Numbers 11
1 And it came to pass that when the people were giving themselves up to murmuring, it was grievous in the ears of Yahweh, —so Yahweh hearkened, and kindled was his anger, and the fire of Yahweh burned among them, and consumed the uttermost part of the camp.
Basi watu wakalalamika kwa habari ya taabu zao masikioni mwa Bwana, naye alipowasikia, hasira yake ikawaka. Ndipo moto kutoka kwa Bwana ukawaka miongoni mwao na kuteketeza baadhi ya viunga vya kambi.
2 Then did the people make outcry unto Moses, —and Moses prayed unto Yahweh, and the fire sank down.
Watu walipomlilia Mose, akamwomba Bwana, nao moto ukazimika.
3 So he called the name of that place, Taberah ["A Burning"] because there burned among them the fire of Yahweh.
Hivyo mahali pale pakaitwa Tabera, kwa sababu moto kutoka kwa Bwana uliwaka miongoni mwao.
4 Moreover the mixed multitude that was in their midst concealed not their lusting, —and so even the sons of Israel, fell away and wept, and said: Who will grant us to eat flesh?
Umati wa watu wenye zogo waliokuwa miongoni mwao walitamani sana chakula kingine, Waisraeli wakaanza kulia tena na kusema, “Laiti tungekuwa na nyama tule!
5 We remember the fish that we did eat in Egypt, without money, —the cucumbers, and the water-melons, and the leeks and the onions, and the garlick.
Tunakumbuka wale samaki tuliokula huko Misri bila gharama, pia yale matango, matikitimaji, mboga, vitunguu, na vitunguu saumu.
6 But, now, our soul is dried up, there is nothing at all, —unless, unto the manna, [we turn] our eyes.
Lakini sasa tumepoteza hamu ya chakula; hatuoni kitu kingine chochote isipokuwa hii mana!”
7 Now, the manna, was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof like the appearance of bdellium,
Mana ilifanana kama mbegu za giligilani, nayo ilikuwa na rangi ya manjano iliyopauka.
8 The people used to go about and pick it up, and grind it with a pair of mill-stones, or pound it in a mortar, and boil it in a pot, and make it into round cakes, —then was the taste thereof like the taste of a sweet cake made with oil.
Hao watu walikwenda kukusanya, kisha waliisaga kwa mawe ya kusagia ya mkono au kuitwanga kwenye vinu. Waliipika vyunguni au kutengeneza maandazi. Ladha yake ilikuwa kama kitu kilichotengenezwa kwa mafuta ya zeituni.
9 When the dew came down upon the camp by night, the manna came down thereupon.
Umande ulipoanguka kambini wakati wa usiku, pia mana ilianguka pamoja nao.
10 So then Moses heard the people weeping by their families, every one at the entrance of his tent, —then kindled the anger of Yahweh fiercely, and in the eyes of Moses, it was grievous.
Mose akasikia watu wa kila jamaa wakilia, kila mmoja kwenye mlango wa hema lake. Bwana akakasirika mno, naye Mose akafadhaika.
11 And Moses said unto Yahweh—Wherefore hast thou let thy servant come to grief, and wherefore have I not found favour in thine eyes, —that thou shouldest lay the burden of all this people upon me?
Akamuuliza Bwana, “Kwa nini umeleta taabu hii juu ya mtumishi wako? Nimekufanyia nini cha kukuchukiza hata ukaweka mzigo huu wa watu hawa wote juu yangu?
12 Did, I, conceive all this people, or, I, beget them, —that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father carrieth a suckling, unto the soil which thou didst swear unto their fathers?
Je, watu hawa wote mimi ndiye niliyewatungisha mimba? Je, ni mimi niliyewazaa? Kwa nini unaniambia niwachukue mikononi mwangu, kama vile mlezi abebavyo mtoto mchanga, hadi kwenye nchi uliyowaahidi baba zao?
13 Whence should, I, have flesh to give to all this people, —for they keep weeping by me saying, Oh give us flesh that we may eat!
Nitapata wapi nyama kwa ajili ya watu wote hawa? Wanaendelea kunililia wakisema, ‘Tupe nyama tule!’
14 Unable, am, I, by myself, to carry all this people, —for they are too heavy for me.
Mimi siwezi kuwabeba watu hawa wote peke yangu, mzigo ni mzito sana kwangu.
15 But if, in this way, thou art going to deal with me, slay me, I beseech thee, slay, if I have found favour in thine eyes, —and let me not see my grief,
Kama hivi ndivyo unavyonitendea, uniue sasa hivi, yaani kama nimepata kibali machoni pako, wala usiniache nione maangamizi yangu mwenyewe.”
16 Then said Yahweh unto Moses—Gather thou unto me seventy men, from among the elders of Israel, of whom thou knowest that they are elders of the people and their overseers, —then shalt thou take them unto the tent of meeting, and they shall station themselves there with thee.
Bwana akamwambia Mose: “Niletee wazee sabini wa Israeli, unaowafahamu kama viongozi na maafisa miongoni mwa watu. Walete katika Hema la Kukutania, ili waweze kusimama huko pamoja nawe.
17 Then will I come down, and speak with thee there, and will take of the spirit that is upon thee and put upon them, —and they shall carry, with thee, the burden of the people, and, thou, shalt not carry it by thyself.
Nami nitashuka na kusema nawe huko. Nami nitachukua sehemu ya Roho iliyo juu yako na kuiweka juu yao. Watakusaidia kubeba mzigo wa watu hao ili usije ukaubeba peke yako.
18 And, unto the people, shalt thou say: Hallow yourselves by to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh, for ye have wept in the ears of Yahweh saying—Who will grant us to eat flesh? for it was well with us in Egypt, —so then Yahweh will give you flesh and ye shall eat.
“Waambie hao watu: ‘Jiwekeni wakfu wenyewe kwa ajili ya kesho, wakati mtakapokula nyama. Bwana aliwasikia mlipolia, mkisema, “Laiti tungekuwa na nyama tule! Tulikuwa na hali nzuri zaidi katika nchi ya Misri!” Sasa Bwana atawapa nyama, nanyi mtaila.
19 Not one day, shall ye eat nor two days, —nor five days nor ten days, nor twenty days:
Hamtaila kwa siku moja tu, au siku mbili, au tano, kumi au siku ishirini,
20 for a month of days until it cometh forth out of your nostrils, so shall it become to you a loathsome thing, —because ye have refused Yahweh who is in your midst, and have wept before him, saying, Wherefore now came we forth out of Egypt?
bali kwa mwezi mzima mpaka iwatokee puani, nanyi mtaichukia kabisa, kwa kuwa mmemkataa Bwana, ambaye yupo miongoni mwenu, nanyi mmelia mbele zake, mkisema, “Hivi kwa nini tulitoka Misri?”’”
21 And Moses said, Six hundred thousand footmen, are the people in whose midst am, I, yet thou hast said—Flesh, will I give unto them, and they shall eat for a month of days.
Lakini Mose alisema, “Mimi niko hapa miongoni mwa watu 600,000 wanaotembea kwa miguu, nawe umesema, ‘Nitawapa nyama ya kula kwa mwezi mzima!’
22 Shall the flocks and herds, be slaughtered for them, that it may suffice for them? Shall all the fishes of the sea, be gathered together unto them that it may suffice for them?
Je, wangeweza kupata nyama ya kuwatosha hata kama makundi ya kondoo na ya ngʼombe yangechinjwa kwa ajili yao? Je, wangetosheka hata kama samaki wote wa baharini wangevuliwa kwa ajili yao?”
23 Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Shall the hand of Yahweh, fail? Now, shalt thou see whether my word come to pass unto thee or not.
Bwana akamjibu Mose, “Je, mkono wa Bwana ni mfupi sana? Sasa utaona kama jambo nililolisema litatimizwa kwa ajili yako au la.”
24 And Moses went forth and spake unto the people the words of Yahweh, —and gathered together seventy men from among the elders of the people, and caused them to stand round about the tent.
Kwa hiyo Mose akatoka na kuwaambia watu lile ambalo Bwana alikuwa amesema. Akawakusanya wazee wao sabini, akawasimamisha kuzunguka Hema.
25 Then Yahweh came down, in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave unto the seventy men—the elders. And it came to pass that when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and then did so no more.
Kisha Bwana akashuka katika wingu na kunena na Mose, naye akachukua sehemu ya Roho iliyokuwa juu ya Mose na kuiweka juu ya wale wazee sabini. Roho aliposhuka juu yao, wakatoa unabii, lakini hawakufanya hivyo tena.
26 Now there were two men left behind in the camp—the name of the one, was Eldad and the name of the other, Medad, so then the spirit, rested on them—they, being among them who were written, though they had not gone forth unto the tent, —but they prophesied in the camp.
Lakini, watu wawili, ambao majina yao ni Eldadi na Medadi, walibaki kambini. Walikuwa wameorodheshwa miongoni mwa wale wazee sabini, lakini hawakutoka kwenda kwenye Hema. Lakini Roho pia alishuka juu yao, nao wakatabiri huko kambini.
27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses and said, —Eldad and Medad, are prophesying in the camp!
Mwanaume mmoja kijana alikimbia na kumwambia Mose, “Eldadi na Medadi wanatoa unabii kambini.”
28 Then responded Joshua son of Nun the attendant of Moses from his youth, and said, —My lord Moses forbid them!
Yoshua mwana wa Nuni, ambaye alikuwa msaidizi wa Mose tangu ujana wake, akajibu akasema, “Mose bwana wangu, wanyamazishe!”
29 But Moses said unto him, Art, thou, jealous for, me? Oh would that, all the people of Yahweh, were prophets! Yea let Yahweh put his spirit upon them!
Lakini Mose akajibu, “Je, unaona wivu kwa ajili yangu? Ningetamani watu wote wa Bwana wangekuwa manabii na kwamba Bwana angeweka Roho yake juu yao!”
30 Then was Moses received back into the camp, —he and the elders of Israel.
Ndipo Mose na wale wazee wa Israeli wakarudi kambini.
31 Now, a wind, had sprung up, from Yahweh, and cut off quails from the sea, and let them lie over the camp—as it were a days journey here and a days journey there, round about the camp, —and as it were two cubits on the face of the land.
Kisha ukatokea upepo kutoka kwa Bwana, nao ukawaletea kware kutoka baharini. Ukawaangusha kwenye eneo lote linalozunguka kambi na kujaa ardhini kimo cha mita moja hivi kutoka ardhini kwenye eneo la umbali wa mwendo wa siku moja kila upande.
32 And the people rose up all that day and all the night and all the next day, and gathered the quails, he that did least, gathered ten homers, —and they spread them out for themselves spreading away, round about the camp.
Mchana kutwa na usiku kucha pamoja na siku nzima iliyofuata watu walitoka kwenda kuokota kware. Hakuna mtu yeyote aliyekusanya chini ya homeri kumi. Kisha wakazianika kuzunguka kambi yote.
33 The flesh, was yet between their teeth, not yet chewed, —when the anger of Yahweh, had kindled upon the people, and Yahweh smote the people, with an exceeding great plague.
Lakini walipokuwa wakila nyama, ilipokuwa ingali kati ya meno yao na kabla hawajamaliza kula, hasira ya Bwana ikawaka dhidi ya watu, naye akawapiga kwa tauni.
34 And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah—because there, they buried the people who had lusted,
Kwa hiyo mahali hapo pakaitwa Kibroth-Hataava, kwa sababu huko ndiko walipowazika watu ambao walitamani sana chakula kingine.
35 From Kibroth-hattaavah, the people set forward to Hazeroth, —and they remained in Hazeroth.
Kutoka Kibroth-Hataava watu wakasafiri mpaka Haserothi na kukaa huko.
