Torati 9
1 Sikiliza, Israeli; umekaribia kuvuka ng'ambo ya pili ya Yordani leo, kuyafukuza mataifa yenye nguvu na ushujaa kuliko ninyi, na miji ambayo ni mikuu na yenye boma iliyoenda juu,
Heare O Israel, Thou shalt passe ouer Iorden this day, to goe in and to possesse nations greater and mightier then thy selfe, and cities great and walled vp to heauen,
2 watu wakuu na warefu, wana wa Anakimu, ambaye mnamjua, na yule mliomsikia watu wakisema, 'Nani atasimama mbele ya wana wa Anak?
A people great and tall, euen the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak?
3 Kwa hiyo tambua leo kwamba, Yahwe Mungu wenu ni yeye ambaye huenda mbele yenu kama moto uwalao; atawaharibu na kuwaangamiza mbele yenu, kwa hiyo mtawaondosha na kuwafanya kuwapoteza kwa haraka, kama Yahwe alivyosema kwenu.
Vnderstand therefore that this day ye Lord thy God is he which goeth ouer before thee as a consuming fire: he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them downe before thy face: so thou shalt cast them out and destroy them suddenly, as the Lord hath said vnto thee.
4 Msiseme kwenye mioyo yenu, baada ya Yahwe Mungu wenu kuwatupilia toka mbele yenu, “ilikuwa kwa sababu ya haki yangu kwamba Yahwe amenileta mimi kuimiliki nchi hii; kwa kuwa ilikuwa kwa sababu ya maovu ya mataifa haya kwamba Yahwe anawaondowa toka mbele yenu.
Speake not thou in thine heart (after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out before thee) saying, For my righteousnesse the Lord hath brought me in, to possesse this land: but for the wickednesse of these nations the Lord hath cast them out before thee.
5 Si kwa sababu ya uadilifu wenu au unyofu wa mioyo yenu ambayo mnaenda kuingia kumiliki nchi yao, lakini ni kwa sababu ya maovu ya mataifa haya ambayo Mungu anawaondowa kutoka mbele zenu, na kusudi alifanye kuwa kweli neno ambalo aliapa kwa mababu zenu, Ibrahimu, Isaka na Yakabo.
For thou entrest not to inherite their lande for thy righteousnesse, or for thy vpright heart: but for the wickednesse of those nations, the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee, and that he might performe the worde which the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iacob.
6 Kwa hiyo tambua, kwamba Yahwe Mungu wenu awapi ninyi nchi hii nzuri kuimiliki kwa sababu ya uadilifu wenu kwa kuwa ni watu wakaidi.
Vnderstand therefore, that ye Lord thy God giueth thee not this good land to possesse it for thy righteousnes: for thou art a stifnecked people.
7 Kumbuka na msisahau jinsi mlivyomchochea Yahwe Mungu wenu katika hasira huko jangwani; kutoka siku hiyo ambayo mliacha nchi ya Misri mpaka mlipokuja kwenye eneo hili, mmekuwa waasi dhidi ya Yahwe.
Remember, and forget not, howe thou prouokedst the Lord thy God to anger in the wildernesse: since the day that thou diddest depart out of the land of Egypt, vntill ye came vnto this place ye haue rebelled against the Lord.
8 Pia huko Horebu mlimchochea Yahwe katika hasira, na Yahwe alikasirika vya kutosha kwenu kuwaangamiza.
Also in Horeb ye prouoked the Lord to anger so that the Lord was wroth with you, euen to destroy you.
9 Wakati nilipoenda juu ya mlima kupokea mbao za mawe, mbao za agano ambalo Yahwe alifanya nanyi, Nilibaki kwenye mlima kwa siku arobaini na usiku arobaini; Wala sikula mkate wala kunywa maji.
When I was gone vp into the mount, to receiue the tables of stone, the tables, I say, of the couenant, which the Lord made with you: and I abode in the mount fourtie daies and fourtie nights, and I neither ate bread nor yet dranke water:
10 Yahwe alinipa mbao mbili za mawe zilizoandikwa kwa kidole chake; juu yake kuliandikwa kila kitu kama tu maneno yote ambayo Yahwe alitangaza kwenu juu ya mlima toka katikati mwa moto siku hiyo ya kusanyiko.
Then the Lord deliuered me two tables of stone, written with the finger of God, and in them was conteyned according to all the wordes which the Lord had said vnto you in the mount out of the middes of the fire, in the day of the assemblie.
11 Ilitokea mwishoni mwa siku hizo arobaini na usiku arobaini ya kwamba Yahwe alinipa mimi mbao mbili za mawe, mbao za agano.
And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended, the Lord gaue me the two tables of stone, the tables, I say, of the couenant.
12 Yahwe alisema nami, 'Inuka, nenda chini haraka kutokea hapa, kwa kuwa watu wako, ambao uliwaleta toka Misri, wamekuwa wafisadi wenyewe. Kwa haraka wamegeuka toka kwenye njia ambayo niliwaamuru. Wamejifanyia wenyewe umbo la kutupwa.
And the Lord said vnto me, Arise, get thee downe quickly from hence: for thy people which thou hast brought out of Egypt, haue corrupt their wayes: they are soone turned out of the way, which I commanded them: they haue made them a molten image.
13 Zaidi ya hayo, Yahwe alizungumza na mimi na kusema, “Nimewaona watu hawa; ni watu wakaidi.
Furthermore, the Lord spake vnto me, saying, I haue seene this people, and beholde, it is a stifnecked people.
14 Acha mimi peke yangu, ili kwamba niweze kuwaangamiza na kulifuta jina lao kutoka chini ya mbingu, na nitawafanya ninyi taifa lenye nguvu na kuu kuliko wao.”
Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and put out their name from vnder heaue, and I wil make of thee a mightie nation, and greater then they be.
15 Kwa hiyo niligeuka nyuma na kushuka chini ya mlima, na mlima ulikuwa ukiwaka moto. Mbao mbili za agano zilikuwa kwenye mikono yangu.
So I returned, and came downe from the Mount (and the Mount burnt with fire, and ye two Tables of the couenant were in my two handes)
16 Nilitazama, na tazama, mlikuwa mmefanya dhambi dhidi ya Yahwe Mungu wenu. Mmejitengenezea wenyewe ndama. Kwa haraka mmegeuka toka njia ambayo Yahwe alikuwa amewaamuru.
Then I looked, and beholde, ye had sinned against the Lord your God: for ye had made you a molten calfe, and had turned quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.
17 Nilizichukua mbao mbili na kuzitupa toka mikononi mwangu. Nilizivunja mbele ya macho yenu.
Therefore I tooke the two Tables, and cast them out of my two handes, and brake them before your eyes.
18 Tena nilala kifudifudi mbele ya Yahwe kwa siku arobaini na usiku arobaini; wala sikula mkate wala kunywa maji, kwa sababu dhambi zenu zote ambazo mlikuwa mmefanya, kwa kufanya hivyo ambavyo ilikuwa ni mbaya machoni pa Yahwe, ili kwamba kumchochea yeye katika hasira.
And I fell downe before the Lord, fourtie dayes, and fourtie nightes, as before: I neither ate bread nor dranke water, because of al your sinnes, which ye had committed, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, in that ye prouoked him vnto wrath.
19 Kwa kuwa nilikuwa nimeogopa hasira na gadhabu kali ambayo Yahwe alikuwa amekasirika vya kutosha dhidi yenu kuwaangamiza. Lakini Yahwe alinisikiliza mimi kwa wakati huo pia.
(For I was afraide of the wrath and indignation, wherewith the Lord was mooued against you, euen to destroy you) yet the Lord heard me at that time also.
20 Yahwe alikuwa na hasira nyingi na Aaroni kwa kusudi la kumuangamiza; pia niliomba kwa ajili ya Aaroni kwa wakati huohuo.
Likewise ye Lord was very angrie with Aaron, euen to destroy him: but at that time I prayed also for Aaron.
21 Nilichukua dhambi zenu, ndama mliyekuwa mmentengeza, na kumchoma, kumpiga, kumweka chini kuwa mdogo, mpaka ilipokuwa laini kama vumbi. Nilirusha vumbi lake katika mkondo ambao ulitiririka chini kutoka mlimani.
And I tooke your sinne, I meane the calfe which ye had made, and burnt him with fire, and stamped him and ground him small, euen vnto very dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the riuer, that descended out of the mount.
22 Huko Taberah, Massah, na huko Kibrothi Hattaavah, mlimchochea Yahwe kwenye adhabu.
Also in Taberah, and in Massah and in Kibrothhattaauah ye prouoked ye Lord to anger.
23 Wakati Yahwe aliwatoa kutoka Kadeshi ya Barnea na kusema, 'Nenda juu na umiliki nchi ambayo nimekupa, 'ndipo mliasi dhidi ya agizo la Yahwe Mungu wenu, na hamkumwamini na kumsikiliza sauti yake.
Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Goe vp, and possesse the land which I haue giuen you, then ye rebelled against the commandement of the Lord your God, and beleeued him not, nor hearkened vnto his voyce.
24 Mmekuwa waasi dhidi ya Yahwe toka siku ile nilipowajua.
Ye haue bene rebellious vnto the Lord, since the day that I knewe you.
25 Kwa hiyo nilala kifudifudi mbele ya Yahwe siku zile arobaini na usiku arobaini, kwa sababu alikuwa amesema kwamba angewaangamiza.
Then I fell downe before ye Lord fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, as I fell downe before, because ye Lord had said, that he woulde destroy you.
26 Niliomba kwa Yahwe na kusema, 'Oh Bwana Yahwe, usiwaangamize watu wako au warithi wako ambao uliwaokoa kwa ukuu wako, ambapo uwatoa toka Misri kwa mkono wa uweza.
And I prayed vnto the Lord, and saide, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatnesse, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt by a mightie hand.
27 Akilini waite watumishi wenu Ibrahimu, Isaka, na Yakobo; msiangalie ukaidi wa watu hawa, wala maovu yao, dhambi zao,
Remember thy seruants Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob: looke not to ye stubburnes of this people, nor to their wickednes, nor to their sinne,
28 ili kwamba nchi ambayo ulitutoa iseme, “Kwa sababu Yahwe hakuweza kuwaleta katika nchi aliyowaahadia, na kwa sababu aliwachukia, amewaleta nje kuwauwa katika jangwa.
Lest the countrey, whence thou broughtest them, say, Because ye Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, or because he hated them, he caried them out, to slay them in the wildernesse.
29 Bado ni watu wa kwenu na urithi wenu, ambao uliwatoa kwa nguvu zako kuu na kwa kuonesha mamlaka yako,
Yet they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mightie power, and by thy stretched out arme.
