Torati 23
1 Mwanamume aliyejeruhiwa kwa kupondwa au kukatwa haruhusiwi kuingia katika kusanyiko la Yahwe.
“Any man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall not be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.
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 (illegitimate person/person whose mother and father were not married), or descendant of that person, extending to the tenth generation, shall be included as one of Yahweh’s people.
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 one from the Ammon or Moab people-groups shall be (included as one of/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people, extending 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.
One reason is that their [leaders] refused to give your ancestors food and water when they were traveling from Egypt [to Canaan]. Another reason is that they wanted to pay Balaam, the son of Beor from Pethor [town] in Mesopotamia, to curse you Israelis.
5 Lakini Yahwe Mungu wako hakumsikiliza Balaamu; badala yake, Yahwe Mungu wako aligeuza laana kuwa baraka kwenu, kwa sababu Yahwe Mungu wako aliwapenda.
But Yahweh our God did not pay attention to Balaam; instead, he caused Balaam to bless your ancestors, because Yahweh loved them.
6 Hamtakiwi kutafuta amani au mafanikio yao, katika siku zenu zote.
As long as Israel is a nation, you must not do anything to cause things to go well for those two people-groups or enable them to prosper.
7 Hutakiwi kumchukia Muedomi, kwa maana ni kaka yako; hutakiwi kumchukia Mmisri, kwa maana ulikuwa mgeni katika nchi yake.
“But do not despise anyone from the Edom people-group, because they are [descendants of your ancestor Jacob], just like you are. And do not despise people from Egypt, because [they treated your ancestors well when] they first lived in Egypt.
8 Wazawa wa kizazi cha tatu wanaozaliwa kwao wanaweza kuwa katika kusanyiko la Yahwe.
The children and grandchildren of people from Edom and Egypt [who live among you] may be (included among/allowed to worship with) Yahweh’s people.”
9 Utakapotembea kijeshi dhidi ya maadui zako, basi unapaswa kujitenga na kila aina ya uovu.
“When your soldiers are living in tents at a time of fighting your enemies, they must avoid doing things that would make them unacceptable to God.
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 soldier becomes unacceptable to God because semen comes out of his body during the night, [the next morning] he must go outside the camp and stay there during that day.
11 Jioni ikifika, anatakiwa ajiogeshe kwa maji; na jua likizama atarudi ndani kambini.
But in the evening of that day, he must bathe himself, and at sunset he is allowed to come back into the camp.
12 Pia unatakiwa kuwa na eneo nje ya kambi ambayo utakwenda;
“Your soldiers must have a toilet area outside the camp where you can go [when you need to].
13 na utakuwa na kitu katika zana zako cha kuchimbia; utakapochuchumaa kujisaidia, unapaswa kuchimbia nacho na kisha kurudishia udongo na kufunika kile kilichotoka kwako.
[When you go to fight against your enemies], carry a stick along with your weapons, in order that when you need to defecate [EUP], you can dig a hole with the stick, and then cover up the hole [when you have finished defecating].
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.
You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful/indecent that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.”
15 Hutakiwi kumrudishia bwana mtumwa aliyetoroka kwake.
“If slaves who escape from their masters come to you [and request you to protect them], do not send them back to their masters.
16 Mruhusu aishi pamoja nawe, katika mji wowote atakaochagua. Usimuonee.
Allow them to stay/live among you, in whatever town they choose, and do not mistreat them.
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.
“Do not [allow] any Israeli man or woman [to] become a prostitute at the temple.
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.
Also, do not allow any people who earned money from being a prostitute to bring any of that money into the temple of Yahweh our God, even if they solemnly promised to pay that money to Yahweh. Yahweh hates those who are prostitutes.
19 Hutakiwi kumkopesha Muisraeli mwenzako kwa riba – riba ya fedha, riba ya chakula, au riba ya kitu chochote kinachokopeshwa kwa riba.
“When you lend money or food or anything else to a fellow Israeli, do not charge them interest.
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 are allowed to charge interest when you lend money to foreigners [who live in your land], but not when you lend money to Israelis. Do this in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.
21 Unapofanya kiapo kwa Yahwe Mungu wako, haupaswi kukawia kuikamilsha, kwa maana Yahwe Mungu wako hakika atadai kiapo hicho; itakuwa dhambi kako usipokamilisha.
“When you vow to give something to Yahweh your God [or to do something for him], do it as soon as you can. Yahweh expects you to do what you promised, and if you do not do it, you will be committing a sin.
22 Lakini iwapo utajizuia kutoa kiapo, haitakuwa dhambi kwako.
But if you [SYN] do not vow [to do something], that is not sinful.
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.
But if you voluntarily promise to do something, you must do it.
24 Utakapokwenda katika shamba la mizabibu la jirani yako, unatakiwa kula mizabibu idadi yoyote unayotaka, lakini hautakiwi kuhifadhi yoyote katika kikapu chako.
“When you walk through someone else’s vineyard, you are allowed to [pick and] eat as many grapes as you want, but you must not [cut some from a vine and carry them away] in a container.
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 walk [along a path] in someone else’s field of grain, you are allowed to pluck/pick some of the grain and eat it, but you must not cut any grain with a sickle [and take it with you].”
