Gũcookerithia 26
1 Rĩrĩa ũgaatoonya bũrũri ũrĩa Jehova Ngai waku egũkũhe ũrĩ igai, na ũwĩgwatĩre na ũtũũre kuo,
“After you occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you (have settled/are living) there,
2 nĩũkoya maciaro mamwe ma mbere ma kĩrĩa gĩothe ũgaakũria tĩĩri-inĩ wa bũrũri ũcio Jehova Ngai arakũhe na ũmekĩre kĩondo. Ũcooke ũthiĩ handũ harĩa Jehova Ngai waku agaathuura ha gũtũũria Rĩĩtwa rĩake,
[each of] you must take some of the first crops that you harvest, put them in a basket, and take them to the place that Yahweh will have chosen for you to worship [MTY] there.
3 wĩre mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũrĩa ũrĩ wĩra-inĩ hĩndĩ ĩyo atĩrĩ, “Nĩndoiga ũmũthĩ ndĩ mbere ya Jehova Ngai wakwa atĩ nĩndĩkĩtie gũkinya bũrũri ũrĩa Jehova eerĩire maithe maitũ ma tene na mwĩhĩtwa atĩ nĩagatũhe.”
Go to the Supreme Priest who is serving at that time and say to him, ‘[By giving you this first part of my harvest] today, I am declaring to Yahweh our God that I have [picked it in] the land that he vowed to our ancestors to give to us.’
4 Nake mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũcio nĩakamũkĩra kĩondo kĩu kuuma moko-inĩ maku, akĩige hau mbere ya kĩgongona kĩa Jehova Ngai waku.
Then the priest must take the basket of food from your hand and put it on the altar where sacrifices are offered to Yahweh our God.
5 Ningĩ nĩũkoiga ũrĩ hau mbere ya Jehova Ngai waku atĩrĩ: “Baba aarĩ Mũsuriata watũũraga orũũraga, nake agĩikũrũka agĩthiĩ bũrũri wa Misiri marĩ na andũ mataarĩ aingĩ, nao magĩtũũra kuo na magĩtuĩka rũrĩrĩ rũnene rũrĩ hinya na rwa andũ aingĩ.
Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor [Jacob] was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering [from one place to another]. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group [when they went there], but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous [DOU] and powerful nation.
6 No andũ a Misiri nĩmatũnyamaririe na magĩtũma tũthĩĩnĩke, na magĩtũrutithia wĩra wa hinya.
Then the people of Egypt treated them very harshly [DOU], and they forced them to become their slaves and to work very hard.
7 Hĩndĩ ĩyo tũgĩkaĩra Jehova, o we Ngai wa maithe maitũ, nake Jehova akĩigua mũgambo witũ, na akĩona mĩtangĩko iitũ, na wĩra mũritũ na ũrĩa twahiinyagĩrĩrio.
Then our ancestors cried out to you, Yahweh our God, and you heard them. You saw that they were suffering, and that they were forced to work very hard, and were being oppressed.
8 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova agĩtũruta bũrũri wa Misiri na guoko gwake kwa hinya, na gũtambũrũkĩtio, akĩhũthĩra maũndũ manene ma kũmakania, na akĩringa ciama, o na agĩĩka maũndũ ma magegania.
Then by your great power [MTY] and by performing many kinds of miracles [DOU], and other terrifying things, you brought them out of Egypt.
9 Nĩatũrehire kũndũ gũkũ na agĩtũhe bũrũri ũyũ, bũrũri ũrĩ bũthi wa iria na ũũkĩ;
You brought us to this land and gave it to us, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 na rĩrĩ, nĩndarehe maciaro ma mbere ma tĩĩri ũrĩa, Wee Jehova, ũheete.” Nawe ũkĩige kĩondo kĩu mbere ya Jehova Ngai waku na ũinamĩrĩre mbere yake.
So now, Yahweh, I have brought to you the first part of the harvest from the land that I received.’ Then you must set the basket down in Yahweh’s presence and worship him there.
11 Wee mwene, na Alawii, o na andũ a kũngĩ arĩa marĩ thĩinĩ wanyu, nĩmũgakenera maũndũ mothe mega marĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu amũheete na akahe andũ a nyũmba cianyu.
And you must celebrate [by eating a meal together to thank] Yahweh our God for all the good things that he has given to you and to your family. And you must invite the descendants of Levi and the foreigners who are living among you to also rejoice [and eat] with you.
12 Rĩrĩa ũgaakorwo ũrĩkĩtie kwamũra gĩcunjĩ gĩa ikũmi kĩa maciaro maku mothe mwaka-inĩ wa gatatũ, mwaka ũcio wa kũrutwo gĩcunjĩ gĩa ikũmi, nĩũgakĩheana kũrĩ Alawii, na kũrĩ mũndũ wa kũngĩ, na kũrĩ mwana wa ngoriai, o na kũrĩ mũtumia wa ndigwa, nĩgeetha marĩe mahũũne marĩ kũu matũũra-inĩ manyu.
Every third year, you must bring to the descendants of Levi and to the foreigners [who are living among you] and the orphans and the widows (a tithe/10 percent) of your crops, in order that in every town they will have plenty to eat.
13 Ũcooke wĩre Jehova Ngai waku atĩrĩ, “Nĩndĩkĩtie kũruta gĩcunjĩ kĩrĩa kĩamũre kuuma nyũmba-inĩ yakwa, na nĩ ndĩkĩheanĩte kũrĩ Mũlawii, na kũrĩ mũndũ wa kũngĩ, na kũrĩ mwana wa ngoriai, na kũrĩ mũtumia wa ndigwa o ta ũrĩa wothe wathanĩte. Nditiganĩirie maathani maku o na kana ngariganĩrwo nĩ rĩmwe rĩamo.
Then you must say to Yahweh, ‘I have brought to you, from my house, all of the sacred tithe [from my harvest this year]. I am giving it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded us to do. I have not disobeyed any of your commands [about the tithes], and I have not forgotten any of your commands [about tithes].
14 Ndirĩte gĩcunjĩ o na kĩmwe gĩa kĩrĩa kĩamũre hĩndĩ ya macakaya, kana ngeheria o na kĩmwe gĩakĩo rĩrĩa ndaarĩ mũthaahu, o na kana ngarutĩra arĩa akuũ kĩmwe gĩakĩo. Nĩnjathĩkĩire Jehova Ngai wakwa, nĩnjĩkĩte o ta ũrĩa wothe ũnjathĩte.
[I declare that] I have not eaten any food from the tithe while I was mourning [for someone who died]. And I have not touched any of it while I was unacceptable to you; I have not offered any of it to [spirits of] dead people. Yahweh, I have obeyed you and done everything that you have commanded us [concerning the tithe].
15 Kĩrore ũrĩ o kũu igũrũ, o kũu gĩtũũro gĩaku gĩtheru, ũrathime andũ aku a Isiraeli na bũrũri ũyũ ũtũheete o ta ũrĩa werĩire maithe maitũ ma tene na mwĩhĩtwa, bũrũri ũrĩ bũthi wa iria na ũũkĩ.”
So [please] look down from your holy place in heaven, and bless us, your Israeli people. Also bless this very fertile [IDM] land which you have given to us, which is what you promised our ancestors that you would do.’
16 Jehova Ngai waku egũgwatha ũmũthĩ ũrũmagĩrĩre irĩra cia watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho; ũmenyerere kũmaathĩkĩra na ngoro yaku yothe na muoyo waku wothe.
Today Yahweh our God is commanding you to obey all these rules and regulations. So obey them faithfully, with your entire inner being [DOU].
17 Nĩumbũrĩte ũmũthĩ atĩ Jehova nĩwe Ngai waku, na atĩ nĩũrĩthiiaga na njĩra ciake, na nĩũrĩathĩkagĩra irĩra cia watho wake wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na maathani make, o na mawatho, na atĩ nĩũrĩmwathĩkagĩra.
Today you have declared that Yahweh is your God, and that you will conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and that you will obey all his commands and rules and regulations, and that you will do all that he tells you to do.
18 Nake Jehova nĩoimbũrĩte ũmũthĩ atĩ wee ũrĩ rũrĩrĩ rwake, rũrĩrĩ rwa bata mũno o ta ũrĩa eeranĩire, na nĩ ũrĩmenyagĩrĩra maathani make mothe.
And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands.
19 Nĩoimbũrĩte atĩ nĩagagũtũũgĩria, ũgĩe na ngumo na gĩtĩĩo gũkĩra ndũrĩrĩ ciothe iria oombĩte, na nĩũgatuĩka rũrĩrĩ rũtheru kũrĩ Jehova Ngai waku, o ta ũrĩa eeranĩire.
If you do that, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation that he has established, and he will enable you to praise him and honor him [DOU]. You will truly belong to Yahweh our God, which is what he has promised.”
