Torati 14
1 Ninyi ni watoto wa Bwana Mungu wenu. Msijichanje ama kujinyoa upara kwenye paji la uso kwa ajili ya aliyekufa,
“You [are] sons of your God YHWH; you do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your 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 you [are] a holy people to your God YHWH, and YHWH has fixed on you to be to Him for a people, a peculiar treasure, out of all the peoples who [are] on the face of the ground.
3 Msile kitu chochote ambacho ni machukizo.
You do not eat any abomination;
4 Hawa ndio wanyama mtakaokula: ngʼombe, kondoo, mbuzi,
this [is] the beast which you eat: ox, lamb of the sheep, or kid of the goats,
5 kulungu, paa, kongoni, paa mweupe, mbuzi-mwitu, pofu na kondoo wa mlimani.
deer, and roe, and fallow deer, and wild goat, and ibex, and antelope, and zemer;
6 Mnaweza kumla mnyama yeyote mwenye kwato zilizogawanyika mara mbili, pia yule anayecheua.
and every beast dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft into two hooves, bringing up the cud, among the beasts—you eat it.
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.
Only, this you do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the hyrax, for they are bringing up the cud, but the hoof has not divided—they [are] unclean to you;
8 Nguruwe pia ni najisi; ingawa ana kwato zilizogawanyika, hacheui. Msile nyama yake wala kugusa mzoga wake.
and the sow, for it is dividing the hoof, and not [bringing] up the cud—it [is] unclean to you; you do not eat of their flesh, and you do not come against their carcass.
9 Katika viumbe hai vyote viishivyo kwenye maji, mnaweza kula yeyote aliye na mapezi na magamba.
This you eat of all which [are] in the waters: anything that has fins and scales you eat;
10 Lakini chochote kisicho na mapezi na magamba msile; kwenu ni najisi.
and anything which does not have fins and scales you do not eat—it [is] unclean to you.
11 Mnaweza kula ndege yeyote aliye safi.
Any clean bird you eat;
12 Lakini wafuatao msiwale: tai, furukombe, kipungu,
and these [are] they of which you do not eat: the eagle, and the bearded vulture, and the osprey,
13 kengewa mwekundu, kengewa mweusi, mwewe wa aina yoyote,
and the kite, and the falcon, and the vulture after its kind,
14 kunguru wa aina yoyote,
and every raven after its kind;
15 mbuni, kiruka-njia, dudumizi, kipanga wa aina yoyote,
and the ostrich, and the nightjar [[or male ostrich]], and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind;
16 bundi, mumbi, bundi mkubwa,
the little owl, and the great owl, and the waterhen,
17 mwari, nderi, mnandi,
and the pelican, and the Egyptian vulture, and the cormorant,
18 korongo, koikoi wa aina yoyote, hudihudi na popo.
and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
19 Wadudu wote warukao kwa makundi ni najisi kwenu, msiwale.
And every teeming thing which is flying—it [is] unclean to you; they are not eaten;
20 Lakini viumbe vyote vyenye mabawa vilivyo safi mwaweza kula.
any clean bird you eat.
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.
You do not eat of any carcass; you give it to the sojourner who [is] within your gates, and he has eaten it; or sell [it] to a stranger; for you [are] a holy people to your God YHWH. You do not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
22 Hakikisheni mmetenga sehemu ya kumi ya mazao yote ya mashamba yenu kila mwaka.
You certainly tithe all the increase of your seed which the field is bringing forth 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 you have eaten before your God YHWH, in the place where He chooses to cause His Name to dwell, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstlings of your herd, and of your flock, so that you learn to fear your God YHWH [for] all the days.
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 when the way is too much for you, that you are not able to carry it—when the place is too far off from you which your God YHWH chooses to put His Name there, when your God YHWH blesses you—
25 basi badilisheni zaka yenu kuwa fedha, mkaichukue hiyo fedha mwende nayo mahali Bwana Mungu wenu atakapopachagua.
then you have given [it] in money, and have bound up the money in your hand, and gone to the place on which your God YHWH fixes;
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 you have given the money for anything which your soul desires, for oxen, and for sheep, and for wine, and for strong drink, and for anything which your soul asks for, and you have eaten before your God YHWH there, and you have rejoiced, you and your house.
27 Msiache kuwajali Walawi waishio katika miji yenu, kwa kuwa hao hawana shamba wala urithi wao wenyewe.
As for the Levite who [is] within your gates, you do not forsake him, for he has no portion and inheritance with you.
28 Mwishoni mwa kila mwaka wa tatu, leteni zaka zote za mazao ya miaka ile na uyahifadhi kwenye miji yenu,
At the end of three years you bring out all the tithe of your increase in that year, and have placed [it] within your gates;
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 has come in—for he has no part and inheritance with you—and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who [are] within your gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that your God YHWH blesses you in all the work of your hand which you do.”
