Hesabu 14
1 Usiku ule watu wote wa jumuiya walipaza sauti zao na kulia kwa sauti kuu.
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2 Waisraeli wote wakanungʼunika dhidi ya Mose na Aroni, nalo kusanyiko lote wakawaambia, “Laiti tungekuwa tumefia humo nchi ya Misri! Au humu kwenye hili jangwa!
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, O that we had died in the land of Egypt! or O that we had died in this wilderness!
3 Kwa nini Bwana anatuleta katika nchi hii ili tufe kwa upanga? Wake zetu na watoto wetu watachukuliwa kama nyara. Je, isingekuwa bora kwetu kurudi Misri?”
And why hath the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
4 Wakasemezana wao kwa wao, “Inatupasa kumchagua kiongozi na kurudi Misri.”
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
5 Ndipo Mose na Aroni wakaanguka kifudifudi mbele ya kusanyiko lote la Kiisraeli lililokusanyika hapo.
Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
6 Yoshua mwana wa Nuni na Kalebu mwana wa Yefune, waliokuwa miongoni mwa watu wale waliokwenda kuipeleleza nchi, wakararua nguo zao,
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [who were] of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
7 wakasema na kusanyiko lote la Kiisraeli, wakawaambia, “Nchi tuliyopita katikati yake na kuipeleleza ni nzuri sana sana.
And they spoke to all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, [is] an exceeding good land.
8 Ikiwa Bwana anapendezwa nasi, atatuongoza kuingia katika nchi ile, nchi itiririkayo maziwa na asali, naye atatupa nchi hiyo.
If the LORD delighteth in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
9 Ila tu msimwasi Bwana. Wala msiwaogope watu wa nchi hiyo, kwa sababu tutawameza. Ulinzi wao umeondoka, lakini Bwana yupo pamoja nasi. Msiwaogope.”
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they [are] bread for us: their defense has departed from them, and the LORD [is] with us: fear them not.
10 Lakini kusanyiko lote likazungumza juu ya kuwapiga kwa mawe. Ndipo utukufu wa Bwana ukaonekana katika Hema la Kukutania kwa Waisraeli wote.
But all the congregation required to stone them with stones: and the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
11 Bwana akamwambia Mose, “Watu hawa watanidharau mpaka lini? Wataendelea kukataa kuniamini mimi mpaka lini, ingawa nimetenda ishara za miujiza miongoni mwao?
And the LORD said to Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shown among them?
12 Nitawapiga kwa tauni na kuwaangamiza, lakini nitakufanya wewe kuwa taifa kubwa lenye nguvu kuliko wao.”
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
13 Mose akamwambia Bwana, “Ndipo Wamisri watasikia juu ya jambo hili! Kwa uweza wako uliwapandisha watu hawa kutoka miongoni mwao.
And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear [it], (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them; )
14 Nao watawaambia wenyeji wa nchi hii jambo hili. Wao tayari wameshasikia kwamba wewe, Ee Bwana, upo pamoja na watu hawa, na kuwa wewe, Ee Bwana, umeonekana uso kwa uso, nalo wingu lako hukaa juu yao. Tena wewe unawatangulia kwa nguzo ya wingu mchana na kwa nguzo ya moto usiku.
And they will tell [it] to the inhabitants of this land: [for] they have heard that thou LORD [art] among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and [that] thy cloud standeth over them, and [that] thou goest before them, by day-time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
15 Ikiwa utawaua watu hawa wote mara moja, mataifa ambayo yamesikia taarifa hii kukuhusu wewe watasema,
Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
16 ‘Bwana alishindwa kuwaingiza watu hawa katika nchi aliyowaahidi kwa kiapo; hivyo akawaua jangwani.’
Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
17 “Basi sasa nguvu za Bwana na zionekane, sawasawa na vile ulivyosema:
And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my LORD be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
18 ‘Bwana si mwepesi wa hasira, ni mwingi wa upendo na mwenye kusamehe dhambi na uasi. Lakini haachi kumwadhibu mwenye hatia, huadhibu watoto kwa ajili ya dhambi ya baba zao hata kizazi cha tatu na cha nne.’
The LORD [is] long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth [generation].
19 Kwa kadiri ya upendo wako mkuu, usamehe dhambi ya watu hawa, kama vile ulivyowasamehe tangu wakati walitoka Misri mpaka sasa.”
Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt, even until now.
20 Bwana akajibu, “Nimewasamehe kama ulivyoomba.
And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
21 Hata hivyo, kwa hakika kama niishivyo, na kwa hakika kama utukufu wa Bwana uijazavyo dunia yote,
But [as] truly [as] I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
22 hakuna hata mmoja wa watu hawa ambao waliuona utukufu wangu na ishara za miujiza niliyotenda huko Misri na huko jangwani, lakini ambaye hakunitii na akanijaribu mara hizi kumi,
Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
23 hakuna hata mmoja wao atakayeona nchi niliyowaahidi baba zao kwa kiapo. Hakuna hata mmoja ambaye amenidharau atakayeiona.
Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
24 Lakini kwa sababu mtumishi wangu Kalebu ana roho ya tofauti na ananifuata kwa moyo wote, nitamwingiza katika nchi aliyoiendea, nao wazao wake watairithi.
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into which he went; and his seed shall possess it.
25 Kwa kuwa Waamaleki na Wakanaani wanaishi katika mabonde, kesho geukeni mwelekee jangwani kwa kufuata njia iendayo Bahari ya Shamu.”
(Now the Amalekites, and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To-morrow turn you, and pass into the wilderness, by the way of the Red sea.
26 Bwana akamwambia Mose na Aroni:
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
27 “Jumuiya hii ovu itanungʼunika dhidi yangu hadi lini? Nimesikia malalamiko ya hawa Waisraeli wanaonungʼunika.
How long [shall I bear with] this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
28 Hivyo waambie, ‘Hakika kama niishivyo, asema Bwana, nitawafanyia vitu vilevile nilivyosikia mkisema:
Say to them, [As truly as] I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:
29 Kila mmoja wenu mwenye umri wa miaka ishirini au zaidi ambaye alihesabiwa na amenungʼunika dhidi yangu, miili yenu itaanguka katika jangwa hili.
Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me,
30 Hakuna hata mmoja wenu atakayeingia katika nchi niliyoapa kwa mkono ulioinuliwa kuwa makao yenu, isipokuwa Kalebu mwana wa Yefune, na Yoshua mwana wa Nuni.
Doubtless ye shall not come into the land [concerning] which I swore to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
31 Lakini watoto wenu ambao mlisema watachukuliwa kama mateka, nitawaingiza humo ili waifurahie nchi ambayo ninyi mmeikataa.
But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
32 Lakini ninyi, miili yenu itaanguka katika jangwa hili.
But [as for] you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness.
33 Watoto wenu watakuwa wachungaji wa mifugo hapa kwa miaka arobaini, wakiteseka kwa ajili ya kukosa uaminifu kwenu, hadi mwili wa mtu wenu wa mwisho ulale katika jangwa hili.
And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your lewd deeds, until your carcasses shall be wasted in the wilderness.
34 Kwa miaka arobaini, mwaka mmoja kwa kila siku katika zile siku arobaini mlizoipeleleza nchi, mtateseka kwa ajili ya dhambi zenu, na kujua jinsi ilivyo vibaya kunifanya mimi kuwa adui yenu.’
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, [even] forty days (each day for a year) shall ye bear your iniquities, [even] forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
35 Mimi Bwana nimesema, na hakika nitafanya mambo haya kwa jumuiya hii yote ovu, ambayo imefungamana pamoja dhidi yangu. Watakutana na mwisho wao katika jangwa hili; hapa ndipo watafia.”
I the LORD have said, I will surely do it to all this evil congregation, that are gathered against me: in this wilderness, they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
36 Hivyo watu wale ambao Mose alikuwa amewatuma kuipeleleza nchi, waliorudi na kuifanya jumuiya nzima kunungʼunika dhidi ya Mose kwa kueneza taarifa mbaya kuhusu hiyo nchi:
And the men whom Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing a slander upon the land,
37 watu hawa waliohusika kueneza taarifa mbaya kuhusu hiyo nchi walipigwa na kuanguka kwa tauni mbele za Bwana.
Even those men that brought the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
38 Miongoni mwa watu waliokwenda kuipeleleza hiyo nchi, ni Yoshua mwana wa Nuni, na Kalebu mwana wa Yefune peke yao waliosalia.
But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [who were] of the men that went to search the land, lived [still].
39 Mose alipotoa taarifa hii kwa Waisraeli wote, waliomboleza kwa uchungu.
And Moses told these sayings to all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
40 Mapema asubuhi siku iliyofuata walipanda juu kuelekea kwenye nchi ya vilima virefu, wakasema, “Tumetenda dhambi. Tutakwea mpaka mahali Bwana alipotuahidi.”
And they rose early in the morning, and ascended to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [are here], and will go up to the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.
41 Lakini Mose akasema, “Kwa nini hamtii amri ya Bwana? Jambo hili halitafanikiwa!
And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
42 Msipande juu, kwa kuwa Bwana hayupo pamoja nanyi. Mtashindwa na adui zenu,
Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
43 kwa kuwa Waamaleki na Wakanaani watapambana nanyi huko. Kwa sababu mmemwacha Bwana, hatakuwa pamoja nanyi, ninyi mtaanguka kwa upanga.”
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites [are] there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
44 Hata hivyo, kwa kiburi chao walipanda juu kuelekea nchi ya vilima virefu, ijapokuwa Mose hakutoka kambini wala Sanduku la Agano la Bwana.
But they presumed to go up to the hill-top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
45 Ndipo Waamaleki na Wakanaani walioishi katika hiyo nchi ya vilima wakateremka na kuwashambulia, wakawapiga njia yote hadi Horma.
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, [even] to Hormah.
