Deuteronomy 15
1 In the seventh year thou shalt make a remission,
Kila mwisho wa kila miaka saba, mnapaswa kufuta madeni.
2 Which shall be celebrated in this order. He to whom any thing is owing from his friend or neighbour or brother, cannot demand it again, because it is the year of remission of the Lord,
Hii ni tabia ya ukombozi. Kila mkopeshaji atafuta kile alichompa jirani yake, hata dai kutoka kwa jirani yake au ndugu yake kwa sababu ufutaji wa madeni wa Yahwe umetangazwa.
3 Of the foreigner or stranger thou mayst exact it: of thy countryman and neighbour thou shalt not have power to demand it again.
Kutoka kwa mgeni mnaweza kudai; lakini kwa chochote chenu kilicho na ndugu yenu mnapaswa mkitoe.
4 And there shall be no poor nor beggar among you: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in the land which he will give thee in possession.
Hata hivyo, pasiwepo maskini miongoni mwenu (kwa kuwa Yahwe kwa hakika atawabariki kwenye nchi ambayo anawapa kama urithi kumiliki)
5 Yet so if thou hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and keep all things that he hath ordained, and which I command thee this day, he will bless thee, as he hath promised.
kama peke yenu mnasikiliza kwa bidii sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, kuzishika amri zote ambazo anawaamuru leo.
6 Thou shalt lend to many nations, and thou shalt borrow of no man. Thou shalt have dominion over very many nations, and no one shall have dominion over thee.
Kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wenu atawabariki, kama alivyowaahidia; mtakopesha mataifa mengi, lakini hamtaazima; mtaongoza juu ya mataifa mengi, lakini hayatawaongoza ninyi.
7 If one of thy brethren that dwelleth within the gates of thy city in the land which the Lord thy God will give thee, come to poverty: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor close thy hand,
Kama kuna mtu maskini miongoni mwenu, moja wa ndugu zenu, ndani ya malango yenu yoyote kwenye nchi yenu ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapa, msifanye migumu mioyo yenu wala kufunga mkono wenu toka kwa ndugu yenu,
8 But shalt open it to the poor man, thou shalt lend him, that which thou perceivest he hath need of.
Lakini mnapaswa hakika kufungua mkono wenu kwake na hakika mkopeshe yeye vya kutosha hitaji lake.
9 Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy heart: The seventh year of remission draweth nigh; and thou turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which he asketh: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it become a sin unto thee.
Muwe makini kutokuwa na wazo ovu au potovu katika moyo wenu, kusema, “Mwaka wa saba, mwaka wa ukombozi u karibu; ili kwamba msiwe wachoyo kuhusiana na ndugu zenu maskini na haumpi chochote; anaweza kumlilia Yahwe kuhusu nyie, na itakuwa dhambi yenu.
10 But thou shalt give to him: neither shalt thou do any thing craftily in relieving his necessities: that the Lord thy God may bless thee at all times, and in all things to which thou shalt put thy hand.
Mnapaswa kwa hakika mmpe, na moyo wenu hampaswi kuhuzunika wakati mnampa, kwa sababu kurudishiwa kwa Yahwe huyu Mungu wenu atawabariki katika kazi zenu zote na katika chochote mnaweka mkono wenu.
11 There will not be wanting poor in the land of thy habitation: therefore I command thee to open thy hand to thy needy and poor brother, that liveth in the land.
Kwa kuwa maskini kamwe hatakoma kuishi katika nchi, kwa hiyo nakuamuru wewe na kusema, “Unapaswa kwa hakika ufungue mkono wako kwa ndugu yako, kwa mhitaji wako, na kwa maskini wako katika nchi yako.
12 When thy brother a Hebrew man, or Hebrew woman is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free:
Kama ndugu yako, ni mwebrania wa kiume au mwebrania wa kike, ameuzwa kwako na anakutumikia kwa miaka saba, basi katika mwaka wa saba unapaswa umwache aende zake huru.
13 And when thou sendest him out free, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
Unapomwacha aende zake huru, usimwache aende mkono mtupu.
14 But shalt give him for his way out of thy flocks, and out of thy barnfloor, and thy winepress, wherewith the Lord thy God shall bless thee.
Unapaswa kwa ukarimu hutoe kwake kutoka mifugo yako, kutoka pura iliyo chini, na kinu chako cha mvinyo. Kama Yahwe Mungu wako alivyokubariki, unapaswa umpe yeye.
15 Remember that thou also wast a bondservant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God made thee free, and therefore I now command thee this.
Unapaswa kukumbuka kwamba ulikuwa mtumwa kwenye nchi ya Misri, na kwamba Yahwe Mungu wako alikukomboa; kwa hiyo ninakuamuru leo kufanya hivi.
16 But if he say: I will not depart: because he loveth thee, and thy house, and findeth that he is well with thee:
Itakuwa kwamba kama atasema kwako, “Sitaenda mbali yako; kwa sababu anakupenda na nyumba yako, na kwa sababu ni mzuri kwako,
17 Thou shalt take an awl, and bore through his ear in the door of thy house, and he shall serve thee for ever: thou shalt do in like manner to thy womanservant also.
basi unapaswa kuchukua uma na msukumo kupitia sikio lake kwenye mlango, na atakuwa mtumwa wako milele. Na pia kwa mtumwa wako wa kike utafanya vilevile.
18 Turn not away thy eyes from them when thou makest them tree: because he hath served thee six years according to the wages of a hireling: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works that thou dost.
Isionekane kuwa vigumu kwako kumwachia aende zake huru, kwa sababu amekutumikia kwa miaka sita na amekupa mara mbili udhamani wa mtu aliyeajiriwa. Yahwe Mungu wako atakubariki katika yote unayofanya.
19 Of the firstlings, that come of thy herds and thy sheep, thou shalt sanctify to the Lord thy God whatsoever is of the male sex. Thou shalt not work with the firstling of a bullock, and thou shalt not shear the firstlings of thy sheep.
Wazao wote wa kwanza wa kiume katika wanyama na mifugo wako unapaswa uwatenge kwa Yahwe Mungu wako. Hautafanya kazi na mzao wa kwanza wa wanyama wako wala kumnyoa mzao wa kwanza wa mfugo wako.
20 In the sight of the Lord thy God shalt thou eat them every year, in the place that the Lord shall choose, thou and thy house.
Unapaswa umle mzaliwa wa kwanza mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wako kila mwaka katika eneo ambalo Yahwe atachagua, wewe na nyumba yako.
21 But if it have a blemish, or be lame, or blind, or in any part disfigured or feeble, it shall not be sacrificed to the Lord thy God.
Kama ina kasoro yoyote- kwa mfano, kama ni kilema au kipofu, au ana kasoro yoyote- haupaswi kumtoa dhabihu kwa Yahwe Mungu wako.
22 But thou shalt eat it within the gates of thy city: the clean and the unclean shall eat them alike, as the roe and as the hart.
Utamla ndani ya malango yako; mtu asiye najisi na aliye najisi ni sawa unapaswa kula, kama ungekula paa au kulungu.
23 Only thou shalt take heed not to eat their blood, but pour it out on the earth as water.
Pekee haupaswi kunywa damu yake; unapaswa kuimwanga damu yake juu ya ardhi kama maji.
