The Song of Moses
1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak;
And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Sikilizeni, enyi mbingu, nami nitanena; Na nchi isikie maneno ya kinywa changu.
2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain,
My speech shall distil as the dew,
As the small rain upon the tender herb,
And as the showers upon the grass:
Mafundisho yangu yatadondoka kama mvua, Maneno yangu yatatona-tona kama umande; Kama manyunyu juu ya majani mabichi; Kama matone ya mvua juu ya mimea.
3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD:
Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Maana nitalitangaza Jina la Bwana; Mpeni ukuu Mungu wetu.
4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect:
For all his ways are judgment:
A God of truth and without iniquity,
Just and right is he.
Yeye Mwamba, kazi yake ni kamilifu; Maana, njia zake zote ni haki. Mungu wa uaminifu, asiye na uovu, Yeye ndiye mwenye haki na adili.
5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children:
They are a perverse and crooked generation.
Wametenda mambo ya uharibifu, Hawawi watoto wake, hii ndiyo ila yao; Wao ni kizazi chenye ukaidi, kilichopotoka.
6 Do ye thus requite the LORD,
O foolish people and unwise?
Is not he thy father that hath bought thee?
Hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Je! Mnamlipa Bwana hivi, Enyi watu wapumbavu na ujinga? Je! Yeye siye baba yako aliyekununua? Amekufanya, na kukuweka imara.
7 Remember the days of old,
Consider the years of many generations:
Ask thy father, and he will shew thee;
Thy elders, and they will tell thee.
Kumbuka siku za kale, Tafakari miaka ya vizazi vingi; Mwulize baba yako, naye atakuonyesha; Wazee wako, nao watakuambia.
8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance,
When he separated the sons of Adam,
He set the bounds of the people
According to the number of the children of Israel.
Yeye Aliye Juu alipowapa mataifa urithi wao, Alipowabagua wanadamu, Aliweka mipaka ya watu Kwa kadiri ya hesabu ya wana wa Israeli.
9 For the LORD's portion is his people;
Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Maana, sehemu ya Bwana ni watu wake, Yakobo ni kura ya urithi wake.
10 He found him in a desert land,
And in the waste howling wilderness;
He led him about, he instructed him,
He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Alimkuta katika nchi ya ukame, Na katika jangwa tupu litishalo; Alimzunguka, akamtunza; Akamhifadhi kama mboni ya jicho;
11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest,
Fluttereth over her young,
Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them,
Beareth them on her wings:
Mfano wa tai ataharikishaye kioto chake; Na kupapatika juu ya makinda yake, Alikunjua mbawa zake, akawatwaa, Akawachukua juu ya mbawa zake;
12 So the LORD alone did lead him,
And there was no strange god with him.
Bwana peke yake alimwongoza, Wala hapakuwa na mungu mgeni pamoja naye.
13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth,
That he might eat the increase of the fields;
And he made him to suck honey out of the rock,
And oil out of the flinty rock;
Alimpandisha mahali pa nchi palipoinuka, Naye akala mazao ya mashamba; Akamnyonyesha asali iliyotoka jabalini, Na mafuta yaliyotoka katika mwamba wa gumegume;
14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep,
With fat of lambs,
And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats,
With the fat of kidneys of wheat;
And thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
Siagi ya ng'ombe, na maziwa ya kondoo, Pamoja na mafuta ya wana-kondoo, Kondoo waume wa Kibashani, na mbuzi, Na unono wa ngano iliyo nzuri; Ukanywa divai, damu ya mizabibu.
15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked:
Thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness ;
Then he forsook God which made him,
And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Lakini Yeshuruni alinenepa, akapiga teke; Umenenepa, umekuwa mnene, umewanda; Ndipo akamwacha Mungu aliyemfanya, Akamdharau Mwamba wa wokovu wake.
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods ,
With abominations provoked they him to anger.
Wakamtia wivu kwa miungu migeni, Wakamkasirisha kwa machukizo.
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God;
To gods whom they knew not,
To new gods that came newly up,
Whom your fathers feared not.
Walitoa sadaka kwa pepo, si Mungu, Kwa miungu wasiyoijua, Kwa miungu mipya iliyotokea siku zilizo karibu, Ambayo baba zenu hawakuiogopa.
18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful,
And hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Humkumbuki Mwamba aliyekuzaa, Mungu aliyekuzaa umemsahau.
19 And when the LORD saw it , he abhorred them ,
Because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
Bwana akaona, akawachukia, Kwa sababu ya kukasirishwa na wanawe na binti zake.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them,
I will see what their end shall be:
For they are a very froward generation,
Children in whom is no faith.
Akasema, Nitawaficha uso wangu, Nitaona mwisho wao utakuwaje; Maana, ni kizazi cha ukaidi mwingi, Watoto wasio imani ndani yao.
21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God;
They have provoked me to anger with their vanities:
And I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people;
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Wamenitia wivu kwa kisicho Mungu; Wamenikasirisha kwa ubatili wao; Nami nitawatia wivu kwa wasio watu, Nami nitawakasirisha kwa taifa lipumbaalo.
22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger,
And shall burn unto the lowest hell,
And shall consume the earth with her increase,
And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Maana, moto umewashwa kwa hasira yangu, Unateketea hata chini ya kuzimu, Unakula dunia pamoja na mazao yake, Unaunguza misingi ya milima.
23 I will heap mischiefs upon them;
I will spend mine arrows upon them.
Nitaweka madhara juu yao chunguchungu; Nitawapiga kwa mishale yangu hata ikaishe;
24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat,
And with bitter destruction:
I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them,
With the poison of serpents of the dust.
Watakonda kwa njaa, wataliwa na makaa ya moto, Na uharibifu mkali; Nitawapelekea meno ya wanyama wakali, Pamoja na sumu ya wadudu watambaao mavumbini.
25 The sword without,
And terror within,
Shall destroy both the young man and the virgin,
The suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
Nje upanga utawafifiliza Na ndani ya vyumba, utisho; Utaangamiza mvulana na msichana, Anyonyaye pamoja na mwenye mvi,
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners,
I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Nalisema, Ningewatawanyia mbali, Ningekomesha kumbukumbu lao kati ya wanadamu;
27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy,
Lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely,
And lest they should say, Our hand is high,
And the LORD hath not done all this.
Isipokuwa naliogopa makamio ya adui, Adui zao wasije wakafikiri uongo, Wasije wakasema, Mkono wetu umetukuka, Wala Bwana hakuyafanya haya yote.
28 For they are a nation void of counsel,
Neither is there any understanding in them.
Maana hawa ni taifa wasio shauri, Wala fahamu hamna ndani yao.
29 O that they were wise, that they understood this,
That they would consider their latter end!
Laiti wangekuwa na akili, hata wakafahamu haya, Ili watafakari mwisho wao.
30 How should one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Except their Rock had sold them,
And the LORD had shut them up?
Mmoja angefukuzaje watu elfu, Wawili wangekimbizaje elfu kumi, Kama Mwamba wao asingaliwauza, Kama Bwana asingaliwatoa?
31 For their rock is not as our Rock,
Even our enemies themselves being judges.
Maana, Mwamba wao si kama Mwamba wetu, Hata adui zetu wenyewe ndivyo wahukumuvyo.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,
And of the fields of Gomorrah:
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter:
Maana, mzabibu wao ni mzabibu wa Sodoma, Nao ni wa mashamba ya Gomora; Zabibu zao ni zabibu za uchungu, Vichala vyao ni vichungu.
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons,
And the cruel venom of asps.
Mvinyo yao ni sumu ya majoka, Uchungu mkali wa nyoka.
34 Is not this laid up in store with me,
And sealed up among my treasures?
Je! Haya hayakuwekwa akiba kwangu? Na kutiwa muhuri kati ya hazina yangu?
35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence;
Their foot shall slide in due time:
For the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Kisasi ni changu mimi, na kulipa, Wakati itakapoteleza miguu yao; Maana siku ya msiba wao imekaribia, Na mambo yatakayowapata yatafanya haraka.
36 For the LORD shall judge his people,
And repent himself for his servants,
When he seeth that their power is gone,
And there is none shut up, or left.
Kwa kuwa Bwana atawaamua watu wake, Atawahurumia watumwa wake, Aonapo ya kuwa nguvu zao zimeondoka, Na ya kuwa habaki mtu, aliyefungwa wala asiyefungwa,
37 And he shall say, Where are their gods,
Their rock in whom they trusted,
Naye atasema, Iko wapi miungu yao, Mwamba ule walioutumaini;
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices,
And drank the wine of their drink offerings?
Let them rise up and help you,
And be your protection.
Uliokula shahamu za sadaka zao, Na kunywa divai ya sadaka zao za kinywaji? Na waondoke na kuwasaidia ninyi; Na wawe hao himaya yenu.
39 See now that I, even I, am he,
And there is no god with me:
I kill, and I make alive;
I wound, and I heal:
Neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Fahamu sasa ya kuwa Mimi, naam, Mimi ndiye, Wala hapana Mungu mwingine ila Mimi; Naua Mimi, nahuisha Mimi, Nimejeruhi, tena naponya; Wala hapana awezaye kuokoa katika mkono wangu,
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven,
And say, I live for ever.
Maana, nainua mkono wangu mbinguni, Na kusema, Kama Mimi niishivyo milele,
41 If I whet my glittering sword,
And mine hand take hold on judgment;
I will render vengeance to mine enemies,
And will reward them that hate me.
Nikiunoa upanga wangu wa umeme, Mkono wangu ukishika hukumu, Nitawatoza kisasi adui zangu, Nitawalipa wanaonichukia.
42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood,
And my sword shall devour flesh;
And that with the blood of the slain and of the captives,
From the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Nitailevya mishale yangu kwa damu, Na upanga wangu utakula nyama; Pamoja na damu ya waliouawa na waliotekwa nyara, Katika vichwa vya wakuu wa adui.
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people:
For he will avenge the blood of his servants,
And will render vengeance to his adversaries,
And will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Furahini, enyi mataifa, pamoja na watu wake; Kwa maana atatwaa kisasi kwa damu ya watumwa wake, Atawatoza kisasi adui zake, Tena atafanya kafara kwa nchi yake, na watu wake.
44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
Musa akaja akasema maneno haya yote ya wimbo huu masikioni mwa watu, yeye na Yoshua, mwana wa Nuni.
45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
Musa akamaliza kuwaambia Israeli wote maneno haya yote;
46 and he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
akawaambia, Yawekeni mioyoni mwenu maneno yote ambayo nashuhudia kwenu hivi leo; nayo waamuruni watoto wenu, wayatunze na kuyafanya maneno yote ya torati hii.
47 For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Kwa maana si jambo lisilofaa kwenu; maana, ni maisha yenu, na kwa jambo hili mtazifanya siku zenu kuwa nyingi juu ya nchi mwivukiayo Yordani kuimiliki.
48 And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
Bwana akasema na Musa siku iyo hiyo, akamwambia,
49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
Kwea katika mlima huu wa Abarimu, mpaka kilima cha Nebo, kilicho katika nchi ya Moabu, kuelekea Yeriko; ukaangalie nchi ya Kanaani niwapayo wana wa Israeli kuimiliki;
50 and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
ukafe katika kilima, huko ukweako, ukusanywe uwe pamoja na jamaa zako; kama alivyokufa nduguyo Haruni katika mlima wa Hori, akakusanywa awe pamoja na watu wake;
51 because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
kwa sababu mlinikosa ninyi juu yangu katikati ya wana wa Israeli katika maji ya Meriba huko Kadeshi, katika bara ya Sini; kwa kuwa hamkunitakasa katikati ya wana wa Israeli.
52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee ; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
Kwani utaiona hiyo nchi mbele yako, lakini hutakwenda huko kuingia hiyo nchi niwapayo wana wa Israeli.
