Deuteronomy 24
1 “When a man takes a wife and has married her, and it has been, if she does not find grace in his eyes (for he has found nakedness in her of anything), then he has written a writing of divorce for her, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house;
Mwanamume akimchukua mke na kumuoa, na mke asipokubalika machoni pa mumewe kwa sababu kagundua jambo ambalo si jema kwake, basi anatakiwa amwandikie talaka, aiweke mkononi mwake, na kumfukuza nyumbani kwake.
2 when she has gone out of his house, and has gone and been another man’s,
Akishaondoka nyumbani kwake, anaweza kwenda na kuwa mke wa mwanamume mwingine.
3 and the latter man has hated her, and written a writing of divorce for her, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dies, who has taken her to himself for a wife,
Iwapo mume wa pili akamchukia na kumwandikia talaka, akaiweka mkononi mwake, na kumfukuza nyumbani kwake; au huyu mume wa pili akafariki, mwanamume aliyemchukua kuwa mke wake –
4 her former husband who sent her away is not able to return to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she has become defiled; for it [is] an abomination before YHWH, and you do not cause the land to sin which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance.
basi mume wa awali, yule aliyemfukuza mara ya kwanza, haruhusiwi kumchukua tena awe mke wake, baada ya yeye kuwa mchafu, kwa maana hiyo itakuwa ni chukizo kwa Yahwe. Hautakiwi kusababisha nchi iwe na hatia, nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako anakupatia kama urithi.
5 When a man takes a new wife, he does not go out into the host, and [one] does not pass over to him for anything; he is free at his own house [for] one year, and his wife, whom he has taken, he has made glad.
Mwanamume atakapochukua mke mpya, hatakwenda vitani na jeshi, na wala hataamrishwa kwenda kwenye shughuli yoyote ya kulazimishwa; atakuwa huru kuwa nyumbani kwa mwaka mzima na atamfurahisha mke wake aliyemchukua.
6 No one takes millstones and rider in pledge, for it [is one’s] life he is taking in pledge.
Mwanamume yeyote hatachukua kinu wala jiwe la kinu kama dhamana, kwa maana hivyo itakuwa kuchukua Maisha ya mtu kama dhamana.
7 When a man is found stealing a person from his brothers, from the sons of Israel, and has tyrannized over him and sold him, then that thief has died, and you have put away evil out of your midst.
Iwapo mwanamume kakutwa kamteka mmoja wa kaka zake miongoni mwa watu wa Israeli, na kumtendea kama mtumwa na kisha kumuuza, huyo mwizi lazima afe; na utakuwa umeondoa uovu miongoni mwenu.
8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, to watch greatly, and to do according to all that the priests, the Levites, teach you; you observe to do as I have commanded them;
Kuwa mwangalifu kuhusu kiini chochote cha ukoma, ili kwamba uwe makini katika kuchunguza na kufuata kila agizo linalopewa kwako ambalo makuhani, Walawi, wanakufundisha; kama nilivyowaamuru, ili utekeleze.
9 remember that which your God YHWH has done to Miriam in the way, in your coming out of Egypt.
Kumbukeni nini Yahwe Mungu wako alichomfanya Miriam ulipokuwa ukitoka Misri.
10 When you lift up a debt of anything on your brother, you do not go into his house to obtain his pledge;
Utoapo mkopo wa aina yoyote kwa jirani yako, hautakiwi kwenda ndani ya nyumba yake kutafuta dhamana yake.
11 you stand at the outside, and the man on whom you are lifting [it] up is bringing out the pledge to you at the outside.
Utasimama nje, na mwanamume aliyekopa kwako ataleta dhamana yake nje kwako.
12 And if he is a poor man, you do not lie down with his pledge;
Iwapo ni mtu maskini, hautakiwi kulala na dhamana yake ikiwa mikononi mwako.
13 you certainly give back the pledge to him at the going in of the sun, and he has lain down in his own raiment and has blessed you; and it is righteousness to you before your God YHWH.
Hakika unapaswa kumrejeshea dhamana yake kabla jua halijazama, ili aweze kulala ndani ya vazi lake na akubariki; itakuwa utakatifu kwako mbele za Yahwe Mungu wako.
14 You do not oppress a hired worker, poor and needy, of your brothers or of your sojourner who is in your land within your gates;
Hautakiwi kumuonea mtumishi wa kuajiriwa ambaye ni maskini na mhitaji, hata kama ni jamaa wa Israeli, au ni kati ya wageni mbao wamo katika nchi ndani ya malango ya mji wako;
15 you give his hire in his day, and the sun does not go in on it, for he [is] poor, and he is supporting his life on it, lest he cries against you to YHWH, and it has been sin in you.
Kila siku unapaswa kumlipa mshahara wake; jua halipaswi kuzama kabla ya suala hili kutatuliwa, kwa maana ni maskini na anautegemea. Fanya hivi ili asilie dhidi yako kwa Yahwe, na kwamba isiwe ikawa dhambi ambayo umeitenda.
16 Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers—they are each put to death for his own sin.
Wazazi hawapaswi kuuwawa kwa niaba ya watoto wao, na wala watoto hawapaswi kuuawa kwa niaba ya wazazi wao. Badala yake, kila mtu anapaswa kuuwawa kwa dhambi yake mwenyewe.
17 You do not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take the garment of a widow in pledge;
Haupaswi kutumia nguvu kuchukua haki inayomhusu mgeni au yatima, wala kuchukua vazi la mjane kama dhamana.
18 and you have remembered that you have been a servant in Egypt, and your God YHWH ransoms you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.
Badala yake, unapaswa ukumbuke ya kwamba ulikuwa mtumwa Misri, na kwamba Yahwe Mungu wako alikukomboa kutoka kule. Kwa hiyo ninakuagiza kutii amri hii.
19 When you reap your harvest in your field, and have forgotten a sheaf in a field, you do not return to take it; it is for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow, so that your God YHWH blesses you in all the work of your hands.
Utakapovuna zao lako shambani mwako, na ukasahau kipande cha mbegu shambani, haupaswi kurudi na kukichukua; kinapaswa kuwa cha mgeni, cha yatima, au cha mjane, ili Yahwe Mungu wako akubariki katika kazi ya mikono yako.
20 When you beat your olive, you do not examine the branch behind you; it is for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Utakapotikisa mti wako wa mzeituni, haupaswi kupanda juu ya matawi tena; itakuwa kwa ajili ya mgeni, kwa yatima na kwa mjane.
21 When you cut your vineyard, you do not glean behind you; it is for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow;
Utakapokusanya mizabibu shambani mwako, haupaswi kukusanya masazo yake tena. Kinachobaki kitakuwa cha mgeni, cha yatima na cha mjane.
22 and you have remembered that you have been a servant in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing.”
Unatakiwa ukumbuke kuwa ulikuwa mtumwa katika nchi ya Misri; kwa hiyo nakuagiza kutii amri hii.
