Torati 25
1 Iwapo kutakuwa na malumbano kati ya wanaume na wakaenda mahakamani, na waamuzi wakawahukumu, basi watamwachilia mtakatifu na kumhukumu muovu.
“If there is a case between persons, and they apply to the judges, they shall give the palm of justice to the one whom they perceive to be just, and they shall condemn of impiety the one who is impious.
2 Iwapo mwanamume mwenye hatia anastahili kupigwa, basi muamuzi atamfanya alale chini na kupigwa mbele zake kwa idadi iliyoamriwa kulingana na kosa lake.
But if they see that the one who has sinned is worthy of stripes, they shall prostrate him and cause him to be beaten before them. According to the measure of the sin, so shall the measure of the stripes be.
3 Muamuzi anaweza kumpatia mapigo arobaini, lakini hapaswi kuvuka idadi hiyo; kwa maana akivuka idadi hiyo na kumpiga kwa mapigo mengi zaidi, basi Muisraeli mwenzako atakuwa kaaibishwa mbele ya macho yenu.
Even so, these shall not exceed the number of forty. Otherwise, your brother may depart, having been wounded shamefully before your eyes.
4 Haupaswi kumfunga punda wako pua na mdomo anapokuwa akilima shamba lako.
You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out your crops in the field.
5 Iwapo kaka wanaishi pamoja na mmoja wao akafariki bila kuwa na mwana, basi mke wa marehemu hatakiwi kuolewa na mtu nje ya familia. Badala yake, kaka yake mumewe anapaswa kulala naye na kumchukua kuwa mke wake na kutekeleza wajibu wa kaka wa mume kwake.
When brothers are living together, and one of them dies without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry another. Instead, his brother shall take her, and he shall raise up offspring for his brother.
6 Hii ni kwamba mtoto wa kwanza atakayezaliwa arithi chini ya jina la kaka yake mwanamume aliyefariki, ili jina lake lisiangamie ndani ya Israeli.
And the first son from her, he shall call by his brother’s name, so that his name will not be abolished from Israel.
7 Lakini kama mwanamume hataki kumchukua mke wa kaka yake awe wake, basi mke wa kaka yake anapaswa kwenda malangoni mpaka kwa wazee na kusema, “Kaka wa mume wangu amekataa kuwajibika kwa niaba ya jina la kaka yake humu Israeli; hataki kufanya wajibu wa kaka wa mume kwangu”.
But if he is not willing to take his brother’s wife, who by law must go to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and she shall call upon those greater by birth, and she shall say: ‘The brother of my husband is not willing to raise up his brother’s name in Israel; nor will he join with me.’
8 Kisha wazee wa mji wake wanapaswa kumuita na kuzungumza naye. Lakini tuseme atasisitiza na kusema, “Sitaki kumchukua”.
And immediately, they shall summon him to be sent, and they shall question him. If he responds, ‘I am not willing to accept her as a wife,’
9 Basi mke wa kaka yake anatakiwa kuja kwake mbele ya wazee, kumvua ndara zake miguuni mwake, na kumtemea usoni. Anapaswa kumjibu na kusema, “Hivi ndivyo kinachofanyika kwa mwanamume asiyetaka kujenga nyumba ya kaka yake”.
then the woman shall approach him in the sight of the elders, and she shall remove his shoe from his foot, and she shall spit in his face, and she shall say: ‘So shall it be done to the man who was not willing to build up his brother’s house.’
10 Jina lake Israeli litaitwa, “Nyumba ya mtu aliyevuliwa ndara zake”.
And his name shall be called in Israel: The House of the Unshod.
11 Iwapo wanamume wamepigana wao kwa wao, na mke wa mmoja wao kaja kumkomboa mumewe dhidi ya yule aliyempiga, naye akanyosha mkono wake na kumshika sehemu za siri,
If two men have a conflict between themselves, and one begins to do violence to the other, and if the other’s wife, wanting to rescue her husband from the hand of the stronger one, extends her hand and grasps him by his private parts,
12 basi unapaswa kuukata mkono yake; jicho lako halipaswi kuwa na huruma.
then you shall cut off her hand. Neither shall you weep over her with any mercy.
13 Haupaswi kuwa na mizani ya uzito tofauti katika mfuko wako, mkubwa na mdogo.
You shall not have differing weights, greater and lesser, in your bag.
14 Hautakiwi kuwa na vipimo tofauti ndani ya nyumba yako, vikubwa na vidogo.
Neither shall there be in your house a greater and a lesser measure.
15 Unatakiwa kuwa na uzito kamili na wa haki; unatakiwa kuwa na vipimo kamili na vya haki, ili siku zako ziwe ndefu katika nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako anakupatia.
You shall have a just and a true weight, and your measure shall be equal and true, so that you may live for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
16 Kwa maana wote wanaofanya vitu hivi, wote wanaovunja haki, ni chukizo kwa Yahwe Mungu wako.
For the Lord your God abominates him who does these things, and he loathes all injustice.
17 Kumbuka ni jambo gani Amaleki alichofanya kwako barabarani ulipokuwa ukitoka Misri,
Remember what Amalek did to you, along the way, when you were departing from Egypt:
18 jinsi alivyokutana na wewe barabarani na kuwashambulia kati yenu kwa nyuma, wale waliokuwa wamelegea nyuma, mlipokuwa dhaifu na kuchoka, hakumheshimu Mungu.
how he met you and cut down the stragglers of the troops, who were sitting down, exhausted, when you were consumed by hunger and hardship, and how he did not fear God.
19 Kwa hiyo, Yahwe Mungu wako atakapowapa pumziko kutoka kwa maadui zako kila sehemu, katika nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako anawapatia kumiliki kama urithi, hautakiwi kusahau kuwa unapaswa kufuta kumbukumbu ya Waamaleki chini ya mbingu.
Therefore, when the Lord your God will give you rest, and you will have subdued all the surrounding nations, in the land which he has promised to you, you shall delete his name from under heaven. Take care not to forget this.”
