ertrag und bei allem Tun deiner Hände. Darum sei nur froh!

Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that Yahweh chooses [for you to worship him]. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done.

16 Dreimal im Jahr erscheine all dein Mannsvolk vor dem Herrn, deinem Gott, an der von ihm erwählten Stätte: am Fest der ungesäuerten Brote, am Wochenfest und am Laubhüttenfest! Man darf aber nicht leer vor dem Herrn erscheinen.

“So, each year all of you Israeli men must gather [with your families] to worship Yahweh our God at the place that he will choose, [to celebrate three festivals]: The Passover Festival, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. Each of you men must bring [LIT] an offering [for Yahweh to these festivals]

17 Jeder spende, was er geben kann, je nach dem Segen, den der Herr, dein Gott, dir gegeben!

in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you [during that year].”

18 Richter und Beamte sollst du dir einsetzen in all deinen Toren, die dir der Herr, dein Gott, gibt! Sie sollen das Volk gerecht richten!

“Appoint judges and other officials throughout your tribes, in all the towns [in the land] that Yahweh our God is giving to you. They must judge people fairly/justly.

19 Beugen darfst du nicht das Recht, noch parteiisch sein! Du darfst keine Geschenke annehmen. Denn das Geschenk blendet der Weisen Augen und verdreht die Worte der Gerechten.

They must not judge unjustly. They must not favor one person more than another. The judges must not accept bribes, because if a judge accepts a bribe, even if he is wise and honest, it will be very difficult for him to judge fairly [IDM]; [he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that] the righteous/innocent people [must be punished].

20 Nur das Recht sollst du im Auge haben, auf daß du lebest und das Land besitzest, das der Herr, dein Gott, dir gibt!

You must be completely fair and just [DOU], in order that you will enter and occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”

21 Du sollst dir nicht als heiligen Pfahl irgendwelchen Baum einpflanzen neben des Herrn, deines Gottes, Altar, den du dir machen wirst!

“When you make an altar to worship Yahweh our God, do not put next to it any wooden statue [that represents] the goddess Asherah.

22 Errichten sollst du dir kein Steinmal, was der Herr, dein Gott, haßt!"

And do not set up any [stone] pillar [to worship any idol, because] Yahweh hates them.”