Torati 28
1 Kama ukimtii Bwana Mungu wako kwa bidii na kufuata amri zake zote ninazokupa leo kwa bidii, Bwana Mungu wako atakuweka juu ya mataifa yote katika dunia.
Now if thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to do and keep all his commandments, which I command thee this day, the Lord thy God will make thee higher than all the nations that are on the earth.
2 Baraka hizi zote zitakuja juu yako na kukupata, kama ukimtii Bwana Mungu wako:
And all these blessings shall come upon thee and overtake thee: yet so if thou hear his precepts,
3 Utabarikiwa mjini na utabarikiwa mashambani.
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed in the field.
4 Utabarikiwa uzao wa tumbo lako, na mazao ya nchi yako na wanyama wako wachanga wa kufugwa, yaani ndama wa makundi yako ya ngʼombe, na wana-kondoo wa makundi yako.
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the droves of thy herds, and the folds of thy sheep.
5 Kapu lako na vyombo vyako vya kukandia vitabarikiwa.
Blessed shall be thy barns and blessed thy stores.
6 Utabarikiwa uingiapo na utabarikiwa utokapo.
Blessed shalt thou be coming in and going out.
7 Bwana atasababisha adui wainukao dhidi yako kushindwa mbele yako. Watakujia kwa njia moja lakini watakimbia mbele yako kwa njia saba.
The Lord shall cause thy enemies, that rise up against thee, to fall down before thy face: one way shall they come out against thee, and seven ways shall they flee before thee.
8 Bwana ataagiza baraka juu ya ghala zako na juu ya kila kitu utakachogusa kwa mkono wako. Bwana Mungu wako atakubariki katika nchi anayokupa.
The Lord will send forth a blessing upon thy storehouses, and upon all the works of thy hands: and will bless thee in the land that thou shalt receive.
9 Bwana atakufanya kuwa taifa lake takatifu, kama alivyokuahidi kwa kiapo, kama ukishika maagizo ya Bwana Mungu wako na kwenda katika njia zake.
The Lord will raise thee up to be a holy people to himself, as he swore to thee: if thou keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.
10 Kisha mataifa yote ya dunia wataona kuwa unaitwa kwa jina la Bwana, nao watakuogopa.
And all the people of the earth shall see that the name of the Lord is invocated upon thee, and they shall fear thee.
11 Bwana atakupa kustawi kwa wingi, katika tunda la uzao wa tumbo lako, katika wanyama wachanga wa mifugo yako na katika mazao ya ardhi yako, katika nchi aliyowaapia baba zako kuwapa.
The Lord will make thee abound with all goods, with the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy cattle, with the fruit of thy land, which the Lord swore to thy fathers that he would give thee.
12 Bwana atafungua mbingu, ghala zake za baraka, kukupa mvua kwa majira yake na kubariki kazi zako zote za mikono yako. Utakopesha mataifa mengi lakini hutakopa kwa yeyote.
The Lord will open his excellent treasure, the heaven, that it may give rain in due season: and he will bless all the works of thy hands. And thou shalt lend to many nations, and shalt not borrow of any one.
13 Bwana atakufanya kichwa, wala si mkia. Kama utazingatia maagizo ya Bwana Mungu wako ninayokupa siku hii ya leo na kuyafuata kwa bidii, daima utakuwa juu, kamwe hutakuwa chini.
And the Lord shall make thee the head and not the tail: and thou shalt be always above, and not beneath: yet so if thou wilt hear the commandments of the Lord thy God which I command thee this day, and keep and do them,
14 Usihalifu amri zangu zozote ninazokupa leo, kwa kwenda kuume au kushoto, kwa kufuata miungu mingine na kuitumikia.
And turn not away from them neither to the right hand, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.
15 Hata hivyo, kama hutamtii Bwana Mungu wako na kuzishika kwa bidii amri zake zote na maagizo ninayokupa leo, laana hizi zote zitakuja juu yako na kukupata:
But if thou wilt not hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep and to do all his commandments and ceremonies, which I command thee this day, all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
16 Utalaaniwa mjini na utalaaniwa mashambani.
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, cursed in the field.
17 Kapu lako na chombo chako cha kukandia kitalaaniwa.
Cursed shall be thy barn, and cursed thy stores.
18 Uzao wa tumbo lako utalaaniwa, mazao ya ardhi yako, ndama wa makundi yako ya ngʼombe na wana-kondoo wa makundi yako.
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the herds of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.
19 Utalaaniwa uingiapo na utokapo.
Cursed shalt thou be coming in, and cursed going out.
20 Bwana ataleta laana juu yako, fadhaa na kukaripiwa katika kila kitu unachokigusa kwa mkono wako, mpaka uwe umeharibiwa na kuangamizwa ghafula kwa ajili ya maovu uliyoyafanya kwa kumwacha yeye.
The Lord shall send upon thee famine and hunger, and a rebuke upon all the works which thou shalt do: until he consume and destroy thee quickly, for thy most wicked inventions, by which thou hast forsaken me.
21 Bwana atakupiga kwa magonjwa mpaka akuangamize kutoka nchi unayoingia kuimiliki.
May the Lord set the pestilence upon thee, until he consume thee out of the land, which thou shalt go in to possess.
22 Bwana atakupiga kwa magonjwa ya kudhoofisha, kwa homa na kuwashwa, hari na kwa ukame, kutu na kuwa na uchungu ambavyo vitakupiga mpaka uangamie.
May the Lord afflict thee with miserable want, with the fever and with cold, with burning and with heat, and with corrupted air and with blasting, and pursue thee till thou perish.
23 Anga juu yako itakuwa shaba, na ardhi chini yako itakuwa chuma.
Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron.
24 Bwana atafanya mvua ya nchi yako kuwa mavumbi na mchanga; vitakujia kutoka angani mpaka uangamie.
The Lord give thee dust for rain upon thy land, and let ashes come down from heaven upon thee, till thou be consumed.
25 Bwana atakufanya ushindwe mbele ya adui zako. Utawajia kwa njia moja lakini utawakimbia mbele yao kwa njia saba, nawe utakuwa kitu cha kuchukiza kwa falme zote za dunia.
The Lord make thee to fall down before thy enemies, one way mayst thou go out against them, and flee seven ways, and be scattered throughout all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 Mizoga yenu itakuwa chakula cha ndege wa angani na wanyama wa nchi, wala hapatakuwepo mtu yeyote wa kuwafukuza.
And be thy carcass meat for all the Fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, and be there none to drive them away.
27 Bwana atakupiga kwa majipu ya Misri na kwa vidonda vitokavyo usaha na kuwashwa, ambako huwezi kuponywa.
The Lord strike thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and the part of thy body, by which the dung is cast out, with the scab and with the itch: so that thou canst not be healed.
28 Bwana atakupiga kwa wazimu, upofu na kuchanganyikiwa kwa akili.
The Lord strike thee with madness and blindness and fury of mind.
29 Wakati wa adhuhuri utapapasapapasa huku na huko kama mtu kipofu katika giza. Hutafanikiwa katika lolote ufanyalo; siku baada ya siku utaonewa na kunyangʼanywa, wala hakuna yeyote atakayekuokoa.
And mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thy ways. And mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and be oppressed with violence, and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee.
30 Utaposa mke, lakini mtu mwingine atakutana naye kimwili. Utajenga nyumba, lakini hutaishi ndani yake. Utapanda shamba la mizabibu, lakini hutakula matunda yake.
Mayst thou take a wife, and another sleep with her. Mayst thou build a house, and not dwell therein. Mayest thou plant a vineyard and not gather the vintage thereof.
31 Ngʼombe wako atachinjwa mbele ya macho yako lakini hutakula nyama yake. Punda wako atachukuliwa kwa nguvu kutoka kwako wala hatarudishwa. Kondoo wako watapewa adui zako, wala hakuna mtu yeyote wa kuwaokoa.
May thy ox be slain before thee, and thou not eat thereof. May thy ass be taken away in thy sight, and not restored to thee. May thy sheep be given to thy enemies, and may there be none to help thee.
32 Wanao na binti zako watatolewa kwa mataifa mengine, nawe utayachosha macho yako ukiwatazamia siku baada ya siku, hutakuwa na nguvu kuinua mkono.
May thy sons and thy daughters be given to another people, thy eyes looking on, and languishing at the sight of them all the day, and may there be no strength in thy hand.
33 Taifa usilolijua watakula mazao ya nchi yako na taabu ya kazi yako, hutakuwa na chochote, bali kuonewa kikatili siku zako zote.
May a people which thou knowest not, eat the fruits of thy land, and all thy labours: and mayst thou always suffer oppression, and be crushed at all times.
34 Vitu utakavyoviona kwa macho yako vitakufanya wazimu.
And be astonished at the terror of those things which thy eyes shall see:
35 Bwana atayapiga magoti yako na miguu yako kwa majipu yenye maumivu makali yasiyoponyeka, yakienea kutoka nyayo za miguu yako hadi utosini.
May the Lord strike thee with a very sore ulcer in the knees and in the legs, and be thou incurable from the sole of the foot to the top of the head.
36 Bwana atakupeleka wewe na mfalme uliyemweka juu yako uende kwenye taifa ambalo hukulijua wewe wala baba zako. Huko utaabudu miungu mingine, miungu ya miti na mawe.
The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king, whom thou shalt have appointed over thee, into a nation which thou and thy fathers know not: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, wood and stone.
37 Utakuwa kitu cha kuchukiza, tena kitu cha kudharauliwa na kudhihakiwa kwa mataifa yote huko Bwana atakakokupeleka.
And thou shalt be lost, as a proverb and a byword to all people, among whom the Lord shall bring thee in.
38 Utapanda mbegu nyingi katika shamba lakini utavuna haba, kwa sababu nzige watazila.
Thou shalt cast much seed into the ground, and gather little: because the locusts shall consume all.
39 Utapanda mashamba ya mizabibu na kuyapalilia, lakini hutakunywa divai yake wala hutakusanya zabibu, kwa sababu wadudu watazila.
Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dig it, and shalt not drink the wine, nor gather any thing thereof: because it shall be wasted with worms.
40 Utakuwa na mizeituni katika nchi yako yote, lakini hutatumia hayo mafuta yake, kwa sababu zeituni zitapukutika.
Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, and shalt not be anointed with the oil: for the olives shall fall off and perish.
41 Utakuwa na wana na binti lakini hawatakuwa nawe, kwa sababu watachukuliwa mateka.
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and shalt not enjoy them: because they shall be led into captivity.
42 Makundi ya nzige yatavamia miti yako yote na mazao ya nchi yako.
The blast shall consume all the trees and the fruits of thy ground.
43 Mgeni anayeishi miongoni mwako atainuka juu zaidi na zaidi kuliko wewe, lakini wewe utashuka chini zaidi na zaidi.
The stranger that liveth with thee in the land, shall rise up over thee, and shall be higher: and thou shalt go down, and be lower.
44 Yeye atakukopesha, lakini wewe hutamkopesha. Yeye atakuwa kichwa, lakini wewe utakuwa mkia.
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him. He shall be as the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
45 Laana hizi zote zitakuja juu yako. Zitakufuatia na kukupata mpaka uangamizwe, kwa sababu hukumtii Bwana Mungu wako, na kuzishika amri zake na maagizo yake aliyokupa.
And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue and overtake thee, till thou perish: because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God, and didst not keep his commandments and ceremonies which he commanded thee.
46 Zitakuwa ishara na ajabu kwako na kwa wazao wako milele.
And they shall be as signs and wonders on thee, and on thy seed for ever.
47 Kwa sababu hukumtumikia Bwana Mungu wako kwa furaha na kwa moyo wakati wa kufanikiwa kwako,
Because thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things:
48 kwa hiyo katika njaa na kiu, katika uchi na umaskini wa kutisha, utawatumikia adui ambao Bwana atawatuma dhidi yako. Yeye ataweka nira ya chuma shingoni mwako hadi amekwisha kukuangamiza.
Thou shalt serve thy enemy, whom the Lord will send upon thee, in hunger, and thirst, and nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put an iron yoke upon thy neck, till he consume thee.
49 Bwana ataleta taifa dhidi yako kutoka mbali, kutoka miisho ya dunia, kama tai ashukiavyo mawindo chini, taifa ambalo hutaijua lugha yake,
The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand,
50 taifa lenye uso mkali lisilojali wazee wala kuwahurumia vijana.
A most insolent nation, that will shew no regard to the ancients, nor have pity on the infant,
51 Watakula wadogo wa mifugo yako na mazao ya nchi yako mpaka umeangamia. Hawatakuachia nafaka, divai mpya au mafuta, wala ndama wowote wa kundi lako au wana-kondoo wa kundi lako mpaka umekuwa magofu.
And will devour the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruits of thy land: until thou be destroyed, and will leave thee no wheat, nor wine, nor oil, nor herds of oxen, nor flocks of sheep: until he destroy thee.
52 Nao wataizingira miji yote katika nchi yako mpaka kuta ndefu za ngome ambazo unazitegemea zimeanguka. Watazingira miji yote katika nchi ambayo Bwana Mungu wako anakupa.
And consume thee in all thy cities, and thy strong and high walls be brought down, wherein thou trustedst in all thy land. Thou shalt be besieged within thy gates in all thy land which the Lord thy God will give thee:
53 Utakula uzao wa tumbo lako, nyama ya wana wako na binti zako ambao Bwana Mungu wako amekupa, kwa sababu ya mateso yale adui zako watakayokuletea wakati wa kukuzingira.
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy womb, and the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in the distress and extremity wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee.
54 Hata yule mtu muungwana sana na makini miongoni mwako hatakuwa na huruma kwa ndugu yake mwenyewe au kwa mke ampendaye au watoto wake waliosalia,
The man that is nice among you, and very delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wife, that lieth in his bosom,
55 naye hatampa hata mmoja wao nyama ya watoto wake ambao anawala. Kwa kuwa hakuna kitu kingine kilichosalia kwake katika mazingirwa makali ambayo adui yako watakuletea kwa miji yako yote.
So that he will not give them of the flesh of his children, which he shall eat: because he hath nothing else in the siege and the want, wherewith thy enemies shall distress thee within all thy gates.
56 Mwanamke ambaye ni muungwana sana na makini miongoni mwako, yaani ambaye ni makini sana na muungwana kiasi kwamba asingethubutu kugusa ardhi kwa wayo wa mguu wake, yeye atakuwa mchoyo kwa mume ampendaye na mwanawe mwenyewe au binti yake,
The tender and delicate woman, that could not go upon the ground, nor set down her foot for over much niceness and tenderness, will envy her husband who lieth in her bosom, the flesh of her son, and of her daughter,
57 kondoo wa nyuma kutoka kwenye tumbo lake na watoto anaowazaa. Kwa kuwa anakusudia kuwala kwa siri wakati wa kuzingirwa na katika taabu zile ambazo adui yako atazileta juu yako na miji yako.
And the filth of the afterbirths, that come forth from between her thighs, and the children that are born the same hour. For they shall eat them secretly for the want of all things, in the siege and distress, wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee within thy gates.
58 Kama hutafuata kwa bidii maneno yote ya sheria hii, ambayo yameandikwa katika kitabu hiki na kama hutalicha hili jina la fahari na la kutisha, yaani la Bwana Mungu wako,
If thou wilt not keep, and fulfill all the words of this law, that are written in this volume, and fear his glorious and terrible name: that is, The Lord thy God:
59 Bwana ataleta mapigo ya kutisha juu yako na kwa wazao wako, maafa makali na ya kudumu, magonjwa mazito na ya kudumu.
The Lord shall increase thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, plagues great and lasting, infirmities grievous and perpetual.
60 Atakuletea juu yako magonjwa yote ya Misri yale uliyoyaogopa, nayo yataambatana nawe.
And he shall bring back on thee all the afflictions of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of, and they shall stick fast to thee.
61 Pia Bwana atakuletea kila aina ya ugonjwa na maafa ambayo hayakuandikwa humu katika kitabu hiki cha sheria, mpaka utakapokuwa umeangamizwa.
Moreover the Lord will bring upon thee all the diseases, and plagues, that are not written in the volume of this law till he consume thee:
62 Ninyi ambao mlikuwa wengi kama nyota za angani mtaachwa wachache tu, kwa sababu hamkumtii Bwana Mungu wenu.
And you shall remain few in number, who before were as the stars of heaven for multitude, because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God.
63 Kama ilivyompendeza Bwana kuwafanya ninyi mstawi na kuongezeka kwa idadi, ndivyo itakavyompendeza kuwaharibu na kuwaangamiza ninyi. Mtangʼolewa kutoka nchi mnayoiingia kuimiliki.
And as the Lord rejoiced upon you before doing good to you, and multiplying you: so he shall rejoice destroying and bringing you to nought, so that you shall be taken away from the land which thou shalt go in to possess.
64 Kisha Bwana atawatawanya miongoni mwa mataifa yote, kutoka mwisho mmoja wa dunia hadi mwingine. Huko mtaabudu miungu mingine, miungu ya miti na ya mawe, ambayo ninyi wala baba zenu hamkuijua.
The Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the farthest parts of the earth to the ends thereof: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, which both thou art ignorant of and thy fathers, wood and stone.
65 Miongoni mwa mataifa hayo hamtapata raha wala mahali pa kupumzisha wayo wa mguu wenu. Huko Bwana atawapa mahangaiko ya mawazo, macho yaliyochoka kwa kungojea na moyo uliokata tamaa.
Neither shalt thou be quiet, even in those nations, nor shall there be any rest for the sole of thy foot. For the Lord will give thee a fearful heart, and languishing eyes, and a soul consumed with pensiveness:
66 Utaishi katika mahangaiko siku zote, ukiwa umejaa hofu usiku na mchana, wala hutakuwa kamwe na uhakika wa maisha yako.
And thy life shall be as it were hanging before thee. Thou shalt fear night and day, neither shalt thou trust thy life.
67 Wakati wa asubuhi utasema hivi, “Laiti ingekuwa jioni!” Jioni utasema, “Laiti ingekuwa asubuhi,” kwa sababu ya hofu ile itakayojaza moyo wako na vitu vile macho yako yatakavyoviona.
In the morning thou shalt say: Who will grant me evening? and at evening: Who will grant me morning? for the fearfulness of thy heart, wherewith thou shalt be terrified, and for those things which thou shalt see with thy eyes.
68 Bwana atawarudisha tena Misri kwa meli, safari niliyosema kamwe hamngeenda tena. Huko mtajiuza ninyi wenyewe kwa adui zenu kama watumwa wa kiume na wa kike, lakini hakuna yeyote atakayewanunua.
The Lord shall bring thee again with ships into Egypt, by the way whereof he said to thee that thou shouldst see it no more. There shalt thou be set to sale to thy enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
