Kutoka 16
1 Watu wakaendelea na safari kutoka Elimu, na jamii yote ya Waisraeli ikaja nyikani mwa Sinu, iliyopo katikati ya Elimu na Sinai, siku ya kumi na tano ya mwezi wa pili walipo toka Misri.
And they journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel come to the wilderness of Sin, which [is] between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month of their going out from the land of Egypt.
2 Jamii yote ya Waisraeli wali walalamikia Musa na Aruni nyikani.
And all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
3 Waisraeli waliwaambia, “Kama tu tungekufa kwa mkono wa Yahweh nchi ya Misri tulipo kuwa tumeketi kwenye vyombo vya nyama na tulikuwa tunakula mkate kwa tele. Maana umetuleta nyikani uuwe jamii zetu zote kwa njaa.”
and the sons of Israel say to them, “Oh that we had died by the hand of YHWH in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety—for you have brought us out to this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.”
4 Kisha Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Nitakunyeshea mvua ya mkate. Watu wataenda na kukusanya kiasi cha siku kila siku ili niwajaribu kama wataendelea kushika sheria yangu au hapana.
And YHWH says to Moses, “Behold, I am raining bread from the heavens for you—and the people have gone out and gathered the matter of a day in its day—so that I try them whether they walk in My law or not;
5 Itakuja kuwa siku ya sita, kwamba watakusanya mara mbili zaidi ya wanavyo kusanyaga, na watapika wanacholeta.”
and it has been on the sixth day, that they have prepared that which they bring in, and it has been double above that which they gather day [by] day.”
6 Kisha Musa na Aruni wakawaambia watu wote wa Israeli, “Jioni mtajua kuwa ni Yahweh aliye waleta kutoka nchi ya Misri.
And Moses says—Aaron also—to all the sons of Israel, “Evening—and you have known that YHWH has brought you out from the land of Egypt;
7 Asubui utaona utukufu wa Yahweh, kwa maana anasikia mna mlalamikia. Sisi ni nani hadi mtulalamikie?”
and morning—and you have seen the glory of YHWH, in His hearing your murmurings against YHWH, and what [are] we, that you murmur against us?”
8 Musa pia akasema, “Utajua hili pale Yahweh atakapo kupa nyama jioni na mkate asubui kwa tele - kwa kuwa amesikia malalamishi mnayo tamka dhidi yake. Nani ni Aruni na mimi? Malalamishi yenu sio dhidi yetu; ni dhidi ya Yahweh.”
And Moses says, “In YHWH’s giving to you flesh to eat in the evening, and bread in the morning to satiety—in YHWH’s hearing your murmurings, which you are murmuring against Him, and what [are] we? Your murmurings [are] not against us, but against YHWH.”
9 Musa akamwambia Aruni, “Sema kwa jamii yote ya watu wa Israeli, 'Njoo karibu ya Yahweh, kwa kuwa amesikia malalamishi yenu.'”
And Moses says to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, Come near before YHWH, for He has heard your murmurings”;
10 Ikawa, Aruni alipo sema na jamii yote ya watu wa Israeli, wakaangalia kuelekea nyikani, na, tazama, utukufu wa Yahweh ukatokea kwenye wingu.
and it comes to pass, when Aaron is speaking to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, that they turn toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of YHWH is seen in the cloud.
11 Kisha Yahweh akasema na Musa na kumwambia,
And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,
12 “Nimesikia malalamishi ya watu wa Israeli. Sema nao na useme, 'Jioni utakula nyama, na asubui utashiba mkate. Kisha utajua mimi ni Yahweh Mungu wako.'”
“I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, Between the evenings you eat flesh, and in the morning you are satisfied [with] bread, and you have known that I [am] your God YHWH.”
13 Ikaja kuwa kwamba jioni kware wakaja juu na kufunika kambi. Asubui umande ulitanda kambini.
And it comes to pass in the evening, that the quail comes up, and covers the camp, and in the morning there has been the lying of dew around the camp,
14 Umande ulipo kwisha, pale juu ya ardhi ya nyikani kulikuwa na kama barafu iliyo ganda kwenye ardhi.
and the lying of the dew goes up, and behold, on the face of the wilderness [is] a thin, bare thing, thin as hoarfrost on the earth.
15 Watu wa Israeli walipo ona, walisema mmoja kwa mwenzake, “Hii ni nini?” Hawakujua ilikuwa ni nini. Musa akawaambia, “Ni mkate Yahweh aliyo wapa mle.
And the sons of Israel see, and say to one another, “What [is] it?” For they have not known what it [is]; and Moses says to them, “It [is] the bread which YHWH has given to you for food.
16 Hii ni amri Yahweh aliyotoa: 'Lazima ukusanye, kila mmoja wenu, kiasi unacho itaji kula, lita mbili kwa kila mtu. Hivi ndivyo utakavyo kusanya: Kusanya cha kutosha kula cha kila mtu anaye ishi hemani mwako.'”
This [is] the thing which YHWH has commanded: Gather of it, each according to his eating, an omer for the counted head; and the number of your persons, take, each, for those in his tent.”
17 Watu wa Israeli wakafanya hivyo. Baadhi wakakusanya zaidi, baadhi wakakusanya kidogo.
And the sons of Israel do so, and they gather, he who is [gathering] much, and he who is [gathering] little;
18 Walipo pima kwa kipimo cha lita, hao walio kusanya zaidi hawakuwa na kilicho salia, na hao walio kusanya kidogo hawakuwa na pungufu. Kila mmoja alikusanya cha kutosha kukidhi maitaji yake.
and they measure with an omer, and he who is [gathering] much has nothing over, and he who is [gathering] little has no lack, each according to his eating they have gathered.
19 Kisha Musa akawaambia, “Hakuna ata mmoja kubakiza hadi asubui.”
And Moses says to them, “Let no man leave of it until morning”;
20 Walakini, hawakumsikiliza Musa. Baadhi yao waliacha baadhi hadi asubui, lakini ilizalisha wadudu na kuwa batili. Kisha Musa akawa na hasira juu yao.
and they have not listened to Moses, and some of them leave of it until morning, and it brings up worms and stinks; and Moses is angry with them.
21 Walikusanya asubui kwa asubui. Kila mtu alikusanya cha kutosha kula kwa hiyo siku. Jua lilipo kuwa kali, ili yayuka.
And they gather it morning by morning, each according to his eating; when the sun has been warm, then it has melted.
22 siku ya sita walikusanya mkate mara mbili zaidi, lita mbili kwa kila mtu. Viongozi wote wa jamii walikuja na kumwambia hili kwa Musa.
And it comes to pass on the sixth day, they have gathered a second bread, two omers for one, and all the princes of the congregation come in, and declare [it] to Moses.
23 Aliwaambia, “Hili ndilo Yahweh alililo lisema: 'Kesho ni mapumziko ya kujiliwaza, sabato takatifu kwa utukufu wa Yahweh. Oka kile unataka kuoka, na chemsha kile unataka kuchemsha. Vyote vitakavyo baki, jihifadhie hadi asubui.”'
And he says to them, “It [is] that which YHWH has spoken: A rest—a holy Sabbath to YHWH—[is] tomorrow; that which you bake, bake; and that which you boil, boil; and all that is remaining, let [it] rest for yourselves for preservation until the morning.”
24 Hivyo wakaeka pembeni hadi asubui, kama Musa alivyo elekeza. Haikuharibika, wala haikuwa na mdudu yeyote.
And they let it rest until the morning, as Moses has commanded, and it has not stunk, and a worm has not been in it.
25 Musa alisema, “Kula hicho cha kula leo, kwa kuwa leo ni siku iliyo tengwa ya kumtukuza Yahweh. Leo hamtaikuta mashambani.
And Moses says, “Eat it today, for today [is] a Sabbath to YHWH; today you do not find it in the field:
26 Mtaikusanya ndani ya siku sita, lakini siku ya saba ni Sabato. Siku ya Sabato hakuta kuwa na manna.”
six days you gather it, and in the seventh day—the Sabbath—there is none in it.”
27 Ilikuja kuwa siku ya saba ambapo baadhi ya watu walienda kukusanya manna, lakini hawakukuta
And it comes to pass on the seventh day, some of the people have gone out to gather, and have not found.
28 Kisha Yahweh akamwambia Musa, Kwa muda gani utaendelea kukataa kushika amri zangu na sheria zangu?
And YHWH says to Moses, “How long have you refused to keep My commands and My laws?
29 Tazama, Yahweh amekupa Sabato. Hivyo siku ya sita anakupa mkate wa siku mbili. Kila mmoja wenu lazima akae kwenye sehemu yake; hakuna hata mmoja wa kutoka sehemu yake siku ya saba.”
See, because YHWH has given the Sabbath to you, therefore He is giving to you on the sixth day bread of two days; each abide [in] his place, no one goes out from his place on the seventh day.”
30 Hivyo watu watapumzika siku ya saba.
And the people rest on the seventh day,
31 Watu wa Israeli walikiita chakula kile “manna.” Ilikuwa ni nyeupe kama mbegu ya mgiligani, na ladha yake kama maandazi yaliyo pikwa na asali.
and the house of Israel calls its name Manna, and it [is] as white coriander seed; and its taste [is] as a cake with honey.
32 Musa akasema, “Hili ndilo Yahweh alilo amuru: 'Acha lita mbili ya manna ihifadhiwe kwa ajili vizazi vya watu wako ili kwamba uzao wako uone mkate niliyo kulisha nyikani, baada ya kukutoa kutoka nchi ya Misri.
And Moses says, “This [is] the thing which YHWH has commanded: Fill the omer with it, for a charge for your generations, so that they see the bread which I have caused you to eat in the wilderness, in My bringing you out from the land of Egypt.”
33 Musa akamwambia Aruni, “Chukuwa jagi na uweke lita mbili za manna ndani yake. Hifadhi kwa Yahweh i dumu vizazi vyote vya watu.”
And Moses says to Aaron, “Take one pot, and put the fullness of the omer of manna [in] there, and let it rest before YHWH, for a charge for your generations”;
34 Kama Yahweh alivyo muamuru Musa, Aruni akahifadhi pembeni mwa mawe yaliyo kuwa na amri za agano.
as YHWH has given command to Moses, so Aaron lets it rest before the Testimony, for a charge.
35 Watu wa Israeli walikula manna miaka arobaini mpaka walipo kuja nchi yenye watu. Walikula mpaka walipo fika kwenye mipaka ya nchi ya Kanani.
And the sons of Israel have eaten the manna [for] forty years, until their coming to the land to be inhabited; they have eaten the manna until their coming to the extremity of the land of Canaan.
36 Lita mbili ni makumi ya efa.
And the omer is a tenth of the ephah.
