Exodus 12 (NAV)

1وَخَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ قَائِلاً:Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

2«مُنْذُ الآنَ يَكُونُ لَكُمْ هَذَا الشَّهْرُ رَأْسَ الشُّهُورِ وَأَوَّلَ شُهُورِ السَّنَةِ.“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.

3خَاطِبَا كُلَّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ قَائِلَيْنِ: عَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ فِي الْعَاشِرِ مِنْ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ حَمَلاً لِعَائِلَتِهِ، وَفْقاً لِبُيُوتِ الْآبَاءِ، حَمَلاً لِكُلِّ عَائِلَةٍ.Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.

4وَإِنْ كَانَ الْبَيْتُ صَغِيراً لَا يَسْتَهْلِكُ حَمَلاً كَامِلاً، يَتَقَاسَمُهُ هُوَ وَجَارُهُ الْقَرِيبُ مِنْهُ بِحَسَبِ عَدَدِ الأَشْخَاصِ الْمَوْجُودِينَ هُنَاكَ، بِمِقْدَارِ مَا يَسْتَطِيعُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ مِنَ الْحَمَلِ.If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.

5وَيَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْحَمَلُ ذَكَراً ابْنَ سَنَةٍ، خَالِياً مِنْ كُلِّ عَيْبٍ، تَنْتَقُونَهُ مِنَ الْخِرْفَانِ أَوِ الْمَعِيزِ.Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.

6وَيَكُونُ عِنْدَكُمْ مَحْفُوظاً حَتَّى الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنْ هَذَا الشَّهْرِ. ثُمَّ يَقُومُ كُلُّ جُمْهُورِ إِسْرَائِيلَ بِذَبْحِ الْحُمْلانِ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ.You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

7وَيَأْخُذُونَ الدَّمَ وَيَضَعُونَهُ عَلَى الْقَائِمَتَيْنِ وَالْعَتَبَةِ الْعُلْيَا فِي الْبُيُوتِ الَّتِي يَأْكُلُونَهُ فِيهَا.They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

8ثُمَّ فِي نَفْسِ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ يَتَنَاوَلُونَ اللَّحْمَ مَشْوِيًّا بِالنَّارِ مَعَ فَطِيرٍ، يَأْكُلُونَهُ مَعَ أَعْشَابٍ مُرَّةٍ.They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

9لَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ نِيئاً أَوْ مَسْلُوقاً، بَلْ مَشْوِيًّا بِنَارٍ، رَأْسَهُ مَعَ أَكَارِعِهِ وَجَوْفِهِ.Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.

10وَلا تُبْقُوا مِنْهُ إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ، بَلْ تُحْرِقُونَ كُلَّ مَا تَبَقَّى مِنْهُ إِلَى الصَّبَاحِ بِالنَّارِ.Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.

11تَأْكُلُونَهُ بِعَجَلَةٍ وَأَحْقَاؤُكُمْ مَشْدُودَةٌ، وَأَحْذِيَتُكُمْ فِي أَرْجُلِكُمْ، وَعِصِيُّكُمْ فِي أَيْدِيكُمْ. فَيَكُونُ هَذَا فِصْحاً لِلرَّبِّ.This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

12فَفِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ أَجْتَازُ فِي بِلادِ مِصْرَ وَأَقْتُلُ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِيهَا مِنَ النَّاسِ وَالْبَهَائِمِ وَأُجْرِي قَضَاءً عَلَى كُلِّ آلِهَةِ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ. أَنَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ.On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

13أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَإِنَّ الدَّمَ الَّذِي عَلَى بُيُوتِكُمُ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِيهَا يَكُونُ الْعَلامَةَ الَّتِي تُمَيِّزُكُمْ، فَأَرَى الدَّمَ وَأَعْبُرُ عَنْكُمْ، فَلا تَنْزِلُ بِكُمْ بَلِيَّةُ الْهَلاكِ حِينَ أَبْتَلِي بِها أَرْضَ مِصْرَ.The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

14وَيَكُونُ لَكُمْ هَذَا الْيَوْمُ تَذْكَاراً تَحْتَفِلُونَ بِهِ عِيداً لِلرَّبِّ، فَرِيضَةً أَبَدِيَّةً تَحْتَفِلُونَ بِهِ فِي أَجْيَالِكُمْ.And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

15سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ تَحْتَفِلُونَ، تَأْكُلُونَ فِيهَا فَطِيراً، تُخْلُونَ بُيُوتَكُمْ مِنَ الْخَمِيرِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ، فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ أَكَلَ خَمِيراً فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ، تُبَادُ تِلْكَ النَّفْسُ مِنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ.For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.

16وَتُقِيمُونَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَوَّلِ حَفْلاً مُقَدَّساً، وَكَذَلِكَ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ. لَا يُجْرَى فِيهِمَا عَمَلٌ مَا إلّا تَجْهِيزُ طَعَامِ الأَكْلِ. هَذَا كُلُّ مَا تَعْمَلُونَهُ.On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.

17وَتَحْتَفِلُونَ بِعِيدِ الْفَطِيرِ، لأَنَّنِي فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ عَيْنِهِ أَخْرَجْتُ أَجْنَادَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، فَاحْتَفِلُوا بِهَذَا الْيَوْمِ فَرِيضَةً أَبَدِيَّةً فِي أَجْيَالِكُمُ الْمُقْبِلَةِ.So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

18وَمُنْذُ مَسَاءِ الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ الأَوَّلِ وَحَتَّى مَسَاءِ الْيَوْمِ الْحَادِي وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْهُ تَأْكُلُونَ فَطِيراً.In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.

19سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ تَخْلُو بُيُوتُكُمْ مِنَ الْخَمِيرِ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ أَكَلَ خُبْزاً مُخْتَمِراً يُبَادُ مِنْ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، الْغَرِيبُ وَالمُوَاطِنُ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاءَ.For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.

20لَا تَأْكُلُوا شَيْئاً مُخْتَمِراً، بَلْ فِي كُلِّ مَسَاكِنِكُمْ تَأْكُلُونَ فَطِيراً».You are not to eat anything leavened; eat unleavened bread in all your homes.”

21ثُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى مُوسَى كُلَّ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «اذْهَبُوا وَانْتَقُوا حُمْلاناً بِحَسَبِ عَائِلاتِكُمْ وَاذْبَحُوا حَمَلَ الْفِصْحِ.Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.

22ثُمَّ خُذُوا بَاقَةَ زُوفَا وَاغْمِسُوهَا فِي الدَّمِ الَّذِي تَصَفَّى فِي الإِنَاءِ وَاطْلُوا بِهِ عَتَبَةَ الْبَابِ الْعُلْيَا وَالْقَائِمَتَيْنِ، وَلا يَخْرُجُ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ حَتَّى الصَّبَاحِ.Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.

23لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيَجْتَازُ لَيْلاً لِيُهْلِكَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ. فَحِينَ يَرَى الدَّمَ عَلَى الْعَتَبَةِ الْعُلْيَا وَالْقَائِمَتَيْنِ يَعْبُرُ عَنِ الْبَابِ وَلا يَدَعُ الْمُهْلِكَ يَدْخُلُ بُيُوتَكُمْ لِيَضْرِبَكُمْ.When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

24فَتُمَارِسُونَ هَذَا الأَمْرَ فَرِيضَةً لَكُمْ وَلأَوْلادِكُمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.

25وَعِنْدَمَا تَدْخُلُونَ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي وَعَدَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يَهَبَهَا لَكُمْ، فَإِنَّكُمْ تُمَارِسُونَ هَذِهِ الْفَرِيضَةَ.When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.

26وَيَكُونُ حِينَ يَسْأَلُكُمْ أَبْنَاؤُكُمْ: مَاذَا تَعْنِي هَذِهِ الْفَرِيضَةُ لَكُمْ؟When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’

27تُجِيبُونَهُمْ آنَئِذٍ: إِنَّهَا ذَبِيحَةُ فِصْحٍ لِلرَّبِّ الَّذِي عَبَرَ عَنْ بُيُوتِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي مِصْرَ عِنْدَمَا أَهْلَكَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، وَأَنْقَذَ بُيُوتَنَا». فَحَنَى الشَّعْبُ رُؤُوسَهُمْ سَاجِدِينَ.you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

28فَمَضَى بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفَعَلُوا تَمَاماً كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ.And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

29وَفِي مُنْتَصَفِ اللَّيْلِ أَهْلَكَ الرَّبُّ كُلَّ بِكْرٍ فِي بِلادِ مِصْرَ، مِنْ بِكْرِ فِرْعَوْنَ الْمُتَرَبِّعِ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ إِلَى بِكْرِ الْحَبِيسِ فِي السِّجْنِ، وَأَبْكَارَ الْبَهَائِمِ جَمِيعاً أَيْضاً.Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.

30فَاسْتَيْقَظَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَحَاشِيَتُهُ وَجَمِيعُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ وَإذَا عَوِيلٌ عَظِيمٌ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُوْجَدْ بَيْتٌ لَيْسَ فِيهِ مَيْتٌ.During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.

31فَاسْتَدْعَى مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ لَيْلاً قَائِلاً: «قُومُوا وَاخْرُجُوا مِنْ بَيْنِ الشَّعْبِ أَنْتُمَا وَبَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَانْطَلِقُوا اعْبُدُوا الرَّبَّ كَمَا طَلَبْتُمْ،Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.

32وَخُذُوا مَعَكُمْ غَنَمَكُمْ وَبَقَرَكُمْ كَمَا سَأَلْتُمْ وَامْضُوا وَبَارِكُونِي أَيْضاً».Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”

33وَأَلَحَّ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ لِيُسْرِعُوا فِي الارْتِحَالِ عَنِ الْبِلادِ قَائِلِينَ: «لِئَلّا نَمُوتَ جَمِيعاً».And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”

34فَصَرَّ الشَّعْبُ فِي ثِيَابِهِمْ مَعَاجِنَهُمْ وَعَجِينَهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْتَمِرَ، وَحَمَلُوهَا عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِمْ،So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.

35وَطَلَبُوا مِنَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ آنِيَةَ فِضَّةٍ وَذَهَباً وَثِيَاباً بِحَسَبِ قَوْلِ مُوسَى.Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.

36وَجَعَلَ الرَّبُّ الشَّعْبَ يَحْظَى بِرِضَى الْمِصْرِيِّينَ، فَأَعْطَوْهُمْ كُلَّ مَا طَلَبُوهُ، فَغَنِمُوا مِنَ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ.And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.

37وَارْتَحَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ رَعَمْسِيسَ إِلَى سُكُّوتَ فَكَانُوا نَحْوَ سِتِّ مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ المُشَاةِ مَاعَدَا النِّسَاءَ وَالأَوْلادَ.The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.

38وَكَذَلِكَ انْضَمَّ إِلَيْهِمْ حَشْدٌ كَبِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، مَعَ غَنَمٍ وَمَوَاشٍ وَقُطْعَانٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.

39ثُمَّ خَبَزُوا الْعَجِينَ الَّذِي أَخْرَجُوهُ مَعَهُمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ خُبْزَ مَلَّةٍ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُخْتَمِراً، إذْ أَنَّهُمْ طُرِدُوا مِنْ مِصْرَ وَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَتَأَخَّرُوا فَمَا أَعَدُّوا لأَنْفُسِهِمْ زَاداً.Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.

40وَكَانَتْ مُدَّةُ غُرْبَةِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الَّتِي أَقَامُوهَا فِي مِصْرَ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً.Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.

41وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الأَخِيرِ بِالذَّاتِ، فِي خِتَامِ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةٍ وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً خَرَجَ جَمِيعُ أَجْنَادِ الرَّبِّ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ.At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.

42هِيَ لَيْلَةٌ تُكَرَّسُ لِلرَّبِّ إذْ أَخْرَجَهُمْ فِيهَا مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ. هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةُ هِيَ لِلرَّبِّ، يُكَرِّسُهَا بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي جَمِيعِ أَجْيَالِهِمْ.Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.

43وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى وَهَرُونَ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ مَرَاسِيمُ الْفِصْحِ: لَا يَأْكُلُ غَرِيبٌ مِنْهُ.And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.

44كُلُّ عَبْدٍ مُشْتَرَى بِفِضَّةٍ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ تَخْتِنَهُ.But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.

45النَّزِيلُ وَالأَجِيرُ لَا يَأْكُلانِ مِنْهُ.A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.

46يُؤْكَلُ فِي بَيْتٍ وَاحِدٍ فَلا تَحْمِلْ لَحْماً إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمَنْزِلِ، وَلا تَكْسِرْ مِنْهُ عَظْماً.It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.

47وَعَلَى كُلِّ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنْ تَحْتَفِلَ بِهِ.The whole congregation of Israel must celebrate it.

48وَإذَا عَزَمَ غَرِيبٌ مُقِيمٌ بَيْنَكُمْ أَنْ يَحْتَفِلَ بِفِصْحِ الرَّبِّ فَلْيُخْتَنْ كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، ثُمَّ يَحْتَفِلُ بِهِ، فَيَكُونُ آنَئِذٍ كَمَوْلُودِ الأَرْضِ. لَا يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ أَيُّ ذَكَرٍ أَغْلَفَ.If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.

49فَتَسُودُ هَذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةُ عَلَى الْمُوَاطِنِ وَالدَّخِيلِ الْمُقِيمِ بَيْنَكُمْ».The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”

50فَفَعَلَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ تَمَاماً كَمَا أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ مُوسَى وَهَرُونَ.Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

51فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ عَيْنِهِ أَخْرَجَ الرَّبُّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ بِحَسَبِ فِرَقِ عَشَائِرِهِمْ.And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.

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