< Leviticus 25 >

1 And the Lord spoke unto Moses on mount Sinai, saying,
Nake Jehova akĩĩra Musa Kĩrĩma-inĩ gĩa Sinai atĩrĩ,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give unto you; then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord.
“Arĩria andũ a Isiraeli, ũmeere atĩrĩ, ‘Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa mũgaatoonya bũrũri ũrĩa ngaamũhe-rĩ, bũrũri ũcio guo mwene no nginya ũkaagĩaga na Thabatũ ĩrĩa yamũrĩirwo Jehova.
3 Six years shalt thou sow thy field, and six years shalt thou prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
Mũkaahaandaga mĩgũnda yanyu mĩaka ĩtandatũ, na mũcehage mĩgũnda yanyu ya thabibũ mũkamĩcehaga mĩaka ĩtandatũ mũgĩcookanagĩrĩria maciaro mayo.
4 But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath [in honor] of the Lord: thy field shalt thou not sow, and thy vineyard shalt thou not prune.
No mwaka wa mũgwanja wakinya, bũrũri ũcio nĩũkagĩa na Thabatũ ya kũhurũka, Thabatũ yamũrĩirwo Jehova; mũtikanahaande kĩndũ mĩgũnda kana mũcehe mĩthabibũ yanyu.
5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest shalt thou not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine shalt thou not gather: a year of rest shall it be unto the land.
Irio iria ikeemeria, nĩcio cia maitĩka-rĩ, mũtikanacigethe kana mũgethe thabibũ cia mĩthabibũ yanyu ĩyo ĩtarĩ mĩrutĩre wĩra. Bũrũri ũcio no nginya ũkaagĩa na mwaka wa kũhurũka.
6 And [the product of] the sabbath of the land shall be unto you for food, for thee, and for thy man-servant, and for thy maid-servant, and for thy hired laborer, and for thy stranger, that sojourn with thee;
Kĩrĩa gĩothe bũrũri ũcio ũgaaciara mwaka-inĩ ũcio wa Thabatũ gĩgaatuĩka irio cianyu, inyuĩ ene na cia ndungata cianyu cia arũme na cia andũ-a-nja, na cia aruti anyu a wĩra wa mũcaara, na mũraarĩrĩri ũrĩa mũikaranĩtie nake,
7 And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all its products be [left] for food.
o hamwe na mahiũ manyu na nyamũ cia gĩthaka iria itũũraga bũrũri wanyu. Kĩrĩa gĩothe bũrũri ũcio ũgaaciara no kĩrĩĩo.
8 And thou shalt number unto thee seven sabbaths of years, seven years seven times; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
“‘Tarai Thabatũ mũgwanja cia mĩaka, mĩaka mũgwanja maita mũgwanja, nĩguo Thabatũ icio mũgwanja cia mĩaka ihinge mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna na kenda.
9 And then shalt thou cause the sound of the cornet to be heard, in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month: on the day of atonement shall ye sound the cornet throughout all your land.
Ningĩ mũcooke mũhuhe karumbeta kũndũ guothe mũthenya wa ikũmi wa mweri wa mũgwanja; Mũthenya wa Kũhoroherio Mehia, mũkaahuha karumbeta kũndũ guothe bũrũri-inĩ wanyu.
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim freedom throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return, every man, unto his possession, and ye shall return, every man, unto his family.
Amũrai mwaka ũcio wa mĩrongo ĩtano, na mũhunjanĩrie ũhoro wa kũohorwo kwa andũ othe arĩa matũũraga bũrũri ũcio wothe. Mwaka ũcio ũgaatuĩka wa Jubilii nĩ ũndũ wanyu; o mũndũ wanyu nĩagacooka kũrĩa ithaka cia nyũmba yao irĩ, na kũrĩa andũ a mũhĩrĩga wao marĩ.
11 A jubilee shall this, the fiftieth year, be unto you: ye shall not sow, nor reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather in it the fruit of the undressed vines.
Mwaka ũcio wa mĩrongo ĩtano ũgaatuĩka wa Jubilii kũrĩ inyuĩ; mũtikanahaande na mũtikanagethe kĩrĩa gĩĩkũrĩtie kĩo kĩene, kana mũgethe mĩthabibũ ĩrĩa ĩtarĩ mĩrutĩre wĩra.
12 For it is the jubilee; holy shall it be unto you: from the field shall ye eat the products thereof.
Nĩgũkorwo ĩyo nĩ Jubilii, na nĩyo ĩgaatuĩka theru kũrĩ inyuĩ; rĩĩagai o kĩrĩa gĩĩkũrĩtie mĩgũnda-inĩ.
13 In this year of the jubilee shall ye return, every man, unto his possession.
“‘Mwaka-inĩ ũyũ wa Jubilii, o mũndũ no nginya acooke gĩthaka-inĩ gĩake.
14 And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy aught of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not overreach one the other;
“‘Mũngĩkenderia mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu mũgũnda kana mũgũre mũgũnda kũrĩ we, mũtikanaheenanie mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ.
15 According to the number of years after the jubilee shalt thou buy of thy neighbor, according unto the number of harvest-years shall he sell unto thee;
Mũrĩgũraga mũgũnda wa mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu kũringana na ũrĩa mĩaka ĩthirĩte thuutha wa Jubilii. Nake mwendia akaawendagia kũringana na mĩaka ĩrĩa ĩgakorwo ĩtigarĩte ya magetha.
16 According to the multitude of years shalt thou increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years shalt thou diminish the price thereof; for a number of harvests doth he sell unto thee.
Mĩaka ĩngĩkorwo ĩtigarĩte mĩingĩ, mũkongerera thogora, na mĩaka ĩngĩkorwo ĩtigarĩte mĩnini, mũkanyiihia thogora, nĩ ũndũ kĩrĩa arakwenderia nĩ mũigana wa magetha.
17 And ye shall not overreach one the other; but thou shalt be afraid of thy God; for I am the Lord your God.
Mũtikanaheenanie mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ, no mwĩtigagĩre Ngai wanyu. Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu.
18 And ye shall do my statutes, and my ordinances shall ye keep and do them; and then shall ye dwell in the land in safety.
“‘Rũmagĩrĩrai kĩrĩra kĩa watho wakwa na mwĩmenyagĩrĩre nĩguo mwathĩkagĩre mawatho makwa, na inyuĩ nĩ mũgaatũũra bũrũri ũcio mũrĩ na thayũ.
19 And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell in safety therein.
Naguo bũrũri ũcio nĩũgaciaraga maciaro maguo, na inyuĩ nĩmũkarĩĩaga mũkahũũna na mũtũũre kuo mũrĩ na thayũ.
20 And if ye should say, What shall we eat in the seventh year? behold, we are not permitted to sow, and we cannot gather in our harvest:
Mwahota kũũria atĩrĩ, “Tũkaarĩa kĩ mwaka wa mũgwanja aakorwo tũtikahaanda kana tũgethe?”
21 Then will I command my blessing unto you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth a harvest for three years.
Nĩngamũtũmĩra kĩrathimo mwaka-inĩ ũcio wa gatandatũ nĩguo mĩgũnda yanyu ĩgaaciara maciaro ma kũmũigana mĩaka ĩtatũ.
22 And when ye sow in the eighth year, then shall ye eat yet of the old harvest; until the ninth year, until its harvest come in, shall ye eat of the old store.
Mũkĩhaanda mwaka-inĩ wa kanana, mũkaarĩĩaga irio iria mwaigĩte mũthiithũ, na mũgaacirĩa nginya mũgethe maciaro ma mwaka wa kenda.
23 And the land shall not be sold for a permanence [to the purchaser]; for the land is mine; for strangers and sojourners are ye with me.
“‘Mĩgũnda ndĩkanendio biũ, tondũ bũrũri nĩ wakwa na inyuĩ mũrĩ o ageni kuo, na nĩ niĩ ndĩmũkomborithĩtie.
24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
Bũrũri wothe ũrĩa mwĩnyiitĩire ũgaatuĩka wanyu, no nginya kũgĩe na mweke wa gũkũũraga mĩgũnda ĩyo.
25 If thy brother become poor, and sell away some of his possession: then may his nearest of kin come and redeem what his brother hath sold.
“‘Mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu angĩthĩĩna na endie gĩcunjĩ kĩa mũgũnda wake, mũndũ ũrĩa wa hakuhĩ mũno wa nyũmba yake nĩagooka na akũũre mũgũnda ũcio mũndũ wao eendetie.
26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and he acquire the means, sufficient to be able to redeem it himself:
No rĩrĩ, mũndũ angĩkorwo ndarĩ na mũndũ wa kũmũkũũrĩra mũgũnda, na we mwene atonge agĩe na indo ciiganĩte kũũkũũra,
27 Then let him reckon the years since his sale, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; and so shall he return unto his possession.
nĩwe ũgaatua thogora kũringana na mĩaka ĩrĩa mĩthiru kuuma rĩrĩa aawendirie, na acookie mbeeca icio ingĩ kũrĩ mũndũ ũrĩa eendeirie; thuutha ũcio no acooke mũgũnda-inĩ wake.
28 But if his means do not suffice to enable him to restore it to him: then shall that which he hath sold remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of the jubilee; and it shall be freed in the jubilee, and he shall return unto his possession.
No angĩaga kũgĩa na indo cia kũmũrĩha-rĩ, gĩcunjĩ kĩrĩa eendirie gĩgũtũũra kĩrĩ kĩa mũgũri nginya Mwaka wa Jubilii. Gĩgaacookio hĩndĩ ya Jubilii, na hĩndĩ ĩyo no acooke gĩthaka-inĩ gĩake.
29 And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city: then shall the time of redemption last till the end of the year of his sale; a full year shall his time of redemption last.
“‘Mũndũ angĩkeendia nyũmba ĩrĩ itũũra-inĩ inene rĩirigĩre, nĩarĩkoragwo arĩ na kĩhooto gĩa kũmĩkũũra ihinda rĩa mwaka mũgima kuuma amĩendia. Thĩinĩ wa ihinda rĩu no amĩkũũre.
30 And if it be not redeemed within the expiration of a full year: then shall the house which is in the walled city remain as a permanence to him that bought it throughout his generations; it shall not become freed in the jubilee.
Ĩngĩaga gũkũũrwo mwaka ũmwe ũtanathira, nyũmba ĩyo ĩrĩ itũũra-inĩ inene rĩirigĩre nĩĩgatuĩka ya mũmĩgũri na njiaro ciake nginya tene. Nyũmba ĩyo ndĩgaacookerio mwene Mwaka wa Jubilii.
31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they shall have the right of redemption, and they shall become freed in the jubilee.
No nyũmba cia tũtũũra-inĩ tũrĩa tũtarĩ tũirigĩre, irĩtuagwo ta mĩgũnda ya kũndũ gũtarĩ kũirige. Icio no ikũũrwo, na nĩ igaacookio Mwaka wa Jubilii.
32 And [respecting] the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, a perpetual right of redemption shall belong to the Levites.
“‘Alawii hĩndĩ ciothe nĩ marĩ na kĩhooto gĩa gũkũũraga nyũmba ciao iria irĩ matũũra-inĩ ma Alawii, marĩa megwatĩire.
33 And if a man of the Levites redeem something: then shall the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, become freed in the jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio indo cia Alawii no ikũũrwo, ũguo nĩ ta kuuga atĩ, nyũmba nyendie itũũra-inĩ o rĩothe rĩao, nĩĩgacookio Mwaka wa Jubilii, tondũ nyũmba iria irĩ matũũra-inĩ ma Alawii nĩcio igai rĩao thĩinĩ wa andũ a Isiraeli.
34 And a field of the suburbs of their cities shall not be sold; for a perpetual possession is it unto them.
No ithaka cia ũrĩithio cia matũũra mao itikanendio; icio nĩ ciao nginya tene.
35 And if thy brother become poor, and fall in decay with thee: then shalt thou assist him, [yea] a stranger, or a sojourner, that he may live with thee.
“‘Mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu angĩthĩĩna nginya aremwo nĩ kwĩrũgamĩrĩra gatagatĩ kanyu, mũteithagiei o ta ũrĩa mũngĩteithia mũgeni kana mũndũ ũrarĩrĩire kwanyu, nĩgeetha ahote gũtũũrania na inyuĩ.
36 Thou shalt not take of him any usury or increase; but thou shalt be afraid of thy God: that thy brother may live with thee.
Mũtikanamũrĩhie uumithio o na ũrĩkũ, no mwĩtigagĩre Ngai wanyu, nĩgeetha mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu ahote gũtũũrania na inyuĩ.
37 Thy money shalt thou not give him upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
Mũtikanamũkombere mbeeca nĩguo acookie na maciaro, kana mũmwenderie irio nĩguo muone uumithio.
38 I am the Lord your God, who have brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give unto you the land of Canaan, to be unto you a God.
Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu, ũrĩa wamũrutire bũrũri wa Misiri nĩguo ndĩmũhe bũrũri wa Kaanani na nduĩke Ngai wanyu.
39 And if thy brother become poor near thee, and be sold unto thee: thou shalt not compel him to work as a bond-servant.
“‘Mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu angĩthĩĩna arĩ gatagatĩ kanyu, nake eyendie harĩ inyuĩ, mũtikanamũrutithie wĩra ta ngombo.
40 But as a hired laborer, as a sojourner, shall he be with thee; until the year of the jubilee shall he serve with thee:
Mũkaamũtua ta mũruti wa wĩra wa mũcaara kana ta mũndũ ũrarĩrĩire kwanyu; mũndũ ũcio akaamũrutĩra wĩra nginya Mwaka wa Jubilii.
41 And then shall he depart from thee, he and his children with him; and he shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
Thuutha ũcio mũndũ ũcio na ciana ciake nĩmakarekererio, nake acooke kũrĩ andũ a mũhĩrĩga wake, na gĩthaka-inĩ kĩa maithe make ma tene.
42 For my servants are they, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bond-men are sold.
Tondũ andũ a Isiraeli nĩ ndungata ciakwa, iria ndaarutire bũrũri wa Misiri, matikanendio matuĩke ngombo.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but thou shalt have fear of thy God.
Mũtikamaathage mũtekũmaiguĩra tha, no mwĩtigagĩrei Ngai wanyu.
44 But thy bond-man, and thy bond-woman that shall remain thine, shall be of the nations that are round about you; of them may ye buy bond-man and bond-woman.
“‘Ngombo cianyu cia arũme na cia andũ-a-nja iriumaga ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ iria imũrigiicĩirie; kuuma kũrĩ ndũrĩrĩ icio no mũgũrage ngombo.
45 And also of the children of the strangers that sojourn with you, of them may ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land; and they shall remain to you as a possession.
O na ningĩ no mwĩgũrĩre ngombo kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa mararĩrĩire kwanyu na kuuma kũrĩ andũ a mĩhĩrĩga yao arĩa maciarĩirwo bũrũri wanyu, nao matuĩke indo cianyu.
46 And ye may transfer them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; you may hold them to service for ever; but over your brethren the children of Israel, one over the other, ye shall not rule with rigor.
Andũ acio no mũmeegaĩre kũrĩ ciana cianyu matuĩke igai rĩrĩa mũmagaĩire, na no mũmatue ngombo rĩrĩa rĩothe marĩ muoyo, no mũtikanaathe andũ anyu a Isiraeli mũtekũmaiguĩra tha.
47 And if a stranger or sojourner wax rich near thee, and thy brother become poor near him, and he sell himself unto the sojourning stranger near thee, or to a descendant of a stranger's family:
“‘No rĩrĩ, mũgeni kana mũndũ ũrĩa ũrarĩrĩire kwanyu angĩtonga arĩ gatagatĩ kanyu, nake mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu athĩĩne na eyendie kũrĩ mũgeni ũrĩa ũtũũranĩtie na inyuĩ, kana kũrĩ mũndũ wa mũhĩrĩga wa mũndũ ũcio mũgeni-rĩ,
48 After he hath sold himself shall he have the right of redemption; one of his brethren may redeem him.
mũndũ ũcio no arĩkoragwo arĩ na kĩhooto gĩa gũkũũrwo thuutha wa kwĩyendia. Mũndũ wa nyũmba yao no amũkũũre:
49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is near of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he obtain the means, he may redeem himself.
Ithe mũnini kana ithe mũkũrũ, kana mũrũ wa ithe, kana mũndũ wa rũrĩra rwa mũhĩrĩga wao no amũkũũre; kana we mwene angĩgaacĩra, no ekũũre.
50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of the jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of years, as the time of a hired laborer shall he have been with him.
Mũndũ ũcio na mũmũgũri magaatara ihinda rĩrĩa rĩthiru kuuma mwaka ũrĩa eyendirie nginya rĩrĩa Mwaka wa Jubilii ũgaakinya. Thogora wa kũrekererio gwake ũkaaringana na irĩhi rĩa mũndũ wa mũcaara thĩinĩ wa mĩaka ĩyo.
51 If there be yet many years, according to them shall he return the price of his redemption out of his purchase-money.
Angĩkorwo nĩ mĩaka mĩingĩ ĩtigarĩte, nĩakarĩha gĩcunjĩ kĩnene gĩa thogora ũrĩa aagũrĩtwo naguo.
52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of the jubilee: then shall he reckon with him; according to his years shall he return the price of his redemption.
No angĩkorwo no mĩaka mĩnini ĩtigarĩte Mwaka wa Jubilii ũkinye, ĩyo noyo agaatara arĩhe gũkũũranio gwake kũringana na ũrĩa kwagĩrĩire.
53 As a laborer hired from year to year shall he be with him; he shall not rule over him with rigor before thy eyes.
Agaatuuo ta mũndũ wa mũcaara mwaka o mwaka; na no nginya mũmenyagĩrĩre atĩ mũmũgũri ndarĩmwathaga atekũmũiguĩra tha.
54 And if he be not redeemed by [one of] these means: then shall he go out in the year of the jubilee, both he, and his children with him.
“‘O na angĩaga gũkũũrwo na njĩra ĩmwe ya icio, we na ciana ciake no nginya makaarekererio Mwaka wa Jubilii wakinya,
55 For unto me are the children of Israel servants, my servants are they, whom I have brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Eternal your God.
nĩgũkorwo andũ a Isiraeli nĩ ndungata ciakwa. Acio nĩ ndungata ciakwa, iria ndaarutire bũrũri wa Misiri. Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu.

< Leviticus 25 >