Exodus 20
1 And God spoke all these words, saying,
Mungu alisema maneno yote haya:
2 I [am] the LORD thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Ndimi Bwana Mungu wenu, niliyewatoa katika ardhi Misri, nje ya nyumba ya utumwa.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Msiwe na miungu mingine ila mimi tu.
4 Thou shalt not make to thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
Msijitengenezee sanamu za kuchonga kufananisha na kitu chochote kilichopo juu ya mbingu, chini ya ardhi, au ndani ya maji.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me;
Msipinde na kuabudu sanamu, mimi Yahweh Mungu wenu, ni Mungu mwenye wivu. Nitaadhibu uovu wa mabubu kwa kuleta adhabu juu ya kizazi, cha tatu hadi kizazi cha nne kwa wale wanao nichukia.
6 And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Ila nitaweka agano la uaminifu kwa maelfu watakao nipenda na kushika amri zangu.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Usilitaje bure jina la Yahweh Mungu wako, sitkuwa na hatia kwa yeyote atakaye taja jina langu bure.
8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy.
Ikumbuke siku ya Sabato, na kunitengea.
9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:
lazima ufanye kazi zako zote kwa siku sita.
10 But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
Ila siku ya saba ni Sabato kwaajili ya Yahweh Mungu wako. Siku hiyo usifanye kazi yoyote, wewe, au mwana wako, au binti yako, au mtumishi wako wakiume, au mtumishi wako mwanamke, au ng'ombe zako, au mgeni aliye ndani ya malango yako.
11 For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it.
Kwa siku sita Yahweh aliumba mbingu na nchi, bahari, na vitu vyote vilivyomo, na siku ya saba alipumzika. Kwa hiyo Yahweh aliibariki siku ya Sabato na kuitenga.
12 Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Waheshimu baba na mama yako, ili uweze kuishi miaka mingi duniani Yahweh Mungu wako ametoa.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
Usiue.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Usifanye uasherati (usizini).
15 Thou shalt not steal.
Usiibe kwa mtu yoyote.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Usishuhudie uongo dhidi ya jirani yako.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbor's.
Usitaman nyumba ya jirani yako; usitamani mke wa jirani yako, wala mtumishi wake wakiume, mtumishi wake mwanamke, ng'ombe wake, punda wake, au chochote cha jirani yako.
18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off.
Watu wote waliona radi na umeme, na kusikia sauti ya mbiu, na mlima ukitoa moshi. Watu walipoona hivo, walitetemeka na kusimama mbali.
19 And they said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Wakamwambia Musa, ongea na sisi, na tutakusikiliza; lakini usiruhusu Mungu kuongea nasi, ama tutakufa.
20 And Moses said to the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Musa akawaambia watu, “msiogope, Mungu alikuja kuwajaribu ili heshima yake iwe ndani yenu, kwa hiyo msitende dhambi.”
21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God [was].
hivyo watu walisimama mbali, na Musa alikaribia giza nene Mungu alipokuwa.
22 And the LORD said to Moses, Thus thou shalt say to the children of Israel; Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
Yahweh alimwambia Musa, “Ni lazima uwaambie hili Waisraeli: 'Wewe mwenyewe umeona niliongea na wewe kutoka mbinguni.
23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make to you gods of gold.
Misjitengenezee miungu mingine pamoja nami, miungu ya fedha au miungu ya dhahabu.
24 An altar of earth thou shalt make to me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thy oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to thee, and I will bless thee.
Tengenezeni madhabahu ya udongo kwa ajili yangu, na lazima mtoe sadaka ya kuteketeza, sadaka ya ushirika, kondoo, na ng'ombe. kila sehemu ntakapotaka jina langu liheshimiwe, nitakuja kwenu na kuwabariki.
25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou [shalt] lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Kama mtatengeneza madhabahu ya mawe, msijenge na mawe yaiyokatika, na kama mtatumia vyombo vyenu juu yake, mtaweka unajisi.
26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps to my altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
msije juu ya madhabahu yangu kwa hatua zenu; hii ni ili msioneshe sehemu zenu za siri.”
