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Kevcai hla dhau

¹Yawmsaub hais rau Mauxe thiab Aloo hauv Iyi tebchaws tias, ²“Muab lub hli no ua lub ib hlis rau nej, yuav ua thawj lub hli rau xyoo tshiab rau nej. ³Cia li qhia rau ib tsoom Yixayee sawvdaws tias hnub xiab kaum lub hli no kom txhua tus txivneej muab ib tug menyuam yaj rau nws tsev neeg, ib yig ib tug. ⁴Yog yim twg neeg tsawg noj tsis tag ib tug menyuam yaj kuj koom nrog lwm yim uas nyob sib ti npaj raws li cov neeg muaj coob muaj tsawg thiab lawv yuav ntsuas saib lawv noj tag ntau los tsawg. ⁵Nej tus menyuam yaj yuav tsum yog ib tug txiv thiab tsis muaj chaw thuam li thiab hnub nyoog ib xyoos txawm yog menyuam yaj lossis menyuam tshis los kuj tau. ⁶Nej yuav muab yug cia txog hnub xiab kaum plaub lub hli no, mas thaum tsaus ntuj cov Yixayee sawvdaws yuav tua lawv tus menyuam yaj. ⁷Mas lawv yuav tsum muab cov ntshav pleev ob tug npuab rooj thiab saum hau qhov rooj rau lub tsev uas lawv noj ntawd. ⁸Hmo ntawd lawv yuav noj nqaij ci, ntxuag cov ncuav tsis xyaw keeb thiab ntxuag tej txuj lom iab. ⁹Tsis txhob noj nqaij nyoos thiab nqaij hau kiag li, cia li muab ci kiag ib tug kheej nrog taubhau thiab tes taw thiab plab hnyuv siab ntsws. ¹⁰Tsis txhob tseg ib qho seem txog kaj ntug. Tej uas tshuav rau kaj ntug yuav tsum muab hlawv pov tseg. ¹¹Nej sawvdaws yuav noj li no, yuav sia siv khov kho ntawm duav thiab rau khau rawv ntawm taw thiab tuav rawv pas nrig ntawm tes. Nej yuav noj nrawm nroos. No yog Yawmsaub kevcai hla dhau. ¹²Rau qhov hmo ntawd kuv yuav hla mus hauv Iyi tebchaws mas kuv yuav tua txhua tus menyuam uas yog tus tub hlob hauv Iyi tebchaws huvsi, tsis hais neeg thiab tsiaj txhu. Thiab yuav rau txim rau Iyi tej dab huvsi. Kuv yog Yawmsaub. ¹³Cov ntshav uas nyob ntawm lub tsev uas nej nyob yuav ua chaw ntaus cim rau nej. Thaum kuv pom cov ntshav ntawd kuv yuav hla dhau nej mus, yuav tsis muaj xwm txheej phem tshwm los raug nej rau thaum kuv ntaus Iyi tebchaws.
¹⁴“Hnub no yuav ua hnub uas nej nco ntsoov thiab nej yuav nco muab hnub no ua kevcai noj haus hwm Yawmsaub. Nej yuav coj kevcai pam noj haus li no ib tiam dhau ib tiam mus ib txhis. ¹⁵Nej yuav noj ncuav tsis xyaw keeb kom puv xya hnub. Thawj hnub nej yuav muab tej keeb ncuav hauv nej tej tsev rho pov tseg huvsi. Yog leejtwg noj tej ncuav uas xyaw keeb hnub ib txog hnub xya mas yuav muab tus ntawd txiav tawm hauv cov Yixayee. ¹⁶Thawj hnub yuav tuaj txoos ua ke ua kevcai dawb huv thiab hnub uas xya kuj tuaj txoos ua ke ua kevcai dawb huv. Ob hnub ntawd tsis txhob ua haujlwm dabtsi kiag li tsuas yog ua pluas noj pluas haus xwb.
¹⁷“Nej yuav coj kevcai noj ncuav tsis xyaw keeb rau qhov hnub no ntag yog hnub uas kuv tau coj nej cov neeg tawm hauv Iyi tebchaws. Vim li no nej yuav nco muab hnub no los ua kevcai noj haus ib tiam dhau ib tiam mus ib txhis li. ¹⁸Lub ib hlis hnub xiab kaum plaub thaum tsaus ntuj nej yuav noj ncuav tsis xyaw keeb mus txog hnub tim nees nkaum ib thaum tsaus ntuj. ¹⁹Hauv xya hnub ntawd tsis kheev kom muaj ib qho keeb nyob hauv nej tej tsev kiag li. Yog leejtwg tuaj ua qhua nyob lossis yug hauv lub tebchaws kuj xij noj ncuav xyaw keeb mas tus ntawd yuav raug muab txiav tawm hauv cov Yixayee. ²⁰Nej tsis txhob noj ib yam dabtsi uas xyaw keeb rau hauv txhua lub chaw uas nej nyob, yuav tsum noj tej ncuav uas tsis xyaw keeb xwb.”
²¹Ces Mauxe txawm hu Yixayee tej kev txwj laus sawvdaws tuaj ua ke thiab hais rau lawv tias, “Nej sawvdaws txhua yim cia li xaiv ib tug menyuam yaj los tua ua kevcai hla dhau. ²²Muab ib re nplooj zaub txig theem raus cov ntshav uas nyob hauv lub phaj, coj mus pleev rau ob tug npuab rooj thiab saum hau qhov rooj. Tsis txhob kheev nej ib tug tawm hauv nws lub tsev txog kaj ntug. ²³Rau qhov Yawmsaub yuav hla tuaj mus tua cov Iyi. Thaum Yawmsaub pom cov ntshav saum hau qhov rooj thiab ntawm ob tug npuab rooj, nws yuav hla lub qhov rooj ntawd mus, nws yuav tsis kheev tus uas tua nkag mus tua nej rau hauv nej lub tsev. ²⁴Nej yuav coj txoj kevcai no rau nej thiab nej tej tub ki mus ib txhis. ²⁵Thaum nej mus txog lub tebchaws uas Yawmsaub yuav pub rau nej raws li uas nws tau cog lus tseg lawm, nej yuav tsum coj txoj kevcai no. ²⁶Thaum nej tej tub ki nug nej tias, ‘Txoj kevcai no lub ntsiab yog dabtsi?’ ²⁷nej yuav teb tias, ‘Yog ua kevcai xyeem tsiaj hla dhau rau Yawmsaub, rau qhov Yawmsaub tau hla cov Yixayee tej tsev hauv Iyi tebchaws, rau thaum nws tua cov neeg Iyi, tiamsis tseg peb txhua tsev neeg.’ ” Cov pejxeem kuj nyo hau pe hawm Yawmsaub. ²⁸Mas cov Yixayee kuj mus ua tej no raws li Yawmsaub tau hais rau Mauxe thiab Aloo lawd.

Cov Iyi tej tub hlob tuag

²⁹Thaum ib tag hmo Yawmsaub tua tej tub hlob txhua tus hauv Iyi tebchaws, txij ntua Falau tus tub hlob uas nyob saum lub zwm txwv mus txog tus uas raug kaw hauv tsev lojfaj tus tub hlob, thiab tej tsiaj txhu thawj tug menyuam txhua tus. ³⁰Mas Falau thiab nws cov tub teg tub taws sawvdaws thiab cov Iyi sawvdaws sawv tsaus ntuj nti los. Muaj suab quaj nyiav nrov thoob plaws Iyi tebchaws, vim yog tsis tshuav ib yig uas tsis muaj neeg tuag li. ³¹Falau thiaj hu Mauxe thiab Aloo tuaj cuag nws hmo ntawd thiab hais tias, “Neb thiab cov Yixayee cia li sawv tsees tsiv ntawm kuv haiv neeg mus lauj. Cia li mus pe hawm Yawmsaub raws li neb twb hais cia lawd. ³²Cia li coj nej tej yaj tej tshis thiab nej tej nyuj mus raws li neb twb hais cia lawd. Thiab foom koob hmoov rau kuv.”
³³Cov Iyi kuj txhib kom cov Yixayee khiav tawm hauv lawv lub tebchaws sai sai. Lawv hais tias, “Peb tuag tag lawm lauj!” ³⁴Cov Yixayee thiaj muab khaubncaws qhwv tej hmoov uas tsis tau xyaw keeb thiab tej phaj uas zuaj ncuav kwv kiag saum xub pwg mus. ³⁵Cov Yixayee twb ua raws li Mauxe tau hais lawd, yog thov tej npauj nyiag npauj kub thiab tej tsoos tsho ntawm cov Iyi. ³⁶Thiab Yawmsaub ua rau cov Iyi hlub cov Yixayee, thiaj muab txhua yam uas cov Yixayee thov pub rau lawv. Ua li no lawv thiaj lws tau cov Iyi.

Cov Yixayee tawm hauv Iyi tebchaws

³⁷Cov Yixayee sawv taw tawm ntawm lub moos Lamexe mus txog lub moos Xukhau. Suav cov txivneej kwvlam muaj 600,000 leej tsis suav cov pojniam menyuam. ³⁸Muaj lwm haiv neeg coob coob nrog lawv mus thiab. Sawvdaws raws tsiaj txhu coob coob mus tsis hais yaj tshis thiab nyuj. ³⁹Lawv muab tej hmoov uas zuaj lawm coj tawm hauv Iyi tebchaws mus ci ua ncuav tsis xyaw keeb. Lawv tsis xyaw keeb rau qhov lawv raug txhib tawm hauv Iyi tebchaws thiab tos tsis taus thiaj npaj tsis yeej zaub mov.
⁴⁰Cov Yixayee nyob hauv Iyi tebchaws tau plaub puas peb caug xyoo. ⁴¹Thaum dhau plaub puas peb caug xyoo lawd, hnub ntawd ntag Yawmsaub haiv neeg sawvdaws tawm hauv Iyi tebchaws mus. ⁴²Hmo ntawd yog hmo uas Yawmsaub zov rawv yuav coj lawv tawm hauv Iyi tebchaws. Yog li ntawd hmo ntawd kuj yog hmo uas cov Yixayee sawvdaws yuav zov rawv nco txog Yawmsaub ib tiam dhau ib tiam mus li.

Vajtswv qhia ua Kevcai Hla Dhau

⁴³Yawmsaub hais rau Mauxe thiab Aloo tias, “Kevcai hla dhau yuav tsum ua li no. Tsis txhob kheev lwm haiv neeg noj li. ⁴⁴Tiamsis tus qhev twg uas nej rho nyiaj yuav los thiab muab nws ua kevcai txiav lawm nws li noj tau. ⁴⁵Lwm haiv neeg uas nrog nej nyob thiab tej tub zog mas tsis txhob cia noj. ⁴⁶Yuav tsum noj hauv tsev xwb, tsis txhob coj tej nqaij ib qho tawm rau nraum zoov kiag li, thiab tsis txhob muab tej pob txha lov. ⁴⁷Cov Yixayee sawvdaws yuav tsum ua txoj kevcai no. ⁴⁸Thaum muaj lwm haiv neeg los nrog nej nyob thiab xav ua kevcai hla dhau xyeem rau Yawmsaub, kuj kom nws cov txivneej sawvdaws ua kevcai txiav tso, nws li tuaj ze thiab ua kevcai tau. Nws thiaj zoo ib yam li cov uas yug rau hauv lub tebchaws. Tiamsis cov uas tsis tau ua kevcai txiav mas tsis txhob noj kiag li. ⁴⁹Cov Yixayee uas yug hauv lub tebchaws thiab lwm haiv neeg uas los nrog nej nyob yuav tsum coj txoj kevcai no ib yam nkaus.”
⁵⁰Mas cov Yixayee sawvdaws kuj ua tej no raws li Yawmsaub tau hais rau Mauxe thiab Aloo lawm. ⁵¹Hnub ntawd ntag Yawmsaub coj cov Yixayee txhua xeem tawm hauv Iyi tebchaws mus raws li lawv tej pab tej pawg.

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The Passover Instituted

¹Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, ²⚓“This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. ³Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the ⚓tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household. ⁴And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons; according to each man’s need you shall make your count for the lamb. ⁵Your lamb shall be ⚓without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. ⁶Now you shall keep it until the ⚓fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight. ⁷And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. ⁸Then they shall eat the flesh on that ⚓night; ⚓roasted in fire, with ⚓unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. ⁹Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but ⚓roasted in fire—its head with its legs and its entrails. ¹⁰⚓You shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire. ¹¹And thus you shall eat it: with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. ⚓It is the Lord’s Passover.
¹²‘For I ⚓will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and ⚓against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: ⚓I am the Lord. ¹³Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
¹⁴‘So this day shall be to you ⚓a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a ⚓feast ⚓by an everlasting ordinance. ¹⁵⚓Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, ⚓that person shall be cut off from Israel. ¹⁶On the first day there shall be⚓a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on them; but that which everyone must eat—that only may be prepared by you. ¹⁷So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for ⚓on this same day I will have brought your armies ⚓out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance. 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. ¹⁹For ⚓seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. ²⁰You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.’ ”
²¹Then ⚓Moses called for all the ⚓elders of Israel and said to them, ⚓“Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb. ²²⚓And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and ⚓strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning. ²³⚓For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the ⚓blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and ⚓not allow ⚓the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you. ²⁴And you shall ⚓observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever. ²⁵It will come to pass when you come to the land which the Lord will give you, j⚓ust as He promised, that you shall keep this service. ²⁶⚓And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ ²⁷that you shall say, ⚓‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the Lord, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’ ” So the people ⚓bowed their heads and worshiped. ²⁸Then the children of Israel went away and ⚓did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

²⁹⚓And it came to pass at midnight that ⚓the Lord 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. ³⁰So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, 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.

The Exodus

³¹Then he ⚓called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise, go out from among my people, ⚓both you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the Lord as you have ⚓said. ³²⚓Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.”
³³⚓And the Egyptians ⚓urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” ³⁴So the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. ³⁵Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians ⚓articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing. ³⁶⚓And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus ⚓they plundered the Egyptians.
³⁷Then ⚓the children of Israel journeyed from ⚓Rameses to Succoth, about ⚓six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. ³⁸A ⚓mixed multitude went up with them also, and flocks and herds—a great deal of ⚓livestock. ³⁹And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because ⚓they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves.
⁴⁰Now the sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in Egypt was⚓four hundred and thirty years. ⁴¹And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years—on that very same day—it came to pass that ⚓all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. ⁴²It is⚓a night of solemn observance to the Lord for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This is that night of the Lord, a solemn observance for all the children of Israel throughout their generations.

Passover Regulations

⁴³And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is⚓the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it. ⁴⁴But every man’s servant who is bought for money, when you have ⚓circumcised him, then he may eat it. ⁴⁵⚓A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat it. ⁴⁶In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, ⚓nor shall you break one of its bones. ⁴⁷⚓All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. ⁴⁸And ⚓when a stranger dwells with you and wants to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as a native of the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat it. ⁴⁹⚓One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you.”
⁵⁰Thus all the children of Israel did; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. ⁵¹⚓And it came to pass, on that very same day, that the Lord brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt ⚓according to their armies.