Torati 11

1 Mpende Bwana Mungu wako na kushika masharti yake, amri zake, sheria zake na maagizo yake siku zote.

So have love for the Lord your God, and give him worship, and keep his laws and his decisions and his orders at all times.

2 Kumbuka hivi leo kwamba sio watoto wako walioona na kujua adhabu ya Bwana Mungu wako: utukufu wake, mkono wake wenye nguvu, mkono wake ulionyooshwa;

And be certain in your minds this day; for these words are not said to your children, who have had no experience of the training of the Lord your God, and who have not seen his great power or his strong hand and his stretched-out arm,

3 ishara alizozifanya na mambo aliyoyafanya katikati ya Misri, kwa Farao mfalme wa Misri na kwa nchi yake yote;

Or his signs and wonders which he did in Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and all his land;

4 lile alilolifanyia jeshi la Wamisri, farasi na magari yake, jinsi alivyowafurikisha na maji ya Bahari ya Shamu walipokuwa wakiwafuatilia ninyi, na jinsi Bwana alivyowaletea angamizo la kudumu juu yao.

And what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their war-carriages; how he made the waters of the Red Sea come up over them when they went after you, and how the Lord put an end to them even to this day;

5 Sio watoto wenu walioyaona yale Mungu aliyowafanyia huko jangwani mpaka mkafika mahali hapa,

And what he did for you in the waste land, till you came to this place;

6 wala lile Mungu alilowafanyia Dathani na Abiramu, wana wa Eliabu wa kabila la Reubeni, wakati ardhi ilipofungua kinywa chake katikati ya Israeli yote, ikawameza pamoja na walio nyumbani mwao, hema zao na kila kitu kilichokuwa hai ambacho kilikuwa mali yao.

And what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; when they went down into the open mouth of the earth, with their families and their tents and every living thing which was theirs, before the eyes of all Israel:

7 Bali ilikuwa ni macho yenu wenyewe ambayo yaliyaona mambo haya yote makuu Bwana aliyoyatenda.

But your eyes have seen all the great works of the Lord which he has done.

8 Kwa hiyo fuateni maagizo yote ninayowapa leo, ili mpate kuwa na nguvu za kuingia na kuiteka nchi ile ambayo mnavuka Yordani kuimiliki,

So keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may be strong, and go in and take the land which is to be your heritage;

9 ili mpate kuishi siku nyingi katika nchi ile ambayo Bwana aliapa kuwapa baba zenu na wazao wao, nchi itiririkayo maziwa na asali.

And that your days may be long in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers and to their seed after them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

10 Nchi mnayoiingia kuimiliki haifanani na nchi ya Misri mlikotoka ambako mlipanda mbegu yenu na kuinywesha, kama bustani ya mboga.

For the land where you are going is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you put in your seeds, watering them with your foot, like a planted garden:

11 Lakini nchi mnayovuka Yordani kuimiliki ni nchi ya milima na mabonde inywayo mvua kutoka mbinguni.

But the land where you are going is a land of hills and valleys, drinking in the rain of heaven:

12 Ni nchi ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anaitunza; macho ya Bwana Mungu wenu yanaitazama daima kutoka mwanzo wa mwaka hadi mwisho wa mwaka.

A land cared for by the Lord your God: the eyes of the Lord your God are on it at all times from one end of the year to the other.

13 Hivyo kama mkiyatii maagizo yangu ninayowapa leo kwa uaminifu, yaani kwa kumpenda Bwana Mungu wenu, na kumtumikia kwa moyo wako wote na kwa roho yenu yote,

And it will be that if you truly give ear to the orders which I put before you this day, loving the Lord your God and worshipping him with all your heart and all your soul,

14 ndipo atawanyweshea mvua katika nchi yenu kwa majira yake, mvua ya masika na ya vuli, ili mpate kuvuna nafaka zenu, divai mpya na mafuta.

Then I will send rain on your land at the right time, the early rains and the late rains, so that you may get in your grain and your wine and your oil.

15 Nitawapa majani kwa ajili ya ngʼombe wenu, nanyi mtakula na kushiba.

And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, so that you may have food in full measure.

16 Jihadharini, la sivyo mtashawishika kugeuka na kuabudu miungu mingine na kuisujudia.

But take care that your hearts are not turned to false ways so that you become servants and worshippers of other gods;

17 Ndipo hasira ya Bwana itawaka dhidi yenu, naye atafunga mbingu ili mvua isinyeshe nayo ardhi haitatoa mazao, nanyi mtaangamia mara katika nchi nzuri ambayo Bwana anawapa.

For if you do so, the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, and the heaven will be shut up so that there is no rain and the land will give no fruit; and in a very little time you will be cut off from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

18 Yawekeni haya maneno yangu katika mioyo yenu na akili zenu, yafungeni kama alama juu ya mikono yenu na kwenye paji za nyuso zenu.

So keep these words deep in your heart and in your soul, and have them fixed on your hand for a sign and marked on your brow;

19 Wafundisheni watoto wenu, yazungumzeni wakati mketipo nyumbani na wakati mtembeapo njiani, wakati mlalapo na wakati mwamkapo.

Teaching them to your children, and talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up:

20 Yaandikeni juu ya miimo ya nyumba zenu na juu ya malango yenu,

Writing them on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns:

21 ili kwamba siku zenu na siku za watoto wenu zipate kuwa nyingi katika nchi ile Bwana aliyoapa kuwapa baba zenu, kama zilivyo nyingi siku za mbingu juu ya nchi.

So that your days, and the days of your children, may be long in the land which the Lord by his oath to your fathers said he would give them, like the days of the eternal heavens.

22 Kama mkishika kwa makini maagizo haya yote ninayowapa kuyafuata, ya kumpenda Bwana Mungu wenu, kuenenda katika njia zake zote na kushikamana naye kwa uthabiti,

For if you take care to keep all the orders which I give you, and to do them; loving the Lord your God and walking in all his ways and being true to him:

23 ndipo Bwana atawafukuza mataifa haya yote mbele yako, nawe utawafukuza mataifa yaliyo makubwa na yenye nguvu kukuliko wewe.

Then the Lord will send these nations in flight before you, and you will take the lands of nations greater and stronger than yourselves.

24 Kila mahali mtakapoweka mguu wenu patakuwa penu: Nchi yenu itaenea kutoka jangwa la Lebanoni, na kutoka mto wa Frati hadi bahari ya magharibi

Every place where you put your foot will be yours: from the waste land and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates as far as the Great Sea, will be the limits of your land.

25 Hapatakuwa na mtu atakayeweza kusimama dhidi yenu. Bwana Mungu wenu, kama alivyoahidi, ataweka juu ya nchi yote utisho na hofu kwa ajili yenu popote mwendako.

All people will give way before you: for the Lord your God will put the fear of you on all the land through which you go, as he has said.

26 Tazama, leo ninaweka mbele yenu baraka na laana:

Today I put before you a blessing and a curse:

27 baraka kama mtatii maagizo ya Bwana Mungu wenu, ambayo ninawapa leo;

The blessing if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, which I give you this day:

28 laana kama hamtatii maagizo ya Bwana Mungu wenu na kuacha njia ambayo ninawaamuru leo kwa kufuata miungu mingine, ambayo hamkuijua.

And the curse if you do not give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, but let yourselves be turned from the way which I have put before you this day, and go after other gods which are not yours.

29 Wakati Bwana Mungu wenu atakapokuwa amewaleta katika nchi mnayoiingia kuimiliki, mtatangaza baraka kutoka Mlima Gerizimu, na kutangaza laana kutoka Mlima Ebali.

And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land of your heritage, you are to put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

30 Kama mnavyofahamu, milima hii ipo ngʼambo ya Yordani, magharibi ya barabara, kuelekea machweo ya jua, karibu na miti mikubwa ya More, katika nchi ya wale Wakanaani wanaoishi Araba, jirani na Gilgali.

Are they not on the other side of Jordan, looking west, in the land of the Canaanites living in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, by the holy tree of Moreh?

31 Karibu mvuke ngʼambo ya Yordani kuingia na kuimiliki nchi ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa. Wakati mtakapokuwa mmeichukua na mnaishi humo,

For you are about to go over Jordan to take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, and it will be your resting-place.

32 hakikisheni kwamba mnatii amri na sheria zote ninazoziweka mbele yenu leo.

And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.