Numbers 11
1 It wasn't long before the people started to complain about how much they were suffering. When the Lord heard what they were saying, he became angry. Fire from the Lord burned them, destroying some on the edge of the camp.
Basi watu wakalalamika kwa habari ya taabu zao masikioni mwa Bwana, naye alipowasikia, hasira yake ikawaka. Ndipo moto kutoka kwa Bwana ukawaka miongoni mwao na kuteketeza baadhi ya viunga vya kambi.
2 The people cried to Moses for help. He prayed to the Lord and the fire subsided.
Watu walipomlilia Mose, akamwomba Bwana, nao moto ukazimika.
3 So that place was named Taberah, because the fire from the Lord burned them.
Hivyo mahali pale pakaitwa Tabera, kwa sababu moto kutoka kwa Bwana uliwaka miongoni mwao.
4 A group of troublemakers among them had such intense food cravings they affected the Israelites who started crying again, asking “Who's going to get us some meat to eat?
Umati wa watu wenye zogo waliokuwa miongoni mwao walitamani sana chakula kingine, Waisraeli wakaanza kulia tena na kusema, “Laiti tungekuwa na nyama tule!
5 We think back to all the fish we ate in Egypt that didn't cost us anything, as well as the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
Tunakumbuka wale samaki tuliokula huko Misri bila gharama, pia yale matango, matikitimaji, mboga, vitunguu, na vitunguu saumu.
6 We're fading away here! The only thing we ever see is this manna!”
Lakini sasa tumepoteza hamu ya chakula; hatuoni kitu kingine chochote isipokuwa hii mana!”
7 Manna looked like coriander seeds, light in color like gum resin.
Mana ilifanana kama mbegu za giligilani, nayo ilikuwa na rangi ya manjano iliyopauka.
8 The people would go out and collect it, grind it up in a mill or crush it in a mortar. Then they would boil it in a pot and make it into flatbread. It tasted like pastries made with the best olive oil.
Hao watu walikwenda kukusanya, kisha waliisaga kwa mawe ya kusagia ya mkono au kuitwanga kwenye vinu. Waliipika vyunguni au kutengeneza maandazi. Ladha yake ilikuwa kama kitu kilichotengenezwa kwa mafuta ya zeituni.
9 When the dew came down on the camp at night the manna would come down with it.
Umande ulipoanguka kambini wakati wa usiku, pia mana ilianguka pamoja nao.
10 Moses heard all the families crying at the entrance to their tents. The Lord became very angry, and Moses was also upset.
Mose akasikia watu wa kila jamaa wakilia, kila mmoja kwenye mlango wa hema lake. Bwana akakasirika mno, naye Mose akafadhaika.
11 He asked the Lord, “Why have you made things so tough for me, your servant? Why are you so unhappy with me that you have placed on me the heavy responsibility for all these people?
Akamuuliza Bwana, “Kwa nini umeleta taabu hii juu ya mtumishi wako? Nimekufanyia nini cha kukuchukiza hata ukaweka mzigo huu wa watu hawa wote juu yangu?
12 Are they my children? Did I give birth to them, so you could tell me, ‘Hold them close to your chest like a nurse carrying a baby’ and take them to the land you promised to give to their forefathers?
Je, watu hawa wote mimi ndiye niliyewatungisha mimba? Je, ni mimi niliyewazaa? Kwa nini unaniambia niwachukue mikononi mwangu, kama vile mlezi abebavyo mtoto mchanga, hadi kwenye nchi uliyowaahidi baba zao?
13 Where am I supposed to get meat for all of them? They keep on complaining to me, ‘Get us some meat to eat!’
Nitapata wapi nyama kwa ajili ya watu wote hawa? Wanaendelea kunililia wakisema, ‘Tupe nyama tule!’
14 I can't go on carrying all these people by myself—it's just too much.
Mimi siwezi kuwabeba watu hawa wote peke yangu, mzigo ni mzito sana kwangu.
15 If this is the way you're going to treat me, then please just kill me now so I don't have to face how depressed I've become. Please grant me this one request.”
Kama hivi ndivyo unavyonitendea, uniue sasa hivi, yaani kama nimepata kibali machoni pako, wala usiniache nione maangamizi yangu mwenyewe.”
16 The Lord told Moses, “Bring before me seventy Israelite elders who you know are repected as leaders by the people Take them to the Tent of Meeting. They will stand there with you.
Bwana akamwambia Mose: “Niletee wazee sabini wa Israeli, unaowafahamu kama viongozi na maafisa miongoni mwa watu. Walete katika Hema la Kukutania, ili waweze kusimama huko pamoja nawe.
17 I will come down and talk with you there. I will take some of the Spirit you have and give it to them. They will take some of the responsibility for the people so you won't have to bear it alone.
Nami nitashuka na kusema nawe huko. Nami nitachukua sehemu ya Roho iliyo juu yako na kuiweka juu yao. Watakusaidia kubeba mzigo wa watu hao ili usije ukaubeba peke yako.
18 Tell the people: Purify yourselves, for tomorrow you'll have meat to eat, because you were complaining and the Lord heard you saying, ‘Who's going to get us some meat to eat? We were better off in Egypt!’ So the Lord is going to provide you with meat to eat.
“Waambie hao watu: ‘Jiwekeni wakfu wenyewe kwa ajili ya kesho, wakati mtakapokula nyama. Bwana aliwasikia mlipolia, mkisema, “Laiti tungekuwa na nyama tule! Tulikuwa na hali nzuri zaidi katika nchi ya Misri!” Sasa Bwana atawapa nyama, nanyi mtaila.
19 You're going to eat it, not for just a day or two, and not for five or ten or twenty days.
Hamtaila kwa siku moja tu, au siku mbili, au tano, kumi au siku ishirini,
20 You're going to eat it for a whole month until it makes you vomit and it comes out through your nostrils, because you have rejected the Lord who is right here with you, complaining to him by saying, ‘Why on earth did we ever leave Egypt?’”
bali kwa mwezi mzima mpaka iwatokee puani, nanyi mtaichukia kabisa, kwa kuwa mmemkataa Bwana, ambaye yupo miongoni mwenu, nanyi mmelia mbele zake, mkisema, “Hivi kwa nini tulitoka Misri?”’”
21 But Moses replied, “Here I am with 600,000 people and you're telling me, ‘I'm going to give them meat and they'll eat it for a month’?
Lakini Mose alisema, “Mimi niko hapa miongoni mwa watu 600,000 wanaotembea kwa miguu, nawe umesema, ‘Nitawapa nyama ya kula kwa mwezi mzima!’
22 Even if all our flocks and herds were slaughtered, would that be enough for them? Even if all the fish in the sea were caught, would that be enough for them?”
Je, wangeweza kupata nyama ya kuwatosha hata kama makundi ya kondoo na ya ngʼombe yangechinjwa kwa ajili yao? Je, wangetosheka hata kama samaki wote wa baharini wangevuliwa kwa ajili yao?”
23 “Doesn't the Lord have the power to do that?” the Lord responded. “Now you're going to find out whether what I've said will happen or not!”
Bwana akamjibu Mose, “Je, mkono wa Bwana ni mfupi sana? Sasa utaona kama jambo nililolisema litatimizwa kwa ajili yako au la.”
24 Moses went and shared with the people what the Lord said. He summoned seventy elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.
Kwa hiyo Mose akatoka na kuwaambia watu lile ambalo Bwana alikuwa amesema. Akawakusanya wazee wao sabini, akawasimamisha kuzunguka Hema.
25 Then the Lord came down and talked to him. The Lord took some of the Spirit Moses had and gave it to them. They prophesied, but this didn't ever happen again.
Kisha Bwana akashuka katika wingu na kunena na Mose, naye akachukua sehemu ya Roho iliyokuwa juu ya Mose na kuiweka juu ya wale wazee sabini. Roho aliposhuka juu yao, wakatoa unabii, lakini hawakufanya hivyo tena.
26 However, two men named Eldad and Medad had stayed behind in the camp. The Spirit came on them too. (They had been put on the list of the seventy elders, but they hadn't gone to the tent. But they prophesied where they were in the camp anyway.)
Lakini, watu wawili, ambao majina yao ni Eldadi na Medadi, walibaki kambini. Walikuwa wameorodheshwa miongoni mwa wale wazee sabini, lakini hawakutoka kwenda kwenye Hema. Lakini Roho pia alishuka juu yao, nao wakatabiri huko kambini.
27 A young lad ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
Mwanaume mmoja kijana alikimbia na kumwambia Mose, “Eldadi na Medadi wanatoa unabii kambini.”
28 Joshua, son of Nun, who had been Moses' assistant since he was young, reacted, saying, “Moses, my lord, you have to stop them!”
Yoshua mwana wa Nuni, ambaye alikuwa msaidizi wa Mose tangu ujana wake, akajibu akasema, “Mose bwana wangu, wanyamazishe!”
29 “Are you jealous for my reputation?” Moses replied. “I wish that every one of the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would give his Spirit to all of them!”
Lakini Mose akajibu, “Je, unaona wivu kwa ajili yangu? Ningetamani watu wote wa Bwana wangekuwa manabii na kwamba Bwana angeweka Roho yake juu yao!”
30 Then Moses went back to the camp with the elders of Israel.
Ndipo Mose na wale wazee wa Israeli wakarudi kambini.
31 The Lord sent a wind that blew quail in from the sea and deposited them near the camp. They covered the ground to a depth of about two cubits and extended for a day's journey in every direction from the camp.
Kisha ukatokea upepo kutoka kwa Bwana, nao ukawaletea kware kutoka baharini. Ukawaangusha kwenye eneo lote linalozunguka kambi na kujaa ardhini kimo cha mita moja hivi kutoka ardhini kwenye eneo la umbali wa mwendo wa siku moja kila upande.
32 All through that day and night, and all through the next day, the people went on collecting the quail. Everyone collected at least ten homers, and they spread them out to dry all around the camp.
Mchana kutwa na usiku kucha pamoja na siku nzima iliyofuata watu walitoka kwenda kuokota kware. Hakuna mtu yeyote aliyekusanya chini ya homeri kumi. Kisha wakazianika kuzunguka kambi yote.
33 But while the people were still biting into the meat, before they even chewed it down, the Lord showed his burning anger against them, killing some of them with a severe disease.
Lakini walipokuwa wakila nyama, ilipokuwa ingali kati ya meno yao na kabla hawajamaliza kula, hasira ya Bwana ikawaka dhidi ya watu, naye akawapiga kwa tauni.
34 They named that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because that was where they buried the people who had these intense food cravings.
Kwa hiyo mahali hapo pakaitwa Kibroth-Hataava, kwa sababu huko ndiko walipowazika watu ambao walitamani sana chakula kingine.
35 Then they moved on from Kibroth-hattaavah to Hazeroth, where they stayed for some time.
Kutoka Kibroth-Hataava watu wakasafiri mpaka Haserothi na kukaa huko.
