Deuteronomy 11
1 THEREFORE thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
Kwa hiyo mtampenda Yahwe Mungu wenu na daima mtashika maelekezo yake, maagizo yake, sheria zake, na amri zake.
2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
Kumbuka kwamba siongei kwa watoto wako, ambao hawajajua wala kuona hukumu ya Yahwe Mungu wako, ukuu wake, mkono wake wa uweza, mkono wake ulionyoshwa,
3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
Ishara na matendo ambayo alifanya katikati ya Misri kwa Farao, mfalme Misri, na nchi yake yote.
4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day;
Wala hawakuona kile alichofanya kwa jeshi la Misri, kwa farasi wao, au magari yao; namna alivyoyafanya maji ya bahari ya Reeds kuwaelemea kwa sababu ya kuwafuatilia, na namna Yahwe alivyowaangamiza mpaka leo,
5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;
au nini alifanya kwenu kwenye jangwa mpaka mlikuja eneo hili.
6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
Hawajaona nini Yahwe alichofanya kwa Dathani na Abiramu, wana wa Eliabu mwana wa Reubeni; namna dunia ilifungua kinywa chake na kuwameza, nyumba zao, mahema yao, na kila kitu hai kilichowafuata, katikati mwa Israeli yote.
7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did.
Lakini macho yenu yameona kazi yote kuu ya Yahwe aliyoifanya.
8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
Kwa hiyo shikeni amri zote ambazo ninawaamuru leo, kwamba mweze kuwa imara, na kuingia na kuimiliki nchi, ambayo unaenda zaidi kuimiliki;
9 And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
na kwamba uweze kuongeza siku zako katika nchi ambayo Yahwe aliapa kwa baba zako kuwapa na uzao wao, nchi itiririkayo maziwa na asali.
10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
Kwa kuwa nchi, ambayo unaingia kumiliki, siyo kama nchi ya Misri, ambako mlitoka, ambako mlipanda mbegu na kumwagilizia kwa miguu yenu, kama bustani ya mitishamba;
11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
Lakini nchi, ambayo unaenda kuimiliki, ni nchi ya milima na mabonde, na kunywa maji ya mvua mbinguni,
12 A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu awajali; macho ya Yahwe Mungu wenu daima yako juu yake, kuanzia mwanzo wa mwaka mpaka mwisho wa mwaka.
13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Itatokea, kama mtazisikiliza kwa bidii amri zangu ambazo ninawaamuru leo kumpenda Yahwe Mungu wenu, na kumtumikia kwa moyo wenu wote na roho zenu zote,
14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
kwamba nitawapa mvua nchi yenu kwa majira yake, mvua za awali na mvua za badaye, ili kwamba mweze kukusanya nafaka zenu, mvinyo wenu mpya, na mafuta yenu.
15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
Nitawapa nyasi kwenye mashamba yenu kwa ajili ya mifugo yenu, na mtakula na kushiba.
16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
Uwe makini mwenyewe, ili kwamba moyo wako usidanganyike, na kugeuka na kuabudu miungu mingine, na kuisujudia;
17 And then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.
ili kwamba hasira ya Yahwe isiwashiwe dhidi yenu, na ili kwamba asifunge mbingu, kwamba pasiwe na mvua, na nchi haitavuna matunda, na ili kwamba mpotee kwa haraka kutoka nchi nzuri ambayo Yahwe anawapa.
18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Kwa hiyo yaweke haya maneno ndani ya moyo wako na roho; yafunge kama ishara kwenye mkono wako, na yawe utepe katikati ya macho yako.
19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Utayafundisha kwa watoto na kuongea juu yake wakati uketipo ndani ya nyumba yako, wakati utembeapo barabarani, wakati ulalapo, na wakati uinukapo.
20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
Utayaandika kwenye miimo ya milango ya nyumba zenu na kwenye malango yenu,
21 That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
kwamba siku zenu na siku za watoto wenu ziweze kuongezeka katika nchi ambayo Yahwe aliapa kwa mababu zenu kuwapa, maadamu mbingu ziko juu ya ardhi.
22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Kama mtayashika kwa bidii maagizo haya yote ambayo ninawaamuru nyinyi, ili kwamba myafanye, mpende Yahwe Mungu wenu, tembea katika njia zake zote, na kushikamana naye,
23 Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
basi Yahwe atawaondosha mataifa haya yote kutoka mbele yenu, na mtayafukuza mataifa makubwa na yenye nguvu kuliko nyie.
24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
Kila eneo ambalo unyao wa miguu utatembea litakuwa lenu; kutoka jangwani hadi Lebanoni, toka mto wa Euphratesi, hadi magharibi mwa bahari itakuwa mpaka wenu.
25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
Hakuna mtu ataweza kusimama mbele yenu; Yahwe Mungu wenu ataweka hofu yenu na ugaidi wenu juu ya nchi yote mnayotembea juu yake kama alivyosema na ninyi.
26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
Tazama, naweka mbele yenu baraka na laana;
27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day:
baraka, kama mtasikiliza amri za Yahwe ambazo ninakuamuru leo,
28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
na laana, kama hamtasikiliza amri za Yahwe Mungu wenu, lakini mkaicha njia ninayokuamuru leo, kuendea miungu mingine ambayo hamjaijua.
29 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
Itakuwa wakati Yahwe Mungu wenu anawaleta ninyi katika nchi ambayo mnaenda kumiliki, kwamba mtaweka baraka juu ya mlima Gerizimu na laana juu ya mlima Ebali.
30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Hawako ng'ambo ya pili zaidi ya Yordani, magharibi mwa barabara la magharibi, katika nchi ya Wakanani wanaoishi Arabah, juu dhidi ya Gilgali, kando ya mialo ya Moreh?
31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
Kwa maana mtavuka ng'ambo ya pili ya Yordani kuingia kumiliki nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapa, na mtamiliki na kuishi ndani yake.
32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
Mtashika sheria zote na amri ninazoweka mbele yenu leo.
