Deuteronomy 16

1 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.

Shikeni mwezi wa Abibu, na kuiadhimisha Pasaka ya Bwana Mungu wenu, kwa sababu katika mwezi wa Abibu, Mungu aliwatoa Misri usiku.

2 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.

Mtatoa dhabihu ya Pasaka ya mnyama kwa Bwana Mungu wenu kutoka kundi lenu la mbuzi na kondoo au la ngʼombe, mahali pale ambapo Bwana atapachagua kama makao kwa ajili ya Jina lake.

3 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.

Msile nyama hiyo pamoja na mikate iliyotiwa chachu, lakini kwa siku saba mtakula mikate isiyotiwa chachu, mikate ya kujitesa, kwa sababu mliondoka Misri kwa haraka, ili kwamba siku zote za maisha yenu mpate kukumbuka wakati wenu wa kuondoka Misri.

4 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.

Chachu isionekane katika mali zenu katika nchi yenu yote kwa siku saba. Nyama yoyote ya dhabihu mtakayotoa jioni ya siku ya kwanza isibakizwe mpaka asubuhi.

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

Kamwe msitoe dhabihu ya Pasaka katika mji wowote ambao Bwana Mungu wenu amewapa,

6 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.

isipokuwa mahali atakapopachagua kama makao kwa ajili ya Jina lake. Hapo ndipo lazima mtoe dhabihu ya Pasaka jioni, jua litakapotua, iwe kumbukumbu yenu ya kutoka Misri.

7 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.

Okeni na mle mahali pale ambapo Bwana Mungu wenu atakapopachagua, kisha asubuhi mrudi kwenye mahema yenu.

8 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.

Kwa siku sita mtakula mikate isiyotiwa chachu na siku ya saba fanyeni kusanyiko kwa ajili ya Bwana Mungu wenu na msifanye kazi.

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

Mhesabu majuma saba tangu wakati mnapoanza kuchukua mundu kuvuna nafaka.

10 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,

Kisha msherehekee Sikukuu ya Majuma kwa Bwana Mungu wenu kwa kutoa sadaka ya hiari kwa kadiri ya baraka ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu amewapa.

11 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.

Shangilieni mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu mahali atakapopachagua kama makao ya Jina lake, ninyi, wana wenu na binti zenu, watumishi wenu wa kiume na wa kike, Walawi walio katika miji yenu, na wageni, yatima na wajane waishio miongoni mwenu.

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

Kumbukeni kwamba mlikuwa watumwa kule Misri na mfuate amri hizi kwa uangalifu.

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

Adhimisheni sikukuu ya vibanda kwa siku saba baada ya kukusanya mazao yenu ya nafaka na kukamua zabibu.

14 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.

Mfurahie sikukuu yenu, ninyi, wana wenu, binti zenu, watumishi wenu wa kiume na wa kike, Walawi, wageni, yatima na wajane ambao wanaishi katika miji yenu.

15 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.

Kwa siku saba mtaiadhimisha sikukuu ya Bwana Mungu wenu katika mahali atakapopachagua Bwana. Kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wenu atawabariki katika mavuno yenu na katika kazi zote za mikono yenu na furaha yenu itakamilika.

16 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.

Wanaume wenu wote lazima wajitokeze mara tatu kwa mwaka mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu mahali atakapopachagua: kwa ajili ya Sikukuu ya Mikate Isiyotiwa Chachu, Sikukuu ya Majuma, na Sikukuu ya Vibanda. Hakuna mtu atakayejitokeza mbele za Bwana mikono mitupu:

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

Kila mmoja wenu ni lazima alete zawadi kulingana na jinsi ambavyo Bwana Mungu wenu alivyowabariki.

18 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.

Wateue waamuzi na maafisa kwa kila kabila lenu katika kila mji ambao Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa, nao watawaamua watu kwa usawa.

19 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.

Msipotoshe haki wala msifanye upendeleo. Msikubali rushwa kwa sababu rushwa hupofusha macho ya wenye busara na kugeuza maneno ya wenye haki.

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

Mfuate haki na haki peke yake, ili mweze kuishi na kuimiliki nchi ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa.

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

Msisimamishe nguzo yoyote ya Ashera kando ya madhabahu mliyomjengea Bwana Mungu wenu,

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

wala msisimamishe jiwe la kuabudu, kwa maana Bwana Mungu wenu anavichukia vitu hivi.