Deuteronomy 31
1 And Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel.
Kisha Mose akaenda akasema maneno haya kwa Waisraeli wote:
2 He said to them, "I am one hundred twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and the LORD has said to me, 'You shall not go over this Jordan.'
“Sasa nina miaka mia moja na ishirini nami siwezi tena kuwaongoza. Bwana ameniambia, ‘Hutavuka Yordani.’
3 The LORD your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua shall go over before you, as the LORD has spoken.
Bwana Mungu wenu, yeye mwenyewe atavuka mbele yenu. Ataangamiza mataifa haya mbele yenu, nanyi mtaimiliki nchi yao. Pia Yoshua atavuka mbele yenu, kama Bwana alivyosema.
4 The LORD will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land; whom he destroyed.
Naye Bwana atawafanyia watu hao kile alichowafanyia Sihoni na Ogu, wafalme wa Waamori, ambao aliwaangamiza pamoja na nchi yao.
5 The LORD will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.
Bwana atawakabidhi kwenu, nanyi lazima mwatendee yale yote niliyowaamuru.
6 Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid, nor be scared of them: for the LORD your God is he who is going with you; he will not leave you nor forsake you."
Kuweni imara na moyo wa ushujaa. Msiogope wala msifadhaike kwa sababu yao, kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wenu anakwenda pamoja nanyi; kamwe hatawaacha wala hatawatupa ninyi.”
7 Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous: for you shall go with this people into the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.
Kisha Mose akamwita Yoshua na akamwambia mbele ya Israeli wote, “Uwe imara na moyo wa ushujaa, kwa kuwa ni lazima uende na watu hawa katika nchi ile Bwana aliyowaapia baba zao kuwapa, nawe ni lazima uwagawie kama urithi wao.
8 The LORD, he it is who does go before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: do not be afraid, neither be dismayed."
Bwana mwenyewe atakutangulia naye atakuwa pamoja nawe; kamwe hatakuacha wala hatakutupa. Usiogope, wala usifadhaike.”
9 Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
Kwa hiyo Mose akaandika sheria hii na kuwapa makuhani, wana wa Lawi, waliochukua Sanduku la Agano la Bwana na wazee wote wa Israeli.
10 Moses commanded them, saying, "At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tents,
Kisha Mose akawaamuru, akasema: “Mwishoni mwa kila miaka saba, katika mwaka wa kufuta madeni, wakati wa Sikukuu ya Vibanda,
11 when all Israel has come to appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
Waisraeli wote wanapokuja mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu mahali atakapopachagua, utasoma sheria hii mbele yao masikioni mwao.
12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;
Kusanya watu wote, wanaume, wanawake, watoto na wageni wanaoishi katika miji yenu, ili waweze kusikia na kujifunza kumcha Bwana Mungu wenu na kufuata kwa bidii maneno yote ya sheria hii.
13 and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it."
Watoto wao, ambao hawaijui sheria hii, lazima waisikie na kujifunza kumcha Bwana Mungu wenu kwa muda mtakaoishi katika nchi mnayovuka Yordani kuimiliki.”
14 The LORD said to Moses, "Look, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, that I may commission him." Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the Tent of Meeting.
Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Sasa siku ya kifo chako imekaribia. Mwite Yoshua, mkajihudhurishe katika Hema la Kukutania, mahali nitakapompa maagizo ya kazi.” Kwa hiyo Mose na Yoshua wakaja na kujihudhurisha kwenye Hema la Kukutania.
15 The LORD appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.
Kisha Bwana akatokea katika Hema katika nguzo ya wingu, nalo wingu likasimama juu ya ingilio la Hema.
16 The LORD said to Moses, "Look, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Kisha Bwana akamwambia Mose: “Unakwenda kupumzika na baba zako, nao watu hawa hivi karibuni watazini na miungu migeni ya nchi wanayoingia. Wataniacha na kuvunja Agano nililofanya nao.
17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day, 'Haven't these evils come on us because our God is not among us?'
Siku hiyo nitawakasirikia na kuwaacha; nitawaficha uso wangu, nao wataangamizwa. Maafa mengi na shida nyingi zitakuja juu yao, nao siku hiyo watauliza, ‘Je, maafa haya hayakuja juu yetu kwa sababu Mungu wetu hayuko pamoja nasi?’
18 I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.
Nami hakika nitauficha uso wangu siku hiyo kwa sababu ya maovu yao yote kwa kugeukia miungu mingine.
19 "Now therefore write the words of this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
“Sasa ujiandikie wimbo huu, uwafundishe Waisraeli na uwaamuru wauimbe, ili upate kuwa ushahidi wangu dhidi yao.
20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
Nitakapokwisha kuwaingiza katika nchi itiririkayo maziwa na asali, nchi niliyowaahidi baba zao kwa kiapo, nao watakapokula wakashiba na kufanikiwa, watageukia miungu mingine na kuiabudu, wakinikataa mimi na kuvunja Agano langu.
21 It shall happen, when many evils and troubles have come on them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I swore."
Maafa na shida zitakapokuja juu yao, wimbo huu utashuhudia dhidi yao, kwa sababu hautasahauliwa na wazao wao. Ninajua lile wanaloandaa kufanya, hata kabla sijawaingiza katika nchi niliyowaahidi kwa kiapo.”
22 So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
Hivyo Mose akaandika wimbo huu siku ile na akawafundisha Waisraeli.
23 He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and courageous; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them: and I will be with you."
Bwana akampa Yoshua mwana wa Nuni agizo hili: “Uwe hodari na shujaa, kwa kuwa utawaleta Waisraeli katika nchi niliyowaahidi kwa kiapo, nami mwenyewe nitakuwa pamoja nawe.”
24 It happened, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law on a scroll, until they were finished,
Baada ya Mose kumaliza kuandika kwenye kitabu maneno ya sheria hii kutoka mwanzo hadi mwisho,
25 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
akawapa Walawi wale waliolibeba Sanduku la Agano la Bwana agizo hili, akawaambia:
26 "Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
“Chukueni Kitabu hiki cha Sheria mkakiweke kando ya Sanduku la Agano la Bwana Mungu wenu. Hapo ndipo kitakapokaa kama shahidi dhidi yenu.
27 For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: look, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against God; and how much more after my death?
Kwa kuwa ninajua jinsi mlivyo waasi na mlivyo na shingo ngumu. Kama mmekuwa mkiasi dhidi ya Bwana nikiwa bado niko hai na nikiwa pamoja nanyi, mtaasi mara ngapi baada ya kufa kwangu!
28 Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your elders and your judges and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
Kusanyeni mbele yangu wazee wote wa makabila yenu na maafisa wenu wote, ili nipate kusema maneno haya masikioni mwao na kuziita mbingu na nchi ili kushuhudia dhidi yao.
29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands."
Kwa kuwa ninajua baada ya kifo changu hakika mtakuwa waovu kabisa na kugeuka kutoka njia niliyowaamuru ninyi. Katika siku zijazo, maafa yatawapata kwa sababu mtafanya maovu mbele ya macho ya Bwana, na kuchochea hasira yake kwa yale mikono yenu itakayokuwa imefanya.”
30 Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.
Mose akayasoma maneno ya wimbo huu kutoka mwanzo hadi mwisho katika masikio ya kusanyiko lote la Israeli:
