Deuteronomy 14
1 “We are people who belong to Yahweh our God. So, when people die, do not show that you are grieving by gashing/cutting yourselves or by shaving the hair on your foreheads [like the other people-groups do].
Ninyi ni watoto wa Bwana Mungu wenu. Msijichanje ama kujinyoa upara kwenye paji la uso kwa ajili ya aliyekufa,
2 We belong to Yahweh alone. Yahweh chose us from all the other people-groups on the earth to be his special people.
kwa maana ninyi ni taifa takatifu kwa Bwana Mungu wenu. Bwana amewachagua ninyi kuwa taifa la kipekee kutoka mataifa yote juu ya uso wa dunia, mwe tunu yake.
3 “Do not eat anything that [Yahweh] detests.
Msile kitu chochote ambacho ni machukizo.
4 The animals [whose meat] you are permitted to eat are cattle, sheep, goats,
Hawa ndio wanyama mtakaokula: ngʼombe, kondoo, mbuzi,
5 deer, gazelles, wild goats, antelopes, and mountain sheep.
kulungu, paa, kongoni, paa mweupe, mbuzi-mwitu, pofu na kondoo wa mlimani.
6 Those are animals that have split hoofs and that also (chew their cuds/regurgitate their food [from their stomachs] to chew it again).
Mnaweza kumla mnyama yeyote mwenye kwato zilizogawanyika mara mbili, pia yule anayecheua.
7 But there are other animals that chew their cuds that you must not eat. Those are camels, rabbits, and rock badgers. They chew their cuds, but their hooves are not split. So they are not acceptable for you to eat.
Hata hivyo, miongoni mwa wale wanaocheua au wale walio na kwato zilizogawanyika kamwe msile ngamia, sungura na pelele. Iwapo wanacheua, lakini hawana kwato zilizogawanyika; ni najisi kwenu kwa taratibu za kiibada.
8 Do not eat pigs. They are unacceptable for you to eat; their hooves are split, but they do not chew cud. Do not eat the meat of those animals; do not even touch their dead bodies.
Nguruwe pia ni najisi; ingawa ana kwato zilizogawanyika, hacheui. Msile nyama yake wala kugusa mzoga wake.
9 You are permitted to eat any fish that has scales and fins.
Katika viumbe hai vyote viishivyo kwenye maji, mnaweza kula yeyote aliye na mapezi na magamba.
10 But anything else [that lives in the water] that does not have scales and fins, you must not eat, because [if you eat them], you will become unacceptable [to Yahweh].
Lakini chochote kisicho na mapezi na magamba msile; kwenu ni najisi.
11 “You are permitted to eat the flesh of any bird that is acceptable [to Yahweh].
Mnaweza kula ndege yeyote aliye safi.
12 But eagles, vultures, black vultures,
Lakini wafuatao msiwale: tai, furukombe, kipungu,
13 buzzards, all kinds of kites,
kengewa mwekundu, kengewa mweusi, mwewe wa aina yoyote,
14 all kinds of crows,
kunguru wa aina yoyote,
15 ostriches, seagulls,
mbuni, kiruka-njia, dudumizi, kipanga wa aina yoyote,
16 owls, hawks, falcons,
bundi, mumbi, bundi mkubwa,
17 pelicans, vultures that eat dead animals, cormorants,
mwari, nderi, mnandi,
18 storks, herons, hoopoes, and bats, you must not eat.
korongo, koikoi wa aina yoyote, hudihudi na popo.
19 “All insects with wings [and which walk on the ground] are unacceptable [to Yahweh]; do not eat them.
Wadudu wote warukao kwa makundi ni najisi kwenu, msiwale.
20 But other insects with wings [and which hop along the ground] are acceptable to eat.
Lakini viumbe vyote vyenye mabawa vilivyo safi mwaweza kula.
21 “Do not eat any animal that has died naturally, [because its blood has not been drained out]. You may allow foreigners who live among you to eat those things or you may sell them to other foreigners. But you belong to Yahweh our God; [and those who belong to him are not permitted to eat the meat of animals whose blood has not been drained out]. “You must not cook a young sheep or goat in its mother’s milk.”
Msile kitu chochote mtakachokuta kimekufa. Mnaweza kumpa mgeni yeyote anayeishi katika mojawapo ya miji yenu, naye anaweza kula au mnaweza kumuuzia mtu wa nchi nyingine. Lakini ninyi ni watu watakatifu kwa Bwana Mungu wenu. Msitokose mwana-mbuzi katika maziwa ya mama yake.
22 “Once each year you must set apart (a tithe/10 percent) of all the crops that are produced/harvested in your fields.
Hakikisheni mmetenga sehemu ya kumi ya mazao yote ya mashamba yenu kila mwaka.
23 Take those things to the place that Yahweh our God will choose [for you to worship him]. There eat the tithes of your grain, your wine, your [olive] oil, and the meat of the firstborn male animals of your cattle and your sheep. Do this in order that you may learn to always revere Yahweh, [the one who has blessed you by giving you these things].
Mtakula zaka za nafaka yenu, divai mpya, mafuta na wazaliwa wa kwanza wa makundi yenu ya ngʼombe na ya kondoo na mbuzi mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu pale mahali atakapopachagua kama maskani kwa ajili ya Jina lake, ili kwamba mpate kujifunza kumheshimu Bwana Mungu wenu daima.
24 If the place that Yahweh has chosen [for you to worship him] is very far from your home, with the result that you are not able to take there the tithes [of your crops] with which Yahweh has blessed you, do this:
Lakini ikiwa mahali pale ni mbali sana nanyi mmebarikiwa na Bwana Mungu wenu na hamwezi kubeba zaka yenu (kwa sababu mahali pale Bwana atakapopachagua kuliweka Jina lake ni mbali sana),
25 Sell [IDM] the tithes of your crops, wrap the money carefully [in a cloth], and take it with you to the place of worship that Yahweh has chosen.
basi badilisheni zaka yenu kuwa fedha, mkaichukue hiyo fedha mwende nayo mahali Bwana Mungu wenu atakapopachagua.
26 There, [with that money], you may buy whatever you want to—beef or lamb or wine or fermented drinks. And there, in the presence of Yahweh, you and your families should eat [and drink] those things and be happy.
Tumieni hiyo fedha kununua chochote ukitakacho: ngʼombe, kondoo, divai au kinywaji chochote chenye chachu au chochote mnachotaka. Kisha ninyi na wa nyumbani mwenu mtaila mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu na kufurahi.
27 But be sure to not neglect/forget [to help] the descendants of Levi who live in your towns, because they will not own any land.
Msiache kuwajali Walawi waishio katika miji yenu, kwa kuwa hao hawana shamba wala urithi wao wenyewe.
28 “At the end of every three years, bring a tithe of all your crops that have been produced/harvested in that year and store it in your towns.
Mwishoni mwa kila mwaka wa tatu, leteni zaka zote za mazao ya miaka ile na uyahifadhi kwenye miji yenu,
29 That food is for the descendants of Levi, because they do not have their own land, and for foreigners [who live among you], and for orphans and widows who live in your towns. They are permitted to come [to where the food is stored] and take what they need. Do that in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do.”
ili Walawi (ambao hawana mashamba wala urithi wao wenyewe) na wageni, yatima na wajane wanaoishi kwenye miji yenu wapate kuja kula na kushiba, ili Bwana Mungu wenu apate kuwabariki ninyi katika kazi zote za mikono yenu.
