Deuteronomy 28
1 “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
Utakaposikiliza kwa makini sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako ili kwamba ushikilie amri zake zote ambazo nakuamuru leo, Yahwe Mungu wako atakuweka juu ya mataifa yote ya ulimwengu.
2 And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:
Baraka hizi zote zitakuja kwako na kukupita, kama utasikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako.
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
Utabarikiwa ndani ya mji, na utabarikiwa shambani.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock— the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
Matunda ya mwili wako yatabarikiwa, na matunda ya ardhi yako, na matunda ya wanyama wako, ongezeko la ng’ombe wako, na wachanga wa mifugo wako.
5 Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.
Kitabarikiwa kikapu chako na chombo cha kukandia.
6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
Utabarikiwa utakaporudi ndani, na utabarikiwa utakapotoka nje.
7 The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
Yahwe atasababisha maadui zako wanaoinuka dhidi yako kupigwa chini mbele yako; watajitokeza dhidi yako kwa njia moja lakini watakimbia mbele zako kwa njia saba.
8 The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
Yahwe ataamuru baraka kuja kwako katika maghala yako na katika kila unapoweka mkono wako; atakubariki katika nchi anayokupatia.
9 The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
Yahwe atawaimarisha kama watu waliotengwa kwa ajili yake, kama alivyoapa kwenu, iwapo mtashikilia amri za Yahwe Mungu wenu, na kutembea katika njia zake.
10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.
Watu wote wa ulimwengu wataona ya kwamba mmeitwa kwa jina la Yahwe, nao watawaogopa.
11 The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
Yahwe atakufanya kuwa na mafanikio sana katika matunda ya mwili wako, katika matunda ya ng’ombe zako, katika matunda ya ardhi yako, katika nchi aliyoapa kwa mababu zako kuwapatia.
12 The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
Yahwe atafungua kwako ghala lake la mbingu kuruhusu mvua juu ya ardhi katika muda sahihi, na kubariki kazi zote za mikono yako; utakopesha kwa mataifa mengi, lakini wewe hautakopa.
13 The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
Yahwe atakufanya kuwa kichwa, na sio mkia; utakuwa juu tu, na hautakuwa chini, iwapo utaisikiliza amri za Yahwe Mungu wako ambazo ninakuamuru leo, ili kuzishikilia na kuzitenda,
14 Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.
na usipogeuka kinyume na maneno yoyote ninayokuamuru leo, kulia kwako wala kushoto kwako, na kufuata miungu mingine na kuwatumikia.
15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
Lakini usiposikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako, na kushikilia amri zake zote na sheria zake ninazokuamuru leo, basi laana hizi zote zitakuja kwako na kukupita.
16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
Utalaaniwa utakapokuwa mjini, na utalaaniwa utakapokuwa shambani.
17 Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.
Kitalaaniwa kikapu chako na chombo chako cha kukandia.
18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
Litalaaniwa tunda la mwili wako, tunda la ardhi yako, ongezeko la ng’ombe wako, na wachanga wa mifugo.
19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
Utalaaniwa utakaporudi, na utalaaniwa utokapo.
20 The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
Yahwe atatuma laana juu yako, kuchanganyikiwa, na shutuma katika kila jambo uwekalo mikono yako, hadi utakapoangamizwa, na hadi utakapotoweka haraka kwa sababu ya matendo yako maovu ambayo utakuwa umenitelekeza mimi.
21 The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.
Yahwe atafanya pigo likung’ang’anie mpaka kukuangamiza kutoka katika nchi utakayoenda kumiliki.
22 The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.
Yahwe atakushambulia kwa magonjwa ya kuambukiza, kwa homa, kwa uvimbe, na kwa kiangazi na jua kali, na kwa upepo mkali na ukungu. Hivi vitakufukuza hadi uangamie.
23 The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
Mbingu zilizo juu ya vichwa vyenu zitakuwa shaba, na ardhi chini yenu itakuwa chuma.
24 The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
Yahwe atafanya mvua ya ardhi yako kuwa unga na vumbi, kutoka mbinguni vitashuka kwako, hadi utakapoangamizwa.
25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Yahwe atakusababishia upigwe mbele ya maadui zako; utawafuata kwa njia moja dhidi yao lakini utakimbia mbele zao kwa njia saba. Utapelekwa huku na kule miongoni mwa falme za nchi.
26 Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.
Mzoga wako utakuwa chakula kwa ndege wote wa angani na kwa wanyama wa ulimwengu; hakutakuwa na mtu wa kuwatisha.
27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
Yahwe atawashambulia na majipu ya Misri na vidonda, kiseyeye na mwasho ambazo hautapona.
28 The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,
Yahwe atakushambulia kwa ukichaa, kwa upofu, pamoja na kuchanganyikiwa kwa akili.
29 and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
Utapapasa papasa mchana kama kipofu apapasavyo usiku, na hautafanikiwa katika njia zako; daima utakandamizwa na kuporwa, na hakutakuwa na mtu wa kukuokoa.
30 You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
Utamchumbia mwanamke, lakini mwanamume mwingine atamkamata na kumbaka. Utajenga nyumba lakini hautaishi ndani mwake; utapanda shamba la mizabibu lakini hautafurahia matunda yake.
31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
Ng’ombe wako atachinjwa mbele ya macho yako, lakini hautakula nyama yake; punda wako atachukuliwa kwa nguvu mbele yako na hatarejeshwa kwako. Kondoo wako watapewa maadui zako, na hautakuwa na mtu wa kukusaidia.
32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
Watoto wa kiume na mabinti zako watapewa kwa watu wengine; macho yako yatawatafuta siku nzima, lakini yatashindwa kwa shauku juu yao. Hakutakuwa na nguvu mikononi mwako.
33 A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
Mavuno ya ardhi yako na ya kazi yako yote – taifa usilolijua litayatafuna; daima utaonewa na kugandamizwa,
34 You will be driven mad by the sights you see.
ili upatwe na wazimu kwa yale utakayoona yakitendeka.
35 The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
Yahwe atakushambulia kwenye magoti na miguu kwa majibu makali ambayo hutaweza kupona, kutoka chini ya miguu yako mpaka juu ya kichwa chako.
36 The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
Yahwe atawachukua pamoja na mfalme ambaye mtakuwa mmemuweka juu yenu kwa taifa ambalo hamjalijua, wala nyie au mababu zenu; kule mtaabudu miungu mingine ya mbao na mawe.
37 You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
Nawe utakuwa chanzo cha kitisho, mithali, na uvumi, miongoni mwa watu wote ambako Yahwe atakupeleka.
38 You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
Utaweka mbegu nyingi shambani, lakini utakusanya mbegu chache, kwa maana nzige itaziangamiza.
39 You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
Utapanda mashamba ya mizabibu na kuyapalilia, lakini hautakunywa divai yoyote, wala hautakusanya matunda yoyote, kwa maana funza watayala.
40 You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.
Utakuwa na miti ya mizeituni katika eneo lako, lakini hautajipaka mafuta yoyote juu yako, kwa maana mti wako wa mzeituni utaangusha matunda yake.
41 You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
Utakuwa na wana wa kiume na mabinti, lakini hawatabaki kuwa wako, kwani watachukuliwa mateka.
42 Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.
Miti yako yote na matunda ya ardhi yako – nzige watajitwalia.
43 The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
Mgeni aliye miongoni mwako atainuka juu zaidi yako juu na juu; wewe mwenyewe utashuka chini na chini.
44 He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
Atakukopesha, lakini hautamkopesha; atakuwa kichwa, nawe utakuwa mkia.
45 All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.
Laana hizi zote zitakujia juu yako na kukuandama na kukupita hadi utakapoangamizwa. Hii itatokea kwa sababu haukuisikia sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako, ili kushikilia amri na maagizo yake aliyokuamuru.
46 These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.
Laana hizi zitakuwa juu yako kama ishara na miujiza, na juu ya uzao wako milele.
47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
Kwa sababu hukumuabudu Yahwe Mungu wako kwa shangwe na furaha moyoni mwako ulipokuwa na mafanikio,
48 you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
kwa hiyo utatumikia maadui ambao Yahwe atatuma dhidi yako; utawatumikia katika njaa, katika kiu, katika uchi, na katika umaskini. Ataweka mzigo wa chuma juu ya shingo yako hadi akuangamize.
49 The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
Yahwe ataleta taifa dhidi yako kutoka mbali, kutoka mwisho wa ulimwengu, kama tai arukaye kwa mhanga wake, taifa ambalo lugha yake hauelewi;
50 a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
taifa lenye sura katili ambalo haliheshimu wazee na halionyeshi fadhila kwa wadogo.
51 They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.
Watakula wachanga wa ng’ombe wako na matunda ya ardhi yako hadi utakapoangamizwa. Hawatawaachia nafaka, divai mpya, au mafuta, wachanga wa ng’ombe au mifugo yako, hadi watakaposababisha kutoweka kwako.
52 They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
Watawazingira katika malango ya miji yenu, hadi kuta zenu ndefu na imara zitakaposhuka chini ardhini, kuta ambazo mliziamini. Watawazingira ndani ya malango ya miji yenu kotekote katika nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu amewapatia.
53 Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.
Utakula tunda la mwili wako mwenyewe, nyama ya watoto wa kiume na binti zako, ambao Yahwe Mungu wako aliwapatia, katika uvamizi na katika dhiki ambayo adui zako wataweka juu yako.
54 The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
Mwanamume laini na mlegevu miongoni mwenu – atakuwa na wivu kwa kaka yake na kwa mkewe, na kwa watoto wowote waliosalia.
55 refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.
Kwa hiyo hatawapatia kati yao nyama ya watoto wake ambayo ataenda kuila, kwa sababu hatabakiwa na chochote katika uvamizi na dhiki ambayo adui yako ataiweka juu yako ndani ya malango yote ya mji wako.
56 The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
Mwanamke laini na mlegevu miongoni mwenu, ambaye hatadiriki kuweka tako la mguu wake ardhini kwa sababu ya ulaini na maringo yake – atakuwa na wivu kwa mume kipenzi wake mwenyewe, kwa mtoto wake wa kiume, na kwa binti yake,
57 the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.
na kwa mtoto wake mchanga atakayetoka katikati ya miguu yake, na kwa watoto atakayewazaa. Atawala kwa siri kwa kukosa kitu kingine, katika uvamizi na dhiki ambayo adui yako ataweka juu yako ndani ya malango ya mji wako.
58 If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
Iwapo hautashika maneno yote ya sheria yaliyoandikwa katika kitabu hiki, ili kuheshimu jina hili tukufu na la kutisha, Yahwe Mungu wako,
59 He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.
basi Yahwe atafanya mapigo yako kuwa ya kutisha, na yale ya wazao wako; yatakuwa mapigo makuu, ya muda mrefu, na magonjwa makali, ya muda mrefu.
60 He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.
Ataleta juu yako mara nyingine magonjwa yote ya Misri ambayo ulikuwa unayaogopa; yatakung’ang’ania.
61 The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.
Pia kila gonjwa na pigo ambalo halijaandikwa katika kitabu cha sheria hii, hayo pia Yahwe atayaleta juu yako hadi utakapoangamizwa.
62 You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
Utabaki wachache kwa idadi, ingawa ulikuwa kama nyota wa mbinguni kwa idadi, kwa sababu haukuisikiliza sauti ya Yawhe Mungu wako.
63 Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
Kama vile hapo awali Yawhe alivyofurahia juu yako na kutenda mema, na kuwazidisha, basi atafurahia juu yako kwa kufanya upotee na kwa kukuangamiza. Utang’olewa katika nchi utakayoenda kuimiliki.
64 Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
Yahwe atakusambaza miongoni mwa watu wote kutoka mwisho mmoja wa dunia hadi mwisho mwingine wa dunia; huko utaabudu miungu mingine ambayo hujawajua, wewe wala mababu zako, miungu ya mbao na jiwe.
65 Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
Miongoni mwa mataifa haya hautapata utulivu, na hakutakuwa na pumziko chini ya miguu yako; badala yake, Yahwe atakupatia huko moyo wa kutetemeka, macho yanayofeli na nafsi inayoomboleza.
66 So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.
Maisha yako yataning’inia kwa mashaka mbele yako; utaogopa kila usiku na mchana na hutakuwa na uhakika kabisa maishani mwako.
67 In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.
Asubuhi utasema, “Natamani ingekuwa jioni!” na jioni utasema, “Natamani ingekuwa asubuhi!” kwa sababu ya hofu mioyoni mwenu na vitu ambavyo macho yako italazimu kuona.
68 The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
Yahwe atakuleta Misri mara nyingine kwa meli, kwa njia ambayo nilikuambia, “Hutaiona Misri tena”. Kule utajitoa kuuzwa kwa maadui zako kama watumwa wa kiume na kike, lakini hakutakuwa na mtu wa kuwanunua.
