Deuteronomy 2
1 'And we turn, and journey into the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea, as Jehovah hath spoken unto me, and we go round the mount of Seir many days.
Kisha tukageuka nyuma na kusafiri kuelekea jangwani kwa njia inayoelekea Bahari ya Shamu, kama Bwana alivyonielekeza. Kwa muda mrefu tulitembea kuzunguka vilima katika nchi ya Seiri.
2 'And Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying,
Kisha Bwana akaniambia,
3 Enough to you — is the going round of this mount; turn for yourselves northward.
“Umetembea kuzunguka hii nchi ya vilima kwa muda wa kutosha; sasa geukia kaskazini.
4 'And the people command thou, saying, Ye are passing over into the border of your brethren, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, and they are afraid of you; and ye have been very watchful,
Wape watu maagizo haya: ‘Mko karibu kupita katikati ya nchi ya ndugu zako ambao ni wazao wa Esau, ambao wanaishi Seiri. Watawaogopa, lakini mwe waangalifu.
5 ye do not strive with them, for I do not give to you of their land even the treading of the sole of a foot; for a possession to Esau I have given mount Seir.
Msiwachokoze kwa vita kwa maana sitawapa ninyi sehemu yoyote ya nchi yao, hata sehemu ya kutosha kuweka wayo wenu juu yake. Nimempa Esau nchi ya vilima ya Seiri kama yake mwenyewe.
6 'Food ye buy from them with money, and have eaten; and also water ye buy from them with money, and have drunk,
Mtawalipa fedha kwa chakula mtakachokula na maji mtakayokunywa.’”
7 for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hands; He hath known thy walking in this great wilderness these forty years; Jehovah thy God [is] with thee; thou hast not lacked anything.
Bwana Mungu wenu amewabariki kwa kazi yote ya mikono yenu. Amewalinda katika safari yenu katikati ya jangwa hili kubwa. Kwa miaka hii arobaini Bwana Mungu wenu amekuwa pamoja nanyi, na hamkupungukiwa na kitu chochote.
8 'And we pass by from our brethren, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, by the way of the plain, by Elath, and by Ezion-Gaber; and we turn, and pass over the way of the wilderness of Moab;
Basi tulipita kwa ndugu zetu wazao wa Esau ambao wanaishi Seiri. Tuligeuka kutoka njia ya Araba ambayo inatokea Elathi na Esion-Geberi, tukasafiri kufuata njia ya jangwa la Moabu.
9 and Jehovah saith unto me, Do not distress Moab, nor stir thyself up against them [in] battle, for I do not give to thee of their land [for] a possession; for to the sons of Lot I have given Ar [for] a possession.'
Kisha Bwana akaniambia, “Usiwasumbue Wamoabu kwa vita, kwa kuwa sitawapa sehemu yoyote ya nchi yao. Nimetoa nchi ya Ari kwa wazao wa Loti kama milki yao.”
10 'The Emim formerly have dwelt in it, a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim;
(Waemi walikuwa wakiishi huko hapo zamani, watu wenye nguvu na wengi, warefu kama Waanaki.
11 Rephaim they are reckoned, they also, as the Anakim; and the Moabites call them Emim.
Kama walivyokuwa Waanaki, hao pia walikuwa kama Warefai, lakini Wamoabu waliwaita Waemi.
12 And in Seir have the Horim dwelt formerly; and the sons of Esau dispossess them, and destroy them from before them, and dwell in their stead, as Israel hath done to the land of his possession, which Jehovah hath given to them;
Wahori waliishi Seiri, lakini wazao wa Esau waliwafukuza. Waliwaangamiza Wahori na kukaa mahali pao, kama Waisraeli walivyofanya katika nchi ambayo Bwana aliwapa kama milki yao.)
13 now, rise ye, and pass over for yourselves the brook Zered; and we pass over the brook Zered.
Bwana akasema, “Sasa ondokeni mvuke Bonde la Zeredi.” Hivyo tukavuka bonde.
14 'And the days which we have walked from Kadesh-Barnea until that we have passed over the brook Zered, [are] thirty and eight years, till the consumption of all the generation of the men of battle from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah hath sworn to them;
Miaka thelathini na minane ilipita tangu wakati tulipoondoka Kadesh-Barnea mpaka tulipovuka Bonde la Zeredi. Kwa wakati huo kile kizazi chote cha wanaume kuanzia wale wawezao kwenda vitani kilikuwa kimekufa, kama Bwana alivyokuwa amewaapia.
15 and also the hand of Jehovah hath been against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, till they are consumed.
Mkono wa Bwana uliwakabili hadi alipowaangamiza wote huko kambini.
16 'And it cometh to pass, when all the men of battle have finished dying from the midst of the people,
Ikawa baada ya mtu wa mwisho kuanzia wale wawezao kwenda vitani kufa,
17 that Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying,
Bwana akaniambia,
18 Thou art passing over to-day the border of Moab, even Ar,
“Leo utapita katika nchi ya Moabu huko Ari.
19 and thou hast come near over-against the sons of Ammon, thou dost not distress them, nor stir up thyself against them, for I do not give [any] of the land of the sons of Ammon to thee [for] a possession; for to the sons of Lot I have given it [for] a possession.
Utakapokuja kwa Waamoni, msiwasumbue wala kuwachokoza kwa vita, kwa kuwa sitawapa ardhi yoyote iliyo ya Waamoni kuwa milki yenu. Nimeitoa kama milki ya wazao wa Loti.”
20 'A land of Rephaim it is reckoned, even it; Rephaim dwelt in it formerly, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim;
(Hiyo pia ilidhaniwa kuwa nchi ya Warefai waliokuwa wakiishi huko, lakini Waamoni waliwaita Wazamzumi.
21 a people great, and numerous, and tall, as the Anakim, and Jehovah destroyeth them before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead,
Walikuwa watu wenye nguvu na wengi, warefu kama Waanaki. Bwana akawaangamiza kutoka mbele ya Waamoni, ambao waliwafukuza na kukaa mahali pao.
22 as He hath done for the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, when He destroyed the Horim from before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead, unto this day.
Bwana alikuwa amefanya vivyo hivyo kwa wazao wa Esau, ambao waliishi Seiri, wakati alipowaangamiza Wahori watoke mbele yao. Waliwafukuza na wao wakaishi mahali pao mpaka leo.
23 'As to the Avim who are dwelling in Hazerim unto Azzah, the Caphtorim — who are coming out from Caphtor — have destroyed them, and dwell in their stead.
Nao Waavi ambao waliishi katika vijiji mpaka Gaza, Wakaftori waliokuja kutoka Kaftori waliwaangamiza na kukaa mahali pao.)
24 'Rise ye, journey and pass over the brook Arnon; see, I have given into thy hand Sihon king of Heshbon, the Amorite, and his land; begin to possess, and stir up thyself against him [in] battle.
“Ondoka sasa na uvuke Bonde la Arnoni. Tazama, nimemweka mikononi mwako Sihoni Mwamori, mfalme wa Heshboni na nchi yake. Anza kuimiliki nchi hiyo na umwingize katika vita.
25 This day I begin to put thy dread and thy fear on the face of the peoples under the whole heavens, who hear thy fame, and have trembled and been pained because of thee.
Siku hii ya leo nitaanza kuwatia hofu na woga mataifa yote chini ya mbingu wawaogope ninyi. Watakaposikia taarifa zenu, watatetemeka na kufadhaika kwa sababu yenu.”
26 'And I send messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth, unto Sihon king of Heshbon, — words of peace — saying,
Kutoka jangwa la Kedemothi nilituma wajumbe wenye maneno ya amani kwa Sihoni mfalme wa Heshboni kusema,
27 Let me pass over through thy land; in the several ways I go; I turn not aside — right or left —
“Turuhusu tupite katika nchi yako. Tutapita katika barabara kuu, hatutageuka kuume wala kushoto.
28 food for money thou dost sell me, and I have eaten; and water for money thou dost give to me, and I have drunk; only, let me pass over on my feet, —
Tuuzie chakula tule na maji tunywe kwa thamani yake katika fedha. Turuhusu tu tupite kwa miguu,
29 as the sons of Esau who are dwelling in Seir, and the Moabites who are dwelling in Ar, have done to me — till that I pass over the Jordan, unto the land which Jehovah our God is giving to us.
kama wazao wa Esau ambao wanaishi Seiri na Wamoabu ambao wanaishi Ari walivyotufanyia, mpaka tuvuke Yordani kuingia nchi ambayo Bwana Mungu wetu anatupatia.”
30 'And Sihon king of Heshbon hath not been willing to let us pass over by him, for Jehovah thy God hath hardened his spirit, and strengthened his heart, so as to give him into thy hand as at this day.
Lakini Sihoni mfalme wa Heshboni alikataa kuturuhusu kupita. Kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wako alikuwa ameifanya roho yake kuwa ngumu na moyo wake kuwa mkaidi ili amweke kwenye mikono yenu, kama alivyofanya sasa.
31 'And Jehovah saith unto me, See, I have begun to give before thee Sihon and his land; begin to possess — to possess his land.
Bwana akaniambia, “Tazama, nimeanza kuwapa Mfalme Sihoni na nchi yake kwako. Sasa anzeni kuishinda na kuimiliki nchi yake.”
32 'And Sihon cometh out to meet us, he and all his people, to battle to Jahaz;
Wakati Sihoni pamoja na jeshi lake lote walipokuja kukutana nasi katika vita huko Yahazi,
33 and Jehovah our God giveth him before us, and we smite him, and his sons, and all his people;
Bwana Mungu wetu alimweka mikononi mwetu, nasi tukamwangamiza pamoja na wanawe na jeshi lake lote.
34 and we capture all his cities at that time, and devote the whole city, men, and the women, and the infants — we have not left a remnant;
Kwa wakati ule tuliteka miji yake yote na kuiangamiza kabisa: wanaume, wanawake na watoto. Hatukumwacha yeyote.
35 only, the cattle we have spoiled for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we have captured.
Lakini mifugo na nyara tulizoziteka kutoka ile miji tulijichukulia wenyewe.
36 'From Aroer, which [is] by the edge of the brook Arnon, and the city which [is] by the brook, even unto Gilead there hath not been a city which [is] too high for us; the whole hath Jehovah our God given before us.
Kutoka Aroeri kwenye ukingo wa Bonde la Arnoni, kutoka mji ulio ndani ya bonde, hata mpaka Gileadi, hapakuwa na mji hata mmoja uliokuwa na nguvu kutushinda. Bwana Mungu wetu alitupa yote.
37 'Only, unto the land of the sons of Ammon thou hast not drawn near, any part of the brook Jabbok, and cities of the hill-country, and anything which Jehovah our God hath [not] commanded.
Lakini kulingana na amri ya Bwana Mungu wetu, hamkujiingiza katika nchi yoyote ya Waamoni, wala katika sehemu yoyote iliyo kandokando ya Mto Yaboki, wala katika miji iliyoko katika vilima.
