ʻEkisotosi 23
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Berean Standard Bible
1“ʻOua naʻa ke fakatupu ʻae ongoongo loi; ʻoua naʻa ke kuku nima mo e kau angakovi ke hoko ʻae fakamoʻoni taʻetotonu.
1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
2¶ “ʻOua naʻa ke muimui ki he tokolahi ke fai kovi: ʻoua naʻa ke lea fakaangimui pe ki he tokolahi ke fakapikoʻi ʻae fakamaau.
2You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
3¶ “Pea ʻoua naʻa ke tokoni kovi ki he tangata masiva.
3And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
4¶ “Pea kapau ʻoku mo fetaulaki mo e pulu pe ko e ʻasi ʻa ho fili ʻoku ʻalu hē, ko e moʻoni te ke toe ʻomi ia kiate ia.
4If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
5Kapau ʻoku ke mamata ki he ʻasi ʻo ia ʻoku fehiʻa kiate koe ʻoku tokoto kuo taʻomia ia ʻe heʻene kavenga, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ke fie tokoni ia, ko e moʻoni te ke tokoni ia.
5If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
6¶ “ʻOua naʻa ke fakahalaʻi ʻae fakamaau ʻo hoʻo kakai masiva ʻi heʻene meʻa.
6You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
7Taʻofi koe ke ke mamaʻo mei he meʻa loi: pea ʻoua naʻa ke tāmateʻi ʻae taʻehalaia mo e māʻoniʻoni: koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te u fakatonuhia ʻae angakovi.
7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
8¶ “Pea ʻoua naʻa ke maʻu ha meʻa foaki: he ko e meʻa foaki, ʻoku ne fakakui ʻae poto, mo ne fakahalaʻi ʻae ngaahi lea ʻae māʻoniʻoni.
8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
9¶ “Pea ʻoua naʻa ke fakafiuʻi foki ʻae muli; he ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻae loto ʻoe muli, he naʻa mou nofo ko e kau muli ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite.
9Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
10¶ “Pea te ke tō ho fonua ʻi he taʻu ʻe ono, mo ke tānaki hono ngaahi fua ʻo ia:
10For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
11Ka ko hono fitu ʻoe taʻu, ke ke tuku ia ke mālōlō, pea taʻeueʻi: koeʻuhi ke kai ʻe he masiva ʻi ho kakai: pea ko ia ʻoku tuku ʻekinautolu ʻe kai ia ʻe he fanga manu ʻoe vao: pea te ke fai pehē pe ki hoʻo ngoue vaine, mo hoʻo ngoue ʻolive.
11but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
12“Ke ke fai hoʻo ngāue ʻi he ʻaho ʻe ono, pea ke mālōlō ʻi hono fitu ʻoe ʻaho: ke mālōlō ai hoʻo pulu, mo hoʻo asi, mo e tama ʻa hoʻo kaunanga, mo e muli, pea ke nau maʻu ʻae fiemālie.
12For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
13“Pea ko e meʻa kotoa pē kuo u tala kiate kimoutolu, mou tokanga lelei ki ai: pea ʻoua siʻi naʻa ke lea ki he hingoa ʻoe ngaahi ʻotua kehe, pea ke ʻoua naʻa ongoʻi ia mei homou ngutu.
13Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
14¶ “ʻE liunga tolu hoʻo fai ʻae kātoanga kiate au ʻi he taʻu.
14Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
15Ke ke fai ʻae kātoanga ʻoe mā taʻefakalēvani: (ke ke kai mā taʻefakalēvani ʻi he ʻaho ʻe fitu, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku fekau kiate koe, ʻi he ʻaho tuʻutuʻuni ʻi he māhina ko ʻApipi; he naʻa ke haʻu ai mei ʻIsipite; pea ʻoua naʻa haʻu mola pe ha tokotaha ki hoku ʻao.)
15You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
16“Mo e kātoanga ʻoe ututaʻu, ko e ʻuluaki fua ʻo hoʻo ngoue ʻaia naʻa ke tūtuuʻi ʻi hoʻo ngoue: pea mo e kātoanga ʻoe tānaki, ʻaia ʻoku fai ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻoe taʻu, hili hao tānaki fakataha hoʻo ngāue mei he ngoue.
16You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
17ʻE fakahā liunga tolu ʻi he taʻu ʻa hoʻo kakai tangata kotoa pē ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko e ʻOtua.
17Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
18“ʻOua naʻa ke ʻatu ʻae toto ʻo hoku feilaulau fakataha mo e mā kuo fakalēvani: pea ʻoua naʻa tuku ʻae ngako ʻo hoku feilaulau ki he ʻapongipongi.
18You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
19“Ko e polopolo ʻoe ngaahi ʻuluaki fua ʻo ho fonua ke ke ʻomi ki he fale ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua. “ʻOua naʻa ke haka ʻae ʻuhikiʻi sipi pe ko e kosi ʻi he huhuʻa ʻo ʻene faʻē.
19Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
20¶ “Vakai, ʻoku ou fekau ha ʻĀngelo ke muʻomuʻa ʻi ho ʻao, ke tataki koe ʻi he hala, pea ke ʻomi koe ki he potu ʻaia kuo u teuteuʻi.
20Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
21Pea ke tokanga kiate ia, pea fai talangofua ki hono leʻo, ʻoua naʻa ke fakahouhau kiate ia; koeʻuhi ʻe ʻikai te ne fakamolemole hoʻomou ngaahi talangataʻa: he ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻa hoku huafa.
21Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
22Pea kapau te ke fai talangofua moʻoni ki hono leʻo, ʻo fai ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku ou tala: te u hoko ai ko e fili au ki ho ngaahi fili, pea te u tautea ʻakinautolu ʻoku tautea koe.
22But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
23He ko ʻeku ʻĀngelo ʻe muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe, ʻo ne ʻomi koe ki he kakai ʻAmoli, mo e kau Heti, mo e kau Pelesi, mo e kau Kēnani, mo e kau Hevi, mo e kau Sepusi; pea te u tuʻusi ʻakinautolu.
23For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
24ʻOua naʻa ke punou koe ki honau ngaahi ʻotua, pe tauhi ʻakinautolu, pe fai ʻo hangē ko ʻenau ngaahi ngāue, ka ke fakaʻauha ʻaupito ʻakinautolu, mo holoki hifo ʻaupito ʻenau ngaahi meʻa fakatātā.
24You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
25Pea te mou tauhi ʻa Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, pea te ne tāpuakiʻi hoʻo mā mo hoʻo vai: pea te u toʻo ʻae mahaki ʻo ʻave ia meiate kimoutolu.
25So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
26¶ ʻE ʻikai ha meʻa ʻe fānau taʻehoko, pe paʻa ʻi ho fonua: ko hono lau ʻo ho ngaahi ʻaho te u fakakakato.
26No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
27“Te u fekau ke muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe hoku manavahēʻia, pea te u fakaʻauha ʻae kakai kotoa pē ʻaia te ke hoko ki ai, pea te u ngaohi ha ngaahi fili ke nau fulituʻa kiate koe.
27I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
28Pea te u fekau ke muʻomuʻa ʻiate koe ʻae fanga langomū, pea te nau kapusi mei ho ʻao, ʻae kau Hevi, mo e kau Kēnani, mo e kau Heti.
28I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
29ʻE ʻikai te u kapusi ʻakinautolu mei ho ʻao ʻi he taʻu pe taha: telia naʻa ngaongao ai ʻae fonua, pea tupu ʻo lahi ai kiate koe ʻae fanga manu ʻoe vao.
29I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
30Te u kapusi fakaholoholo pe ʻakinautolu mei ho ʻao, kaeʻoua ke mou tupu ʻo tokolahi, pea maʻu ʻae fonua.
30Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
31Pea te u tuku ho ngataʻanga mei he tahi Kulokula, ʻo aʻu ki he tahi ʻoe kakai Filisitia, pea mei he toafa ʻo aʻu ki he vaitafe lahi: he te u tukuange ʻae kakai ʻoe fonua ki homou nima; pea te ke kapusi ʻakinautolu mei ho ʻao.
31And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
32ʻOua naʻa ke fai ha fuakava mo kinautolu, pe ki honau ngaahi ʻotua.
32You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
33ʻE ʻikai te nau nofo ʻi ho fonua, telia naʻa nau fakafaihalaʻi koe kiate au: he kapau te ke tauhi honau ngaahi ʻotua, ko e moʻoni ʻe fakahalahala ai koe.”
33They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
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