Torati 14
1 Ninyi ni watoto wa Bwana Mungu wenu. Msijichanje ama kujinyoa upara kwenye paji la uso kwa ajili ya aliyekufa,
Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not make any baldness between you eyes for the dead.
2 kwa maana ninyi ni taifa takatifu kwa Bwana Mungu wenu. Bwana amewachagua ninyi kuwa taifa la kipekee kutoka mataifa yote juu ya uso wa dunia, mwe tunu yake.
For thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God, and the Lord thy God has chosen thee to be a peculiar people to himself of all the nations on the face of the earth.
3 Msile kitu chochote ambacho ni machukizo.
Ye shall not eat any abominable thing.
4 Hawa ndio wanyama mtakaokula: ngʼombe, kondoo, mbuzi,
These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat; the calf of the herd, and lamb of the sheep, and kid of the goats;
5 kulungu, paa, kongoni, paa mweupe, mbuzi-mwitu, pofu na kondoo wa mlimani.
the stag, and doe, and pygarg, and wild goat, and camelopard.
6 Mnaweza kumla mnyama yeyote mwenye kwato zilizogawanyika mara mbili, pia yule anayecheua.
Every beast that divides the hoofs, and makes claws of two divisions, and that chews the cud among beasts, these ye shall eat.
7 Hata hivyo, miongoni mwa wale wanaocheua au wale walio na kwato zilizogawanyika kamwe msile ngamia, sungura na pelele. Iwapo wanacheua, lakini hawana kwato zilizogawanyika; ni najisi kwenu kwa taratibu za kiibada.
And these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, and of those that divide the hoofs, and make distinct claws; the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud, and do not divide the hoof, these are unclean to you.
8 Nguruwe pia ni najisi; ingawa ana kwato zilizogawanyika, hacheui. Msile nyama yake wala kugusa mzoga wake.
And as for the swine, because he divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, ye shall not touch their dead bodies.
9 Katika viumbe hai vyote viishivyo kwenye maji, mnaweza kula yeyote aliye na mapezi na magamba.
And these ye shall eat of all that are in the water, ye shall eat all that have fins and scales.
10 Lakini chochote kisicho na mapezi na magamba msile; kwenu ni najisi.
And all that have not fins and scales ye shall not eat; they are unclean to you.
11 Mnaweza kula ndege yeyote aliye safi.
Ye shall eat every clean bird.
12 Lakini wafuatao msiwale: tai, furukombe, kipungu,
And these of them ye shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle,
13 kengewa mwekundu, kengewa mweusi, mwewe wa aina yoyote,
and the vulture, and the kite and the like to it,
14 kunguru wa aina yoyote,
15 mbuni, kiruka-njia, dudumizi, kipanga wa aina yoyote,
and the sparrow, and the owl, and the seamew,
16 bundi, mumbi, bundi mkubwa,
and the heron, and the swan, and the stork,
17 mwari, nderi, mnandi,
and the cormorant, and the hawk, and its like, and the hoopoe, and the raven,
18 korongo, koikoi wa aina yoyote, hudihudi na popo.
and the pelican, and the diver and the like to it, and the red-bill and the bat.
19 Wadudu wote warukao kwa makundi ni najisi kwenu, msiwale.
All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; ye shall not eat of them.
20 Lakini viumbe vyote vyenye mabawa vilivyo safi mwaweza kula.
Ye shall eat every clean bird.
21 Msile kitu chochote mtakachokuta kimekufa. Mnaweza kumpa mgeni yeyote anayeishi katika mojawapo ya miji yenu, naye anaweza kula au mnaweza kumuuzia mtu wa nchi nyingine. Lakini ninyi ni watu watakatifu kwa Bwana Mungu wenu. Msitokose mwana-mbuzi katika maziwa ya mama yake.
Ye shall eat nothing that dies of itself; it shall be given to the sojourner in thy cities and he shall eat it, or thou shalt sell it to a stranger, because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a lamb in his mother's milk.
22 Hakikisheni mmetenga sehemu ya kumi ya mazao yote ya mashamba yenu kila mwaka.
Thou shalt tithe a tenth of all the produce of thy seed, the fruit of thy field year by year.
23 Mtakula zaka za nafaka yenu, divai mpya, mafuta na wazaliwa wa kwanza wa makundi yenu ya ngʼombe na ya kondoo na mbuzi mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu pale mahali atakapopachagua kama maskani kwa ajili ya Jina lake, ili kwamba mpate kujifunza kumheshimu Bwana Mungu wenu daima.
And thou shalt eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called there; ye shall bring the tithe of thy corn and of thy wine, and of thine oil, the first-born of thy herd and of thy flock, that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.
24 Lakini ikiwa mahali pale ni mbali sana nanyi mmebarikiwa na Bwana Mungu wenu na hamwezi kubeba zaka yenu (kwa sababu mahali pale Bwana atakapopachagua kuliweka Jina lake ni mbali sana),
And if the journey be too far for thee, and thou art not able to bring them, because the place [is] far from thee which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called there, because the Lord thy God will bless thee;
25 basi badilisheni zaka yenu kuwa fedha, mkaichukue hiyo fedha mwende nayo mahali Bwana Mungu wenu atakapopachagua.
then thou shalt sell them for money, and thou shalt take the money in thy hands, and thou shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose.
26 Tumieni hiyo fedha kununua chochote ukitakacho: ngʼombe, kondoo, divai au kinywaji chochote chenye chachu au chochote mnachotaka. Kisha ninyi na wa nyumbani mwenu mtaila mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu na kufurahi.
And thou shalt give the money for whatsoever thy soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or [thou shalt lay it out] on strong drink, or on whatsoever thy soul may desire, and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice and thy house,
27 Msiache kuwajali Walawi waishio katika miji yenu, kwa kuwa hao hawana shamba wala urithi wao wenyewe.
and the Levite that is in thy cities, because he has not a portion or inheritance with thee.
28 Mwishoni mwa kila mwaka wa tatu, leteni zaka zote za mazao ya miaka ile na uyahifadhi kwenye miji yenu,
After three years thou shalt bring out all the tithes of thy fruits, in that year thou shalt lay it up in thy cities.
29 ili Walawi (ambao hawana mashamba wala urithi wao wenyewe) na wageni, yatima na wajane wanaoishi kwenye miji yenu wapate kuja kula na kushiba, ili Bwana Mungu wenu apate kuwabariki ninyi katika kazi zote za mikono yenu.
And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with thee, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in thy cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works which thou shalt do.
