1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
Hata siku ya ishirini na nne ya mwezi huo wana wa Israeli wakawa wamekusanyika, wakifunga, wenye kuvaa magunia, na kujitia udongo vichwani.
2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
Waliokuwa wa wazao wa Israeli wakajitenga na wageni wote, wakasimama, wakaziungama dhambi zao, na maovu ya baba zao.
3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
Basi wakasimama mahali pao, wakasoma katika kitabu cha torati ya Bwana, Mungu wao, muda wa robo ya siku; na robo nyingine wakaungama, wakamwabudu Bwana, Mungu wao.
4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
Ndipo wakasimama madarajani pa Walawi, Yeshua, na Bani, na Kadmieli, na Shebania, na Buni, na Sherebia, na Bani, na Kenani, wakamlilia Bwana, Mungu wao, kwa sauti kuu.
The Confession
5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
Ndipo Walawi, Yeshua na Kadmieli, na Bani, na Hashabneya, na Sherebia, na Hodia, na Shebania, na Pethahia, wakasema, Simameni, mkamhimidi Bwana, Mungu wenu, tangu milele na hata milele. Na lihimidiwe jina lako tukufu, lililotukuka kuliko baraka zote na sifa zote.
6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Ezra akasema, Wewe ndiwe Bwana, wewe peke yako; wewe ulifanya mbingu, mbingu za mbingu, pamoja na jeshi lake lote, dunia na vyote vilivyomo, bahari na vitu vyote vilivyomo, nawe unavihifadhi vitu hivi vyote; na jeshi la mbinguni lakusujudu wewe.
7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
Wewe ndiwe Bwana, Mungu, uliyemchagua Abramu, na kumtoa katika Uri wa Wakaldayo, na kumpa jina la Ibrahimu;
8 and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say , to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
nawe ukauona moyo wake kuwa mwaminifu mbele zako, ukafanya agano naye, kumpa nchi ya Mkanaani, na Mhiti, na Mwamori, na Mperizi, na Myebusi, na Mgirgashi, naam, kuwapa wazao wake; nawe umeyafikiliza maneno yako, kwa kuwa ndiwe mwenye haki.
9 and didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
Tena uliyaona mateso ya baba zetu katika Misri, ukakisikia kilio chao, huko kando ya bahari ya Shamu;
10 and shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.
nawe ukaonyesha ishara nyingi na mambo ya ajabu juu ya Farao, na juu ya watumishi wake wote, na juu ya watu wote wa nchi yake; kwa maana ulijua ya kuwa waliwatenda kwa kutakabari; ukajipatia jina kama vile ilivyo leo.
11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Nawe uliipasua bahari mbele yao, hata wakapita katikati ya bahari katika nchi kavu; na wale waliokuwa wakiwafuatia ukawatupa vilindini, mfano wa jiwe katika maji makuu.
12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Zaidi ya hayo ukawaongoza kwa nguzo ya wingu mchana; na kwa nguzo ya moto usiku; ili kuwapa mwanga katika njia iliyowapasa kuiendea.
13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
Tena ulishuka juu ya mlima Sinai, ukasema nao toka mbinguni, ukawapa hukumu za haki, na sheria za kweli, na amri nzuri na maagizo;
14 and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
ukawajulisha sabato yako takatifu, na kuwaagiza maagizo, na amri, na sheria, kwa mkono wa mtumishi wako, Musa.
15 and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
Ukawapa chakula toka mbinguni, kwa ajili ya njaa yao, na kwa ajili yao ukaleta maji kutoka mwambani, kwa sababu ya kiu yao, ukawaamuru kwamba waingie katika nchi na kuimiliki, ambayo umeinua mkono wako kuwapa.
16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Lakini wao na baba zetu wakatakabari, wakafanya shingo zao kuwa ngumu, wala hawakuzisikiliza amri zako,
17 and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
ila wakakataa kutii, wala hawakuyakumbuka maajabu yako, uliyoyafanya kati yao; lakini wakafanya shingo zao kuwa ngumu, na katika kuasi kwao wakaweka jemadari, ili wairudie hali ya utumwa; lakini wewe u Mungu, uliye tayari kusamehe, mwenye neema, mwenye huruma nyingi, si mwepesi wa hasira, u mwingi wa rehema, basi hukuwaacha.
18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
Naam, hata walipojifanyia ndama ya kusubu, na kusema, Huyu ndiye Mungu wako aliyekupandisha kutoka Misri, tena walipokuwa wamefanya machukizo makuu;
19 yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
hata hivyo wewe kwa wingi wa rehema zako hukuwaacha jangwani; nguzo ya wingu haikuwaondokea wakati wa mchana, ili kuwaongoza njiani; wala nguzo ya moto haikuondoka wakati wa usiku, ili kuwapa mwanga na kuwaonyesha njia watakayoiendea.
20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Ukawapa na roho yako mwema ili kuwaelimisha, wala hukuwanyima mana vinywani mwao, tena ukawapa maji kwa ajili ya kiu yao.
21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
Naam, muda wa miaka arobaini uliwaruzuku jangwani, wasihitaji kitu; nguo zao hazikuchakaa, wala miguu yao haikuvimba.
22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Pamoja na hayo ukawapa falme na taifa za watu, ulizowagawia sawasawa na mafungu yao; hivyo wakaimiliki nchi ya Sihoni, naam, nchi yake mfalme wa Heshboni, na nchi ya Ogu, mfalme wa Bashani.
23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it .
Watoto wao nao uliwaongeza kama nyota za mbinguni, ukawaingiza katika nchi ile, uliyowaambia baba zao kuwa wataingia kuimiliki.
24 So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
Basi wale watoto wakaingia wakaimiliki nchi, nawe ukawatiisha wenyeji wa nchi mbele yao, ndio Wakanaani, ukawatia mikononi mwao, pamoja na wafalme wao, na watu wa nchi, wawatende kama wapendavyo.
25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Wakaitwaa miji yenye boma, na nchi yenye neema, wakazitamalaki nyumba zilizojaa vitu vyema, birika zilizochimbwa, mizabibu, na mizeituni, na miti mingi yenye matunda; hivyo wakala, wakashiba, wakanenepa, wakajifurahisha katika wema wako mwingi.
26 Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Walakini hawakukutii, wakakuasi, wakaitupa sheria yako nyuma yao, wakawaua manabii wako walioshuhudu juu yao wapate kuwarejeza kwako; wakatenda machukizo makuu.
27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
Kwa sababu hiyo ukawatia katika mikono ya adui zao, waliowasumbua; na wakati wa shida yao, walipokulilia, uliwasikia kutoka mbinguni; na kwa wingi wa rehema zako ukawapa waokozi waliowaokoa katika mikono ya adui zao.
28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
Lakini walipokuwa wamekwisha kustarehe, walitenda mabaya tena mbele zako; kwa hiyo ukawaacha katika mikono ya adui zao, nao wakawatawala; hata hivyo waliporejea na kukulilia, uliwasikia toka mbinguni; ukawaokoa mara nyingi kwa rehema zako;
29 and testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
ukawashuhudia ili uwarudishe tena katika sheria yako; lakini walitakabari, wasizisikilize amri zako, bali wakazihalifu hukumu zako, (ambazo mtu akizitenda ataishi katika hizo), nao wakayaondoa mabega yao, wakafanya shingo zao kuwa ngumu, wasitake kusikiliza.
30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
Lakini miaka mingi ukachukuliana nao, nawe ukawashuhudia kwa roho yako kwa vinywa vya manabii wako; wao wasitake kusikiliza; kwa hiyo ukawatia katika mikono ya watu wa nchi.
31 Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
Ila kwa rehema zako nyingi hukuwakomesha kabisa, wala kuwaacha; kwa maana wewe u Mungu mwenye neema, mwenye rehema.
Sealing the Covenant
32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
Basi sasa, Ee Mungu, mkuu, mwenye uweza, Mungu wa kuogofya, mwenye kushika maagano na rehema, mashaka yote yaliyotupata sisi, wafalme wetu, na wakuu wetu, na makuhani wetu, na manabii wetu, na baba zetu, na watu wako wote, tangu zamani za wafalme wa Ashuru hata leo, na yasihesabiwe kuwa ni madogo.
33 Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
Lakini wewe u mwenye haki, katika hayo yote yaliyotupata; maana wewe umetenda yaliyo kweli, lakini sisi tumetenda yaliyo mabaya;
34 neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
na wafalme wetu, na wakuu wetu, na makuhani wetu, na baba zetu, hawakuishika sheria yako, wala hawakuzisikiliza amri zako na shuhuda zako, ulizowashuhudia.
35 For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.
Kwa kuwa hawakukutumikia wewe katika ufalme wao, na katika wema wako mkuu uliowapa, na katika nchi ile kubwa yenye neema uliyowapa mbele yao, wala hawakughairi na kuyaacha mabaya yao.
36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:
Tazama, sisi hapa tu watumwa leo, na katika habari ya nchi hii uliyowapa baba zetu, wapate kula matunda yake na mema yake, tazama, sisi hapa tu watumwa ndani yake.
37 and it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Nayo yawapatia faida nyingi wafalme uliowaweka juu yetu kwa sababu ya dhambi zetu; tena wana mamlaka juu ya miili yetu, na juu ya wanyama wetu, kadiri wapendavyo, nasi tu katika dhiki kuu.
38 And because of all this we make a sure covenant , and write it ; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it .
Na kwa sababu ya hayo yote sisi twafanya agano la hakika, na kuliandika; na wakuu wetu, na Walawi wetu, na makuhani wetu, wanalitilia muhuri.
