Who Fit Enter Our Papa Assembly
Rules about who fit enter the assembly, and dem remember how Balaam curse turn to blessing because your Papa love you. Dem go keep the camp clean because e dey waka inside am. Slave wey run come meet you, you no go hand am back. No collect interest from your brother; vow wey you make, you must pay am.
23 1Any man wey dem don crush im testicles or cut off im penis no fit enter di assembly of our Papa. 2Person wey dem born outside marriage no fit enter di assembly of our Papa; even im pikin dem, reach di tenth generation, no fit enter di assembly of our Papa. 3No Ammonite or Moabite fit enter di assembly of our Papa; even reach di tenth generation, nobody wey belong to dem fit enter di assembly of our Papa, forever. 4Because dem no come meet una with bread and water for di road wey una waka comot from Egypt, and dem pay Balaam pikin of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia make e curse una. 5But una Papa refuse to hear Balaam, and e turn di curse become blessing for una, because una Papa love una. 6Make una no look for dia peace or dia prosperity all di days of una life, forever. 7No despise Edomite person; na your brother e be. No despise Egyptian person; you bin be foreigner for im land. 8Di pikin dem wey dem born reach di third generation fit enter di assembly of our Papa.
Holiness Inside di Camp
9Wen una comot as camp go fight una enemies, make una keep unaself far from every evil thing. 10If any man among una no clean because of wetin comot for im body for night, make e comot go outside di camp and no enter am again. 11As evening dey near, make e wash imsef with water; wen sun set, e fit return come di camp. 12Make una get one place outside di camp wia una fit comot go ease unasef. 13Keep spade among una things. Wen you sidon outside, use am dig hole and cover your shit. 14Una Papa dey waka pass inside una camp to rescue una and hand over una enemies; na why una camp must holy, so dat e no go see any nonsense thing among una and turn im back comot from una.
Laws for How Una Go Dey Live Togeda
15No hand over slave wey don run come you comot from im master back to im master. 16Make e stay with you, among una, for any of una towns wey e choose, wia e like. No treat am bad.
17No daughter of Israel go be temple prostitute, and no son of Israel go be temple prostitute. a a v17 "Temple prostitute" na person wey dem tie to pagan fertility worship, no be ordinary prostitution — di practice mix sex with idol religion, and our Papa forbid am among im pikin dem. 18No bring prostitute money or dog earnings enter your Papa house for any vow—di two of dem na thing wey your Papa hate well well. b b v18 "A dog" for here na slang for male temple prostitute; im earnings, like prostitute own, dem forbid am as offering.
19No collect interest from your brother—on money, food, or anything else wey you lend. 20You fit collect interest from foreigner, but no from your brother, so dat your Papa go bless everything wey you put your hand do for di land wey you dey enter go possess.
21Wen you make vow to your Papa, no delay to pay am, because your Papa go surely require am from you, and e go be sin for you. 22But if you no make vow at all, you no go carry guilt of sin. 23Keep and do wetin you vow to your Papa; na your own mouth talk am with your own choice. 24Wen you enter your neighbor vineyard, you fit chop grape reach as your belle want, as much as you like, but no put any inside your container. 25Wen you enter your neighbor farm wia im grain dey stand, you fit pick head of grain with your hand, but you no must swing sickle for your neighbor grain wey dey stand.
