Torati 25
1 Watu wanapokuwa na ugomvi, wapeleke mahakamani na waamuzi wataamua shauri hilo; watawaachia wasio na kosa na kuwahukumu wenye hatia.
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
2 Kama mtu mwenye hatia anastahili kuchapwa, mwamuzi atamwamuru alale chini ili achapwe mbele yake idadi ya viboko kulingana na kosa lake,
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
3 lakini kamwe asichapwe zaidi ya viboko arobaini. Ikiwa atachapwa zaidi ya viboko arobaini, nduguyo atadhalilika machoni pako.
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile unto you.
4 Usimfunge maksai kinywa anapopura nafaka.
You shall not suppress the ox when he treads out the corn.
5 Ikiwa ndugu wanaishi pamoja na mmoja wao akafa bila kuacha mwana, kamwe mjane wake asiolewe nje ya jamaa hiyo. Ndugu wa mumewe atamchukua, amwoe na kutimiza wajibu wa shemeji kwake.
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
6 Mwana wa kwanza atakayemzaa atapewa jina la ndugu aliyekufa ili jina lake lisifutike katika Israeli.
And it shall be, that the firstborn which she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
7 Hata hivyo, ikiwa ndugu huyo wa mume hataki kuoa huyo mke wa nduguye, mjane atawaendea wazee kwenye lango la mji na kusema, “Ndugu wa mume wangu anakataa kuendeleza jina la nduguye katika Israeli. Hataki kutimiza wajibu wa shemeji kwangu.”
And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
8 Ndipo wazee wa mji wake watamwita na kuzungumza naye. Kama atashikilia kukataa akisema, “Sitaki kumwoa,”
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
9 mjane wa nduguye atamwendea mbele ya wazee, atamvua kiatu kimoja na kumtemea mate usoni, na kusema, “Hivi ndivyo ambavyo hufanywa kwa mtu ambaye atakataa kuendeleza jamaa ya ndugu yake.”
Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
10 Jamaa ya mtu huyo itafahamika katika Israeli kama Jamaa ya Aliyevuliwa Kiatu.
And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that has his shoe loosed.
11 Ikiwa watu wawili wanapigana na mke wa mmoja wao akaja kumwokoa mumewe na yule anayemshambulia, naye mke huyo akifika na kumkamata sehemu za siri,
When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near in order to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets:
12 huyo mwanamke utamkata mkono wake. Usimhurumie.
Then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall not pity her.
13 Usiwe na mawe ya kupimia ya aina mbili katika mkoba wako, moja zito na jingine jepesi.
You shall not have in your bag divers weights, a great and a small.
14 Usiwe na vipimo viwili tofauti katika nyumba yako, kimoja kikubwa, kingine kidogo.
You shall not have in your house divers measures, a great and a small.
15 Ni lazima uwe na uzito na vipimo sahihi na vya haki, ili upate kuishi maisha marefu katika nchi anayokupa Bwana Mungu wako.
But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have: that your days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
16 Kwa maana Bwana Mungu wako humchukia yeyote ambaye hufanya mambo kama haya, yeyote anayetenda kwa udanganyifu.
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD your God.
17 Kumbuka kile Waamaleki walichowatendea mlipokuwa njiani mkitoka Misri.
Remember what Amalek did unto you by the way, when all of you were come forth out of Egypt;
18 Wakati mlipokuwa mmechoka na kuishiwa nguvu kwa safari yenu, wakawapiga wale wote waliokuja nyuma. Waamaleki hawakumwogopa Mungu.
How he met you by the way, and stroke the hindmost of you, even all that were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he feared not God.
19 Bwana Mungu wako atakapokupa pumziko mbali na adui zako wote wanaokuzunguka katika nchi akupayo kuimiliki kuwa urithi, utafutilia mbali kumbukumbu lote la Waamaleki chini ya mbingu. Usisahau!
Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all of your enemies round about, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget it.
