Deuteronomy 9
1 Hear, O Israel: You go this day across Jordan to inherit nations greater and stronger than yourselves, cities great and walled up to heaven;
Sikiliza, ee Israeli. Sasa mnakaribia kuvuka Yordani mwingie na kuwafukuza mataifa makubwa na yenye nguvu kuliko ninyi pamoja na miji mikubwa yenye kuta zilizofika juu angani.
2 a people great and many and tall, the sons of Enac, whom you know, and concerning whom you have heard [say], Who can stand before the children of Enac?
Watu ni wenye nguvu na warefu, ni wana wa Waanaki! Mnafahamu habari zao na mmesikia inavyosemekana: “Ni nani awezaye kusimama dhidi ya Waanaki?”
3 And you shall know today, that the Lord your God he shall go before your face: he is a consuming fire; he shall destroy them, and he shall turn them back before you, and shall destroy them quickly, as the Lord said to you.
Kuweni na hakika leo kwamba Bwana Mungu wenu ndiye atakayetangulia kuvuka mbele yenu kama moto uteketezao. Atawaangamiza; atawatiisha mbele yenu. Nanyi mtawafukuza na kuwaangamiza mara moja, kama Bwana alivyowaahidi.
4 Speak not in your heart, when the Lord your God has destroyed these nations before your face, saying, For my righteousness the Lord brought me in to inherit this good land.
Baada ya Bwana Mungu wenu kuwafukuza mbele yenu, msiseme mioyoni mwenu, “Bwana ametuleta hapa kuimiliki nchi hii kwa sababu ya haki yetu.” La, ni kwa sababu ya uovu wa mataifa haya ndiyo Bwana anawafukuza mbele yenu.
5 Not for your righteousness, nor for the holiness of your heart, do you go in to inherit their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord will destroy them from before you, and that he may establish the covenant, which the Lord sware to our fathers, to Abraam, and to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Si kwa sababu ya haki yenu wala uadilifu wenu kwamba mtaimiliki nchi yao; lakini kwa sababu ya uovu wa mataifa haya, Bwana Mungu wenu atawafukuza mbele yenu, ili kutimiza lile alilowaapia baba zenu Abrahamu, Isaki na Yakobo.
6 And you shall know today, that [it is] not for your righteousnesses the Lord your God gives you this good land to inherit, for you are a stiff-necked people.
Basi mjue, si kwa sababu ya haki yenu Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa nchi hii nzuri kuimiliki, kwa kuwa ninyi ni taifa lenye shingo ngumu.
7 Remember, forget not, how much you provoked the Lord your God in the wilderness: from the day that you came forth out of Egypt, even till you came into this place, you continued to be disobedient towards the Lord.
Kumbukeni hili, kamwe msisahau jinsi mlivyomkasirisha Bwana Mungu wenu kwa hasira huko jangwani. Tangu siku mlipotoka Misri mpaka mlipofika hapa, mmekuwa waasi dhidi ya Bwana.
8 Also in Choreb you provoked the Lord, and the Lord was angry with you to destroy you;
Kule Horebu mliamsha ghadhabu ya Bwana, kwa hiyo alikasirika vya kutosha hata akataka kuwaangamiza.
9 when I went up into the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant, which the Lord made with you, and I was in the mountain forty days and forty nights, I ate no bread and drank no water.
Nilipopanda mlimani kupokea mbao za mawe, mbao za Agano lile Bwana alilofanya nanyi, nilikaa mlimani siku arobaini usiku na mchana, sikula mkate wala sikunywa maji.
10 And the Lord gave me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and on them there had been written all the words which the Lord spoke to you in the mountain in the day of the assembly.
Bwana alinipa mbao mbili za mawe zilizoandikwa kwa kidole cha Mungu. Juu ya mbao hizo kulikuwepo amri zote ambazo Bwana aliwatangazia kule mlimani kwa njia ya moto, siku ya kusanyiko.
11 And it came to pass after forty days and forty nights, the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.
Mwisho wa siku arobaini usiku na mchana, Bwana alinipa mbao mbili za mawe, mbao za Agano.
12 And the Lord said to me, Arise, go down quickly from hence, for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have transgressed; they have gone aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them, and have made themselves a molten image.
Kisha Bwana akaniambia, “Shuka chini mara moja, kwa sababu watu wako ambao umewatoa katika nchi ya Misri wamepotoka. Wamegeukia mbali haraka kutoka lile nililowaagiza, wamejitengenezea sanamu ya kusubu.”
13 And the Lord spoke to me, saying, I have spoken to you once and again, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people.
Naye Bwana akaniambia, “Nimewaona watu hawa nao ni watu wenye shingo ngumu sana!
14 And now suffer me utterly to destroy them, and I will blot out their name from under heaven, and will make of you a nation great and strong, and more numerous than this.
Niache, ili nipate kuwaangamiza na kufuta jina lao kutoka chini ya mbingu. Nami nitakufanya kuwa taifa lenye nguvu zaidi na kuwa wengi kuliko wao.”
15 And I turned and went down from the mountain; and the mountain burnt with fire to heaven; and the two tables of the testimonies [were] in my two hands.
Kwa hiyo niligeuka na kuteremka kutoka mlimani kwani mlima ulikuwa ukiwaka moto. Pia vibao vile viwili vya Agano vilikuwa mikononi mwangu.
16 And when I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made to yourselves a molten image, and had gone astray out of the way, which the Lord commanded you to keep;
Nilipotazama, niliona kuwa mmefanya dhambi dhidi ya Bwana Mungu wenu; mmejifanyia sanamu ya kusubu katika umbo la ndama. Mmegeuka upesi kutoka njia ile Bwana aliyowaagiza.
17 then I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before you.
Kwa hiyo nilichukua vibao vile viwili nikavitupa na kuvipasua vipande vipande mbele ya macho yenu.
18 And I made my petition before the Lord as also at the first forty days and forty nights: I ate no bread and drank no water, on account of all your sins which you sinned in doing evil before the Lord God to provoke him.
Ndipo tena nikasujudu mbele za Bwana kwa siku arobaini usiku na mchana. Sikula mkate wala sikunywa maji, kwa sababu ya dhambi yote mliyoifanya, mkifanya lile lililo ovu mbele za Bwana na kumkasirisha.
19 And I was greatly terrified because of the wrath and anger, because the Lord was provoked with you utterly to destroy you; yet the Lord listened to me at this time also.
Niliogopa hasira na ghadhabu ya Bwana, kwa kuwa aliwakasirikia vya kutosha na kutaka kuwaangamiza. Lakini Bwana alinisikiliza tena.
20 And he was angry with Aaron to destroy him utterly, and I prayed for Aaron also at that time.
Bali yeye alimkasirikia Aroni kiasi cha kutaka kumwangamiza, nami wakati huo nilimwombea Aroni pia.
21 And your sin which you had made, [even] the calf, I took, and burnt it with fire, and pounded it and ground it down till it became fine; and it became like dust, and I cast the dust into the brook that descended from the mountain.
Kisha nikachukua ile sanamu ya ndama mliyoitengeneza na kuichoma kwenye moto. Nikaiponda na kuisaga ikawa unga laini kama vumbi, nikatupa lile vumbi kwenye kijito kilichotiririka toka mlimani.
22 Also in the burning, and in the temptation, and at the graves of lust, you provoked the Lord.
Pia mlimkasirisha Bwana huko Tabera, Masa na Kibroth-Hataava.
23 And when the Lord sent you forth from Cades Barne, saying, Go up and inherit the land which I give to you, then you disobeyed the word of the Lord your God, and believed him not, and listened not to his voice.
Vilevile wakati Bwana alipowatuma kutoka Kadesh-Barnea, alisema, “Kweeni, mkaimiliki nchi ambayo nimewapa.” Lakini mliasi dhidi ya agizo la Bwana Mungu wenu. Hamkumtegemea wala kumtii.
24 You were disobedient in the things relating to the Lord from the day in which he became known to you.
Mmekuwa waasi dhidi ya Bwana tangu nilipowajua ninyi.
25 And I prayed before the Lord forty days and forty nights, the number that I prayed [before], for the Lord said that he would utterly destroy you.
Nilianguka kifudifudi mbele za Bwana kwa zile siku arobaini usiku na mchana kwa sababu Bwana alikuwa amesema angewaangamiza ninyi.
26 And I prayed to God, and said, O Lord, King of gods, destroy not your people and your inheritance, whom you did redeem, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with your great power, and with your strong hand, and with your high arm.
Nilimwomba Bwana na kusema, “Ee Bwana Mwenyezi, usiangamize watu wako, urithi wako mwenyewe ule ulioukomboa kwa uweza wako mkuu na kuwatoa katika nchi ya Misri kwa mkono wenye nguvu.
27 Remember Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob your servants, to whom you sware by yourself: look not upon the hardness of heart of this people, and their impieties, and their sins.
Wakumbuke watumishi wako Abrahamu, Isaki na Yakobo. Usiangalie ukaidi wa watu hawa, uovu wao wala dhambi yao.
28 Lest the inhabitants of the land whence you brought us out speak, saying, Because the Lord could not bring them into the land of which he spoke to them, and because he hated them, has he brought them forth to kill them in the wilderness.
Watu wa nchi ile uliyotutoa sisi wasije wakasema, ‘Ni kwa sababu Bwana hakuweza kuwachukua mpaka nchi aliyokuwa amewaahidia, kwa sababu aliwachukia, akawaleta ili aje kuwaua jangwani.’
29 And these [are] your people and your portion, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with your great strength, and with your mighty hand, and with your high arm.
Bali wao ni watu wako, urithi wako ule ulioutoa Misri kwa uweza wako mkuu na kwa mkono wako ulionyooka.”
