Torati 12
1 Hizi ni amri na sheria ambazo mtazishika katika nchi ambayo, Yahwe Mungu wa baba zenu, amewapa kumiliki, siku zote mnazoishi kwenye ardhi.
'These [are] the statutes and the judgments which ye observe to do in the land which Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath given to thee to possess it, all the days that ye are living on the ground:
2 Hakika mtaharibu maeneo yote ambapo mataifa mtakayofukuza miungu yao walioabudu, kwenye milima mirefu, kwenye vilima, na chini ya kila mti wa kijani.
ye do utterly destroy all the places where the nations which ye are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the heights, and under every green tree;
3 Na mtazivunja madhabahu zao chini, mtaharibu kwa vipandepande nguzo zao za mawe, na kuchoma ncha za Asherahi, mtazikata sanaa za kuchongwa za miungu yao na kuangamiza jina lao nje ya eneo hilo.
and ye have broken down their altars, and shivered their standing pillars, and their shrines ye burn with fire, and graven images of their gods ye cut down, and have destroyed their name out of that place.
4 Hamtamwabudu Yahwe Mungu wenu kama hivyo.
'Ye do not do so to Jehovah your God;
5 Lakini kwa eneo ambalo Yahwe Mungu wenu atachagua kutoka makabila yenu kuweka jina lake, hapo patakuwa ni eneo analoishi na huko ndiyo mtaenda.
but unto the place which Jehovah your God doth choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His tabernacle ye seek, and thou hast entered thither,
6 Ni huko ndiko mtaleta sadaka ya kutekeketezwa, dhabihu zenu, zaka zenu, na sadaka zinazotolewa kwa mkono wenu, sadaka zenu za viapo, sadaka za utayari na mzao wa kwanza wa mifugo na wanyama.
and hast brought in thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;
7 Ni huko mtakula mbele za Yahwe Mungu wenu na kufurahi kuhusu kila kitu ambacho mmeweka mkono, nyie na jamaa zenu, ambapo Yahwe Mungu wenu amewabariki.
and ye have eaten there before Jehovah your God, and have rejoiced in every putting forth of your hand, ye and your households, with which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.
8 Hamtafanya mambo yote ambayo tunafanya hapa leo; sasa kila moja anafanya chochote kile kizuri machoni pake,
'Ye do not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, each anything that is right in his own eyes,
9 kwa kuwa bado hamjapumzika, kwa urithi ambao Yahwe Mungu wenu anawapa.
for ye have not come in hitherto unto the rest, and unto the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;
10 Lakini pindi mnaenda ng'ambo ya pili ya Yordani na kuishi ndani ya nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu anasababisha ninyi kurithi, na wakati awapa pumziko kutoka kwa maadui zenu wanaowazunga karibu, ili kusudi muishi kwa usalama,
and ye have passed over the Jordan, and have dwelt in the land which Jehovah your God is causing you to inherit, and He hath given rest to you from all your enemies round about, and ye have dwelt confidently:
11 kisha itakuwa eneo ambalo Yahwe Mungu wenu atachagua kusababisha jina lake kuishi, huko mtaleta yote ninayowaamuru; sadaka za kuteketezwa, dhabihu zenu, zaka zenu, sadaka zilizotolewa kwa mkono wenu, na sadaka za chaguo lenu kwa ajili ya nadhiri mtakazotoa kwa Yahwe.
'And it hath been, the place on which Jehovah your God doth fix to cause His name to tabernacle there, thither ye bring in all that which I am commanding you, your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all the choice of your vows which ye vow to Jehovah;
12 Mtafurahi mbele za Yahwe Mungu wenu-nyie, watoto wenu, binti zenu, wajakazi wa kiume, wajakazi wa kike, na Walawi walio ndani ya lango lenu, kwa sababu hana sehemu au urithi miongoni mwenu.
and ye have rejoiced before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your handmaids, and the Levite who [is] within your gates, for he hath no part and inheritance with you.
13 Uwe makini mwenyewe kwamba usitoe sadaka zako za kuteketezwa kila eneo unaloona;
'Take heed to thee, lest thou cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend in any place which thou seest,
14 lakini ni katika eneo hilo ambalo Yahwe atawachagua miongoni moja kati ya makabila yenu ambalo litatoa sadaka ya kuteketezwa, na huko mtafanya kila kitu ninachokuamuru.
except in the place which Jehovah doth choose in one of thy tribes, there thou dost cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend, and there thou dost do all that which I am commanding thee.
15 Hata hivyo, mtaweza kuua na kula wanyama ndani ya malango yenu, kama mnavyotaka, kupokea baraka ya Yahwe Mungu wenu kwa ajili ya yote amewapa; na watu wasio safi na safi wote wanaweza kula, wanyama kama vile paa na kulungu.
'Only, with all the desire of thy soul thou dost sacrifice, and hast eaten flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which He hath given to thee, in all thy gates; the unclean and the clean do eat it, as of the roe, and as of the hart.
16 Lakini hamtakula damu, mtaimwaga kwenye ardhi kama maji.
'Only, the blood ye do not eat — on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
17 Mnaweza msile ndani ya malango kutoka kwenye zaka ya nafaka zenu, mvinyo wenu mpya, mafuta yenu au mzao wa kwanza wa mifugo au wanyama; na mnaweza msile nyama yoyote mnayoitoa dhabihu pamoja na viapo vyovyote vyenu mnafanya, wala sadaka yenu ya utayari, wala sadaka mnayotoa kwa mkono wenu.
thou art not able to eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, and of thy new wine, and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock, and any of thy vows which thou vowest, and thy free-will offerings, and heave-offering of thy hand;
18 Badala yake, mtakula mbele ya Yahwe Mugu wenu katika eneo ambalo Yahwe Mungu atachagua- nyie, mtoto wenu, binti yenu, mjakazi wa kiume, mjakazi wa kike, na Mlawi aliye malangoni mwenu; mtafurahi mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wenu kuhusu kila kitu ambacho mnaweka mkono wenu.
but before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth fix on, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who [is] within thy gates, and thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God in every putting forth of thy hand;
19 Muwe makini wenyewe ili kwamba msimwache Mlawi maadamu mnaishi kwenye nchi yenu.
take heed to thee lest thou forsake the Levite all thy days on thy ground.
20 Wakati Yahwe Mungu wenu apanua mipaka yenu, kama alivyowaahidi, na kusema, “Nitakula nyama,” kwa sababu ya tamaa zenu mnakula nyama, mnaweza kula nyama, kama tanmaa za roho zenu.
'When Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath spoken to thee, and thou hast said, Let me eat flesh — for thy soul desireth to eat flesh — of all the desire of thy soul thou dost eat flesh.
21 Kama eneo ambalo Yahwe Mungu wenu achagua kuliweka jina lake ni mbali kutoka kwenu, basi mtaua baadhi ya mifugo yenu na wanyama wenu ambao Yahwe amewapa, kama nilivyowaamuru: hivyo mnaweza kula ndani ya malango yenu, kama tamaa za roho zenu.
'When the place is far from thee which Jehovah thy God doth choose to put His name there, then thou hast sacrificed of thy herd and of thy flock which Jehovah hath given to thee, as I have commanded thee, and hast eaten within thy gates, of all the desire of thy soul;
22 Kama paa na Kulungu wanaliwa, hivyo mtakula watu wasio safi na wasafi wanaweze kula kadhalika.
only, as the roe and the hart is eaten, so dost thou eat it; the unclean and the clean doth alike eat it.
23 Lakini muwe na uhakika kwamba hamtumii damu, kwa kuwa damu ni uhai, hamtakula uhai pamoja na nyama.
'Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood [is] the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;
24 Hamtakula, mtaimwaga nje kwenye ardhi kama maji.
thou dost not eat it, on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
25 Hamtakula, ili kwamba iweze kuwa vizur kwenu, na watoto wenu baada yenu, wakati mtafanya kile kilicho sahihi machoni pa Yahwe.
thou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah.
26 Lakini mambo ambayo ni ya Yahwe ambayo mnayo na sadaka za viapo vyenu-mtachukua hizi na kwenda eneo ambalo Yahwe achagua.
'Only, thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou dost take up, and hast gone in unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,
27 Hapo mtatoa sadaka ya kuteketekezwa, nyama na damu, kwenye madhabahu ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, damu ya dhabihu zenu itamwangwa nje kwenye madhabahu ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, na mtakula nyama.
and thou hast made thy burnt-offerings — the flesh and the blood — on the altar of Jehovah thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices is poured out by the altar of Jehovah thy God, and the flesh thou dost eat.
28 Mchunguze na msikilize haya maneno yote ambayo - ninawaamuru, ili iwe uzuri kwenu na watoto wenu baada yenu milele, wakati mnafanya kile kilicho kizuri na sawa machoni pa Yahwe Mungu wenu.
Observe, and thou hast obeyed all these words which I am commanding thee, in order that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee — to the age, when thou dost that which [is] good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.
29 Wakati Yahwe Mungu wenu anapunguza mataifa kutoka kwenu, wakati mnaingia kuwafukuza, na mnawafukuza na kuishi katika nchi yao,
'When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations — whither thou art going in to possess them — from thy presence, and thou hast possessed them, and hast dwelt in their land —
30 muwe makini wenyewe ili kwamba msinaswe kwa kuwafuata, baada ya kuangamizwa kutoka kwenu kunaswa katika kuchunguza miungu yao, katika kuuliza, “Kwa namna gani haya mataifa yanaabudu muingu yao? Nitafanya hivyo hivyo.
take heed to thee, lest thou be snared after them, after their being destroyed out of thy presence, and lest thou enquire about their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods, and I do so — even I?
31 Hautafanya hivyo katika kumheshimu Yahwe Mungu wako, kwa kuwa kila kitu ambacho ni chukizo kwa Yahwe, mambo ambayo anayachukia- wamefanya haya na miungu yao, hata mnateketeza vijana wao na binti zao kwenye moto kwa ajili ya miungu yao.
'Thou dost not do so to Jehovah thy God; for every abomination of Jehovah which He is hating they have done to their gods, for even their sons and their daughters they burn with fire to their gods.
32 Chochote ninakuamuru, chunguza. Usiongeze juu yake au kupunguza.
The whole thing which I am commanding you — it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it.
