Torati 33
1 Hii ni baraka ambayo Musa mtu wa Mungu aliwabariki watu wa Israeli kabla ya kifo chake.
This is the blessing, wherewith the man of God Moses blessed the children of Israel, before his death.
2 Alisema: Yahwe alikuja kutoka Sinai na akainuka kutoka Seiri juu yao. Aling'ara kutoka mlima wa Paramu, na akaja na elfu kumi ya watakatifu. Katika mkono wake wa kuume radi zilimulika.
And he said: The Lord came from Sinai, and from Seir he rose up to us: he hath appeared from mount Pharan, and with him thousands of saints. In his right hand a fiery law.
3 Kweli, anawapenda watu; watakatifu wake wote wapo mikononi mwako, na walimsujudu mguuni mwake; walipokea maneno yako.
He hath loved the people, all the saints are in his hand: and they that approach to his feet, shall receive of his doctrine.
4 Musa alituamuru sheria, urithi kwa kusanyiko la Yakobo.
Moses commanded us a law, the inheritance of the multitude of Jacob.
5 Kisha pakawa na mfalme Yeshurumu, pale ambapo wakuu wa watu walipokusanyika, makabila yote ya Israeli pamoja.
He shall be king with the most right, the princes of the people being assembled with the tribes of Israel.
6 Acha Rubeni aishi na asife, lakini wanaume wake wawe wachache.
Let Ruben live, and not die, and be he small in number.
7 Hii ni baraka ya Yuda. Musa akasema: Sikiliza sauti ya Yuda, Yahwe, na umlete kwa watu wake tena. Mpiganie; kuwa msaada dhidi ya maadui wake.
This is the blessing of Juda. Hear, O Lord, the voice of Juda, and bring him in unto his people: his hands shall fight for him, and he shall be his helper against his enemies.
8 Kuhusu Lawi, Musa akasema: Thumimu yako na Urimu yako ni ya mtakatifu wako, yule uliyemjaribu kule Masa, ambaye ulishindana naye katika maji ya Meriba.
To Levi also he said: Thy perfection, and thy doctrine be to thy holy man, whom thou hast proved in the temptation, and judged at the waters of contradiction:
9 Mtu aliyesema juu ya baba na mama yake, “Sijawaona.” Wala hakuwatambua kaka zake, wala hakuzingatia juu ya watoto wake wenyewe. Kwa maana alilinda neno lako na kushika agano lako.
Who hath said to his father, and to his mother: I do not know you; and to his brethren: I know you not: and their own children they have not known. These have kept thy word, and observed thy covenant,
10 Anafundisha Yakobo maagizo yako na Israeli sheria yako. Ataweka ubani mbele yako na sadaka kamili ya kuteketezwa juu ya dhabahu lako.
Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy law, O Israel: they shall put incense in thy wrath and holocaust upon thy altar.
11 Bariki mali zake, Yahwe, na kubali kazi ya mikono yake. Vunja viuno vya wale wanaoinuka dhidi yake, na wale watu wanaomchukia, ili wasiinuke tena.
Bless, O Lord, his strength, and receive the works of his hands. Strike the backs of his enemies, and let not them that hate him rise.
12 Kuhusu Benyamini, Musa akasema: Yule anayependwa na Yahwe anaishi kwa usalama kando yake; Yahwe anamkinga siku nzima, naye huishi katikati ya mikono ya Yahwe.
And to Benjamin he said: The best beloved of the Lord shall dwell confidently in him: as in a bride chamber shall he abide all the day long, and between his shoulders shall be rest.
13 Kuhusu Yusufu, Musa akasema: Nchi yake na ibarikiwe na Yahwe na vitu vya thamani vya mbinguni, na umande, na kina kilalacho chini.
To Joseph also he said: Of the blessing of the Lord be his land, of the fruits of heaven, and of the dew, and of the deep that lieth beneath.
14 Nchi yake na ibarikiwe na vitu vya thamani mavuno ya jua, na vitu vya thamani mazao ya miezi,
Of the fruits brought forth by the sun and by the moon.
15 kwa vitu vizuri vya milima ya zamani, na kwa vitu vya thamani vya milima ya milele.
Of the tops of the ancient mountains, of the fruits of the everlasting hills:
16 Nchi yake ibarikiwe na vitu vya thamani vya ardhi na wingi wake, na kwa mapenzi mema ya yule aliyekuwa kichakani. Baraka na ifike juu ya kichwa cha Yusufu, na juu ya kichwa cha yule aliyekuwa mwana wa mfalme kwa kaka zake.
And of the fruits of the earth, and of the fulness thereof. The blessing of him that appeared in the bush, come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren.
17 Mzawa wa kwanza wa ng’ombe, katika utukufu wake, na pembe zake ni pembe za ng’ombe mwitu. Kwa hawa atawasukuma watu, wote, hadi mwisho wa ulimwengu. Hawa ni maelfu makumi ya Efraimu; hawa ni maelfu wa Manase.
His beauty as of the firstling of a bullock, his horns as the horns of a rhinoceros: with them shall he push the nations even to the ends of the earth These are the multitudes of Ephraim and these the thousands of Manasses.
18 Kuhusu Zabuloni, Musa alisema: Furahi, Zabuloni, katika kutoka kwako, na wewe, Isakari, katika mahema yako.
And to Zabulon he said: Rejoice, O Zabulon, in thy going out; and Issachar in thy tabernacles.
19 Watawaita watu hadi milimani. Huko watatoa sadaka za utakatifu. Maana watanyonya wingi wa bahari, na mchanga wa ufukweni.
They shall call the people to the mountain: there shall they sacrifice the victims of justice. Who shall suck as milk the abundance of the sea, and the hidden treasures of the sands.
20 Kuhusu Gadi, Musa alisema: Abarikiwe yule amkuzaye Gadi. Ataishi pale kama simba jike, naye atanyakua mkono au kichwa.
And to Gad he said: Blessed be Gad in his breadth: he hath rested as a lion, and hath seized upon the arm and the top of the head.
21 Alitoa sehemu nzuri kwake mwenyewe, maana kulikuwa na fungu la ardhi la kiongozi lililohifadhiwa. Alikuja na vichwa vya watu. Alitekeleza haki ya Yahwe na maagizo yake pamoja na Israeli.
And he saw his pre-eminence, that in his portion the teacher was laid up: who was with the princes of the people, and did the justices of the Lord, and his judgment with Israel.
22 Kuhusu Dani, Musa alisema: Dani ni mwana wa simba arukaye kutoka Bashani.
To Dan also he said: Dan is a young lion, he shall flow plentifully from Basan.
23 Kuhusu Naftali, Musa alisema: Naftali, aliyeridhika na fadhila, na kujaa kwa baraka za Yahwe, miliki nchi iliyopo magharibi na kusini.
And to Nephtali he said: Nephtali shall enjoy abundance, and shall be full of the blessings of the Lord: he shall possess the sea and the south.
24 Kuhusu Asheri, Musa alisema: Abarakiwe Asheri Zaidi ya watoto wengine wa kiume; naye akubalike kwa kaka zake, na achovye mguu wake ndani ya mafuta ya zeituni.
To Aser also he said: Let Aser be blessed with children, let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
25 Vyuma vya mji wako na viwe chuma na shaba; kama vile siku zako zitakavyokuwa, ndivyo usalama wako utakavyokuwa.
His shoe shall be iron and brass. As the days of thy youth, so also shall thy old age be.
26 Hakuna aliye kama Mungu, Yeshurumu – aliyekamili, anayeendesha katika mbingu kukusaidia, na katika utukufu wake juu ya mawingu.
There is no other God like the God of the rightest: he that is mounted upon the heaven is thy helper. By his magnificence the clouds run hither and thither.
27 Mungu wa milele ni kimbilio, na chini yake kuna mikono ya milele. Husukuma adui mbele yako, naye alisema, “Angamiza!”
His dwelling is above, and underneath are the everlasting arms: he shall cast out the enemy from before thee, and shall say: Be thou brought to nought.
28 Israeli waliishi katika usalama. Wana wa Yakobo walikuwa salama katika nchi ya nafaka na divai mpya; hakika, mbingu na idondoshe umande juu yake.
Israel shall dwell in safety, and alone. The eye of Jacob in a land of corn and wine, and the heavens shall be misty with dew.
29 Baraka zako ni nyingi, Israeli! Nani kama wewe, watu waliokombolewa na Yahwe, ngao ya msaada wako, na upanga wa utukufu wako? Maadui zako watakuja kwako kwa kutetemeka; utakanyanga sehemu zao zilizoinuka.
Blessed are thou, Israel: who is like to thee, O people, that art saved by the Lord? the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy glory: thy enemies shall deny thee, and thou shalt tread upon their necks.
