Deuteronomy 29
1 These are the words of the agreement which Moses was ordered by the Lord to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the agreement which he made with them in Horeb.
Haya ndiyo maneno ya Agano Bwana aliyomwagiza Mose kufanya na Waisraeli huko Moabu, kuwa nyongeza ya Agano alilofanya nao huko Horebu.
2 And Moses said in the hearing of all Israel, You have seen all the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and all his land;
Mose akawaita Waisraeli wote akawaambia: Macho yenu yameona yale yote Bwana aliyofanya kwa Mfalme Farao huko Misri, kwa maafisa wake wote na kwa nchi yake yote.
3 The great tests which your eyes saw, and the signs and wonders:
Kwa macho yenu wenyewe mliona yale majaribu makubwa, ishara zile za miujiza na maajabu makubwa.
4 But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.
Lakini mpaka leo Bwana hajawapa akili ya kuelewa au macho yanayoona au masikio yanayosikia.
5 For forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet.
Kwa muda wa miaka arobaini niliyowaongoza jangwani, nguo zenu hazikuchakaa, wala viatu miguuni mwenu.
6 You have had no bread, or wine, or strong drink: so that you might see that I am the Lord your God.
Hamkula mkate na hamkunywa divai wala kileo chochote. Nilifanya hivi ili mpate kujua kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana Mungu wenu.
7 When you came to this place, Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, came out to make war against us and we overcame them:
Wakati mlipofika mahali hapa, Sihoni mfalme wa Heshboni na Ogu mfalme wa Bashani walikuja kupigana dhidi yetu, lakini tuliwashinda.
8 And we took their land and gave it to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for their heritage.
Tuliichukua nchi yao na kuwapa Wareubeni, Wagadi na nusu ya kabila la Manase kama urithi wao.
9 So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.
Fuateni kwa bidii masharti ya Agano hili, ili kwamba mweze kustawi katika kila kitu mnachofanya.
10 You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,
Ninyi nyote leo mnasimama mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu; mkiwa viongozi na wakuu wenu, wazee na maafisa wenu, na wanaume wengine wote wa Israeli,
11 And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you:
pamoja na watoto wenu, wake zenu na pia wageni waishio katika kambi zenu wanaowapasulia kuni na kuwachotea maji.
12 With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:
Mnasimama hapa ili kufanya Agano na Bwana Mungu wenu, Agano ambalo Mungu analifanya nanyi siku hii ya leo na kulitia muhuri kwa kiapo,
13 And so that he may make you his people today, and be your God, as he has said to you, and as he made an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
kuwathibitisha ninyi siku hii ya leo kama taifa lake, ili aweze kuwa Mungu wenu kama alivyowaahidi na kama alivyowaapia baba zenu Abrahamu, Isaki na Yakobo.
14 And not with you only do I make this agreement and this oath;
Ninafanya Agano hili pamoja na kiapo chake, sio na ninyi tu
15 But with everyone who is here with us today before the Lord our God, as well as with those who are not here:
mnaosimama hapa na sisi leo mbele za Bwana Mungu wetu, bali pia pamoja na wale ambao hawapo hapa leo.
16 (For you have in mind how we were living in the land of Egypt; and how we came through all the nations which were on your way;
Ninyi wenyewe mnajua jinsi tulivyoishi nchini Misri na jinsi tulivyopita katikati ya nchi mpaka tukafika hapa.
17 And you have seen their disgusting doings, and the images of wood and stone and silver and gold which were among them: )
Mliona miongoni mwao vinyago vyao vya kuchukiza na sanamu za miti na mawe, za fedha na dhahabu.
18 So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;
Hakikisheni kwamba hakuna mwanaume au mwanamke, ukoo au kabila miongoni mwenu leo ambalo moyo wake utamwacha Bwana Mungu wetu, kwenda kuabudu miungu ya mataifa hayo. Hakikisheni hakuna mzizi miongoni mwenu unaotoa sumu chungu ya namna hii.
19 If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:
Wakati mtu wa namna hii asikiapo maneno ya kiapo hiki, hujibariki mwenyewe na kisha hufikiri, “Nitakuwa salama, hata kama nikiendelea kuifuata njia yangu mwenyewe.” Hili litaleta maafa juu ya nchi iliyonyeshewa sawasawa na nchi kame.
20 The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth.
Bwana kamwe hatakuwa radhi kumsamehe, ghadhabu na wivu wa Mungu vitawaka dhidi ya mtu huyo. Laana zote zilizoandikwa katika kitabu hiki zitamwangukia na Bwana atafuta jina lake chini ya mbingu.
21 He will be marked out by the Lord, from all the tribes of Israel, for an evil fate, in keeping with all the curses of the agreement recorded in this book of the law.
Bwana atamtwaa peke yake kutoka makabila ya Israeli kwa maangamizo, kulingana na laana zote za Agano zilizoandikwa kwenye Kitabu hiki cha Sheria.
22 And future generations, your children coming after you, and travellers from far countries, will say, when they see the punishments of that land and the diseases which the Lord has sent on it;
Watoto wako watakaofuata baada yako katika vizazi vya baadaye na wageni ambao watakuja kutoka nchi za mbali, wataona maafa, yaliyoipata nchi na magonjwa ambayo Bwana aliyaleta juu yake.
23 And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath:
Nchi yote itakuwa jaa linaloungua la chumvi na kiberiti: hakutakuwa kilichopandwa, hakutakuwa kinachochipua, wala hakutakuwa mimea inayoota juu yake. Itakuwa kama maangamizo ya Sodoma na Gomora, Adma na Seboimu, ambazo Bwana aliangamiza kwa hasira kali.
24 Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?
Mataifa yote yatauliza: “Kwa nini Bwana amefanya hivi juu ya nchi hii? Kwa nini hasira hii kali ikawaka?”
25 Then men will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he took them out of the land of Egypt:
Na jibu litakuwa: “Ni kwa sababu watu hawa waliacha Agano la Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao, Agano alilofanya nao wakati alipowatoa katika nchi ya Misri.
26 And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them:
Walienda zao na kuabudu miungu mingine na kuisujudia, miungu wasioijua, miungu ambayo Mungu hakuwapa.
27 And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against this land, to send on it all the curse recorded in this book:
Kwa hiyo hasira ya Bwana ikawaka dhidi ya nchi hii, hivyo Mungu akaleta juu yake laana zote zilizoandikwa katika kitabu hiki.
28 Rooting them out of their land, in the heat of his wrath and passion, and driving them out into another land, as at this day.
Katika hasira kali na katika ghadhabu kuu Bwana aliwangʼoa kutoka nchi yao na kuwasukumia katika nchi nyingine, kama ilivyo sasa.”
29 The secret things are the Lord our God's: but the things which have been made clear are ours and our children's for ever, so that we may do all the words of this law.
Mambo ya siri ni ya Bwana Mungu wetu, bali yaliyofunuliwa ni yetu na watoto wetu milele, ili tuweze kuyafanya maneno yote ya sheria hii.
