Deuteronomy 11
1 Love the Lord your God and do everything he says—his rules, regulations, and commandments.
Kwa hiyo mtampenda Yahwe Mungu wenu na daima mtashika maelekezo yake, maagizo yake, sheria zake, na amri zake.
2 You should realize that it's not your children who have experienced the Lord your God's discipline. It was you who saw his greatness, his power and strength;
Kumbuka kwamba siongei kwa watoto wako, ambao hawajajua wala kuona hukumu ya Yahwe Mungu wako, ukuu wake, mkono wake wa uweza, mkono wake ulionyoshwa,
3 and his miracles. You saw what he did to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his whole country.
Ishara na matendo ambayo alifanya katikati ya Misri kwa Farao, mfalme Misri, na nchi yake yote.
4 You saw what he did to the Egyptian army and its horses and chariots when he swept them away in the Red Sea, drowning them as they chased after you. The story hasn't changed!
Wala hawakuona kile alichofanya kwa jeshi la Misri, kwa farasi wao, au magari yao; namna alivyoyafanya maji ya bahari ya Reeds kuwaelemea kwa sababu ya kuwafuatilia, na namna Yahwe alivyowaangamiza mpaka leo,
5 You saw what he did for you in the desert until you arrived here.
au nini alifanya kwenu kwenye jangwa mpaka mlikuja eneo hili.
6 You saw what he did, right there among you, to Dothan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab of the tribe of Reuben, when the earth split open and swallowed them down—their families, their tents, and all their animals.
Hawajaona nini Yahwe alichofanya kwa Dathani na Abiramu, wana wa Eliabu mwana wa Reubeni; namna dunia ilifungua kinywa chake na kuwameza, nyumba zao, mahema yao, na kila kitu hai kilichowafuata, katikati mwa Israeli yote.
7 You saw with your own eyes all the amazing things that the Lord has done.
Lakini macho yenu yameona kazi yote kuu ya Yahwe aliyoifanya.
8 So you must keep every commandment I am giving you today That way you will have the strength to enter and take over the country that you are crossing the Jordan to have as your own,
Kwa hiyo shikeni amri zote ambazo ninawaamuru leo, kwamba mweze kuwa imara, na kuingia na kuimiliki nchi, ambayo unaenda zaidi kuimiliki;
9 You will also have long lives in the country that the Lord promised to give your forefathers and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
na kwamba uweze kuongeza siku zako katika nchi ambayo Yahwe aliapa kwa baba zako kuwapa na uzao wao, nchi itiririkayo maziwa na asali.
10 The country you're entering to occupy isn't like the country of Egypt that you've come from. There you had to sow your seed and work hard irrigating the ground, like taking care of a vegetable garden.
Kwa kuwa nchi, ambayo unaingia kumiliki, siyo kama nchi ya Misri, ambako mlitoka, ambako mlipanda mbegu na kumwagilizia kwa miguu yenu, kama bustani ya mitishamba;
11 But here in the country that you are crossing the Jordan to take over is a land of mountains and valleys that receives plenty of rain
Lakini nchi, ambayo unaenda kuimiliki, ni nchi ya milima na mabonde, na kunywa maji ya mvua mbinguni,
12 It is a land that the Lord your God takes care of. The Lord your God it is always watching over it, all year long.
nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu awajali; macho ya Yahwe Mungu wenu daima yako juu yake, kuanzia mwanzo wa mwaka mpaka mwisho wa mwaka.
13 So if you pay careful attention to keep the commandments I'm giving you today, if you love the Lord your God and to worship with all your mind and with all your being,
Itatokea, kama mtazisikiliza kwa bidii amri zangu ambazo ninawaamuru leo kumpenda Yahwe Mungu wenu, na kumtumikia kwa moyo wenu wote na roho zenu zote,
14 then I will send rain for your land at the right time, rain in autumn and spring, so that you can harvest your grain, new wine, and olive oil.
kwamba nitawapa mvua nchi yenu kwa majira yake, mvua za awali na mvua za badaye, ili kwamba mweze kukusanya nafaka zenu, mvinyo wenu mpya, na mafuta yenu.
15 I will also provide grass in the fields for your livestock. You will have more than enough to eat.
Nitawapa nyasi kwenye mashamba yenu kwa ajili ya mifugo yenu, na mtakula na kushiba.
16 But make sure you're not that you're not fooled into worshiping and bowing down to other gods,
Uwe makini mwenyewe, ili kwamba moyo wako usidanganyike, na kugeuka na kuabudu miungu mingine, na kuisujudia;
17 or the Lord will become angry with you. He won't send any rain, and the land won't produce any crops, and you will soon die, even in the good land that the Lord is giving you.
ili kwamba hasira ya Yahwe isiwashiwe dhidi yenu, na ili kwamba asifunge mbingu, kwamba pasiwe na mvua, na nchi haitavuna matunda, na ili kwamba mpotee kwa haraka kutoka nchi nzuri ambayo Yahwe anawapa.
18 Focus your minds on the words that I'm saying. Tie them on your hands as reminders and put them on your foreheads as well.
Kwa hiyo yaweke haya maneno ndani ya moyo wako na roho; yafunge kama ishara kwenye mkono wako, na yawe utepe katikati ya macho yako.
19 Teach them to your children and talk about them when you're at home and when you're traveling, when you lie down and when you get up.
Utayafundisha kwa watoto na kuongea juu yake wakati uketipo ndani ya nyumba yako, wakati utembeapo barabarani, wakati ulalapo, na wakati uinukapo.
20 Write them on the doorposts of your homes and on your gates,
Utayaandika kwenye miimo ya milango ya nyumba zenu na kwenye malango yenu,
21 so that as long as the earth lasts, you and your children may have long lives in the country the Lord promised to give your forefathers.
kwamba siku zenu na siku za watoto wenu ziweze kuongezeka katika nchi ambayo Yahwe aliapa kwa mababu zenu kuwapa, maadamu mbingu ziko juu ya ardhi.
22 If you are careful to keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow, if you love the Lord your God and follow all his ways, and hold onto him,
Kama mtayashika kwa bidii maagizo haya yote ambayo ninawaamuru nyinyi, ili kwamba myafanye, mpende Yahwe Mungu wenu, tembea katika njia zake zote, na kushikamana naye,
23 then the Lord will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will take over the country from nations that are greater and stronger than you.
basi Yahwe atawaondosha mataifa haya yote kutoka mbele yenu, na mtayafukuza mataifa makubwa na yenye nguvu kuliko nyie.
24 Everywhere you walk will belong to you. Your territory will extend from the desert all the way to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.
Kila eneo ambalo unyao wa miguu utatembea litakuwa lenu; kutoka jangwani hadi Lebanoni, toka mto wa Euphratesi, hadi magharibi mwa bahari itakuwa mpaka wenu.
25 No one will be able to withstand you; the Lord your God will make everyone living there absolutely terrified of you wherever you go, just as he promised you.
Hakuna mtu ataweza kusimama mbele yenu; Yahwe Mungu wenu ataweka hofu yenu na ugaidi wenu juu ya nchi yote mnayotembea juu yake kama alivyosema na ninyi.
26 Look! Today I'm placing before you both a blessing and a curse.
Tazama, naweka mbele yenu baraka na laana;
27 You will receive a blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I'm giving you today.
baraka, kama mtasikiliza amri za Yahwe ambazo ninakuamuru leo,
28 But you will receive a curse if you disobey the commandments of the Lord your God and don't keep to the path I'm ordering you to follow today by worshiping some other unknown gods.
na laana, kama hamtasikiliza amri za Yahwe Mungu wenu, lakini mkaicha njia ninayokuamuru leo, kuendea miungu mingine ambayo hamjaijua.
29 When the Lord your God takes you into the country you are going in to occupy, announce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
Itakuwa wakati Yahwe Mungu wenu anawaleta ninyi katika nchi ambayo mnaenda kumiliki, kwamba mtaweka baraka juu ya mlima Gerizimu na laana juu ya mlima Ebali.
30 (These mountains are to the west of the Jordan, in the country of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah near Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh.)
Hawako ng'ambo ya pili zaidi ya Yordani, magharibi mwa barabara la magharibi, katika nchi ya Wakanani wanaoishi Arabah, juu dhidi ya Gilgali, kando ya mialo ya Moreh?
31 Shortly you're going to cross the Jordan to enter and occupy the country the Lord your God is giving you. When you take it over and settle there,
Kwa maana mtavuka ng'ambo ya pili ya Yordani kuingia kumiliki nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapa, na mtamiliki na kuishi ndani yake.
32 make sure you follow all the rules and regulations that I'm giving you today.
Mtashika sheria zote na amri ninazoweka mbele yenu leo.
