Mambo ya Walawi 25
1 Yahweh akazungumza na Musa kwenye Mlima wa Sinai, akisema,
The Lord told Moses on Mount Sinai,
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.
“Tell the Israelites: When you enter the land that I'm giving you, the land itself must also observe a Sabbath rest in honor of 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 you can cultivate your fields, take care of your vineyards, and harvest your crops.
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 the seventh year is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land, a Sabbath in honor of the Lord. Don't plant your fields or care for your vineyards.
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.
Don't harvest what may have grown up in your fields, or collect the grapes from your vineyards that you haven't cared for. The land is to have a year of complete rest.
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.
You can eat whatever the land produces during the Sabbath year. This applies to yourself, your male and female slaves, paid workers and foreigners who live with you,
7 Na wnyama wako wa kufugwa na wanyama pori waweze kula chochote ardhi itoacho.
and to your livestock and the wild animals living in your land. Whatever grows can be used for food.
8 Ni lazima kwenu kuhesabu Sabato saba za miaka, yaani, saba mara miaka saba, ikifanya jumla ya miaka arobaini na tisa.
Count seven ‘sabbaths’ of years, in other words, seven times seven years, so that the seven sabbaths of years come to 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.
Then blow the trumpet all through the country on the tenth day of the seventh month, which is the Day of Atonement. Make sure this signal is heard throughout your whole country.
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.
You are to dedicate the fiftieth year and announce freedom everywhere in the country for all who live there. This is to be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to reclaim your property and to be part of your family once more.
11 Mwaka wa saba kutakuwa na Yubile kwenu. Hamtapanda wala kusimamia mavuno ya kijioteshacho chenyewe, na kukusanya kichipukacho kwenye mizabibu isiyokatiwa matawi.
The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you. Don't sow the land; don't harvest what may have grown up in your fields, or collect the grapes from your vineyards that you haven't cared for.
12 Kwa sababu hiyo ni Yubile takatifu kwenu. Nanyi mtakula mazao yanayokua yenyewe kutoka mashambani.
It is a Jubilee and it is to be holy to you. You can eat whatever the land produces.
13 Ni lazima muwarejeshe kila mmoja kwenye miliki yake katika mwaka huu wa Yubile.
In this Jubilee Year, every one of you shall return to your own property.
14 Iwapo utauza ardhi yoyote ya jirani yako au kununua ardhi yake, ni shrti msipunjane au kutendeana kwa hila.
If you sell land to your neighbor, or buy land from him, don't exploit one another.
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.
When you buy from your neighbor work out how many years have passed since the last Jubilee, for he is to sell to you depending on how many years of harvest remain.
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 that are left, the more you shall pay; the fewer years that are left, the less you shall pay, because he is actually selling you a specific number of harvests.
17 Msipunjane au kutendeana kwa hila, badala yake, yawapasa kumheshi Yahweh Mungu wenu.
Don't exploit one another, but have respect for your 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.
Keep my rules and observe my regulations, so you can live in safety in the land.
19 Nayo nchi itawapa mavuno yake, nanyi mtakula matunda yenu na mtaishi humo salama.
Then the land will produce good harvest, so you will have plenty to eat and live in safety there.
20 Labda mtasema, Tutakula nini katika mwaka wa saba? Tazama, hatuwezi kupanda wala kukusanya mazao yetu.”
But if you ask, ‘What are we going to in the seventh year if we do not sow or harvest our crops?’
21 Nitaiamru baraaka yangu ije juu yenu katika mwaka wa sita, nayo itatoa mavuno ya kutosha kwa miaka mitatu.
I will bless you in the sixth year, so that the land will produce a crop that will be enough for 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
As you sow in the eighth year, you will still be eating from that harvest, which will last until your harvest in the ninth year.
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.
Land must not be permanently sold, because it really belongs to me. To me you are only foreigners and travelers passing through.
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.
So whatever land you buy to own, you must make arrangements so it can be returned to its original owner.
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 one of your people becomes poor and sells you some of their land, their close family can come and buy back what they have sold.
26 Iwapo mtu hana jamaa wa kuikomboa mali yake, lakini ikiwa kafanikiwa na anao uwezo wa kuikomboa,
However, if they don't have anyone who can buy it back, but in the meantime their financial situation improves and they have enough to buy back the land,
27 kisha atahesabu miaka tangu ardhi hiyo ilipouzwa na kurejesha kwa mtu aliyemuuzia fedha iliyosalia. Naye anaweza kuerejea kwenye miliki yake mwenyewe.
they will work how many years it has been since the sale, and pay back the balance to the person who bought it, and go back to their property
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.
If they can't raise enough to pay the person back for the land, the buyer will remain its owner until the Jubilee Year. But in the Jubilee the land will be returned so that the original owner can so that they can go back to their property.
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.
If someone sells a house located in a walled town, they have the right to buy it back for a full year after selling it. It can be bought back any time during that year.
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 it isn't bought back be the end of a full year, then ownership of the house in the walled town is permanently transferred to the one who bought it and their descendants. It won't be returned 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 houses in villages that don't have walls around them are to be treated as located in the fields. They can be bought back, and will be returned in the Jubilee.
32 Hata hivyo, nyumba zinazomilikiwa na makuhani katika miji yao zaweza kukombelewa wakati wowote.
However, the Levites always have the right to buy back their houses in the towns that belong to them.
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.
Whatever the Levites own can be bought back, even houses sold in their towns, and must be returned in the Jubilee. That's because the houses in the towns of the Levites are what they were given to own as their share among the Israelites.
34 Lakini yale mashamba yanayozunguka miji yao hayataweza kuuzwa kwa sababu hiyo ni mali ya kudumu ya Makuhani.
However, the fields surrounding their towns must not be sold because they belong to the Levites permanently.
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 any of your people become poor and can't survive, you must help them in the same way you would help a foreigner or a stranger, so that they can go on living in your neighborhood.
36 Usimtoze riba au kujaribu kunufaika kutoka kwake katika njia yoyote, bali mheshimu Mungu wako ili kwamba ndugu yako aendelee kuishi nawe.
Don't make them pay you any interest or demand more than they borrowed, but respect your God so that they can remain living in your area.
37 Hutampa mkopo wa fedha na kumtoza riba, wala hutamuuzia chakula chako ili kupata faida.
Don't lend them silver with interest or sell them food at an inflated price.
38 Mimi ndimi Yahweh Mungu wako, aliye kuleta wewe kutoka nchi ya Misri, ili kwamba Nikupe nchi ya Kanaani, na kwamba niwe Mungu wako.
Remember, I am the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.
39 Iwapo mwananchi mwenzako atakuwa masikini na kujiuza mwenyewe kwako, hutamfanyisha kazi kama mtumwa.
If any of your people become poor and have to sell themselves to work for you, don't force them to work as a slave.
40 Mtendee kama mtumishi wa kuajiriwa. Ni lazima awe kama yule ahudumuye nawe kwa muda mpaka mwaka wa Yubile.
Have them live with you like a paid worker who is staying with you for a while. They are to work for you until the Jubilee Year.
41 Kisha ataondoka kwako, yeye mwenyewe na watoto wake pamoja naye, na atarejea kwenye familia yake mwenyewe na kwenye miliki ya baba yake.
Then they and their children must be freed, and they can go back to their family and to their family's property.
42 Kwa sababu wao ni watumishi wangu niliowaleta kutoka katika nchi ya Misri. Hawatauzwa kama watumwa.
Israelites are not to be sold as slaves because they belong to me as my slaves—I led them out of Egypt.
43 Usitawale juu yao kwa ukatili, bali yakupasa kumheshimu Mungu wako.
Don't treat them with brutality. Have respect for your God.
44 Kwa upande wa watumwa wako wakiume na watumwa wako wa kike, unaowezao kuwapata kutok kwa mataifa yanayokuzunguka, waweza kununua watumwa kutoka kwao.
Buy your male and female slaves from the surrounding nations.
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.
You can also buy them from foreigners who have come to live among you, or from their descendants born in your land. You can treat them as your property.
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.
You can pass them on to your children to inherit as property after you die. You can make them slaves for life, but you must not brutally treat any of your own people, the Israelites, as a slave.
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 a foreigner among you becomes successful, and one of your people living nearby becomes poor and sells themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner's family,
48 baada ya Mwisraeli mwenzako kuwa amenunuliwa. Anaweza kurejeshwa kwa maliopo. Iwapo anaweza kurejeshwa. Mtu fulani katika familia yake anaweza kumkomboa.
they still have the right of being bought back after the sale. A member of their family can buy them back—
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.
an uncle or cousin or any close relative from their family can buy them back. If they become successful, they can buy themselves back.
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.
The person concerned and their buyer will work out the time from the year of the sale up to the Jubilee Year. The price will depend on the number of years, calculated using the daily rate for a paid worker.
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 are many years left, they must pay a larger percentage of the purchase 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 there are only a few years remaining before the Jubilee Year, then they only have to pay a percentage depending on the number of years still left.
53 Naye atatendewa kama mtu aliyeajiriwa mwaka kwa mwaka. Utahakikisha kwamba hatendewi kwa ukali.
They are to live with their foreign owner just like a paid worker, hired from year to year, but see to it that the owner doesn't treat him brutally.
54 Iwapo hakukombolewa katika njia hizi, basi atatumika mpaka mwaka wa Yubile, yeye pamoja na watoto wake.
If they are not bought back in any of the ways described, they and their children shall be freed in the Jubilee Year.
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 Israelites belong to me as my slaves. They are my slaves—I led them out of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.”
