1 و َكَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى فَقالَ:

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

2 « خَصِّصُوا لِي كُلَّ بِكرٍ. كُلُّ أوَّلِ مَولُودٍ فِي بَني إسْرائِيلَ مِنَ النّاسِ وَالبَهائِمِ هُوَ لِي.»

Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

3 و َقالَ مُوسَى لِلشَّعبِ: «تَذَكَّرُوا هَذا اليَومَ حِينَ خَرَجتُمْ مِنْ مِصرَ، مِنْ بَيتِ العُبُودِيَّةِ. لِأنَّ اللهَ أخرَجَكُمْ بِقُوَّةِ يَدِهِ مِنْ هُناكَ. فَلا تَأكُلُوا أيَّ شَيءٍ فِيهِ خَمِيرٌ.

And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.

4 أ نتُمْ تَخرُجُونَ اليَومَ فِي شَهرِ أبِيبَ.

This day came ye out in the month Abib.

5 ح ِينَ يُحضِرُكُمُ اللهُ إلَى أرْضِ الكَنعانِيِّينَ وَالحِثِّيِّينَ وَالأمُورِيِّينَ وَالحِوِّيِّينَ وَاليَبُوسِيِّينَ، الَّتِي أقسَمَ اللهُ لِآبائِكُمْ بِأنْ يُعطِيَها لَكُمْ، أرْضاً تَفِيضُ لَبَناً وَعَسَلاً، جَهِّزُوا خِدمَةَ الخُبزِ غَيرِ المُخْتَمِرِ فِي ذَلِكَ الشَّهرِ.

And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

6 « تاكلُونَ خُبزاً غَيرَ مُخْتَمِرٍ لِسَبعَةِ أيّامٍ، وَفِي اليَومِ السّابِعِ يَكُونُ هُناكَ احتِفالٌ للهِ.

Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.

7 ل ا تَأكُلُوا خُبزاً بِخَمِيرٍ خِلالَ هَذِهِ الأيّامِ السَّبعَةِ. وَلا يَكُنْ فِي بَيتِكَ وَلا فِي كُلِّ أرْضِكَ طَعامٌ فِيهِ خَمِيرٌ.

Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.

8 و َتَقُولُ لابْنِكَ فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ: ‹هَذا العِيدُ تِذْكارٌ لِما صَنَعَهُ اللهُ لَنا حِينَ خَرَجْنا مِنْ مِصرَ.›

And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

9 « سَيَكُونُ هَذا العيدُ كَعَلامَةٍ عَلَى يَدِكَ، وَكَعُصابَةٍ تَعْقُدُها بَيْنَ عَيْنَيكَ. فَتَكُونُ شَرِيعَةُ اللهِ فِي فَمِكَ، لأنِّي أخرَجْتُكَ مِنْ مِصرَ بِقُوَّةِ يَدِي.

And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.

10 ف َحَافِظْ عَلَى هَذِا العِيدِ فِي مَوْعِدِهِ المُحَدَّدِ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ.

Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

11 « وَحِينَ يُحضِرُكَ اللهُ إلَى أرْضِ الكَنعانِيِّينَ الَّتِي أقسَمَ بِأنْ يُعطِيَها لَكَ وَلآبائِكَ،

And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,

12 خ َصِّصْ للهِ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ، كُلَّ أوَّلِ مَولُودٍ. جَمِيعُ أوائِلِ المَواليدِ الذُّكُورِ مِنْ حَيواناتِكَ تَكُونُ للهِ.

that thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord’s.

13 ت َفدِيَ كُلَّ بِكرِ حِمارٍ بِخَرُوفٍ. وَإنْ لَمْ تَفتَدِهِ تَكسِرْ عُنْقَهُ. يَنبَغِي أنْ تَفدِيَ كُلَّ أبْكارِكَ.

And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

14 « وَحِينَ يَسألُكَ ابْنُكَ فِي المُستَقبَلِ: ‹ما هَذا؟› قُلْ لَهُ: ‹أخرَجَنا اللهُ بِقُوَّةِ ذِراعِهِ مِنْ أرْضِ مِصرَ، مِنْ بَيتِ العُبُودِيَّةِ.

And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

15 ل َكِنْ حِينَ رَفَضَ فِرعَوْنُ بِعِنَادِهِ أنْ يُطلِقَنا، قَتَلَ اللهُ جَمِيعَ الأبْكارِ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ. قَتَلَ أبكارَ النّاسِ وَأبكارَ الحَيواناتِ. لِذَلِكَ أنا أذبَحُ للهِ جَمِيعَ الأبْكارِ الذُّكورِ، أوَّلَ المَواليدِ مِنَ الحَيواناتِ، وَهَكَذا أفدي كُلَّ بِكْرٍ مِنْ أبْنائِي.›

and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

16 س َيَكُونُ هَذا العيدُ كَعَلامَةٍ عَلَى يَدِكَ، وَكَعُصابَةٍ تَعْقُدُها بَينَ عَينَيكَ. لِأنَّ اللهَ أخرَجَنا بِقُوَّةِ يَدِهِ مِنْ مِصرَ.» رِحلَةُ الخُرُوجِ مِنْ مِصر

And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.

17 و َحِينَ أطلَقَ فِرعَوْنُ الشَّعبَ، لَمْ يَقُدْهُمُ اللهُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ إلَى أرْضِ الفِلِسطِيِّينَ، مَعَ أنَّها كَانَتْ أقْرَبَ، لِأنَّ اللهَ قالَ: «كَي لا يُغَيِّرَ الشَّعبُ رَأيَهُمْ حِينَ يَرَونَ الحَربَ فَيَعُودُوا إلَى مِصرَ.»

And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

18 ف َأدارَ اللهُ الشَّعبَ إلَى طَرِيقِ بَرِّيَّةِ البَحرِ الأحمَرِ. وَخَرَجَ بَنو إسْرائِيلَ مِنْ مِصرَ مُستَعِدِّينَ لِلحَربِ.

but God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

19 ف َأخَذَ مُوسَى عِظامَ يُوسُفَ مَعَهُ، لِأنَّ يُوسُفَ كانَ قَدِ اسْتَحلَفَ أبناءَ إسْرائِيلَ، قالَ: «مِنَ المُؤَكَّدِ أنَّ اللهَ سَيَفْتَقِدُكُمْ، فَخُذُوا عِظامِي حِينَئِذٍ مِنْ هُنا.»

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

20 و َارتَحَلُوا مِنْ مَدِينَةِ سُكُّوتَ وَخَيَّمُوا فِي مَدِينَةِ إيثامَ فِي طَرَفِ الصَّحْراءِ.

And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

21 و َكانَ اللهُ يَسِيرُ أمامَهُمْ فِي النَّهارِ فِي عَمُودِ سَحابٍ لِيَقُودَهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ، وَفِي اللَّيلِ فِي عَمُودِ نارٍ لِيُنِيرَ لَهُمْ لِيَستَطِيعُوا أنْ يَرتَحِلُوا فِي النَّهارِ وَاللَّيلِ.

And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

22 و َبَقِيَ عَمُودُ السَّحابِ نَهاراً وَعَمُودُ النّارِ لَيلاً أمامَ الشَّعبِ.

he took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.