Kutoka 20
1 Mungu alisema maneno yote haya:
'And God speaketh all these words, saying,
2 Ndimi Bwana Mungu wenu, niliyewatoa katika ardhi Misri, nje ya nyumba ya utumwa.
I [am] Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants.
3 Msiwe na miungu mingine ila mimi tu.
'Thou hast no other Gods before Me.
4 Msijitengenezee sanamu za kuchonga kufananisha na kitu chochote kilichopo juu ya mbingu, chini ya ardhi, au ndani ya maji.
'Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which [is] in the heavens above, or which [is] in the earth beneath, or which [is] in the waters under the earth.
5 Msipinde na kuabudu sanamu, mimi Yahweh Mungu wenu, ni Mungu mwenye wivu. Nitaadhibu uovu wa mabubu kwa kuleta adhabu juu ya kizazi, cha tatu hadi kizazi cha nne kwa wale wanao nichukia.
Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, [am] a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third [generation], and on the fourth, of those hating Me,
6 Ila nitaweka agano la uaminifu kwa maelfu watakao nipenda na kushika amri zangu.
and doing kindness to thousands, of those loving Me and keeping My commands.
7 Usilitaje bure jina la Yahweh Mungu wako, sitkuwa na hatia kwa yeyote atakaye taja jina langu bure.
'Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.
8 Ikumbuke siku ya Sabato, na kunitengea.
'Remember the Sabbath-day to sanctify it;
9 lazima ufanye kazi zako zote kwa siku sita.
six days thou dost labour, and hast done all thy work,
10 Ila siku ya saba ni Sabato kwaajili ya Yahweh Mungu wako. Siku hiyo usifanye kazi yoyote, wewe, au mwana wako, au binti yako, au mtumishi wako wakiume, au mtumishi wako mwanamke, au ng'ombe zako, au mgeni aliye ndani ya malango yako.
and the seventh day [is] a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, —
11 Kwa siku sita Yahweh aliumba mbingu na nchi, bahari, na vitu vyote vilivyomo, na siku ya saba alipumzika. Kwa hiyo Yahweh aliibariki siku ya Sabato na kuitenga.
for six days hath Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that [is] in them, and resteth in the seventh day; therefore hath Jehovah blessed the Sabbath-day, and doth sanctify it.
12 Waheshimu baba na mama yako, ili uweze kuishi miaka mingi duniani Yahweh Mungu wako ametoa.
'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
13 Usiue.
'Thou dost not murder.
14 Usifanye uasherati (usizini).
'Thou dost not commit adultery.
15 Usiibe kwa mtu yoyote.
'Thou dost not steal.
16 Usishuhudie uongo dhidi ya jirani yako.
'Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.
17 Usitaman nyumba ya jirani yako; usitamani mke wa jirani yako, wala mtumishi wake wakiume, mtumishi wake mwanamke, ng'ombe wake, punda wake, au chochote cha jirani yako.
'Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which [is] thy neighbour's.'
18 Watu wote waliona radi na umeme, na kusikia sauti ya mbiu, na mlima ukitoa moshi. Watu walipoona hivo, walitetemeka na kusimama mbali.
And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,
19 Wakamwambia Musa, ongea na sisi, na tutakusikiliza; lakini usiruhusu Mungu kuongea nasi, ama tutakufa.
and say unto Moses, 'Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'
20 Musa akawaambia watu, “msiogope, Mungu alikuja kuwajaribu ili heshima yake iwe ndani yenu, kwa hiyo msitende dhambi.”
And Moses saith unto the people, 'Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces — that ye sin not.'
21 hivyo watu walisimama mbali, na Musa alikaribia giza nene Mungu alipokuwa.
And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God [is].
22 Yahweh alimwambia Musa, “Ni lazima uwaambie hili Waisraeli: 'Wewe mwenyewe umeona niliongea na wewe kutoka mbinguni.
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye — ye have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you;
23 Misjitengenezee miungu mingine pamoja nami, miungu ya fedha au miungu ya dhahabu.
ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.
24 Tengenezeni madhabahu ya udongo kwa ajili yangu, na lazima mtoe sadaka ya kuteketeza, sadaka ya ushirika, kondoo, na ng'ombe. kila sehemu ntakapotaka jina langu liheshimiwe, nitakuja kwenu na kuwabariki.
'An altar of earth thou dost make for Me, and thou hast sacrificed on it thy burnt-offerings and thy peace-offerings, thy flock and thy herd; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered I come in unto thee, and have blessed thee.
25 Kama mtatengeneza madhabahu ya mawe, msijenge na mawe yaiyokatika, na kama mtatumia vyombo vyenu juu yake, mtaweka unajisi.
'And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;
26 msije juu ya madhabahu yangu kwa hatua zenu; hii ni ili msioneshe sehemu zenu za siri.”
neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.
