Torati 26
1 Mtakapokuwa mmeingia nchi ile ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa kama urithi na mtakapokuwa mmeimiliki na kukaa ndani yake,
“After you occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you (have settled/are living) there,
2 chukueni baadhi ya mavuno ya kwanza ya yale yote mtakayozalisha kutoka udongo wa nchi ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa na mweke kwenye kapu. Kisha uende mahali ambapo Bwana Mungu wako atapachagua kuwa makao kwa ajili ya Jina lake
[each of] you must take some of the first crops that you harvest, put them in a basket, and take them to the place that Yahweh will have chosen for you to worship [MTY] there.
3 na umwambie kuhani atakayekuwepo kwa wakati huo, “Ninatangaza leo kwa Bwana Mungu wako kwamba nimekuja katika nchi ambayo Bwana aliwaapia baba zetu kwamba atatupa.”
Go to the Supreme Priest who is serving at that time and say to him, ‘[By giving you this first part of my harvest] today, I am declaring to Yahweh our God that I have [picked it in] the land that he vowed to our ancestors to give to us.’
4 Kuhani atapokea lile kapu mikononi mwako na kuliweka chini mbele ya madhabahu ya Bwana Mungu wako.
Then the priest must take the basket of food from your hand and put it on the altar where sacrifices are offered to Yahweh our God.
5 Kisha utatangaza mbele za Bwana Mungu wako: “Baba yangu alikuwa Mwaramu aliyekuwa anatangatanga, akaenda Misri pamoja na watu wachache, akaishi huko hadi akawa taifa kubwa, lenye nguvu na watu wengi.
Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor [Jacob] was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering [from one place to another]. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group [when they went there], but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous [DOU] and powerful nation.
6 Lakini Wamisri walituonea na kututaabisha, wakitufanyisha kazi ngumu.
Then the people of Egypt treated them very harshly [DOU], and they forced them to become their slaves and to work very hard.
7 Kisha tulimlilia Bwana, Mungu wa baba zetu, naye Bwana akasikia sauti yetu na akaona huzuni yetu, taabu yetu na mateso yetu.
Then our ancestors cried out to you, Yahweh our God, and you heard them. You saw that they were suffering, and that they were forced to work very hard, and were being oppressed.
8 Kwa hiyo Bwana akatutoa nchi ya Misri kwa mkono wenye nguvu na ulionyooshwa, pamoja na utisho mkuu, ishara za miujiza na maajabu.
Then by your great power [MTY] and by performing many kinds of miracles [DOU], and other terrifying things, you brought them out of Egypt.
9 Akatuleta mahali hapa akatupa nchi hii, nchi inayotiririka maziwa na asali;
You brought us to this land and gave it to us, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 nami sasa ninaleta malimbuko ya ardhi ambayo wewe, Ee Bwana, umenipa.” Weka kapu mbele za Bwana Mungu wako na usujudu mbele zake.
So now, Yahweh, I have brought to you the first part of the harvest from the land that I received.’ Then you must set the basket down in Yahweh’s presence and worship him there.
11 Kisha wewe pamoja na Walawi na wageni wote walioko miongoni mwenu mtafurahi katika vitu vyote vizuri ambavyo Bwana Mungu wenu amewapa pamoja na wa nyumbani mwenu.
And you must celebrate [by eating a meal together to thank] Yahweh our God for all the good things that he has given to you and to your family. And you must invite the descendants of Levi and the foreigners who are living among you to also rejoice [and eat] with you.
12 Wakati utakapokuwa umeshatoa zaka zote za mazao yako katika mwaka wa tatu, ambao ni mwaka wa zaka, utampa Mlawi, mgeni, yatima na mjane, ili waweze kula katika miji yenu na kushiba.
Every third year, you must bring to the descendants of Levi and to the foreigners [who are living among you] and the orphans and the widows (a tithe/10 percent) of your crops, in order that in every town they will have plenty to eat.
13 Kisha umwambie Bwana Mungu wako: “Nimeondoa katika nyumba yangu ile sehemu iliyowekwa wakfu na nimempa Mlawi, mgeni, yatima na mjane, kulingana na yote uliyoamuru. Sijazihalifu amri zako wala kusahau hata mojawapo.
Then you must say to Yahweh, ‘I have brought to you, from my house, all of the sacred tithe [from my harvest this year]. I am giving it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded us to do. I have not disobeyed any of your commands [about the tithes], and I have not forgotten any of your commands [about tithes].
14 Sijala sehemu iliyowekwa wakfu wakati nilipokuwa nikiomboleza, wala sijaondoa mojawapo wakati nilipokuwa najisi, wala sijatoa sehemu yake yoyote kwa wafu. Nimemtii Bwana Mungu wangu; nimefanya kila kitu ulichoniamuru.
[I declare that] I have not eaten any food from the tithe while I was mourning [for someone who died]. And I have not touched any of it while I was unacceptable to you; I have not offered any of it to [spirits of] dead people. Yahweh, I have obeyed you and done everything that you have commanded us [concerning the tithe].
15 Angalia chini kutoka mbinguni, maskani yako matakatifu, uwabariki watu wako Israeli pamoja na nchi uliyotupa kama ulivyoahidi kwa kiapo kwa baba zetu, nchi inayotiririka maziwa na asali.”
So [please] look down from your holy place in heaven, and bless us, your Israeli people. Also bless this very fertile [IDM] land which you have given to us, which is what you promised our ancestors that you would do.’
16 Bwana Mungu wako anakuagiza leo kufuata amri hizi na sheria; zishike kwa bidii kwa moyo wako wote na kwa roho yako yote.
Today Yahweh our God is commanding you to obey all these rules and regulations. So obey them faithfully, with your entire inner being [DOU].
17 Umetangaza leo kwamba Bwana ndiye Mungu wako na kwamba utafuata njia zake, kwamba utayashika maagizo yake, amri zake na sheria zake nawe utamtii.
Today you have declared that Yahweh is your God, and that you will conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and that you will obey all his commands and rules and regulations, and that you will do all that he tells you to do.
18 Naye Bwana ametangaza leo kwamba ninyi ni taifa lake, hazina yake ya thamani kama alivyoahidi, ili kwamba mpate kuyashika maagizo yake yote.
And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands.
19 Ametangaza kwamba atawaweka juu kuliko mataifa mengine aliyoyafanya katika sifa, kuwa fahari na heshima, na kwamba mtakuwa taifa takatifu kwa Bwana Mungu wenu, kama alivyoahidi.
If you do that, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation that he has established, and he will enable you to praise him and honor him [DOU]. You will truly belong to Yahweh our God, which is what he has promised.”
