< Torati 24 >
1 Ikiwa mtu atamwoa mke na akamchukia kwa sababu ya kukosa adabu, naye akamwandikia hati ya talaka, akampa na kumfukuza kutoka nyumbani kwake,
And if any one should take a wife, and should dwell with her, then it shall come to pass if she should not have found favour before him, because he has found some unbecoming thing in her, that he shall write for her a bill of divorcement, and give it into her hands, and he shall send her away out of his house.
2 ikiwa baada ya kuondoka nyumbani kwake atakuwa mke wa mtu mwingine,
And [if] she should go away and be married to another man;
3 ikiwa mume wake wa pili atachukizwa naye akamwandikia hati ya talaka, akampa na kumfukuza kutoka nyumbani kwake, au kama akifa,
and the last husband should hate her, and write for her a bill of divorcement; and should give it into her hands, and send her away out of his house, and the last husband should die, who took her to himself for a wife;
4 basi yule mume wake wa kwanza, ambaye alimpa talaka, haruhusiwi kumwoa tena baada ya mwanamke huyo kuwa najisi. Hayo yatakuwa machukizo machoni pa Bwana. Usilete dhambi juu ya nchi ambayo Bwana Mungu wako anakupa kama urithi.
the former husband who sent her away shall not be able to return and take her to himself for a wife, after she has been defiled; because it is an abomination before the Lord thy God, and ye shall not defile the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.
5 Kama mtu ameoa karibuni, kamwe asipelekwe vitani au kupewa wajibu mwingine wowote. Kwa mwaka mmoja atakuwa huru kubaki nyumbani ili amfurahishe mke aliyemwoa.
And if any one should have recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any thing be laid upon him; he shall be free in his house; for one year he shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.
6 Usitoe jozi ya mawe ya kusagia, hata ikiwa lile la juu, kuweka rehani kwa ajili ya deni, kwa sababu itakuwa ni kuweka uhai wa mtu kama dhamana.
Thou shalt not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes life for a pledge.
7 Kama mtu akikamatwa akiiba yeyote miongoni mwa ndugu zake wa Waisraeli na kumtenda kama mtumwa au akimuuza, mwizi huyo ni lazima auawe. Nawe utaondoa uovu kutoka miongoni mwenu.
And if a man should be caught stealing one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and having overcome him he should sell him, that thief shall die; so shalt thou remove that evil one from yourselves.
8 Pakitokea magonjwa ya ngozi ya kuambukiza, mwe waangalifu sana kufanya sawasawa na maagizo ya makuhani, ambao ni Walawi. Ni lazima mfuate kwa uangalifu yale niliyowaamuru.
Take heed to thyself in [regard of] the plague of leprosy: thou shalt take great heed to do according to all the law, which the priests the Levites shall report to you; take heed to do, as I have charged you.
9 Kumbukeni kile Bwana Mungu wenu alichomfanyia Miriamu njiani baada ya ninyi kutoka Misri.
Remember all that the Lord thy God did to Mariam in the way, when ye were going out of Egypt.
10 Unapomkopesha jirani yako chochote, usiingie nyumbani kwake kutwaa kile anachokitoa kama rehani.
If thy neighbour owe thee a debt, any debt whatsoever, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge:
11 Ukae nje na umwache huyo mtu uliyemkopesha akuletee hiyo rehani.
thou shalt stand without, and the man who is in thy debt shall bring the pledge out to thee.
12 Ikiwa mtu huyo ni maskini, usiende kulala ukiwa na hiyo rehani yake katika milki yako.
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge.
13 Rudisha vazi lake kabla ya machweo ya jua ili apate kulilalia. Kisha atakushukuru na kitaonekana kama kitendo cha haki mbele za Bwana Mungu wako.
Thou shalt surely restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his garment, and he shall bless thee; and it shall be mercy to thee before the Lord thy God.
14 Usimwonee mtu maskini na mhitaji ambaye umemwajiri, akiwa ni nduguyo Mwisraeli au mgeni anayeishi katika mojawapo ya miji yenu.
Thou shalt not unjustly withhold the wages of the poor and needy of thy brethren, or of the strangers who are in thy cities.
15 Mlipe ujira wake kila siku kabla ya jua kutua, kwa sababu yeye ni maskini na anautegemea ujira huo. La sivyo, anaweza kumlilia Bwana dhidi yako, nawe ukapata hatia ya dhambi.
Thou shalt pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and it shall be sin in thee.
16 Baba wasiuawe kwa ajili ya watoto wao, wala watoto wasiuawe kwa ajili ya baba zao; kila mmoja atakufa kwa ajili ya dhambi yake mwenyewe.
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, and the sons shall not be put to death for the fathers; every one shall be put to death for his own sin.
17 Usipotoshe hukumu ya mgeni au yatima, au kuchukua vazi la mjane kama rehani.
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the stranger and the fatherless, and widow; thou shalt not take the widow's garment for a pledge.
18 Kumbukeni kwamba mlikuwa watumwa huko Misri, naye Bwana Mungu wenu akawakomboa kutoka huko. Hii ndiyo sababu ninawaamuru kutenda hili.
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee from thence; therefore I charge thee to do this thing.
19 Unapovuna shamba lako na ukasahau mganda, usirudi kuuchukua. Acha kwa ajili ya mgeni, yatima na mjane, ili Bwana Mungu wako aweze kukubariki wewe katika kazi zote za mikono yako.
And when thou shalt have reaped corn in thy field, and shalt have forgotten a sheaf in thy field, thou shalt not return to take it; it shall be for the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands.
20 Unapovuna zeituni kutoka miti yako, usirudie matawi mara ya pili. Acha kilichobaki kwa ajili ya mgeni, yatima na mjane.
And if thou shouldest gather thine olives, thou shalt not return to collect the remainder; it shall be for the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, and thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.
21 Unapochuma zabibu katika shamba lako la mizabibu usirudie tena. Acha zinazobaki kwa ajili ya mgeni, yatima na mjane.
And when soever thou shalt gather the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean what thou hast left; it shall be for the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow:
22 Kumbuka kwamba mlikuwa watumwa katika nchi ya Misri. Ndiyo sababu ninawaamuru kufanya hili.
and thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command thee to do this thing.