Torati 25
1 Iwapo kutakuwa na malumbano kati ya wanaume na wakaenda mahakamani, na waamuzi wakawahukumu, basi watamwachilia mtakatifu na kumhukumu muovu.
If there be a controversy between men, and they call upon the judges: they shall give the prize of justice to him whom they perceive to be just: and him whom they find to be wicked, they shall condemn of wickedness.
2 Iwapo mwanamume mwenye hatia anastahili kupigwa, basi muamuzi atamfanya alale chini na kupigwa mbele zake kwa idadi iliyoamriwa kulingana na kosa lake.
And if they see that the offender be worthy of stripes: they shall lay him down, and shall cause him to be beaten before them. According to the measure of the sin shall the measure also 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.
Yet so, that they exceed not the number of forty: lest thy brother depart shamefully torn before thy eyes.
4 Haupaswi kumfunga punda wako pua na mdomo anapokuwa akilima shamba lako.
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out thy corn on the floor.
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 brethren dwell together, and one of them dieth without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry to another: but his brother shall take her, and raise up seed 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 he shall have of her he shall call by his name, that his name be not abolished out of 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 will not take his brother’s wife, who by law belongeth to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and call upon the ancients, and say: My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up his brother’s name in Israel: and will not take me to wife.
8 Kisha wazee wa mji wake wanapaswa kumuita na kuzungumza naye. Lakini tuseme atasisitiza na kusema, “Sitaki kumchukua”.
And they shall cause him to be sent for forthwith, and shall ask him. If he answer: I will not take her to 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”.
The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not 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 words together, and one begin to fight against the other, and the other’s wife willing to deliver her husband out of the hand of the stronger, shall put forth her hand, and take him by the secrets,
12 basi unapaswa kuukata mkono yake; jicho lako halipaswi kuwa na huruma.
Thou shalt cut off her hand, neither shalt thou be moved with any pity in her regard.
13 Haupaswi kuwa na mizani ya uzito tofauti katika mfuko wako, mkubwa na mdogo.
Thou shalt not have divers weights in thy bag, a greater and a less:
14 Hautakiwi kuwa na vipimo tofauti ndani ya nyumba yako, vikubwa na vidogo.
Neither shall there be in thy house a greater bushel and a less.
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.
Thou shalt have a just and a true weight, and thy bushel shall be equal and true: that thou mayest live a long time upon the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.
16 Kwa maana wote wanaofanya vitu hivi, wote wanaovunja haki, ni chukizo kwa Yahwe Mungu wako.
For the Lord thy God abhorreth him that doth these things, and he hateth all injustice.
17 Kumbuka ni jambo gani Amaleki alichofanya kwako barabarani ulipokuwa ukitoka Misri,
Remember what Amalec did to thee in the way when thou camest out of 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 thee: and slew the hindmost of the army, who sat down, being weary, when thou wast spent with hunger and labour, and he feared not 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 thy God shall give thee rest, and shall have subdued all the nations round about in the land which he hath promised thee: thou shalt blot out his name from under heaven. See thou forget it not.
