Torati 23
1 Mwanamume aliyejeruhiwa kwa kupondwa au kukatwa haruhusiwi kuingia katika kusanyiko la Yahwe.
No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
2 Mwana haramu haruhusiwi kuwa miongoni mwa kusanyiko la Yahwe; kutoka hadi kizazi cha kumi cha uzao wake, hakuna kati yao anatakiwa kuwa kwenye kusanyiko la Yahwe.
No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
3 Muamori au Mmoabu haruhusiwi kuwa miongoni mwa kusanyiko la Yahwe; kutoka hadi kizazi cha kumi cha uzao wake, hakuna kati yao anatakiwa kuwa kwenye kusanyiko la Yahwe.
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
4 Hii ni kwa sababu hawakukutana nanyi kwa mkate na maji barabarani mlipokuwa mmetoka nje ya Misri, na kwa sababu walimkodisha Balaamu mwana wa Beoro kutoka Pethoro kule Aramu Naharaimu, awalaani.
For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
5 Lakini Yahwe Mungu wako hakumsikiliza Balaamu; badala yake, Yahwe Mungu wako aligeuza laana kuwa baraka kwenu, kwa sababu Yahwe Mungu wako aliwapenda.
Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
6 Hamtakiwi kutafuta amani au mafanikio yao, katika siku zenu zote.
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
7 Hutakiwi kumchukia Muedomi, kwa maana ni kaka yako; hutakiwi kumchukia Mmisri, kwa maana ulikuwa mgeni katika nchi yake.
Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
8 Wazawa wa kizazi cha tatu wanaozaliwa kwao wanaweza kuwa katika kusanyiko la Yahwe.
The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
9 Utakapotembea kijeshi dhidi ya maadui zako, basi unapaswa kujitenga na kila aina ya uovu.
When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
10 Iwapo miongoni mwenu kuna mwanamume ambaye sio msafi kwa sababu ya jambo lililofanyika kwake usiku, basi anatakiwa atoke nje ya kambi ya jeshi; hatakiwi kurudi kambini.
If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
11 Jioni ikifika, anatakiwa ajiogeshe kwa maji; na jua likizama atarudi ndani kambini.
When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
12 Pia unatakiwa kuwa na eneo nje ya kambi ambayo utakwenda;
You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.
13 na utakuwa na kitu katika zana zako cha kuchimbia; utakapochuchumaa kujisaidia, unapaswa kuchimbia nacho na kisha kurudishia udongo na kufunika kile kilichotoka kwako.
And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.
14 Kwa maana Yahwe Mungu wako anatembea miongoni mwa kambi yenu kuwapa ushindi na kuwapa maadui zenu mkononi mwenu. Kwa hiyo kambi yenu lazima iwe takatifu, ili kwamba asione kitu chochote kichafu miongoni mwenu na kuwaacha.
For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
15 Hutakiwi kumrudishia bwana mtumwa aliyetoroka kwake.
Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
16 Mruhusu aishi pamoja nawe, katika mji wowote atakaochagua. Usimuonee.
Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
17 Hapatakiwi kuwa na kahaba wa kidhehebu miongoni mwa mabinti wa Israeli, na wala hapatakiwi kuwa na kahaba wa kidhehebu miongoni mwa wana wa kiume wa Israeli.
No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
18 Hautakiwi kuleta mshahara wa kahaba au mshahara wa mbwa katika nyumba ya Yahwe Mungu wako kwa kiapo chochote; kwa maana vyote hivi na machukizo mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wako.
You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
19 Hutakiwi kumkopesha Muisraeli mwenzako kwa riba – riba ya fedha, riba ya chakula, au riba ya kitu chochote kinachokopeshwa kwa riba.
Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
20 Kwa mgeni unaweza kukopesha kwa riba; lakini kwa Muisraeli mwenzako haupaswi kukopesha kwa riba, ili kwamba Yahwe Mungu wako aweze kukubariki katika kila jambo uwekalo mkono wako, katika nchi ambayo mnaenda kumiliki.
You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.
21 Unapofanya kiapo kwa Yahwe Mungu wako, haupaswi kukawia kuikamilsha, kwa maana Yahwe Mungu wako hakika atadai kiapo hicho; itakuwa dhambi kako usipokamilisha.
If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
22 Lakini iwapo utajizuia kutoa kiapo, haitakuwa dhambi kwako.
But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin.
23 Kile ambacho kimetoka kinywani mwako unapaswa kukifuata na kukitekeleza; kulingana na kiapo ulichotamka kwa Yahwe Mungu wako, chochote ulichotamka kwa hiari kwa kinywa chako.
Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.
24 Utakapokwenda katika shamba la mizabibu la jirani yako, unatakiwa kula mizabibu idadi yoyote unayotaka, lakini hautakiwi kuhifadhi yoyote katika kikapu chako.
When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.
25 Utakapokwenda katika shamba la zao lililoiva la jirani yako, unaweza kuvuna kichwa cha mavuno kwa mkono wako, lakini haupaswi kutumia mundu kuvuna zao lililoiva la jirani yako.
When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
