Deuteronomy 31

1 And Moses went and spoke these words unto all Israel.

Musa alikwenda na kuzungumza maneno haya kwa Israeli yote.

2 And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD has said unto me, You shall not go over this Jordan.

Alisema kwao, “Kwa sasa nina umri wa miaka mia moja na ishirini; Siwezi kutoka na kuingia tena; Yahwe ameniambia, “Hautavuka Yordani hii”

3 The LORD your God, he will go over before you, and he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before you, as the LORD has said.

Yahwe Mungu wako, atakutangulia mbele yako; ataangamiza mataifa haya mbele yako, nawe utawanyanganya. Yoshua atakwenda kabla yako, kama Yahwe alivyonena.

4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.

Yahwe atawafanya kwao kama alivyofanya kwa Sihoni na kwa Ogu, wafalme wa Waamori, na kwa nchi yao, aliyoiangamiza.

5 And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that all of you may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.

Yahwe atakupatia ushindi juu yao utakapokutana nao vitani, nawe utafanya kwao yote ntakayokuamuru.

6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD your God, he it is that does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.

Uwe hodari na mwenye ujasiri mwema, usiogope, na usiwaogope; kwa maana Yahwe Mungu wako, ni yeye aendaye kabla yako; hatakuangusha wala kukuacha.”

7 And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for you must go with this people unto the land which the LORD has sworn unto their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.

Musa akamwita Yoshua na akamwambia machoni pa Israeli yote, “Uwe hodari na mwenye ujasiri mwema, kwa kuwa utaondoka na hawa watu katika nchi ambayo Yahwe ameapa kwa mababu zao kuwapatia; utafanya wairithi.

8 And the LORD, he it is that does go before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: fear not, neither be dismayed.

Yahwe, yeye ndiye atakwenda kabla yako; atakuwa pamoja nawe; hatakuangusha wala hatakutelekeza; usiogope, usivunjike moyo.”

9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.

Musa aliandika sheria hii na kuwapatia makuhani, wana wa Walawi, ambao walibeba sanduku la agano la Yahwe; pia aligawa nakala zake kwa wazee wote wa Israeli.

10 And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

Musa aliwaamuru na kusema, “Katika kila mwisho wa miaka saba, kwa muda uliowekwa wa kudumu kwa ajili ya kufuta madeni, katika Sikukuu ya Vibanda,

11 When all Israel has come to appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

ambapo Israeli yote imekuja kujitokeza mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wako katika mahali atakayochagua kuwa patakatifu pake, utasoma sheria hii mbele ya Israeli yote wakisikia.

12 Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and your stranger that is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

Kusanya watu, wanaume, wanawake, na wadogo, na mgeni wako aliye miongoni mwa malango yako, ili waweze kusikia na kujifunza, na ili kwamba wamheshimu Yahwe Mungu wako na kushika maneno yote ya sheria hii.

13 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as all of you live in the land where all of you go over Jordan to possess it.

Fanya hivi ili kwamba watoto wao, ambao hawajajua, waweze kusikia na kujifunza kumheshimu Yahwe Mungu wako, maadamu unaishi katika nchi ambayo utaenda juu ya Yordani kuimiliki.”

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Yahwe alimwambia Musa, “Tazama, siku inakuja ambayo lazima utakakufa; muite Yoshua na mjidhihirishe katika hema la makutano, ili kwamba niweze kuwapatia amri.” Musa an Yoshua waliondoka na kujidhihirisha katika hema la makutano.

15 And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.

Yahwe alijifunua kwenye hema kwa nguzo ya wingu; nguzo ya wingu ilisimama juu ya mlango wa hema.

16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

Yahwe alimwambia Musa, “Tazama, utalala na baba zako; watu hawa watainuka na kujifanya kama kahaba na kwenda kwa miungu ya ajabu ambayo imo miongoni mwao katika nchi wanapokwenda. Wataniacha na kuvunja agano langu ambalo nimefanya nao.

17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

Basi, katika siku hiyo, hasira yangu itawaka dhidi yao nami nitawaacha. Nitaficha uso wangu kwao nao watamezwa. Maafa na taabu nyingi yatawakumba ili waseme katika siku hiyo, “Maafa haya hayajaja kwetu kwa sababu Mungu hayupo kati yetu?”

18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

Hakika nitaficha uso wangu kwao katika siku hiyo kwa sababu ya uovu wote ambao watakuwa wametenda, kwa sababu wamegeukia miungu mingine.

19 Now therefore write all of you this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

Basi sasa andika wimbo huu kwa ajili yenu na wafundishe watu wa Israeli. Uweke vinywani mwao, ili kwamba wimbo huu uweze kuwa shahidi kwangu dhidi ya watu wa Israeli.

20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore unto their fathers, that flows with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and becoming fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

Kwa maana nitakapowaleta katika nchi ambayo niliapa kwa mababu zao, nchi inayotiririka kwa maziwa na asali, na watakapokula na kuridhika na kunenepa, ndipo watageukia miungu mingine nao watawatumikia na kunidharau na watavunja agano langu.

21 And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.

Maovu na taabu nyingi zitakapokuja juu ya watu hawa, huu wimbo utashuhudia mbele yao (kwa maana hautasahaulika vinywani mwa uzao wao). Kwa maana najua mipango wanayotengeneza leo, hata kabla sijawaleta katika nchi niliyowaahidi.

22 Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

Kwa hiyo Musa aliandika huu wimbo siku hiyo hiyo na kuwafundisha watu wa Israeli.

23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore unto them: and I will be with you.

Yahwe alimpa Yoshua mwana wa Nuni amri na kusema, “Uwe hodari na mwenye ujasiri mwema; kwa maana utawaleta watu wa Israeli katika nchi niliyoapa kwao, nami nitakuwa pamoja nawe.”

24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

Ikatokea kwamba Musa alipomaliza kuandika maneno ya sheria hii katika kitabu,

25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,

aliwaamuru Walawi waliobeba sanduku la agano la Yahwe, na kusema,

26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.

“Chukua kitabu hiki cha sheria na kiweke pembeni mwa sanduku la agano la Yahwe Mungu wenu, ili kiweze kuwa pale kama ushahidi dhidi yenu.

27 For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, all of you have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?

Maana nafahamu uasi wenu na shingo zenu ngumu; tazama, maadamu nipo hai pamoja nanyi hata leo, mmekuwa waasi dhidi ya Yahwe; itakuaje baada ya mimi kufa?

28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

Nikusanyieni wazee wote wa makabila yenu, na maafisa wenu, ili nizungumze maneno haya masikioni mwao na kuziita mbingu na nchi kushuhudia dhidi yao.

29 For I know that after my death all of you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because all of you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

Kwa maana najua baada ya kifo changu mtajiharibu kabisa na kugeuka kuiacha njia niliyowaamuru; maafa yatawakumba katika siku zijazo. Haya yatatokea kwa sababu mtafanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Yahwe, ili kumchokoza katika hasira kwa mikono ya kazi yenu.”

30 And Moses spoke in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.

Musa alinena masikioni mwa kusanyiko lote la Israeli maneno yote ya wimbo huu hadi yalipokamilika.