Torati 24
1 Mwanamume akimchukua mke na kumuoa, na mke asipokubalika machoni pa mumewe kwa sababu kagundua jambo ambalo si jema kwake, basi anatakiwa amwandikie talaka, aiweke mkononi mwake, na kumfukuza nyumbani kwake.
'When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house,
2 Akishaondoka nyumbani kwake, anaweza kwenda na kuwa mke wa mwanamume mwingine.
and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man's,
3 Iwapo mume wa pili akamchukia na kumwandikia talaka, akaiweka mkononi mwake, na kumfukuza nyumbani kwake; au huyu mume wa pili akafariki, mwanamume aliyemchukua kuwa mke wake –
and the latter man hath hated her, and written for her a writing of divorce, and given [it] into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dieth, who hath taken her to himself for a wife:
4 basi mume wa awali, yule aliyemfukuza mara ya kwanza, haruhusiwi kumchukua tena awe mke wake, baada ya yeye kuwa mchafu, kwa maana hiyo itakuwa ni chukizo kwa Yahwe. Hautakiwi kusababisha nchi iwe na hatia, nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako anakupatia kama urithi.
'Her former husband who sent her away is not able to turn back to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she hath become defiled; for an abomination it [is] before Jehovah, and thou dost not cause the land to sin which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — an inheritance.
5 Mwanamume atakapochukua mke mpya, hatakwenda vitani na jeshi, na wala hataamrishwa kwenda kwenye shughuli yoyote ya kulazimishwa; atakuwa huru kuwa nyumbani kwa mwaka mzima na atamfurahisha mke wake aliyemchukua.
'When a man taketh a new wife, he doth not go out into the host, and [one] doth not pass over unto him for anything; free he is at his own house one year, and hath rejoiced his wife whom he hath taken.
6 Mwanamume yeyote hatachukua kinu wala jiwe la kinu kama dhamana, kwa maana hivyo itakuwa kuchukua Maisha ya mtu kama dhamana.
'None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it [is] he is taking in pledge.
7 Iwapo mwanamume kakutwa kamteka mmoja wa kaka zake miongoni mwa watu wa Israeli, na kumtendea kama mtumwa na kisha kumuuza, huyo mwizi lazima afe; na utakuwa umeondoa uovu miongoni mwenu.
'When a man is found stealing a person, of his brethren, of the sons of Israel, and hath tyrannized over him, and sold him, then hath that thief died, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.
8 Kuwa mwangalifu kuhusu kiini chochote cha ukoma, ili kwamba uwe makini katika kuchunguza na kufuata kila agizo linalopewa kwako ambalo makuhani, Walawi, wanakufundisha; kama nilivyowaamuru, ili utekeleze.
'Take heed, in the plague of leprosy, to watch greatly, and to do according to all that the priests, the Levites, teach you; as I have commanded them ye observe to do;
9 Kumbukeni nini Yahwe Mungu wako alichomfanya Miriam ulipokuwa ukitoka Misri.
remember that which Jehovah thy God hath done to Miriam in the way, in your coming out of Egypt.
10 Utoapo mkopo wa aina yoyote kwa jirani yako, hautakiwi kwenda ndani ya nyumba yake kutafuta dhamana yake.
'When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;
11 Utasimama nje, na mwanamume aliyekopa kwako ataleta dhamana yake nje kwako.
at the outside thou dost stand, and the man on whom thou art lifting [it] up is bringing out unto thee the pledge at the outside.
12 Iwapo ni mtu maskini, hautakiwi kulala na dhamana yake ikiwa mikononi mwako.
'And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;
13 Hakika unapaswa kumrejeshea dhamana yake kabla jua halijazama, ili aweze kulala ndani ya vazi lake na akubariki; itakuwa utakatifu kwako mbele za Yahwe Mungu wako.
thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.
14 Hautakiwi kumuonea mtumishi wa kuajiriwa ambaye ni maskini na mhitaji, hata kama ni jamaa wa Israeli, au ni kati ya wageni mbao wamo katika nchi ndani ya malango ya mji wako;
'Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;
15 Kila siku unapaswa kumlipa mshahara wake; jua halipaswi kuzama kabla ya suala hili kutatuliwa, kwa maana ni maskini na anautegemea. Fanya hivi ili asilie dhidi yako kwa Yahwe, na kwamba isiwe ikawa dhambi ambayo umeitenda.
in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he [is] poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee — sin.
16 Wazazi hawapaswi kuuwawa kwa niaba ya watoto wao, na wala watoto hawapaswi kuuawa kwa niaba ya wazazi wao. Badala yake, kila mtu anapaswa kuuwawa kwa dhambi yake mwenyewe.
'Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers — each for his own sin, they are put to death.
17 Haupaswi kutumia nguvu kuchukua haki inayomhusu mgeni au yatima, wala kuchukua vazi la mjane kama dhamana.
'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;
18 Badala yake, unapaswa ukumbuke ya kwamba ulikuwa mtumwa Misri, na kwamba Yahwe Mungu wako alikukomboa kutoka kule. Kwa hiyo ninakuagiza kutii amri hii.
and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee from thence; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.
19 Utakapovuna zao lako shambani mwako, na ukasahau kipande cha mbegu shambani, haupaswi kurudi na kukichukua; kinapaswa kuwa cha mgeni, cha yatima, au cha mjane, ili Yahwe Mungu wako akubariki katika kazi ya mikono yako.
'When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in a field, thou dost not turn back to take it; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hands.
20 Utakapotikisa mti wako wa mzeituni, haupaswi kupanda juu ya matawi tena; itakuwa kwa ajili ya mgeni, kwa yatima na kwa mjane.
'When thou beatest thine olive, thou dost not examine the branch behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is.
21 Utakapokusanya mizabibu shambani mwako, haupaswi kukusanya masazo yake tena. Kinachobaki kitakuwa cha mgeni, cha yatima na cha mjane.
'When thou cuttest thy vineyard, thou dost not glean behind thee; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is;
22 Unatakiwa ukumbuke kuwa ulikuwa mtumwa katika nchi ya Misri; kwa hiyo nakuagiza kutii amri hii.
and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding thee to do this thing.
