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.
Mnapaswa kuyashika maagizo yote ninayowapa leo, ili kwamba mweze kuishi na kuongezeka, na kuingia na kuimiliki nchi ambayo Yahwe aliaapa 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.
Mtakumbuka akilini njia zote ambazo Yahwe Mungu amewaongoza miaka hii arobaini kwenye jangwa, ili kwamba apate kuwanyenyekeza, ili kwamba awajaribu kujua nini kilikuwa ndani ya mioyo yenu, kama mungeweza kuyashika maagizo yake au hapana.
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.
Aliwanyenyekeza, na kuwafanya kuwa na njaa, na kuwalisha manna, ambayo hamkuijua na ambayo baba zenu hawakuijua. Alifanya hivyo kuwafanya nyie kujua si kwa mkate tu watu wanaishi, badala ni kwa chochote hutoka kwenye kinywa cha Yahwe kwamba watu wanaishi.
4 During these forty years your clothing didn't wear out and your feet didn't swell up.
Mavazi yenu hayakuchanika na kudondoka, na miguu yenu haikuvimba kipindi cha miaka hiyo arobaini.
5 So you should realize that just as a parent disciplines their child, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
Mtatafakari katika mioyo yenu kuhusu, namna, kama mtu anavyo mwadibisha kijana wake, hivyo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawadibisha ninyi.
6 That's why you have to keep the commandments of the Lord your God, following his ways and respecting him.
Mtayashika maagizo ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, ili kwamba mweze kutembea 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 Yahwe Mungu wenu anawaleta katika nchi nzuri, nchi ya vijito vya maji, visima na chemchemi, vitiririkavyo kwenda kwenye mabonde na miongoni mwa milima,
8 It's a land that produces wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey.
nchi ya ngano na shayiri, mizabibu, mtini, na komamanga; nchi mizeituni 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.
Ni nchi ambayo mtakula mkate bila kupungukiwa, na ambapo mtaenda bila chochote; nchi ambayo mawe yametengenezwa kwa chuma, na kutokana na milima mtaweze kuchimba shaba.
10 When you eat and are full, make sure you thank the Lord your God for the good land that he's given you.
Mtakula na kushiba, na mtambariki Yahwe Mungu wenu kwa nchi nzuri ambayo amewapa.
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.
Iweni makini kwamba msimsahau Yahwe Mungu wenu, na kwamba msipuuzie maagizo yake, hukumu zake, na sheria zake ambazo ninakuamuru leo,
12 For when you eat and are full, when you build beautiful houses to live in,
vinginenyo unapokula na ukashiba, na wakati unajenga nyumba nzuri na kuishi ndani zao.
13 and when your herds and flocks grow larger, and your silver and gold accumulates, and all your possessions increase,
Na muwe makini wakati makundi yenu na mifugo yenu ikiongezeka, na wakati wa fedha zenu na dhahabu zenu zikiongezeka, na vyote mlivyonavyo kuongezeka,
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 kwamba mioyo yenu iliniuliza juu ya kumsahau Yahwe Mungu wenu-aliyewaleta kutoka nchi ya Misri, toka nyumba 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.
Usimsahau yeye aliyewaongoza kupitia jangwa kuu na la kutisha, ambako ndani yake kulikuwa na nyoka wa moto na nge, na pitia nchi yenye kiu ambako hapakuwa na maji, ambaye yeye alileta maji toka kwenye mwamba wa jiwe.
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.
Ambaye aliwalisha kwenye jangwa kwa manna ambayo mababu zenu hawakuijua, ili kwamba awajaribu, kufanya uzuri kwenu mwishoni-
17 You might think to yourselves, “I became rich through all my hard work.”
lakini mnaweza kusema mioyoni mwenu, Nguvu yangu na mkono wangu wa uweza umepata utajiri huu wote.
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 mtamkumbuka akilini Yahwe Mungu wenu, kwa kuwa ni yeye awapae ninyi nguvu ya kupata utajiri, ili kwamba aweze kuanzisha agano lake aliloapa kwa 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!
Itakuwa kwamba, kama mtamsahau Yahwe Mungu wenu na kuwaendea miungu mingine, kuibudu, na kuiheshimu, nashuhudia kinyume dhidi yenu leo kwamba mtateketea.
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 ambayo Yahwe anatengeneza kuyaangamiza mbele yenu, hivyo mtaangamia, kwa sababu hamkusikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wenu.
