Alawii 25
1 Nake Jehova akĩĩra Musa Kĩrĩma-inĩ gĩa Sinai atĩrĩ,
The LORD said to Moses in Mount Sinai,
2 “Arĩria andũ a Isiraeli, ũmeere atĩrĩ, ‘Hĩndĩ ĩrĩa mũgaatoonya bũrũri ũrĩa ngaamũhe-rĩ, bũrũri ũcio guo mwene no nginya ũkaagĩaga na Thabatũ ĩrĩa yamũrĩirwo Jehova.
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to the LORD.
3 Mũkaahaandaga mĩgũnda yanyu mĩaka ĩtandatũ, na mũcehage mĩgũnda yanyu ya thabibũ mũkamĩcehaga mĩaka ĩtandatũ mũgĩcookanagĩrĩria maciaro mayo.
Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruits;
4 No mwaka wa mũgwanja wakinya, bũrũri ũcio nĩũkagĩa na Thabatũ ya kũhurũka, Thabatũ yamũrĩirwo Jehova; mũtikanahaande kĩndũ mĩgũnda kana mũcehe mĩthabibũ yanyu.
but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard.
5 Irio iria ikeemeria, nĩcio cia maitĩka-rĩ, mũtikanacigethe kana mũgethe thabibũ cia mĩthabibũ yanyu ĩyo ĩtarĩ mĩrutĩre wĩra. Bũrũri ũcio no nginya ũkaagĩa na mwaka wa kũhurũka.
What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your undressed vine you shall not gather. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.
6 Kĩrĩa gĩothe bũrũri ũcio ũgaaciara mwaka-inĩ ũcio wa Thabatũ gĩgaatuĩka irio cianyu, inyuĩ ene na cia ndungata cianyu cia arũme na cia andũ-a-nja, na cia aruti anyu a wĩra wa mũcaara, na mũraarĩrĩri ũrĩa mũikaranĩtie nake,
The Sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for yourself, for your servant, for your maid, for your hired servant, and for your stranger, who lives as a foreigner with you.
7 o hamwe na mahiũ manyu na nyamũ cia gĩthaka iria itũũraga bũrũri wanyu. Kĩrĩa gĩothe bũrũri ũcio ũgaaciara no kĩrĩĩo.
For your livestock also, and for the animals that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.
8 “‘Tarai Thabatũ mũgwanja cia mĩaka, mĩaka mũgwanja maita mũgwanja, nĩguo Thabatũ icio mũgwanja cia mĩaka ihinge mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna na kenda.
"'You shall count off seven Sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and there shall be to you the days of seven Sabbaths of years, even forty-nine years.
9 Ningĩ mũcooke mũhuhe karumbeta kũndũ guothe mũthenya wa ikũmi wa mweri wa mũgwanja; Mũthenya wa Kũhoroherio Mehia, mũkaahuha karumbeta kũndũ guothe bũrũri-inĩ wanyu.
Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout all your land.
10 Amũrai mwaka ũcio wa mĩrongo ĩtano, na mũhunjanĩrie ũhoro wa kũohorwo kwa andũ othe arĩa matũũraga bũrũri ũcio wothe. Mwaka ũcio ũgaatuĩka wa Jubilii nĩ ũndũ wanyu; o mũndũ wanyu nĩagacooka kũrĩa ithaka cia nyũmba yao irĩ, na kũrĩa andũ a mũhĩrĩga wao marĩ.
You shall make the fiftieth year holy, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you; and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family.
11 Mwaka ũcio wa mĩrongo ĩtano ũgaatuĩka wa Jubilii kũrĩ inyuĩ; mũtikanahaande na mũtikanagethe kĩrĩa gĩĩkũrĩtie kĩo kĩene, kana mũgethe mĩthabibũ ĩrĩa ĩtarĩ mĩrutĩre wĩra.
That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee to you. In it you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself, nor gather from the undressed vines.
12 Nĩgũkorwo ĩyo nĩ Jubilii, na nĩyo ĩgaatuĩka theru kũrĩ inyuĩ; rĩĩagai o kĩrĩa gĩĩkũrĩtie mĩgũnda-inĩ.
For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat of its increase out of the field.
13 “‘Mwaka-inĩ ũyũ wa Jubilii, o mũndũ no nginya acooke gĩthaka-inĩ gĩake.
"'In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his property.
14 “‘Mũngĩkenderia mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu mũgũnda kana mũgũre mũgũnda kũrĩ we, mũtikanaheenanie mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ.
"'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
15 Mũrĩgũraga mũgũnda wa mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu kũringana na ũrĩa mĩaka ĩthirĩte thuutha wa Jubilii. Nake mwendia akaawendagia kũringana na mĩaka ĩrĩa ĩgakorwo ĩtigarĩte ya magetha.
According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbor. According to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to you.
16 Mĩaka ĩngĩkorwo ĩtigarĩte mĩingĩ, mũkongerera thogora, na mĩaka ĩngĩkorwo ĩtigarĩte mĩnini, mũkanyiihia thogora, nĩ ũndũ kĩrĩa arakwenderia nĩ mũigana wa magetha.
According to the length of the years you shall increase its price, and according to the shortness of the years you shall diminish its price; for he is selling the number of the crops to you.
17 Mũtikanaheenanie mũndũ na ũrĩa ũngĩ, no mwĩtigagĩre Ngai wanyu. Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu.
You shall not wrong one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God.
18 “‘Rũmagĩrĩrai kĩrĩra kĩa watho wakwa na mwĩmenyagĩrĩre nĩguo mwathĩkagĩre mawatho makwa, na inyuĩ nĩ mũgaatũũra bũrũri ũcio mũrĩ na thayũ.
"'Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
19 Naguo bũrũri ũcio nĩũgaciaraga maciaro maguo, na inyuĩ nĩmũkarĩĩaga mũkahũũna na mũtũũre kuo mũrĩ na thayũ.
The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell in it in safety.
20 Mwahota kũũria atĩrĩ, “Tũkaarĩa kĩ mwaka wa mũgwanja aakorwo tũtikahaanda kana tũgethe?”
If you said, "What shall we eat the seventh year? Look, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;"
21 Nĩngamũtũmĩra kĩrathimo mwaka-inĩ ũcio wa gatandatũ nĩguo mĩgũnda yanyu ĩgaaciara maciaro ma kũmũigana mĩaka ĩtatũ.
then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years.
22 Mũkĩhaanda mwaka-inĩ wa kanana, mũkaarĩĩaga irio iria mwaigĩte mũthiithũ, na mũgaacirĩa nginya mũgethe maciaro ma mwaka wa kenda.
You shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, you shall eat the old store.
23 “‘Mĩgũnda ndĩkanendio biũ, tondũ bũrũri nĩ wakwa na inyuĩ mũrĩ o ageni kuo, na nĩ niĩ ndĩmũkomborithĩtie.
"'The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and live as foreigners with me.
24 Bũrũri wothe ũrĩa mwĩnyiitĩire ũgaatuĩka wanyu, no nginya kũgĩe na mweke wa gũkũũraga mĩgũnda ĩyo.
In all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land.
25 “‘Mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu angĩthĩĩna na endie gĩcunjĩ kĩa mũgũnda wake, mũndũ ũrĩa wa hakuhĩ mũno wa nyũmba yake nĩagooka na akũũre mũgũnda ũcio mũndũ wao eendetie.
"'If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.
26 No rĩrĩ, mũndũ angĩkorwo ndarĩ na mũndũ wa kũmũkũũrĩra mũgũnda, na we mwene atonge agĩe na indo ciiganĩte kũũkũũra,
If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it;
27 nĩwe ũgaatua thogora kũringana na mĩaka ĩrĩa mĩthiru kuuma rĩrĩa aawendirie, na acookie mbeeca icio ingĩ kũrĩ mũndũ ũrĩa eendeirie; thuutha ũcio no acooke mũgũnda-inĩ wake.
then let him reckon the years since its sale, and restore the surplus to the man to whom he sold it; and he shall return to his property.
28 No angĩaga kũgĩa na indo cia kũmũrĩha-rĩ, gĩcunjĩ kĩrĩa eendirie gĩgũtũũra kĩrĩ kĩa mũgũri nginya Mwaka wa Jubilii. Gĩgaacookio hĩndĩ ya Jubilii, na hĩndĩ ĩyo no acooke gĩthaka-inĩ gĩake.
But if he isn't able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.
29 “‘Mũndũ angĩkeendia nyũmba ĩrĩ itũũra-inĩ inene rĩirigĩre, nĩarĩkoragwo arĩ na kĩhooto gĩa kũmĩkũũra ihinda rĩa mwaka mũgima kuuma amĩendia. Thĩinĩ wa ihinda rĩu no amĩkũũre.
"'If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
30 Ĩngĩaga gũkũũrwo mwaka ũmwe ũtanathira, nyũmba ĩyo ĩrĩ itũũra-inĩ inene rĩirigĩre nĩĩgatuĩka ya mũmĩgũri na njiaro ciake nginya tene. Nyũmba ĩyo ndĩgaacookerio mwene Mwaka wa Jubilii.
If it isn't redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.
31 No nyũmba cia tũtũũra-inĩ tũrĩa tũtarĩ tũirigĩre, irĩtuagwo ta mĩgũnda ya kũndũ gũtarĩ kũirige. Icio no ikũũrwo, na nĩ igaacookio Mwaka wa Jubilii.
But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country; they may be redeemed; and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
32 “‘Alawii hĩndĩ ciothe nĩ marĩ na kĩhooto gĩa gũkũũraga nyũmba ciao iria irĩ matũũra-inĩ ma Alawii, marĩa megwatĩire.
"'Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem forever.
33 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio indo cia Alawii no ikũũrwo, ũguo nĩ ta kuuga atĩ, nyũmba nyendie itũũra-inĩ o rĩothe rĩao, nĩĩgacookio Mwaka wa Jubilii, tondũ nyũmba iria irĩ matũũra-inĩ ma Alawii nĩcio igai rĩao thĩinĩ wa andũ a Isiraeli.
The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
34 No ithaka cia ũrĩithio cia matũũra mao itikanendio; icio nĩ ciao nginya tene.
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
35 “‘Mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu angĩthĩĩna nginya aremwo nĩ kwĩrũgamĩrĩra gatagatĩ kanyu, mũteithagiei o ta ũrĩa mũngĩteithia mũgeni kana mũndũ ũrarĩrĩire kwanyu, nĩgeetha ahote gũtũũrania na inyuĩ.
"'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't support him among you; then you shall uphold him. As a stranger and a sojourner he shall live with you.
36 Mũtikanamũrĩhie uumithio o na ũrĩkũ, no mwĩtigagĩre Ngai wanyu, nĩgeetha mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu ahote gũtũũrania na inyuĩ.
Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you.
37 Mũtikanamũkombere mbeeca nĩguo acookie na maciaro, kana mũmwenderie irio nĩguo muone uumithio.
You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
38 Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu, ũrĩa wamũrutire bũrũri wa Misiri nĩguo ndĩmũhe bũrũri wa Kaanani na nduĩke Ngai wanyu.
I am the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
39 “‘Mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu angĩthĩĩna arĩ gatagatĩ kanyu, nake eyendie harĩ inyuĩ, mũtikanamũrutithie wĩra ta ngombo.
"'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
40 Mũkaamũtua ta mũruti wa wĩra wa mũcaara kana ta mũndũ ũrarĩrĩire kwanyu; mũndũ ũcio akaamũrutĩra wĩra nginya Mwaka wa Jubilii.
As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee:
41 Thuutha ũcio mũndũ ũcio na ciana ciake nĩmakarekererio, nake acooke kũrĩ andũ a mũhĩrĩga wake, na gĩthaka-inĩ kĩa maithe make ma tene.
then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers.
42 Tondũ andũ a Isiraeli nĩ ndungata ciakwa, iria ndaarutire bũrũri wa Misiri, matikanendio matuĩke ngombo.
For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.
43 Mũtikamaathage mũtekũmaiguĩra tha, no mwĩtigagĩrei Ngai wanyu.
You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
44 “‘Ngombo cianyu cia arũme na cia andũ-a-nja iriumaga ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ iria imũrigiicĩirie; kuuma kũrĩ ndũrĩrĩ icio no mũgũrage ngombo.
"'As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.
45 O na ningĩ no mwĩgũrĩre ngombo kuuma kũrĩ andũ arĩa mararĩrĩire kwanyu na kuuma kũrĩ andũ a mĩhĩrĩga yao arĩa maciarĩirwo bũrũri wanyu, nao matuĩke indo cianyu.
Moreover of the children of the strangers who sojourn among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.
46 Andũ acio no mũmeegaĩre kũrĩ ciana cianyu matuĩke igai rĩrĩa mũmagaĩire, na no mũmatue ngombo rĩrĩa rĩothe marĩ muoyo, no mũtikanaathe andũ anyu a Isiraeli mũtekũmaiguĩra tha.
You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them may you take your slaves forever: but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.
47 “‘No rĩrĩ, mũgeni kana mũndũ ũrĩa ũrarĩrĩire kwanyu angĩtonga arĩ gatagatĩ kanyu, nake mũndũ wa bũrũri wanyu athĩĩne na eyendie kũrĩ mũgeni ũrĩa ũtũũranĩtie na inyuĩ, kana kũrĩ mũndũ wa mũhĩrĩga wa mũndũ ũcio mũgeni-rĩ,
"'If a stranger or sojourner with you becomes rich, and your brother beside him has grown poor, and sells himself to the stranger or foreigner living among you, or to a member of the stranger's family;
48 mũndũ ũcio no arĩkoragwo arĩ na kĩhooto gĩa gũkũũrwo thuutha wa kwĩyendia. Mũndũ wa nyũmba yao no amũkũũre:
after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him;
49 Ithe mũnini kana ithe mũkũrũ, kana mũrũ wa ithe, kana mũndũ wa rũrĩra rwa mũhĩrĩga wao no amũkũũre; kana we mwene angĩgaacĩra, no ekũũre.
or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.
50 Mũndũ ũcio na mũmũgũri magaatara ihinda rĩrĩa rĩthiru kuuma mwaka ũrĩa eyendirie nginya rĩrĩa Mwaka wa Jubilii ũgaakinya. Thogora wa kũrekererio gwake ũkaaringana na irĩhi rĩa mũndũ wa mũcaara thĩinĩ wa mĩaka ĩyo.
He shall reckon with him who bought him from the year that he sold himself to him to the Year of Jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.
51 Angĩkorwo nĩ mĩaka mĩingĩ ĩtigarĩte, nĩakarĩha gĩcunjĩ kĩnene gĩa thogora ũrĩa aagũrĩtwo naguo.
If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
52 No angĩkorwo no mĩaka mĩnini ĩtigarĩte Mwaka wa Jubilii ũkinye, ĩyo noyo agaatara arĩhe gũkũũranio gwake kũringana na ũrĩa kwagĩrĩire.
If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give back the price of his redemption.
53 Agaatuuo ta mũndũ wa mũcaara mwaka o mwaka; na no nginya mũmenyagĩrĩre atĩ mũmũgũri ndarĩmwathaga atekũmũiguĩra tha.
As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him: he shall not rule with harshness over him in your sight.
54 “‘O na angĩaga gũkũũrwo na njĩra ĩmwe ya icio, we na ciana ciake no nginya makaarekererio Mwaka wa Jubilii wakinya,
If he isn't redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee, he, and his children with him.
55 nĩgũkorwo andũ a Isiraeli nĩ ndungata ciakwa. Acio nĩ ndungata ciakwa, iria ndaarutire bũrũri wa Misiri. Niĩ nĩ niĩ Jehova Ngai wanyu.
For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
