Deuteronomy 29
1 These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab: beside that covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
Haya ndiyo maneno ya Agano Bwana aliyomwagiza Mose kufanya na Waisraeli huko Moabu, kuwa nyongeza ya Agano alilofanya nao huko Horebu.
2 And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: You have seen all the things that the Lord did before you in the land of Egypt to Pharao, and to all his servants, and to his whole land.
Mose akawaita Waisraeli wote akawaambia: Macho yenu yameona yale yote Bwana aliyofanya kwa Mfalme Farao huko Misri, kwa maafisa wake wote na kwa nchi yake yote.
3 The great temptations, which thy eyes have seen, those mighty signs and wonders,
Kwa macho yenu wenyewe mliona yale majaribu makubwa, ishara zile za miujiza na maajabu makubwa.
4 And the Lord hath not given you a heart to understand, and eyes to see, and ears that may hear, unto this present day.
Lakini mpaka leo Bwana hajawapa akili ya kuelewa au macho yanayoona au masikio yanayosikia.
5 He hath brought you forty years through the desert: your garments are not worn out, neither are the shoes of your feet consumed with age.
Kwa muda wa miaka arobaini niliyowaongoza jangwani, nguo zenu hazikuchakaa, wala viatu miguuni mwenu.
6 You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the Lord your God.
Hamkula mkate na hamkunywa divai wala kileo chochote. Nilifanya hivi ili mpate kujua kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana Mungu wenu.
7 And you came to this place: sand Sehon king of Hesebon, and Og king of Basan, came out against us to fight. And we slew them.
Wakati mlipofika mahali hapa, Sihoni mfalme wa Heshboni na Ogu mfalme wa Bashani walikuja kupigana dhidi yetu, lakini tuliwashinda.
8 And took their land, and delivered it for a possession to Ruben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses.
Tuliichukua nchi yao na kuwapa Wareubeni, Wagadi na nusu ya kabila la Manase kama urithi wao.
9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and fulfill them: that you may understand all that you do.
Fuateni kwa bidii masharti ya Agano hili, ili kwamba mweze kustawi katika kila kitu mnachofanya.
10 You all stand this day before the Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and doctors, all the people of Israel,
Ninyi nyote leo mnasimama mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu; mkiwa viongozi na wakuu wenu, wazee na maafisa wenu, na wanaume wengine wote wa Israeli,
11 Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water:
pamoja na watoto wenu, wake zenu na pia wageni waishio katika kambi zenu wanaowapasulia kuni na kuwachotea maji.
12 That thou mayst pass in the covenant of the Lord thy God, and in the oath which this day the Lord thy God maketh with thee.
Mnasimama hapa ili kufanya Agano na Bwana Mungu wenu, Agano ambalo Mungu analifanya nanyi siku hii ya leo na kulitia muhuri kwa kiapo,
13 That he may raise thee up a people to himself, and he may be thy God as he hath spoken to thee, and as he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
kuwathibitisha ninyi siku hii ya leo kama taifa lake, ili aweze kuwa Mungu wenu kama alivyowaahidi na kama alivyowaapia baba zenu Abrahamu, Isaki na Yakobo.
14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant, and confirm these oaths,
Ninafanya Agano hili pamoja na kiapo chake, sio na ninyi tu
15 But with all that are present and that are absent.
mnaosimama hapa na sisi leo mbele za Bwana Mungu wetu, bali pia pamoja na wale ambao hawapo hapa leo.
16 For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we have passed through the midst of nations, and passing through them,
Ninyi wenyewe mnajua jinsi tulivyoishi nchini Misri na jinsi tulivyopita katikati ya nchi mpaka tukafika hapa.
17 You have seen their abominations and filth, that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which they worshipped.
Mliona miongoni mwao vinyago vyao vya kuchukiza na sanamu za miti na mawe, za fedha na dhahabu.
18 Lest perhaps there should be among you a man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose heart is turned away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations: and there should be among you a root bringing forth gall and bitterness.
Hakikisheni kwamba hakuna mwanaume au mwanamke, ukoo au kabila miongoni mwenu leo ambalo moyo wake utamwacha Bwana Mungu wetu, kwenda kuabudu miungu ya mataifa hayo. Hakikisheni hakuna mzizi miongoni mwenu unaotoa sumu chungu ya namna hii.
19 And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart saying: I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart: and the drunken may consume the thirsty,
Wakati mtu wa namna hii asikiapo maneno ya kiapo hiki, hujibariki mwenyewe na kisha hufikiri, “Nitakuwa salama, hata kama nikiendelea kuifuata njia yangu mwenyewe.” Hili litaleta maafa juu ya nchi iliyonyeshewa sawasawa na nchi kame.
20 And the Lord should not forgive him: but his wrath and jealousy against that man should be exceedingly enkindled at that time, and all the curses that are written in this volume should light upon him: and the Lord should blot out his name from under heaven,
Bwana kamwe hatakuwa radhi kumsamehe, ghadhabu na wivu wa Mungu vitawaka dhidi ya mtu huyo. Laana zote zilizoandikwa katika kitabu hiki zitamwangukia na Bwana atafuta jina lake chini ya mbingu.
21 And utterly destroy him out of all the tribes of Israel, according to the curses that are contained in the book of this law and covenant:
Bwana atamtwaa peke yake kutoka makabila ya Israeli kwa maangamizo, kulingana na laana zote za Agano zilizoandikwa kwenye Kitabu hiki cha Sheria.
22 And the following generation shall say, and the children that shall be born hereafter, and the strangers that shall come from afar, seeing the plagues of that land and the evils wherewith the Lord hath afflicted it,
Watoto wako watakaofuata baada yako katika vizazi vya baadaye na wageni ambao watakuja kutoka nchi za mbali, wataona maafa, yaliyoipata nchi na magonjwa ambayo Bwana aliyaleta juu yake.
23 Burning it with brimstone, and the heat of salt, so that it cannot be sown any more, nor any green thing grow therein, after the example of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord destroyed in his wrath and indignation:
Nchi yote itakuwa jaa linaloungua la chumvi na kiberiti: hakutakuwa kilichopandwa, hakutakuwa kinachochipua, wala hakutakuwa mimea inayoota juu yake. Itakuwa kama maangamizo ya Sodoma na Gomora, Adma na Seboimu, ambazo Bwana aliangamiza kwa hasira kali.
24 And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath?
Mataifa yote yatauliza: “Kwa nini Bwana amefanya hivi juu ya nchi hii? Kwa nini hasira hii kali ikawaka?”
25 And they shall answer: Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, which he made with their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt:
Na jibu litakuwa: “Ni kwa sababu watu hawa waliacha Agano la Bwana, Mungu wa baba zao, Agano alilofanya nao wakati alipowatoa katika nchi ya Misri.
26 And they have served strange gods, and adored them, whom they knew not, and for whom they had not been assigned:
Walienda zao na kuabudu miungu mingine na kuisujudia, miungu wasioijua, miungu ambayo Mungu hakuwapa.
27 Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this volume:
Kwa hiyo hasira ya Bwana ikawaka dhidi ya nchi hii, hivyo Mungu akaleta juu yake laana zote zilizoandikwa katika kitabu hiki.
28 And he hath cast them out of their land, in anger and in wrath, and in very great indignation, and hath thrown them into a strange land, as it is seen this day.
Katika hasira kali na katika ghadhabu kuu Bwana aliwangʼoa kutoka nchi yao na kuwasukumia katika nchi nyingine, kama ilivyo sasa.”
29 Secret things to the Lord our God: things that are manifest, to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Mambo ya siri ni ya Bwana Mungu wetu, bali yaliyofunuliwa ni yetu na watoto wetu milele, ili tuweze kuyafanya maneno yote ya sheria hii.
