Deuteronomy 32
1 “Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And you hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth!
Tega sikio, enyi mbingu, na niruhusu kuzungumza.
2 My doctrine drops as rain; My sayings flow as dew; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,
Acha dunia isikie maneno ya kinywa changu. Acha mafundisho yangu yamwagike chini kama mvua, acha usemi wangu udondoke kama umande, kama mvua tulivu juu ya majani laini, na kama mvua za manyunyu juu ya mimea.
3 For I proclaim the Name of YHWH; Ascribe greatness to our God!
Kwa maana nitatangaza jina la Yahwe, na kumpatia ukuu Mungu wetu.
4 The Rock—His work [is] perfect, For all His ways [are] just; God of steadfastness, and without iniquity; Righteous and upright [is] He.
Mwamba, kazi yake ni kamili; kwa maana njia zake ni za haki. Yeye ni Mungu mwaminifu, hana udhalimu. Yeye ni wa haki na mwadilifu.
5 It has done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not of His sons, A generation perverse and crooked!
Wamefanya yaliyo maovu dhidi yake. Wao sio watoto wake. Ni aibu kwao. Wao ni kizazi kiovu na kilichopindika.
6 Do you act thus to YHWH, O people foolish and not wise? Is He not your Father—He who bought you? He made you, and establishes you.
Je! Unamzawadia Yahwe kwa njia hii, enyi watu wapumbavu na msiojitambua? Je! yeye si baba yenu, yule ambaye aliwaumba? Aliwaumba na kuwaimarisha.
7 Remember days of old—Understand the years of many generations—Ask your father, and he tells you; Your elderly, and they say to you:
Kumbukeni siku zile za zamani, tafakari juu ya miaka mingi ya nyuma. Muulize baba yako naye atakuonyesha, wazee wako nao watakuambia.
8 In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam—He sets up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of God [[or sons of Israel]].
Pale ambapo Aliye Juu alipowapatia mataifa urithi wao – alipowagawa wanadamu wote, na kuweka mipaka ya watu, na alipoimarisha idadi ya miungu yao.
9 For YHWH’s portion [is] His people, Jacob [is] the line of His inheritance.
Kwa maana fungu la Yahwe ni watu wake; Yakobo ni mgao wa urithi wake.
10 He finds him in a land—a desert, And in a void—a howling wilderness, He turns him around—He causes him to understand—He keeps him as the apple of His eye.
Alimpata katika nchi ya jangwa, na katika jangwa kame na livumalo upepo; alimkinga na kumtunza, alimlinda kama mboni ya jicho lake.
11 As an eagle wakes up its nest, Flutters over its young ones, Spreads its wings [and] takes them, Carries them on its pinions—
Kama tai akichungaye kiota chake na kupiga piga mabawa juu ya makinda yake, Yahwe alitandaza mabawa yake na kuwachukua, na kuwabeba kwenye mapapatio yake.
12 YHWH alone leads him, And there is no strange god with him.
Yahwe pekee alimuongoza, hapakuwa na mungu mgeni pamoja naye.
13 He makes him ride on high places of earth, And he eats increase of the fields, And He makes him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock;
Alimfanya aendeshe katika maeneo ya juu ya nchi, na alimlisha matunda ya mbugani; alimrutubisha kwa asali kutoka kwenye jiwe, na mafuta kutoka kwenye mwamba mgumu sana.
14 Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, and rams of sons of Bashan, And male goats, with fat of kidneys of wheat; And of the blood of the grape you drink wine!
Alikula siagi kutoka katika kundi na kunywa maziwa kutoka katika kundi la mifugo, pamoja na mafuta ya wanakondoo, kondoo dume wa Bashani na mbuzi, pamoja na ngano safi kabisa – nawe ulikunywa divai itokayo povu iliyotengenezwa kwa juisi ya mizabibu.
15 And Yeshurun waxes fat, and kicks: You have been fat, you have been thick, You have been covered. And he leaves God who made him, And dishonors the Rock of his salvation.
Lakini Yeshuruni akakua kwa unene na kupiga mateke – ulikua kwa unene, ulikua mnene sana, na ulikuwa umekula ujazo wako – alimuacha Mungu aliyemuumba, na kukataa Mwamba wa wokovu wake.
16 They make Him zealous with strangers, They make Him angry with abominations.
Walimfanya Yahwe apatwe wivu kwa miungu yao ya ajabu; kwa maudhi yao walimkasirisha.
17 They sacrifice to the demons, not God, To gods they have not known, New ones—they came from the vicinity; Your fathers have not feared them!
Walitoa dhabihu kwa mapepo, ambayo sio Mungu – miungu ambayo hawajaijua, miungu ambayo imejitokeza hivi karibuni, miungu ambayo mababu zenu hawakuogopa.
18 You forget the Rock that begot you, And neglect God who forms you.
Umetelekeza Mwamba, ambao ulikuwa baba yako, na ukasahau Mungu aliyekuzaa.
19 And YHWH sees and despises—For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
Yahwe aliliona hili na kuwakataa, kwa sababu watoto wake wa kiume na mabinti zake walimchokoza.
20 And He says: I hide My face from them, I see what their latter end [is]; For they [are] a contrary generation, Sons in whom is no steadfastness.
“Nitaficha uso wangu kwao”, alisema, “nami nitaona mwisho wao utakuaje; maana wao ni kazazi kaidi, watoto ambao sio waaminifu.
21 They have made Me jealous by [what is] not God, They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them jealous by [what is] not a people, I make them angry by a foolish nation.
Wamenifanya kuwa na wivu kwa kile ambacho sio mungu na kunikasirisha kwa mambo yao yasiyo na maana. Nitawafanya waone wivu kwa wale ambao sio taifa; nitawakasirisha kwa taifa pumbavu.
22 For a fire has been kindled in My anger, And it burns to the lowest [part] of Sheol, And consumes earth and its increase, And sets on fire [the] foundations of mountains. (Sheol h7585)
Kwa maana moto kuwashwa kwa hasira yangu na inawaka hadi chini mwa Sheoli; inameza ulimwengu na mavuno yake; inawasha moto misingi ya milima. (Sheol h7585)
23 I heap calamities on them, I consume My arrows on them.
Nitarundia maafa juu yao; nitafyatua mishale yangu yote kwao;
24 Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat and bitter destruction—I also send the teeth of beasts on them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.
Watapotea kwa njaa na kumezwa kwa joto liwakalo na uharibifu mchungu; nitatuma kwao meno ya wanyama wa mwituni, pamoja na sumu ya vitu vitambaao mavumbini.
25 The sword destroys from outside, And out of the inner-chambers—terror, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair.
Nje panga litawatwaa, na ndani ya vyumba hofu kuu itafanya hivyo. Wote mwanamume kijana na bikra nitawaangamiza, mchanga anyonyaye, na mwanamume mwenye mvi.
26 I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;
Nilisema nitawasambaza mbali, kwamba nitafanya kumbukumbu yao kukoma miongoni mwa wanadamu.
27 If I do not fear the anger of an enemy, Lest their adversaries know—Lest they say, Our hand is high, And YHWH has not worked all this.
Isingekuwa kwamba naogopa uchokozi wa adui, na kwamba adui zake wangehukumu kimakosa, na kwamba wangesema, “Mkono wetu umeinuliwa,” ningefanya haya yote.
28 For they [are] a nation lost to counsels, And there is no understanding in them.
Kwa maana Israeli ni taifa linalopungukiwa na hekima, na hakuna ufahamu ndani mwao.
29 If only they were wise, They would deal wisely [with] this, They would attend to their latter end!
Ah laiti wangekuwa na hekima, wangeelewa hili, na kuzingatia ujio wa hatima yao!
30 How does one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee, If not that their Rock has sold them, And YHWH has shut them up?
Inawezekanaje mmoja kufukuza maelfu, na wawili kuweka makumi elfu mbioni, isipokuwa Mwamba wao hajawauza, na Yahwe hajawaachilia kwao?
31 For their rock [is] not as our Rock (And our enemies [are] judges!)
Kwa maana mwamba wa maadui zetu si kama Mwamba wetu, kama vile maadui zetu wanavyokiri.
32 For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes [are] grapes of gall—They have bitter clusters;
Kwa maana mzabibu wao unatoka kwenye mzabibu wa Sodoma, na kwenye mashamba ya Gomorra; na zabibu zake ni zabibu za sumu; vishada vyao ni vichungu.
33 The poison of dragons [is] their wine And the fierce venom of cobras.
Mvinyo yao ni sumu ya nyoka na sumu katili ya nyoka.
34 Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures?
Huu mpango haujafichwa kwangu kwa siri, na kufungwa kabisa katika hazina zangu?
35 Vengeance and retribution [are] Mine, At the due time—their foot slides; For near is a day of their calamity, And things prepared for them have hastened.
Kisasi ni changu kutoa, na fidia, katika muda mguu wao utakapotereza; kwa maana siku ya maafa kwao ipo karibu, na vitu vitakavyokuja juu yao vitaharakisha kutendeka.
36 For YHWH judges His people, And gives comfort over His servants. For He sees the going away of power, And none is restrained and left.
Kwa maana Yahwe atatoa haki kwa watu wake, na atawahurumia watumishi wake. Atahakikisha kuwa nguvu yao imetoweka, na hakuna atakayesalia, iwe watumwa au watu huru.
37 And He has said, Where [are] their gods—The rock in which they trusted?
Kisha atasema, “wako wapi miungu yao, mwamba ambao wamekimbilia? –
38 Who eat the fat of their sacrifices, [And] drink the wine of their drink-offering? Let them arise and help you, Let it be a hiding place for you!
miungu iliyokula sadaka zao nene na kunywa mvinyo wa sadaka zao za kinywaji? Na wainuke na kukusaidia; na wawe ulinzi kwako.
39 See, now, that I [am] He, And there is no god besides Me; I put to death and I keep alive; I have struck and I heal; And there is not a deliverer from My hand,
Tazama sasa mimi, hata mimi, ni Mungu, na kwamba hakuna mungu tofauti yangu; ninaua, na ninaleta uhai; ninajeruhi, na ninaponya, na hakuna mtu atakayekuokoa kutoka kwa uwezo wangu.
40 For I lift up My hand to the heavens, And have said, I live for all time!
Kwa maana ninainua mikono yangu mbinguni na kusema, “Niishivyo milele, nitatenda.
41 If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, And My hand lays hold on judgment, I return vengeance to My adversaries, And to those hating Me—I repay!
Nitakapong’oa panga langu lingaaro, na mkono wangu utakapoanza kuleta haki, nitalipiza kisasi juu ya maadui zangu, na kuwalipa wale wote wanichukiao.
42 I make My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword devours flesh, From the blood of the pierced and captive, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
Nitafanya mishale yangu kulewa na damu, na panga langu litameza nyama kwa damu ya waliouawa na mateka, na kutoka kwa vichwa vya viongozi wa adui.”
43 Sing, O nations, [with] His people, For He avenges the blood of His servants, And He turns back vengeance on His adversaries, And has pardoned His land [and] His people.”
Furahi, enyi mataifa, na watu wa Mungu, kwa maana atalipiza kisasi damu ya watumishi wake; atalipiza kisasi juu ya maadui zake, naye atafanya upatanisho kwa ajili ya nchi yake, kwa watu wake.
44 And Moses comes and speaks all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun;
Musa alikuja na kunena maneno yote ya wimbo huu masikioni mwa watu, yeye na Yoshua mwana wa Nuni.
45 and Moses finishes to speak all these words to all Israel,
Kisha Musa alimaliza kunena maneno haya yote kwa Israeli yote.
46 and says to them, “Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you today, that you command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law,
Aliwaambia, “Imarisheni akili yenu kwa haya maneno ambayo nimewashuhudia kwenu leo, ili kwamba muwaamuru watoto wenu kuyashika, maneno yote ya sheria hii.
47 for it [is] not a vain thing for you, for it [is] your life, and by this thing you prolong days on the ground to where you are passing over the Jordan to possess it.”
Kwa maana hili si jambo dogo kwako, kwa sababu ni uzima wako, na kupitia jambo hili utarefusha siku zako katika nchi ambayo unakwenda juu ya Yordani kumiliki.”
48 And YHWH speaks to Moses on this very same day, saying,
Yahwe alizungumza na Musa katika siku hiyo hiyo na kusema,
49 “Go up to this Mount Abarim, Mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, which [is] on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession;
“Nenda katika usawa huu wa milima wa Abarimu, juu ya mlima wa Nebo, ambao upo katika nchi ya Moabu, mkabala na Yeriko. Utatazama nchi ya Kanani, ambayo ninawapatia watu wa Israeli kama miliki yao.
50 and die on the mountain to where you are going up, and be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron has died on Mount Hor and is gathered to his people;
Utakufa katika mlima utakaopanda, na utakusanywa kwa watu wako, kama Haruni Muisraeli mwenzako alivyokufa juu ya mlima wa Hori na kukusanywa kwa watu wake. Hii
51 because you trespassed against Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribath-Kadesh, the wilderness of Zin, because you did not sanctify Me in the midst of the sons of Israel.
itatendeka kwa sababu haukuwa mwaminifu kwangu miongoni mwa watu wa Israeli katika maji ya Meriba kule Kadeshi, katika jangwa la Zini; kwa sababu haukunitendea utukufu na heshima miongoni mwa watu wa Israeli.
52 Indeed, you see the land before [you], but you do not go in there to the land which I am giving to the sons of Israel.”
Kwa maana utaona nchi mbele yako, lakini hautakwenda kule, katika nchi ninayowapatia watu wa Israeli.”
