Targum Onkelos Deuteronomy · chapter 16

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1. 1

   טַר יָת יַרְחָא דַאֲבִיבָא וְתַעְבֵּד פִּסְחָא קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ אֲרֵי בְּיַרְחָא דַאֲבִיבָא אַפְּקָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ מִמִצְרַיִם וַעֲבַד לָךְ נִסִין בְּלֵילְיָא

   Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

2. 2

   וְתִכּוֹס פִּסְחָא קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ מִן בְּנֵי עָנָא וְנִכְסַת קוּדְשַׁיָא מִן תּוֹרֵי בְּאַתְרָא דִי יִתִּרְעֵי יְיָ לְאַשְׁרָאָה שְׁכִנְתֵּה תַּמָן

   You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.

3. 3

   לָא תֵיכוּל עֲלוֹהִי חֲמִיעַ שִׁבְעָא יוֹמִין תֵּיכוּל עֲלוֹהִי פַטִיר לְחֵם עֹנִי אֲרֵי בִּבְהִילוּ נְפַקְתָּא מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם בְּדִיל דְתִדְכַּר יָת יוֹמָא מִפְּקָךְ מֵאַרְעָא דְמִצְרַיִם כָּל יוֹמֵי חַיָיךְ

   You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste— so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

4. 4

   וְלָא יִתְחֲזֵי לָךְ חֲמִר בְּכָל תְּחוּמָךְ שִׁבְעָא יוֹמִין וְלָא יְבִית מִן בִּסְרָא דִי תִכּוֹס בְּרַמְשָׁא בְּיוֹמָא קַדְמָאָה לְצַפְרָא

   No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.

5. 5

   לֵית לָךְ רְשׁוּ לְמִכֹּס יָת פִּסְחָא בַּחֲדָא מִקִרְוָיךְ דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ

   You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.

6. 6

   אֱלָהֵן לְאַתְרָא דִי יִתִּרְעֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְאַשְׁרָאָה שְׁכִנְתֵּהּ תַּמָן תִּכּוֹס יָת פִּסְחָא בְּרַמְשָׁא כְּמֵעַל שִׁמְשָׁא זְמַן מִפְקָךְ מִמִצְרָיִם

   You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.

7. 7

   וּתְבַשֵׁל וְתֵיכוּל בְּאַתְרָא דִי יִתִּרְעֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בֵּהּ וְתִתְפְּנֵי בְצַפְרָא וּתְהַךְ לְקִרְוָיךְ

   And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.

8. 8

   שִׁתָּא יוֹמִין תֵּיכוּל פַּטִירָא וּבְיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה כְּנֵשׁ קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לָא תַעְבֵּד עִבִידָא

   For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.

9. 9

   שִׁבְעָא שָׁבוּעִין תִּמְנֵי לָךְ מִדְשַׁרְיוּת מַגְלָא בַּחֲצַד עוּמְרָא דַאֲרָמוּתָא תִּשְׁרֵי לְמִמְנֵּי שִׁבְעָא שָׁבוּעִין

   You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

10. 10

    וְתַעְבֵּד חַגָא דְשָׁבוּעַיָא קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ מִסַת נִדְבַת יְדָךְ דִי תִתֵּן כְּמָא דִי יְבָרֵכִנָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ

    And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,

11. 11

    וְתֶחֱדֵי קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ אַתְּ וּבְרָךְ וּבְרַתָּךְ וְעַבְדָךְ וְאַמְתָךְ וְלֵוָאָה דִי בְקִרְוָיךְ וְגִיוֹרָא וְיִתַּמָא וְאַרְמְלָא דִי בֵינָךְ בְּאַתְרָא דִי יִתִּרְעֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לְאַשְׁרָאָה שְׁכִנְתֵּהּ תַּמָן

    and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name — you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

12. 12

    וְתִדְכַּר אֲרֵי עַבְדָא הֲוֵיתָא בְּמִצְרָיִם וְתִטַר וְתַעְבֵּד יָת קְיָמַיָא הָאִלֵין

    Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.

13. 13

    חַגָא דִמְטָלַיָא תַּעְבֵּד לָךְ שִׁבְעָא יוֹמִין בְּמִכְנְשָׁךְ מֵאִדְרָךְ וּמִמַעְצַרְתָּךְ

    You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.

14. 14

    וְתֶחֱדֵי בְּחַגָךְ אַתְּ וּבְרָךְ וּבְרַתָּךְ וְעַבְדָךְ וְאַמְתָךְ וְלֵוָאָה וְגִיוֹרָא וְיִתַּמָא וְאַרְמְלָא דִי בְקִרְוָיךְ

    And you shall rejoice in your feast— you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

15. 15

    שִׁבְעָא יוֹמִין תֵּחוֹג קָדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּאַתְרָא דִי יִתִּרְעֵי יְיָ אֲרֵי יְבָרֵכִנָךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּכָל עֲלַלְתָּךְ וּבְכָל עוֹבָדֵי יְדָיךְ וּתְהֵי בְּרַם חָדֵי

    For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.

16. 16

    תְּלַת זִמְנִין בְּשַׁתָּא יִתְחֲזֵי כָל דְכוּרָךְ קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּאַתְרָא דִי יִתִּרְעֵי בְּחַגָא דְפַטִירַיָא וּבְחַגָא דְשָׁבוּעַיָא וּבְחַגָא דִמְטָּלַיָא וְלָא יִתְחֲזֵי קֳדָם יְיָ רֵיקָנוּן

    Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

17. 17

    גְבַר כְּמַתְּנַת יְדֵהּ כְּבִרְכָּתָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ דִי יְהַב לָךְ: ססס

    Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

18. 18

    דַיָנִין וּפֻרְעָנִין תְּמַנֵי לָךְ בְּכֹל קִרְוָיךְ דִי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ לְשִׁבְטָיךְ וִידוּנוּן יָת עַמָא דִין דִקְשׁוֹט

    You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

19. 19

    לָא תַצְלֵי דִין לָא תִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע אַפִּין וְלָא תְקַבֵּל שֹׁחֲדָא אֲרֵי שֹׁחֲדָא מְעַוֵּר עֵינֵי חַכִּימִין וּמְקַלְקַל פִּתְגָמִין תְּרִיצִין

    Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

20. 20

    קֻשְׁטָא קֻשְׁטָא תְּהֵי רָדִיף בְּדִיל דְתֵיחֵי וְתֵירַת יָת אַרְעָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ יָהֵב לָךְ

    Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

21. 21

    לָא תִצוֹב לָךְ אֲשֵׁרַת כָּל אִילָן בִּסְטַר מַדְבְּחָא דַיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ דִי תַעְבֶּד לָךְ

    Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

22. 22

    וְלָא תְקִים לָךְ קָמָא דִי סָנֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ

    and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.