Keeping the Passover
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Kisha Bwana akanena na Musa katika bara ya Sinai, mwezi wa kwanza wa mwaka wa pili baada ya kutoka kwao katika nchi ya Misri, akamwambia,
2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
Tena, wana wa Israeli na washike sikukuu ya Pasaka kwa wakati wake ulioagizwa.
3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
Siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi huu, wakati wa jioni, mtaishika kwa wakati wake ulioagizwa; kwa amri zake zote, na kama hukumu zake zote zilivyo, ndivyo mtakavyoishika.
4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.
Kisha Musa akawaambia wana wa Israeli kwamba waishike sikukuu hiyo ya Pasaka;
5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
Nao wakaishika Pasaka katika mwezi wa kwanza, siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi, wakati wa jioni, katika bara ya Sinai vile vile kama hayo yote Bwana aliyomwagiza Musa, ndivyo walivyofanya wana wa Israeli.
6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:
Basi walikuwako watu waume kadha wa kadha waliokuwa na unajisi kwa ajili ya maiti wa mtu, hata wasiweze kuishika Pasaka siku hiyo; nao wakaenda mbele ya Musa na Haruni, siku hiyo hao watu wakamwambia,
7 and those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?
Sisi tu hali ya unajisi kwa ajili ya maiti wa mtu; nasi tumezuiwa kwa nini hata tusipate kumtolea Bwana matoleo kwa wakati wake ulioagizwa, kati ya wana wa Israeli?
8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
Musa akawaambia, Ngojeni hapo; hata nipate sikiza Bwana atakaloagiza juu yenu.
Special Cases
9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Bwana akanena na Musa, akamwambia,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
Nena na wana wa Israeli, kuwaambia, Mtu wa kwenu, au wa vizazi vyenu, ye yote atakayekuwa na unajisi kwa ajili ya maiti, au akiwako mbali katika safari, na haya yote, ataishika Pasaka kwa Bwana;
11 The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs .
mwezi wa pili, siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi, wakati wa jioni, wataishika; watamla pamoja na mikate isiyotiwa chachu na mboga za uchungu;
12 They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
wasisaze kitu chake cho chote hata asubuhi, wala wasimvunje mfupa wake; kama hiyo sheria yote ya Pasaka ilivyo ndivyo watakavyoishika.
13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
Lakini mtu aliye safi, wala hakuwa katika safari, naye amekosa kuishika Pasaka, mtu huyo atakatiliwa mbali na watu wake; kwa sababu hakumtolea Bwana matoleo kwa wakati wake ulioamriwa, mtu huyo atachukua dhambi yake.
14 And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
Na kama mgeni akiketi kati yenu ugenini, naye ataka kuishika Pasaka kwa Bwana; kama hiyo sheria ya Pasaka ilivyo, na kama amri yake ilivyo, ndivyo atakavyofanya; mtakuwa na sheria moja, kwa huyo aliye mgeni, na kwa huyo aliyezaliwa katika nchi.
Leaving Sinai
15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely , the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
Na siku hiyo maskani iliposimamishwa, lile wingu likaifunika maskani, yaani, hema ya kukutania; wakati wa jioni likawa juu ya maskani, mfano wa moto, hata asubuhi.
16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day , and the appearance of fire by night.
Ndivyo ilivyokuwa sikuzote; lile wingu liliifunika kwa mfano wa moto usiku.
17 And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
Na kila lilipoinuliwa lile wingu juu ya ile Hema ndipo wana wa Israeli waliposafiri; na mahali lilipokaa lile wingu, ndipo wana wa Israeli walipopiga kambi yao.
18 At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
Kwa amri ya Bwana Wana wa Israeli walisafiri, na kwa amri ya Bwana walipiga kambi; wakati lile wingu ilipokaa juu ya maskani walikaa katika kambi yao.
19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
Na lile wingu lilipokawia juu ya maskani siku nyingi, ndipo wana wa Israeli walipolinda malinzi ya Bwana, wala hawakusafiri.
20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
Na pengine lile wingu lilikaa juu ya maskani siku chache; ndipo kwa amri ya Bwana walikaa katika kambi yao, tena kwa amri ya Bwana walisafiri.
21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
Na pengine lile wingu lilikaa tangu jioni hata asubuhi; na lile wingu lilipoinuliwa asubuhi walisafiri, au kama likikaa usiku na mchana pia, lilipoinuliwa lile wingu, ndipo waliposafiri.
22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
Ikiwa lile wingu lilikawia, likikaa juu ya maskani siku mbili, au mwezi, au mwaka, wana wa Israeli walikaa katika kambi yao, wasisafiri;
23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
bali lilipoinuliwa walisafiri. Kwa amri ya Bwana walipiga kambi yao, na kwa amri ya Bwana walisafiri; wakayalinda malinzi ya Bwana, kwa mkono wa Musa.
