Torati 31
1 Musa alikwenda na kuzungumza maneno haya kwa Israeli yote.
And Moses goes and speaks these words to all Israel,
2 Alisema kwao, “Kwa sasa nina umri wa miaka mia moja na ishirini; Siwezi kutoka na kuingia tena; Yahwe ameniambia, “Hautavuka Yordani hii”
and he says to them, “I [am] a son of one hundred and twenty years today; I am not able to go out and to come in anymore, and YHWH has said to me, You do not pass over this Jordan.
3 Yahwe Mungu wako, atakutangulia mbele yako; ataangamiza mataifa haya mbele yako, nawe utawanyanganya. Yoshua atakwenda kabla yako, kama Yahwe alivyonena.
Your God YHWH—He is passing over before you; He destroys these nations from before you, and you have possessed them; Joshua—he is passing over before you, as YHWH has spoken.
4 Yahwe atawafanya kwao kama alivyofanya kwa Sihoni na kwa Ogu, wafalme wa Waamori, na kwa nchi yao, aliyoiangamiza.
And YHWH has done to them as he has done to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorite, and to their land, whom He destroyed.
5 Yahwe atakupatia ushindi juu yao utakapokutana nao vitani, nawe utafanya kwao yote ntakayokuamuru.
And YHWH has given them before your face, and you have done to them according to all the command which I have commanded you;
6 Uwe hodari na mwenye ujasiri mwema, usiogope, na usiwaogope; kwa maana Yahwe Mungu wako, ni yeye aendaye kabla yako; hatakuangusha wala kukuacha.”
be strong and courageous, do not fear, nor be terrified because of them, for your God YHWH [is] He who is going with you; He does not fail you nor forsake you.”
7 Musa akamwita Yoshua na akamwambia machoni pa Israeli yote, “Uwe hodari na mwenye ujasiri mwema, kwa kuwa utaondoka na hawa watu katika nchi ambayo Yahwe ameapa kwa mababu zao kuwapatia; utafanya wairithi.
And Moses calls for Joshua and says to him before the eyes of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you go in with this people to the land which YHWH has sworn to their fathers to give to them, and you cause them to inherit it;
8 Yahwe, yeye ndiye atakwenda kabla yako; atakuwa pamoja nawe; hatakuangusha wala hatakutelekeza; usiogope, usivunjike moyo.”
and YHWH [is] He who is going before you, He Himself is with you; He does not fail you nor forsake you; do not fear, nor be frightened.”
9 Musa aliandika sheria hii na kuwapatia makuhani, wana wa Walawi, ambao walibeba sanduku la agano la Yahwe; pia aligawa nakala zake kwa wazee wote wa Israeli.
And Moses writes this law and gives it to the priests (sons of Levi, those carrying the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH), and to all [the] elderly of Israel,
10 Musa aliwaamuru na kusema, “Katika kila mwisho wa miaka saba, kwa muda uliowekwa wa kudumu kwa ajili ya kufuta madeni, katika Sikukuu ya Vibanda,
and Moses commands them, saying, “At the end of seven years, in the appointed time, the year of release, in the Celebration of Shelters,
11 ambapo Israeli yote imekuja kujitokeza mbele ya Yahwe Mungu wako katika mahali atakayochagua kuwa patakatifu pake, utasoma sheria hii mbele ya Israeli yote wakisikia.
in the coming in of all Israel to see the face of YHWH in the place which He chooses, you proclaim this law before all Israel in their ears.
12 Kusanya watu, wanaume, wanawake, na wadogo, na mgeni wako aliye miongoni mwa malango yako, ili waweze kusikia na kujifunza, na ili kwamba wamheshimu Yahwe Mungu wako na kushika maneno yote ya sheria hii.
Assemble the people, the men, and the women, and the infants, and your sojourner who [is] within your gates, so that they hear, and so that they learn, and have feared your God YHWH, and observed to do all the words of this law;
13 Fanya hivi ili kwamba watoto wao, ambao hawajajua, waweze kusikia na kujifunza kumheshimu Yahwe Mungu wako, maadamu unaishi katika nchi ambayo utaenda juu ya Yordani kuimiliki.”
and their sons, who have not known, hear and have learned to fear your God YHWH [for] all the days which you are living on the ground to where you are passing over the Jordan to possess it.”
14 Yahwe alimwambia Musa, “Tazama, siku inakuja ambayo lazima utakakufa; muite Yoshua na mjidhihirishe katika hema la makutano, ili kwamba niweze kuwapatia amri.” Musa an Yoshua waliondoka na kujidhihirisha katika hema la makutano.
And YHWH says to Moses, “Behold, your days have drawn near to die; call Joshua, and station yourselves in the Tent of Meeting, and I charge him”; and Moses goes—Joshua also—and they station themselves in the Tent of Meeting,
15 Yahwe alijifunua kwenye hema kwa nguzo ya wingu; nguzo ya wingu ilisimama juu ya mlango wa hema.
and YHWH is seen in the tent in a pillar of a cloud; and the pillar of the cloud stands at the opening of the tent.
16 Yahwe alimwambia Musa, “Tazama, utalala na baba zako; watu hawa watainuka na kujifanya kama kahaba na kwenda kwa miungu ya ajabu ambayo imo miongoni mwao katika nchi wanapokwenda. Wataniacha na kuvunja agano langu ambalo nimefanya nao.
And YHWH says to Moses, “Behold, you are lying down with your fathers, and this people has risen and gone whoring after the gods of the stranger of the land, into the midst of which it has entered, and it has forsaken Me and broken My covenant which I made with it;
17 Basi, katika siku hiyo, hasira yangu itawaka dhidi yao nami nitawaacha. Nitaficha uso wangu kwao nao watamezwa. Maafa na taabu nyingi yatawakumba ili waseme katika siku hiyo, “Maafa haya hayajaja kwetu kwa sababu Mungu hayupo kati yetu?”
and My anger has burned against it in that day, and I have forsaken them, and hidden My face from them, and it has been for consumption, and many evils and distresses have found it, and it has said in that day, [Is] it not because my God is not in my midst that these evils have found me?
18 Hakika nitaficha uso wangu kwao katika siku hiyo kwa sababu ya uovu wote ambao watakuwa wametenda, kwa sababu wamegeukia miungu mingine.
And I certainly hide My face in that day for all the evil which it has done, for it has turned to other gods.
19 Basi sasa andika wimbo huu kwa ajili yenu na wafundishe watu wa Israeli. Uweke vinywani mwao, ili kwamba wimbo huu uweze kuwa shahidi kwangu dhidi ya watu wa Israeli.
And now, write this song for yourselves, and teach it [to] the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song is to Me for a witness against the sons of Israel.
20 Kwa maana nitakapowaleta katika nchi ambayo niliapa kwa mababu zao, nchi inayotiririka kwa maziwa na asali, na watakapokula na kuridhika na kunenepa, ndipo watageukia miungu mingine nao watawatumikia na kunidharau na watavunja agano langu.
When I bring them to the ground flowing with milk and honey, which I have sworn to their fathers, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, and been fat, and have turned to other gods, and they have served them, and despised Me, and broken My covenant,
21 Maovu na taabu nyingi zitakapokuja juu ya watu hawa, huu wimbo utashuhudia mbele yao (kwa maana hautasahaulika vinywani mwa uzao wao). Kwa maana najua mipango wanayotengeneza leo, hata kabla sijawaleta katika nchi niliyowaahidi.
then it has been, when many evils and distresses meet it, that this song has testified to its face for a witness; for it is not forgotten out of the mouth of its seed, for I have known its imagining which it is doing today, before I bring them into the land of which I have sworn.”
22 Kwa hiyo Musa aliandika huu wimbo siku hiyo hiyo na kuwafundisha watu wa Israeli.
And Moses writes this song on that day, and teaches it [to] the sons of Israel.
23 Yahwe alimpa Yoshua mwana wa Nuni amri na kusema, “Uwe hodari na mwenye ujasiri mwema; kwa maana utawaleta watu wa Israeli katika nchi niliyoapa kwao, nami nitakuwa pamoja nawe.”
Then He commands Joshua son of Nun, and says, “Be strong and courageous, for you bring in the sons of Israel to the land which I have sworn to them, and I am with you.”
24 Ikatokea kwamba Musa alipomaliza kuandika maneno ya sheria hii katika kitabu,
And it comes to pass, when Moses finishes to write the words of this law on a scroll, until their completion,
25 aliwaamuru Walawi waliobeba sanduku la agano la Yahwe, na kusema,
that Moses commands the Levites carrying the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, saying,
26 “Chukua kitabu hiki cha sheria na kiweke pembeni mwa sanduku la agano la Yahwe Mungu wenu, ili kiweze kuwa pale kama ushahidi dhidi yenu.
“Take this Scroll of the Law, and you have set it on the side of the Ark of the Covenant of your God YHWH, and it has been against you for a witness there;
27 Maana nafahamu uasi wenu na shingo zenu ngumu; tazama, maadamu nipo hai pamoja nanyi hata leo, mmekuwa waasi dhidi ya Yahwe; itakuaje baada ya mimi kufa?
for I have known your rebellion and your stiff neck; behold, in my being yet alive with you today, you have been rebelling against YHWH, and surely also after my death.
28 Nikusanyieni wazee wote wa makabila yenu, na maafisa wenu, ili nizungumze maneno haya masikioni mwao na kuziita mbingu na nchi kushuhudia dhidi yao.
Assemble to me all the elderly of your tribes, and your authorities, and I speak these words in their ears, and cause the heavens and the earth to testify against them,
29 Kwa maana najua baada ya kifo changu mtajiharibu kabisa na kugeuka kuiacha njia niliyowaamuru; maafa yatawakumba katika siku zijazo. Haya yatatokea kwa sababu mtafanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Yahwe, ili kumchokoza katika hasira kwa mikono ya kazi yenu.”
for I have known that you act very corruptly after my death, and have turned aside from the way which I commanded you, and evil has met you in the latter end of the days, because you do evil in the eyes of YHWH, to make Him angry with the work of your hands.”
30 Musa alinena masikioni mwa kusanyiko lote la Israeli maneno yote ya wimbo huu hadi yalipokamilika.
And Moses speaks the words of this song in the ears of all the assembly of Israel, until their completion:
