Deuteronomy 16 – NIRV & NEN

New International Reader’s Version

Deuteronomy 16:1-22

The Passover Feast

1Celebrate the Passover Feast of the Lord your God in the month of Aviv. In that month he brought you out of Egypt at night. 2Sacrifice an animal from your flock or herd. It is the Passover sacrifice to honor the Lord your God. Sacrifice it at the special place the Lord will choose. He will put his Name there. 3Don’t eat the animal along with bread made with yeast. Instead, for seven days eat bread made without yeast. It’s the bread that reminds you of how much you suffered. Remember that you left Egypt in a hurry. Remember it all the days of your life. Don’t forget the day you left Egypt. 4Don’t keep any yeast anywhere in your land for seven days. You will sacrifice the Passover animal on the evening of the first day. Do not let any of its meat be left over until the next morning.

5You must not sacrifice the Passover animal in just any town the Lord your God is giving you. 6Sacrifice it only in the special place he will choose for his Name. Sacrifice it there in the evening when the sun goes down. Do it on the same day every year. Be sure it’s the day you left Egypt. 7Cook the animal and eat it. Do it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. 8For six days eat bread made without yeast. On the seventh day come together for a service to honor the Lord your God. Don’t do any work on that day.

The Feast of Weeks

9Count off seven weeks from the time you begin to cut your grain in the field. 10Then celebrate the Feast of Weeks to honor the Lord your God. Give to the Lord anything you choose to give as an offering. Give, just as the Lord has given to you. 11Be filled with joy in the sight of the Lord your God. Be joyful at the special place he will choose for his Name. You, your children, and your male and female servants should be joyful. So should the Levites living in your towns. So should the outsiders and widows living among you. And so should the children whose fathers have died. 12Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. Be careful to obey the rules I’m giving you.

The Feast of Booths

13Gather the grain from your threshing floors. Take the fresh wine from your winepresses. Then celebrate the Feast of Booths for seven days. 14Be filled with joy at your feast. You, your children, and your male and female servants should be joyful. So should the Levites, the outsiders, and the widows living in your towns. And so should the children whose fathers have died. 15For seven days celebrate the feast to honor the Lord your God. Do it at the place he will choose. The Lord will bless you when you gather all your crops. He’ll bless you in everything you do. And you will be full of joy. 16All your men must appear in front of the Lord your God at the holy tent. They must go to the place he will choose. They must do it three times a year. They must go there to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Booths. None of your men should appear in front of the Lord without bringing something with him. 17Each of you must bring a gift. Give to the Lord your God, just as he has given to you.

Appoint Judges and Officials

18Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes. Do it in every town the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly. 19Do what is right. Treat everyone the same. Don’t take money from people who want special favors. It makes those who are wise close their eyes to the truth. It twists the words of those who have done nothing wrong. 20Do only what is right. Then you will live. You will take over the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Don’t Worship Other Gods

21Don’t set up a wooden pole used to worship the female god named Asherah. Don’t set it up beside the altar you build to worship the Lord your God. 22Don’t set up a sacred stone to honor another god. The Lord your God hates Asherah poles and sacred stones.

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Kumbukumbu 16:1-22

Pasaka

(Kutoka 12:1-20)

116:1 Kut 12:2; 12:11; 2Fal 23:21; Mt 26:17-29; Kut 13:4; Law 23:5; Hes 9:2-5; Yn 18:28; 1Kor 5:7, 8; Ebr 11:28; 1Kor 5:7, 8; Ebr 11:28Shikeni mwezi wa Abibu, na kuiadhimisha Pasaka ya Bwana Mungu wenu, kwa sababu katika mwezi wa Abibu, Mungu aliwatoa Misri usiku. 216:2 Kum 12:5, 26Mtatoa dhabihu ya Pasaka ya mnyama kwa Bwana Mungu wenu kutoka kundi lenu la mbuzi na kondoo au la ngʼombe, mahali pale ambapo Bwana atapachagua kama makao kwa ajili ya Jina lake. 316:3 Kut 12:15-20, 39; 34:18; 1Kor 5:8; Kut 12:11; Kum 4:9; Kut 13:3, 6-7; Hes 28:19; 2Nya 35:7; Mt 26:2Msile nyama hiyo pamoja na mikate iliyotiwa chachu, lakini kwa siku saba mtakula mikate isiyotiwa chachu, mikate ya kujitesa, kwa sababu mliondoka Misri kwa haraka, ili kwamba siku zote za maisha yenu mpate kukumbuka wakati wenu wa kuondoka Misri. 416:4 Kut 12:6; 12:8; Mk 14:12; Kut 12:10Chachu isionekane katika mali zenu katika nchi yenu yote kwa siku saba. Nyama yoyote ya dhabihu mtakayotoa jioni ya siku ya kwanza isibakizwe mpaka asubuhi.

5Kamwe msitoe dhabihu ya Pasaka katika mji wowote ambao Bwana Mungu wenu amewapa, 616:6 Kut 12:42; Kum 12:5; Mt 27:46isipokuwa mahali atakapopachagua kama makao kwa ajili ya Jina lake. Hapo ndipo lazima mtoe dhabihu ya Pasaka jioni, jua litakapotua, iwe kumbukumbu yenu ya kutoka Misri. 716:7 Kut 12:8; 2Nya 35:13; 2Fal 23:23; Yn 2:13; 11:55Okeni na mle mahali pale ambapo Bwana Mungu wenu atakapopachagua, kisha asubuhi mrudi kwenye mahema yenu. 816:8 Law 23:8; Mt 26:17; Lk 2:41; 22:7; Yn 2:13; Kut 12:16Kwa siku sita mtakula mikate isiyotiwa chachu na siku ya saba fanyeni kusanyiko kwa ajili ya Bwana Mungu wenu na msifanye kazi.

Sikukuu Ya Mavuno

(Kutoka 34:22; Walawi 23:15-21)

916:9 Mdo 2:1; Kut 23:16; 34:22; Hes 28:26; Law 23:15Mhesabu majuma saba tangu wakati mnapoanza kuchukua mundu kuvuna nafaka. 1016:10 Mt 10:22; Yoe 2:14; 1Kor 16:2Kisha msherehekee Sikukuu ya Majuma kwa Bwana Mungu wenu kwa kutoa sadaka ya hiari kwa kadiri ya baraka ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu amewapa. 1116:11 Kum 12:7; Kut 20:24; 2Sam 7:13; Kum 12:12; 14:29; Neh 8:10; Lk 14:12Shangilieni mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu mahali atakapopachagua kama makao ya Jina lake, ninyi, wana wenu na binti zenu, watumishi wenu wa kiume na wa kike, Walawi walio katika miji yenu, na wageni, yatima na wajane waishio miongoni mwenu. 1216:12 Kum 15:15Kumbukeni kwamba mlikuwa watumwa kule Misri na mfuate amri hizi kwa uangalifu.

Sikukuu Ya Vibanda

(Walawi 23:33-43)

1316:13 Law 2:14; Mwa 2:14; 27:37; Kut 23:16; Law 23:34; Mwa 15:13; Kut 1:11, 14; Za 105:23, 2516:13 Kut 23:16; Law 23:34; Hes 29:12Adhimisheni sikukuu ya vibanda kwa siku saba baada ya kukusanya mazao yenu ya nafaka na kukamua zabibu. 1416:14 Kum 26:11; Neh 8:9; Mhu 9:7; 1Sam 12:1-6; 25:6-8Mfurahie sikukuu yenu, ninyi, wana wenu, binti zenu, watumishi wenu wa kiume na wa kike, Walawi, wageni, yatima na wajane ambao wanaishi katika miji yenu. 1516:15 Ay 38:7; Za 4:7; 28:7; 30:11; Law 23:39Kwa siku saba mtaiadhimisha sikukuu ya Bwana Mungu wenu katika mahali atakapopachagua Bwana. Kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wenu atawabariki katika mavuno yenu na katika kazi zote za mikono yenu na furaha yenu itakamilika.

1616:16 Kum 31:11; Za 84:7; Kut 12:17; 23:14, 16; Ezr 3:4; Kut 34:20Wanaume wenu wote lazima wajitokeze mara tatu kwa mwaka mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu mahali atakapopachagua: kwa ajili ya Sikukuu ya Mikate Isiyotiwa Chachu, Sikukuu ya Majuma, na Sikukuu ya Vibanda. Hakuna mtu atakayejitokeza mbele za Bwana mikono mitupu: 1716:17 2Kor 8:12Kila mmoja wenu ni lazima alete zawadi kulingana na jinsi ambavyo Bwana Mungu wenu alivyowabariki.

Waamuzi

1816:18 Kut 18:21, 26; Mwa 31:37; Kum 1:16Wateue waamuzi na maafisa kwa kila kabila lenu katika kila mji ambao Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa, nao watawaamua watu kwa usawa. 1916:19 Kut 23:2, 8; Law 19:15; Kut 18:21; 1Sam 8:3; Kum 1:17; Mhu 7:7; Ay 31:21, 22; Mit 17:23; 24:23; Isa 1:17, 23; Mdo 10:34Msipotoshe haki wala msifanye upendeleo. Msikubali rushwa kwa sababu rushwa hupofusha macho ya wenye busara na kugeuza maneno ya wenye haki. 2016:20 Kum 4:1Mfuate haki na haki peke yake, ili mweze kuishi na kuimiliki nchi ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa.

Kuabudu Miungu Mingine

2116:21 Kum 7:5; Kut 34:13; 1Fal 14:15; 2Fal 17:16; 21:3; 2Nya 33:3; Kut 34:13; Amu 3:7Msisimamishe nguzo yoyote ya Ashera kando ya madhabahu mliyomjengea Bwana Mungu wenu, 2216:22 Kut 23:24; Law 26:1wala msisimamishe jiwe la kuabudu, kwa maana Bwana Mungu wenu anavichukia vitu hivi.