Torati 2
1 Kisha tuligeuka na kuanza safari kuelekea jangwani kwa njia ya Bahari ya Mianzi, kama Yahwe alivyosema nami, tulienda kuzunguka mlima wa Seir kwa siku nyingi.
Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
2 Yahwe alizungumza nami, kusema,
At this time the LORD said to me,
3 Mmeuzungunga mlima huu kwa muda mrefu; geukeni kaskazini.
“You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north
4 Waamuru watu, kusema, “Mtapita kupitia mpaka wa ndugu zenu, wazao wa Esau, ambao wanaishi Seir; watawaogopa ninyi. Kwa hiyo muwe makini
and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.
5 msipigane nao, kwa kuwa sitawapa nchi yoyote yao, hapana, hakuna hata vya kutosheleza unyao wa mguu kukanyanga, kwa kuwa nimekwisha mpa Esau Mlima wa Seir kama miliki.
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
6 Mtanunua chakula kutoka kwao kwa pesa, ili kwamba muweze kula, pia mtanunua maji kutoka kwao kwa pesa, ili kwamba muweze kunywa. Kwa kuwa
You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”
7 Yahwe Mungu wenu amewabariki katika kazi za mikono yenu, amejua kutembea kwenu kupitia jangwa hili kuu. Kwa hii miaka arobaini Yahwe Mungu wenu amekuwa pamoja nanyi, na hamjapungukiwa chochote.
Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
8 Basi tulipita karibu na ndugu zetu, wa wazao wa Esau, ambao wanaishi Seir, mbali na barabara la Arabah, kutoka Elathi, na kutoka Ezioni Geber. Na tuligeuka na kupita karibu na jangwa la Moabu.
So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
9 Yahweh aliniambia mimi,'Usiisumbue Moabu, na usipigane nao katika vita. Kwa kuwa sitakupa nchi yake kwa miliki yako, kwa sababu nimewapa Ar wazao wa Lot, kuwa miliki yao'.
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
10 (Hapo awali waliishi Waemi, watu kama wakuu, wengi, na warefu kama Waanaki;
(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
11 hawa pia wanafikiriwa kuwa Rephaimu, kama Waanaki, lakini Wamoabi huwaita Waemi.
Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.
12 Wahori pia waliishi hapo awali Seiri, lakini wazao wa Esau waliwafuata. Waliwaharibu kutoka mbele yao na kuishi katika eneo lao, kama Israeli ilivyofanya kwa nchi ya umiliki wake ambayo Yahwe aliwapa.)
The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
13 “Sasa inuka na uende kwenye kijito cha Zeredi”. Kwa hiyo tulienda kwenye kijito cha Zeredi.
“Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.
14 Sasa tangu siku ambapo tulikuja kutoka Kadesh Barnea mpaka tukavuka kijito cha Zeredi, ilikuwa miaka thelathini na nane. Ilikuwa kwa wakati huo kizazi chote cha watu waliofaa kupigana walikuwa wamekwisha ondoka kwa watu, kama Yahwe alivyokuwa ameapa kwao.
The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
15 Zaidi ya yote, mkono wa Yahwe ulikuwa kinyume na kizazi hicho ili kuweza kuwaangamiza kutoka kwa watu mpaka walipoondoka.
Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.
16 Basi ilitokea, wakati watu wote waliofaa kwa kupigana walikuwa wamekufa, na kutoweka miongoni mwa watu,
Now when all the fighting men among the people had died,
17 kwamba Yahwe alizungumza nami, kusema,
the LORD said to me,
18 Leo mtavuka Ar, mpaka wa Moabu.
“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
19 Wakati mtakapofika karibu na mkabala wa watu wa Ammoni, msiwasumbue au kupigana nao, kwa kuwa sitawapa nchi yoyote ya watu wa Ammoni kama miliki, kwa sababu nimekwisha wapa wazao wa Lutu kama miliki”.
But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
20 (Hiyo tena ilifikiriwa kuwa nchi ya Rephaimu. Warephaimu waliishi hapo awali-lakini Wammonites wanawaita Zamzummim,
(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
21 watu kama wakuu, wengi, na warefu kama Anakim. Lakini Yahwe aliwaharibu mbele ya Wammonites na waliwafuata na kuishi katika maeneo yao.
They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
22 Yahwe huyu pia alifanya kwa watu wa Esau ambao wanaishi Seiri, wakati alipowangamiza Wahori kutoka mbele yao, na wazao wa Esau waliwafuata na waliishi katika maeneno yao mpaka leo.
just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
23 Na Waavi, walioishi katika vijiji vya mbali ya Gaza, Wakaftori, ambao wanatokana na Kaftori, waliwangamiza na kuishi katika maeneo yao.)
And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)
24 Sasa inuka, nenda njia yako na uvuke bonde la Arnoni, tazama, nimekupa mkononi mwako Sihoni ya Amorite, mfalme wa Heshboni, na nchi yake. Anza kuimiliki na pigana naye katika vita.
“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.
25 Leo nitaanza kuweka woga na hofu yenu kwa watu ambao wako chini ya anga lote, watasikia habari kuhusu ninyi na watatemeka na kuwa na shida kwa sababu yenu'.
This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
26 Nilituma wajumbe toka jangwa la Kedemothi kuelekea Sihoni, mfalme wa Heshbon, pamoja na maneno ya amani, kusema,
So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,
27 Hebu nipite katika nchi yako; nitapita kwenye barabara kuu, sitageuka mkono wa kulia wala kushoto.
“Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left.
28 Mtaniuzia mimi chakula kwa pesa, ili kwamba niweze kula, nipe maji kwa pesa, ili kwamba niweze kunywa, peke niruhusu kupitia kwa miguu yangu,
You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,
29 kama wazao wa Esau wanaoishi Seiri, na Moabu wanaoishi Ari, walifanya kwangu, mpaka nivuke Yordani ndani ya nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wetu anatupa sisi'.
just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
30 Lakini Sihon, mfalme wa Heshbon, asingeturuhusu kupitia kwake; kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wenu ameifanya ngumu akili yake na kufanya moyo wake kuwa ukaidi, ili kwamba aweze kumshinda kwa nguvu zake, ambayo amekwisha kufanya leo.
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
31 Yahwe alisema kwangu, “tazama, Nimeanza kumuokoa Sihoni na nchi yake mbele yako; kuanza kuimiliki, ili kusudi muweze kumiliki nchi yake.
Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”
32 Kisha Sihon alikuja dhidi yetu, yeye na watu wote wake, kupigana huko Jahazi.
So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.
33 Yahwe Mungu wetu alimtoa kwetu na tulimshinda, tulimpiga mpaka kufa, watoto wake, na watu wake wote.
And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
34 Tulichukua miji yake yote kwa wakati huo na kuharibu kabisa kila mji- wanaume na wanawake na watoto wadogo; hatukuacha aliyenusurika.
At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.
35 Ng'ombe peke tulichukua kama mateka kwa ajili yetu, sambamba na mateka ya miji tuliochukua.
We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.
36 Kutoka Aroer, ambayo iko kwenye ukingo wa bonde la Arnon, na kutoka kwenye mji ambao uko bondeni, yote kwa njia ya kuelekea Galeadi, hapakuwa na mji uliokuwa mrefu kwetu. Yahwe Mungu wetu alitupa ushindi dhidi ya maadui zetu mbele yetu.
From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
37 Ilikuwa nchi ya wazao wa Ammoni peke yake ambayo hamkuingia, sambamba na sehemu zote za mto Jabboki, na miji ya nchi ya milima- popote pale Yahwe Mungu wetu ametukataza sisi kwenda.
But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.
