Numbers 14
1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried; and the people wept all that night.
Usiku huo watu wote walilia kwa sauti.
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; and all the congregation said to them,
Watu wote wa Israeli wakamlalamikia Musa na Haruni. Watu wote wakawaambia, “Ni bora kama tungelifia katika nchi ya Misri, au katika hili!
3 Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.
Kwa nini BWANA alituleta katika nchi hii ili tufe kwa upanga? Wake zetu na watoto wetu watakuwa watumwa wao. Je, si bora kwetu kurudi Misri?”
4 And they said one to another, Let us make a ruler, and return into Egypt.
Wakasemezana wao kwa wao, “Na tuchague kiongozi mwingine, turudi Misri.”
5 And Moses and Aaron fell upon their face before all the congregation of the children of Israel.
Ndipo Musa na Haruni wakalala kifudifudi mbele ya kundi lote la wana wa Israeli.
6 But Joshua the [son] of Naue, and Chaleb the [son] of Jephonne, of [the number of] them that spied out the land, tore their garments,
Joshua mwana wa Nuni na Kalebu mwana wa Yefune, ambao walikuwa miongoni mwa wale waliokuwa waemtumwa kwenda kuipeleleza nchi wakachana mavazi yao.
7 and spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we surveyed is indeed extremely good.
Wakawaambia watu wote wa Israeli. Walisema, “Ile nchi tuliyopita katikati yake ni nchi nzuri sana.
8 If the Lord choose us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey.
Kama BWANA amependezwa nasi, basi atatuingiza katika nchi hii na kutupatia. Ile nchi inatiririka maziwa na asali.
9 Only depart not from the Lord; and fear you not the people of the land, for they are meat for us; for the season [of prosperity] is departed from them, but the Lord [is] amongst us: fear them not.
Lakini msimwasi BWANA, na msiwahofie hao wakazi wa nchi hiyo. Tutawateketeza kwa urahisi kama kula chakula. Ulinzi wao utaondolewa kutoka kwao, kwa sababu BWANA yuko pamoja nasi. Msiwahofie.”
10 And all the congregation bade stone them with stones; and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud on the tabernacle of witness to all the children of Israel.
Lakini watu wote walitishia kuwapiga kwa mawe mpaka wafe. Kisha utukufuwa BWANA ukaonekana kwenye hema ya kukutania kwa watu wote wa Israeli.
11 And the Lord said to Moses, How long does this people provoke me? and how long do they refuse to believe me for all the signs which I have wrought amongst them?
BWANA akamwambi Musa, “watu hawa watanidharau hadi lini? Wataendelea kutoniamini mpaka lini? Nijapokuwa nimefanya ishara kwa nguvu zangu kati yao?
12 I will strike them with death, and destroy them; and I will make of you and of your father's house a great nation, and much greater than this.
Nitawapiga kwa mapigo, na kuwaondolea urithi, na kufanya taifa kubwa kutoka kwenye ukoo wako ambalo litakuwa kubwa na lenye nguvu kuliko wao.
13 And Moses said to the Lord, So Egypt shall hear, for you have brought up this people from them by your might.
Musa akamwambia BWANA, “Kama utafanya hivi, Na Wamisiri wakisikia habari hizi, na kwa sababu uliwaokoa kutoka kwao kwa nguvu zako.
14 Moreover all the dwellers upon this land have heard that you are Lord in the midst of this people, who, O Lord, are seen [by them] face to face, and your cloud rests upon them, and you go before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire.
Basi watawaambia wakazi wa nchi hii. Wamesikia ya kuwa wewe BWANA u kati ya watu hawa, kwa sababu uso wako waonekana. Wingu lako husimama juu ya watu wetu. Wewe huwatangulia katika nguzo ya wingu wakati wa mchana na katika nguzo ya moto wakati wa usiku.
15 And [if] you shall destroy this nation as one man; then all the nations that have heard your name shall speak, saying,
Sasa kama utawaua hawa watu kama mtu mmoja, basi mataifa ambao wamesikia sifa zako watasema,
16 Because the Lord could not bring this people into the land which he sware to them, he has overthrown them in the wilderness.
“Kwa Sababu BWANA hana uwezo wa kuwapeleka watu hawa katika nchi ambayo aliwaapia kuwapa, ndiyo maana amewaua katika jangwa hili.'
17 And now, O Lord, let your strength be exalted, as you spoke, saying,
Sasa, nakusihi, utumie uweza wako. Kwa kuwa umesema kuwa,
18 The Lord [is] longsuffering and merciful, and true, removing transgressions and iniquities and sins, and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.
'BWANA si mwepesi wa hasira na ni mwingi wa uaminifu katika agano. Yeye husamehe uovu na uasi. Kwa vyovyote vile atafutilia hatia atakapoleta hukumu ya dhambi za mababu juu ya wazao wao, kwa kizazi cha tatu na cha nne.'
19 Forgive this people their sin according to your great mercy, as you were favourable to them from Egypt until now.
Ninakusihi uwasameha watu hawa dhambi zao kwa sababu ya ukuu wa uaminifu wa agano lako, kama vile ambavyo umekuwa ukiwasamehe watu hawa tokea wakati wakiwa Misri mpaka sasa.”
20 And the Lord said to Moses, I am gracious to them according to your word.
BWANA akasema, Nimewasamehe kwa kama ulivyoomba,
21 But [as] I live and my name is living, so the glory of the Lord shall fill all the earth.
bali kama Niishivyo, na kama vile dunia yote itakavyojazwa na utukufu wangu,
22 For all the men who see my glory, and the signs which I wrought in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me this tenth time, and have not listened to my voice,
watu wote walioona utukufu wangu na ishara za nguvu zangu nilizotenda kule Misri na kule jangwani - Lakini bado wamenijaribu mara kumi sasa na hawakuisikiliza sauti yangu.
23 surely they shall not see the land, which I sware to their fathers; but their children which are with me here, as many as know not good or evil, every inexperienced youth, to them will I give the land; but none who have provoked me shall see it.
Kwa hiyo nasema kwamba hakika hawataiona nchi ile ambayo niliwaahdi kuwapa mababu zao. Hakuna hata mmoja wao ambao wamenidharau watakaoiona,
24 But my servant Chaleb, because there was another spirit in him, and he followed me, I will bring him into the land into which he entered, and his seed shall inherit it.
isipokuwa mtumishi wangu Kalebu, kwa sababu alikuwa na roho nyingine. Yeye amenifuata kwa ukamilifu; Yeye nitampeleka katika nchi hiyo ambayo alienda kuipeleleza. Wazao wake wataimilki.
25 But Amalec and the Chananite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn and depart for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.
(Sasa Waamaleki na Wakanani waliishi katika bonde.) Kesho mtageuka na kwenda katika jangwa kwa njia ya bahari ya Shamu.”
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
BWANA akanena na Musa na Haruni, akasema,
27 How long [shall I endure] this wicked congregation? I have heard their murmurings against me, [even] the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they have murmured concerning you.
“Nitaivumilia jamii ya watu hawa waovu ambao wananinung'unikia mpaka lini? Nimeyasikia malalamiko ya wana wa Israeli dhidi yangu.
28 Say to them, [As] I live, says the Lord: surely as you spoke into my ears, so will I do to you.
Waambie, 'Kama niishivyo,' asema BWANA, 'kama vile mlivyosema katika masikio yake, nitawafanyia jambo hili:
29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all those of you that were reviewed, and those of you that were numbered from twenty years old and upward, all that murmured against me,
Maiti zenu zitaanguka katika jangwa hili, Ninyi nyote mliolalamika dhidi yangu, ninyi mliohesabiwa kwenye ile sensa, idadi yote ya watu kuanzia umri wa mika ishirini na kuendelea.
30 you shall not enter into the land for which I stretched out my hand to establish you upon it; except only Chaleb the son of Jephonne, and Joshua the [son] of Naue.
Kwa hakika hamtaingia kwenye ile nchi ambayo niliahidi kuwapa kuwa makazi yenu, isipokuwa Kalebu mwana wa Yefune na Joshua mwana wa Nuni.
31 And your little ones, who you said should be a prey, them will I bring into the land; and they shall inherit the land, which you rejected.
Bali watoto wenu ambao mlisema kuwa watakuwa watumwa, wao ndio nitakaowapeleka katika nchi hiyo. Wao wataifurahia nchi ambayo nInyi mmeikataa!
32 And your carcases shall fall in this wilderness.
Lakini ninyi, maiti zenu zitaanguka katika jangwa hili.
33 And your sons shall be fed in the wilderness forty years, and they shall bear your fornication, until your carcases be consumed in the wilderness.
Watoto wenu watakuwa wachungaji katika jangwa hili kwa muda wa miaka arobaini. Lazima watabeba madhara ya matendo yenu ya kutokuamini mpaka mwisho wa maiti ya mwisho jangwani.
34 According to the number of the days during which you spied the land, forty days, a day for a year, you shall bear your sins forty years, and you shall know my fierce anger.
Kama vile ilivyo hesabu ya siku ambayo mliipeleleza nchi—siku arobaini, vivyo hivyo mtabeba madhara ya dhambi zenu kwa muda wa miaka arobaini—mwaka mmoja kwa kila siku moja, na mtajua kuwa ni sawa na kuwa adui yangu.
35 I the Lord have spoken, Surely will I do thus to this evil congregation that has risen up together against me: in this wilderness they shall be utterly consumed, and there they shall die.
Mimi BWANA nimesema. Hakika nitafanya hivi kwa kizazi hiki chote kiovu ambacho kimekusanyika kinyume na Mimi. Wao watakatwa kabisa, na watafia hapa.'”
36 And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who came and murmured against it to the assembly so as to bring out evil words concerning the land, —
Kwa hiyo wale wanaume ambao Musa aliwatuma kwenda kuingalia ile nchi wote walikufa kwa tauni mbele ya BWANA.
37 the men that spoke evil reports against the land, even died of the plague before the Lord.
Hawa ni wale ambao waliorudi na kutoa taarifa mbaya juu ya nchi. Hii iliwafanya watu wote wamlalamikie Musa.
38 And Joshua the son of Naue and Chaleb the son of Jephonne [still] lived of those men that went to spy out the land.
Kati ya watu wale waliokuwa wameenda kuiangalia nchi ile, ni Joshua mwana wa Nuni na Kalebu mwana wa Yefune tu ndio waliobaki hai.
39 And Moses spoke these words to all the children of Israel; and the people mourned exceedingly.
Musa alipowataarifu mambo haya watu wote wa Israeli waliomboleza sana.
40 And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we that are here will go up to the place of which the Lord has spoken, because we have sinned.
Waliamka asubuhi na mapema wakaenda juu ya mlima na kisha wakasema, “Tazama, tuko hapa, na tutaenda mahali pale ambapo BWANA ametuahidi, kwa kuwa tumetenda dhambi.”
41 And Moses said, Why do you transgress the word of the Lord? you shall not prosper.
Lakini Musa akasema, “Kwa nini sasa mnapinga amri ya BWANA? hamtafanikiwa.
42 Go not up, for the Lord is not with you; so shall you fall before the face of your enemies.
Msiende, kwa sababu BWANA hayuko pamoja nanyi kuwalinda dhidi ya maadui zenu.
43 For Amalec and the Chananite [are] there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have disobeyed the Lord and turned aside, and the Lord will not be amongst you.
Waamaleki na Wakanaani wako kule, na mtakufa kwa upanga kwa sababu mliumtegea mgongo BWANA na hamkumfuata. Kwa hiyo hatakuwa pamoja nanyi.
44 And having forced their passage, they went up to the top of the mountain; but the ark of the covenant of the Lord and Moses stirred not out of the camp.
Lakini walithubutu kukwea mlimani; lakini si Musa wala Sanduku la agano la BWANA walioondoka kambini.
45 And Amalec and the Chananite that lived in that mountain came down, and routed them, and destroyed them to Herman; and they returned to the camp.
Kisha Waamaleki walikuja chini, pia wale Wakanaani walioshi kwenye hiyo milima. Wakawavamia Waisreli wakawapiga na kuwaangusha mpaka Horima.
