Deuteronomy 8
1 You must take care to follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and have many descendants, and go in and take over the country the Lord promised to give to your fore fathers.
Uwe mwangalifu kufuata kila agizo ninalokupa wewe leo, ili mweze kuishi, kuongezeka na mweze kuingia mkamiliki nchi ambayo Bwana aliahidi kwa kiapo kwa baba zenu.
2 Remember how for these forty years the Lord your God has led you all the way through the desert, humbling you and testing you in order to find out what you were really thinking, and whether or not you would keep his commandments.
Kumbuka jinsi Bwana Mungu wenu alivyowaongoza katika njia yote katika jangwa kwa miaka hii arobaini, kukunyenyekeza na kukujaribu ili ajue lililoko moyoni mwako, kwamba utayashika maagizo yake au la.
3 He humbled you, and when you were hungry he gave you manna to eat, which nobody, including you and your forefathers, had ever had before This was in order to make it clear to you that human beings do not live by only eating bread, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
Alikudhili na kukufanya uone njaa kisha akulishe kwa mana, ambayo wewe wala baba zako hamkuijua, awafundishe kuwa mwanadamu hataishi kwa mkate tu bali kwa kila neno litokalo katika kinywa cha Bwana.
4 During these forty years your clothing didn't wear out and your feet didn't swell up.
Nguo zenu hazikuchakaa wala miguu yenu haikuvimba kwa miaka hii arobaini.
5 So you should realize that just as a parent disciplines their child, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
Mjue basi ndani ya mioyo yenu kama mtu anavyomwadibisha mwanawe, ndivyo Bwana Mungu wako atawaadibisha ninyi.
6 That's why you have to keep the commandments of the Lord your God, following his ways and respecting him.
Shikeni maagizo ya Bwana Mungu wenu mtembee katika njia zake na kumheshimu.
7 For the Lord your God is taking you to a good country. It's a land of streams and pools and springs that flow through the valleys and down the hills;
Kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wenu anawaleta katika nchi nzuri, nchi yenye vijito na mabwawa ya maji, yenye chemchemi zinazotiririka mabondeni na katika vilima;
8 It's a land that produces wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey.
nchi yenye ngano na shayiri, mizabibu na mitini, mikomamanga, mafuta ya zeituni na asali;
9 It's a land where you won't run out of food, where you will have everything you need; a land whose rocks contain iron ore and whose hills can be mined for copper.
nchi ambayo chakula hakitapungua na hamtakosa chochote; nchi ambayo miamba yake ni chuma na mnaweza kuchimba shaba kutoka kwenye vilima.
10 When you eat and are full, make sure you thank the Lord your God for the good land that he's given you.
Wakati mtakapokwisha kula na kushiba, msifuni Bwana Mungu wenu kwa ajili ya nchi nzuri aliyowapa.
11 Make sure you don't forget the Lord your God by disobeying his commandments and rules and regulations that I'm giving you today.
Jihadharini msimsahau Bwana Mungu wenu, mkashindwa kushika maagizo yake, sheria na amri zake ambazo ninawapa leo.
12 For when you eat and are full, when you build beautiful houses to live in,
Angalia wakati mtakapokuwa mmekula na kushiba, mkajenga nyumba nzuri na kukaa humo,
13 and when your herds and flocks grow larger, and your silver and gold accumulates, and all your possessions increase,
na wakati makundi yenu ya ngʼombe na mbuzi na kondoo yatakapoongezeka na fedha na dhahabu yenu itakapoongezeka na vyote mlivyo navyo vitakapozidishwa,
14 then you will become proud, and you will forget the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt, out of the prison-house of slavery.
basi mioyo yenu isiwe na kiburi mkamsahau Bwana Mungu wenu aliyewatoa katika nchi ya Misri, kutoka nchi ya utumwa.
15 He guided you through the immense and terrifying desert with its poisonous snakes and scorpions—a dried up, waterless land. He brought water for you out of a flint rock.
Aliwaongoza kupitia jangwa lile kubwa na la kutisha, nchi ile ya kiu isiyo na maji, yenye nyoka wa sumu na nge. Aliwatolea maji kutoka kwenye mwamba mgumu.
16 He fed you in the desert with manna that your forefathers had never known, humbling you and testing you, so that eventually you would do well in the future.
Aliwapa mana ya kula jangwani, kitu ambacho baba zenu hawakukijua, ili kuwanyenyekesha na kuwajaribu ninyi ili mwishoni apate kuwatendea mema.
17 You might think to yourselves, “I became rich through all my hard work.”
Mnaweza kusema, “Uwezo wangu na nguvu za mikono yangu ndizo zilizonipatia utajiri huu.”
18 But remember it's the Lord your God who gives you the ability to become rich, in order to fulfill his agreement he promised to your forefathers that still exists today.
Lakini kumbukeni Bwana Mungu wenu, ndiye ambaye huwapa uwezo wa kupata utajiri, na hivyo kulithibitisha Agano lake, ambalo aliwaapia baba zenu, kama ilivyo leo.
19 If you ever forget the Lord your God, and run after other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, I assure you right now that you will definitely die!
Ikiwa mtamsahau Bwana Mungu wenu, mkaifuata miungu mingine, mkaiabudu na kuisujudia, ninashuhudia dhidi yenu leo kwamba hakika mtaangamizwa.
20 In the same way the Lord destroyed the nations as you advanced, you will also die if you don't obey the Lord your God.
Kama mataifa Bwana aliyoyaangamiza mbele yenu, ndivyo ninyi mtakavyoangamizwa kwa kutokumtii Bwana Mungu wenu.
