Torati 31
1 Kisha Mose akaenda akasema maneno haya kwa Waisraeli wote:
And Moses finished speaking all these words to all the children of Israel;
2 “Sasa nina miaka mia moja na ishirini nami siwezi tena kuwaongoza. Bwana ameniambia, ‘Hutavuka Yordani.’
and said to them, I am this day a hundred and twenty years [old]; I shall not be able any longer to come in or go out; and the Lord said to me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
3 Bwana Mungu wenu, yeye mwenyewe atavuka mbele yenu. Ataangamiza mataifa haya mbele yenu, nanyi mtaimiliki nchi yao. Pia Yoshua atavuka mbele yenu, kama Bwana alivyosema.
The Lord thy God who goes before thee, he shall destroy these nations before thee, and thou shalt inherit them: and [it shall be] Joshua that goes before thy face, as the Lord has spoken.
4 Naye Bwana atawafanyia watu hao kile alichowafanyia Sihoni na Ogu, wafalme wa Waamori, ambao aliwaangamiza pamoja na nchi yao.
And the Lord thy God shall do to them as he did to Seon and Og the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, and to their land, as he destroyed them.
5 Bwana atawakabidhi kwenu, nanyi lazima mwatendee yale yote niliyowaamuru.
And the Lord has delivered them to you; and ye shall do to them, as I charged you.
6 Kuweni imara na moyo wa ushujaa. Msiogope wala msifadhaike kwa sababu yao, kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wenu anakwenda pamoja nanyi; kamwe hatawaacha wala hatawatupa ninyi.”
Be courageous and strong, fear not, neither be cowardly neither be afraid before them; for [it is] the Lord your God that advances with you in the midst of you, neither will he by any means forsake thee, nor desert thee.
7 Kisha Mose akamwita Yoshua na akamwambia mbele ya Israeli wote, “Uwe imara na moyo wa ushujaa, kwa kuwa ni lazima uende na watu hawa katika nchi ile Bwana aliyowaapia baba zao kuwapa, nawe ni lazima uwagawie kama urithi wao.
And Moses called Joshua, and said to him before all Israel, Be courageous and strong; for thou shalt go in before this people into the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them, and thou shalt give it to them for an inheritance.
8 Bwana mwenyewe atakutangulia naye atakuwa pamoja nawe; kamwe hatakuacha wala hatakutupa. Usiogope, wala usifadhaike.”
And the Lord that goes with thee shall not forsake thee nor abandon thee; fear not, neither be afraid.
9 Kwa hiyo Mose akaandika sheria hii na kuwapa makuhani, wana wa Lawi, waliochukua Sanduku la Agano la Bwana na wazee wote wa Israeli.
And Moses wrote the words of this law in a book, and gave it to the priests the sons of Levi who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to the elders of the sons of Israel.
10 Kisha Mose akawaamuru, akasema: “Mwishoni mwa kila miaka saba, katika mwaka wa kufuta madeni, wakati wa Sikukuu ya Vibanda,
And Moses charged them in that day, saying, After seven years, in the time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
11 Waisraeli wote wanapokuja mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu mahali atakapopachagua, utasoma sheria hii mbele yao masikioni mwao.
when all Israel come together to appear before the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord shall choose, ye shall read this law before all Israel in their ears,
12 Kusanya watu wote, wanaume, wanawake, watoto na wageni wanaoishi katika miji yenu, ili waweze kusikia na kujifunza kumcha Bwana Mungu wenu na kufuata kwa bidii maneno yote ya sheria hii.
having assembled the people, the men, and the women, and the children, and the stranger that is in your cities, that they may hear, and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God; and they shall hearken to do all the words of this law.
13 Watoto wao, ambao hawaijui sheria hii, lazima waisikie na kujifunza kumcha Bwana Mungu wenu kwa muda mtakaoishi katika nchi mnayovuka Yordani kuimiliki.”
And their sons who have not known shall hear, and shall learn to fear the Lord thy God all the days that they live upon the land, into which ye go over Jordan to inherit it.
14 Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Sasa siku ya kifo chako imekaribia. Mwite Yoshua, mkajihudhurishe katika Hema la Kukutania, mahali nitakapompa maagizo ya kazi.” Kwa hiyo Mose na Yoshua wakaja na kujihudhurisha kwenye Hema la Kukutania.
And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, the days of thy death are at hand; call Joshua, and stand ye by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and I will give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went to the tabernacle of testimony, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.
15 Kisha Bwana akatokea katika Hema katika nguzo ya wingu, nalo wingu likasimama juu ya ingilio la Hema.
And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony; and the pillar of the cloud stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.
16 Kisha Bwana akamwambia Mose: “Unakwenda kupumzika na baba zako, nao watu hawa hivi karibuni watazini na miungu migeni ya nchi wanayoingia. Wataniacha na kuvunja Agano nililofanya nao.
And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and this people will arise and go a whoring after the strange gods of the land, into which they are entering: and they will forsake me, and break my covenant, which I made with them.
17 Siku hiyo nitawakasirikia na kuwaacha; nitawaficha uso wangu, nao wataangamizwa. Maafa mengi na shida nyingi zitakuja juu yao, nao siku hiyo watauliza, ‘Je, maafa haya hayakuja juu yetu kwa sababu Mungu wetu hayuko pamoja nasi?’
And I will be very angry with them in that day, and I will leave them and turn my face away from them, and they shall be devoured; and many evils and afflictions shall come upon them; and they shall say in that day, Because the Lord my God is not with me, these evils have come upon me.
18 Nami hakika nitauficha uso wangu siku hiyo kwa sababu ya maovu yao yote kwa kugeukia miungu mingine.
And I will surely turn away my face from them in that day, because of all their evil doings which they have done, because they turned aside after strange gods.
19 “Sasa ujiandikie wimbo huu, uwafundishe Waisraeli na uwaamuru wauimbe, ili upate kuwa ushahidi wangu dhidi yao.
And now write the words of this song, and teach it to the children of Israel, and ye shall put it into their mouth, that this song may witness for me among the children of Israel to their face.
20 Nitakapokwisha kuwaingiza katika nchi itiririkayo maziwa na asali, nchi niliyowaahidi baba zao kwa kiapo, nao watakapokula wakashiba na kufanikiwa, watageukia miungu mingine na kuiabudu, wakinikataa mimi na kuvunja Agano langu.
For I will bring them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers, to give to them a land flowing with milk and honey: and they shall eat and be filled and satisfy [themselves]; then will they turn aside after other gods, and serve them, and they will provoke me, and break my covenant.
21 Maafa na shida zitakapokuja juu yao, wimbo huu utashuhudia dhidi yao, kwa sababu hautasahauliwa na wazao wao. Ninajua lile wanaloandaa kufanya, hata kabla sijawaingiza katika nchi niliyowaahidi kwa kiapo.”
And this song shall stand up to witness against them; for they shall not forget it out of their mouth, or out of the mouth of their seed; for I know their wickedness, what they are doing here this day, before I have brought them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers.
22 Hivyo Mose akaandika wimbo huu siku ile na akawafundisha Waisraeli.
And Moses wrote this song in that day, and taught it to the children of Israel.
23 Bwana akampa Yoshua mwana wa Nuni agizo hili: “Uwe hodari na shujaa, kwa kuwa utawaleta Waisraeli katika nchi niliyowaahidi kwa kiapo, nami mwenyewe nitakuwa pamoja nawe.”
And he charged Joshua, and said, Be courageous and strong, for thou shalt bring the sons of Israel into the land, which the Lord sware to them, and he shall be with thee.
24 Baada ya Mose kumaliza kuandika kwenye kitabu maneno ya sheria hii kutoka mwanzo hadi mwisho,
And when Moses finished writing all the words of this law in a book, even to the end,
25 akawapa Walawi wale waliolibeba Sanduku la Agano la Bwana agizo hili, akawaambia:
then he charged the Levites who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
26 “Chukueni Kitabu hiki cha Sheria mkakiweke kando ya Sanduku la Agano la Bwana Mungu wenu. Hapo ndipo kitakapokaa kama shahidi dhidi yenu.
Take the book of this law, and ye shall put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God; and it shall be there among you for a testimony.
27 Kwa kuwa ninajua jinsi mlivyo waasi na mlivyo na shingo ngumu. Kama mmekuwa mkiasi dhidi ya Bwana nikiwa bado niko hai na nikiwa pamoja nanyi, mtaasi mara ngapi baada ya kufa kwangu!
For I know thy provocation, and thy stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, ye have been provoking in your conduct toward God: how shall ye not also be so after my death?
28 Kusanyeni mbele yangu wazee wote wa makabila yenu na maafisa wenu wote, ili nipate kusema maneno haya masikioni mwao na kuziita mbingu na nchi ili kushuhudia dhidi yao.
Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.
29 Kwa kuwa ninajua baada ya kifo changu hakika mtakuwa waovu kabisa na kugeuka kutoka njia niliyowaamuru ninyi. Katika siku zijazo, maafa yatawapata kwa sababu mtafanya maovu mbele ya macho ya Bwana, na kuchochea hasira yake kwa yale mikono yenu itakayokuwa imefanya.”
For I know that after my death ye will utterly transgress, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you; and evils shall come upon you in the latter days, because ye will do evil before the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the works of your hands. And Moses spoke all the words of this song even to the end, in the ears of the whole assembly.
30 Mose akayasoma maneno ya wimbo huu kutoka mwanzo hadi mwisho katika masikio ya kusanyiko lote la Israeli:
