Numbers 14
1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried aloud; and the people wept that night.
Usiku huo watu wote walilia kwa sauti.
2 And all the people murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole congregation said unto them, Oh who would grant that we had died in the land of Egypt! or that we might but die in this wilderness!
Watu wote wa Israeli wakamlalamikia Musa na Haruni. Watu wote wakawaambia, “Ni bora kama tungelifia katika nchi ya Misri, au katika hili!
3 And wherefore doth the Lord bring us unto yonder land, to fall by the sword? that our wives and our children may become a prey? is it not better for us to return to Egypt?
Kwa nini BWANA alituleta katika nchi hii ili tufe kwa upanga? Wake zetu na watoto wetu watakuwa watumwa wao. Je, si bora kwetu kurudi Misri?”
4 And they said one to another, Let us appoint a chief, and let us return to Egypt.
Wakasemezana wao kwa wao, “Na tuchague kiongozi mwingine, turudi Misri.”
5 Then fell Moses and Aaron on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
Ndipo Musa na Haruni wakalala kifudifudi mbele ya kundi lote la wana wa Israeli.
6 And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Yephunneh, of those that had spied out the land, rent their garments.
Joshua mwana wa Nuni na Kalebu mwana wa Yefune, ambao walikuwa miongoni mwa wale waliokuwa waemtumwa kwenda kuipeleleza nchi wakachana mavazi yao.
7 And they said unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, as followeth, The land, through which we have passed to spy it out, this land is exceedingly good.
Wakawaambia watu wote wa Israeli. Walisema, “Ile nchi tuliyopita katikati yake ni nchi nzuri sana.
8 If the Lord have delight in us, then will he bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which is flowing with milk and honey.
Kama BWANA amependezwa nasi, basi atatuingiza katika nchi hii na kutupatia. Ile nchi inatiririka maziwa na asali.
9 Only against the Lord do ye not rebel; and then ye need not fear the people of the land; for they are our bread: their shadow is departed from them, while the Lord is with us; fear them not.
Lakini msimwasi BWANA, na msiwahofie hao wakazi wa nchi hiyo. Tutawateketeza kwa urahisi kama kula chakula. Ulinzi wao utaondolewa kutoka kwao, kwa sababu BWANA yuko pamoja nasi. Msiwahofie.”
10 But all the congregation said to stone them with stones: when the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation unto all the children of Israel.
Lakini watu wote walitishia kuwapiga kwa mawe mpaka wafe. Kisha utukufuwa BWANA ukaonekana kwenye hema ya kukutania kwa watu wote wa Israeli.
11 And the Lord said unto Moses, How long yet shall this people provoke me? and how long yet will they not believe in me, with all the signs which I have shown in the midst of them?
BWANA akamwambi Musa, “watu hawa watanidharau hadi lini? Wataendelea kutoniamini mpaka lini? Nijapokuwa nimefanya ishara kwa nguvu zangu kati yao?
12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and root them out, and I will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
Nitawapiga kwa mapigo, na kuwaondolea urithi, na kufanya taifa kubwa kutoka kwenye ukoo wako ambalo litakuwa kubwa na lenye nguvu kuliko wao.
13 And Moses said unto the Lord, But when the Egyptian hear, from the midst of whom thou hast brought up in thy might this people; —
Musa akamwambia BWANA, “Kama utafanya hivi, Na Wamisiri wakisikia habari hizi, na kwa sababu uliwaokoa kutoka kwao kwa nguvu zako.
14 And when they tell to the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that thou, Lord, art in the midst of this people, that face to face thou, Lord, art seen, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that in a pillar of cloud thou goest before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night; —
Basi watawaambia wakazi wa nchi hii. Wamesikia ya kuwa wewe BWANA u kati ya watu hawa, kwa sababu uso wako waonekana. Wingu lako husimama juu ya watu wetu. Wewe huwatangulia katika nguzo ya wingu wakati wa mchana na katika nguzo ya moto wakati wa usiku.
15 That thou hast killed this people as one man: then will the nations that have heard thy fame, say in this manner,
Sasa kama utawaua hawa watu kama mtu mmoja, basi mataifa ambao wamesikia sifa zako watasema,
16 That because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he had sworn unto them, hath he slain them in the wilderness.
“Kwa Sababu BWANA hana uwezo wa kuwapeleka watu hawa katika nchi ambayo aliwaapia kuwapa, ndiyo maana amewaua katika jangwa hili.'
17 And now, I beseech thee, let the greatness of the power of the Lord be made manifest, as thou hast spoken, saying,
Sasa, nakusihi, utumie uweza wako. Kwa kuwa umesema kuwa,
18 The Eternal is long-suffering, and abundant in beneficence, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
'BWANA si mwepesi wa hasira na ni mwingi wa uaminifu katika agano. Yeye husamehe uovu na uasi. Kwa vyovyote vile atafutilia hatia atakapoleta hukumu ya dhambi za mababu juu ya wazao wao, kwa kizazi cha tatu na cha nne.'
19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of thy beneficence, and as thou hast been indulgent to this people, from Egypt even until hitherto.
Ninakusihi uwasameha watu hawa dhambi zao kwa sababu ya ukuu wa uaminifu wa agano lako, kama vile ambavyo umekuwa ukiwasamehe watu hawa tokea wakati wakiwa Misri mpaka sasa.”
20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word.
BWANA akasema, Nimewasamehe kwa kama ulivyoomba,
21 But as truly as I live, and as all the earth is filled with the glory of the Lord: —
bali kama Niishivyo, na kama vile dunia yote itakavyojazwa na utukufu wangu,
22 That all the men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I have displayed in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,
watu wote walioona utukufu wangu na ishara za nguvu zangu nilizotenda kule Misri na kule jangwani - Lakini bado wamenijaribu mara kumi sasa na hawakuisikiliza sauti yangu.
23 Shall surely not see the land which I have sworn unto their fathers, yea all those that have provoked me shall not see it.
Kwa hiyo nasema kwamba hakika hawataiona nchi ile ambayo niliwaahdi kuwapa mababu zao. Hakuna hata mmoja wao ambao wamenidharau watakaoiona,
24 But my servant Caleb, as a reward that he had another spirit with him, and followed me fully, —therefore will I bring him into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
isipokuwa mtumishi wangu Kalebu, kwa sababu alikuwa na roho nyingine. Yeye amenifuata kwa ukamilifu; Yeye nitampeleka katika nchi hiyo ambayo alienda kuipeleleza. Wazao wake wataimilki.
25 And the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley: tomorrow turn you, and set forward into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
(Sasa Waamaleki na Wakanani waliishi katika bonde.) Kesho mtageuka na kwenda katika jangwa kwa njia ya bahari ya Shamu.”
26 And the Lord spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
BWANA akanena na Musa na Haruni, akasema,
27 How long [shall indulgence be given] to this evil congregation, that murmur against me? the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me, have I heard.
“Nitaivumilia jamii ya watu hawa waovu ambao wananinung'unikia mpaka lini? Nimeyasikia malalamiko ya wana wa Israeli dhidi yangu.
28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:
Waambie, 'Kama niishivyo,' asema BWANA, 'kama vile mlivyosema katika masikio yake, nitawafanyia jambo hili:
29 In this wilderness shall your carcasses fall, and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward; ye who have murmured against me;
Maiti zenu zitaanguka katika jangwa hili, Ninyi nyote mliolalamika dhidi yangu, ninyi mliohesabiwa kwenye ile sensa, idadi yote ya watu kuanzia umri wa mika ishirini na kuendelea.
30 Truly ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I have lifted up my hand to let you dwell therein; save Caleb the son of Yephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Kwa hakika hamtaingia kwenye ile nchi ambayo niliahidi kuwapa kuwa makazi yenu, isipokuwa Kalebu mwana wa Yefune na Joshua mwana wa Nuni.
31 But your little ones of which ye said, They would become a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
Bali watoto wenu ambao mlisema kuwa watakuwa watumwa, wao ndio nitakaowapeleka katika nchi hiyo. Wao wataifurahia nchi ambayo nInyi mmeikataa!
32 But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.
Lakini ninyi, maiti zenu zitaanguka katika jangwa hili.
33 And your children shall wander about in the wilderness forty years, and bear your backslidings, until your carcasses be spent in the wilderness.
Watoto wenu watakuwa wachungaji katika jangwa hili kwa muda wa miaka arobaini. Lazima watabeba madhara ya matendo yenu ya kutokuamini mpaka mwisho wa maiti ya mwisho jangwani.
34 After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, forty days, yea, each one day for a year, shall ye bear for your iniquities, forty years; and ye shall experience my withdrawal [of protection].
Kama vile ilivyo hesabu ya siku ambayo mliipeleleza nchi—siku arobaini, vivyo hivyo mtabeba madhara ya dhambi zenu kwa muda wa miaka arobaini—mwaka mmoja kwa kila siku moja, na mtajua kuwa ni sawa na kuwa adui yangu.
35 I the Lord have spoken it, surely, this will I do unto all this evil congregation that have assembled against me: in this wilderness shall they be spent, and therein shall they die.
Mimi BWANA nimesema. Hakika nitafanya hivi kwa kizazi hiki chote kiovu ambacho kimekusanyika kinyume na Mimi. Wao watakatwa kabisa, na watafia hapa.'”
36 And the men whom Moses had sent to spy out the land, and who returned, and caused all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land,
Kwa hiyo wale wanaume ambao Musa aliwatuma kwenda kuingalia ile nchi wote walikufa kwa tauni mbele ya BWANA.
37 Even these men, that had brought up the evil report of the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
Hawa ni wale ambao waliorudi na kutoa taarifa mbaya juu ya nchi. Hii iliwafanya watu wote wamlalamikie Musa.
38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Yephunneh, remained alive of those men, who had gone to spy out the land.
Kati ya watu wale waliokuwa wameenda kuiangalia nchi ile, ni Joshua mwana wa Nuni na Kalebu mwana wa Yefune tu ndio waliobaki hai.
39 And Moses spoke these words unto all the children of Israel; and the people mourned greatly.
Musa alipowataarifu mambo haya watu wote wa Israeli waliomboleza sana.
40 And they rose up early in the morning, and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, here we are, and we will go up unto the place of which the Lord hath spoken; for we have sinned.
Waliamka asubuhi na mapema wakaenda juu ya mlima na kisha wakasema, “Tazama, tuko hapa, na tutaenda mahali pale ambapo BWANA ametuahidi, kwa kuwa tumetenda dhambi.”
41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the order of the Lord? and it will not prosper.
Lakini Musa akasema, “Kwa nini sasa mnapinga amri ya BWANA? hamtafanikiwa.
42 Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye may not be smitten before your enemies.
Msiende, kwa sababu BWANA hayuko pamoja nanyi kuwalinda dhidi ya maadui zenu.
43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye will fall by the sword; since, because ye are turned away from the Lord, the Lord also will not be with you.
Waamaleki na Wakanaani wako kule, na mtakufa kwa upanga kwa sababu mliumtegea mgongo BWANA na hamkumfuata. Kwa hiyo hatakuwa pamoja nanyi.
44 Yet they persisted to go up unto the top of the mountain; but the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, did not move out of the camp.
Lakini walithubutu kukwea mlimani; lakini si Musa wala Sanduku la agano la BWANA walioondoka kambini.
45 Then came down the Amalekites, and the Canaanites that dwelt on that mountain, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Chormah.
Kisha Waamaleki walikuja chini, pia wale Wakanaani walioshi kwenye hiyo milima. Wakawavamia Waisreli wakawapiga na kuwaangusha mpaka Horima.
