Exodus 12

12 ¹Our Papa talk give Moses and Aaron for di land of Egypt say,

²"Dis month go be di start of your months, di first month of di year. ³Tell di whole assembly of Israel say: for di tenth day of dis month, every man go take one lamb for each family, one lamb for each house. ⁴If di house too small for one whole lamb, make am and di neighbor wey dey close am take one lamb according to di number of people, dem go count am by how much each person fit chop. ⁵Your lamb must be one wey no get any spot, male wey don reach one year; take am from di sheep or from di goats. ⁶Keep am till di fourteenth day of dis month; di whole assembly of di congregation of Israel go kill am for evening time wen sun dey go down. ⁷Dem go take small of di blood and put am for di two doorposts and di top of di door of di houses wey dem go chop am. ⁸Dat night dem must chop di meat, roast am for fire, with bread wey dem no put yeast inside and bitter herbs—dem must chop am. ⁹No chop am raw or boil am for water, but roast am for fire—head, legs, and di parts wey dey inside. ¹⁰No leave any of am reach morning; burn wetin remain reach morning. ¹¹Chop am dis way: your belt tie for waist, your sandals for your leg, your staff for your hand, and make you chop am quick-quick. Na di Passover of our Papa be dis. ¹²Dat night I go pass through di land of Egypt and kill every first pikin wey dem born for di land of Egypt, both man and animal, and I go judge all di gods of Egypt. Na me be your Papa. ¹³Di blood go be sign for una for di houses wey una dey. Wen I see di blood, I go pass over una—no plague go destroy una wen I strike di land of Egypt. ^a a v13 Di blood for di doorway wey dey turn judgment comot dey point to Jesus, our Passover lamb, wey im blood dey cover everybody wey trust am.

¹⁴"Dis day go be memorial for una; celebrate am as feast to your Papa, na rule forever for all your generations—celebrate am. ¹⁵Chop bread wey no get yeast for seven days. Comot all yeast from your houses for di first day, because whoever chop anything wey get yeast inside, from di first day to di seventh, dem go cut am comot from Israel. ¹⁶For di first day make una hold holy gathering, and for di seventh day another holy gathering. No do any work dat time, except to prepare wetin each person go chop—na dat one alone una fit do. ¹⁷Keep di Feast of Bread Wey No Get Yeast, because na for dis very day I bring your armies comot from di land of Egypt. Keep dis day, generation after generation, as statute wey no go end. ¹⁸For di first month, chop bread wey no get yeast from di evening of di fourteenth day till di evening of di twenty-first day. ¹⁹For seven days, make dem no find any yeast for una houses; whoever chop anything wey get yeast inside, dem must cut am comot from di community of Israel, whether na foreigner or person wey dem born for di land. ²⁰No chop anything wey dem make with yeast; chop bread wey no get yeast everywhere una dey stay."

²¹Moses call all di elders of Israel and tell dem say, "Pick lambs for your families, den kill di Passover lamb. ²²Take one bunch of hyssop, dip am for di blood wey dey inside di basin, and touch di top of di door and di two doorposts with di blood wey dey di basin. Make none of una comot for im house door reach morning. ²³Because our Papa go pass through to strike Egypt. Wen im see di blood for di top of di door and di two doorposts, our Papa go pass over di door and no go let di destroyer enter una houses to strike una. ²⁴Una go keep dis command as statute wey no go end, for una and for una pikin dem. ²⁵Wen una enter di land wey our Papa go give una, as im promise, keep dis service. ²⁶And wen your pikin dem ask you say, 'Wetin dis service mean to you?' ²⁷una go talk say, 'Na di Passover sacrifice of our Papa: im pass over di houses of di people of Israel for Egypt, im strike di Egyptians but im spare our houses.'" Den di people bow down and worship.

²⁸Di people of Israel go and do just as our Papa command Moses and Aaron; na so dem do am.

²⁹For midnight our Papa strike every first pikin for Egypt, from di first pikin of Pharaoh wey dey sit for im throne to di first pikin of di prisoner wey dey inside prison, and every first-born animal. ³⁰Pharaoh wake up dat night—im, im officials, and all Egypt—and one big cry rise for Egypt, because every house get person wey die.

Pharaoh Let Dem Go

³¹Im call Moses and Aaron dat night say, "Get up, comot from among my people—you and di people of Israel—go, serve God as una talk. ³²Take both your flocks and your herds, as una talk, and go—and bless me too."

³³Di Egyptians dey push di people of Israel make dem comot from di land quick-quick, dem dey say, "We all don die." ³⁴Di people carry dem dough before e rise, dem tie dem kneading bowls inside dem cloth for dem shoulder. ³⁵Israel do as Moses talk: dem ask di Egyptians for silver, gold, and clothes. ³⁶And our Papa make di people find favor for di eye of di Egyptians, so dem give dem wetin dem ask; na so di people carry di property of di Egyptians go.

³⁷Israel comot from Rameses go Succoth—about 600,000 men wey dey waka for foot, apart from women and children. ³⁸One big mixed crowd of people also go up with dem, with flocks, herds, and plenty plenty livestock. ³⁹Dem bake di dough wey dem carry comot from Egypt into flat cakes wey no get yeast, because e never rise—dem drive dem comot from Egypt, and dem no get time to wait or prepare food for demself. ⁴⁰Di time wey di people of Israel live for Egypt na 430 years. ⁴¹After 430 years, na for dat very day, all di armies of our Papa comot from di land of Egypt. ⁴²Dis na night wey our Papa watch, to bring dem comot from di land of Egypt; dis same night, all di people of Israel dey keep watch for our Papa, generation after generation.

Who Fit Chop di Passover

⁴³Our Papa tell Moses and Aaron say, "Dis na di rule of di Passover: no foreigner fit chop am, ⁴⁴but every slave wey dem buy with money fit chop am after you don circumcise am. ⁴⁵No temporary resident or hired worker fit chop am. ⁴⁶Chop am for one house; no carry any of di meat comot for outside di house, and no break any of im bones. ^b b v46 Dem no break even one of di lamb bones—na di very thing wey dem talk about Jesus for di cross, di true Passover lamb. ⁴⁷Di whole congregation of Israel go keep am. ⁴⁸If foreigner wey dey live with you wan keep di Passover to our Papa, circumcise all im males; den im fit come near and keep am—im go be like person wey dem born for di land. But no person wey no circumcise fit chop am. ⁴⁹Make there be one law for di person wey dem born for di land and for di foreigner wey dey live among una."

⁵⁰All di sons of Israel do as our Papa command Moses and Aaron; na so dem do am. ⁵¹Na for dat very day our Papa bring di people of Israel comot from di land of Egypt by dem armies.