Deuteronomy 8
1 You shall observe to do all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers.
Mnapaswa kuyashika maagizo yote ninayowapa leo, ili kwamba mweze kuishi na kuongezeka, na kuingia na kuimiliki nchi ambayo Yahwe aliaapa kwa baba zenu.
2 You shall remember all the way which Jehovah your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, and to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
Mtakumbuka akilini njia zote ambazo Yahwe Mungu amewaongoza miaka hii arobaini kwenye jangwa, ili kwamba apate kuwanyenyekeza, ili kwamba awajaribu kujua nini kilikuwa ndani ya mioyo yenu, kama mungeweza kuyashika maagizo yake au hapana.
3 He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall humankind live.
Aliwanyenyekeza, na kuwafanya kuwa na njaa, na kuwalisha manna, ambayo hamkuijua na ambayo baba zenu hawakuijua. Alifanya hivyo kuwafanya nyie kujua si kwa mkate tu watu wanaishi, badala ni kwa chochote hutoka kwenye kinywa cha Yahwe kwamba watu wanaishi.
4 Your clothing did not grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
Mavazi yenu hayakuchanika na kudondoka, na miguu yenu haikuvimba kipindi cha miaka hiyo arobaini.
5 You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Jehovah your God chastens you.
Mtatafakari katika mioyo yenu kuhusu, namna, kama mtu anavyo mwadibisha kijana wake, hivyo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawadibisha ninyi.
6 You shall keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
Mtayashika maagizo ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, ili kwamba mweze kutembea katika njia zake na kumheshimu.
7 For Jehovah your God brings you into a good and spacious land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;
Kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wenu anawaleta katika nchi nzuri, nchi ya vijito vya maji, visima na chemchemi, vitiririkavyo kwenda kwenye mabonde na miongoni mwa milima,
8 a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;
nchi ya ngano na shayiri, mizabibu, mtini, na komamanga; nchi mizeituni na asali.
9 a land in which you shall eat bread without scarcity, and in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
Ni nchi ambayo mtakula mkate bila kupungukiwa, na ambapo mtaenda bila chochote; nchi ambayo mawe yametengenezwa kwa chuma, na kutokana na milima mtaweze kuchimba shaba.
10 You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Jehovah your God for the good land which he has given you.
Mtakula na kushiba, na mtambariki Yahwe Mungu wenu kwa nchi nzuri ambayo amewapa.
11 Beware lest you forget Jehovah your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:
Iweni makini kwamba msimsahau Yahwe Mungu wenu, na kwamba msipuuzie maagizo yake, hukumu zake, na sheria zake ambazo ninakuamuru leo,
12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived in them;
vinginenyo unapokula na ukashiba, na wakati unajenga nyumba nzuri na kuishi ndani zao.
13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
Na muwe makini wakati makundi yenu na mifugo yenu ikiongezeka, na wakati wa fedha zenu na dhahabu zenu zikiongezeka, na vyote mlivyonavyo kuongezeka,
14 then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
basi kwamba mioyo yenu iliniuliza juu ya kumsahau Yahwe Mungu wenu-aliyewaleta kutoka nchi ya Misri, toka nyumba ya utumwa.
15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;
Usimsahau yeye aliyewaongoza kupitia jangwa kuu na la kutisha, ambako ndani yake kulikuwa na nyoka wa moto na nge, na pitia nchi yenye kiu ambako hapakuwa na maji, ambaye yeye alileta maji toka kwenye mwamba wa jiwe.
16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:
Ambaye aliwalisha kwenye jangwa kwa manna ambayo mababu zenu hawakuijua, ili kwamba awajaribu, kufanya uzuri kwenu mwishoni-
17 and lest you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth."
lakini mnaweza kusema mioyoni mwenu, Nguvu yangu na mkono wangu wa uweza umepata utajiri huu wote.
18 But you shall remember Jehovah your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.
Lakini mtamkumbuka akilini Yahwe Mungu wenu, kwa kuwa ni yeye awapae ninyi nguvu ya kupata utajiri, ili kwamba aweze kuanzisha agano lake aliloapa kwa baba zenu, kama ilivyo leo.
19 It shall be, if you shall forget Jehovah your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.
Itakuwa kwamba, kama mtamsahau Yahwe Mungu wenu na kuwaendea miungu mingine, kuibudu, na kuiheshimu, nashuhudia kinyume dhidi yenu leo kwamba mtateketea.
20 As the nations that Jehovah makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice of Jehovah your God.
Kama mataifa ambayo Yahwe anatengeneza kuyaangamiza mbele yenu, hivyo mtaangamia, kwa sababu hamkusikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wenu.
