Mambo ya Walawi 25
1 Yahweh akazungumza na Musa kwenye Mlima wa Sinai, akisema,
And the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying:
2 “Zungumza na watu wa Israeli na uwaambie, “Mtakapoingia katika nchi ambayo ninawapa, kisha hiyo nchi lazima ifanywe iwe ya kuishika Sabato kwa ajili ya Yahweh.
Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, observe the rest of the sabbath to the Lord.
3 Ni lazima mtapanda mazao yenu kwa miaka sita, na kwa miaka sita mtaikatia matawi mizabibu yenu na kukusanya mazao yake.
Six years thou shalt sow thy field and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and shalt gather the fruits thereof:
4 Lakini katika mwaka wa saba, Sabato ya pumziko la utulivu kwa nchi itashikwa, ni Sabato kwa Yahweh. Hamtapanda mashamba yenu wala kuikatia mizabibu yenu matawi yake.
But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath to the land, of the resting of the Lord: thou shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
5 Hamtasimamia mavuno yoyote ya mazao ya mizabibu iliyojiotesha yenyewe katika mashamba yenu ya mizabibu isiyokatiwa matawi. Huu utakuwa mwaka wa pumziko lenye utulivu kwa ardhi.
What the ground shall bring forth of itself, thou shalt not reap: neither shalt thou gather the grapes of the firstfruits as a vintage: for it is a year of rest to the land:
6 Chochote ardhi isiyofanyiwa kazi itakachotoa wakati wa Sabato ndicho kitakuwa chakula chako. Wewe mwenyewe, watumwa wako wa kiume na wa kike, watumishi wako wa kuajiriwa na wageni wanaoishi pamoja nawe mnaweza kujikusanyia chakula.
But they shall be unto you for meat, to thee and to thy manservant, to thy maidservant and thy hireling, and to the strangers that sojourn with thee:
7 Na wnyama wako wa kufugwa na wanyama pori waweze kula chochote ardhi itoacho.
All things that grow shall be meat to thy beasts and to thy cattle.
8 Ni lazima kwenu kuhesabu Sabato saba za miaka, yaani, saba mara miaka saba, ikifanya jumla ya miaka arobaini na tisa.
Thou shalt also number to thee seven weeks of years, that is to say, seven times seven, which together make forty-nine years:
9 Kisha mtapiga sauti ya tarumbeta kila mahali katika siku ya kumi ya mwezi wa saba. Katika Siku ya Upatanisho ni lazima mtapiga tarumbeta katika nchi yenu yote.
And thou shalt sound the trumpet in the seventh month, the tenth day of the month, in the time of the expiation in all your land.
10 Nanyi mtautenga mwaka wa hamsini kwa ajili ya Yahweh na mtatangaza uhuru katika nchi yote kwa wakazi wote. Kutakuwa na Yubile kwa ajili yenu, ambayo kwayo mali na watumwa ni lazima warejeshwe kwa familia zao.
And thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt proclaim remission to all the inhabitants of thy land: for it is the year of jubilee. Every man shall return to his possession, and every one shall go back to his former family:
11 Mwaka wa saba kutakuwa na Yubile kwenu. Hamtapanda wala kusimamia mavuno ya kijioteshacho chenyewe, na kukusanya kichipukacho kwenye mizabibu isiyokatiwa matawi.
Because it is the jubilee and the fiftieth year. You shall not sow, nor reap the things that grow in the field of their own accord, neither shall you gather the firstfruits of the vines,
12 Kwa sababu hiyo ni Yubile takatifu kwenu. Nanyi mtakula mazao yanayokua yenyewe kutoka mashambani.
Because of the sanctification of the jubilee: but as they grow you shall presently eat them.
13 Ni lazima muwarejeshe kila mmoja kwenye miliki yake katika mwaka huu wa Yubile.
In the year of the jubilee all shall return to their possessions.
14 Iwapo utauza ardhi yoyote ya jirani yako au kununua ardhi yake, ni shrti msipunjane au kutendeana kwa hila.
When thou shalt sell any thing to thy neighbour, or shalt buy of him; grieve not thy brother: but thou shalt buy of him according to the number of years from the jubilee.
15 Iwapo unanunua ardhi kutoka kwa jirani yako, zingatia idadi ya miaka na mazao ambayo yaweza kuvunwa mpaka mwaka wa Yubile nyingine. Jirani yako anayeuza ardhi ni lazima aihesabu miaka hiyo pia.
And he shall sell to thee according to the computation of the fruits.
16 Miaka inapoongezeka mpaka Yubile nyingine, ataongeza thamani ya ardhi, na miaka inapokuwa michache kufikia Yubile nyingine atashusha thamani, kwa sababu idadi ya mavuno inahusiana na idadi ya miaka kabla ya Yubile nyingine.
The more years remain after the jubilee, the more shall the price increase: and the less time is counted, so much the less shall the purchase cost. For he shall sell to thee the time of the fruits.
17 Msipunjane au kutendeana kwa hila, badala yake, yawapasa kumheshi Yahweh Mungu wenu.
Do not afflict your countrymen, but let every one fear his God: because I am the Lord your God.
18 Kwa hiyo basi, ni lazima muyatii maagiza, kuzitunza sheria zangu na kuzitekeleza. Nanyi mtaishi katika nchi katika usalama.
Do my precepts, and keep my judgments, and fulfill them: that you may dwell in the land without any fear,
19 Nayo nchi itawapa mavuno yake, nanyi mtakula matunda yenu na mtaishi humo salama.
And the ground may yield you its fruits, of which you may eat your fill, fearing no mall’s invasion.
20 Labda mtasema, Tutakula nini katika mwaka wa saba? Tazama, hatuwezi kupanda wala kukusanya mazao yetu.”
But if you say: What shall we eat the seventh year, if we sow not, nor gather our fruits?
21 Nitaiamru baraaka yangu ije juu yenu katika mwaka wa sita, nayo itatoa mavuno ya kutosha kwa miaka mitatu.
I will give you my blessing the sixth year, and it shall yield the fruits of three years:
22 Mtapanda katika mwaka wa nane na mtaendelea kula mazao ya miaka iliyopita na kutoka kwenye ghala la chakula. Mpaka mavuno ya mwaka wa tisa yatakapofika, mtaweza kula kutoka kwenye riziki iliyohifadhiwa katika miaka iliyopita
And the eighth year you shall sow, and shall eat of the old fruits, until the ninth year: till new grow up, you shall eat the old store.
23 Ardhi haitauzwa kwa mmiliki mpya wa kudumu, kwa sababu ardhi ni mali yangu. Ninyi nyote mu wageni na wakazi wa muda juu ya ardhi yangu.
The land also shall not be sold for ever: because it is mine, and you are strangers and sojourners with me.
24 Ni lazima muitunze haki ya ukombozi kwa ajili ya ardhi yote mtakayoimiliki; itawapasa kuruhusu ardhi inunuliwe tena na familia ambayo wewe uliinunua hiyo ardhi kutoka kwao.
For which cause all the country of your possession shall be under the condition of redemption.
25 Iwapo Mwisraeli mwenzako anakuwa masikini na kwa sababu hiyo anauza baadhi ya miliki yake, kisha jamaa yake wa karibu anaweza kuja na kuikomboa hiyo miliki ambayo jamaa yake kaiuza kwako.
If thy brother being impoverished sell his little possession, and his kinsman will, he may redeem what he had sold.
26 Iwapo mtu hana jamaa wa kuikomboa mali yake, lakini ikiwa kafanikiwa na anao uwezo wa kuikomboa,
But if he have no kinsman, and he himself can find the price to redeem it:
27 kisha atahesabu miaka tangu ardhi hiyo ilipouzwa na kurejesha kwa mtu aliyemuuzia fedha iliyosalia. Naye anaweza kuerejea kwenye miliki yake mwenyewe.
The value of the fruits shall be counted from that time when he sold it: and the overplus he shall restore to the buyer, and so shall receive his possession again.
28 Lakini ikiwa hawezi kuirejesha kwake ardhi aliyoiuza, nayo hiyo ardhi aliyoiuza itabaki katika umiliki wa yule aliyeinunua mpaka mwaka wa Yubile. Kwenye mwaka wa Yubile, ardhi itarejeshwa kwa mtu aliyeiuza, naye mmiliki wa asili atarejea kwenye mali yake.
But if his hands find not the means to repay the price, the buyer shall have what he bought, until the year of the jubilee. For in that year all that is sold shall return to the owner, and to the ancient possessor.
29 Ikiwa mtu anauza nyumba iliyo kwenye mji uliozungushiwa ukuta, naye anaweza kuinunua tena ndani ya mwaka baada ya kuuzwa. kwa kuwa, kwa mwaka mzima atakuwa na haki ya ukombozi.
He that selleth a house within the walls of a city, shall have the liberty to redeem it, until one year be expired:
30 Kama nyumba hiyo haitakombolewa kabla ya mwaka mzima, ndipo hiyo nyumba iliyoko kwenye mji uliozungushiwa ukuta itakuwa mali ya kudumu ya yule aliyeinunua, katika vizazi vyote vya uzao wake. Nyumba hiyo haitakuwa ya kurejeshwa katika mwaka wa Yubile.
If he redeem it not, and the whole year be fully out, the buyer shall possess it, and his posterity for ever, and it cannot be redeemed, not even in the jubilee.
31 Lakini nyumba za vijijini zisizokuwa na ukuta kuzizunguuka, zitahesabiwa kuwa shamba la nchi. Zaweza kukombolewa, na ni lazima zirejeshwe katika mwaka wa Yubile.
But if the house be in a village, that hath no walls, it shall be sold according to the same law as the fields: if it be not redeemed before, in the jubilee it shall return to the owner.
32 Hata hivyo, nyumba zinazomilikiwa na makuhani katika miji yao zaweza kukombelewa wakati wowote.
The houses of Levites, which are in cities, may always be redeemed:
33 Iwapo mmoja wa makuhani haikombowi nyumba iliyozwa, kisha nyumba hiyo iliyouzwa katika miji ilimo, ni lazima irejeshwe katika mwaka wa Yubile, kwa kuwa nyumba za miji ya makuhani ni mali yao miongoni mwa watu wa Israeli.
If they be not redeemed, in the jubilee they shall all return to the owners, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are for their possessions among the children of Israel.
34 Lakini yale mashamba yanayozunguka miji yao hayataweza kuuzwa kwa sababu hiyo ni mali ya kudumu ya Makuhani.
But let not their suburbs be sold, because it is a perpetual possession.
35 Ikiwa mwananchi mwenzako anakuwa masikini, kiasi kwamba hawezi kujihudumia, nawe utalazimika kumsaidia kama vile ungemsaidia mgeni au mwingine yeyote kutoka nje aishie miongoni mwenu.
If thy brother be impoverished, and weak of hand, and thou receive him as a stranger and sojourner, and he live with thee,
36 Usimtoze riba au kujaribu kunufaika kutoka kwake katika njia yoyote, bali mheshimu Mungu wako ili kwamba ndugu yako aendelee kuishi nawe.
Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest: fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.
37 Hutampa mkopo wa fedha na kumtoza riba, wala hutamuuzia chakula chako ili kupata faida.
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor exact of him any increase of fruits.
38 Mimi ndimi Yahweh Mungu wako, aliye kuleta wewe kutoka nchi ya Misri, ili kwamba Nikupe nchi ya Kanaani, na kwamba niwe Mungu wako.
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might give you the land of Chanaan, and might be your God.
39 Iwapo mwananchi mwenzako atakuwa masikini na kujiuza mwenyewe kwako, hutamfanyisha kazi kama mtumwa.
If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee, thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants:
40 Mtendee kama mtumishi wa kuajiriwa. Ni lazima awe kama yule ahudumuye nawe kwa muda mpaka mwaka wa Yubile.
But he shall be as a hireling, and a sojourner: he shall work with thee until the year of the jubilee,
41 Kisha ataondoka kwako, yeye mwenyewe na watoto wake pamoja naye, na atarejea kwenye familia yake mwenyewe na kwenye miliki ya baba yake.
And afterwards he shall go out with his children, and shall return to his kindred and to the possession of his fathers,
42 Kwa sababu wao ni watumishi wangu niliowaleta kutoka katika nchi ya Misri. Hawatauzwa kama watumwa.
For they are my servants, and I brought them out of the land of Egypt: let them not be sold as bondmen:
43 Usitawale juu yao kwa ukatili, bali yakupasa kumheshimu Mungu wako.
Afflict him not by might, but fear thy God.
44 Kwa upande wa watumwa wako wakiume na watumwa wako wa kike, unaowezao kuwapata kutok kwa mataifa yanayokuzunguka, waweza kununua watumwa kutoka kwao.
Let your bondmen, and your bondwomen, be of the nations that are round about you.
45 Unaweza pia kununua watumwa kutoka kwa wageni wanaoishi miongoni mwenu, yaani, kutoka familia zao waliopamoja nawe, wale wtoto waliozaliwa katika nchi yako. Wanaweza kuwa mali yako.
And of the strangers that sojourn among you, or that were born of them in your land, these you shall have for servants:
46 Unaweza kuzalisha watumwa hao kama urithi kwa watoto wako baada yako, ili kuwamiliki kama mali. Kutoka kwao waweza kununua watumwa daima, lakini hamtawezi kutawala kwa ukali juu ya ndugu zenu walio miogoni mwa watu wa Israeli.
And by right of inheritance shall leave them to your posterity, and shall possess them for ever. But oppress not your brethren the children of Israel by might.
47 Iwapo mgeni anayeishi nawe kwa muda anakuwa tajiri, na ikiwa mmoja wa Waisraeli amekuwa masikini na kujuza mwenyewe kwa familia ya mgeni, au kwa mtu fulani katika familia,
If the hand of a stranger or a sojourner grow strong among you, and thy brother being impoverished sell himself to him, or to any of his race:
48 baada ya Mwisraeli mwenzako kuwa amenunuliwa. Anaweza kurejeshwa kwa maliopo. Iwapo anaweza kurejeshwa. Mtu fulani katika familia yake anaweza kumkomboa.
After the sale he may be redeemed. He that will of his brethren shall redeem him:
49 Anaweza kuwa mjomba wake, au mjomba wa mwanawe, anayemkomboa yeye, au yeyote aliye ndugu yake wa karibu kutoka kwa ukoo wake. Au, iwapo ni mwenye mafanikio, anaweza kujikomboa mwenyewe.
Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, or his kinsman, by blood, or by affinity. But if he himself be able also, he shall redeem himself,
50 Ni lazima apatane na mtu aliyemnunua, itawapasa kuhesabu miaka tangu mwaka aliojiuza kwa mnunuzi wake mpaka mwaka wa Yubile. Ile thamani ya ukombozi wake ihesabiwe kulingana na kiwango cha mshahara anaolipwa mtumishi aliyeajiriwa, kwa idadi ya miaka ambayo angeweza kuendelea kufanya kazi kwa yule aliyemnunua.
Counting only the years from the time of his selling unto the year of the jubilee: and counting the money that he was sold for, according to the number of the years and the reckoning of a hired servant,
51 Endapo kutakuwa kungali na miaka mingi iliyobaki mpaka mwaka wa Yubile, atalazimika kulipa fungu kubwa la fedha kwa ajili ya ukombozi ambao ni uwino wa idadi ya miaka hiyo.
If there be many years that remain until the jubilee, according to them shall he also repay the price.
52 Iwapo kuna miaka michache tu iliyobaki mpaka mwaka wa Yubile, atapatana na aliyemnunua ili kuipitia idadi ya miaka iliyobaki mpaka Yubile, naye atalazimika kulipia ukombozi wake kulingana na idadi ya miaka.
If few, he shall make the reckoning with him according to the number of the years, and shall repay to the buyer of what remaineth of the years,
53 Naye atatendewa kama mtu aliyeajiriwa mwaka kwa mwaka. Utahakikisha kwamba hatendewi kwa ukali.
His wages being allowed for which he served before: he shall not afflict him violently in thy sight.
54 Iwapo hakukombolewa katika njia hizi, basi atatumika mpaka mwaka wa Yubile, yeye pamoja na watoto wake.
And if by these means he cannot be redeemed, in the year of the jubilee he shall go out with his children.
55 Kwangu mimi watu wa Israeli ni watumishi. Wao ni watumishi wangu ambao Niliwatoa katika nchi ya Misri. Mimi ndimi Yahweh Mungu wenu.
For the children of Israel are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt.
