Holy Times
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
Kisha Bwana akanena na Musa katika mlima wa Sinai, na kumwambia,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.
Nena na wana wa Israeli, uwaambie, Hapo mtakapoingia katika nchi niwapayo, ndipo hiyo nchi itashika Sabato kwa ajili ya Bwana.
3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
Panda shamba lako miaka sita, na miaka sita lipelee shamba lako la mizabibu, na kuyachuma matunda yake;
4 but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
lakini katika mwaka wa saba itakuwa ni Sabato ya kustarehe kabisa kwa ajili ya hiyo nchi, ni Sabato kwa Bwana; usipande shamba lako, wala usipelee shamba lako la mizabibu.
5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
Hicho kimeacho chenyewe katika mavuno yako, usikivune, wala zabibu za mizabibu isiyopelewa usizitunde; utakuwa mwaka wa kustarehe kabisa kwa ajili ya hiyo nchi.
6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
Na hiyo Sabato ya nchi itakuwa chakula kwenu; kwako wewe, na kwa mtumwa wako, na kwa mjakazi wako, na kwa mtumishi aliyeajiriwa, na kwa mgeni wako akaaye pamoja nawe;
7 and for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.
na kwa hayawani wako, na kwa wanyama walio katika nchi yako; maongeo yote yatakuwa ni chakula chao.
8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
Nawe utajihesabia Sabato saba za miaka, maana, miaka saba mara saba; zitakuwa ni siku za Sabato saba za miaka kwenu, maana miaka arobaini na kenda.
9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
Ndipo utakapoipeleka pande zote hiyo baragumu yenye sauti kuu, siku ya kumi ya mwezi wa saba; katika siku hiyo ya upatanisho mtaipeleka baragumu katika nchi yenu yote.
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Na mwaka wa hamsini mtautakasa, na kupiga mbiu ya kuachwa mahuru katika nchi yote kwa watu wote wanayokaa; itakuwa ni yubile kwenu, nanyi kila mtu atairudia milki yake mwenyewe, nanyi mtarejea kila mtu kwa jamaa yake.
11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
Mwaka huo wa hamsini utakuwa ni yubile kwenu; msipande mbegu, wala msivune kitu hicho kimeacho chenyewe, wala msizitunde zabibu za mizabibu isiyopelewa.
12 For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
Kwa kuwa ni yubile; utakuwa mwaka mtakatifu kwenu; mtakula maongeo yake yatokayo shambani.
13 In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
Mwaka huo wa yubile mtairudia kila mtu milki yake.
14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Tena kama ukimwuzia jirani yako cho chote, au kununua cho chote mkononi mwa jirani yako, msidanganyane wenyewe kwa wenyewe;
15 according to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:
kwa hesabu ya miaka iliyo baada ya yubile, ndivyo utakavyonunua kwa jirani yako, na kama hesabu ya miaka ya mavuno ndivyo atakavyokuuzia wewe.
16 according to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
Kama hesabu ya miaka ilivyo ni nyingi ndivyo utakavyoongeza bei yake, na kama hesabu ya miaka ilivyo ni chache ndivyo utakavyopunguza bei yake; kwani yeye akuuzia mavuno kama hesabu yake ilivyo.
17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
Wala msidanganyane; lakini utamcha Mungu wako; kwa kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wenu.
18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
Kwa sababu hii zitendeni amri zangu, mkazishike hukumu zangu, na kuzifanya; nanyi mtakaa katika hiyo nchi salama.
19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
Nayo nchi itazaa matunda yake, nanyi mtakula na kushiba, na kuketi humo salama.
20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
Na kama mkisema, Je! Mwaka wa saba tutakula nini? Angalieni hatutapanda mbegu, wala kukusanya maongeo yetu;
21 then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
ndipo nitawaamria baraka yangu iwe juu yenu mwaka wa sita, nayo utazaa matunda hesabu ya miaka mitatu.
22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store .
Na mwaka wa nane mtapanda mbegu, na kuyala yale matunda, akiba hiyo ya zamani, hata mwaka wa kenda, hata matunda yake yatakapoletwa ndani, mtakula hiyo akiba ya zamani.
23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Nayo nchi haitauzwa kabisa kabisa; kwani nchi ni yangu mimi; maana ninyi ni wageni na wasafiri wangu.
24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
Nanyi mtatoa ukombozi kwa ajili ya nchi, katika nchi yote ya milki yenu.
25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
Kwamba nduguyo amekuwa maskini, na kuuza sehemu ya milki yake, ndipo jamaa yake aliye karibu naye atakuja, naye ataikomboa ile aliyoiuza nduguye.
26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;
Na kama mtu hana atakayeikomboa, naye mwenyewe amepata mali na kujiona kuwa anayo ya kutosha kuikomboa;
27 then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
ndipo na aihesabu hiyo miaka ya kuuzwa kwake, na kilichozidi kumrudishia huyo mtu aliyeinunua; naye atairejea milki yake.
28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
Lakini asipoweza kujipatia mwenyewe, ndipo hiyo iliyouzwa itakaa mkononi mwake huyo aliyeinunua, hata mwaka wa yubile; na katika yubile itatoka, naye atairejea milki yake.
29 And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
Tena kwamba mtu anauza nyumba ya kukaa, iliyo ndani ya mji wenye kuta, ndipo ana ruhusa kuikomboa katika mwaka mmoja mzima baada ya kuiuza; atakuwa na amri ya kuikomboa muda wa mwaka mzima.
30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
Na kama haikukombolewa katika muda wa mwaka mzima, ndipo hiyo nyumba iliyo ndani ya mji wenye kuta itathibitishwa milele kuwa ya huyo aliyeinunua, katika vizazi vyake; nayo haitatoka katika yubile.
31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile.
Lakini nyumba za vijiji, ambavyo havikuzingirwa na kuta, zitahesabiwa pamoja na mashamba ya nchi; nazo zina ruhusa ya kukombolewa, nazo zitatoka katika yubile.
32 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
Pamoja na hayo, miji ya Walawi, nyumba za miji ya milki yao, Walawi wana ruhusa ya kuzikomboa majira yo yote.
33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
Tena kama mtu mmoja wa hao Walawi akikomboa, ndipo nyumba iliyouzwa, na mji wa milki yake, itatoka katika yubile; maana, hizo nyumba za miji ya Walawi ni milki yao kati ya wana wa Israeli.
34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
Lakini konde la malisho ya miji yao lisiuzwe kwa kuwa ni milki yao ya daima.
35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Na ikiwa ndugu yako amekuwa maskini, na mkono wake umelegea kwako, ndipo utamsaidia, atakaa nawe kama mgeni, na msafiri.
36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Usitake riba kwake wala faida, bali mche Mungu wako, ili ndugu yako akae nawe.
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
Usimpe fedha yako upate riba, wala usimpe vyakula vyako kwa kujitakia faida.
38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
Mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wako, niliyewatoa katika nchi ya Misri ili niwape nchi ya Kanaani, nipate kuwa Mungu wenu.
39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
Tena kwamba nduguyo amekuwa maskini pamoja nawe, akajiuza kwako; usimtumikishe mfano wa mtumwa;
40 but as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
kwako wewe atakuwa mfano wa mtumishi aliyeajiriwa, au mfano wa msafiri; naye atatumika kwako hata mwaka wa yubile;
41 and then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
ndipo atakapotoka kwako aende zake, yeye na wanawe pamoja naye, naye atairejea jamaa yake mwenyewe, tena atairejea milki ya baba zake.
42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
Kwa kuwa hao ni watumishi wangu, niliowaleta watoke nchi ya Misri; wasiuzwe mfano wa watumwa.
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.
Usitawale juu yake kwa nguvu; ila umche Mungu wako.
44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Tena katika habari za watumwa wako na wajakazi wako, utakaokuwa nao; mataifa walio kando-kando yenu, katika hao mtanunua watumwa na wajakazi.
45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Tena katika wana wa wageni wakaao kati yenu mtajinunulia, na katika jamaa zao walio pamoja nanyi, waliowazaa katika nchi yenu; wao watakuwa milki yenu.
46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Nanyi mtawafanya kuwa urithi kwa watoto wenu baada yenu, wawe milki yao; siku zote mtatwaa watumwa wenu katika hao; lakini msitawale kwa nguvu juu ya ndugu zenu, hao wana wa Israeli, wenyewe kwa wenyewe.
47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
Tena kama mgeni au mtu akaaye nawe akitajirika, na nduguyo amekuwa maskini karibu naye, akajiuza kwa huyo mgeni, au kwa huyo akaaye kwako, au kwa ukoo wa jamaa ya huyo mgeni;
48 after that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
baada ya kuuzwa aweza kukombolewa; mtu mmoja miongoni mwa ndugu zake ana ruhusa kumkomboa;
49 either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
au mjomba wake, au mwana wa mjomba wake, ana ruhusa ya kumkomboa, au mtu awaye yote aliye karibu naye wa jamaa yake, ana ruhusa ya kumkomboa; au kwamba yeye mwenyewe amepata mali, ana ruhusa ya kujikomboa mwenyewe.
50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
Naye atafanya hesabu na huyo aliyemnunua, tangu mwaka huo aliojiuza hata mwaka wa yubile; na ile bei ya kuuzwa kwake itakuwa kama hesabu ya hiyo miaka ilivyo; atakuwa pamoja naye kama majira ya mtumishi aliyeajiriwa yalivyo.
51 If there be yet many years behind , according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
Kwamba ikali imesalia miaka mingi, kama hesabu yake ilivyo ndivyo atakavyolipa bei ya ukombozi wake, katika hiyo fedha ambayo alinunuliwa kwayo.
52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
Tena kwamba imesalia miaka michache tu hata mwaka wa yubile, ndipo atafanya hesabu naye, kama hesabu ya miaka yake ilivyo, ndivyo atakavyolipa tena bei ya ukombozi wake.
53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
Kama mtumishi aliyeajiriwa mwaka hata mwaka, ndivyo atakavyokuwa pamoja naye; asitawale juu yake kwa nguvu mbele ya macho yako.
54 And if he be not redeemed in these years , then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
Tena kwamba hakukombolewa kwa njia hizi mojawapo, ndipo atatoka katika mwaka wa yubile, yeye, na watoto wake pamoja naye.
55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Kwa kuwa wana wa Israeli ni watumishi; ni watumishi wangu niliowaleta watoke katika nchi ya Misri; mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wenu.
