Exodus 23
1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
“Ndũkanamemerekie ndeto cia maheeni. Ndũgateithĩrĩrie mũndũ mwaganu na ũndũ wa kũrũgamĩrĩra ũira wa maheeni.
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [judgment]:
“Ndũkarũmanĩrĩre na mũingĩ gwĩka ũũru. Ũngĩruta ũira igooti-inĩ, ndũkogomie kĩhooto ũkĩnyiitanĩra na mũingĩ,
3 neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.
na ndũkonanie kĩmenyano harĩ mũndũ mũthĩĩni ciira-inĩ wake.
4 If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
“Ũngĩona ndegwa kana ndigiri ya mũndũ mũrĩ ũthũ nake yũrĩte-rĩ, tigĩrĩra atĩ nĩwamĩcookia kũrĩ we.
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
Ũngĩona ndigiri ya mũndũ ũgũthũire ĩgwĩte ĩkaremererwo nĩ mũrigo wayo-rĩ, ndũkamĩtige hau; no nginya ũmũteithie kũmĩũkĩria.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
“Ndũkanaime andũ anyu arĩa athĩĩni kĩhooto ciira-inĩ wao.
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Ndũkahutanie na thitango ya maheeni, na ndũkoorage mũndũ ũtarĩ na mahĩtia kana mũndũ mwĩhokeku, nĩgũkorwo ndikarekereria mũndũ mwĩhia.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
“Ndũkoe ihaki, nĩgũkorwo ihaki nĩrĩtũmaga arĩa monaga matuĩke atumumu, na rĩkoogomia ciugo cia andũ arĩa athingu.
9 And a stranger shalt thou not oppress: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
“Ndũkahatĩrĩrie mũgeni; inyuĩ nĩmũũĩ ũrĩa mũgeni aiguaga, tondũ mwarĩ ageni bũrũri wa Misiri.
10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof:
“Haandaga irio mĩgũnda yaku mĩaka ĩtandatũ, na ũkagetha irio iria iciarĩte mĩaka ĩyo,
11 but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.
no mwaka wa mũgwanja ũkarekaga mũgũnda ũikare ũguo ũtarĩmĩtwo na ũtekũhũthĩrwo. Nao arĩa athĩĩni gatagatĩ ka andũ anyu makonaga irio kuuma mũgũnda ũcio, nacio nyamũ cia gĩthaka ikarĩĩaga kĩrĩa marĩtigagia. Ĩkaga o ũguo na mũgũnda waku wa mĩthabibũ na wa mĩtamaiyũ.
12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
“Rutaga wĩra waku mĩthenya ĩtandatũ, no mũthenya wa mũgwanja ndũkanarute wĩra, nĩgeetha ndegwa na ndigiri yaku ihurũke, nayo ngombo ĩrĩa ĩciarĩirwo gwaku, kana mũgeni, o nao magĩage na ihinda rĩa kũnogoka.
13 And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
“Menyagĩrĩra wĩkage maũndũ marĩa mothe ngwĩrĩte. Ndũkanagwete marĩĩtwa ma ngai ingĩ; ndũkareke maiguuo makĩgwetwo na kanua gaku.
14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.
“Gĩagai na gĩathĩ gĩa gũkũngũĩra maita matatũ o mwaka.
15 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:
“Kũngũyagĩra Gĩathĩ kĩa Mĩgate Ĩtarĩ na Ndawa ya Kũimbia; handũ ha mĩthenya mũgwanja ũrĩĩage mĩgate ĩtarĩ na ndawa ya kũimbia, o ta ũrĩa ndagwaathire. Ĩkaga ũndũ ũyũ hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ĩtuĩtwo mweri-inĩ wa Abibu, tondũ nĩ mweri-inĩ ũcio woimire bũrũri wa Misiri. “Gũtikanagĩe mũndũ ũrĩũkaga mbere yakwa moko matheri.
16 and the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.
“Kũngũyagĩra Gĩathĩ kĩa Magetha na maciaro ma mbere ma irio iria ũhaandĩte mĩgũnda yaku. “Kũngũyagĩra Gĩathĩ kĩa Igetha mũthia-inĩ wa mwaka, rĩrĩa ũgũcookanĩrĩria irio ciaku kuuma mũgũnda.
17 Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
“Arũme othe nĩmarĩthiiaga mbere ya Mwathani Jehova maita matatũ o mwaka.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
“Ndũkanandutĩre thakame ya igongona hamwe na kĩndũ kĩrĩ na ndawa ya kũimbia. “Maguta ma maruta makwa ma gĩathĩ matikaigwo nginya rũciinĩ.
19 The first of the firstfruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk.
“Rehaga indo iria njega cia maciaro ma mbere nyũmba-inĩ ya Jehova Ngai waku. “Ndũkanaruge koori na iria rĩa nyina.
20 Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
“Na rĩrĩ, niĩ nĩndĩratũma mũraika athiĩ mbere yanyu, amũrangĩre njĩra-inĩ na amũkinyie handũ harĩa ndĩmũhaarĩirie.
21 Take ye heed of him, and hearken unto his voice; provoke him not: for he will not pardon your transgression; for my name is in him.
Iguagai na mwathĩkagĩre ũrĩa ekũmwĩra. Mũtikanamũkararie tondũ ndakamũrekera ũremi wanyu, nĩgũkorwo Rĩĩtwa rĩakwa rĩrĩ thĩinĩ wake.
22 But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
Mũngĩmũigua kũna ũrĩa aroiga, na mwĩke ũrĩa wothe ngaamwĩra, nĩngatuĩka thũ kũrĩ thũ cianyu, na njũkĩrĩre arĩa makaamũũkĩrĩra.
23 For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: and I will cut them off.
Mũraika wakwa nĩagathiĩ mbere yanyu, na amũkinyie bũrũri wa Aamori, na Ahiti, na Aperizi, na Akaanani, na Ahivi, na Ajebusi, na niĩ nĩngamaniina biũ.
24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their pillars.
Mũtikanainamĩrĩre ngai ciao, kana mũcihooe, kana mũrũmĩrĩre mĩtugo yao. No nginya mũcianange, nayo mĩhianano ya ngai ciao cia mahiga mũmiunange tũcunjĩ.
25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
Hooyagai Jehova Ngai wanyu nake, nĩarĩrathimaga irio cianyu na maaĩ manyu. Nĩndĩĩmweheragĩria mĩrimũ gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu,
26 There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfill.
na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaahuna kana atuĩke thaata bũrũri-inĩ wanyu. Nĩndĩĩmũkinyagĩria matukũ marĩa mwathĩrĩirio ma gũtũũra muoyo.
27 I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
“Nĩngũtũma kĩmakania gĩakwa mbere yanyu, na ndũme ndũrĩrĩ iria mũrĩĩkoragĩrĩra inyiitwo nĩ kĩrigiicano. Nĩndĩtũmaga thũ cianyu imũũragĩre.
28 And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Nĩngatũma magi mbere yanyu, maingate Ahivi, na Akaanani na Ahiti mamweherere.
29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
No rĩrĩ, ndikamaingata o mwaka ũmwe, tondũ bũrũri wahota gũcooka gĩthaka, nacio nyamũ cia gĩthaka imũingĩhĩre mũno.
30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Ndĩmaingataga o kahora o kahora, nginya rĩrĩa mũkaingĩha mũhote kwĩnyiitĩra bũrũri ũcio.
31 And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
“Nĩngekĩra mĩhaka yanyu kuuma Iria Itune, ndĩmĩikũrũkie nginya Iria rĩa Afilisti, na kuuma werũ-inĩ nginya Rũũĩ rwa Farati. Andũ arĩa maikaraga kũu nĩngamaneana moko-inĩ manyu, na inyuĩ mũmaingate mamweherere.
32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Mũtikagĩe na kĩrĩkanĩro nao kana na ngai ciao.
33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
Mũtikareke matũũre bũrũri-inĩ wanyu; nĩ tondũ no matũme mũnjĩhĩrie, nĩ tondũ kũhooya ngai icio ciao ti-itherũ nĩgũkamũtoonyia mũtego-inĩ.”
