Laws About Mercy and Fairness
1“Do not spread reports that are false. Do not help a guilty person by telling lies in court.
2“Do not follow the crowd when they do what is wrong. When you are a witness in court, do not turn what is right into what is wrong. Do not go along with the crowd. 3Do not show favor to a poor person in court.
4“Suppose you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering away. Then be sure to return it. 5Suppose you see that the donkey of someone who hates you has fallen down under its load. Then do not leave it there. Be sure you help them with it.
6“Be fair to your poor people in their court cases. 7Do not have anything to do with a false charge. Do not put to death people not guilty of doing anything wrong. I will not let guilty people go free.
8“Do not take money from people who want special favors. It makes you blind to the truth. It twists the words of good people.
9“Do not treat outsiders badly. You yourselves know how it feels to be outsiders. Remember, you were outsiders in Egypt.
Sabbath Laws
10“For six years plant your fields and gather your crops. 11But during the seventh year do not plow your land or use it. Then the poor people among you can get food from it. The wild animals can eat what is left over. Do the same thing with your vineyards and your groves of olive trees.
12“Do all your work in six days. But do not do any work on the seventh day. Then your oxen and donkeys can rest. The slaves born in your house can be renewed. And so can the outsiders who live among you.
13“Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not speak the names of other gods. Do not even let them be heard on your lips.
Laws About Celebrating the Three Main Feasts
14“Three times a year you must celebrate a feast in my honor.
15“Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days, eat bread made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Do it at the appointed time in the month of Aviv. You came out of Egypt in that month.
“You must not come to worship me with your hands empty.
16“Celebrate the Feast of Weeks. Bring the first share of your crops from your fields.
“Celebrate the Feast of Booths. Hold it in the fall when you gather in your crops from your fields.
17“Three times a year all your men must come to worship me. I am your Lord and King.
18“Do not include anything made with yeast when you offer me the blood of a sacrifice.
“Suppose the fat from sacrifices is left over from my feasts. Then do not keep it until morning.
19“Bring the best of the first share of your crops to my house. I am the Lord your God.
“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
God’s Angel Will Prepare the Way
20“I am sending an angel ahead of you. He will guard you along the way. He will bring you to the place I have prepared. 21Pay attention to him. Listen to what he says. Do not refuse to obey him. He will not forgive you if you turn against him. He has my full authority. 22Listen carefully to what he says. Do everything I say. Then I will be an enemy to your enemies. I will fight against those who fight against you. 23My angel will go ahead of you. He will bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites. I will wipe them out. 24Do not do what they do. Do not bow down to their gods or worship them. You must destroy the statues of their gods. You must break their sacred stones to pieces. 25Worship the Lord your God. Then he will bless your food and water. I, the Lord, will take away any sickness you may have. 26In your land no woman will give birth to a dead baby. Every woman will be able to have children. I will give you a long life.
27“I will send my terror ahead of you. I will throw every nation you meet into a panic. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run away. 28I will send hornets ahead of you. They will drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. 29But I will not drive them out in just one year. If I did, the land would be deserted. There would be too many wild animals for you. 30I will drive them out ahead of you little by little. I will do that until there are enough of you to take control of the land.
31“I will make your borders secure from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. They will go from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will hand over to you the people who live in the land. You will drive them out to make room for yourselves. 32Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. 33Do not let them live in your land. If you do, they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, that will certainly be a trap for you.”
Òfin òdodo àti àánú
123.1: Ek 20.16; 23.7; De 5.20; 19.15-21.“Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ tan ìròyìn èké kalẹ̀: Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ ran ènìyàn búburú lọ́wọ́ láti jẹ́rìí èké.
2“Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ tẹ̀lé ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn láti ṣe aburú. Nígbà tí ìwọ bá jẹ́rìí sí ẹjọ́, ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ yí ìdájọ́ po nípa gbígbé lẹ́yìn ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn. 323.3,6: Le 19.15.Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ ṣe ojúsàájú sí tálákà nínú ẹjọ́ rẹ̀.
4“Bí ìwọ bá ṣe alábàápàdé akọ màlúù tàbí akọ kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ ọ̀tá rẹ tí ó ṣìnà lọ, rí i dájú pé o mú un padà wá fún un. 5Bí ìwọ bá rí kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ ẹnìkan tí ó kórìíra rẹ tí ẹrù ṣubú lé lórí, má ṣe fi í sílẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀; rí i dájú pé o ran án lọ́wọ́ nípa rẹ.
6“Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ du aláìní ní ìdájọ́ òdodo. 723.7: Ek 20.16; 23.1.Má ṣe lọ́wọ́ nínú ẹ̀sùn èké, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ pa aláìṣẹ̀ tàbí olódodo ènìyàn, nítorí Èmi kò ní dá ẹlẹ́bi láre.
823.8: De 16.19.“Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ gba àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, nítorí pé àbẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ ń fọ́ ojú ọlọ́gbọ́n, ó sì ń ba ọ̀rọ̀ olódodo jẹ́.
923.9: Ek 22.21; Le 19.33,34; De 27.19.“Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ pọ́n àjèjì kan lójú, ẹ̀yin sa ti mọ inú àjèjì, nítorí ẹ̀yin náà ti jẹ́ àjèjì ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
Òfin Ọjọ́ Ìsinmi
1023.10,11: Le 25.1-7.“Ní ọdún mẹ́fà ni ìwọ yóò gbin oko rẹ, ìwọ yóò sì kóre èso rẹ̀. 11Ṣùgbọ́n ní ọdún keje, jẹ́ kí ilẹ̀ náà wà ní àìkọ àti ní àìlò, jẹ́ kí ilẹ̀ náà kí ó sinmi. Nígbà náà ni tálákà láàrín yín yóò rí oúnjẹ láti ibẹ̀. Ẹranko igbó yóò sì jẹ èyí tí wọ́n fi sílẹ̀. Ìwọ ṣe bákan náà pẹ̀lú ọgbà àjàrà rẹ àti ọgbà olifi rẹ.
1223.12: Ek 20.8-11; 31.15-17; 34.21; 35.2; De 5.12-15.“Ọjọ́ mẹ́fà ni ìwọ yóò ṣe iṣẹ́ rẹ, ìwọ yóò sì sinmi ní ọjọ́ keje, kí akọ màlúù àti kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ rẹ bá à lè ní ìsinmi, kí a sì tú ọmọ ìránṣẹ́bìnrin rẹ àti àlejò ti ń gbé ni ilé rẹ lára.
13“Ẹ máa ṣọ́ra, kí ẹ sì ṣe ohun gbogbo tí mo wí fún un yín. Ẹ má ṣe pe orúkọ òrìṣà, kí a má ṣe gbọ́ orúkọ wọn ní ẹnu yín.
Àjọ̀dún Mẹ́ta Nínú Ọdún
1423.14-17: Ek 34.22-24; Le 23.1-44; De 16.1-17.“Ní ìgbà mẹ́ta ni ìwọ yóò ṣe àjọ fún mi nínú ọdún.
15“Ṣe àjọ àkàrà àìwú; jẹ àkàrà ti kò ní ìwúkàrà fún ọjọ́ méje, bí mo ṣe pàṣẹ fún ọ. Ṣe èyí ní àkókò tí a ti yàn ní oṣù Abibu, nítorí ni oṣù yìí ni ìwọ jáde kúrò ni ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
“Ẹnikẹ́ni kò gbọdọ̀ wá sí iwájú mi ní ọwọ́ òfo.
16“Ṣe àjọ ìkórè pẹ̀lú èso àkọ́so ọ̀gbìn oko rẹ.
“Ṣe àjọ àkójọ oko rẹ ní òpin ọdún, nígbà tí ìwọ bá kó ìre oko rẹ jọ tan.
17“Ní ìgbà mẹ́ta ọ̀tọ̀ọ̀tọ̀ ni àwọn ọkùnrin yín yóò máa wá fi ara hàn ní iwájú Olúwa Olódùmarè.
1823.18: Ek 12.10; 34.25; Le 2.11; 7.15.“Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ rú ẹbọ ẹ̀jẹ̀ sí mi ti òun ti àkàrà tó ní ìwúkàrà.
“Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọ̀rá ẹbọ àjọ mi ni kò gbọdọ̀ kù títí di òwúrọ̀.
1923.19: Ek 22.29; 34.26; De 26.2-11; 14.21.“Mú àkọ́ká èso ilẹ̀ rẹ tí ó dára jùlọ wá sí ilé Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ.
“Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ bọ ọmọ ewúrẹ́ nínú omi ọmú ìyá rẹ̀.
Angẹli Olúwa ni yóò pèsè ọ̀nà sílẹ̀
20“Kíyèsi èmi rán angẹli kan lọ ní iwájú rẹ, láti ṣọ́ ọ ni ọ̀nà àti láti mú ọ dé ibi ti mo ti pèsè sílẹ̀ fún. 21Fi ara balẹ̀, kí o sì fetísílẹ̀ sí i, kí o sì gba ohùn rẹ̀ gbọ́; má ṣe ṣọ̀tẹ̀ sí i, nítorí kò ní fi àìṣedéédéé yín jì yín, orúkọ mi wà lára rẹ̀. 22Bí ìwọ bá fetísílẹ̀ dáradára sí ohùn rẹ̀ tí ẹ sì ṣe ohun gbogbo ti mo ní kí ẹ ṣe, èmi yóò jẹ́ ọ̀tá àwọn ọ̀tá yín. Èmi yóò sì fóòro àwọn tí ń fóòro yín. 23Angẹli mi yóò lọ níwájú rẹ, yóò sì mú ọ dé ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ará: Amori, Hiti, Peresi, Kenaani, Hifi àti Jebusi, èmi a sì gé wọn kúrò. 24Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ foríbalẹ̀ fún òrìṣà wọn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ sìn wọ́n, tàbí kí ẹ tẹ̀lé ìṣe wọn. Kí ìwọ kí ó si wó wọn lulẹ̀, kí ìwọ kí ó sì fọ́ ère òkúta wọ́n túútúú. 25Ẹ̀yin yóò sí máa sin Olúwa Ọlọ́run yin, òun yóò si bùsi oúnjẹ rẹ. Èmi yóò mú àìsàn kúrò láàrín rẹ. 26Oyún kò ní bàjẹ́ lára obìnrin kan, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni obìnrin kan kì yóò yàgàn ni ilẹ̀ rẹ. Èmi yóò fún ọ ní ẹ̀mí gígùn.
27“Èmi yóò rán ẹ̀rù mi lọ ṣáájú rẹ, ìdàrúdàpọ̀ yóò sì wà láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí ẹ bá da ojú kọ. Èmi yóò mú kí àwọn ọ̀tá rẹ yí ẹ̀yìn padà sí ọ, kí wọn sì sá ní iwájú rẹ. 28Èmi yóò rán oyin ṣáájú rẹ láti lé àwọn ará: Hifi, Kenaani àti Hiti kúrò ni ọ̀nà rẹ. 29Ṣùgbọ́n, Èmi kò ni lé gbogbo wọn jáde ni ọdún kan ṣoṣo, ki ilẹ̀ náà má ba à di ahoro, àwọn ẹranko búburú yóò sì ti pọ̀jù fún ọ. 30Díẹ̀díẹ̀ ni èmi yóò máa lé wọn jáde kúrò ní iwájú rẹ, títí ìwọ yóò fi pọ̀ tó láti gba gbogbo ilẹ̀ náà gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìní.
31“Èmi yóò fi ìdí òpin ààlà ilẹ̀ rẹ lélẹ̀ láti etí Òkun pupa títí dé Òkun àwọn ara Filistini, láti aṣálẹ̀ títí dé etí odò Eufurate: Èmi yóò fa àwọn ènìyàn ti ń gbé ilẹ̀ náà lé ọ lọ́wọ́, ìwọ yóò sì lé wọn jáde kúrò ní iwájú rẹ. 32Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ dá májẹ̀mú kankan pẹ̀lú wọn tàbí pẹ̀lú àwọn òrìṣà wọn. 33Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ jẹ́ kí wọn gbé ni ilẹ̀ rẹ, bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́, wọn yóò mú ọ dẹ́ṣẹ̀ sí mi: nítorí bí ìwọ bá sin òrìṣà wọn, èyí yóò jẹ́ ìdẹ̀kùn fun ọ nítòótọ́.”
