Torati 5
1 Mose akawaita Israeli wote, akawaambia: Ee Israeli, sikilizeni amri na sheria ninazowatangazia leo. Jifunzeni, na mwe na hakika kuzifuata.
Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
2 Bwana Mungu wetu alifanya Agano nasi katika mlima wa Horebu.
The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
3 Si kwamba Bwana alifanya Agano na baba zetu, bali alifanya nasi, nasi sote ambao tuko hai hapa leo.
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
4 Bwana alisema nanyi uso kwa uso kutoka moto juu ya mlima.
The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
5 (Wakati huo nilisimama kati ya Bwana na ninyi kuwatangazia neno la Bwana, kwa sababu mliogopa ule moto, nanyi hamkupanda mlimani.) Naye Mungu alisema:
At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:
6 “Mimi ndimi Bwana Mungu wako, niliyekutoa katika nchi ya Misri, kutoka nchi ya utumwa.
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
7 Usiwe na miungu mingine ila mimi.
You shall have no other gods before Me.
8 Usijitengenezee sanamu katika umbo la kitu chochote kilicho juu mbinguni au duniani chini au ndani ya maji.
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
9 Usivisujudie wala kuviabudu; kwa kuwa Mimi, Bwana Mungu wako, ni Mungu mwenye wivu, ninayewaadhibu watoto kwa ajili ya dhambi za baba zao hadi kizazi cha tatu na cha nne cha wanichukiao,
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
10 lakini ninaonyesha upendo kwa maelfu ya vizazi vya wale wanipendao na kuzishika amri zangu.
but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
11 Usilitaje bure jina la Bwana Mungu wako, kwa kuwa Bwana hataacha kumhesabia hatia yeye alitajaye jina lake bure.
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
12 Adhimisha siku ya Sabato na kuiweka takatifu, kama Bwana Mungu wako alivyokuagiza.
Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
13 Kwa siku sita utafanya kazi na kutenda shughuli zako zote.
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
14 Lakini siku ya Saba ni Sabato kwa Bwana, Mungu wako. Siku hiyo hutafanya kazi yoyote, wewe, wala mwanao au binti yako, wala mtumishi wa kiume au mtumishi wa kike, wala ngʼombe wako, punda wako au mnyama wako yeyote, wala mgeni aliyeko malangoni mwako, ili kwamba mtumishi wako wa kiume na wa kike wapate kupumzika kama wewe.
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
15 Kumbuka mlikuwa watumwa huko Misri, na Bwana Mungu wenu aliwatoa huko kwa mkono wenye nguvu na kwa mkono ulionyooshwa. Kwa hiyo Bwana Mungu wako amekuagiza kuiadhimisha siku ya Sabato.
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
16 Waheshimu baba yako na mama yako, kama Bwana Mungu wako alivyokuagiza, ili siku zako zipate kuwa nyingi na kufanikiwa katika nchi Bwana Mungu wako anayokupa.
Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
17 Usiue.
You shall not murder.
18 Usizini.
You shall not commit adultery.
19 Usiibe.
You shall not steal.
20 Usimshuhudie jirani yako uongo.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
21 Usitamani mke wa jirani yako. Usitamani nyumba ya jirani yako au shamba lake, mtumishi wake wa kiume au wa kike, ngʼombe au punda wake, wala kitu chochote cha jirani yako.”
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
22 Hizi ndizo amri alizozitangaza Bwana kwa sauti kubwa kwa kusanyiko lenu lote huko mlimani kutoka kwenye moto, wingu na giza nene, wala hakuongeza chochote zaidi. Kisha akaziandika juu ya vibao viwili vya mawe, naye akanipa mimi.
The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
23 Mliposikia sauti kutoka kwenye giza, mlima ulipokuwa ukiwaka moto, viongozi wenu wote wa makabila yenu na wazee wenu walinijia mimi.
And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
24 Nanyi mkasema, “Bwana Mungu wetu ametuonyesha utukufu na enzi yake, nasi tumesikia sauti yake kutoka kwenye moto. Leo tumeona kwamba mwanadamu anaweza kuishi hata kama Mungu akizungumza naye.
and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
25 Lakini sasa, kwa nini tufe? Moto huu mkubwa utatuteketeza sisi na tutakufa kama tukiendelea kusikia sauti ya Bwana Mungu wetu zaidi.
But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
26 Ni mtu yupi mwenye mwili ambaye amewahi kuisikia sauti ya Mungu aliye hai akizungumza kutoka kwenye moto, kama sisi tulivyoisikia, naye akaishi?
For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
27 Sogea karibu usikie yale yote asemayo Bwana Mungu wetu. Kisha utuambie chochote kile ambacho Bwana Mungu wetu anakuambia. Tutasikiliza na kutii.”
Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”
28 Bwana aliwasikia wakati mlipozungumza nami, na Bwana akaniambia, “Nimesikia kile hawa watu walichokuambia. Kila kitu walichokisema ni kizuri.
And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
29 Laiti kama mioyo yao ingekuwa na mwelekeo wa kuniogopa na kuzishika amri zangu zote daima, ili kwamba wafanikiwe wao pamoja na watoto wao milele!
If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
30 “Nenda uwaambie warudi kwenye mahema yao.
Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’
31 Lakini wewe baki hapa pamoja nami ili niweze kukupa maagizo yote, amri na sheria ambazo utawafundisha wazifuate katika nchi ninayokwenda kuwapa waimiliki.”
But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
32 Hivyo kuweni waangalifu kuyafanya yale Bwana Mungu wenu aliyowaagiza; msigeuke upande wa kuume wala wa kushoto.
So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
33 Fuateni yale yote ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu aliwaagiza, ili mpate kuishi, kustawi na kuziongeza siku zenu katika nchi mtakayoimiliki.
You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
