Torati 31
1 Kisha Mose akaenda akasema maneno haya kwa Waisraeli wote:
And so, Moses went out, and he spoke all these words to all of Israel.
2 “Sasa nina miaka mia moja na ishirini nami siwezi tena kuwaongoza. Bwana ameniambia, ‘Hutavuka Yordani.’
And he said to them: “Today, I am one hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to go out and return, especially since the Lord has also said to me, ‘You shall not cross 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.
Therefore, the Lord your God will go across before you. He himself will abolish all these nations in your sight, and you shall possess them. And this man Joshua shall go across before you, just 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 will do to them just as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, and he will wipe them away.
5 Bwana atawakabidhi kwenu, nanyi lazima mwatendee yale yote niliyowaamuru.
Therefore, when the Lord will have delivered these to you also, you shall act similarly toward them, just as I have instructed 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.”
Act manfully and be strengthened. Do not be afraid, and do not dread at the sight of them. For the Lord your God himself is your commander, and he will neither dismiss nor abandon you.”
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, before all of Israel, he said to him: ‘Be strong and valiant. For you shall lead this people into the land which the Lord swore that he would give to their fathers, and you shall divide it by lot.
8 Bwana mwenyewe atakutangulia naye atakuwa pamoja nawe; kamwe hatakuacha wala hatakutupa. Usiogope, wala usifadhaike.”
And the Lord, who is your commander, will himself be with you. He will neither renounce nor abandon you. Do not be afraid, and do not dread.”
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 so, Moses wrote this law, and he handed it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.
10 Kisha Mose akawaamuru, akasema: “Mwishoni mwa kila miaka saba, katika mwaka wa kufuta madeni, wakati wa Sikukuu ya Vibanda,
And he instructed them, saying: “After seven years, in the year of remission, at the solemnity of the Feast of Tabernacles,
11 Waisraeli wote wanapokuja mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu mahali atakapopachagua, utasoma sheria hii mbele yao masikioni mwao.
when all of Israel has convened in order to appear in the sight of the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord will choose, you shall read the words of this law before all of Israel, in their hearing.
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.
And when the people have gathered together, men as well as women and little children, and the new arrivals who are within your gates, they shall listen so that they may learn, and may fear the Lord your God, and may keep and fulfill 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 also so that their sons, who are now ignorant, may be able to listen, and may fear the Lord their God all the days that they live in the land to which you will travel, crossing the Jordan in order to obtain 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 your death draw near. Call Joshua, and stand in the tabernacle of the testimony, so that I may instruct him.” Therefore, Moses and Joshua went and stood in the tabernacle of the testimony.
15 Kisha Bwana akatokea katika Hema katika nguzo ya wingu, nalo wingu likasimama juu ya ingilio la Hema.
And the Lord appeared there, in a pillar of cloud, which stood at the entrance of the tabernacle.
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, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people will rise up and will fornicate after foreign gods, in the land which they will enter so that they may live in it. In that place, they will forsake me, and they will make void the covenant that I have formed 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 my fury will be enraged against them in that day. And I will abandon them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured. Every evil and affliction will find them, so much so that they will say in that day: ‘Truly, it is because God is not with me that these evils have found me.’
18 Nami hakika nitauficha uso wangu siku hiyo kwa sababu ya maovu yao yote kwa kugeukia miungu mingine.
But I will hide myself, and I will conceal my face in that day, because of all the evils that they have done, because they have followed strange gods.
19 “Sasa ujiandikie wimbo huu, uwafundishe Waisraeli na uwaamuru wauimbe, ili upate kuwa ushahidi wangu dhidi yao.
And so, write this canticle now, and teach it to the sons of Israel, so that they may retain it in memory, and may chant it by mouth, and so that this verse may be a testimony to me among the sons of Israel.
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 lead them into the land, about which I swore to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. And when they have eaten, and have been satiated and fattened, they will turn aside to foreign gods, and they will serve them. And they will disparage me, and they will nullify 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 after many evils and afflictions have overwhelmed them, this canticle will answer them as a testimony; it shall never pass into oblivion, away from the mouths of their offspring. For I know their thoughts and what they are about to do today, even before I lead them into the land which I have promised to them.”
22 Hivyo Mose akaandika wimbo huu siku ile na akawafundisha Waisraeli.
Therefore, Moses wrote the canticle, and he taught it to the sons 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 the Lord instructed Joshua, the son of Nun, and he said: “Be strong and valiant. For you shall lead the sons of Israel into the land which I have promised, and I will be with you.”
24 Baada ya Mose kumaliza kuandika kwenye kitabu maneno ya sheria hii kutoka mwanzo hadi mwisho,
Therefore, after Moses had written the words of this law in a volume, and had finished it,
25 akawapa Walawi wale waliolibeba Sanduku la Agano la Bwana agizo hili, akawaambia:
he instructed the Levites, who carried 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 this book, and place it inside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, so that it may be there as a testimony against you.
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 your contentiousness and your very stiff neck. Even while I am still living and entering with you, you have always acted with contention against the Lord. How much more so when I will be dead?
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 to me all those greater by birth throughout your tribes, as well as your teachers, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and I will call heaven and earth as witnesses 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, you will act with iniquity, and you will quickly depart from the way that I have instructed to you. And so, evils will meet you in the end time, when you will have done evil in the sight of the Lord so as to provoke him through the works of your hands.”
30 Mose akayasoma maneno ya wimbo huu kutoka mwanzo hadi mwisho katika masikio ya kusanyiko lote la Israeli:
Thus did Moses speak, in the hearing of the entire assembly of Israel, the words of this canticle, and he completed it to its very end.
