Thaama 23
1 “Ndũkanamemerekie ndeto cia maheeni. Ndũgateithĩrĩrie mũndũ mwaganu na ũndũ wa kũrũgamĩrĩra ũira wa maheeni.
Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.
2 “Ndũkarũmanĩrĩre na mũingĩ gwĩka ũũru. Ũngĩruta ũira igooti-inĩ, ndũkogomie kĩhooto ũkĩnyiitanĩra na mũingĩ,
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth.
3 na ndũkonanie kĩmenyano harĩ mũndũ mũthĩĩni ciira-inĩ wake.
Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.
4 “Ũngĩona ndegwa kana ndigiri ya mũndũ mũrĩ ũthũ nake yũrĩte-rĩ, tigĩrĩra atĩ nĩwamĩcookia kũrĩ we.
If thou meete thine enemies oxe, or his asse going astray, thou shalt bring him to him againe.
5 Ũngĩona ndigiri ya mũndũ ũgũthũire ĩgwĩte ĩkaremererwo nĩ mũrigo wayo-rĩ, ndũkamĩtige hau; no nginya ũmũteithie kũmĩũkĩria.
If thou see thine enemies asse lying vnder his burden, wilt thou cease to helpe him? thou shalt helpe him vp againe with it.
6 “Ndũkanaime andũ anyu arĩa athĩĩni kĩhooto ciira-inĩ wao.
Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.
7 Ndũkahutanie na thitango ya maheeni, na ndũkoorage mũndũ ũtarĩ na mahĩtia kana mũndũ mwĩhokeku, nĩgũkorwo ndikarekereria mũndũ mwĩhia.
Thou shalt keepe thee farre from a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.
8 “Ndũkoe ihaki, nĩgũkorwo ihaki nĩrĩtũmaga arĩa monaga matuĩke atumumu, na rĩkoogomia ciugo cia andũ arĩa athingu.
Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
9 “Ndũkahatĩrĩrie mũgeni; inyuĩ nĩmũũĩ ũrĩa mũgeni aiguaga, tondũ mwarĩ ageni bũrũri wa Misiri.
Thou shalt not oppresse a stranger: for ye knowe the heart of a stranger, seeing yee were strangers in the land of Egypt.
10 “Haandaga irio mĩgũnda yaku mĩaka ĩtandatũ, na ũkagetha irio iria iciarĩte mĩaka ĩyo,
Moreouer, sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy land, and gather the fruites thereof,
11 no mwaka wa mũgwanja ũkarekaga mũgũnda ũikare ũguo ũtarĩmĩtwo na ũtekũhũthĩrwo. Nao arĩa athĩĩni gatagatĩ ka andũ anyu makonaga irio kuuma mũgũnda ũcio, nacio nyamũ cia gĩthaka ikarĩĩaga kĩrĩa marĩtigagia. Ĩkaga o ũguo na mũgũnda waku wa mĩthabibũ na wa mĩtamaiyũ.
But the seuenth yeere thou shalt let it rest and lie still, that the poore of thy people may eat, and what they leaue, the beastes of the fielde shall eate. In like maner thou shalt doe with thy vineyard, and with thine oliue trees.
12 “Rutaga wĩra waku mĩthenya ĩtandatũ, no mũthenya wa mũgwanja ndũkanarute wĩra, nĩgeetha ndegwa na ndigiri yaku ihurũke, nayo ngombo ĩrĩa ĩciarĩirwo gwaku, kana mũgeni, o nao magĩage na ihinda rĩa kũnogoka.
Sixe dayes thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest, that thine oxe, and thine asse may rest, and the sonne of thy maide and the stranger may be refreshed.
13 “Menyagĩrĩra wĩkage maũndũ marĩa mothe ngwĩrĩte. Ndũkanagwete marĩĩtwa ma ngai ingĩ; ndũkareke maiguuo makĩgwetwo na kanua gaku.
And ye shall take heede to all things that I haue sayde vnto you: and ye shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shall it be heard out of thy mouth.
14 “Gĩagai na gĩathĩ gĩa gũkũngũĩra maita matatũ o mwaka.
Three times thou shalt keepe a feast vnto me in the yeere.
15 “Kũngũyagĩra Gĩathĩ kĩa Mĩgate Ĩtarĩ na Ndawa ya Kũimbia; handũ ha mĩthenya mũgwanja ũrĩĩage mĩgate ĩtarĩ na ndawa ya kũimbia, o ta ũrĩa ndagwaathire. Ĩkaga ũndũ ũyũ hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ĩtuĩtwo mweri-inĩ wa Abibu, tondũ nĩ mweri-inĩ ũcio woimire bũrũri wa Misiri. “Gũtikanagĩe mũndũ ũrĩũkaga mbere yakwa moko matheri.
Thou shalt keepe the feast of vnleauened bread: thou shalt eate vnleauened bread seue dayes, as I commanded thee, in the season of the moneth of Abib: for in it thou camest out of Egypt: and none shall appeare before me emptie:
16 “Kũngũyagĩra Gĩathĩ kĩa Magetha na maciaro ma mbere ma irio iria ũhaandĩte mĩgũnda yaku. “Kũngũyagĩra Gĩathĩ kĩa Igetha mũthia-inĩ wa mwaka, rĩrĩa ũgũcookanĩrĩria irio ciaku kuuma mũgũnda.
The feast also of the haruest of the first fruites of thy labours, which thou hast sowen in the fielde: and the feast of gathering fruites in the ende of the yere, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the fielde.
17 “Arũme othe nĩmarĩthiiaga mbere ya Mwathani Jehova maita matatũ o mwaka.
These three times in the yeere shall all thy men children appeare before the Lord Iehouah.
18 “Ndũkanandutĩre thakame ya igongona hamwe na kĩndũ kĩrĩ na ndawa ya kũimbia. “Maguta ma maruta makwa ma gĩathĩ matikaigwo nginya rũciinĩ.
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leauened bread: neyther shall the fatte of my sacrifice remayne vntill the morning.
19 “Rehaga indo iria njega cia maciaro ma mbere nyũmba-inĩ ya Jehova Ngai waku. “Ndũkanaruge koori na iria rĩa nyina.
The first of the first fruites of thy lande thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God: yet shalt thou not seeth a kid in his mothers milke.
20 “Na rĩrĩ, niĩ nĩndĩratũma mũraika athiĩ mbere yanyu, amũrangĩre njĩra-inĩ na amũkinyie handũ harĩa ndĩmũhaarĩirie.
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keepe thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place which I haue prepared.
21 Iguagai na mwathĩkagĩre ũrĩa ekũmwĩra. Mũtikanamũkararie tondũ ndakamũrekera ũremi wanyu, nĩgũkorwo Rĩĩtwa rĩakwa rĩrĩ thĩinĩ wake.
Beware of him, and heare his voyce, and prouoke him not: for he will not spare your misdeedes, because my name is in him.
22 Mũngĩmũigua kũna ũrĩa aroiga, na mwĩke ũrĩa wothe ngaamwĩra, nĩngatuĩka thũ kũrĩ thũ cianyu, na njũkĩrĩre arĩa makaamũũkĩrĩra.
But if thou hearken vnto his voyce, and do all that I speake, the I wil be an enemie vnto thine enemies, and will afflict them that afflict thee.
23 Mũraika wakwa nĩagathiĩ mbere yanyu, na amũkinyie bũrũri wa Aamori, na Ahiti, na Aperizi, na Akaanani, na Ahivi, na Ajebusi, na niĩ nĩngamaniina biũ.
For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee vnto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, and I will destroy them.
24 Mũtikanainamĩrĩre ngai ciao, kana mũcihooe, kana mũrũmĩrĩre mĩtugo yao. No nginya mũcianange, nayo mĩhianano ya ngai ciao cia mahiga mũmiunange tũcunjĩ.
Thou shalt not bow downe to their gods, neither serue them, nor doe after the workes of them: but vtterly ouerthrowe them, and breake in pieces their images.
25 Hooyagai Jehova Ngai wanyu nake, nĩarĩrathimaga irio cianyu na maaĩ manyu. Nĩndĩĩmweheragĩria mĩrimũ gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu,
For ye shall serue the Lord your God, and he shall blesse thy bread and thy water, and I will take all sickenes away from the middes of thee.
26 na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaahuna kana atuĩke thaata bũrũri-inĩ wanyu. Nĩndĩĩmũkinyagĩria matukũ marĩa mwathĩrĩirio ma gũtũũra muoyo.
There shall none cast their fruite nor be baren in thy lande: the number of thy dayes will I fulfill.
27 “Nĩngũtũma kĩmakania gĩakwa mbere yanyu, na ndũme ndũrĩrĩ iria mũrĩĩkoragĩrĩra inyiitwo nĩ kĩrigiicano. Nĩndĩtũmaga thũ cianyu imũũragĩre.
I will send my feare before thee, and will destroy all the people among whome thou shalt go: and I will make all thine enemies turne their backes vnto thee:
28 Nĩngatũma magi mbere yanyu, maingate Ahivi, na Akaanani na Ahiti mamweherere.
And I will sende hornets before thee, which shall driue out the Hiuites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from thy face.
29 No rĩrĩ, ndikamaingata o mwaka ũmwe, tondũ bũrũri wahota gũcooka gĩthaka, nacio nyamũ cia gĩthaka imũingĩhĩre mũno.
I will not cast them out from thy face in one yeere, least the land grow to a wildernes: and the beasts of the field multiplie against thee.
30 Ndĩmaingataga o kahora o kahora, nginya rĩrĩa mũkaingĩha mũhote kwĩnyiitĩra bũrũri ũcio.
By litle and litle I will driue them out from thy face, vntill thou increase, and inherite the lande.
31 “Nĩngekĩra mĩhaka yanyu kuuma Iria Itune, ndĩmĩikũrũkie nginya Iria rĩa Afilisti, na kuuma werũ-inĩ nginya Rũũĩ rwa Farati. Andũ arĩa maikaraga kũu nĩngamaneana moko-inĩ manyu, na inyuĩ mũmaingate mamweherere.
And I will make thy coastes from the red sea vnto the sea of the Philistims, and from the desert vnto the Riuer: for I will deliuer the inhabitants of the lande into your hande, and thou shalt driue them out from thy face.
32 Mũtikagĩe na kĩrĩkanĩro nao kana na ngai ciao.
Thou shalt make no couenant with them, nor with their gods:
33 Mũtikareke matũũre bũrũri-inĩ wanyu; nĩ tondũ no matũme mũnjĩhĩrie, nĩ tondũ kũhooya ngai icio ciao ti-itherũ nĩgũkamũtoonyia mũtego-inĩ.”
Neither shall they dwell in thy lande, least they make thee sinne against me: for if thou serue their gods, surely it shall be thy destruction.
