Deuteronomy 26
1 And it shall be when you shall have entered into the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit it, and you shall have inherited it, and you shall have lived upon it,
Utakapofika katika nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako anakupatia kama urithi, na utakapoimiliki na kuishi ndani yake,
2 that you shall take of the first of the fruits of your land, which the Lord your God gives you, and you shall put them into a basket, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there.
basi unatakiwa kuchukua baadhi ya mavuno yote ya kwanza ya ardhi uliyoyaleta kutoka katika nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako anakupatia. Unatakiwa kuyaweka ndani ya kikapu na kuelekea katika eneo ambalo Yahwe Mungu wako atapachagua kama mahali patakatifu.
3 And you shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and you shall say to him, I testify this day to the Lord my God, that I am come into the land which the Lord sware to our fathers to give to us.
Unatakiwa kwenda kwa kuhani ambaye atakuwa akihudumu katika siku hizo na kumwambia, “Siku ya leo ninakiri kwa Yahwe Mungu wako ya kuwa nimekuja katika nchi ambayo Yahwe aliapa kwa mababu zetu kutupatia”.
4 And the priest shall take the basket out of your hands, and shall set it before the altar of the Lord your God:
Kuhani anatakiwa kuchukua kikapu mkononi mwako na kukiweka madhabahuni ya Yahwe Mungu wako.
5 and he shall answer and say before the Lord your God, My father abandoned Syria, and went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a small number, and became there a mighty nation and a great multitude.
Unapaswa kusema mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wako, “Babu yangu alikuwa Mwaremi mzururaji. Alikwenda chini hadi Misri na kukaa kule, na idadi ya watu wake ilikuwa chache. Kule akawa taifa kubwa, lenye nguvu na idadi kubwa.
6 And the Egyptians afflicted us, and humbled us, and imposed hard tasks on us:
Wamisri walitutendea vibaya na kututesa. Walitulazimisha kufanya kazi za watumwa.
7 and we cried to the Lord our God, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our humiliation, and our labor, and our affliction.
Tulimlilia Yahwe, Mungu wa baba zetu, naye akasikia sauti yetu na kuona mateso yetu, kazi zetu na mateso yetu.
8 And the Lord brought us out of Egypt himself with his great strength, and his mighty hand, and his high arm, and with great visions, and with signs, and with wonders.
Yahwe alituondoa Misri kwa mkono wake mkuu, kwa mkono wake ulionyoshwa, kwa hofu kuu, kwa ishara na miujiza;
9 And he brought us into this place, and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
na ametuleta katika sehemu hii na kutupatia nchi hii, nchi inayotiririka kwa maziwa na asali.
10 And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruits of the land, which you gave me, O Lord, a land flowing with milk and honey: and you shall leave it before the Lord your God, and you shall worship before the Lord your God;
Tazama sasa, nimeleta mavuno ya kwanza kutoka katika nchi ambayo wewe, Yahwe, umenipatia.” Unapaswa kuweka chini mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wako na kuabudu mbele zake;
11 and you shall rejoice in all the good [things], which the Lord your God has given you, [you] and your family, and the Levite, and the stranger that is within you.
na unapaswa kufurahia katika mema yote ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako amekufanyia, kwa ajili na nyumba yako – wewe, na Mlawi, na mgeni aliye miongoni mwako.
12 And when you shall have completed all the tithings of your fruits in the third year, you shall give the second tenth to the Levite, and stranger, and fatherless, and widow; and they shall eat it in your cities, and be merry.
Utakapomaliza kutoa zaka yote ya mavuno katika mwaka wa tatu, yaani, mwaka wa kutoa zaka, basi unapaswa kuwapatia Mlawi, kwa mgeni, kwa yatima, na kwa mjane, ili kwamba waweze kula ndani ya malango yenu ya mji na kujazilishwa.
13 And you shall say before the Lord your God, I have fully collected the holy things out of my house, and I have given them to the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, according to all commands which you did command me: I did not transgress your command, and I did not forget it.
Unatakiwa kusema mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wako, “Nimetoa kutoka nyumbani mwangu vitu ambavyo ni mali ya Yahwe, na kumpatia Mlawi, mgeni, yatima, na mjane, kulingana na amri zote ulizonipatia. Sijavunja amri yako yoyote, wala sijazisahau.
14 And in my distress I did not eat of them, I have not gathered of them for an unclean purpose, I have not given of them to the dead; I have listened to the voice of the Lord our God, I have done as you have commanded me.
Sijala kati yao wakati wa maombolezo yangu, wala sijaziweka mahali pengine nilipokuwa mchafu, wala sijazitoa kati yao kwa heshima ya wafu. Nimesikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wangu; Nimetii kila kitu ulichoniamuru kukifanya.
15 Look down from your holy house, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the land which you have given them, as you did swear to our fathers, to give to us a land flowing with milk and honey.
Tazama chini kutoka mahali patakatifu unapoishi, kutoka mbinguni, na ubariki watu wako Israeli, na nchi uliyotupatia, kama ulivyoapa kwa mababu zetu, nchi inayotiririka kwa maziwa na asali.
16 On this day the Lord your God charged you to keep all the ordinances and judgments; and you shall observe and do them, with all your heart, and with all your soul.
Leo Yahwe Mungu wako anawaamuru kuzitii sheria na amri hizi; basi utazishikilia na kuzitenda kwa moyo wako wote na kwa nafsi yako yote.
17 You have chosen God this day to be your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to observe his ordinances and judgments, and to listen to his voice.
Umetamka leo ya kuwa Yahwe ni Mungu wako, na kwamba utatembea katika njia zake na kushikilia sheria zake, maagizo yake na amri zake, na kwamba utaisikiliza sauti yake.
18 And the Lord has chosen you this day that you should be to him a peculiar people, as he said, to keep his commands;
Leo Yahwe ametamka ya kwamba mu watu ambao ni mali yake, kama alivyoahidi kwenu, na kwamba mnapaswa kushikilia amri zake zote.
19 and that you should be above all nations, as he has made you renowned, and a boast, and glorious, that you should be a holy people to the Lord your God, as he has spoken.
Na atawaweka juu zaidi ya mataifa mengine aliyoyaumba nanyi mtapokea sifa, umaarufu na heshima. Mtakuwa watu waliowekwa kando kwa Yahwe Mungu wako, kama alivyosema.”
