Exodus 13:1-22 show how God lead Israelites through wilderness after dem commot Egypt, with cloud and fire guiding dem.
1. Di Lord talk to Moses say,
2. "Make di Israelites set apart all di firstborn for me, whether na man or animal, e go be mine."
3. Moses tell di people say, "Remember say, today na di day wey di Lord bring una comot from Egypt, from slavery. Make una celebrate am every year, e go be like holiday for una."
4. "Dis day for di first month, for di second day, make una hold am."
5. "When di Lord give una di land of di Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, e go give una di land wey he promise to give una, land wey full of milk and honey, make una follow dis law for di day."
6. "For seven days, make una chop unleavened bread, and di seventh day go be special holy day."
7. "For seven days, make bread wey no get yeast dey for una, and make una no see any yeast anywhere for una land."
8. "Make una tell una children say, ‘This na di time wey di Lord pass over Egypt, when e take us out of Egypt, we must keep dis rule all di time.’"
9. "Dis go be sign for you, like a mark for your hand and your forehead, so say di law of di Lord go be with you and remind you of di day wey he bring you out from Egypt."
10. "Make sure say you keep dis law at di time wey e happen every year, as di Lord say."
11. "When di Lord don bring you into di land of di Canaanites, like e promise, and e don give you di land,
12. "make sure say all di firstborn of everything wey e born for you go be for di Lord."
13. "Every firstborn donkey, make you redeem am with a lamb, but if you no redeem am, you go break di neck of di donkey. Every firstborn son must be redeemed."
14. "In di future, when your children ask you, ‘Why we dey do dis?’ tell dem, ‘With a strong hand di Lord bring us out from Egypt, from slavery.’"
15. "When Pharaoh stubborn and no let us go, di Lord kill all di firstborn of Egypt, from man to animal, but he spare our firstborn, and dat be why we do dis."
16. "E go be like a mark on your hand and on your forehead, because di Lord brought us out of Egypt with his strong hand."
17. After di Lord bring di people out of Egypt, di Lord no lead dem through di land of di Philistines, though e near, because e say, "If dem see war, dem fit change their minds and go back to Egypt."
18. So di Lord lead dem around di wilderness towards di Red Sea, and di Israelites go up out of Egypt ready for battle.
19. Moses take Joseph bones with him, because Joseph had made di Israelites swear an oath, say, "God go surely come to help una, when e do, make una carry my bones with una."
20. They left Succoth and camped at Etham, on di edge of di wilderness.
21. Di Lord go before dem by day in a pillar of cloud to lead dem on di way, and by night e go before dem in a pillar of fire to give dem light, so dat dey go by day and by night.
22. Di pillar of cloud by day and di pillar of fire by night no ever left di people.
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