3. Say to the priest on duty at that time, “Today I declare this before the Lord your God. I have come into the land the Lord promised to give us. He promised this to our ancestors.”
4. The priest will take your basket. He will set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.
5. Then you shall announce before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt. He stayed there with only a few people. But they became a great, powerful and large nation there.
6. But the Egyptians were cruel to us. They made us suffer and work very hard.
7. So we prayed to the Lord, the God of our ancestors. He heard us. He saw our trouble, hard work and suffering.
8. Then the Lord brought us out of Egypt. He did it with his great power and strength. He used great terrors, signs and miracles.