Torati 7
1 Wakati Yahwe Mungu wenu atuleta katika nchi ambayo mnaenda kuimiliki na kuwaondoa mataifa mengi mbele zenu- Mhiti, Mgirgashi na Mwamori, na Mkanaani, na Mperizi, Mhivi, Myebusi- mataifa saba makubwa na yenye nguvu kuliko wewe.
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
2 Na wakati Yahwe Mungu wenu awapa ninyi ushindi juu yao pindi mnakutana nao katika vita, mtawashambulia, basi mnapaswa kuwateketeza kabisa. Hamtafanya agano nao, wala kuonesha huruma kwao.
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
3 Wala hamtapanga ndoa zozote pamoja nao, hamtawatoa binti zenu kwa vijana wao, na hamtawachukua binti zao kwa vijana wenu.
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
4 Kwa kuwa watawabadilisha vijana wenu kutonifuata mimi, ili kwamba waweze kuabudu miungu yao. Kwa hiyo hasira ya Yahwe itawashwa dhidi yenu na atawaangamiza haraka.
because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
5 Hivi ndivyo mtakavyo washughulikia nao; mtavunja madhabahu zao, vunja nguzo zao za mawe katika vipande, kata chini ncha za Asherahi, na kuzichoma sanamu za kutupwa.
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
6 Kwa kuwa wewe ni taifa uliyetengwa kwa Yahwe Mungu wako. Amekuchagua wewe kuwa watu kwa ajili yake kumiliki, zaidi ya watu wengine wote ambao wako katika uso wa dunia.
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
7 Yahwe hakuweka upendo wake juu yenu au kuwachagua kwa sababu mlikuwa zaidi katika idadi kuliko watu wowote, kwa kuwa mlikuwa wachache kuliko watu wote-
The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
8 Lakini kwa sababu anawapenda ninyi, anataka kushika kiapo alichoapa kwa baba zenu. Huyu ni Yahwe aliyewatoa kwa mkono wa uweza na kuwakomboa kutoka nyumba ya utumwa, kutoka mkono wa Farao, mfalme wa Misri.
But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9 Kwa hiyo tambua ya kuwa Yahwe Mungu wako-ni Mungu, Mungu mwaminifu, anayetunza maagano na uaminifu kwa vizazi elfu kwa wale wanaompenda na kuyashika maagizo yake,
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
10 lakini huwalipa wale wanaomchukia kwa sura zao, kuwaangamiza, hatakuwa na huruma kwa yeyote anayemchukia; atamlipa kwa uso wake.
But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
11 Kwa hiyo utashika maagizo, amri, na sheria ninazokuamuru leo, ili kwamba uzifanye.
So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.
12 Kama mtasikiliza maagizo haya, kuyashika na kuyafanya, itakuwa Yahwe Mungu wenu atawashika pamoja na agano na uaminifu ambao aliapa kwa baba zenu.
If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
13 Atawapenda, atawabariki, na kuwazidisha, pia atabariki tunda la miili yenu na tunda la ardhi yenu, nafaka zenu, divai mpya, mafuta yenu, atazidisha mifugo na kundi lako la mifugo michanga, katika nchi ambayo aliapa kwa baba zenu kuwapa.
He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
14 Mtabarikiwa zaidi kuliko watu wengine wote; hapatakuwa na mwanaume asiyekuwa na mtoto au mwanamke tasa miongoni mwenu au miongoni mwa mifugo.
You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.
15 Yahwe atawaondolea magonjwa yote; hakuna magonjwa mabaya ya Misri ambayo mnayajua yatawekwa juu yenu, Lakini atayaweka kwa wote wanaowachukia ninyi.
And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
16 Mtayaondoa makundi ya watu wote ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu awapa ushindi, na jicho lenu halitawaonea huruma. Na hamtaabudu miungu yao, kwa kuwa huo utakuwa mtego kwenu.
You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
17 Kama mtasema kwenye mioyo, Haya mataifa ni mengi zaidi kuliko mimi; nitawezaje kuwafukuza?
You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”
18 Usiwaogope; utakumbuka akilini Yahwe nini Mungu wenu alifanya kwa Farao na Misri yote?
But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:
19 Mateso makuu ambayo macho yenu yaliona, ishara, maajabu, mkono wa uweza, mkono ulionyoshwa ambao Yahwe Mungu wenu alivyowatoa. Yahwe Mungu wenu atafanya kile kile kwa watu wote ambao mnawaogopa.
the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
20 Zaidi ya yote, Yahwe Mungu wenu atatuma nyigu miongoni mwao, mpaka wale waliobaki na wale wanaojificha wenyewe mbele yenu waangamizwa mbele ya uwepo wenu.
Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.
21 Hamtatishikeni nao, kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wenu yuko miongoni mwenu, Mungu mkuu na wa kuogofya.
Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
22 Yahwe Mungu wenu atayaondoa mataifa mbele zenu kidogo kidogo. Hamtayashinda yote kwa wakati mmoja, au wanyama wa mwitu watakuwa wengi karibu yenu.
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
23 Lakini Yahwe Mungu wenu atawapa ninyi ushindi dhidi yao wakati mkutanapo vitani; atawachanganya kwa kiasi kikubwa mpaka wameangamizwa.
But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
24 Atawaweka wafalme wao chini ya utawala wenu, na mtafanya jina lao kuangamia toka chini ya mbingu. Hakuna atakayeweza kusimama mbele yenu, mpaka muwaangamize.
He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.
25 Utazichoma sanamu za kuchonga za miungu yao- usitamani madini ya fedha au dhahabu yanayofunika na kuichukua kwa ajili yenu, kwa sababu mkifanya, mtanaswa nayo-kwa kuwa ni chukizo kwa Yahwe Mungu wenu.
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
26 Hamtaleta chukizo lolote ndani ya nyumba zenu na kuanza kuiabudu. Mtachukizwa kabisa na kuchukia kwa kuwa imetengwa kwa ajili ya uharibifu.
And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
