Deuteronomy 11
1 'And thou hast loved Jehovah thy God, and kept His charge, and His statutes, and His judgments, and His commands, all the days;
Kwa hiyo mtampenda Yahwe Mungu wenu na daima mtashika maelekezo yake, maagizo yake, sheria zake, na amri zake.
2 and ye have known to-day — for it is not your sons who have not known, and who have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, His greatness, His strong hand, and His stretched-out arm,
Kumbuka kwamba siongei kwa watoto wako, ambao hawajajua wala kuona hukumu ya Yahwe Mungu wako, ukuu wake, mkono wake wa uweza, mkono wake ulionyoshwa,
3 and His signs, and His doings, which He hath done in the midst of Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to all his land;
Ishara na matendo ambayo alifanya katikati ya Misri kwa Farao, mfalme Misri, na nchi yake yote.
4 and that which He hath done to the force of Egypt, to its horses, and to its chariot, when He hath caused the waters of the Red Sea to flow against their faces in their pursuing after them, and Jehovah destroyeth them, unto this day;
Wala hawakuona kile alichofanya kwa jeshi la Misri, kwa farasi wao, au magari yao; namna alivyoyafanya maji ya bahari ya Reeds kuwaelemea kwa sababu ya kuwafuatilia, na namna Yahwe alivyowaangamiza mpaka leo,
5 and that which He hath done to you in the wilderness, till your coming in unto this place;
au nini alifanya kwenu kwenye jangwa mpaka mlikuja eneo hili.
6 and that which He hath done to Dathan, and to Abiram, sons of Eliab, sons of Reuben, when the earth hath opened her mouth and swalloweth them, and their houses, and their tents, and all that liveth, which is at their feet, in the midst of all Israel:
Hawajaona nini Yahwe alichofanya kwa Dathani na Abiramu, wana wa Eliabu mwana wa Reubeni; namna dunia ilifungua kinywa chake na kuwameza, nyumba zao, mahema yao, na kila kitu hai kilichowafuata, katikati mwa Israeli yote.
7 ' — But [it is] your eyes which are seeing all the great work of Jehovah, which He hath done;
Lakini macho yenu yameona kazi yote kuu ya Yahwe aliyoifanya.
8 and ye have kept all the command which I am commanding thee to-day, so that ye are strong, and have gone in, and possessed the land whither ye are passing over to possess it,
Kwa hiyo shikeni amri zote ambazo ninawaamuru leo, kwamba mweze kuwa imara, na kuingia na kuimiliki nchi, ambayo unaenda zaidi kuimiliki;
9 and so that ye prolong days on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them and to their seed — a land flowing with milk and honey.
na kwamba uweze kuongeza siku zako katika nchi ambayo Yahwe aliapa kwa baba zako kuwapa na uzao wao, nchi itiririkayo maziwa na asali.
10 'For the land whither thou art going in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt whence ye have come out, where thou sowest thy seed, and hast watered with thy foot, as a garden of the green herb;
Kwa kuwa nchi, ambayo unaingia kumiliki, siyo kama nchi ya Misri, ambako mlitoka, ambako mlipanda mbegu na kumwagilizia kwa miguu yenu, kama bustani ya mitishamba;
11 but the land whither ye are passing over to possess it, [is] a land of hills and valleys; of the rain of the heavens it drinketh water;
Lakini nchi, ambayo unaenda kuimiliki, ni nchi ya milima na mabonde, na kunywa maji ya mvua mbinguni,
12 a land which Jehovah thy God is searching; continually [are] the eyes of Jehovah thy God upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the latter end of the year.
nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu awajali; macho ya Yahwe Mungu wenu daima yako juu yake, kuanzia mwanzo wa mwaka mpaka mwisho wa mwaka.
13 'And it hath been — if thou hearken diligently unto My commands which I am commanding you to-day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve Him with all your heart, and with all your soul —
Itatokea, kama mtazisikiliza kwa bidii amri zangu ambazo ninawaamuru leo kumpenda Yahwe Mungu wenu, na kumtumikia kwa moyo wenu wote na roho zenu zote,
14 that I have given the rain of your land in its season — sprinkling and gathered — and thou hast gathered thy corn, and thy new wine, and thine oil,
kwamba nitawapa mvua nchi yenu kwa majira yake, mvua za awali na mvua za badaye, ili kwamba mweze kukusanya nafaka zenu, mvinyo wenu mpya, na mafuta yenu.
15 and I have given herbs in thy field for thy cattle, and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied.
Nitawapa nyasi kwenye mashamba yenu kwa ajili ya mifugo yenu, na mtakula na kushiba.
16 'Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be enticed, and ye have turned aside, and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them,
Uwe makini mwenyewe, ili kwamba moyo wako usidanganyike, na kugeuka na kuabudu miungu mingine, na kuisujudia;
17 and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and He hath restrained the heavens, and there is no rain, and the ground doth not give her increase, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which Jehovah is giving to you.
ili kwamba hasira ya Yahwe isiwashiwe dhidi yenu, na ili kwamba asifunge mbingu, kwamba pasiwe na mvua, na nchi haitavuna matunda, na ili kwamba mpotee kwa haraka kutoka nchi nzuri ambayo Yahwe anawapa.
18 'And ye have placed these my words on your heart, and on your soul, and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes;
Kwa hiyo yaweke haya maneno ndani ya moyo wako na roho; yafunge kama ishara kwenye mkono wako, na yawe utepe katikati ya macho yako.
19 and ye have taught them to your sons, by speaking of them in thy sitting in thy house, and in thy going in the way, and in thy lying down, and in thy rising up,
Utayafundisha kwa watoto na kuongea juu yake wakati uketipo ndani ya nyumba yako, wakati utembeapo barabarani, wakati ulalapo, na wakati uinukapo.
20 and hast written them on the side-posts of thy house, and on thy gates,
Utayaandika kwenye miimo ya milango ya nyumba zenu na kwenye malango yenu,
21 so that your days are multiplied, and the days of your sons, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them, as the days of the heavens on the earth.
kwamba siku zenu na siku za watoto wenu ziweze kuongezeka katika nchi ambayo Yahwe aliapa kwa mababu zenu kuwapa, maadamu mbingu ziko juu ya ardhi.
22 'For, if ye diligently keep all this command which I am commanding you — to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave to Him,
Kama mtayashika kwa bidii maagizo haya yote ambayo ninawaamuru nyinyi, ili kwamba myafanye, mpende Yahwe Mungu wenu, tembea katika njia zake zote, na kushikamana naye,
23 then hath Jehovah dispossessed all these nations from before you, and ye have possessed nations, greater and mightier than you;
basi Yahwe atawaondosha mataifa haya yote kutoka mbele yenu, na mtayafukuza mataifa makubwa na yenye nguvu kuliko nyie.
24 every place on which the sole of your foot treadeth is yours; from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Phrat, even unto the farther sea is your border;
Kila eneo ambalo unyao wa miguu utatembea litakuwa lenu; kutoka jangwani hadi Lebanoni, toka mto wa Euphratesi, hadi magharibi mwa bahari itakuwa mpaka wenu.
25 no man doth station himself in your presence; your dread and your fear doth Jehovah your God put on the face of all the land on which ye tread, as He hath spoken to you.
Hakuna mtu ataweza kusimama mbele yenu; Yahwe Mungu wenu ataweka hofu yenu na ugaidi wenu juu ya nchi yote mnayotembea juu yake kama alivyosema na ninyi.
26 'See, I am setting before you to-day a blessing and a reviling:
Tazama, naweka mbele yenu baraka na laana;
27 the blessing, when ye hearken unto the commands of Jehovah your God, which I am commanding you to-day;
baraka, kama mtasikiliza amri za Yahwe ambazo ninakuamuru leo,
28 and the reviling, if ye do not hearken unto the commands of Jehovah your God, and have turned aside out of the way which I am commanding you to-day, to go after other gods which ye have not known.
na laana, kama hamtasikiliza amri za Yahwe Mungu wenu, lakini mkaicha njia ninayokuamuru leo, kuendea miungu mingine ambayo hamjaijua.
29 'And it hath been, when Jehovah thy God doth bring thee in unto the land whither thou art going in to possess it, that thou hast given the blessing on mount Gerizim, and the reviling on mount Ebal;
Itakuwa wakati Yahwe Mungu wenu anawaleta ninyi katika nchi ambayo mnaenda kumiliki, kwamba mtaweka baraka juu ya mlima Gerizimu na laana juu ya mlima Ebali.
30 are they not beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going in of the sun, in the land of the Canaanite, who is dwelling in the plain over-against Gilgal, near the oaks of Moreh?
Hawako ng'ambo ya pili zaidi ya Yordani, magharibi mwa barabara la magharibi, katika nchi ya Wakanani wanaoishi Arabah, juu dhidi ya Gilgali, kando ya mialo ya Moreh?
31 for ye are passing over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you; and ye have possessed it, and dwelt in it,
Kwa maana mtavuka ng'ambo ya pili ya Yordani kuingia kumiliki nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapa, na mtamiliki na kuishi ndani yake.
32 and observed to do all the statutes and the judgments which I am setting before you to day.
Mtashika sheria zote na amri ninazoweka mbele yenu leo.
