Numbers 31
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Bwana akamwambia Mose,
2 Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites, and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people.
“Uwalipize kisasi Wamidiani kwa ajili ya Waisraeli. Halafu baada ya hayo, utakufa.”
3 And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites.
Kwa hiyo Mose akawaambia watu, “Waandaeni baadhi ya wanaume wenu waende vitani kupigana na Wamidiani ili wawalipize kisasi cha Bwana.
4 Let a thousand men be chosen out of every tribe of Israel to be sent to the war.
Peleka wanaume 1,000 vitani kutoka kila kabila la Israeli.”
5 And they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say, twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.
Kwa hiyo waliandaliwa wanaume 12,000 kwa vita, wanaume 1,000 kutoka kila kabila, walitolewa kutoka koo za Israeli.
6 And Moses sent them with Phinees the son of Eleazar the priest, and he delivered to him the holy vessels, and the trumpets to sound.
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 when they had fought against the Madianites and had overcome them, they slew all the men.
Walipigana dhidi ya Wamidiani, kama Bwana alivyomwagiza Mose, nao waliua kila mwanaume.
8 And their kings Evi, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, five princes of the nation: Balaam also the son of Beer they killed with the sword.
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 took their women, and their children captives, and all their cattle, and all their goods: and all their possessions they plundered:
Waisraeli waliwateka wanawake wa Kimidiani pamoja na watoto wao na walichukua makundi ya ngʼombe, kondoo na mali zao kama nyara.
10 And all their cities, and their villages, and castles, they burned.
Walichoma moto miji yote ambayo Wamidiani walikuwa wanaishi, pamoja na kambi zao zote.
11 And they carried away the booty, and all that they had taken both of men and of beasts.
Walichukua nyara zote na mateka, pamoja na watu na wanyama,
12 And they brought them to Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and to all the multitude of the children of Israel. But the rest of the things for use they carried to the camp on the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan over against 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 princes of the synagogue went forth to meet them without the camp.
Mose, kuhani Eleazari na viongozi wote wa jumuiya wakatoka kuwalaki nje ya kambi.
14 And Moses being angry with the chief officers of the army, the tribunes, and the centurions that were come from the battle,
Mose aliwakasirikia maafisa wa jeshi, yaani hao wakuu wa jeshi wa maelfu na wakuu wa jeshi wa mamia, ambao walirudi kutoka vitani.
15 Said: Why have you saved the women?
Mose akawauliza, “Je, mmewaacha wanawake wote hai?”
16 Are not these they, that deceived the children of Israel by the counsel of Balaam, and made you transgress against the Lord by the sin of Phogor, for which also the people was punished?
“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 Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men.
Sasa waue wavulana wote. Pia muue kila mwanamke ambaye alikwisha fanya tendo la ndoa,
18 But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves:
lakini mwacheni hai kwa ajili yenu kila msichana ambaye kamwe hajawahi kuzini na mwanaume.
19 And stay without the camp seven days. He that hath killed a man, or touched one that is killed, shall be purified the third day and 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 of all the spoil, every garment, or vessel, or any thing made for use, of the skins, or hair of goats, or of wood, shall be purified.
Takaseni kila vazi pamoja na kila kitu kilichotengenezwa kwa ngozi, kwa singa za mbuzi au kwa mti.”
21 Eleazar also the priest spoke to the men of the army, that had fought, in this manner: This is the ordinance of the law, which the Lord hath commanded Moses:
Kisha kuhani Eleazari aliwaambia askari waliokuwa wamekwenda vitani, “Haya ndiyo matakwa ya sheria ambayo Bwana alimpa Mose:
22 Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lend, and tin,
Dhahabu, fedha, shaba, chuma, bati, risasi,
23 And all that may pass through the fire, shall be purified by fire, but whatsoever cannot abide the fire, shall be sanctified with the water of expiation:
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 you shall wash your garments the seventh day, and being purified, you shall afterwards enter into the camp.
Katika siku ya saba fueni nguo zenu, nanyi mtakuwa safi. Kisha mtaweza kuingia kambini.”
25 And the Lord said to Moses:
Bwana akamwambia Mose,
26 Take the sum of the things that were taken both of man and beast, thou and Eleazar the priest and the princes of the multitude:
“Wewe na kuhani Eleazari pamoja na viongozi wa jamaa ya jumuiya mtahesabu watu wote na wanyama ambao walitekwa.
27 And thou shalt divide the spoil equally, between them that fought and went out to the war, and between the rest of the multitude.
Gawanyeni hizo nyara kati ya askari ambao walishiriki katika vita na kwa jumuiya.
28 And thou shalt separate a portion to the Lord from them that fought and were in the battle, one soul of five hundred as well of persons as of oxen and asses and sheep.
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 thou shalt give it to Eleazar the priest, because they are the firstfruits of the Lord.
Chukua ushuru huu kutoka fungu lao, umpe kuhani Eleazari kama sehemu ya Bwana.
30 Out of the moiety also of the children of Israel thou shalt take the fiftieth head of persons, and of oxen, and asses, and sheep, and of all beasts, and thou shalt give them to the Levites that watch in the charge of 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 did as the Lord had commanded.
Kwa hiyo Mose na kuhani Eleazari wakafanya kama Bwana alivyomwagiza Mose.
32 And the spoil which the army had taken, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
Nyara zilizobaki kutoka mateka ambayo askari walichukua ni kondoo 675,000,
33 Seventy-two thousand oxen,
ngʼombe 72,000,
34 Sixty-one thousand asses:
punda 61,000,
35 And thirty-two thousand persons of the female sex, that had not known men.
na wanawake 32,000 ambao hawakumjua mume kwa kufanya tendo la ndoa.
36 And one half was given to them that had been in the battle, to wit, three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:
Nusu ya fungu la wale waliokwenda kupigana vitani lilikuwa: Kondoo 337,500
37 Out of which, for the portion of the Lord, were reckoned six hundred seventy-five sheep.
ambayo ushuru kwa ajili ya Bwana ilikuwa kondoo 675;
38 And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen, seventy-two oxen:
ngʼombe 36,000 ambao ushuru kwa ajili ya Bwana ulikuwa ngʼombe 72;
39 Out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses, sixty-one asses:
punda 30,500 ambao ushuru kwa ajili ya Bwana ulikuwa punda 61;
40 Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there fell to the portion of the Lord, thirty-two souls.
Watu 16,000 ambao ushuru kwa ajili ya Bwana ulikuwa watu 32.
41 And Moses delivered the number of the firstfruits of the Lord to Eleazar the priest, as had been commanded him,
Mose alimpa kuhani Eleazari ushuru kama sehemu ya Bwana, kama Bwana alivyomwagiza Mose.
42 Out of the half of the children of Israel, which he had separated for them that had been in the battle.
Ile nusu iliyokuwa ya Waisraeli, ambayo Mose aliitenga kutoka kwa ile ya watu waliokwenda vitani,
43 But out of the half that fell to the rest of the multitude, that is to say, out of the three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
nusu iliyokuwa ya jumuiya, ilikuwa kondoo 337,500,
44 And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen,
ngʼombe 36,000,
45 And out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses,
punda 30,500,
46 And out of the sixteen thousand persons,
na wanadamu 16,000.
47 Moses took the fiftieth head, and gave it to the Levites that watched in the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded.
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 when the commanders of the army, and the tribunes and centurions were come to Moses, they said:
Kisha maafisa waliokuwa juu ya vikosi vya jeshi, wakuu wa jeshi wa maelfu na wakuu wa jeshi wa mamia, walimwendea Mose
49 We thy servants have reckoned up the number of the fighting men, whom we had under our hand, and not so much as one was wanting.
na kumwambia, “Watumishi wako wamehesabu askari walio chini ya amri yetu na hakuna hata mmoja aliyekosekana.
50 Therefore we offer as gifts to the Lord what gold every one of us could find in the booty, in garters and tablets, rings and bracelets, and chains, that thou mayst pray to the Lord for us.
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 received all the gold in divers kinds,
Mose na kuhani Eleazari wakapokea kutoka kwao dhahabu, yaani vyombo vyote vilivyonakshiwa.
52 In weight sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty sicles, from the tribunes and from the centurions.
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 that which every one had taken in the booty was his own.
Kila askari alikuwa amejichukulia nyara zake binafsi.
54 And that which was received they brought into the tabernacle of the testimony, for 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.
