Deuteronomy 21
1 If one be found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who has slain him:
Iwapo mtu amekutwa kauwawa ndani ya nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako anawapatia kumiliki, kalala shambani, na haijulikani aliyemshambulia;
2 Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him that is slain:
basi wazee wenu pamoja na waamuzi wenu wanapaswa kutoka nje, na kupima katika miji ambayo inamzunguka yule aliyeuawa.
3 And it shall be, that the city which is next to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which has not been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke;
Kisha wazee wa mji ulio karibu na mwili wa marehemu wanapaswa kuchukua mtamba kutoka kwenye kundi la mifugo, ambaye hajawahi kutumikishwa, wala kubebeshwa nira.
4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer’s neck there in the valley:
Kisha wanapaswa kumuongoza mtamba huyo mpaka chini ya bonde litiririkalo maji, bonde ambalo halijawahi kulimwa wala kupandwa, na mle bondeni wanapaswa kuvunja shingo ya mtamba huyo.
5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
Makuhani, uzao wa Lawi, wanapaswa kuja mbele, kwa maana Yahwe Mungu wako amewachagua wamtumikie yeye na kutoa baraka katika jina la Yahwe na kuamua kila mtafaruku na ugomvi kwa neno lao.
6 And all the elders of that city, that are next to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
Wazee wote wa mji ulio karibu na mtu aliyeuawa wanapaswa kunawa mikono yao juu ya mtamba aliyevunjwa shingo bondeni;
7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
na wanapaswa kutoa suhulisho juu ya jambo hilo na kusema, ‘Mikono yetu haijamwaga damu hii, wala macho yetu hayajaona suala hili.
8 Be merciful, O LORD, to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and lay not innocent blood to your people of Israel’s charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
Tusamehe watu wako Israeli, Yahwe, ambao umewakomboa, na usiweke hatia juu ya umwagaji damu usio na kosa miongoni mwa watu wako Israeli.’ Kisha umwagaji damu utasamehewa kwao.
9 So shall you put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Kwa njia hii utaweka mbali umwagaji damu usio na hatia miongoni mwenu, mtakapofanya yaliyo mema machoni pa YAHWE.
10 When you go forth to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God has delivered them into your hands, and you have taken them captive,
Utakapokwenda kupigana vita dhidi ya maadui zako na Yahwe Mungu wako atakapokupa ushindi na kuwaweka chini ya mamlaka yako, na ukawachukua mbali kuwa mateka,
11 And see among the captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire to her, that you would have her to your wife;
kama kati ya mateka ukamwona mwanamke mzuri, nawe ukamtamani na kutaka kujitwalia awe mke wako,
12 Then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
basi utamleta nyumbani kwako; atanyoa nywele zake na kukata kucha zake.
13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
Kisha atazivua nguo alizokuwa amezivaa wakati alipochukuliwa mateka na atabaki nyumbani kwako na kuwaomboleza baba yake na mama yake kwa mwezi mzima. Baada ya hapo unaweza kulala naye na kuwa mume wake, naye atakuwa mke wako.
14 And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not make merchandise of her, because you have humbled her.
Lakini usipofurahishwa naye, basi unatakiwa kumruhusu aondoke apendaye yeye. Lakini haupaswi kamwe kumuuza kwa fedha, pia haupaswi kumfanya kama mtumwa, kwa sababu umemdhalilisha.
15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
Iwapo mwanamume ana wake wawili na mmoja wao ampenda na mwingine kumchukia, na wote wamekwisha mzalia watoto –wote mwanamke mpendwa na mwanamke achukiwae –
16 Then it shall be, when he makes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
basi katika siku ambayo mwanamume atakapowarithisha mali zake wanawe, hapaswi kumfanya mwana wa mke ampendaye kuwa mzawa wa kwanza kabla ya mwana wa mke amchukiaye, ambaye ndiye mwana wa kwanza.
17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he has: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
Badala yake, anapaswa kumtambua mwana wa kwanza, mwana wa mke asiyempenda, kwa kumpatia mara mbili ya mali zake; kwa maana huyo mwana ni mwanzo wa nguvu zake; haki za mzawa wa kwanza ni zake.
18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them:
Iwapo mwanamume ana mwana mkaidi na muasi ambaye hatatii sauti ya baba yake au sauti ya mama yake, ambaye, hata baada ya kurekebishwa, hatawasikia;
19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;
basi baba yake na mama yake wanapaswa kumshika na kumleta mbele ya wazee wa mji na kwenye malango ya mji.
20 And they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Wanapaswa kuwaambia wazee wa mji, “Huyu mwanetu ni mkaidi na muasi; hataki kusikia sauti zetu; ni mwasherati na pia ni mlevi’.
21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Kisha wanaume wote wa mji wanapaswa kumpiga kwa mawe hadi kufa; nanyi mtaondoa uovu miongoni mwenu. Israeli yote itasikia juu ya hili na kuogopa.
22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and you hang him on a tree:
Iwapo mwanamume kafanya dhambi inayostahili kifo na kisha akauwawa, kwa kunyongwa juu ya mti,
23 His body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God; ) that your land be not defiled, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.
basi mwili wake haupaswi kubaki usiku kucha juu ya mti. Badala yake, unapaswa kuhakikisha unamzika siku hiyo; kwa maana yeyote anyongwaye amekwisha laaniwa na Mungu. Tii amri hii ili kwamba usitie najisi nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako anawapatia kama urithi.
