Êxodo 12

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 "This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household; 4 and if the household is too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls. You shall make your count for the lamb according to what everyone can eat. 5 Your lamb shall be without defect, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6 You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening. 7 They shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two door posts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it. 8 They shall eat the meat in that night, roasted with fire, with unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs. 9 Don’t eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts. 10 You shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire. 11 This is how you shall eat it: with your belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is Yahweh’s Passover. 12 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am Yahweh. 13 The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. 14 This day shall be a memorial for you. You shall keep it as a feast to Yahweh. You shall keep it as a feast throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.

15 "‘Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 16 In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no kind of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, only that may be done by you. 17 You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day I have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever. 18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day of the month at evening. 19 There shall be no yeast found in your houses for seven days, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a foreigner, or one who is born in the land. 20 You shall eat nothing leavened. In all your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread.’"

21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover. 22 You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two door posts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door posts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you. 24 You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever. 25 It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, as he has promised, that you shall keep this service. 26 It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 that you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of Yahweh’s Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.’"

The people bowed their heads and worshiped. 28 The children of Israel went and did so; as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

29 At midnight, Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock. 30 Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said! 32 Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also!"

33 The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, "We are all dead men." 34 The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. 35 The children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing. 36 Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. They plundered the Egyptians.

37 The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, in addition to children. 38 A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much livestock. 39 They baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought out of Egypt; for it wasn’t leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and couldn’t wait, and they had not prepared any food for themselves. 40 Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years. 41 At the end of four hundred thirty years, to the day, all of Yahweh’s armies went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is a night to be much observed to Yahweh for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of Yahweh, to be much observed by all the children of Israel throughout their generations.

43 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner shall eat of it, 44 but every man’s servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat of it. 45 A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it. 46 It must be eaten in one house. You shall not carry any of the meat outside of the house. Do not break any of its bones. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 When a stranger lives as a foreigner with you, and would like to keep the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it. He shall be as one who is born in the land; but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 49 One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you." 50 All the children of Israel did so. As Yahweh commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. 51 That same day, Yahweh brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

Te Kapenga Tuatahi

1 Ā, i kōrero a Ihowā ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona i te whenua o Īhipa, i mea: 2 "Ko tēnei marama hei marama tīmatanga ki a koutou; hei tīmatanga tēnei mō ngā marama o tō koutou tau. 3 Kōrero ki te huihuinga katoa o Īharaira, mea atu, Hei te tekau o ngā rā o tēnei marama, me tango he reme mā rātou e tēnei, e tēnei, kia rite ki ngā whare o ngā mātua, he whare, he reme. 4 Ā ki te tokoouou te whare mō te reme, mā rāua ko tōna hoa noho tata ki tōna whare e tango, kia rite ki te tokomaha o ngā tāngata; whakaritea te tokomaha o ngā tāngata mō te reme ki te kai a tēnei, a tēnei. 5 Kei whai koha tā koutou reme, hei te toa, hei te tau tahi; tangohia mai i ngā hipi, i ngā koati rānei. 6 Ā, me tiaki e koutou taea noatia te tekau mā whā o ngā rā o tēnei marama; ā, mā te huihui katoa o tō Īharaira whakaminenga e patu i te ahiahi. 7 Ā, me tango e rātou tētahi wāhi o ngā toto, ka tā atu ai ki ngā pou e rua, ki te kōrupe hoki o te tatau o ngā whare e kainga ai tēnā mea e rātou. 8 Ā, me kai te kikokiko i taua pō anō, he mea tunu ki te ahi, he taro rēwenakore hoki; he pūwhā kawa hoki tā rātou e kīnaki ai ki taua mea. 9 Kaua tētahi wāhi e kainga matatia, he mea kōhua rānei ki te wai, engari kia tunua ki te ahi; ko tōna pane, ko ōna waewae, me ōna whēkau. 10 Kaua hoki e whakatoea tētahi wāhi ōna ki te ata; ā, ko te wāhi ōna e toe ki te ata, tahuna ki te ahi. 11 Ā, me pēnei tā koutou kai i taua mea; kia whītikiria ō koutou hope, hei ō koutou waewae ō koutou hū, ko ā koutou tokotoko hoki ki ō koutou ringaringa; kia hohoro hoki te kai. Ko te Kapenga hoki a Ihowā tēnā.

12 "Tā te mea ka tika ahau rā waenganui o te whenua o Īhipa i taua pō, ka patu hoki i ngā mātāmua katoa i te whenua o Īhipa, i te tangata ā tae iho ana ki te kararehe; ā, ka puta āku whakawā ki ngā atua katoa o Īhipa. Ko Ihowā ahau. 13 Ā, hei tohu mō koutou te toto i ngā whare e noho ai koutou; ā, ka kite ahau i te toto, ka kape ahau i a koutou, e kore anō hoki te whiu e pā ki a koutou hei whakamate, ina patu ahau i te whenua o Īhipa.

14 "Ā, hei whakamaharatanga mō koutou tēnei rā; hei konei koutou tuku ai i te hākari ki a Ihowā, tuku iho ki ō koutou whakatupuranga; ko te ture tēnei ake nei, ake nei, kia hākaritia e koutou tēnei rā. 15 E whitu ngā rā e kai ai koutou i te taro rēwenakore; hei te rā tuatahi anō ka whakakorea ai te rēwena o ō koutou whare; tā te mea ki te kai tētahi i te taro rēwena i te rā tuatahi, ā taea noatia te whitu o ngā rā, ka hātepea atu taua wairua i roto i a Īharaira. 16 Hei te rā tuatahi hoki he huihuinga tapu, hei te rā tuawhitu hoki he huihuinga tapu mō koutou; kaua tētahi mahi e mahia i aua rā; heoi anō ko te kai mā tēnei, mā tēnei, tā koutou e raweke ai.

17 "Kia mau hoki ki te Hākari o te Taro Rēwenakore; nō te mea, nō tēnei rangi pū anō i whakaputaina ai e ahau ō koutou rōpū i te whenua o Īhipa. Mō konei, kia mau ki tēnei rā, i ō koutou whakatupuranga; hei tikanga tēnei ake ake. 18 Hei te marama tuatahi, hei te kotahi tekau mā whā o ngā rā, i te ahiahi, ka kai koutou i te taro rēwenakore, ā tae noa ki te rua tekau mā tahi o ngā rā o te marama, i te ahiahi. 19 Kaua he rēwena e kitea ki ō koutou whare i ngā rā e whitu; tā te mea ki te kai tētahi i te mea kua rēwenatia, inā, ka hātepea atu taua wairua i roto i te huihui o Īharaira, ahakoa tangata kē, ahakoa tangata whenua rānei. 20 Kaua e kainga tētahi mea kua rēwenatia; hei te taro rēwenakore he kai mā koutou i ō koutou nohoanga katoa."

21 Nā, ka karanga a Mohi ki ngā kaumātua katoa o Īharaira, ka mea ki a rātou, "Tīkina, tangohia mai mā koutou he reme, kia rite ki ō koutou whānau, patua hoki te Kapenga. 22 Ā, tangohia he paihere hihopa, ka tuku ki te toto i te peihana, nā, ka tātā atu i te kōrupe me ngā pou e rua ki te toto i te peihana; kaua hoki tētahi o koutou e puta ki waho o te kūwaha o tōna whare, ā taea noatia te ata. 23 He mea hoki, ka haere atu a Ihowā ki te patu i ngā Īhipiana; ā, ka kite ia i te toto i te kōrupe, i ngā pou e rua hoki, ka kapea e Ihowā te kūwaha, e kore hoki e tukua e ia te kaiwhakamate kia haere ki roto ki ō koutou whare patu ai.

24 "Kia mau hoki ki tēnei mea, hei ture mōu, mō āu tamariki, ake ake. 25 Ā tēnei ake, ā te wā e tae ai koutou ki te whenua e hōmai e Ihowā ki a koutou, ki tāna i kōrero ai, nā, kia mau ki tēnei mahi. 26 Ā tēnei ake, ki te mea ā koutou tamariki ki a koutou, ‘He aha tēnei e mahia nei e koutou?’ 27 Nā, ka mea atu, ‘Ko te patunga rā i tā Ihowā Kapenga, nāna rā i kape ngā whare o ngā tama a Īharaira i Īhipa, i a ia i patu ai i ngā Īhipiana, ā, whakaorangia ake ō mātou whare.’ " Nā, tuohu ana te iwi, koropiko ana.

28 Nā, ka haere ngā tama a Īharaira, ā, mea ana i tā Ihowā i whakahau ai ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, pērā ana rātou.

Te Matenga o ngā Mātāmua

29 Nāwai ā, ka waenganui pō, nā, patua ana e Ihowā ngā mātāmua katoa i te whenua o Īhipa, te mātāmua a Parao e noho ana i runga i tōna torōna, ā tae iho ana ki te mātāmua a te herehere i roto i te whare herehere; me ngā mātāmua katoa a te kararehe. 30 Nā, ka maranga ake a Parao i te pō, rātou ko āna tāngata katoa, ko ngā Īhipiana katoa; nā, he nui te tangi i Īhipa; kāhore hoki he whare i kore te tūpāpaku. 31 Nā, ka karanga ia ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona i te pō, ā, ka mea, "Whakatika, haere atu i roto i tōku iwi, koutou ko ngā tama a Īharaira; haere ki te mahi ki a Ihowā, ki te pērā me tā koutou i kī ai. 32 Tangohia hoki ā koutou hipi, ā koutou kau hoki, ā koutou i kī ai, ā, haere atu; me manaaki anō hoki i ahau."

Te Putanga atu a Īharaira i a Īhipa

33 Ā, akiaki ana ngā Īhipiana ki te iwi, kia tonoa wawetia atu ai rātou i te whenua; i mea hoki rātou, "Ka mate katoa tātou." 34 Ā, maua atu ana e te iwi tā rātou, parāoa pokepoke, i te mea kāhore anō i rēwenatia noatia, he mea takai ā rātou pokepokenga parāoa ki ō rātou kākahu, nā, kei ō rātou pokohiwi. 35 Nā, ka pērā ngā tama a Īharaira me tā Mohi i kī ai; nā, kei te tono mea hiriwa, mea kōura, kākahu, i ngā Īhipiana. 36 Ā, nā Ihowā i mea kia paingia te iwi e ngā Īhipiana, ā, hōmai ana e rātou; ā, pāhuatia ana e rātou ngā Īhipiana.

37 Nā, ka tūria mai e ngā tama a Īharaira i Ramehehe ki Hukota, tata tonu ngā tāne ki ngā mano e ono rau, he mea haere i raro, hāunga ngā tamariki. 38 He nui te whakauru i haere i a rātou; me te hipi, me te kau, he tini kē te kararehe. 39 Ā, tunua iho e rātou ētahi taro rēwenakore i te parāoa pokepoke i maua atu e rātou i Īhipa, kāhore hoki i rēwenatia; nō te mea hoki i peia rātou i Īhipa, kīhai hoki i āhei te noho iho, kīhai hoki rātou i taka i te ō mō rātou.

40 Nā, ko te nohoanga o ngā tama a Īharaira, i noho rā ki Īhipa, e whā rau e toru tekau ngā tau. 41 Ā, i te mutunga o ngā tau e whā rau e toru tekau, i taua rā pū anō, nā, ka puta ngā mano katoa o Ihowā i te whenua o Īhipa. 42 Ka maharatia taua pō nei, hei mea ki a Ihowā, mō tō rātou whakaputanga i te whenua o Īhipa. Ko taua pō tēnei o Ihowā hei maharatanga mā ngā tama katoa a Īharaira, i ō rātou whakatupuranga.

Te Tikanga mō te Kapenga

43 I mea anō a Ihowā ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona, "Ko te tikanga tēnei mō te Kapenga: Kaua tētahi tangata kē e kai i tēnā mea; 44 engari, ngā pononga katoa a te tangata i utua ki te moni, kia oti te kokoti e koe, ka kai ai i tēnā mea. 45 Kaua te manene, te kaimahi rānei, e kai i tēnā mea.

46 "Kia kotahi te whare e kainga ai; kaua e mauria tētahi wāhi o te kikokiko ki waho i te whare; kaua hoki e whatia tētahi wheua ōna. 47 Mā te huihuinga katoa o Īharaira tēnā mahi.

48 "Nā, he tangata kē e noho ana i a koe, ā, ka mahi i te Kapenga a Ihowā, kotia āna tāne katoa, kātahi ka whakatata ai ia ki tēnā mahi; ā, ka rite ki te tangata whenua. Kei kainga e te kokotikore. 49 Kia kotahi anō te ture mō te tangata whenua rāua ko te tangata kē e noho ana i roto i a koutou."

50 Nā, ka pērā ngā tama katoa a Īharaira me tā Ihowā i ako ai ki a Mohi rāua ko Ārona; pērā ana rātou. 51 Nā, nō taua rā pū anō i whakaputaina mai ai e Ihowā ngā tama a Īharaira i te whenua o Īhipa, tēnei rōpū, tēnei rōpū o rātou.