Torati 11
1 Mpende Bwana Mungu wako na kushika masharti yake, amri zake, sheria zake na maagizo yake siku zote.
Therefore love the Lord thy God and observe his precepts and ceremonies, his judgments and commandments 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;
Know this day the things that your children know not, who saw not the chastisements of the Lord your God. his great doings and strong hand, and stretched out arm,
3 ishara alizozifanya na mambo aliyoyafanya katikati ya Misri, kwa Farao mfalme wa Misri na kwa nchi yake yote;
The signs and works which he did in the midst of Egypt to king Pharao, and to 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 to all the host of the Egyptians, and to their horses and chariots: how the waters of the Red Sea covered them, when they pursued you, and how the Lord destroyed them until this present day:
5 Sio watoto wenu walioyaona yale Mungu aliyowafanyia huko jangwani mpaka mkafika mahali hapa,
And what he hath done to you in the wilderness, 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 to Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab, who was the son of Ruben: whom the earth, opening her mouth swallowed up with their households and tents, and all their substance, which they had in the midst of Israel.
7 Bali ilikuwa ni macho yenu wenyewe ambayo yaliyaona mambo haya yote makuu Bwana aliyoyatenda.
Your eyes have seen all the greet works of the Lord, that he hath done,
8 Kwa hiyo fuateni maagizo yote ninayowapa leo, ili mpate kuwa na nguvu za kuingia na kuiteka nchi ile ambayo mnavuka Yordani kuimiliki,
That you may keep all his commandments, which I command you this day, and may go in, and possess the land, to which you are entering,
9 ili mpate kuishi siku nyingi katika nchi ile ambayo Bwana aliapa kuwapa baba zenu na wazao wao, nchi itiririkayo maziwa na asali.
And may live in it a long time: which the Lord promised by oath to your fathers, and to their seed, a land which floweth 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, which thou goest to possess, is not like the land of Egypt, from whence thou camest out, where, when the seed is sown, waters are brought in to water it after the manner of gardens.
11 Lakini nchi mnayovuka Yordani kuimiliki ni nchi ya milima na mabonde inywayo mvua kutoka mbinguni.
But it is a land of hills and plains, expecting rain from heaven.
12 Ni nchi ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anaitunza; macho ya Bwana Mungu wenu yanaitazama daima kutoka mwanzo wa mwaka hadi mwisho wa mwaka.
And the Lord thy God doth always visit it, and his eyes are on it from the beginning of the year unto the end thereof.
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,
If then you obey my commandments, which I command you this day, that you love the Lord your God, and serve him with all your heart, and with 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.
He will give to your land the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your corn, and your wine, and your oil,
15 Nitawapa majani kwa ajili ya ngʼombe wenu, nanyi mtakula na kushiba.
And your hay out of the fields to feed your cattle, and that you may eat and be filled.
16 Jihadharini, la sivyo mtashawishika kugeuka na kuabudu miungu mingine na kuisujudia.
Beware lest perhaps your heart be deceived, and you depart from the Lord, and serve strange gods, and adore them:
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.
And the Lord being angry shut up heaven, that the rain come not down, nor the earth yield her fruit, and you perish quickly from the excellent land, which the Lord will give 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.
Lay up these my words in your hearts and minds, and hang them for a sign on your hands, and place them between your eyes.
19 Wafundisheni watoto wenu, yazungumzeni wakati mketipo nyumbani na wakati mtembeapo njiani, wakati mlalapo na wakati mwamkapo.
Teach your children that they meditate on them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest on the way, and when thou liest down and risest up.
20 Yaandikeni juu ya miimo ya nyumba zenu na juu ya malango yenu,
Thou shalt write them upon the posts and the doors of thy house:
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.
That thy days may be multiplied, and the days of thy children in the land which the Lord swore to thy fathers, that he would give them as long as the heaven hangeth over the earth.
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 keep the commandments which I command you, and do them, to love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, cleaving unto him,
23 ndipo Bwana atawafukuza mataifa haya yote mbele yako, nawe utawafukuza mataifa yaliyo makubwa na yenye nguvu kukuliko wewe.
The Lord will destroy all these nations before your face, and you shall possess them, which are greater and stronger than you.
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, that your foot shall tread upon, shall be yours. From the desert, and from Libanus, from the great river Euphrates unto the western sea shall be your borders.
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.
None shall stand against you: the Lord your God shall lay the dread and fear of you upon all the land that you shall tread upon, as he hath spoken to you.
26 Tazama, leo ninaweka mbele yenu baraka na laana:
Behold I set forth in your sight this day a blessing and a curse:
27 baraka kama mtatii maagizo ya Bwana Mungu wenu, ambayo ninawapa leo;
A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day:
28 laana kama hamtatii maagizo ya Bwana Mungu wenu na kuacha njia ambayo ninawaamuru leo kwa kufuata miungu mingine, ambayo hamkuijua.
A curse, if you obey not the commandments of the Lord your. God, but revolt from the way which now I shew you, and walk after strange gods which you know not.
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 thy God shall have brought thee into the land, whither thou goest to dwell, thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Garizim, the curse upon mount Hebal:
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.
Which are beyond the Jordan, behind the way that goeth to the setting of the sun, in the land of the Chanaanite who dwelleth in the plain country over against Galgala, which is near the valley that reacheth and entereth far.
31 Karibu mvuke ngʼambo ya Yordani kuingia na kuimiliki nchi ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa. Wakati mtakapokuwa mmeichukua na mnaishi humo,
For you shall pass over the Jordan, to possess the land, which the Lord your God will give you, that you may have it and possess it.
32 hakikisheni kwamba mnatii amri na sheria zote ninazoziweka mbele yenu leo.
See therefore that you fulfill the ceremonies and judgments, which I shall set this day before you.
