Deuteronomy 25
1 If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
Watu wanapokuwa na ugomvi, wapeleke mahakamani na waamuzi wataamua shauri hilo; watawaachia wasio na kosa na kuwahukumu wenye hatia.
2 It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
Kama mtu mwenye hatia anastahili kuchapwa, mwamuzi atamwamuru alale chini ili achapwe mbele yake idadi ya viboko kulingana na kosa lake,
3 He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.
lakini kamwe asichapwe zaidi ya viboko arobaini. Ikiwa atachapwa zaidi ya viboko arobaini, nduguyo atadhalilika machoni pako.
4 You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
Usimfunge maksai kinywa anapopura nafaka.
5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
Ikiwa ndugu wanaishi pamoja na mmoja wao akafa bila kuacha mwana, kamwe mjane wake asiolewe nje ya jamaa hiyo. Ndugu wa mumewe atamchukua, amwoe na kutimiza wajibu wa shemeji kwake.
6 It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
Mwana wa kwanza atakayemzaa atapewa jina la ndugu aliyekufa ili jina lake lisifutike katika Israeli.
7 If the man does not want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”
Hata hivyo, ikiwa ndugu huyo wa mume hataki kuoa huyo mke wa nduguye, mjane atawaendea wazee kwenye lango la mji na kusema, “Ndugu wa mume wangu anakataa kuendeleza jina la nduguye katika Israeli. Hataki kutimiza wajibu wa shemeji kwangu.”
8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says, “I do not want to take her,”
Ndipo wazee wa mji wake watamwita na kuzungumza naye. Kama atashikilia kukataa akisema, “Sitaki kumwoa,”
9 then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”
mjane wa nduguye atamwendea mbele ya wazee, atamvua kiatu kimoja na kumtemea mate usoni, na kusema, “Hivi ndivyo ambavyo hufanywa kwa mtu ambaye atakataa kuendeleza jamaa ya ndugu yake.”
10 His name shall be called in Israel, “The house of him who had his sandal removed.”
Jamaa ya mtu huyo itafahamika katika Israeli kama Jamaa ya Aliyevuliwa Kiatu.
11 When men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and grabs him by his private parts,
Ikiwa watu wawili wanapigana na mke wa mmoja wao akaja kumwokoa mumewe na yule anayemshambulia, naye mke huyo akifika na kumkamata sehemu za siri,
12 then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.
huyo mwanamke utamkata mkono wake. Usimhurumie.
13 You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.
Usiwe na mawe ya kupimia ya aina mbili katika mkoba wako, moja zito na jingine jepesi.
14 You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.
Usiwe na vipimo viwili tofauti katika nyumba yako, kimoja kikubwa, kingine kidogo.
15 You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Ni lazima uwe na uzito na vipimo sahihi na vya haki, ili upate kuishi maisha marefu katika nchi anayokupa Bwana Mungu wako.
16 For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.
Kwa maana Bwana Mungu wako humchukia yeyote ambaye hufanya mambo kama haya, yeyote anayetenda kwa udanganyifu.
17 Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt,
Kumbuka kile Waamaleki walichowatendea mlipokuwa njiani mkitoka Misri.
18 how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God.
Wakati mlipokuwa mmechoka na kuishiwa nguvu kwa safari yenu, wakawapiga wale wote waliokuja nyuma. Waamaleki hawakumwogopa Mungu.
19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget.
Bwana Mungu wako atakapokupa pumziko mbali na adui zako wote wanaokuzunguka katika nchi akupayo kuimiliki kuwa urithi, utafutilia mbali kumbukumbu lote la Waamaleki chini ya mbingu. Usisahau!
