Torati 8
1 Mnapaswa kuyashika maagizo yote ninayowapa leo, ili kwamba mweze kuishi na kuongezeka, na kuingia na kuimiliki nchi ambayo Yahwe aliaapa kwa baba zenu.
You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
2 Mtakumbuka akilini njia zote ambazo Yahwe Mungu amewaongoza miaka hii arobaini kwenye jangwa, ili kwamba apate kuwanyenyekeza, ili kwamba awajaribu kujua nini kilikuwa ndani ya mioyo yenu, kama mungeweza kuyashika maagizo yake au hapana.
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
3 Aliwanyenyekeza, na kuwafanya kuwa na njaa, na kuwalisha manna, ambayo hamkuijua na ambayo baba zenu hawakuijua. Alifanya hivyo kuwafanya nyie kujua si kwa mkate tu watu wanaishi, badala ni kwa chochote hutoka kwenye kinywa cha Yahwe kwamba watu wanaishi.
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
4 Mavazi yenu hayakuchanika na kudondoka, na miguu yenu haikuvimba kipindi cha miaka hiyo arobaini.
Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
5 Mtatafakari katika mioyo yenu kuhusu, namna, kama mtu anavyo mwadibisha kijana wake, hivyo Yahwe Mungu wenu anawadibisha ninyi.
So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
6 Mtayashika maagizo ya Yahwe Mungu wenu, ili kwamba mweze kutembea katika njia zake na kumheshimu.
Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.
7 Kwa kuwa Yahwe Mungu wenu anawaleta katika nchi nzuri, nchi ya vijito vya maji, visima na chemchemi, vitiririkavyo kwenda kwenye mabonde na miongoni mwa milima,
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
8 nchi ya ngano na shayiri, mizabibu, mtini, na komamanga; nchi mizeituni na asali.
a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
9 Ni nchi ambayo mtakula mkate bila kupungukiwa, na ambapo mtaenda bila chochote; nchi ambayo mawe yametengenezwa kwa chuma, na kutokana na milima mtaweze kuchimba shaba.
a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
10 Mtakula na kushiba, na mtambariki Yahwe Mungu wenu kwa nchi nzuri ambayo amewapa.
When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
11 Iweni makini kwamba msimsahau Yahwe Mungu wenu, na kwamba msipuuzie maagizo yake, hukumu zake, na sheria zake ambazo ninakuamuru leo,
Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
12 vinginenyo unapokula na ukashiba, na wakati unajenga nyumba nzuri na kuishi ndani zao.
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
13 Na muwe makini wakati makundi yenu na mifugo yenu ikiongezeka, na wakati wa fedha zenu na dhahabu zenu zikiongezeka, na vyote mlivyonavyo kuongezeka,
and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,
14 basi kwamba mioyo yenu iliniuliza juu ya kumsahau Yahwe Mungu wenu-aliyewaleta kutoka nchi ya Misri, toka nyumba ya utumwa.
then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
15 Usimsahau yeye aliyewaongoza kupitia jangwa kuu na la kutisha, ambako ndani yake kulikuwa na nyoka wa moto na nge, na pitia nchi yenye kiu ambako hapakuwa na maji, ambaye yeye alileta maji toka kwenye mwamba wa jiwe.
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
16 Ambaye aliwalisha kwenye jangwa kwa manna ambayo mababu zenu hawakuijua, ili kwamba awajaribu, kufanya uzuri kwenu mwishoni-
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
17 lakini mnaweza kusema mioyoni mwenu, Nguvu yangu na mkono wangu wa uweza umepata utajiri huu wote.
You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
18 Lakini mtamkumbuka akilini Yahwe Mungu wenu, kwa kuwa ni yeye awapae ninyi nguvu ya kupata utajiri, ili kwamba aweze kuanzisha agano lake aliloapa kwa baba zenu, kama ilivyo leo.
But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
19 Itakuwa kwamba, kama mtamsahau Yahwe Mungu wenu na kuwaendea miungu mingine, kuibudu, na kuiheshimu, nashuhudia kinyume dhidi yenu leo kwamba mtateketea.
If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
20 Kama mataifa ambayo Yahwe anatengeneza kuyaangamiza mbele yenu, hivyo mtaangamia, kwa sababu hamkusikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wenu.
Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
