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 some legal argument between two people, they are to go to court to have the case judged, in order to justify the one who is right and condemn the one who is wrong.
2 Iwapo mwanamume mwenye hatia anastahili kupigwa, basi muamuzi atamfanya alale chini na kupigwa mbele zake kwa idadi iliyoamriwa kulingana na kosa lake.
If the person who is guilty is sentenced to be flogged, the judge shall order them to lie down and be flogged before him with the number of lashes the crime deserves.
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.
They are not to receive more than forty lashes. More than that would be to publicly humiliate them.
4 Haupaswi kumfunga punda wako pua na mdomo anapokuwa akilima shamba lako.
Don't muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
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 two brothers live near to each other and one of them dies without having a son, the widow is not to marry a stranger outside the family. Her husband's brother is to marry her and sleep with her, fulfilling the requirements of a brother-in-law to provide her with children.
6 Hii ni kwamba mtoto wa kwanza atakayezaliwa arithi chini ya jina la kaka yake mwanamume aliyefariki, ili jina lake lisiangamie ndani ya Israeli.
The first son she has will be named after the dead brother, so that his name won't be forgotten in 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”.
However, if the man refuses to marry his brother's widow, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and tell them, “My husband's brother is refusing to keep his brother's name alive in Israel. He doesn't want to perform the requirements of a brother-in-law for me.”
8 Kisha wazee wa mji wake wanapaswa kumuita na kuzungumza naye. Lakini tuseme atasisitiza na kusema, “Sitaki kumchukua”.
The town elders are to summon him and talk with him. If he continues to refuse and says, “I don't want to marry her,”
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”.
his brother's widow is to confront him in the presence of the elders, pull off his sandal, spit in his face, and announce, “This is what happens to the man who refuses to keep his brother's family name alive.”
10 Jina lake Israeli litaitwa, “Nyumba ya mtu aliyevuliwa ndara zake”.
From then on his family name in Israel will be called “The Family of the Pulled-off Sandal.”
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 are fighting, and one of their wives intervenes to save her husband from being beaten, and she grabs hold of the attacker's genitals,
12 basi unapaswa kuukata mkono yake; jicho lako halipaswi kuwa na huruma.
you are to cut her hand off. Don't show her any mercy.
13 Haupaswi kuwa na mizani ya uzito tofauti katika mfuko wako, mkubwa na mdogo.
Don't have two different measuring weights in your bag, one that's heavy and one that's light.
14 Hautakiwi kuwa na vipimo tofauti ndani ya nyumba yako, vikubwa na vidogo.
Don't have two different measuring containers in your house, one that's large and one that's small.
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.
Make sure you always use accurate and true weights and measures. In that way you will have long lives in the country the Lord your God is giving you.
16 Kwa maana wote wanaofanya vitu hivi, wote wanaovunja haki, ni chukizo kwa Yahwe Mungu wako.
Anyone who doesn't do so and cheats like this offends the Lord your God.
17 Kumbuka ni jambo gani Amaleki alichofanya kwako barabarani ulipokuwa ukitoka Misri,
Remember what the Amalekites did to you on your way 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.
The came out to confront you when you were tired and weary from your journey, and they attacked all those of you who were lagging behind. They didn't have any respect for 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.
Once the Lord your God gives you peace after fighting your enemies in the country that he's giving you to take over and own, you are to wipe out even the memory of the Amalekites from the earth. Don't forget!
