Deuteronomy 9

1 Hear, O Israel: Thou [art] to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

Sikiliza, Israeli; umekaribia kuvuka ng'ambo ya pili ya Yordani leo, kuyafukuza mataifa yenye nguvu na ushujaa kuliko ninyi, na miji ambayo ni mikuu na yenye boma iliyoenda juu,

2 A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and [of whom] thou hast heard [it said], Who can stand before the children of Anak!

watu wakuu na warefu, wana wa Anakimu, ambaye mnamjua, na yule mliomsikia watu wakisema, 'Nani atasimama mbele ya wana wa Anak?

3 Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God [is] he who goeth over before thee; [as] a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said to thee.

Kwa hiyo tambua leo kwamba, Yahwe Mungu wenu ni yeye ambaye huenda mbele yenu kama moto uwalao; atawaharibu na kuwaangamiza mbele yenu, kwa hiyo mtawaondosha na kuwafanya kuwapoteza kwa haraka, kama Yahwe alivyosema kwenu.

4 Speak not thou in thy heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

Msiseme kwenye mioyo yenu, baada ya Yahwe Mungu wenu kuwatupilia toka mbele yenu, “ilikuwa kwa sababu ya haki yangu kwamba Yahwe amenileta mimi kuimiliki nchi hii; kwa kuwa ilikuwa kwa sababu ya maovu ya mataifa haya kwamba Yahwe anawaondowa toka mbele yenu.

5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations, the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore to thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Si kwa sababu ya uadilifu wenu au unyofu wa mioyo yenu ambayo mnaenda kuingia kumiliki nchi yao, lakini ni kwa sababu ya maovu ya mataifa haya ambayo Mungu anawaondowa kutoka mbele zenu, na kusudi alifanye kuwa kweli neno ambalo aliapa kwa mababu zenu, Ibrahimu, Isaka na Yakabo.

6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou [art] a stiff-necked people.

Kwa hiyo tambua, kwamba Yahwe Mungu wenu awapi ninyi nchi hii nzuri kuimiliki kwa sababu ya uadilifu wenu kwa kuwa ni watu wakaidi.

7 Remember, [and] forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart from the land of Egypt, until ye came to this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.

Kumbuka na msisahau jinsi mlivyomchochea Yahwe Mungu wenu katika hasira huko jangwani; kutoka siku hiyo ambayo mliacha nchi ya Misri mpaka mlipokuja kwenye eneo hili, mmekuwa waasi dhidi ya Yahwe.

8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.

Pia huko Horebu mlimchochea Yahwe katika hasira, na Yahwe alikasirika vya kutosha kwenu kuwaangamiza.

9 When I ascended the mount, to receive the tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither ate bread, nor drank water:

Wakati nilipoenda juu ya mlima kupokea mbao za mawe, mbao za agano ambalo Yahwe alifanya nanyi, Nilibaki kwenye mlima kwa siku arobaini na usiku arobaini; Wala sikula mkate wala kunywa maji.

10 And the LORD delivered to me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words which the LORD spoke with you in the mount, from the midst of the fire, in the day of the assembly.

Yahwe alinipa mbao mbili za mawe zilizoandikwa kwa kidole chake; juu yake kuliandikwa kila kitu kama tu maneno yote ambayo Yahwe alitangaza kwenu juu ya mlima toka katikati mwa moto siku hiyo ya kusanyiko.

11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, [that] the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, [even] the tables of the covenant.

Ilitokea mwishoni mwa siku hizo arobaini na usiku arobaini ya kwamba Yahwe alinipa mimi mbao mbili za mawe, mbao za agano.

12 And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted [themselves]; they are quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.

Yahwe alisema nami, 'Inuka, nenda chini haraka kutokea hapa, kwa kuwa watu wako, ambao uliwaleta toka Misri, wamekuwa wafisadi wenyewe. Kwa haraka wamegeuka toka kwenye njia ambayo niliwaamuru. Wamejifanyia wenyewe umbo la kutupwa.

13 Furthermore, the LORD spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and behold, it [is] a stiff-necked people:

Zaidi ya hayo, Yahwe alizungumza na mimi na kusema, “Nimewaona watu hawa; ni watu wakaidi.

14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.

Acha mimi peke yangu, ili kwamba niweze kuwaangamiza na kulifuta jina lao kutoka chini ya mbingu, na nitawafanya ninyi taifa lenye nguvu na kuu kuliko wao.”

15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant [were] in my two hands.

Kwa hiyo niligeuka nyuma na kushuka chini ya mlima, na mlima ulikuwa ukiwaka moto. Mbao mbili za agano zilikuwa kwenye mikono yangu.

16 And I looked, and behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, [and] had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you.

Nilitazama, na tazama, mlikuwa mmefanya dhambi dhidi ya Yahwe Mungu wenu. Mmejitengenezea wenyewe ndama. Kwa haraka mmegeuka toka njia ambayo Yahwe alikuwa amewaamuru.

17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

Nilizichukua mbao mbili na kuzitupa toka mikononi mwangu. Nilizivunja mbele ya macho yenu.

18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I neither ate bread, nor drank water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

Tena nilala kifudifudi mbele ya Yahwe kwa siku arobaini na usiku arobaini; wala sikula mkate wala kunywa maji, kwa sababu dhambi zenu zote ambazo mlikuwa mmefanya, kwa kufanya hivyo ambavyo ilikuwa ni mbaya machoni pa Yahwe, ili kwamba kumchochea yeye katika hasira.

19 (For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.) But the LORD hearkened to me at that time also.

Kwa kuwa nilikuwa nimeogopa hasira na gadhabu kali ambayo Yahwe alikuwa amekasirika vya kutosha dhidi yenu kuwaangamiza. Lakini Yahwe alinisikiliza mimi kwa wakati huo pia.

20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

Yahwe alikuwa na hasira nyingi na Aaroni kwa kusudi la kumuangamiza; pia niliomba kwa ajili ya Aaroni kwa wakati huohuo.

21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, [and] ground [it] very small, [even] until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust of it into the brook that descended from the mount.

Nilichukua dhambi zenu, ndama mliyekuwa mmentengeza, na kumchoma, kumpiga, kumweka chini kuwa mdogo, mpaka ilipokuwa laini kama vumbi. Nilirusha vumbi lake katika mkondo ambao ulitiririka chini kutoka mlimani.

22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.

Huko Taberah, Massah, na huko Kibrothi Hattaavah, mlimchochea Yahwe kwenye adhabu.

23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

Wakati Yahwe aliwatoa kutoka Kadeshi ya Barnea na kusema, 'Nenda juu na umiliki nchi ambayo nimekupa, 'ndipo mliasi dhidi ya agizo la Yahwe Mungu wenu, na hamkumwamini na kumsikiliza sauti yake.

24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

Mmekuwa waasi dhidi ya Yahwe toka siku ile nilipowajua.

25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down [at the first]; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

Kwa hiyo nilala kifudifudi mbele ya Yahwe siku zile arobaini na usiku arobaini, kwa sababu alikuwa amesema kwamba angewaangamiza.

26 I prayed therefore to the LORD, and said, O LORD God, destroy not thy people and thy inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

Niliomba kwa Yahwe na kusema, 'Oh Bwana Yahwe, usiwaangamize watu wako au warithi wako ambao uliwaokoa kwa ukuu wako, ambapo uwatoa toka Misri kwa mkono wa uweza.

27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

Akilini waite watumishi wenu Ibrahimu, Isaka, na Yakobo; msiangalie ukaidi wa watu hawa, wala maovu yao, dhambi zao,

28 Lest the land from which thou hast brought us should say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.

ili kwamba nchi ambayo ulitutoa iseme, “Kwa sababu Yahwe hakuweza kuwaleta katika nchi aliyowaahadia, na kwa sababu aliwachukia, amewaleta nje kuwauwa katika jangwa.

29 Yet they [are] thy people and thy inheritance which thou hast brought out by thy mighty power and by thy out-stretched arm.

Bado ni watu wa kwenu na urithi wenu, ambao uliwatoa kwa nguvu zako kuu na kwa kuonesha mamlaka yako,