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.
The LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs amongst 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 in the hearing of your son, and of your son’s son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done amongst them; that 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.
Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to 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, that they may serve me.
4 Lakini ukikataa kuwaruhusu watu wangu kwenda, sikiliza, kesho nitaleta nzige kwenye nchi yako.
Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,
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.
and they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one won’t be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.
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.
Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’” He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.
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 servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD, their God. Don’t you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”
8 Musa na Aruni wakaletwa tena kwa Farao, ambaye aliwaambia, “Nendeni amkamuabudu Yahweh Mungu wenu. Lakini watu gani wataenda?”
Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the LORD your God; but who are those who will go?”
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.”
Moses said, “We will go with our young and with our old. We will go with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our 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.
He said to them, “The LORD be with you if I let you go with your little ones! See, evil is clearly before your faces.
11 Hapana! Nenda, wanaume tu miongoni mwenu, na mmuabudu Yahweh, kwa kuwa hilo ndilo mnalo litaka.” Kisha Musa na Aruni wakaondolewa uweponi mwa Farao.
Not so! Go now you who are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what you desire!” Then they were driven out 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.”
The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.”
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.
Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all night; and when it was morning, the east wind 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 went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt. They were very grievous. Before them there were no such locusts as they, nor will there ever be again.
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.
For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. There remained nothing green, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
16 Kisha Farao akawaita Musa na Aruni na kuwaambia, “Nimefanya dhambi dhidi ya Yahweh na dhidi yako.
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he 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 therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to the LORD your God, that he may also take away from me this death.”
18 Musa akaondoka kwa Farao na kumuomba Yahweh.
Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed 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.
The LORD sent an exceedingly strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Sea of Suf. There remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.
20 Lakini Yahweh aliufanya moyo wa Farao mgumu, na Farao hakuacha Waisraeli waende.
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go.
21 Kisha Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Nyoosha mkono wako kuelekea mbingu, ili kuwe na giza nchi yote ya Misri, giza linalo weza kuhisiwa.”
The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand towards the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.”
22 Musa akanyoosha mkono wake kuelekea mbingu, na kulikuwa na giza nene nchi yote ya Misri kwa siku tatu.
Moses stretched out his hand towards the sky, and there was a thick darkness in 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.
They didn’t see one another, and nobody rose from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel 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.”
Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the LORD. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you.”
25 Lakini Musa akasema, “Lazima utupe wanyama kwa ajili ya dhabihu na sadaka za kuteketeza ili tuwatoe dhabihu kwa Yahweh Mungu wetu.
Moses said, “You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice 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.
Our livestock also shall go with us. Not a hoof shall be left behind, for of it we must take to serve the LORD our God; and we don’t know with what we must serve the LORD, until we come there.”
27 Lakini Yahweh aliufanya moyo wa Farao mgumu, na hakuwaacha waende.
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he wouldn’t 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.”
Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!”
29 Musa akasema, “Wewe mwenyewe umesema. Sitauona uso wako tena.”
Moses said, “You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more.”
