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23 ¶ Seyè a pale ak Moyiz, li di l' konsa:

-Pale ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo. W'a di yo pou mwen: Men jou pou nou mande pèp la pou li reyini pou fè fèt pou Seyè a. Men lè pou nou fè fèt pou mwen.

Chak senmenn nou gen sis jou pou n' fè travay nou. Men, setyèm jou a se jou repo. Jou sa a, piga nou fè ankenn travay. Se jou n'a reyini pou n' fè sèvis pou Bondye. Jou repo a se pou Seyè a li ye. Nenpòt kote nou rete jou sa a, piga nou fè ankenn travay lakay nou.

¶ Men jou pou nou fè fèt pou Seyè a, jou pou nou mande pèp la pou li reyini pou fè fèt pou Seyè a. Men dat pou nou reyini pèp la pou fèt yo:

N'a fete fèt Delivrans lan pou Seyè a chak lanne, nan katòzyèm jou premye mwa a. N'a konmanse fèt la lè solèy fin kouche.

Sou kenzyèm jou premye mwa a, n'a konmanse fèt pen san ledven yo. Pandan sèt jou, n'a manje pen ki fèt san ledven.

Premye jou a, n'a reyini tout pèp la pou n' fè sèvis pou Bondye. Nou p'ap fè ankenn gwo travay jou sa a.

Pandan sèt jou n'a boule ofrann nan dife pou Seyè a. Sou setyèm jou a, n'a reyini tout pèp la ankò pou n' adore Seyè a. Jou sa a, nou p'ap fè ankenn gwo travay non plis.

Seyè a pale ak Moyiz, li di l' konsa:

10 -Pale ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo. Men sa pou ou di yo. Lè n'a antre nan peyi m'ap ban nou an, lè n'a fin ranmase premye rekòt grenn nan jaden nou, n'a pran premye makout la, n'a pote l' bay prèt la.

11 Prèt la va balanse l' devan Seyè a tankou yon ofrann espesyal, pou Seyè a ka asepte resevwa nou. Prèt la va fè ofrann lan jou ki vini apre jou repo a.

12 Jou n'ap fè ofrann premye makout rekòt la, n'a pran yon ti belye ki pa gen ankenn enfimite epi ki poko gen ennan, n'a boule l' nèt pou Seyè a.

13 N'a ofri ansanm avè l' tou katòz ti mamit farin frans melanje ak lwil oliv pou nou boule nan dife pou Seyè a. Bon sant ofrann lan va fè Seyè a plezi. N'a ofri tou yon boutèy ka diven pou yo vide pou Seyè a.

14 Piga nou pran nan grenn nou fèk rekòlte yo ni pou nou manje kri, ni pou nou griye, ni pou nou fè pen, toutotan nou pa pote ofrann premye grenn yo bay Seyè a. Se va yon regleman pou nou swiv tout tan, de pitit an pitit, kote nou pase.

15 ¶ N'a konte sèt semèn antye, depi jou nou te pote premye makout rekòt la ofri bay Seyè a, apre jou repo a.

16 Wi, n'a konte senkant jou. Sa va mennen nou sou jou ki vini apre setyèm jou repo a. N'a fè yon lòt ofrann grenn jaden bay Seyè a.

17 Chak fanmi va soti lakay yo ak de gwo pen pou yo ofri bay Seyè a. Chak pen va fèt ak de liv farin kwit ak ledven. Y'a ofri yo bay Seyè a tankou ofrann premye grenn yo rekòlte.

18 Ansanm ak pen yo, pèp la va ofri sèt ti mouton ki poko gen ennan, yon jenn ti towo bèf ak de belye. Fòk tout bèt sa yo pa gen ankenn enfimite. Y'a boule yo nèt nan dife pou Seyè a, ansanm ak ofrann grenn jaden yo ak ofrann diven an. Bon sant ofrann sa a va fè Seyè a plezi.

19 N'a touye tou yon bouk ki va sèvi ofrann pou peye pou tou sa nou fè ki mal, ak de ti mouton ki poko gen ennan ki va sèvi ofrann pou di Bondye mèsi.

20 Prèt la va balanse pen yo ansanm ak de ti mouton yo tankou yon ofrann espesyal devan Seyè a. Ofrann sa yo se bagay ki apa nèt pou Seyè a. Se pou prèt yo yo ye.

21 Jou sa a, n'a reyini pèp la pou l' adore Bondye. Pesonn p'ap fè gwo travay. Sa se regleman pou nou swiv tout tan, de pitit an pitit, kote nou pase.

22 Lè n'ap fè rekòt nan jaden nou, se pa pou nou ranmase grenn ki toupre lizyè jaden an, ni nou pa bezwen tounen dèyè pou ranmase grenn ki te tonbe atè. W'a kite yo pou moun peyi a ki pa genyen ak pou moun lòt nasyon k'ap viv nan mitan nou. Se mwen menm ki Seyè a, Bondye nou an!

23 ¶ Seyè a pale ak Moyiz, li di l' konsa:

24 -Pale ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo. Men sa pou ou di yo: Premye jou setyèm mwa a va yon gwo jou repo pou nou. Jou sa a n'a kònen twonpèt pou fè moun yo chonje se jou pou yo reyini pou adore Bondye.

25 Piga nou fè gwo travay. N'a fè ofrann pou yo boule nan dife pou Seyè a.

26 Seyè a pale ak Moyiz, li di l':

27 -Dizyèm jou sètyèm mwa sa a, se gran jou padon an li ye. N'a reyini tout moun pou n' adore Bondye. N'a fè jèn epi n'a fè ofrann pou yo boule nan dife devan Seyè a.

28 Jou sa a, nou p'ap travay menm, paske se gran jou padon an, jou pou nou fè sèvis pou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pou nou mande l' fè nou gras.

29 Si yon moun mete anyen nan bouch li jou sa a, y'ap wete l' nan mitan pèp li a.

30 Si yon moun travay jou sa a, se mwen menm, Seyè a, k'ap touye l'.

31 Nou pa pou fè anyen jou sa a. Sa se regleman pou nou swiv tout tan, de pitit an pitit, kote nou pase.

32 Se va yon gwo jou repo, jou nou p'ap fè ankenn travay. Depi lè solèy kouche nan nevyèm jou mwa a jouk lè li kouche ankò dizyèm jou a, n'a rete san manje.

33 ¶ Seyè a pale ak Moyiz, li di l':

34 -Pale ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo, w'a di yo konsa: N'a fete fèt joupa yo pandan sèt jou. N'a konmanse sou kenzyèm jou setyèm mwa a.

35 Premye jou a, n'a reyini tout moun pou adore Bondye. Pesonn p'ap fè gwo travay jou sa a.

36 Chak jou, pandan sèt jou, n'a boule ofrann nan dife pou Seyè a. Sou wityèm jou a, n'a reyini moun yo ankò pou adore Bondye, epi n'a boule ofrann nan dife pou Seyè a. Se va yon jou pou adore Bondye. Jou sa a, piga nou fè gwo travay.

37 Men fèt pou nou fete pou Seyè a. Men jou n'a reyini tout moun pou yo fè sèvis pou Bondye. Men ofrann pou nou boule nan dife pou Seyè a, se ka bèt pou nou boule nèt, se ka ofrann grenn jaden, se ka bèt pou nou touye, se ka ofrann diven. Chak jou fèt gen ofrann pa li.

38 Apa tout jou repo Seyè yo, n'a fete fèt sa yo tou. Apa kado pou nou fè nòmalman, apa ofrann n'ap fè paske nou te fè ve, apa ofrann n'ap fè pou Seyè a paske nou te vle fè l', n'a fè ofrann sa yo.

39 Sou kenzyèm jou setyèm mwa a, n'a fè fèt pou Seyè a pandan sèt jou, apre n'a fin rekòlte jaden nou yo. Premye jou a ak wityèm jou a va de gwo jou repo.

40 Premye jou a, n'a keyi pi bon fwi nan pye sitwon nou yo, n'a koupe fèy nan pye dat nou yo ak branch nan pye jasmen ak pye sikren, n'a fè kè nou kontan devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pandan sèt jou.

41 Chak lanne, pandan sèt jou nan setyèm mwa a, n'a fete fèt sa a pou mwen menm, Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Sa se yon regleman pou nou swiv tout tan, de pitit an pitit.

42 Pandan sèt jou tout moun pèp Izrayèl yo va rete anba joupa. Wi, n'a rete anba joupa pandan sèt jou.

43 Konsa, pitit pitit nou yo va konnen mwen menm, Seyè a, mwen te fè pèp Izrayèl rete anba joupa lè mwen te fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip la. Se mwen menm ki Seyè a, Bondye nou an!

44 Se konsa Moyiz te bay moun pèp Izrayèl yo tout kalite fèt pou yo fete pou Seyè a.

The Appointed Festivals

23 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed festivals,(A) the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.(B)

The Sabbath

“‘There are six days when you may work,(C) but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest,(D) a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work;(E) wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord.

The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread(F)

“‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times:(G) The Lord’s Passover(H) begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.(I) On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread(J) begins; for seven days(K) you must eat bread made without yeast. On the first day hold a sacred assembly(L) and do no regular work. For seven days present a food offering to the Lord.(M) And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’”

Offering the Firstfruits

The Lord said to Moses, 10 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you(N) and you reap its harvest,(O) bring to the priest a sheaf(P) of the first grain you harvest.(Q) 11 He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord(R) so it will be accepted(S) on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath. 12 On the day you wave the sheaf, you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the Lord a lamb a year old(T) without defect,(U) 13 together with its grain offering(V) of two-tenths of an ephah[a](W) of the finest flour mixed with olive oil—a food offering presented to the Lord, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering(X) of a quarter of a hin[b] of wine.(Y) 14 You must not eat any bread, or roasted or new grain,(Z) until the very day you bring this offering to your God.(AA) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come,(AB) wherever you live.(AC)

The Festival of Weeks(AD)

15 “‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. 16 Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath,(AE) and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. 17 From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah(AF) of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits(AG) to the Lord. 18 Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings(AH)—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord. 19 Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering[c] and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering. 20 The priest is to wave the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering,(AI) together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest. 21 On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly(AJ) and do no regular work.(AK) This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come, wherever you live.

22 “‘When you reap the harvest(AL) of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.(AM) Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you.(AN) I am the Lord your God.’”

The Festival of Trumpets(AO)

23 The Lord said to Moses, 24 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly(AP) commemorated with trumpet blasts.(AQ) 25 Do no regular work,(AR) but present a food offering to the Lord.(AS)’”

The Day of Atonement(AT)

26 The Lord said to Moses, 27 “The tenth day of this seventh month(AU) is the Day of Atonement.(AV) Hold a sacred assembly(AW) and deny yourselves,[d] and present a food offering to the Lord. 28 Do not do any work(AX) on that day, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the Lord your God. 29 Those who do not deny themselves on that day must be cut off from their people.(AY) 30 I will destroy from among their people(AZ) anyone who does any work on that day. 31 You shall do no work at all. This is to be a lasting ordinance(BA) for the generations to come, wherever you live. 32 It is a day of sabbath rest(BB) for you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your sabbath.”(BC)

The Festival of Tabernacles(BD)

33 The Lord said to Moses, 34 “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh(BE) month the Lord’s Festival of Tabernacles(BF) begins, and it lasts for seven days. 35 The first day is a sacred assembly;(BG) do no regular work.(BH) 36 For seven days present food offerings to the Lord, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly(BI) and present a food offering to the Lord.(BJ) It is the closing special assembly; do no regular work.

37 (“‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for bringing food offerings to the Lord—the burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings(BK) required for each day. 38 These offerings(BL) are in addition to those for the Lord’s Sabbaths(BM) and[e] in addition to your gifts and whatever you have vowed and all the freewill offerings(BN) you give to the Lord.)

39 “‘So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival(BO) to the Lord for seven days;(BP) the first day is a day of sabbath rest, and the eighth day also is a day of sabbath rest. 40 On the first day you are to take branches(BQ) from luxuriant trees—from palms, willows and other leafy trees(BR)—and rejoice(BS) before the Lord your God for seven days. 41 Celebrate this as a festival to the Lord for seven days each year. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the generations to come; celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 Live in temporary shelters(BT) for seven days: All native-born Israelites are to live in such shelters 43 so your descendants will know(BU) that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’”

44 So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed festivals of the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 23:13 That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms; also in verse 17
  2. Leviticus 23:13 That is, about 1 quart or about 1 liter
  3. Leviticus 23:19 Or purification offering
  4. Leviticus 23:27 Or and fast; similarly in verses 29 and 32
  5. Leviticus 23:38 Or These festivals are in addition to the Lord’s Sabbaths, and these offerings are