Kutoka 33
1 Yahweh anasema na Musa, “Nenda kutoka hapa, wewe na watu ulio watoa kutoka nchi ya Misri. Nenda kwenye nchi nilio fanya nadhiri na Ibrahimu, Isaka, Yakobo, nilipo sema, 'Nitakupa wewe na uzao wako'.'
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt. Go to the land about which I made an oath to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, when I said, 'I will give it to your descendants.'
2 Nitatuma malaika mbele yako, na kuwaondoa Wakanani, Waamori, Wahiti, Waperizi, Wahivi, na Wayebusi.
I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
3 Nenda kwenye hiyo nchi, inayo tiririka kwa maziwa na asali, lakini sitaenda nawe, kwasababu ninyi ni watu wajehuri. Ninaweza kuwaharibu njiani.”
Go to that land, which is flowing with milk and honey, but I will not go up with you, because you are a stubborn people. I might destroy you on the way.”
4 Watu walipo sikia haya maneno ya kushtua, walilia, na hakuna aliye vaa mikufu.
When the people heard these troubling words, they mourned, and no one put on any jewelry.
5 Yahweh alisema kwa Musa, “Waambie Waisraeli, 'Ninyi ni watu wakorofi. Kama ningeenda miongoni mwenu ata kwa muda kidogo, nigewaharibu ninyi. Hivyo sasa, toa mikufu yenu ili niamue nini cha kufanya kwenu.”'
Yahweh had said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, 'You are a stubborn people. If I went among you for even one moment, I would destroy you. So now, take off your jewelry so that I may decide what to do with you.'”
6 Hivyo Waisraeli hawaku vaa mikufu kutoka Mlima Horebu na kwendelea.
So the Israelites wore no jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.
7 Musa akachukua hema na kukita nje ya kambi, umbali kidogo na kambini. Aliita hema ya kukutania. Kila mtu alliye muuliza Yahweh kitu chochote alienda kwenye hema ya kukutania, nje ya kambi.
Moses took a tent and pitched it outside the camp, some distance from the camp. He called it the tent of meeting. Everyone who asked Yahweh for anything went out to the tent of meeting, outside the camp.
8 Kisha Musa alipo enda kwenye hema, watu wote walisima kando ya hema yao na kumuangalia Musa hadi alipo ingia ndani.
When Moses would go out to the tent, all the people would stand up at their tent entrances and look at Moses until he had gone inside.
9 Wakati wowote Musa alipo ingia hemani, nguzo ya wingu ilishuka chini na kusimama nje ya lango la hema, na Yahweh alizungumza na Musa.
Whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stand at the tent entrance, and Yahweh would speak with Moses.
10 Wakati wowote watu walipo ona nguzo ya wingu imesimama langoni mwa hema, waliamka na kuabudu, kila langoni mwa hema yake.
Whenever all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the entrance to the tent, they would get up and worship, every man at his own tent entrance.
11 Yahweh alizungumza na Musa uso kwa uso, kama mtu anapo zungumza na rafiki yake. Kisha Musa alirudi kambini, lakini mtumishi wake Yoshua mwana wa Nuni, kijana, alibaki hemani.
Yahweh would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua son of Nun, a young man, would stay in the tent.
12 Musa alisema na Yahweh, “Ona, umekuwa ukisema na mimi, 'Chukuwa watu hawa safarini,' lakini hauja niambia nani utamtuma na mimi. Umesema, 'Nina kujua kwa jina, na umepata upendeleo kwangu.'
Moses said to Yahweh, “See, you have been saying to me, 'Take this people on their journey,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my eyes.'
13 Kama nimepata upendeleo machoni pako, nionyeshe njia zako ili nikujue na kuendelea kupata upendeleo machoni pako. Kumbuka ili taifa ni watu wako.”
Now if I have found favor in your eyes, show me your ways so that I may know you and continue to find favor in your eyes. Remember that this nation is your people.”
14 Yahweh akajibu, “Uwepo wangu utaenda nawe, na nitakupa pumziko.”
Yahweh answered, “My own presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
15 Musa akasema, “Kama uwepo wako hautaenda nasi, usitutoe hapa.
Moses said to him, “If your presence does not go with us, do not take us up from here.
16 Au je, itajulikanaje niimepata upendeleo machoni pako, mimi na watu wako? Haitakuwa kuwa tu kama ukienda nasi mimi na watu wako tutakuwa na utofauti na watu wengine wote waliopo katika uso wa dunia?”
For otherwise, how will it be known that I have found favor in your eyes, I and your people? Will it not only be if you go with us so that I and your people are different from all the other peoples that are on the surface of the earth?”
17 Yahweh akamwambia Musa, “Nitafanya pia hichi kitu ulicho niomba, kwa kuwa umepata upendeleo machoni mwangu, na nina kujua kwa jina lako.”
Yahweh said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have requested, for you have found favor in my eyes, and I know you by name.”
18 Musa akasema, Tafadhali nionyeshe utukufu wako.”
Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”
19 Yahweh akasema, “Nitafanya wema wangu wote ujulikani kwako, na nitatangaza jina langu 'Yahweh' kwako. Nitakuwa na neema kwake nitakae kuwa na neema, na nitaonyesha rehema kwake nitakaye onyesha rehema.”
Yahweh said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim my name 'Yahweh' before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”
20 Lakini Yahweh akasema, “Hauta ona uso wangu, kwa kuwa hakuna aonaye uso wangu na kuiishi.”
But Yahweh said, “You may not see my face, for no one can see me and live.”
21 Yahweh akasema, “Ona, hapa kuna sehemu yangu; utasimama kwenye huu mwamba.
Yahweh said, “See, here is a place by me; you will stand on this rock.
22 Wakati utukufu wangu unapita, nitakuweka kwenye shimo kubwa la mwamba na kukufunika kwa mkono wangu mpaka nitakapo pita.
While my glory passes by, I will put you in a crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
23 Kisha nitaondoa mkono wangu, na utaona mgongo wangu, ila uso wangu hautaonekana.”
Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back, but my face will not be seen.”
