Deuteronomy 23
1 He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD.
Asiingie mtu yeyote aliyehasiwa kwa kupondwa makende au kwa kukatwa uume wake katika kusanyiko la Bwana.
2 A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of the LORD.
Mtu yeyote ambaye amezaliwa kwenye ndoa isiyo halali au wazao wake wasiingie kwenye kusanyiko la Bwana, hata mpaka kizazi cha kumi.
3 An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD; even to the tenth generation shall none of them enter into the assembly of the LORD for ever;
Hapatakuwa na Mwamoni au Mmoabu au yeyote wa wazao wao atakayeruhusiwa kuingia katika kusanyiko la Bwana, hata mpaka kizazi cha kumi.
4 because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Aram-naharaim, to curse thee.
Kwa kuwa hawakuja kuwalaki wakiwa na mkate na maji mlipokuwa njiani mlipotoka Misri, tena walimwajiri Balaamu mwana wa Beori kutoka Pethori iliyoko Aramu-Naharaimu ili kuwalaani ninyi.
5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
Hata hivyo, Bwana Mungu wenu hakumsikiliza Balaamu bali aligeuza laana kuwa baraka kwenu kwa sababu Bwana Mungu wenu anawapenda.
6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
Msitafute mapatano ya urafiki nao maisha yenu yote.
7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.
Usimchukie Mwedomu, kwa kuwa yeye ni ndugu yako. Usimchukie Mmisri, kwa sababu uliishi kama mgeni katika nchi yake.
8 The children of the third generation that are born unto them may enter into the assembly of the LORD.
Kizazi cha tatu cha watoto watakaozaliwa nao wanaweza kuingia katika kusanyiko la Bwana.
9 When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing.
Unapokuwa umepiga kambi dhidi ya adui zako, jitenge na kitu chochote kisicho safi.
10 If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp.
Ikiwa mtu amechafuka kwa sababu ya kutokwa na shahawa usiku, inampasa atoke nje ya kambi na kukaa huko.
11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he may come within the camp.
Lakini jioni ikikaribia ataoga, na baada ya jua kuzama ataingia tena kambini.
12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.
Tengeni mahali nje ya kambi ambapo mnaweza kwenda kujisaidia.
13 And thou shalt have a paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee.
Kama sehemu ya vifaa vyenu kuweni na kitu cha kulimia, nanyi mnapojisaidia, chimba shimo na kisha funika kile kikutokacho.
14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy; that He see no unseemly thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
Kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wenu hutembea katika kambi yenu ili kuwalinda na kuwaweka adui zenu mikononi mwenu. Kambi yenu ni lazima iwe takatifu, ili asione kitu chochote miongoni mwenu kilicho kichafu akageuka na kuwaacha.
15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a bondman that is escaped from his master unto thee;
Ikiwa mtumwa amekimbilia kwako, usimrudishe kwa bwana wake.
16 he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it liketh him best; thou shalt not wrong him.
Mwache aishi miongoni mwenu mahali popote anapopapenda na katika mji wowote anaochagua. Usimwonee.
17 There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Asiwepo Mwisraeli mwanamke kahaba au mwanaume hanithi wa mahali pa kuabudia miungu.
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Kamwe usilete mapato ya ukahaba ikiwa ni ya mwanamke au ni ya mwanaume katika nyumba ya Bwana Mungu wako kwa ajili ya nadhiri yoyote, kwa sababu Bwana Mungu wako anachukizwa na yote mawili.
19 Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest.
Usimtoze ndugu yako riba, iwe ni fedha ama chakula ama kitu kingine chochote ambacho waweza kupata riba juu yake.
20 Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
Unaweza kumtoza mgeni riba, lakini siyo nduguyo Mwisraeli, ili kwamba Bwana Mungu wako akubariki katika kila kitu unachoweka mkono katika nchi unayoingia kuimiliki.
21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it; for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it will be sin in thee.
Ukiweka nadhiri kwa Bwana Mungu wako, usichelewe kuitimiza, kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wako atakudai, nawe utakuwa na hatia ya dhambi.
22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
Lakini ukijizuia kuweka nadhiri, hutakuwa na hatia.
23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed freely unto the LORD thy God, even that which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
Chochote kitakachotamkwa kwa midomo yako ni lazima uhakikishe umekifanya, kwa sababu uliweka nadhiri yako kwa hiari mbele za Bwana Mungu wako kwa kinywa chako mwenyewe.
24 When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes until thou have enough at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
Kama ukiingia katika shamba la mizabibu la jirani yako, unaweza kula zabibu kadiri utakavyo, lakini usiweke chochote kwenye kikapu chako.
25 When thou comest into thy neighbour's standing corn, then thou mayest pluck ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.
Kama ukiingia katika shamba la nafaka la jirani yako, unaweza kukwanyua kwa mikono yako, lakini usikate kwa mundu nafaka iliyosimama.
