Deuteronomy 16

16 ¹Observe di month of Abib and keep Passover to your Papa, because na for di month of Abib your Papa carry you comot for Egypt for night. ²Sacrifice di Passover to your Papa from your flock and your herd, for di place wey your Papa go choose make him name settle dere. ^a a v2 Di place wey Papa choose make him name stay bin dey point go di day wey him pikin dem go worship am for anywhere, for spirit and for truth, through Jesus. ³No chop any bread wey get yeast with am. For seven days chop bread wey no get yeast with am—di bread of suffer-suffer—because you comot for di land of Egypt with quick-quick leg, so dat you go remember di day wey you comot for di land of Egypt as long as you dey live. ⁴Make dem no see any yeast for inside all your border for seven days; none of di meat wey you sacrifice for di evening of di first day no fit remain reach morning. ⁵You no fit sacrifice di Passover for inside any of your towns wey your Papa dey give you, ⁶but na for di place wey your Papa go choose make him name dwell, sacrifice di Passover dere—for di evening, as sun dey go down, di same time wey you comot for Egypt. ⁷Cook am and chop am for di place wey your Papa choose, then turn for morning and go your tents. ⁸Chop bread wey no get yeast for six more days; for di seventh day, gada for solemn assembly to your Papa—no do any work.

Di Feast of Weeks

⁹Count seven weeks for yourself; start to count di seven weeks from wen di sickle first enter di grain wey stand for farm. ¹⁰Keep di Feast of Weeks to your Papa: offering wey you give with your own mind, wey you measure according to di blessing wey your Papa don give you. ¹¹You go dey rejoice for front of your Papa—you, your son, your daughter, your servant-man and servant-woman, di Levite wey dey your towns, di stranger, di pikin wey no get papa, and di widow wey dey among you—for di place wey your Papa go choose make him name settle dere. ¹²Remember say you bin be slave for Egypt, and keep dis statute dem well well.

Di Feast of Booths

¹³Celebrate di Feast of Booths for seven days, wen you gada your harvest from your threshing floor and your winepress. ^b b v13 Booths: temporary shelter dem wey dem make with branch, wey dey bring back memory of di years wey Israel waka waka for wilderness. ¹⁴Rejoice for your feast—you, your son, your daughter, your servant-man, your servant-woman, di Levite, di stranger, di pikin wey no get papa, and di widow wey dey your towns. ¹⁵Keep di feast to your Papa for seven days, for di place wey he choose, because he go bless you for all your produce and all di work of your hand—so dat you go full with joy well well. ¹⁶Three times for one year all your men go show demself for front of your Papa for di place wey he choose: di Feast of Unleavened Bread, di Feast of Weeks, and di Feast of Booths. And dem no go show for him front with empty hand. ¹⁷Every man go give according to di gift wey dey him hand, according to di blessing wey your Papa give you.

Judges and Correct-and-Holy Judgement

¹⁸Appoint judges and officers for every town wey your Papa dey give you, tribe by tribe, make dem judge di people with correct judgement. ¹⁹No twist justice, no show face-face favour, no collect bribe—because bribe dey blind di eye of di wise person and dey twist di word of di correct-and-holy person. ²⁰Follow justice, na justice alone, so dat you go live and possess di land wey your Papa dey give you.

Worship Your Papa Alone

²¹No plant any tree for yourself as Asherah for beside di altar of your Papa wey you build. ²²And you no go set up any sacred pillar for yourself, wey your Papa hate.