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.
And we turned and departed into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and we compassed mount Seir many days.
2 Yahwe alizungumza nami, kusema,
And the Lord said to me,
3 Mmeuzungunga mlima huu kwa muda mrefu; geukeni kaskazini.
Ye have compassed this mount long enough; turn therefore toward 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 charge the people, saying, Ye are going through the borders of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they shall fear you, and dread you greatly.
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 engage in war against them, for I will not give you of their land even enough to set your foot upon, for I have given mount Seir to the children of Esau as an inheritance.
6 Mtanunua chakula kutoka kwao kwa pesa, ili kwamba muweze kula, pia mtanunua maji kutoka kwao kwa pesa, ili kwamba muweze kunywa. Kwa kuwa
Buy food of them for money and eat, and ye shall receive water of them by measure for money, and 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.
For the Lord our God has blessed thee in every work of thy hands. Consider how thou wentest through that great and terrible wilderness: behold, the Lord thy God [has been] with thee forty years; thou didst not lack any thing.
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.
And we passed by our brethren the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, by the way of Araba from Aelon and from Gesion Gaber; and we turned and passed by the way of the desert 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'.
And the Lord said to me, Do not ye quarrel with the Moabites, and do not engage in war with them; for I will not give you of their land for an inheritance, for I have given Aroer to the children of Lot to inherit.
10 (Hapo awali waliishi Waemi, watu kama wakuu, wengi, na warefu kama Waanaki;
Formerly the Ommin dwelt in it, a great and numerous nation and powerful, like the Enakim.
11 hawa pia wanafikiriwa kuwa Rephaimu, kama Waanaki, lakini Wamoabi huwaita Waemi.
These also shall be accounted Raphain like the Enakim; and the Moabites call them Ommin.
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.)
And the Chorrhite dwelt in Seir before, and the sons of Esau destroyed them, and utterly consumed them from before them; and they dwelt in their place, as Israel did to the land of his inheritance, which the Lord gave to them.
13 “Sasa inuka na uende kwenye kijito cha Zeredi”. Kwa hiyo tulienda kwenye kijito cha Zeredi.
Now then, arise ye, [said I], and depart, and cross the valley of Zaret.
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.
And the days in which we traveled from Cades Barne till we crossed the valley of Zaret, [were] thirty and eight years, until the whole generation of the men of war failed, dying out of the camp, as the Lord God sware to them.
15 Zaidi ya yote, mkono wa Yahwe ulikuwa kinyume na kizazi hicho ili kuweza kuwaangamiza kutoka kwa watu mpaka walipoondoka.
And the hand of the Lord was upon them to destroy them out of the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.
16 Basi ilitokea, wakati watu wote waliofaa kwa kupigana walikuwa wamekufa, na kutoweka miongoni mwa watu,
And it came to pass when all the men of war dying out of the midst of the people had fallen,
17 kwamba Yahwe alizungumza nami, kusema,
that the Lord spoke to me, saying,
18 Leo mtavuka Ar, mpaka wa Moabu.
Thou shalt pass over this day the borders of Moab to Aroer;
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”.
and ye shall draw nigh to the children of Amman: do not quarrel with them, nor wage war with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Amman for an inheritance, because I have given it to the children of Lot for an inheritance.
20 (Hiyo tena ilifikiriwa kuwa nchi ya Rephaimu. Warephaimu waliishi hapo awali-lakini Wammonites wanawaita Zamzummim,
It shall be accounted a land of Raphain, for the Raphain dwelt there before, and the Ammanites call them Zochommin.
21 watu kama wakuu, wengi, na warefu kama Anakim. Lakini Yahwe aliwaharibu mbele ya Wammonites na waliwafuata na kuishi katika maeneo yao.
A great nation and populous, and mightier than you, as also the Enakim: yet the Lord destroyed them from before them, and they inherited [their land], and they dwelt [there] instead of them until this day.
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.
As they did to the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, even as they destroyed the Chorrhite from before them, and inherited their country, and dwelt [therein] instead of them until 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 Evites who dwell in Asedoth to Gaza, and the Cappadocians who came out of Cappadocia, destroyed them, and dwelt in their room.
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.
Now then arise and depart, and pass over the valley of Arnon: behold, I have delivered into thy hands Seon the king of Esebon the Amorite, and his land: begin to inherit [it]: engage in war with him this day.
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'.
Begin to put thy terror and thy fear on the face of all the nations under heaven, who shall be troubled when they have heard thy name, and shall be in anguish before thee.
26 Nilituma wajumbe toka jangwa la Kedemothi kuelekea Sihoni, mfalme wa Heshbon, pamoja na maneno ya amani, kusema,
And I sent ambassadors from the wilderness of Kedamoth to Seon king of Esebon with peaceable words, saying,
27 Hebu nipite katika nchi yako; nitapita kwenye barabara kuu, sitageuka mkono wa kulia wala kushoto.
I will pass through thy land: I will go by the road, I will not turn aside to the right hand 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,
Thou shalt give me food for money, and I will eat; and thou shalt give me water for money, and I will drink; I will only go through on my feet:
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'.
as the sons of Esau did to me, who dwelt in Seir, and the Moabites who dwelt in Aroer, until I shall have passed Jordan into the land which the Lord our God gives 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.
And Seon king of Esebon would not that we should pass by him, because the Lord our God hardened his spirit, and made his heart stubborn, that he might be delivered into thy hands, as on this day.
31 Yahwe alisema kwangu, “tazama, Nimeanza kumuokoa Sihoni na nchi yake mbele yako; kuanza kuimiliki, ili kusudi muweze kumiliki nchi yake.
And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have begun to deliver before thee Seon the king of Esebon the Amorite, and his land, and do thou begin to inherit his land.
32 Kisha Sihon alikuja dhidi yetu, yeye na watu wote wake, kupigana huko Jahazi.
And Seon the king of Esebon came forth to meet us, he and all his people to war at Jassa.
33 Yahwe Mungu wetu alimtoa kwetu na tulimshinda, tulimpiga mpaka kufa, watoto wake, na watu wake wote.
And the Lord our God delivered him before our face, and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
34 Tulichukua miji yake yote kwa wakati huo na kuharibu kabisa kila mji- wanaume na wanawake na watoto wadogo; hatukuacha aliyenusurika.
And we took possession of all his cities at that time, and we utterly destroyed every city in succession, and their wives, and their children; we left no living prey.
35 Ng'ombe peke tulichukua kama mateka kwa ajili yetu, sambamba na mateka ya miji tuliochukua.
Only we took the cattle captive, and took the spoil of the cities.
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, which is by the brink of the brook of Arnon, and the city which is in the valley, and as far as the mount of Galaad; there was not a city which escaped us: the Lord our God delivered all of them into our hands.
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.
Only we did not draw near to the children of Amman, even all the parts bordering on the brook Jaboc, and the cities in the mountain country, as the Lord our God charged us.
