Deuteronomy 17
1 You shall not sacrifice unto the LORD your God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evil thing: for that is an abomination unto the LORD your God.
Haupaswi kumtolea dhabihu Yahwe Mungu wako ng'ombe au kondoo aliye na kasoro au kitu chochote kibaya, kwa kuwa hiyo itakuwa chukizo kwa Yahwe Mungu wako.
2 If there be found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, man or woman, that has wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing his covenant,
Kama kunapatikana miongoni mwenu, ndani ya malango ya mji wowote ambao Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapatia, mwanaume yoyote au mwanamke ambaye anafanya uovu mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wenu kuiharibu agano lake -
3 And has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
yoyote ambaye ameenda na kuabudu miungu mingine na kuisujudia, wala jua, mwezi, au kati ya jeshi la mbinguni- hakuna chochote nimekuamuru,
4 And it be told you, and you have heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
na kama ungeambiwa kuhusu hiki, au kama una mifugo- basi unapaswa kufanya uchunguzi wa makini. Kama ni kweli na hakika kwamba chukizo kama hilo limefanyika Israeli-
5 Then shall you bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto your gates, even that man or that woman, and shall stone them with stones, till they die.
-basi utamleta huyo mwanaume au mwanamke, aliyefanya uovu huu, katika malango ya mji, kwamba mwanaume kabisa au mwanamke, na umponde huyo mtu mpaka kufa.
6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Kwa kinywa cha mashahidi wawili, au mashahidi watatu, itakuwa yeye anayepaswa kuuwawa; lakini kwa kinywa cha shahidi mmoja peke hatauwawa.
7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
Mkono wa mashahidi unapaswa kuwa wa kwanza kumuuwa, na badae mkono wa watu wote; na mtamuondoa muovu miongoni mwenu.
8 If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates: then shall you arise, and get you up into the place which the LORD your God shall choose;
Kama jambo linatokea ambalo ni gumu kwenu kufanya maamuzi- pengine swali la mauaji au kifo cha ajali, haki ya mtu mmoja na haki ya mtu mwingine, au swali moja la aina ya kuzulu kufanyika, au aina nyingine ya jambo-mambo ya utata ndani ya malango yenu, basi utapaswa kwenda kwenye eneo ambalo Yahwe Mungu wako atachagua kama patakatifu pake.
9 And you shall come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment:
Utapaswa kwenda kwa makuhani, wazao wa Lawi, na kwa mwamuzi atakayetumika kwa wakati huo; mtatafuta ushauri wao, na watawapa ninyi maamuzi.
10 And you shall do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall show you; and you shall observe to do according to all that they inform you:
Mnapaswa kufuata sheria mliyopewa, katika eneo Yahwe atachagua kama patakatifu pake. Mtakuwa makini kufanya kila kitu ambacho wanawaelekeza kufanya.
11 According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do: you shall not decline from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
Fuata sheria wanayowafundisha, na kufanya kulingana na maamuzi wanawapa. Msigeuke kutoka kwa kile wanawambia, kwa kulia au kushoto.
12 And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel.
Yeyote anayefanya kwa kiburi, kwa kutomsikiliza kuhani anayesimama kutumika mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wako, au kwa kutomsikiliza mwamuzi- huyu mtu atakufa; mtaweka mbali uovu kutoka Israeli.
13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
Watu wote wanapaswa kusikia na kuogopa, na kutofanya kwa kiburi tena.
14 When you are come unto the land which the LORD your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are about me;
Wakati mlipokuja kwenye nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu anawapa, na wakati mnamiliki na kuanza kuishi ndani yake, na halafu unasema, 'Nitajiwekea mfalme juu yangu, kama mataifa yote yanayonizunguka mimi,'
15 You shall in any way set him king over you, whom the LORD your God shall choose: one from among your brethren shall you set king over you: you may not set a stranger over you, which is not your brother.
basi unapaswa kwa hakika kujiwekea mfalme juu yako mtu yeyote ambaye Yahwe atachagua. Unapaswa kujiweka kama mfalme juu yako mtu yeyote kutoka miongoni mwa ndugu zenu. Haupaswi kuweka mgeni, ambaye si ndugu yenu, juu yenu.
16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD has said unto you, All of you shall henceforth return no more that way.
Lakini hapaswi kuzidisha farasi kwa ajili yake, wala kusababisha watu kurudi Misri ili kwamba aweze kuzidisha farasi, kwa kuwa Yahwe alikwisha sema kwako, 'Unapaswa kuanzia sasa usirudi njia hiyo tena.'
17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
Na hapaswi kuzidisha wake kwa ajili yake, ili kwamba moyo wake usigeuke kotoka kwa Yahwe; wala hapaswi sana kuzidisha kwa ajili yake fedha au dhahabu.
18 And it shall be, when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
Wakati aketipo kwenye kiti cha enzi cha ufalme wake, anapaswa kuandika kwenye kitabu kwa ajili yake nakala ya sheria hii, kutoka kwenye sheria ambayo iko mbele ya makuhani, ambao ni Walawi.
19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
Kitabu kinapaswa kuwa na yeye, na anapaswa kusoma ndani yake kwa siku zake zote, ili kwamba aweze kujifunza kumheshimu Yahwe Mungu wako, ili kwamba ashike maneno yote ya sheria hii na amri hizi, kuzishika.
20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Anapaswa kufanya hivi ili kwamba moyo wake usiinuliwe zaidi ya ndugu zake, na ili kwamba asigeuke mbali na amri, kwa kulia au kwa kushoto' kwa kusudi kwamba aweze kuzidisha siku zake katika ufalme wake, yeye na watoto wake, miongoni mwa Israel.
