< Torati 28 >

1 Utakaposikiliza kwa makini sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako ili kwamba ushikilie amri zake zote ambazo nakuamuru leo, Yahwe Mungu wako atakuweka juu ya mataifa yote ya ulimwengu.
“So then, if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, so as to keep and do all of his commandments, which I instruct to you this day, the Lord your God will cause you to be more exalted than all the nations which exist upon the earth.
2 Baraka hizi zote zitakuja kwako na kukupita, kama utasikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako.
And all these blessings shall come to you and take hold of you, but only if you listen to his precepts.
3 Utabarikiwa ndani ya mji, na utabarikiwa shambani.
Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed in the field.
4 Matunda ya mwili wako yatabarikiwa, na matunda ya ardhi yako, na matunda ya wanyama wako, ongezeko la ng’ombe wako, na wachanga wa mifugo wako.
Blessed shall be the fruit of your loins, and the fruit of your land, and the fruit of your cattle, the droves of your herds, and the folds of your sheep.
5 Kitabarikiwa kikapu chako na chombo cha kukandia.
Blessed shall be your barns, and blessed your storehouses.
6 Utabarikiwa utakaporudi ndani, na utabarikiwa utakapotoka nje.
Blessed shall you be entering and departing.
7 Yahwe atasababisha maadui zako wanaoinuka dhidi yako kupigwa chini mbele yako; watajitokeza dhidi yako kwa njia moja lakini watakimbia mbele zako kwa njia saba.
The Lord will grant that your enemies, who rise up against you, will fall down in your sight. They will come against you by one way, and they will flee from your face by seven ways.
8 Yahwe ataamuru baraka kuja kwako katika maghala yako na katika kila unapoweka mkono wako; atakubariki katika nchi anayokupatia.
The Lord will send forth a blessing upon your cellars, and upon all the works of your hands. And he will bless you in the land that you shall receive.
9 Yahwe atawaimarisha kama watu waliotengwa kwa ajili yake, kama alivyoapa kwenu, iwapo mtashikilia amri za Yahwe Mungu wenu, na kutembea katika njia zake.
The Lord will raise you up as a holy people for himself, just as he swore to you, if you will keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and walk in his ways.
10 Watu wote wa ulimwengu wataona ya kwamba mmeitwa kwa jina la Yahwe, nao watawaogopa.
And all the peoples of the earth shall see that the name of the Lord has been invoked over you, and they shall fear you.
11 Yahwe atakufanya kuwa na mafanikio sana katika matunda ya mwili wako, katika matunda ya ng’ombe zako, katika matunda ya ardhi yako, katika nchi aliyoapa kwa mababu zako kuwapatia.
The Lord will cause you to be abundant in every good thing: in the fruit of your womb, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your land, which the Lord swore to your fathers that he would give to you.
12 Yahwe atafungua kwako ghala lake la mbingu kuruhusu mvua juu ya ardhi katika muda sahihi, na kubariki kazi zote za mikono yako; utakopesha kwa mataifa mengi, lakini wewe hautakopa.
The Lord will open his excellent treasury, the heavens, so that it may distribute rain in due time. And he will bless all the works of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you yourself will borrow nothing from anyone.
13 Yahwe atakufanya kuwa kichwa, na sio mkia; utakuwa juu tu, na hautakuwa chini, iwapo utaisikiliza amri za Yahwe Mungu wako ambazo ninakuamuru leo, ili kuzishikilia na kuzitenda,
And the Lord will appoint you as the head, and not as the tail. And you shall be always above, and not beneath. But only if you will listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I entrust to you this day, and will keep and do them,
14 na usipogeuka kinyume na maneno yoyote ninayokuamuru leo, kulia kwako wala kushoto kwako, na kufuata miungu mingine na kuwatumikia.
and will not turn aside from them, neither to the right, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.
15 Lakini usiposikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako, na kushikilia amri zake zote na sheria zake ninazokuamuru leo, basi laana hizi zote zitakuja kwako na kukupita.
But if you are not willing to listen to the voice of the Lord your God, so as to keep and do all his commandments and ceremonies, which I instruct to you this day, all these curses shall come to you, and take hold of you.
16 Utalaaniwa utakapokuwa mjini, na utalaaniwa utakapokuwa shambani.
Cursed shall you be in the city, cursed in the field.
17 Kitalaaniwa kikapu chako na chombo chako cha kukandia.
Cursed shall be your barn, and cursed your storehouses.
18 Litalaaniwa tunda la mwili wako, tunda la ardhi yako, ongezeko la ng’ombe wako, na wachanga wa mifugo.
Cursed shall be the fruit of your loins, and the fruit of your land, the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep.
19 Utalaaniwa utakaporudi, na utalaaniwa utokapo.
Cursed shall you be entering, and cursed departing.
20 Yahwe atatuma laana juu yako, kuchanganyikiwa, na shutuma katika kila jambo uwekalo mikono yako, hadi utakapoangamizwa, na hadi utakapotoweka haraka kwa sababu ya matendo yako maovu ambayo utakuwa umenitelekeza mimi.
The Lord will send famine and hunger upon you, and a rebuke upon all the works that you do, until he quickly crushes and perishes you, because of your very wicked innovations, by which you have forsaken me.
21 Yahwe atafanya pigo likung’ang’anie mpaka kukuangamiza kutoka katika nchi utakayoenda kumiliki.
May the Lord join a pestilence to you, until he consumes you from the land, which you shall enter so as to possess.
22 Yahwe atakushambulia kwa magonjwa ya kuambukiza, kwa homa, kwa uvimbe, na kwa kiangazi na jua kali, na kwa upepo mkali na ukungu. Hivi vitakufukuza hadi uangamie.
May the Lord strike you with destitution, with fever and cold, with burning and heat, and with polluted air and rot, and may he pursue you until you perish.
23 Mbingu zilizo juu ya vichwa vyenu zitakuwa shaba, na ardhi chini yenu itakuwa chuma.
May the heavens which are above you be of brass, and may the ground upon which you tread be of iron.
24 Yahwe atafanya mvua ya ardhi yako kuwa unga na vumbi, kutoka mbinguni vitashuka kwako, hadi utakapoangamizwa.
May the Lord give you dust instead of rain upon your land, and may ashes descend from heaven over you, until you have been wiped away.
25 Yahwe atakusababishia upigwe mbele ya maadui zako; utawafuata kwa njia moja dhidi yao lakini utakimbia mbele zao kwa njia saba. Utapelekwa huku na kule miongoni mwa falme za nchi.
May the Lord hand you over to fall before your enemies. May you go forth against them by one way, and flee by seven ways, and may you be scattered across all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 Mzoga wako utakuwa chakula kwa ndege wote wa angani na kwa wanyama wa ulimwengu; hakutakuwa na mtu wa kuwatisha.
And may your carcass be food for all the flying things of the air and the wild beasts of the land, and may there be no one to drive them away.
27 Yahwe atawashambulia na majipu ya Misri na vidonda, kiseyeye na mwasho ambazo hautapona.
May the Lord strike you with the ulcer of Egypt, and may he strike the part of your body, through which the dung goes out, with disease as well as itch, so much so that you are unable to be cured.
28 Yahwe atakushambulia kwa ukichaa, kwa upofu, pamoja na kuchanganyikiwa kwa akili.
May the Lord strike you with frenzy and blindness and a madness of the mind.
29 Utapapasa papasa mchana kama kipofu apapasavyo usiku, na hautafanikiwa katika njia zako; daima utakandamizwa na kuporwa, na hakutakuwa na mtu wa kukuokoa.
And may you grope at midday, just as a blind man is accustomed to grope in darkness, and may your paths not be straight. And at all times may you suffer slander and be oppressed with violence, and may you have no one who may free you.
30 Utamchumbia mwanamke, lakini mwanamume mwingine atamkamata na kumbaka. Utajenga nyumba lakini hautaishi ndani mwake; utapanda shamba la mizabibu lakini hautafurahia matunda yake.
May you take a wife, though another sleeps with her. May you build a house, but not live within it. May you plant a vineyard, and not gather its vintage.
31 Ng’ombe wako atachinjwa mbele ya macho yako, lakini hautakula nyama yake; punda wako atachukuliwa kwa nguvu mbele yako na hatarejeshwa kwako. Kondoo wako watapewa maadui zako, na hautakuwa na mtu wa kukusaidia.
May your ox be immolated before you, though you do not eat from it. May your donkey be seized in your sight, and not restored to you. May your sheep be given to your enemies, and may there be no one who may help you.
32 Watoto wa kiume na mabinti zako watapewa kwa watu wengine; macho yako yatawatafuta siku nzima, lakini yatashindwa kwa shauku juu yao. Hakutakuwa na nguvu mikononi mwako.
May your sons and your daughters be handed over to another people, as your eyes watch and languish at the sight of them throughout the day, and may there be no strength in your hand.
33 Mavuno ya ardhi yako na ya kazi yako yote – taifa usilolijua litayatafuna; daima utaonewa na kugandamizwa,
May a people you do not know eat the fruits of your land and of all your labors. And may you continually suffer from slander and oppression every day.
34 ili upatwe na wazimu kwa yale utakayoona yakitendeka.
And may you be stupefied at the terror of the things your eyes will see.
35 Yahwe atakushambulia kwenye magoti na miguu kwa majibu makali ambayo hutaweza kupona, kutoka chini ya miguu yako mpaka juu ya kichwa chako.
May the Lord strike you with a very grievous ulcer in the knees and in the legs, and may you be unable to attain health, from the sole of the foot to the top of the head.
36 Yahwe atawachukua pamoja na mfalme ambaye mtakuwa mmemuweka juu yenu kwa taifa ambalo hamjalijua, wala nyie au mababu zenu; kule mtaabudu miungu mingine ya mbao na mawe.
May the Lord lead you and your king, whom you will have appointed over yourself, into a nation which you and your fathers have not known. And there you will serve foreign gods, of wood and of stone.
37 Nawe utakuwa chanzo cha kitisho, mithali, na uvumi, miongoni mwa watu wote ambako Yahwe atakupeleka.
And you will become nothing but a proverb and a fable to all the peoples to whom the Lord will lead you.
38 Utaweka mbegu nyingi shambani, lakini utakusanya mbegu chache, kwa maana nzige itaziangamiza.
You will sow much seed upon the ground, but you will harvest little. For the locusts will devour everything.
39 Utapanda mashamba ya mizabibu na kuyapalilia, lakini hautakunywa divai yoyote, wala hautakusanya matunda yoyote, kwa maana funza watayala.
You will dig and plant a vineyard, but you will not drink the wine, nor gather anything at all from it. For it will be devastated by worms.
40 Utakuwa na miti ya mizeituni katika eneo lako, lakini hautajipaka mafuta yoyote juu yako, kwa maana mti wako wa mzeituni utaangusha matunda yake.
You will have olive trees in all your borders, but you will not be anointed with the oil. For the olives will fall off and perish.
41 Utakuwa na wana wa kiume na mabinti, lakini hawatabaki kuwa wako, kwani watachukuliwa mateka.
You will conceive sons and daughters, and you will not enjoy them. For they will be led into captivity.
42 Miti yako yote na matunda ya ardhi yako – nzige watajitwalia.
Rot will consume all the trees, as well as the fruits of your land.
43 Mgeni aliye miongoni mwako atainuka juu zaidi yako juu na juu; wewe mwenyewe utashuka chini na chini.
The new arrival who lives with you in the land will ascend over you, and be higher. But you will descend, and be lower.
44 Atakukopesha, lakini hautamkopesha; atakuwa kichwa, nawe utakuwa mkia.
He will lend to you, and you will not lend to him. He will be as the head, and you will be as the tail.
45 Laana hizi zote zitakujia juu yako na kukuandama na kukupita hadi utakapoangamizwa. Hii itatokea kwa sababu haukuisikia sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako, ili kushikilia amri na maagizo yake aliyokuamuru.
And all these curses shall come to you, and shall pursue you, and shall take hold of you, until you pass away, because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and you would not serve his commandments and ceremonies, which he has instructed to you.
46 Laana hizi zitakuwa juu yako kama ishara na miujiza, na juu ya uzao wako milele.
And there will be the signs and portents with you, and with your offspring, forever.
47 Kwa sababu hukumuabudu Yahwe Mungu wako kwa shangwe na furaha moyoni mwako ulipokuwa na mafanikio,
Because you did not serve the Lord your God, with gladness and a joyful heart, over the abundance of all things.
48 kwa hiyo utatumikia maadui ambao Yahwe atatuma dhidi yako; utawatumikia katika njaa, katika kiu, katika uchi, na katika umaskini. Ataweka mzigo wa chuma juu ya shingo yako hadi akuangamize.
You will serve your enemy, whom the Lord will send to you, in hunger and thirst and nakedness, and in destitution of all things. And he will place an iron yoke upon your neck, until he has crushed you.
49 Yahwe ataleta taifa dhidi yako kutoka mbali, kutoka mwisho wa ulimwengu, kama tai arukaye kwa mhanga wake, taifa ambalo lugha yake hauelewi;
The Lord will lead over you a nation from far away, even from the furthest parts of the earth, like an eagle flying with great force, whose language you are not able to understand:
50 taifa lenye sura katili ambalo haliheshimu wazee na halionyeshi fadhila kwa wadogo.
a very insolent nation, which will show no deference to elders, nor take pity on little ones.
51 Watakula wachanga wa ng’ombe wako na matunda ya ardhi yako hadi utakapoangamizwa. Hawatawaachia nafaka, divai mpya, au mafuta, wachanga wa ng’ombe au mifugo yako, hadi watakaposababisha kutoweka kwako.
And he will devour the fruit of your cattle, and the fruits of your land, until you have passed away, without leaving behind you wheat, or wine, or oil, or herds of oxen, or flocks of sheep: until he utterly destroys you.
52 Watawazingira katika malango ya miji yenu, hadi kuta zenu ndefu na imara zitakaposhuka chini ardhini, kuta ambazo mliziamini. Watawazingira ndani ya malango ya miji yenu kotekote katika nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu amewapatia.
And he will crush you in all your cities. And your strong and lofty walls, in which you trusted, will be destroyed throughout all your land. You will be besieged within your gates throughout all your land, which the Lord your God will give to you.
53 Utakula tunda la mwili wako mwenyewe, nyama ya watoto wa kiume na binti zako, ambao Yahwe Mungu wako aliwapatia, katika uvamizi na katika dhiki ambayo adui zako wataweka juu yako.
And you will eat the fruit of your womb, and the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, which the Lord your God will give to you, due to the anguish and devastation with which your enemy will oppress you.
54 Mwanamume laini na mlegevu miongoni mwenu – atakuwa na wivu kwa kaka yake na kwa mkewe, na kwa watoto wowote waliosalia.
The man who is pampered and very self-indulgent among you will vie with his own brother, and with the wife who lies at his bosom,
55 Kwa hiyo hatawapatia kati yao nyama ya watoto wake ambayo ataenda kuila, kwa sababu hatabakiwa na chochote katika uvamizi na dhiki ambayo adui yako ataiweka juu yako ndani ya malango yote ya mji wako.
lest he give to them from the flesh of his sons, which he will eat. For he has nothing else due to the siege and the destitution, with which your enemies will devastate you within all your gates.
56 Mwanamke laini na mlegevu miongoni mwenu, ambaye hatadiriki kuweka tako la mguu wake ardhini kwa sababu ya ulaini na maringo yake – atakuwa na wivu kwa mume kipenzi wake mwenyewe, kwa mtoto wake wa kiume, na kwa binti yake,
The tender and pampered woman, who would not walk upon the soil, nor step firmly with her foot due to her very great softness and tenderness, will vie with her husband, who lies at her bosom, over the flesh of son and of daughter,
57 na kwa mtoto wake mchanga atakayetoka katikati ya miguu yake, na kwa watoto atakayewazaa. Atawala kwa siri kwa kukosa kitu kingine, katika uvamizi na dhiki ambayo adui yako ataweka juu yako ndani ya malango ya mji wako.
and over the filth of the afterbirth, which goes forth from between her thighs, and over the children who are born in the same hour. For they will eat them secretly, due to the scarcity of all things during the siege and the devastation, with which your enemy will oppress you within your gates.
58 Iwapo hautashika maneno yote ya sheria yaliyoandikwa katika kitabu hiki, ili kuheshimu jina hili tukufu na la kutisha, Yahwe Mungu wako,
If you will not keep and do all the words of this law, which have been written in this volume, and fear his glorious and terrible name, that is, the Lord your God,
59 basi Yahwe atafanya mapigo yako kuwa ya kutisha, na yale ya wazao wako; yatakuwa mapigo makuu, ya muda mrefu, na magonjwa makali, ya muda mrefu.
then the Lord will increase your plagues, and the plagues of your offspring, plagues great and long-lasting, infirmities very grievous and continuous.
60 Ataleta juu yako mara nyingine magonjwa yote ya Misri ambayo ulikuwa unayaogopa; yatakung’ang’ania.
And he will turn back upon you all the afflictions of Egypt, which you fear, and these will cling to you.
61 Pia kila gonjwa na pigo ambalo halijaandikwa katika kitabu cha sheria hii, hayo pia Yahwe atayaleta juu yako hadi utakapoangamizwa.
In addition, the Lord will lead over you all the diseases and plagues that are not written in the volume of this law, until he crushes you.
62 Utabaki wachache kwa idadi, ingawa ulikuwa kama nyota wa mbinguni kwa idadi, kwa sababu haukuisikiliza sauti ya Yawhe Mungu wako.
And you will remain few in number, though you were before like the stars of heaven in multitude, because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God.
63 Kama vile hapo awali Yawhe alivyofurahia juu yako na kutenda mema, na kuwazidisha, basi atafurahia juu yako kwa kufanya upotee na kwa kukuangamiza. Utang’olewa katika nchi utakayoenda kuimiliki.
And just as before, when the Lord rejoiced over you, doing good for you and multiplying you, so shall he rejoice, scattering and overturning you, so as to take you away from the land, which you shall enter in order to possess.
64 Yahwe atakusambaza miongoni mwa watu wote kutoka mwisho mmoja wa dunia hadi mwisho mwingine wa dunia; huko utaabudu miungu mingine ambayo hujawajua, wewe wala mababu zako, miungu ya mbao na jiwe.
The Lord will disperse you among all the peoples, from the heights of the earth to its furthest limits. And there you will serve foreign gods of wood and of stone, which you and your fathers did not know.
65 Miongoni mwa mataifa haya hautapata utulivu, na hakutakuwa na pumziko chini ya miguu yako; badala yake, Yahwe atakupatia huko moyo wa kutetemeka, macho yanayofeli na nafsi inayoomboleza.
Similarly, you will not have tranquility, even within those nations, nor will there be any rest for the steps of your feet. For the Lord will give to you in that place a fearful heart, and failing eyes, and a life consumed with grieving.
66 Maisha yako yataning’inia kwa mashaka mbele yako; utaogopa kila usiku na mchana na hutakuwa na uhakika kabisa maishani mwako.
And your life will be as if it were hanging before you. You will be afraid night and day, and you will not have confidence in your own life.
67 Asubuhi utasema, “Natamani ingekuwa jioni!” na jioni utasema, “Natamani ingekuwa asubuhi!” kwa sababu ya hofu mioyoni mwenu na vitu ambavyo macho yako italazimu kuona.
In the morning you will say, ‘Who will grant evening to me?’ and at evening, ‘Who will grant morning to me?’ because of the dread of your heart, with which you will be terrified, and because of those things that you will see with your eyes.
68 Yahwe atakuleta Misri mara nyingine kwa meli, kwa njia ambayo nilikuambia, “Hutaiona Misri tena”. Kule utajitoa kuuzwa kwa maadui zako kama watumwa wa kiume na kike, lakini hakutakuwa na mtu wa kuwanunua.
The Lord will lead you back into Egypt with a fleet of ships, along the way, about which he said to you that you would not see it again. In that place, you will be put up for sale as men and women servants to your enemies, but there will be no one willing to buy you.”

< Torati 28 >