Numbers 31
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Bwana akamwambia Mose,
2 Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and afterwards you shall be added to your people.
“Uwalipize kisasi Wamidiani kwa ajili ya Waisraeli. Halafu baada ya hayo, utakufa.”
3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of you, and set yourselves in array before the Lord against Madian, to inflict vengeance on Madian from the Lord.
Kwa hiyo Mose akawaambia watu, “Waandaeni baadhi ya wanaume wenu waende vitani kupigana na Wamidiani ili wawalipize kisasi cha Bwana.
4 Send a thousand of each tribe from all the tribes of the children of Israel to set themselves in array.
Peleka wanaume 1,000 vitani kutoka kila kabila la Israeli.”
5 And they numbered of the thousands of Israel a thousand of [each] tribe, twelve thousands; [these were] armed for war.
Kwa hiyo waliandaliwa wanaume 12,000 kwa vita, wanaume 1,000 kutoka kila kabila, walitolewa kutoka koo za Israeli.
6 And Moses sent them away a thousand of every tribe with their forces, and Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: and the holy instruments, and the signal trumpets [were] in their hands.
Mose aliwatuma vitani, watu 1,000 kutoka kila kabila, pamoja na Finehasi mwana wa kuhani Eleazari, ambaye alichukua vyombo vya mahali patakatifu na tarumbeta za kuashiria.
7 And they set themselves in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they killed every male.
Walipigana dhidi ya Wamidiani, kama Bwana alivyomwagiza Mose, nao waliua kila mwanaume.
8 And they killed the kings of Madian together with their slain [subjects]; even Evi and Rocon, and Sur, and Ur, and Roboc, five kings of Madian; and they killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor with their [other] slain.
Miongoni mwa watu waliouawa walikuwepo wafalme watano wa Midiani, nao ni Evi, Rekemu, Suri, Huri na Reba. Vilevile walimuua Balaamu mwana wa Beori kwa upanga.
9 And they made a prey of the women of Madian, and their store, and their cattle, and all their possessions: and they spoiled their forces.
Waisraeli waliwateka wanawake wa Kimidiani pamoja na watoto wao na walichukua makundi ya ngʼombe, kondoo na mali zao kama nyara.
10 And they burnt with fire all their cities in the places of their habitation and they burnt their villages with fire.
Walichoma moto miji yote ambayo Wamidiani walikuwa wanaishi, pamoja na kambi zao zote.
11 And they took all their plunder, and all their spoils, both man and beast.
Walichukua nyara zote na mateka, pamoja na watu na wanyama,
12 And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to all the children of Israel, the captives, and the spoils, and the plunder, to the camp to Araboth Moab, which is at Jordan by Jericho.
nao waliwaleta wafungwa mateka na nyara kwa Mose na kwa kuhani Eleazari, nao Waisraeli walikusanyika kwenye kambi zao katika tambarare za nchi ya Moabu, kando ya Yordani ngʼambo ya Yeriko.
13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the rulers of the synagogue went forth out of the camp to meet them.
Mose, kuhani Eleazari na viongozi wote wa jumuiya wakatoka kuwalaki nje ya kambi.
14 And Moses was angry with the captains of the host, the heads of thousands and the heads of hundreds who came from the battle-array.
Mose aliwakasirikia maafisa wa jeshi, yaani hao wakuu wa jeshi wa maelfu na wakuu wa jeshi wa mamia, ambao walirudi kutoka vitani.
15 And Moses said to them, Why have you saved every female alive?
Mose akawauliza, “Je, mmewaacha wanawake wote hai?”
16 For they were [the occasion] to the children of Israel by the word of Balaam of their revolting and despising the word of the Lord, because of Phogor; and there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord.
“Wanawake hao ndio waliofuata ushauri wa Balaamu, nao ndio waliowasababisha Waisraeli wamwasi Bwana kwa kile kilichotokea kule Peori, na kwa hiyo pigo liliwapata watu wa Bwana.
17 Now then kill every male in all the spoil, kill every woman, who has known the lying with man.
Sasa waue wavulana wote. Pia muue kila mwanamke ambaye alikwisha fanya tendo la ndoa,
18 And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save you them alive.
lakini mwacheni hai kwa ajili yenu kila msichana ambaye kamwe hajawahi kuzini na mwanaume.
19 And you shall encamp outside the [great] camp seven days; every one who has slain and who touches a dead body, shall be purified on the third day, and you and your captivity [shall purify yourselves] on the seventh day.
“Ninyi nyote ambao mmeua mtu yeyote au kumgusa mtu yeyote ambaye ameuawa, lazima mkae nje ya kambi kwa muda wa siku saba. Katika siku ya tatu na ya saba lazima mjitakase wenyewe pamoja na wafungwa wenu.
20 And you shall purify every garment and every leather utensil, and all furniture of goat skin, and every wooden vessel.
Takaseni kila vazi pamoja na kila kitu kilichotengenezwa kwa ngozi, kwa singa za mbuzi au kwa mti.”
21 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of the host that came from the battle-array, This [is] the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses.
Kisha kuhani Eleazari aliwaambia askari waliokuwa wamekwenda vitani, “Haya ndiyo matakwa ya sheria ambayo Bwana alimpa Mose:
22 Beside the gold, and the silver, and the brass, and the iron, and lead, and tin,
Dhahabu, fedha, shaba, chuma, bati, risasi,
23 every thing that shall pass through the fire shall so be clean, nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of sanctification; and whatever will not pass through the fire shall pass through water.
na kitu kingine chochote ambacho kinaweza kuhimili moto lazima mkipitishe kwenye moto, kisha kitakuwa safi. Lakini ni lazima pia kitakaswe kwa maji ya utakaso. Kitu chochote kisichoweza kuhimili moto lazima kipitishwe kwenye yale maji ya utakaso.
24 And on the seventh day you shall wash your garments, and be clean; and afterwards you shall come into the camp.
Katika siku ya saba fueni nguo zenu, nanyi mtakuwa safi. Kisha mtaweza kuingia kambini.”
25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Bwana akamwambia Mose,
26 Take the sum of the spoils of the captivity both of man and beast, you and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the families of the congregation.
“Wewe na kuhani Eleazari pamoja na viongozi wa jamaa ya jumuiya mtahesabu watu wote na wanyama ambao walitekwa.
27 And you shall divide the spoils between the warriors that went out to battle, and the whole congregation.
Gawanyeni hizo nyara kati ya askari ambao walishiriki katika vita na kwa jumuiya.
28 And you shall take a tribute for the Lord from the warriors that went out to battle; one soul out of five hundred, from the men, and from the cattle, even from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses; and you shall take from their half.
Kutoka fungu la wale waliokwenda kupigana vitani, tenga kama ushuru kwa ajili ya Bwana kitu kimoja kati ya kila mia tano, ikiwa ni wanadamu, ngʼombe, punda, kondoo au mbuzi.
29 And you shall give [them] to Eleazar the priest [as] the first fruits of the Lord.
Chukua ushuru huu kutoka fungu lao, umpe kuhani Eleazari kama sehemu ya Bwana.
30 And from the half belonging to the children of Israel you shall take one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses, and from all the cattle; and you shall give them to the Levites that keep the charges in the tabernacle of the Lord.
Kutoka fungu la Waisraeli, chukua kitu kimoja kati ya kila hamsini, ikiwa ni wanadamu, ngʼombe, punda, kondoo, mbuzi au wanyama wengine. Hivyo uwape Walawi, ambao wanawajibika kutunza Maskani ya Bwana.”
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.
Kwa hiyo Mose na kuhani Eleazari wakafanya kama Bwana alivyomwagiza Mose.
32 And that which remained of the spoil which the warriors took, was—of the sheep, six hundred and seventy-five thousand:
Nyara zilizobaki kutoka mateka ambayo askari walichukua ni kondoo 675,000,
33 and oxen, seventy-two thousand:
ngʼombe 72,000,
34 and asses, sixty-one thousand.
punda 61,000,
35 And persons of women who had not known lying with man, all the souls, thirty-two thousand.
na wanawake 32,000 ambao hawakumjua mume kwa kufanya tendo la ndoa.
36 And the half, [even] the portion of them that went out to war, from the number of the sheep, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.
Nusu ya fungu la wale waliokwenda kupigana vitani lilikuwa: Kondoo 337,500
37 And the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.
ambayo ushuru kwa ajili ya Bwana ilikuwa kondoo 675;
38 And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord seventy-two.
ngʼombe 36,000 ambao ushuru kwa ajili ya Bwana ulikuwa ngʼombe 72;
39 And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord, sixty-one:
punda 30,500 ambao ushuru kwa ajili ya Bwana ulikuwa punda 61;
40 and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord, thirty-two souls.
Watu 16,000 ambao ushuru kwa ajili ya Bwana ulikuwa watu 32.
41 And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the heave-offering of God, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses;
Mose alimpa kuhani Eleazari ushuru kama sehemu ya Bwana, kama Bwana alivyomwagiza Mose.
42 from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war.
Ile nusu iliyokuwa ya Waisraeli, ambayo Mose aliitenga kutoka kwa ile ya watu waliokwenda vitani,
43 And the half [taken] from the sheep, belonging to the congregation, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.
nusu iliyokuwa ya jumuiya, ilikuwa kondoo 337,500,
44 And the oxen, thirty-six thousand;
ngʼombe 36,000,
45 asses, thirty thousand and five hundred;
punda 30,500,
46 and persons, sixteen thousand.
na wanadamu 16,000.
47 And Moses took of the half belonging to the children of Israel the fifties part, of men and of cattle, and he gave them to the Levites who keep the charges of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Kutoka hiyo nusu iliyokuwa ya Waisraeli, Mose alichagua moja kati ya kila hamsini ya wanadamu na wanyama, kama Bwana alivyomwagiza, naye aliwapa Walawi, ambao waliwajibika kutunza Maskani ya Bwana.
48 And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and said to Moses,
Kisha maafisa waliokuwa juu ya vikosi vya jeshi, wakuu wa jeshi wa maelfu na wakuu wa jeshi wa mamia, walimwendea Mose
49 Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing.
na kumwambia, “Watumishi wako wamehesabu askari walio chini ya amri yetu na hakuna hata mmoja aliyekosekana.
50 And we have brought our gift to the Lord, [every] man who has found an article of gold, whether an armlet, or a chain, or a ring, or a bracelet, or a clasp for hair, to make atonement for us before the Lord.
Kwa hiyo tumeleta kama sadaka kwa Bwana vyombo vya dhahabu kila mmoja wetu alivyopata, yaani vikuku, bangili, pete za muhuri, vipuli na mikufu, ili kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili yetu mbele za Bwana.”
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even every wrought article.
Mose na kuhani Eleazari wakapokea kutoka kwao dhahabu, yaani vyombo vyote vilivyonakshiwa.
52 And all the wrought gold, even the offering that they offered to the Lord, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds.
Dhahabu yote kutoka kwa wakuu wa jeshi wa maelfu na wakuu wa jeshi wa mamia ambavyo Mose na kuhani Eleazari walimletea Bwana kama zawadi ilikuwa shekeli 16,750
53 For the men of war took plunder every one for himself.
Kila askari alikuwa amejichukulia nyara zake binafsi.
54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and brought the vessels into the tabernacle of witness, a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.
Mose na kuhani Eleazari walipokea dhahabu kutoka kwa wakuu wa jeshi wa maelfu na wakuu wa jeshi wa mamia, wakazileta katika Hema la Kukutania kama ukumbusho kwa Waisraeli mbele za Bwana.
