Numbers 21
1 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was traveling by the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.
Mfalme wa Kikanaani wa Aradi aliyeishi huko Negebu aliposikia kwamba Waisraeli walikuwa wanakuja kwa njia ya Atharimu, aliwashambulia Waisraeli na kuwateka baadhi yao.
2 Israel vowed to Yahweh and said, “If you give us victory over these people, then we will completely destroy their cities.”
Ndipo Israeli akaweka nadhiri hii kwa Bwana: “Ikiwa utawatia watu hawa mikononi mwetu, tutaiangamiza kabisa miji yao.”
3 Yahweh listened to Israel's voice and he gave them victory over the Canaanites. They completely destroyed them and their cities. That place was called Hormah.
Bwana akasikiliza ombi la Waisraeli, naye akawapa ushindi juu ya Wakanaani. Wakawaangamiza kabisa na miji yao; hivyo mahali pale pakaitwa Horma.
4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Reeds to go around the land of Edom. The people became very discouraged on the way.
Waisraeli wakasafiri kutoka mlima Hori kupitia njia inayoelekea Bahari ya Shamu, kuizunguka Edomu. Lakini watu wakakosa uvumilivu njiani,
5 The people spoke against God and Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we hate this miserable food.”
wakamnungʼunikia Mungu na Mose, wakisema, “Kwa nini umetupandisha kutoka Misri ili tufe jangwani? Hakuna mkate! Hakuna maji! Nasi tunachukia sana chakula hiki duni!”
6 Then Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among the people. The snakes bit the people; many people died.
Ndipo Bwana akapeleka nyoka wenye sumu katikati yao; wakawauma watu, nao Waisraeli wengi wakafa.
7 The people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned because we have spoken against Yahweh and you. Pray to Yahweh for him to take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
Watu wakamjia Mose na kusema, “Tumetenda dhambi wakati tuliponena dhidi ya Bwana na dhidi yako. Mwombe Bwana ili atuondolee hawa nyoka.” Hivyo Mose akawaombea hao watu.
8 Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a snake and attach it to a pole. It will happen that everyone who is bitten will survive, if he looks at it.”
Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Tengeneza nyoka wa shaba na umweke juu ya mti; yeyote aliyeumwa na nyoka anaweza kumtazama na akaishi tena.”
9 So Moses made a bronze snake and attached it to a pole. When a snake bit any person, if he looked at the bronze snake, he survived.
Kwa hiyo Mose akatengeneza nyoka wa shaba na kumweka juu ya mti. Kisha wakati mtu yeyote aliumwa na nyoka, naye akamtazama yule nyoka wa shaba, aliishi.
10 Then the people of Israel traveled on and camped at Oboth.
Waisraeli waliendelea na safari yao na wakapiga kambi huko Obothi.
11 They traveled from Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim in the wilderness that faces Moab toward the east.
Kisha wakaondoka Obothi na kupiga kambi huko Iye-Abarimu, katika jangwa linalotazamana na Moabu kuelekea mawio ya jua.
12 From there they traveled on and camped in the Valley of Zered.
Kutoka hapo waliendelea mbele wakapiga kambi kwenye Bonde la Zeredi.
13 From there they traveled on and camped on the other side of the Arnon River, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites. The Arnon River forms the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Wakasafiri kutoka hapo na kupiga kambi kando ya Mto Arnoni, ambao uko katika jangwa lililoenea hadi nchi ya Waamori. Arnoni ni mpaka wa Moabu, kati ya Moabu na Waamori.
14 That is why it says in the scroll of the Wars of Yahweh, “... Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon,
Ndiyo sababu Kitabu cha Vita vya Bwana kinasema: “…Mji wa Wahebu nchini Seifa na mabonde ya Arnoni,
15 the slope of the valleys that lead toward the town of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
na miteremko ya mabonde inayofika hadi mji wa Ari na huelekea mpakani mwa Moabu.”
16 From there they traveled to Beer, the well where Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather the people together for me to give them water.”
Kutoka hapo waliendelea mbele hadi kisima cha Beeri; kwenye kisima ambacho Bwana alimwambia Mose, “Wakusanye watu pamoja, nami nitawapa maji.”
17 Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, well! Sing about it,
Kisha Israeli akaimba wimbo huu: “Bubujika, ee kisima! Imba kuhusu maji,
18 about the well that our leaders dug, the well the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter and their staffs.” Then from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah.
kuhusu kisima ambacho kilichimbwa na wakuu, ambacho watu mashuhuri walikifukua, watu mashuhuri wakiwa na fimbo za utawala na bakora.” Kisha wakatoka jangwani kwenda Matana,
19 From Mattanah they traveled to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
kutoka Matana wakafika Nahalieli, kutoka Nahalieli wakafika Bamothi,
20 and from Bamoth to a valley in the land of Moab. That is where the top of Mount Pisgah looks down on the wilderness.
na kutoka Bamothi wakafika kwenye bonde lililoko Moabu, mahali ambapo kilele cha Pisga kinatazamana na nyika.
21 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites saying,
Israeli akawatuma wajumbe kumwambia Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori:
22 “Let us pass through your land. We will not turn into any field or vineyard. We will not drink the water from your wells. We will travel by the king's highway until we have crossed your border.”
“Uturuhusu tupite katika nchi yako. Hatutageuka kando kwenda katika mashamba au mashamba ya mizabibu, ama kunywa maji kutoka kisima chochote. Tutasafiri kwenye njia kuu ya mfalme hata tutakapokuwa tumekwisha kupita katika nchi yako.”
23 But King Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through their border. Instead, Sihon gathered all his army together and attacked Israel in the wilderness. He came to Jahaz, where he fought against Israel.
Lakini Sihoni hakumruhusu Israeli apite katika nchi yake. Alilikutanisha jeshi lake lote, wakaondoka kwenda jangwani ili kupigana na Israeli. Alipofika huko Yahazi, akapigana na Israeli.
24 Israel attacked the army of Sihon with the edge of the sword and took their land from the Arnon to the Jabbok river, as far as the land of the people of Ammon. Now the border of the people of Ammon was fortified.
Hata hivyo, Israeli alimshinda kwa upanga na kuiteka ardhi yake kutoka Arnoni mpaka Yaboki, lakini ni hadi kufikia nchi ya Waamoni tu, kwa sababu mipaka yake ilikuwa imezungushwa ukuta.
25 Israel took all the Amorite cities and lived in all of them, including Heshbon and all of its villages.
Israeli akaiteka miji yote ya Waamori na kuikalia, pamoja na Heshboni na makazi yote yanayoizunguka.
26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab. Sihon had taken all his land from his territory to the Arnon River.
Heshboni ulikuwa mji wa Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori, ambaye alikuwa amepigana dhidi ya mfalme wa Moabu aliyetangulia na akawa amechukua ardhi yake yote mpaka Arnoni.
27 That is why those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be rebuilt and established again.
Ndiyo sababu watunga mashairi husema: “Njoo Heshboni na ujengwe tena; mji wa Sihoni na ufanywe upya.
28 A fire blazed from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon that devoured Ar of Moab, and the owners of the high places of Arnon.
“Moto uliwaka kutoka Heshboni, mwali wa moto kutoka mji wa Sihoni. Uliteketeza Ari ya Moabu, raiya wa mahali pa Arnoni palipoinuka.
29 Woe to you, Moab! You have perished, people of Chemosh. He has made his sons to be fugitives and his daughters to be prisoners of Sihon king of the Amorites.
Ole wako, ee Moabu! Umeharibiwa, enyi watu wa Kemoshi! Amewatoa wanawe kuwa wakimbizi, na binti zake kama mateka kwa Mfalme Sihoni wa Waamori.
30 But we have conquered Sihon. Heshbon is devastated all the way to Dibon. We have defeated them all the way to Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
“Lakini tumewashinda; Heshboni umeharibiwa hadi Diboni. Tumebomoa hadi kufikia Nofa, ulioenea hadi Medeba.”
31 So Israel began to live in the Amorites' land.
Kwa hiyo Israeli akaishi katika nchi ya Waamori.
32 Then Moses sent men to look at Jazer. They took its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Baada ya Mose kutuma wapelelezi kwenda mji wa Yazeri, Waisraeli waliteka viunga vya mji huo na kuwafukuza Waamori waliokuwa wanaishi huko.
33 Then they turned and went up by the road of Bashan. Og king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his army, to fight them at Edrei.
Kisha wakageuka na kwenda katika njia inayoelekea Bashani, naye Ogu mfalme wa Bashani pamoja na jeshi lake lote wakatoka kupigana nao huko Edrei.
34 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Do not fear him, because I have given you victory over him, all his army, and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.”
Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Usimwogope Ogu, kwa sababu nimeshamkabidhi mikononi mwako, pamoja na jeshi lake lote na nchi yake. Mtendee kama ulivyomtendea Sihoni mfalme wa Waamori, ambaye alitawala huko Heshboni.”
35 So they killed him, his sons, and all his army, until none of his people were left alive. Then they took over his land.
Kwa hiyo wakamuua, pamoja na wanawe na jeshi lake lote, bila ya kumwacha hata mtu mmoja hai. Nao wakaimiliki nchi yake.
