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,
“Yahweh our God will bring you to the land that you will soon enter and occupy. As you advance, he will expel from that land seven people-groups that are more powerful and more numerous than you are. He will expel the Heth people-group, the Girgash people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group.
2 pia Bwana Mungu wako atakapowatia mkononi mwako na ukawashinda, basi ni lazima uwaangamize wote kabisa. Usifanye agano nao, wala usiwahurumie.
When Yahweh our God enables you to defeat [DOU] them, you must kill all of them. You must not make (an alliance/a peace treaty) with any of them. You must not act mercifully toward them.
3 Usioane nao. Usimtoe binti yako kuolewa na mwanawe, au kumchukua binti yake aolewe na mwanao.
You must not marry any of them. You must not allow your daughters to marry any of their sons or allow your sons to marry any of their daughters.
4 Kwa maana watamgeuza mwanao aache kunifuata, ili aitumikia miungu mingine, nayo hasira ya Bwana itawaka dhidi yako, naye atakuangamiza ghafula.
Because, if you did that, those people would cause your children to stop worshiping Yahweh and to worship other gods. If that happens, Yahweh will be very angry with you and he will get rid of you immediately.
5 Hili ndilo utakalowafanyia: Vunja madhabahu yao, vunja mawe yao ya kuabudia, katakata nguzo zao za Ashera na kuchoma sanamu zao kwa moto.
This is what you must do to those people: Tear down their (altars/places for sacrificing animals), break apart the stone pillars [that are dedicated to their male god Baal], cut down the [poles that they use when they worship the goddess] Asherah, and burn their [wooden] idols.
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.
You must do that because you are a group of people who belong to Yahweh our God. He has chosen you from among all the people-groups in the world to be his own special people.
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 were more numerous than any other people-group that Yahweh preferred you; you are one of the smallest people-groups on the earth.
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.
Instead, it is because Yahweh loved you and because he wanted to do what he vowed to your ancestors. That is the reason that he rescued you by his great power [MTY], and freed you from being slaves [MTY] of the 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.
So do not forget that Yahweh our God is the only/true God. He will do what he agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love (for 1,000 generations/forever) all those who love him and who obey his commandments.
10 Lakini kwa wale wanaomchukia atawalipiza kwenye nyuso zao kwa maangamizi; hatachelewa kuwalipiza kwenye nyuso zao wale wamchukiao.
But for those who hate him, he will (pay them back/do to them what they deserve); he will punish them and quickly get rid of them.
11 Kwa hiyo, kuweni waangalifu kufuata maagizo, amri na sheria ninazowapa leo.
“So you must be sure to obey all the commandments and rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.
12 Kama mkizingatia sheria hizi na kuzifuata kwa uangalifu, basi Bwana Mungu wenu atatunza Agano lake la upendo nanyi, kama alivyowaapia baba zenu.
If you heed these commands and obey them faithfully, Yahweh our God will do what he has agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love you, which is what he vowed to your ancestors that he would do.
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.
He will love you and bless you. He will enable you to have many children [DOU]. He will bless your fields, with the result that you will have plenty of grain and [grapes to make] wine and plenty of [olive] oil. You will have many cattle and sheep. He will do all these things for you in the land that he promised to your ancestors that he would give to you.
14 Mtabarikiwa kuliko mataifa mengine yote, hakuna wanaume wala wanawake kwenu watakaokosa watoto, wala mifugo yenu haitakuwa tasa.
He will bless you more than he will bless any other people-group. All of you will be able to have/produce children [LIT]. All of your livestock will be able to produce offspring.
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 Yahweh will protect you from all illnesses. You will not be afflicted with any of the dreadful diseases that [our ancestors knew about] in Egypt, but all your enemies will be inflicted with those diseases.
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.
You must get rid of all the people-groups that Yahweh our God will enable you to conquer. Do not [SYN] act mercifully toward any of them. And do not worship their gods, because if you do that, it would be like falling into a trap [from which you will never be able to escape].
17 Mnaweza kujiuliza wenyewe “Mataifa haya ni yenye nguvu kuliko sisi. Tutawezaje kuwafukuza?”
“Do not think to yourselves, ‘These people-groups are more numerous/powerful than we are, so we certainly cannot [RHQ] expel them.’
18 Lakini msiwaogope. Kumbukeni vyema jinsi Bwana Mungu wenu alivyofanya kwa Farao na kwa wote huko Misri.
Do not be afraid of them. Instead, think about what Yahweh our God did to the king of Egypt and to all the people whom he [ruled].
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.
Do not forget the terrible plagues that your ancestors saw [Yahweh inflict on the people of Egypt], and the many [DOU] miracles [that he performed], and the very powerful [DOU, MTY] way by which he brought your ancestors out [of Egypt]. Yahweh our God will do the same kind of things to the people-groups that you are afraid of now.
20 Zaidi ya hayo, Bwana Mungu wenu atatuma manyigu miongoni mwao hadi yale mabaki watakaojificha waangamie.
Furthermore, he will cause them to become terrified, and he will destroy those who remain alive and run away to hide from you.
21 Msiingiwe na hofu kwa sababu yao, kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wenu, ambaye yupo miongoni mwenu ni mkuu naye ni Mungu wa kutisha.
Do not be afraid of those people, because Yahweh our God will be with/among you. He is a great God; he is the one you should be afraid of.
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.
He will expel those people-groups gradually. You should not [try to] expel all of them at one time, because if you did that, the number of wild animals would quickly increase, [and you would not be able to get rid of them].
23 Lakini Bwana Mungu wenu atawatia watu hao mikononi mwenu, akiwatia katika kuchanganyikiwa kukubwa mpaka wawe wameangamizwa.
Instead, Yahweh will enable you to defeat your enemies [one people-group at a time]. He will cause them to panic until they are destroyed.
24 Atawatia wafalme wao mikononi mwenu, nanyi mtayafuta majina yao chini ya mbingu. Hakuna hata mmoja atakayeweza kusimama dhidi yenu bali mtawaangamiza.
He will enable you to defeat [IDM] their kings. After you kill them, their names will be forgotten {people will forget about them}. No people-group will be able to stop you; you will destroy all of 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 must burn the wooden idols [that represent] their gods. Do not desire to take the silver or gold [decorations] that are on those idols, because if you take them for yourselves, they will be like a trap [to cause you to want to worship those idols]. Yahweh hates [the worship of those idols].
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.
You must not bring any of those disgusting idols into your houses, because if you do that, God will curse you like he curses them. You must hate and despise [DOU] those idols, because they are things that [Yahweh] has cursed.”
