Numbers 14
1 And the whole assembly lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Usiku huo watu wote walilia kwa sauti.
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole assembly said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness would that we had died!
Watu wote wa Israeli wakamlalamikia Musa na Haruni. Watu wote wakawaambia, “Ni bora kama tungelifia katika nchi ya Misri, au katika hili!
3 And why is Jehovah bringing us to this land that we may fall by the sword, that our wives and our little ones may become a prey? Is it not better for us to return to 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 captain, and let us return to Egypt.
Wakasemezana wao kwa wao, “Na tuchague kiongozi mwingine, turudi Misri.”
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell upon their faces before the whole congregation of the assembly of the children of Israel.
Ndipo Musa na Haruni wakalala kifudifudi mbele ya kundi lote la wana wa Israeli.
6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of them that searched out the land, rent 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 they spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it out, is a very, very good land.
Wakawaambia watu wote wa Israeli. Walisema, “Ile nchi tuliyopita katikati yake ni nchi nzuri sana.
8 If Jehovah delight in us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us, a land that flows with milk and honey;
Kama BWANA amependezwa nasi, basi atatuingiza katika nchi hii na kutupatia. Ile nchi inatiririka maziwa na asali.
9 only rebel not against Jehovah; and fear not the people of the land; for they shall be our food. Their defence is departed from them, and Jehovah is with 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 the whole assembly said that they should be stoned with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting 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 Jehovah said to Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe me, for all the signs which I have done among them?
BWANA akamwambi Musa, “watu hawa watanidharau hadi lini? Wataendelea kutoniamini mpaka lini? Nijapokuwa nimefanya ishara kwa nguvu zangu kati yao?
12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
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 Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for in thy might thou broughtest up this people from the midst of them;
Musa akamwambia BWANA, “Kama utafanya hivi, Na Wamisiri wakisikia habari hizi, na kwa sababu uliwaokoa kutoka kwao kwa nguvu zako.
14 and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land, [who] have heard that thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of this people, that thou, Jehovah, lettest thyself be seen eye to eye, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night;
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 if thou now slayest this people as one man, then the nations that have heard thy fame will speak, saying,
Sasa kama utawaua hawa watu kama mtu mmoja, basi mataifa ambao wamesikia sifa zako watasema,
16 Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land that he had sworn unto them, he has therefore slain 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, I beseech thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Sasa, nakusihi, utumie uweza wako. Kwa kuwa umesema kuwa,
18 Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon 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 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy loving-kindness, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even 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 Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word.
BWANA akasema, Nimewasamehe kwa kama ulivyoomba,
21 But as surely as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah!
bali kama Niishivyo, na kama vile dunia yote itakavyojazwa na utukufu wangu,
22 for all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened 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 shall in no wise see the land which I did swear unto their fathers: none of them that despised 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 Caleb, because he hath another spirit in him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he came; and his seed shall possess 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 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley.) To-morrow turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness, on the way to the Red sea.
(Sasa Waamaleki na Wakanani waliishi katika bonde.) Kesho mtageuka na kwenda katika jangwa kwa njia ya bahari ya Shamu.”
26 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
BWANA akanena na Musa na Haruni, akasema,
27 How long [shall I bear] with this evil assembly, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
“Nitaivumilia jamii ya watu hawa waovu ambao wananinung'unikia mpaka lini? Nimeyasikia malalamiko ya wana wa Israeli dhidi yangu.
28 Say unto them, As surely as I live, saith Jehovah, if I do not do unto you as ye have spoken in mine ears!
Waambie, 'Kama niishivyo,' asema BWANA, 'kama vile mlivyosema katika masikio yake, nitawafanyia jambo hili:
29 In this wilderness shall your carcases fall; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number from twenty years old and upwards, who have 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 shall in no wise come into the land, concerning which I have lifted up my hand to make you dwell in it; save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Kwa hakika hamtaingia kwenye ile nchi ambayo niliahidi kuwapa kuwa makazi yenu, isipokuwa Kalebu mwana wa Yefune na Joshua mwana wa Nuni.
31 But your little ones, of whom ye said they should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land that ye have despised.
Bali watoto wenu ambao mlisema kuwa watakuwa watumwa, wao ndio nitakaowapeleka katika nchi hiyo. Wao wataifurahia nchi ambayo nInyi mmeikataa!
32 And as to you, your carcases shall fall in this wilderness.
Lakini ninyi, maiti zenu zitaanguka katika jangwa hili.
33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted 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 After the number of the days in which ye have searched out the land, forty days, each day for a year shall ye bear your iniquities forty years, and ye shall know mine estrangement [from you].
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 Jehovah have spoken; I will surely do it unto all this evil assembly which have gathered together against me! in this wilderness they shall be 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 had sent to search out the land, who returned, and made the whole assembly to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report upon the land,
Kwa hiyo wale wanaume ambao Musa aliwatuma kwenda kuingalia ile nchi wote walikufa kwa tauni mbele ya BWANA.
37 even those men who had brought up an evil report upon the land, died by a plague before Jehovah.
Hawa ni wale ambao waliorudi na kutoa taarifa mbaya juu ya nchi. Hii iliwafanya watu wote wamlalamikie Musa.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, lived still of the men that had gone to search 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 told all these sayings to all the children of Israel; then the people mourned greatly.
Musa alipowataarifu mambo haya watu wote wa Israeli waliomboleza sana.
40 And they rose up early in the morning, and went up to the hill-top, saying, Here are we, and we will go up to the place of which Jehovah has spoken; for 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 now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!
Lakini Musa akasema, “Kwa nini sasa mnapinga amri ya BWANA? hamtafanikiwa.
42 Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies;
Msiende, kwa sababu BWANA hayuko pamoja nanyi kuwalinda dhidi ya maadui zenu.
43 for the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; for as ye have turned away from Jehovah, Jehovah will not be with you.
Waamaleki na Wakanaani wako kule, na mtakufa kwa upanga kwa sababu mliumtegea mgongo BWANA na hamkumfuata. Kwa hiyo hatakuwa pamoja nanyi.
44 Yet they presumed to go up to the hill-top; but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, did not depart from the midst of the camp.
Lakini walithubutu kukwea mlimani; lakini si Musa wala Sanduku la agano la BWANA walioondoka kambini.
45 And the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt on that hill, came down and smote them, and cut them to pieces, as far as Hormah.
Kisha Waamaleki walikuja chini, pia wale Wakanaani walioshi kwenye hiyo milima. Wakawavamia Waisreli wakawapiga na kuwaangusha mpaka Horima.
