Deuteronomy 8
1 All the commandment which I am commanding thee to-day, shalt thou, observe, to do, —that ye may, live, and multiply, and enter in and possess the land, which Yahweh sware unto 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 So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert, —that he might humble thee to put thee to the proof to know what was in thy heart, —whether thou wouldest 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 So he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna which thou hadst not known, neither had thy fathers known, —that he might lead thee to consider that not on bread alone, shall the son of earth live, but on whatsoever cometh from the bidding of Yahweh, shall the son of earth 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 Thy mantle, hath not fallen with age from off thee, and, thy foot, hath not become swollen, —these forty years.
Mavazi yenu hayakuchanika na kudondoka, na miguu yenu haikuvimba kipindi cha miaka hiyo arobaini.
5 Thou must consider, then with thy heart, —that as a man chasteneth his son, Yahweh thy God, hath been chastening thee.
Mtatafakari katika mioyo yenu kuhusu, namna, kama mtu anavyo mwadibisha kijana wake, hivyo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawadibisha ninyi.
6 Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments of Yahweh thy God, —to walk in his ways and to revere him.
Mtayashika maagizo ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, ili kwamba mweze kutembea katika njia zake na kumheshimu.
7 For, Yahweh thy God, is bringing thee into a good land; a land of ravines of water, of fountains and depths, coming forth in valley, and in mountain:
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 vine and fig-tree, and pomegranate, —a land of olive oil, and honey:
nchi ya ngano na shayiri, mizabibu, mtini, na komamanga; nchi mizeituni na asali.
9 a land wherein not in scarcity, shalt thou eat food, thou shalt lack nothing therein, —a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest hew 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 So then thou shalt eat and be satisfied, —and bless Yahweh thy God, for the good land which he hath given unto thee.
Mtakula na kushiba, na mtambariki Yahwe Mungu wenu kwa nchi nzuri ambayo amewapa.
11 Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Yahweh thy God, —so as not to keep his commandments and his regulations and his statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day;
Iweni makini kwamba msimsahau Yahwe Mungu wenu, na kwamba msipuuzie maagizo yake, hukumu zake, na sheria zake ambazo ninakuamuru leo,
12 lest thou eat, and be satisfied, —and goodly houses, thou build and inhabit;
vinginenyo unapokula na ukashiba, na wakati unajenga nyumba nzuri na kuishi ndani zao.
13 and thy herd and thy flock, increase, and silver and gold, increase unto thee, —and all that thou hast, increase;
Na muwe makini wakati makundi yenu na mifugo yenu ikiongezeka, na wakati wa fedha zenu na dhahabu zenu zikiongezeka, na vyote mlivyonavyo kuongezeka,
14 and so thy heart be lifted up, —and thou forget Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt out of the house of servants;
basi kwamba mioyo yenu iliniuliza juu ya kumsahau Yahwe Mungu wenu-aliyewaleta kutoka nchi ya Misri, toka nyumba ya utumwa.
15 who caused thee to journey through the great and terrible desert, of fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty wastes where was no water, —who brought forth for thee water out of the flinty rock;
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 thee with manna in the desert, which thy fathers had not known, —that he might humble thee, and that he might put thee to the proof, to do thee good in thy hereafter,
Ambaye aliwalisha kwenye jangwa kwa manna ambayo mababu zenu hawakuijua, ili kwamba awajaribu, kufanya uzuri kwenu mwishoni-
17 and lest thou shouldest say in thy heart, —Mine own strength and the might of mine own hand, have gotten me this wealth.
lakini mnaweza kusema mioyoni mwenu, Nguvu yangu na mkono wangu wa uweza umepata utajiri huu wote.
18 But thou shalt remember Yahweh thy God, that it was, he, who had been giving thee strength to get wealth, —that so he might establish his covenant which he sware to thy 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 But it shall be if thou forget, Yahweh thy God, and go after ether gods, and serve them, and bow thyself down to them, I testify against you to-day, that ye shall perish:
Itakuwa kwamba, kama mtamsahau Yahwe Mungu wenu na kuwaendea miungu mingine, kuibudu, na kuiheshimu, nashuhudia kinyume dhidi yenu leo kwamba mtateketea.
20 like the nations which, Yahweh, is causing to perish from before you, so, shall ye perish, because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh your God.
Kama mataifa ambayo Yahwe anatengeneza kuyaangamiza mbele yenu, hivyo mtaangamia, kwa sababu hamkusikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wenu.
