Exodus 20
1 Then God spake all these wordes, saying,
Mungu alisema maneno yote haya:
2 I am the Lord thy God, which haue brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Ndimi Bwana Mungu wenu, niliyewatoa katika ardhi Misri, nje ya nyumba ya utumwa.
3 Thou shalt haue none other Gods before me.
Msiwe na miungu mingine ila mimi tu.
4 Thou shalt make thee no grauen image, neither any similitude of things that are in heauen aboue, neither that are in the earth beneath, nor that are in the waters vnder the earth.
Msijitengenezee sanamu za kuchonga kufananisha na kitu chochote kilichopo juu ya mbingu, chini ya ardhi, au ndani ya maji.
5 Thou shalt not bowe downe to them, neither serue them: for I am the Lord thy God, a ielous God, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, vpon the third generation and vpon the fourth of them that hate me:
Msipinde na kuabudu sanamu, mimi Yahweh Mungu wenu, ni Mungu mwenye wivu. Nitaadhibu uovu wa mabubu kwa kuleta adhabu juu ya kizazi, cha tatu hadi kizazi cha nne kwa wale wanao nichukia.
6 And shewing mercie vnto thousandes to them that loue me, and keepe my commandemets.
Ila nitaweka agano la uaminifu kwa maelfu watakao nipenda na kushika amri zangu.
7 Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine: for the Lord will not hold him guiltles that taketh his Name in vayne.
Usilitaje bure jina la Yahweh Mungu wako, sitkuwa na hatia kwa yeyote atakaye taja jina langu bure.
8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keepe it holy.
Ikumbuke siku ya Sabato, na kunitengea.
9 Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke,
lazima ufanye kazi zako zote kwa siku sita.
10 But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any worke, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man seruant, nor thy mayde, nor thy beast, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.
Ila siku ya saba ni Sabato kwaajili ya Yahweh Mungu wako. Siku hiyo usifanye kazi yoyote, wewe, au mwana wako, au binti yako, au mtumishi wako wakiume, au mtumishi wako mwanamke, au ng'ombe zako, au mgeni aliye ndani ya malango yako.
11 For in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Kwa siku sita Yahweh aliumba mbingu na nchi, bahari, na vitu vyote vilivyomo, na siku ya saba alipumzika. Kwa hiyo Yahweh aliibariki siku ya Sabato na kuitenga.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
Waheshimu baba na mama yako, ili uweze kuishi miaka mingi duniani Yahweh Mungu wako ametoa.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
Usiue.
14 Thou shalt not commit adulterie.
Usifanye uasherati (usizini).
15 Thou shalt not steale.
Usiibe kwa mtu yoyote.
16 Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.
Usishuhudie uongo dhidi ya jirani yako.
17 Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house, neither shalt thou couet thy neighbours wife, nor his man seruant, nor his mayde, nor his oxe, nor his asse, neyther any thing that is thy neighbours.
Usitaman nyumba ya jirani yako; usitamani mke wa jirani yako, wala mtumishi wake wakiume, mtumishi wake mwanamke, ng'ombe wake, punda wake, au chochote cha jirani yako.
18 And all the people sawe the thunders, and the lightnings, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mountaine smoking and when the people saw it they fled and stoode afare off,
Watu wote waliona radi na umeme, na kusikia sauti ya mbiu, na mlima ukitoa moshi. Watu walipoona hivo, walitetemeka na kusimama mbali.
19 And sayde vnto Moses, Talke thou with vs, and we will heare: but let not God talke with vs, lest we die.
Wakamwambia Musa, ongea na sisi, na tutakusikiliza; lakini usiruhusu Mungu kuongea nasi, ama tutakufa.
20 Then Moses sayde vnto the people, Feare not: for God is come to proue you, and that his feare may be before you, that ye sinne not.
Musa akawaambia watu, “msiogope, Mungu alikuja kuwajaribu ili heshima yake iwe ndani yenu, kwa hiyo msitende dhambi.”
21 So the people stoode afarre off, but Moses drew neere vnto the darkenes where God was.
hivyo watu walisimama mbali, na Musa alikaribia giza nene Mungu alipokuwa.
22 And the Lord sayde vnto Moses, Thus thou shalt say vnto the children of Israel, Ye haue seene that I haue talked with you from heauen.
Yahweh alimwambia Musa, “Ni lazima uwaambie hili Waisraeli: 'Wewe mwenyewe umeona niliongea na wewe kutoka mbinguni.
23 Ye shall not make therefore with me gods of siluer, nor gods of golde: you shall make you none.
Misjitengenezee miungu mingine pamoja nami, miungu ya fedha au miungu ya dhahabu.
24 An altar of earth thou shalt make vnto me, and thereon shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheepe, and thine oxen: in all places, where I shall put the remembrance of my Name, I will come vnto thee, and blesse thee.
Tengenezeni madhabahu ya udongo kwa ajili yangu, na lazima mtoe sadaka ya kuteketeza, sadaka ya ushirika, kondoo, na ng'ombe. kila sehemu ntakapotaka jina langu liheshimiwe, nitakuja kwenu na kuwabariki.
25 But if thou wilt make mee an altar of stone, thou shalt not buylde it of hewen stones: for if thou lift vp thy toole vpon them, thou hast polluted them.
Kama mtatengeneza madhabahu ya mawe, msijenge na mawe yaiyokatika, na kama mtatumia vyombo vyenu juu yake, mtaweka unajisi.
26 Neither shalt thou goe vp by steppes vnto mine altar, that thy filthines be not discouered thereon.
msije juu ya madhabahu yangu kwa hatua zenu; hii ni ili msioneshe sehemu zenu za siri.”
