Kutoka 10
1 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Nenda kwa Farao, kwa kuwa nimeufanya moyo wake mgumu na moyo wa watumishi wake. Nimefanya hivi kuonyesha hizi ishara za nguvu zangu miongoni mwao.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
2 Pia nimefanya hivi ili muwaambie watoto wenu na wajukuu wenu vitu nilivyo fanya, jinsi nilivyo itendea Misri kwa ukali, na jinsi nilivyo onyesha aina tofauti za ishara za nguvu zangu miongoni mwao. Kwa hili mtajua kuwa mimi ni Yahweh.”
and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
3 Hivyo Musa na Aruni wakaenda kwa Farao na kumwambia, “Yahweh, Mungu wa Waebrania, anasema hivi: 'Kwa muda gani utaendelea kukataa kujinyenyekesha mbele zangu? Acha watu wangu waenda ili wakaniabudu.
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
4 Lakini ukikataa kuwaruhusu watu wangu kwenda, sikiliza, kesho nitaleta nzige kwenye nchi yako.
But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
5 Watafunika ardhi ya juu ili kwamba mtu asiweze kuona udongo. Watakula mabaki yote yalio salia kwenye mvua ya barafu ya mawe. Pia watakula kila mti unaokua shambani.
They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.
6 Watajaza nyumba zenu, zote za watumishi wenu, na zote za Wamisri wote - jambo ambalo baba zenu wala mababu zenu hawakuwai kuona, jambo ambalo halikuwai shuhudiwa toka walipo kuwa duniani hadi leo.”' Kisha Musa akaondoka na kutoka kwa Farao.
They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
7 Watumishi wa Farao wakamwambia, “Mpaka lini huyu mwanaume ata kuwa msumbufu kwetu? Acha Waisraeli waende wakamuabudu Yahweh Mungu wao. Bado haujatambua kuwa Misri imeharibiwa?”
Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?”
8 Musa na Aruni wakaletwa tena kwa Farao, ambaye aliwaambia, “Nendeni amkamuabudu Yahweh Mungu wenu. Lakini watu gani wataenda?”
So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”
9 Musa akasema, “Tutaondoka na wadogo wetu na wakubwa wetu, pamoja na wana wetu na mabinti zetu. Tutaondoka na ng'ombe na kondoo zetu, maana lazima tufanye siku kuu ya Yahweh.”
“We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”
10 Farao akawaambia, “Yahweh kwa kweli awe nanyi, kama nitawaacha muende na wadogo zenu waende. Angalia, una uovu kwenye nia.
Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
11 Hapana! Nenda, wanaume tu miongoni mwenu, na mmuabudu Yahweh, kwa kuwa hilo ndilo mnalo litaka.” Kisha Musa na Aruni wakaondolewa uweponi mwa Farao.
No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.
12 Kisha Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Nyoosha mkono wako kwenye nchi ya Misri palipo na nzige, ili washambulie nchi ya Misri na kula kila mmea, kila kitu barua ya mawe iliyo acha.”
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”
13 Musa akanyoosha na gongo lake juu ya nchi ya Misri, na Yahweh akaleta upepo wa mashariki juu ya nchi mchana wote na usiku mzima. Palipo kuwa asubui, upepo wa mashariki ulileta nzige.
So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
14 Nzige wakaenda nchi yote ya Misri na kuharibu sehemu zote. Hapajawai kuwa na kundi kama hilo la nzige juu ya nchi, hakuna kama tena kama hilo litawai kutokea.
The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.
15 Walifunika ardhi yote ya juu ikawa giza. Walikula kila mmea na kila tunda la miti ambayo barafu ya mawe ilibakiza. Kila eneo la nchi ya Misri, hakuna mmea wa kijani ulibaki, wala mti au mmea wa shambani.
They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
16 Kisha Farao akawaita Musa na Aruni na kuwaambia, “Nimefanya dhambi dhidi ya Yahweh na dhidi yako.
Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
17 Kisha sasa, nisamehe dhambi yangu wakati huu, na uombe kwa Yahweh Mungu wako aondoe hichi kifo kwangu.”
Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
18 Musa akaondoka kwa Farao na kumuomba Yahweh.
So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.
19 Yahweh akaleta upepo mkali wa magharibi ulio wachukuwa wale nzige na kuwapeleka Bahari ya Shamu; hakuna nzige ata mmoja aliye baki eneo la Misri.
And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
20 Lakini Yahweh aliufanya moyo wa Farao mgumu, na Farao hakuacha Waisraeli waende.
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
21 Kisha Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Nyoosha mkono wako kuelekea mbingu, ili kuwe na giza nchi yote ya Misri, giza linalo weza kuhisiwa.”
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
22 Musa akanyoosha mkono wake kuelekea mbingu, na kulikuwa na giza nene nchi yote ya Misri kwa siku tatu.
So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
23 Hakuna aliye muona mwingine; hakuna aliye toka nyumbani mwake kwa siku tatu. Walakini, Waisraeli wote walikuwa na taa katika sehemu walizo ishi.
No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
24 Farao alimuita Musa na kusema, “Nenda umuabudu Yahweh. Ata familia zenu za weza kwenda nanyie, lakini ng'ombe zenu na kondoo zenu zitabaki.”
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
25 Lakini Musa akasema, “Lazima utupe wanyama kwa ajili ya dhabihu na sadaka za kuteketeza ili tuwatoe dhabihu kwa Yahweh Mungu wetu.
But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
26 Mifugo yetu lazima iende na sisi; ata mmoja hawezi kubaki, lazima tuwapeleke wakamuabudu Yahweh Mungu wetu. Kwa kuwa hatujui tutakacho muabudu nacho Yahweh mpaka tufike pale.
Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
27 Lakini Yahweh aliufanya moyo wa Farao mgumu, na hakuwaacha waende.
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
28 Farao alimwambia Musa, “Toka kwangu! Kuwa muangalifu na jambo moja, kwamba usinione tena, kwa kuwa siku utakapo uona uso wangu, utakufa.”
“Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
29 Musa akasema, “Wewe mwenyewe umesema. Sitauona uso wako tena.”
“As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”
