Kutoka 19
1 Katika mwezi wa tatu baada ya watu wa Israeli kutoka Misri, siku hiyo, walikwenda nyikani ya Sinai.
Two months to the day after they left Egypt, the Israelites arrived at the Sinai desert.
2 Walipo ondoka Refidimu na kuja nyikani ya Sinai, walieka kambi mbele ya mlima.
They had set out from Rephidim, and after they entered the Sinai desert they camped there in front of the mountain.
3 Musa akaenda juu kwa Mungu. Yahweh alimuita kutoka mlimani na kusema, “Lazima uiambie nyumba ya Yakobo, watu wa Israeli:
Moses went up the mountain to God. The Lord spoke to Moses from the mountain, and told him, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob, the Israelites:
4 Uliona nilicho fanya kwa Wamisri, jinsi nilivyo kubeba kwa mabawa ya tai na kukuleta kwangu.
‘You saw for yourselves what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles' wings, how I brought you to myself.
5 Kisha sasa, ukinisikiliza kwa utii sauti yangu na kushika agano langu, kisha utakuwa mali yangu ya pekee miongoni mwa watu wote, kwa kuwa dunia yote ni yangu.
Now if you really obey what I say and keep the agreement with me, then out of all the nations you will be a special people that belong to me. While the whole world is mine,
6 Utakuwa ufalme wa kikuhani na taifa takatifu langu. Haya ni maneno wapaswa kuwaambia Waisraeli.
for me you will be a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.’ This is what you are to tell the Israelites.”
7 Hivyo Musa akaja na kuwaita wazee wa watu. Aliweke mbele yao maneno yote haya Yahweh aliyo muamuru.
So Moses went back down and summoned the elders of the people, and presented to them everything the Lord had ordered him to say.
8 Watu wote walijibu pamoja na kusema, “Tutafanya yote Yahweh aliyo tuambia.” Kisha musa akaja kutoa taarifa ya maneno watu kwa Yahweh.
Everyone answered, “We promise to do everything the Lord says.” Then Moses took the people's answer back to the Lord.
9 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Nitakuja kwako kwa wingu nene ili watu wasikie ninapo sema na wewe na wakuamini milele.” Kisha Musa kamwambia Yahweh maneno ya Yahweh.
The Lord told Moses, “Look! I'm going to come to you in a thick cloud so the people will hear me speaking with you and as a result they will always trust you.” Then Moses reported to the Lord what the people had said.
10 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Nenda kwa watu. Leo na kesho lazima uwatenge, na kuwafanya waoshe mavazi yao.
The Lord told Moses, “Go back down and prepare them spiritually today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
11 Kuwa tayari kwa siku ya tatu, kwa kuwa siku ya tatu Yahweh atashuka chini ya Mlima Sayuni.
and be ready on the third day because that is when the Lord will descend upon Mount Sinai in the full view of everyone.
12 Lazima uweke mipaka kote kuzunguka mlima kwa ajili ya watu. Uwaambie, 'Kuweni waangalifu msiende juu ya mlima au kushika mipaka yake. Yeyote atakaye shika mlima ata uawa.'
Set up a boundary for the people all around and warn them, ‘Watch out! Don't try to go up the mountain—don't even touch it! For anyone who touches the mountain will most certainly be killed. Don't touch any person or any animal that has touched the mountain.
13 Hakuna mkono wa mtu yeyote kumshika mtu huyu. Badala yake, lazima apigwe mawe au kuchomwa mshale. Iwe ni mtu au mnyama, lazima auawe. Tarumbeta itakapo pigwa muda mrefu, wanaweza kuja chini ya mguu wa mlima.”
Make sure they are stoned or shot with arrows—they must not be allowed to live.’ Only when there is a long blast on the ram's horn can the people come up the mountain.”
14 Kisha Musa akashuka mlimani kwenda kwa watu. Aliwatenga watu kwa ajili ya Yahweh na wakaosha mavazi yao.
Moses went down the mountain and prepared the people spiritually and they washed their clothes.
15 Aliwaambia watu, “Kuweni tayari siku ya tatu; msiwakaribie wake zenu.”
He instructed the people, “Get ready for the third day, and don't be intimate with a woman.”
16 Siku ya tatu, ilipo fika asubui, kulikuwa na ngurumo na radi na wingu nene kwenye mlima, na sauti kubwa ya tarumbeta. Watu wote kambini waliogopa.
When morning came on the third day there was thunder and lightning, and a thick cloud covered the mountain. There was the very loud sound of a ram's horn, and everyone in the camp shook with fear.
17 Musa akaleta watu kutoka kambini kukutana na Mungu, na wakasimama miguuni mwa mlima.
Moses led the people out from the camp to meet God. They stood at the foot of the mountain.
18 Mlima Sina ulijwa kabisa na moshi kwasababu Yahweh alishuka na moto na moshi. Moshi ulipanda juu kama moshi wa tanuru, na mlima wote ulitikisika kwa vurugu.
Smoke poured out over the whole of Mount Sinai because the Lord's presence had come down like fire. The smoke rose up like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain shook furiously.
19 Sauti ya tarumbeta ilipo ongezeka na zaidi, Musa akazungumza, na Mungu kamjibu kwa sauti.
As the sound of the ram's horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in a loud, thunderous voice.
20 Yahweh akashuka chini ya Mlima Sinai, juu ya mlima, na akamuita Musa kuja juu. Kisha Musa akapanda juu.
The Lord descended on the top of Mount Sinai, and he called Moses to come up there. So Moses went up,
21 Yahweh akamwabia Musa, “Shuka chini na uwaonye watu wasipite kuniangalia, au wengi wao wataangamia.
and the Lord told him, “Go back down, and warn the people not to force their way across the boundary to try to come to the Lord or they will die.
22 Acha pia mukuhani wanao kuja karibu yangu wakitenge - wajiandae kwa ujio - ili nisiwashambulie.”
Even the priests, who come before the Lord, must prepare themselves spiritually, so that the Lord does not punish them.”
23 Musa akamwabia Yahweh, “Watu hawawezi kuja juu ya mlima, kwa kuwa umetuamuru: 'Eka mipaka kuzunguka mlima na utenge kwa ajili ya Yahweh.'”
But Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai. You yourself warned us, ‘Set up a boundary around the mountain, and treat it as holy.’”
24 Yahweh akamwambia, Nenda, shuka chini ya mlima, na umelete Aruni na wewe, lakini usiache makuhani na watu kupita vizuizi na kuja kwangu, au nitawashambulia.”
The Lord told him, “Go down and bring Aaron back up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way to come up to the Lord, or he will punish them.”
25 Hivyo Musa akaenda chini kwa watu na kusema nao.
So Moses went down and explained to the people what the Lord had said.
