Torati 7
1 Bwana Mungu wako akuletapo katika nchi unayoingia kuimiliki, na awafukuzapo mbele yako mataifa mengi, yaani Wahiti, Wagirgashi, Waamori, Wakanaani, Waperizi, Wahivi na Wayebusi, mataifa saba makubwa tena yenye nguvu kuliko wewe,
And when the Lord your God shall bring you into the land, into which you go to possess it, and shall remove great nations from before you, the Chettite, and Gergesite, and Amorite, and Chananite, and Pherezite, and Evite, and Jebusite, seven nations [more] numerous and stronger than you,
2 pia Bwana Mungu wako atakapowatia mkononi mwako na ukawashinda, basi ni lazima uwaangamize wote kabisa. Usifanye agano nao, wala usiwahurumie.
and the Lord your God shall deliver them into your hands, then you shall strike them: you shall utterly destroy them: you shall not make a covenant with them, neither shall you pity them:
3 Usioane nao. Usimtoe binti yako kuolewa na mwanawe, au kumchukua binti yake aolewe na mwanao.
neither shall you contract marriages with them: you shall not give your daughter to his son, and you shall not take his daughter to your son.
4 Kwa maana watamgeuza mwanao aache kunifuata, ili aitumikia miungu mingine, nayo hasira ya Bwana itawaka dhidi yako, naye atakuangamiza ghafula.
For he will draw away your son from me, and he will serve other gods; and the Lord will be very angry with you, and will soon utterly destroy you.
5 Hili ndilo utakalowafanyia: Vunja madhabahu yao, vunja mawe yao ya kuabudia, katakata nguzo zao za Ashera na kuchoma sanamu zao kwa moto.
But thus shall you do to them; you shall destroy their altars, and shall break down their pillars, and shall cut down their groves, and shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods.
6 Kwa kuwa wewe ni taifa takatifu kwa Bwana Mungu wako. Bwana Mungu wako amekuchagua wewe kutoka mataifa yote juu ya uso wa dunia kuwa watu wake, hazina yake ya thamani.
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; and the Lord your God chose you to be to him a peculiar people beyond all nations that [are] upon the face of the earth.
7 Bwana hakuweka upendo wake juu yenu na kuwachagua kwa sababu mlikuwa wengi mno kuliko watu wengine, kwa maana ninyi ndio mliokuwa wachache sana kuliko mataifa yote.
It was not because you are more numerous than all [other] nations that the Lord preferred you, and the Lord made choice of you: for you are fewer in number than all [other] nations.
8 Lakini ni kwa sababu Bwana aliwapenda ninyi na kutunza kiapo alichowaapia babu zenu kwamba atawatoa ninyi kwa mkono wenye nguvu na kuwakomboa kutoka nchi ya utumwa, kutoka nguvu za Farao mfalme wa Misri.
But because the Lord loved you, and as keeping the oath which he sware to your fathers, the Lord brought you out with a strong hand, and the Lord redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao king of Egypt.
9 Basi ujue kwamba Bwana Mungu wako ndiye Mungu; ni Mungu mwaminifu, anayetunza Agano la upendo kwa maelfu ya vizazi vya wale wanaompenda na kuzishika amri zake.
You shall know therefore, that the Lord your God, he [is] God, a faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy for them that love him, and for those that keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
10 Lakini kwa wale wanaomchukia atawalipiza kwenye nyuso zao kwa maangamizi; hatachelewa kuwalipiza kwenye nyuso zao wale wamchukiao.
and who recompenses them that hate him to their face, to destroy them utterly; and will not be slack with them that hate him: he will recompense them to their face.
11 Kwa hiyo, kuweni waangalifu kufuata maagizo, amri na sheria ninazowapa leo.
You shall keep therefore the commands, and the ordinances, and these judgments, which I command you this day to do.
12 Kama mkizingatia sheria hizi na kuzifuata kwa uangalifu, basi Bwana Mungu wenu atatunza Agano lake la upendo nanyi, kama alivyowaapia baba zenu.
And it shall come to pass when you shall have heard these ordinances, and shall have kept and done them, that the Lord your God shall keep for you the covenant and the mercy, which he sware to your fathers.
13 Atawapenda ninyi na kuwabariki na kuongeza idadi yenu. Atabariki uzao wa tumbo lenu, mazao ya nchi yenu, nafaka, divai mpya na mafuta, ndama za ngʼombe wa makundi yenu, na kondoo za makundi yenu katika nchi ile aliyoapa kuwapa baba zenu.
And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you; and he will bless the off-spring of your body, and the fruit of your land, your corn, and your wine, and your oil, the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep, on the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to you.
14 Mtabarikiwa kuliko mataifa mengine yote, hakuna wanaume wala wanawake kwenu watakaokosa watoto, wala mifugo yenu haitakuwa tasa.
You shall be blessed beyond all nations; there shall not be among you an impotent or barren one, or among your cattle.
15 Bwana atawakinga na kila ugonjwa. Mungu hatatia juu yenu ugonjwa wowote mbaya mlioufahamu huko Misri, lakini atatia ugonjwa juu ya wale wote wanaokuchukia.
And the Lord your God shall remove from you all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you have seen, and all that you have known, will he lay upon you; but he will lay them upon all that hate you.
16 Ni lazima mwangamize watu wote ambao Bwana Mungu wenu atawatia mikononi mwenu. Msiwatazame kwa kuwahurumia na msiitumikie miungu yao, kwa kuwa itakuwa mtego kwenu.
And you shall eat all the spoils of the nations which the Lord your God gives you; your eye shall not spare them, and you shall not serve their gods; for this is an offense to you.
17 Mnaweza kujiuliza wenyewe “Mataifa haya ni yenye nguvu kuliko sisi. Tutawezaje kuwafukuza?”
But if you should say in your heart, This nation [is] greater than I, how shall I be able to destroy them utterly?
18 Lakini msiwaogope. Kumbukeni vyema jinsi Bwana Mungu wenu alivyofanya kwa Farao na kwa wote huko Misri.
you shall not fear them; you shall surely remember all that the Lord your God did to Pharao and to all the Egyptians:
19 Mliona kwa macho yenu wenyewe majaribu makubwa, ishara za miujiza na maajabu, mkono wenye nguvu na ulionyooshwa, ambao kwa huo Bwana Mungu wenu aliwatoa mtoke Misri. Bwana Mungu wenu atawafanyia hivyo watu wote ambao mnawaogopa sasa.
the great temptations which your eyes have seen, those signs and great wonders, the strong hand, and the high arm; how the Lord your God brought you forth: so the Lord your God will do to all the nations, whom you fear in their presence.
20 Zaidi ya hayo, Bwana Mungu wenu atatuma manyigu miongoni mwao hadi yale mabaki watakaojificha waangamie.
And the Lord your God shall send against them the hornets, until they that are left and they that are hidden from you be utterly destroyed.
21 Msiingiwe na hofu kwa sababu yao, kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wenu, ambaye yupo miongoni mwenu ni mkuu naye ni Mungu wa kutisha.
You shall not be wounded before them, because the Lord your God in the midst of you [is] a great and powerful God.
22 Bwana Mungu wenu atawafukuza mataifa hayo mbele yenu kidogo kidogo. Hamtaruhusiwa kuwaondoa wote kwa mara moja, la sivyo wanyama mwitu wataongezeka na kuwa karibu nanyi.
And the Lord your God shall consume these nations before you by little and little: you shall not be able to consume them speedily, lest the land become desert, and the wild beasts of the field be multiplied against you.
23 Lakini Bwana Mungu wenu atawatia watu hao mikononi mwenu, akiwatia katika kuchanganyikiwa kukubwa mpaka wawe wameangamizwa.
And the Lord your God shall deliver them into your hands, and you shall destroy them with a great destruction, until you shall have utterly destroyed them.
24 Atawatia wafalme wao mikononi mwenu, nanyi mtayafuta majina yao chini ya mbingu. Hakuna hata mmoja atakayeweza kusimama dhidi yenu bali mtawaangamiza.
And he shall deliver their kings into your hands, and you shall destroy their name from that place; none shall stand up in opposition before you, until you shall have utterly destroyed them.
25 Vinyago vya miungu yao mtavichoma moto. Msitamani fedha wala dhahabu iliyo juu yao, wala msizichukue kwa ajili yenu, la sivyo mtakuwa mmetekwa navyo. Kwa kuwa ni chukizo kwa Bwana Mungu wenu.
You shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods: you shall not covet [their] silver, neither shall you take to yourself gold from them, lest you should offend thereby, because it is an abomination to the Lord your God.
26 Msilete vitu vya machukizo katika nyumba zenu kwani ninyi, mtatengwa kama vitu hivyo kwa maangamizo. Ukichukie kabisa kitu hicho kwa kuwa kimetengwa kwa maangamizo.
And you shall not bring an abomination into your house, so should you be an accursed thing like it; you shall utterly hate it, and altogether abominate it, because it is an accursed thing.
