1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
Ndipo tukageuka, tukashika safari yetu kwenda jangwani kwa njia ya Bahari ya Shamu, kama alivyoniambia Bwana; tukawa kuizunguka milima ya Seiri siku nyingi.
2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
Bwana akanena, akaniambia,
3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
Mlivyouzunguka mlima huu vyatosha; geukeni upande wa kaskazini.
4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
Nawe waagize watu, uwaambie, Mtapita kati ya mpaka wa ndugu zenu wana wa watu, uwaambie, Mtapita kati ya mpaka wa ndugu zenu wana wa Esau waketio Seiri; nao watawaogopa; basi jiangalieni nafsi zenu sana;
5 meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
msitete nao; kwa maana sitawapa katika nchi yao kamwe, hata kiasi cha kukanyaga wayo wa mguu; kwa kuwa nimempa Esau milima ya Seiri kuwa milki yake.
6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
Nunueni vyakula kwao kwa fedha, mpate kula; na maji nayo nunueni kwao kwa fedha, mpate kunywa.
7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
Kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wako, amekubarikia katika kazi yote ya mkono wako; amejua ulivyotembea katika jangwa kubwa hili; miaka arobaini hii alikuwa nawe Bwana, Mungu wako; hukukosa kitu.
8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
Basi tukapita kando yao ndugu zetu wana wa Esau, waketio Seiri kutoka njia ya Araba, kutoka Elathi na kutoka Esion-geberi. Tukageuka tukapita njia ya bara ya Moabu.
9 And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
Bwana akaniambia, usiwasumbue Wamoabi, wala usishindane nao katika mapigano; kwa kuwa sitakupa katika nchi yake kuimiliki; kwa sababu Ari nimewapa wana wa Lutu kuimiliki.
10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
(Walioketi humo hapo kale ni Waemi, nao ni watu wakubwa, wengi, warefu, mfano wa Waanaki;
11 which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
na hawa nao wadhaniwa kuwa majitu kama Waanaki; lakini Wamoabi huwaita Waemi.
12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.
Na Wahori nao walikuwa wakikaa Seiri hapo kale, lakini wana wa Esau waliwafuata; wakawaangamiza mbele yao, wakakaa badala yao; kama alivyofanya Israeli nchi ya milki yake aliyopewa na Bwana.)
13 Now rise up, said I , and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
Sasa basi ondokeni, mkakivuke kijito cha Zeredi. Nasi tukakivuka kile kijito cha Zeredi.
14 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.
Na siku tulizokuwa tukienda kutoka Kadesh-barnea hata tulipovuka kijito cha Zeredi, zilikuwa ni miaka thelathini na minane; maana, hata walipokwisha kuangamizwa watu wa vita kutoka kati ya marago, kizazi chao chote, kama walivyoapiwa na Bwana.
15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
Tena mkono wa Bwana ulikuwa juu yao ili kuwaangamiza, kuwatoa kati ya marago, hata walipokoma.
16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
Basi ikawa, walipokwisha angamizwa kwa kufa watu wote wa vita kati ya watu,
17 that the LORD spake unto me, saying,
Bwana aliniambia, akasema,
18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
Hivi leo ivuke Ari, mpaka wa Moabu;
19 and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
na utakaposongea kuwaelekea wana wa Amoni, usiwasumbue wana wa Amoni, wala usishindane nao; kwa kuwa sitakupa katika nchi ya hao wana wa Amoni kuwa milki yako; kwa sababu nimewapa wana wa Lutu iwe milki yao.
20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
(Nchi hiyo nayo yadhaniwa kuwa ni nchi ya Warefai, hapo kale Warefai walikaa humo; lakini Waamoni huwaita Wazamzumi;
21 a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
nao ni watu wengi, wakubwa, warefu, kama Waanaki; lakini Bwana aliwaangamiza mbele yao; wakawafuata wakakaa badala yao;
22 as he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
kama vile alivyowafanyia wana wa Esau, waliokaa Seiri, alipowaangamiza Wahori mbele yao; wakawafuata, wakakaa badala yao hata hivi leo;
23 and the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
na Waavi waliokuwa wakikaa katika vijiji mpaka Gaza waliangamizwa na Wakaftori waliotoka Kaftori, na hawa wakakaa badala yao.)
24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it , and contend with him in battle.
Ondokeni, mshike safari yenu, mvuke bonde la Arnoni; tazama, nimemtia Sihoni Mwamori mfalme wa Heshboni mkononi mwako, na nchi yake; anzeni kuimiliki, mshindane naye katika mapigano.
25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
Hivi leo nitaanza mimi kutia utisho wako na kuhofiwa kwako juu ya watu walio chini ya mbingu kila mahali, watakaosikia uvumi wako, na kutetemeka, na kuingiwa na uchungu kwa sababu yako.
26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
Nikatuma wajumbe kutoka bara ya Kedemothi kwenda kwa Sihoni mfalme wa Heshboni na maneno ya amani, kusema.
27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
Nipishe katikati ya nchi yako; nitakwenda kwa njia ya barabara, sitageuka kwenda mkono wa kuume wala wa kushoto.
28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
Nawe uniuzie chakula kwa fedha nile; unipe na maji kwa fedha, ninywe; ila unipishe katikati kwa miguu yangu, hayo tu;
29 (as the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
kama walivyonifanyia hao wana wa Esau waketio Seiri, na hao Wamoabi waketio Ari; hata nivuke Yordani niingie nchi tupewayo na Bwana, Mungu wetu.
30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
Lakini Sihoni mfalme wa Heshboni hakutuacha kupitia kwake; kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wako, alimfanya mgumu roho yake, akamtia ukaidi moyoni mwake, apate mtia mkononi mwako kama alivyo hivi leo.
31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
Kisha Bwana akaniambia, Tazama, nimeanza kumtoa Sihoni na nchi yake mbele yako; anza kuimiliki, upate kuirithi nchi yake.
32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
Ndipo Sihoni alipotutokea juu yetu yeye na watu wake wote, kupigana huko Yahasa.
33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
Bwana, Mungu wetu, akamtoa mbele yetu, tukampiga yeye na wanawe, na watu wake wote.
34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
Tukatwaa miji yake yote wakati huo, tukaharibu kabisa kila mji uliokuwa na watu, pamoja na wanawake na wadogo; tusimsaze hata mmoja;
35 only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
ila ng'ombe zao tuliwatwaa kuwa mawindo yetu, pamoja na nyara za miji tuliyoitwaa.
36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
Kutoka Aroeri iliyo katika ukingo wa bonde la Arnoni, na huo mji ulio ndani ya bonde, mpaka kufika Gileadi, hapakuwa na mji uliokuwa mrefu kutushinda; Bwana, Mungu wetu, aliiweka wazi yote mbele yetu; ila nchi ya wana wa Amoni hukuisongelea;
37 only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
upande wote wa mto wa Yaboki, na miji ya nchi ile ya milimani, na kila mahali alipotukataza Bwana, Mungu wetu.
