Deuteronomy 14
1 Ye are sons of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person.
Ninyi ni watu wa Yahwe Mungu wenu. Msijikate wenyewe, wala kunyoa sehemu za nyuso zenu kwa ajili ya wafu.
2 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
Kwa kuwa mu taifa lilowekwa wakfu kwa Yahwe Mungu wenu, na Yahwe amewachagua kuwa watu kwa ajili ya urithi wake, zaidi kuliko watu wote walio juu ya uso wa dunia.
3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Hampaswi kula kitu chochote kilicho chukizo.
4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;
Hawa ni wanyama ambao mnaweza kula: ng'ombe, kondoo, mbuzi,
5 the hart, and the gazelle, and the stag, and the wild goat, and the dishon and the oryx, and the wild sheep.
kulungu, paa, kulungu wa kiume, mbuzi wa mwituni, paa mweupe na pofu na kondoo wa mlimani
6 And every beast that hath cloven hoofs, and the feet quite split open into double hoofs, [and] which cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
Mnaweza kula wanyama wowote ambao wamegawanyika kwato, ambaye ana kwato zilizogawanyika mara mbili, na utafuna macheuo.
7 Only these ye shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with hoofs cloven and split open: the camel, and the hare, and the rock-badger; for they chew the cud, but have not cloven hoofs — they shall be unclean unto you;
Hata hivyo, hampaswi kula baadhi ya wanyama ambao utafuna macheuo au ambao wana kwato zilizogawanyika mara mbili: ngamia, sungura, pomono, kwa sababu watafuna macheuo lakini hawajagawanyika kwato, ni najisi kwenu.
8 and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, yet cheweth not the cud — it shall be unclean unto you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch.
Nguruwe ni najisi kwenu pia kwa sababu amegawanyika kwato lakini hatafuni macheuo; ni najisi kwenu. Msile nyama ya nguruwe, na msiguse mizoga yao.
9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales shall ye eat;
Haya yaliyo ndani ya maji mnaweza kula: chochote kilicho na mapesi na magamba;
10 but whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat: it shall be unclean unto you.
lakini chochote kisichokuwa na mapesi na magamba msile; ni najisi kwenu.
11 All clean birds shall ye eat.
Ndege wote safi mnaweza kula.
12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,
Lakini hawa ni ndege ambao hampaswi kula: tai, tumbusi, kipungu,
13 and the falcon, and the kite, and the black kite after its kind;
mwewe mwekundu na mweusi, aina yoyote ya kipanga.
14 and every raven after its kind;
Hampaswi kula aina yoyote ya kunguru,
15 and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after its kind;
na mbuzi na mwewe wa usiku, Lanes ndege wa baharini, aina yoyote ya mwewe,
16 the owl, and the ibis and the swan,
bundi mdogo, bundi mkubwa, na bundi mweupe,
17 and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,
Mwari, nyamafu ya tai, mnandio.
18 and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Hampaswi kula korongo, aina yoyote ya kongoti, hudihudi, na popo.
19 And every winged crawling thing shall be unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.
Wote wenye mabawa; vitu vya utando ni najisi kwenu; havipaswi kuliwa.
20 All clean fowls shall ye eat.
Mnaweza kula vitu vyote virukavyo.
21 Ye shall eat of no carcase; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
Hampaswi kula chochote kinachokufa chenyewe; mnaweza kumpa mgeni ambaye yuko katika mji wenu, kwamba anaweza kula au mnaweza kuuza kwa mgeni. Kwa kuwa mu taifa lilolowekwa wakfu kwa ajili ya Yahwe Mungu wenu. Hampaswi kumchemusha mbuzi kijana katika maziwa ya mama yake.
22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, the produce of the field, year by year.
Hakika mnapaswa kutoa fungu la kumi la mavuno ya mbegu zenu zote, ambazo huja kutoka kwenye shamba kila mwaka.
23 And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he will choose to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God continually.
Mnapaswa kula mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, katika eneo ambalo atachagua kama patakatifu pake, fungu la kumi la nafaka zenu, za mvinyo mpya, na mafuta yenu, na mzaliwa wa kwanza wa wanyama na mifugo, kwamba mnaweza kujifunza daima kumheshimu Yahwe Mungu wenu.
24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God will choose to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God blesseth thee;
Kama safari ni ndefu kwenu na kwamba hamwezi kuibeba, kwa sababu eneo ambalo Yahwe Mungu wenu atachagua kama patakatifu pake ni mbali kwenu, basi, wakati Yahwe Mngu anawabariki,
25 then shalt thou give it for money, and bind the money together in thy hand, and go to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose,
mtabadilisha sadaka katika pesa. Fungeni pesa kwenye mkono, na nendeni kwenye eneo ambalo Yahwe Mungu wenu atachagua.
26 and thou shalt give the money for whatever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy house.
Huko mtatumia pesa kwa chochote mnatamani kwa ng'ombe au kondoo, au kwa mvinyo, au kwa kinywaji imara, au kwa chochote mnatamani; mtakula hapo mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, na mtafurahi, nyie na nyumba zenu.
27 And thou shalt not forsake the Levite that is within thy gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.
Mlawi ambaye yuko malangoni mwenu- msimsahau, kwa kuwa hana sehemu wala urithi pamoja nanyi.
28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates;
Mwisho mwa kila miaka mitatu mtawasilisha mafungu yote ya kumi ya mazao kwa mwaka huo huo, na mtatunza katika malango yenu;
29 and the Levite — for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee — and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
na Mlawi, kwa sababu hana sehemu wala urithi pamoja nanyi, na mgeni, na yatima, na wajane walio ndani ya malango yenu, watakuja na kula na kurithika. Fanya hivyo kwa Yahwe Mungu wenu aweze kuwabariki katika kazi zote za mikono yenuo mnazofanya.
