Deuteronomy 1
1 These are the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.
Haya ni maneno ambayo Musa aliyasema kwa Israeli wote ng'ambo ya jangwa la Yordani, katika tambarare ya mto wa Yordani juu ya Suph, katikati mwa Paran, Topheli, Laban, Hazeroth, na Di Zahab.
2 It is eleven days’ [journey] from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.
Ni safari ya siku kumi na moja toka Horabu kupitia njia ya mlima wa Seir kwenda Kadeshi Barnea.
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;
Ilitokea kwenye mwaka wa nne, mwezi wa kumi na moja, siku ya kwanza ya mwezi, Musa alizungumza kwa watu wa Israeli, kuambia yote yale Yahwe aliyomwamuru kuhusu wao.
4 after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
Hii ilikuwa baada ya Yahwe kumvamia Sihoni mfalme wa Amoria, ambaye aliishi huko Heshboni, na Ogi mfalme wa Bashani, ambaye aliishi huko Ashtarothi ya Edrei.
5 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
Ng'ambo ya Yordani, katika nchi ya Moabu, Musa alianza kutangaza maelekezo haya, akisema,
6 Jehovah our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain:
“Yahwe Mungu wetu alisema nasi huko Horebu, akisema, umeishi vya kutosha katika milima ya nchi hii.
7 turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all [the places] nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.
Geuka na uanze safari yako, na uende kwenye nchi ya milima ya Amorites, na kwenye maeneo yote karibu na tambarare ya mto Yordani, katika nchi ya milima, na nyanda za chini, huko Negev, na pwani - nchi ya Wakanani na huko Lebanoni mbali ya mto mkuu wa Euphratesi.
8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
Tazama, nimetenga nchi kwa ajili yako, nenda ndani na umiliki nchi ambayo Yahwe aliapa kwa baba zako, Ibrahimu, Isaka na Yakobo, kuwapa na uzao wao baada yao.
9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
Nilisema nawe kwa wakati huo, nikisema, siwezi nikakubeba peke yangu,
10 Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Yahwe Mungu wako amekuzidisha, na tazama, leo umekuwa umati wa nyota angani.
11 Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!
Yahwe aweza, Mungu wa baba zako, kukufanya wewe mara elfu moja zaidi ya ulivyo, na kukubariki, kama alivyokuahidi!
12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Lakini inawezekanaje mimi peke yangu kubeba shehena zako, mizigo yako, na migogoro yako?
13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
Chukua wanaume wa hekima, wanaume waelewa, na wanaume walio na sifa nzuri toka kila kabila, nitawafaya kuwa vichwa juu yenu.
14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.
Mlinijibu na kusema, 'Jambo ulilolisema ni zuri kwetu kufanya.'
15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
Kwa hiyo nilichukua vichwa vya makabila yenu, wanaume wa hekima, na wanaume wenye sifa nzuri, na nikawafanya kuwa vichwa juu yenu, jemedari kwa elfu, jemedari kwa hamsini, jemedari kwa kumi, na maakida, kabila kwa kabila.
16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.
Niliwaamuru waamuzi wenu kwa wakati huo, kusema, 'Zikiliza mabishano kati ya ndugu zenu, na muhukumu ya haki kati ya ndugu na ndugu zake, na mgeni aliye pamoja naye.
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.
Hamtaonesha upendeleo kwa yeyote katika mgogoro, mtasikia madogo na makubwa pia. Hamtaogopa uso wa mtu, kwa kuwa hukumu ni ya Mungu. Migogoro iliyo migumu kwenu, mtaniletea mimi, na mimi nitaisikiliza.
18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
Niliwaamuru kwa wakati huo mambo yote mtakayofanya.
19 And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
Tulisafiri toka Horebu na kwenda kupitia jangwa lile kubwa lote na lenye kutisha lile mliloliona, katika njia yetu kuelekea nchi ya milima huko Amorites, kama Yahwe Mungu wetu alivyotuamuru sisi, na tukaja Kadeshi ya Barnea.
20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.
Niliwambia, mmekuja kwenye nchi ya milima ya Amorites, ambayo Yahwe Mungu wetu anatupa sisi.
21 Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.
Tazama, Yahwe Mungu wenu amekwisha weka nchi mbele yenu; nenda juu, muimiliki, kama Yahwe, Mungu wa baba zenu, amekwisha zungumza nanyi, msiogope wala kukata tamaa.
22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.
Kila moja wenu alikuja kwangu na kusema, 'Basi tutume watu mbele yetu, ili kwamba waweze kupepeleza nchi kwa ajili yetu, na kutuletea sisi neno kuhusiana na njia ya wapi tuvamie, na kuhusiana na miji tutakayoingia.
23 And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:
Shauri hilo lilinibariki mimi, 'Nilichukua watu kumi na mbili kutoka kwenu, mtu moja kwa kila kabila.
24 and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.
Waligeuka na kwenda juu ya nchi ya milima, kufika kwenye bonde la Eshcol na kufanya upepelezi wa kina.
25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.
Walichukua baadhi ya mazao ya ardhi mikononi mwao na kuleta kwetu, Pia walileta neno na kusema, 'Ni nchi nzuri ambayo Yahweh Mungu wetu anatupa sisi'
26 Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God:
Bado mlikataa kushambulia, lakini mliasi dhidi ya amri ya Yahwe Mungu wenu.
27 and ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
Mlilalamika katika mahema yenu na kusema, “Ni kwa sababu Yahwe alituchukia sisi kwa kuwa ametutoa katika nchi ya Misri, kuteweka katika mikono ya Amorites kutuangamiza.
28 Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
Tuende wapi sasa? Ndugu zetu wamefanya mioyo yetu kuyeyuka, kusema, Hao watu ni wakubwa na warefu zaidi yetu, miji yao ni mikubwa na imeimarishwa kwenda mbinguni; zaidi ya yote, tumewaona wana wa Anakim huko”
29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
Kisha nikasema nao, msitishwe wala msiwaogope.
30 Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
Yahwe Mungu wenu, ambaye aenda mbele yenu, atawapigania, kama yote aliyofanya kwa ajili yenu huko Misri mbele ya macho yenu,
31 and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.
na pia katika jangwa, ambapo mmekwisha muona Yahwe Mungu wenu jinsi alivyowabeba, kama mtu abebavyo mtoto wake, kokote mlikoenda mpaka kufika hapa.'
32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God,
Bado licha ya neno hili hakumwamini Yahwe Mungu wenu,
33 who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.
aliyeenda mbele yenu kwenye njia kutafuta eneo kwa ajili yenu kuweka kambi, katika moto kwa usiku, katika mawingu kwa mchana.
34 And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
Yahwe alisikia sauti ya maneno yenu na alikasirika; aliapa na kusema,
35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
Hakika hakuna mmoja ya hawa watu wa kizazi hiki kiovu wataona nchi nzuri ambayo niliapa kuwapa babu zao,
36 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah.
kasoro Kalebu mwana wa Jephuneeh; yeye ataiona. Yeye nitampa nchi ambayo amekwisha kuikanyanga, na watoto wake, kwa sababu alimfuata Yahwe kwa ukamilifu.'
37 Also Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither:
Pia Yahweh alinikasirikia mimi kwa sababu yenu, kusema, 'Wewe pia hautaingia huko,
38 Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage thou him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Yoshua mwana wa Nuh, ambaye amesimama mbele yako, yeye ataingia, mtie moyo, kwani yeye atawaongoza Israeli kuimiliki.
39 Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
Zaidi ya yote, watoto wenu wadogo, ambao mlisema watakuwa waathirika, ambao leo hawana elimu ya uzuri au ubaya-wataenda ndani huko. Wao nitawapa nchi hiyo, na wataimiliki.
40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
Lakini ninyi, geuka na muuanza safari kwenda jangwani kwa kuambaa njia ya bahari ya mianzi'.
41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.
Kisha mlinijibu na kusema kwangu, 'Tumetenda dhambi dhidi ya Yahwe, tutaenda juu na kupigana, tutafuata yote ambayo Yahwe Mungu wetu ametuamuru sisi kufanya'. Kila mtu miongoni mwenu aliweka silaha za vita, na mlikuwa tayari kuvamia nchi ya milima.
42 And Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
Yahwe alisema nami, 'Waambie, msivamie na kupigana, kwa kuwa sitakuwa pamoja nanyi, na mtashindwa na adui zenu'.
43 So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.
Nilizungumza nanyi kwa njia hii, lakini hamkunisikiliza, Mliasi dhidi ya amri ya Yahwe, mlikuwa wenye kiburi na mlivamia nchi ya milima.
44 And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.
Lakini Amorites, ambayo waliishi katika nchi hiyo ya milima, walitoka dhidi yenu na kuwafukuza kama nyuki, na kuwapiga chini huko Seir, mbali kama Hormah.
45 And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.
Mlirudi na kulia mbele ya Yahwe; lakini Yahwe hakusikiliza sauti zenu, wala hakuwa makini kwenu.
46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode [there].
Kwa hiyo mlibaki Kadeshi siku nyingi, siku zote mlibaki huko.
