Torati 26
1 Utakapofika katika nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako anakupatia kama urithi, na utakapoimiliki na kuishi ndani yake,
Now when you have come into the land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage, and you have made it yours and are living in it;
2 basi unatakiwa kuchukua baadhi ya mavuno yote ya kwanza ya ardhi uliyoyaleta kutoka katika nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako anakupatia. Unatakiwa kuyaweka ndani ya kikapu na kuelekea katika eneo ambalo Yahwe Mungu wako atapachagua kama mahali patakatifu.
You are to take a part of the first-fruits of the earth, which you get from the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket, and go to the place marked out by the Lord your God, as the resting-place of his name.
3 Unatakiwa kwenda kwa kuhani ambaye atakuwa akihudumu katika siku hizo na kumwambia, “Siku ya leo ninakiri kwa Yahwe Mungu wako ya kuwa nimekuja katika nchi ambayo Yahwe aliapa kwa mababu zetu kutupatia”.
And you are to come to him who is priest at that time, and say to him, I give witness today before the Lord your God, that I have come into the land which the Lord made an oath to our fathers to give us.
4 Kuhani anatakiwa kuchukua kikapu mkononi mwako na kukiweka madhabahuni ya Yahwe Mungu wako.
Then the priest will take the basket from your hand and put it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.
5 Unapaswa kusema mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wako, “Babu yangu alikuwa Mwaremi mzururaji. Alikwenda chini hadi Misri na kukaa kule, na idadi ya watu wake ilikuwa chache. Kule akawa taifa kubwa, lenye nguvu na idadi kubwa.
And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:
6 Wamisri walitutendea vibaya na kututesa. Walitulazimisha kufanya kazi za watumwa.
And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:
7 Tulimlilia Yahwe, Mungu wa baba zetu, naye akasikia sauti yetu na kuona mateso yetu, kazi zetu na mateso yetu.
And our cry went up to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord's ear was open to the voice of our cry, and his eyes took note of our grief and the crushing weight of our work:
8 Yahwe alituondoa Misri kwa mkono wake mkuu, kwa mkono wake ulionyoshwa, kwa hofu kuu, kwa ishara na miujiza;
And the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand and a stretched-out arm, with works of power and signs and wonders:
9 na ametuleta katika sehemu hii na kutupatia nchi hii, nchi inayotiririka kwa maziwa na asali.
And he has been our guide to this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
10 Tazama sasa, nimeleta mavuno ya kwanza kutoka katika nchi ambayo wewe, Yahwe, umenipatia.” Unapaswa kuweka chini mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wako na kuabudu mbele zake;
So now, I have come here with the first of the fruits of the earth which you, O Lord, have given me. Then you will put it down before the Lord your God and give him worship:
11 na unapaswa kufurahia katika mema yote ambayo Yahwe Mungu wako amekufanyia, kwa ajili na nyumba yako – wewe, na Mlawi, na mgeni aliye miongoni mwako.
And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.
12 Utakapomaliza kutoa zaka yote ya mavuno katika mwaka wa tatu, yaani, mwaka wa kutoa zaka, basi unapaswa kuwapatia Mlawi, kwa mgeni, kwa yatima, na kwa mjane, ili kwamba waweze kula ndani ya malango yenu ya mji na kujazilishwa.
When you have taken out a tenth from the tenth of all your produce in the third year, which is the year when this has to be done, give it to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and the child without a father, and the widow, so that they may have food in your towns and be full;
13 Unatakiwa kusema mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wako, “Nimetoa kutoka nyumbani mwangu vitu ambavyo ni mali ya Yahwe, na kumpatia Mlawi, mgeni, yatima, na mjane, kulingana na amri zote ulizonipatia. Sijavunja amri yako yoyote, wala sijazisahau.
And say before the Lord your God, I have taken all the holy things out of my house and have given them to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and him who has no father, and the widow, as you have given me orders: I have kept in mind all your orders, in nothing have I gone against them:
14 Sijala kati yao wakati wa maombolezo yangu, wala sijaziweka mahali pengine nilipokuwa mchafu, wala sijazitoa kati yao kwa heshima ya wafu. Nimesikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wangu; Nimetii kila kitu ulichoniamuru kukifanya.
No part of these things has been used for food in a time of weeping, or put away when I was unclean, or given for the dead: I have given ear to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done all you have given me orders to do.
15 Tazama chini kutoka mahali patakatifu unapoishi, kutoka mbinguni, na ubariki watu wako Israeli, na nchi uliyotupatia, kama ulivyoapa kwa mababu zetu, nchi inayotiririka kwa maziwa na asali.
So, looking down from your holy place in heaven, send your blessing on your people Israel and on the land which you have given us, as you said in your oath to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
16 Leo Yahwe Mungu wako anawaamuru kuzitii sheria na amri hizi; basi utazishikilia na kuzitenda kwa moyo wako wote na kwa nafsi yako yote.
Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.
17 Umetamka leo ya kuwa Yahwe ni Mungu wako, na kwamba utatembea katika njia zake na kushikilia sheria zake, maagizo yake na amri zake, na kwamba utaisikiliza sauti yake.
Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:
18 Leo Yahwe ametamka ya kwamba mu watu ambao ni mali yake, kama alivyoahidi kwenu, na kwamba mnapaswa kushikilia amri zake zote.
And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;
19 Na atawaweka juu zaidi ya mataifa mengine aliyoyaumba nanyi mtapokea sifa, umaarufu na heshima. Mtakuwa watu waliowekwa kando kwa Yahwe Mungu wako, kama alivyosema.”
And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.
