Exodus 23
1 'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.
Haupaswi kutoa taarifa ya uongo kuhusu yeyote. usijiunge na mwanaume muovu kuwa shahidi wa uongo.
2 'Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause [others] to turn aside;
Haupaswi kufuata umati kufanya uovu, wala kutoa ushahidi ukiwa na umati ili kupotosha haki.
3 and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.
Haupaswi kumpendelea mwanaume maskini kwenye kesi yake.
4 'When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;
Ukikutana na ng'ombe wa adui wako au punda wake amepotea, lazima umrudishie.
5 when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving [it] to it — thou dost certainly leave [it] with him.
Ukiona punda wa yule anaye kuchukia ameanguka chini na mzigo wake, hauta muacha huyo mtu. Lazima umsaidie na punda wake
6 'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
Haupaswi kupotosha haki kama yapaswa kwenda kwa watu maskini katika kesi ya mwanaume maskini.
7 from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.
Usijiunge na wengine kufanya shutuma za uongo, na usiue asiye na hatia wala mwenye haki, kwa kuwa sitamuacha muovu.
8 'And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open -[eyed], and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Husiwai chukuwa rushwa, kwa kuwa rushwa inawapofusha wanaoona, na kupotosha maneno ya wakweli.
9 'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye — ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
Haupaswi kumnyanyasa mgeni, kwa kuwa wewe ulikuwa mgeni katika nchi ya Misri.
10 'And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase;
Kwa miaka sita utapanda mbegu kwenye nchi yako na kukusanya mazao yake.
11 and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard — to thine olive-yard.
Lakini katika mwezi wa saba utaacha hakujalimwa, ili kwamba maskini miongoni mwenu wale. Wanacho acha, wanyama wa porini watakula. Utafanya hivyo na mashamba yenu ya mizabibu na ya mizaituni.
12 'Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;
Wakati wa siku sita utafanya kazi, lakini siku ta saba utapumzika. Fanya hivi ili ng'ombe na punda wako wapumzike, na ili wana wa watumwa wako wa kike na wageni wapumzike na kupata hauweni.
13 and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth.
Kuwa makini kwa kila kitu nilicho kwambia. Husitaje majina ya miungu mingine, wala kuruhusu majina yao kusikika kutoka mdomoni mwako.
14 'Three times thou dost keep a feast to Me in a year;
Lazima usafiri kusherehekea mara tatu kwa ajili yangu kila mwaka.
15 the Feast of Unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at the time appointed [in] the month of Abib; for in it thou hast come forth out of Egypt, and ye do not appear [in] My presence empty;
Lazima uadhimishe sherehe ya Mkate usiotiwa Chachu. Kama nilivyo kuamuru, utakula mkate usiotiwa chachu kwa siku saba. Wakati huo, utajitokeza kwangu mwezi wa Abibu, uliowekwa kwa ajili ya kusudi hili. Ni kwa mwezi huu uliyo toka Misri. Lakini usijitokeze kwangu mikono mitupu.
16 and the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy works which thou sowest in the field; and the Feast of the In-Gathering, in the outgoing of the year, in thy gathering thy works out of the field.
Lazima uadhimishe Sherehe ya Mavuno, matunda ya kwanza ya kazi yako ulipo panda mbegu shambani. Pia lazima uadhimishe Sherehe ya Ukusanyaji wa mwisho wa mwaka, unapo kusanya mazao yako kutoka shambani.
17 'Three times in a year do all thy males appear before the face of the Lord Jehovah.
Wanaume wote wako lazima wajitokeze kwa Bwana Yahweh mara tatu kila mwaka.
18 'Thou dost not sacrifice on a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice, and the fat of My festival doth not remain till morning;
Haupaswi kutoa damu iliyo tolewa dhabihu kwangu na mkate uliyotiwa hamira. Mafuta kutoka kwa dhabihu za sherehe zangu hayapaswi kubaki usiku wote mpaka asubui.
19 the beginning of the first-fruits of thy ground thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.
Lazima ulete matunda ya kwanza bora kutoka shambani mwako ndani ya nyumba yangu, nyumba ya Yahweh Mungu wako. Haupaswi kumchemsha mbuzi mtoto akiwa bado ananyonya.
20 'Lo, I am sending a messenger before thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee in unto the place which I have prepared;
Ninaenda kumleta malaika mbele yako kukuongoza njiani, na kukuleta sehemu niliyo iandaa.
21 be watchful because of his presence, and hearken to his voice, rebel not against him, for he beareth not with your transgression, for My name [is] in his heart;
Kuwa makini naye na kumtii.
22 for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.
Husimkasirishe, kwa kuwa hatasamehe makosa yako. Jina langu liko kwake. Kama hakika ukimtii sauti yake na kufanya kila ninacho kwambia, kisha nitakuwa adui kwa adui zako na mpinzani kwa wapinzani wako.
23 'For My messenger goeth before thee, and hath brought thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and I have cut them off.
Malaika mwangu ataenda mbele zako na kukuleta kwa Waamori, Wahiti, Waperizi, Wakanani, Wahivi, na Wayebusi. Nitawaharibu.
24 'Thou dost not bow thyself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but dost utterly devote them, and thoroughly break their standing pillars.
Haupaswi kuinamia miungu yao, kuabudu, au kufanya wanavyo fanya. Badala yake, lazima uwapindue kabisa na kuvunja nguzo zao za mawe vipande vipande.
25 'And ye have served Jehovah your God, and He hath blessed thy bread and thy water, and I have turned aside sickness from thine heart;
Lazima umuabudu Yahweh Mungu wako, na atabariki mkate wako na maji. Nitaondoa magonjwa miongoni mwenu.
26 there is not a miscarrying and barren one in thy land; the number of thy days I fulfil:
Hakuna mwanamke atakaye kuwa tasa au mimba kuharibika katika nchi yako. Nitawapa maisha marefu.
27 My terror I send before thee, and I have put to death all the people among whom thou comest, and I have given the neck of all thine enemies unto thee.
Nitatuma hofu yangu kwao ambao mnaenda. Nitaua wote mnao kutana nao. Nitafanya maadui zenu wawaogope kwa kugeuza migongo yao kwenu.
28 'And I have sent the hornet before thee, and it hath cast out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee;
Nitatuma mavu kwenu watakao fukuza Wahivi, Wakanani, na Wahiti mbele zenu.
29 I cast them not out from before thee in one year, lest the land be a desolation, and the beast of the field hath multiplied against thee;
Sitawaondoa kwenu kwa mwaka mmoja, au nchi itakuwa imetelekezwa, na wanyama wa porini watakuwa wengi kwenu.
30 little [by] little I cast them out from before thee, till thou art fruitful, and hast inherited the land.
Badala yake, nitawafukuza kidogo kidogo kutoka kwenu mpaka utakapo kuwa umestawi na kurithi nchi.
31 'And I have set thy border from the Red Sea, even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou hast cast them out from before thee;
Nitatengeneza mipaka yako kutoka Bahari ya Shamu hadi Bahari ya Wafilisti, na kutoka nyikani hadi Mto Frati. Nitakupa ushindi juu ya wakazi wote wa nchi. Utawaondoa kutoka kwako mwenyewe.
32 thou dost not make a covenant with them, and with their gods;
Haupaswi kufanya agano na wao au na miungu yao.
33 they do not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against Me when thou servest their gods, when it becometh a snare to thee.'
Hawapaswi kuishi nchini mwako, au watakufanya ufanya dhambi dhidi yangu. Ukiabudu miungu yao, hakika watakuwa mtego kwako.'”
