1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
Musa akawaita Israeli wote, akawaambia, Enyi Israeli, zisikieni amri na hukumu ninenazo masikioni mwenu leo, mpate kujifunza na kuangalia kuzitenda.
2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
Bwana, Mungu wetu, alifanya agano nasi katika Horebu.
3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
Bwana hakufanya agano hili na baba zetu, bali na sisi, yaani, sisi sote tuliopo hapa, tu hai.
4 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
Bwana alisema nanyi uso kwa uso mlimani, toka kati ya moto;
5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
(nami wakati ule nalisimama kati ya Bwana na ninyi, ili kuwaonyesha neno la Bwana; maana, mliogopa kwa sababu ya ule moto, wala hamkupanda mlimani); naye akasema,
6 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Mimi ni Bwana, Mungu wako, niliyekutoa katika nchi ya Misri, katika nyumba ya utumwa.
7 Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
Usiwe na miungu mingine ila mimi.
8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Usijifanyie sanamu ya kuchonga, mfano wa kitu cho chote kilicho juu mbinguni, au kilicho chini duniani, au kilicho majini chini ya nchi.
9 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
Usivisujudie wala kuvitumikia; kwa kuwa mimi Bwana, Mungu wako, ni Mungu mwenye wivu, nawapatiliza wana uovu wa baba zao; hata kizazi cha tatu na cha nne cha wanichukiao,
10 and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
nami nawarehemu maelfu elfu wanipendao, na kuzishika amri zangu.
11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Usilitaje bure Jina la Bwana, Mungu wako; maana Bwana hatamhesabia kuwa hana hatia, mtu alitajaye jina lake bure.
12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
Ishike siku ya Sabato uitakase, kama Bwana, Mungu wako, alivyokuamuru.
13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Siku sita fanya kazi, utende mambo yako yote;
14 but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
lakini siku ya saba ni Sabato ya Bwana, Mungu wako; siku hiyo usifanye kazi yo yote, wewe, wala mwanao, wala binti yako, wala mtumwa wako, wala mjakazi wako, wala ng'ombe wako, wala punda wako, wala mnyama wako ye yote, wala mgeni aliye ndani ya malango yako, ili mtumwa wako na mjakazi wako wapumzike vile vile kama wewe.
15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Nawe utakumbuka ya kuwa wewe ulikuwa mtumwa katika nchi ya Misri, na ya kuwa Bwana, Mungu wako, alikutoa huko kwa mkono wenye nguvu, na mkono ulionyoshwa; kwa sababu hiyo Bwana, Mungu wako, alikuamuru uishike sabato.
16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Waheshimu baba yako na mama yako; kama Bwana, Mungu wako, alivyokuamuru, siku zako zipate kuzidi, nawe upate kufanikiwa katika nchi upewayo na Bwana, Mungu wako.
17 Thou shalt not kill.
Usiue.
18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Wala usizini.
19 Neither shalt thou steal.
Wala usiibe.
20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Wala usimshuhudie jirani yako uongo.
21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Wala usimtamani mke wa jirani yako; wala usiitamani nyumba ya jirani yako, wala shamba lake, wala mtumwa wake, wala mjakazi wake, wala ng'ombe wake, wala punda wake, wala kitu cho chote alicho nacho jirani yako.
22 These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
Haya ndiyo maneno ambayo Bwana aliwaambia mkutano wenu wote mlimani kwa sauti kuu toka kati ya moto, na wingu, na giza kuu; wala hakuongeza neno. Akayaandika juu ya mbao mbili za mawe, akanipa.
23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
Ikawa, mlipoisikia sauti ile toka kati ya giza, na wakati uo huo mlima ule ulikuwa ukiwaka moto, basi, mlinikaribia, naam, wakuu wote wa kabila zenu, na wazee wenu,
24 and ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
mkasema, Tazama, Bwana, Mungu wetu, ametuonyesha utukufu wake, na ukuu wake, nasi tunasikia sauti yake toka kati ya moto; mmeona leo ya kuwa Mungu husema na mwanadamu, naye akaishi.
25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
Sasa basi, mbona tufe? Maana moto huu mkubwa utatuteketeza; tukiisikia tena sauti ya Bwana, Mungu wetu, tutakufa.
26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have , and lived?
Maana katika wote wenye mwili ni nani aliyeisikia sauti ya Mungu aliye hai, akisema toka kati ya moto, kama vile sisi, asife?
27 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it , and do it .
Enenda karibu wewe, ukasikie yote atakayoyasema Bwana, Mungu wetu; ukatuambie yote atakayokuambia Bwana, Mungu wetu; nasi tutayasikia na kuyatenda.
28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.
Naye Bwana akasikia sauti ya maneno yenu mliyoniambia; Bwana akaniambia, Nimesikia sauti ya maneno ya watu hawa waliyokuambia; wamesema vema yote waliyosema.
29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Laiti wangekuwa na moyo kama huu ndani yao sikuzote, wa kunicha, na kushika amri zangu zote sikuzote, wapate kufanikiwa wao na watoto wao milele!
30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
Enda uwaambie, Rudini hemani mwenu.
31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
Lakini wewe, simama hapa karibu nami, nami nitanena nawe sheria zote, na amri na hukumu, utakazowafunza, wapate kuzifanya katika nchi niwapayo kuimiliki.
32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Tunzeni basi, mtende kama mlivyoamriwa na Bwana, Mungu wenu; msikengeuke kwa mkono wa kuume wala wa kushoto.
33 Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Endeni njia yote aliyowaagiza Bwana, Mungu wenu, mpate kuwa hai, na kufanikiwa, mkafanye siku zenu kuwa nyingi katika nchi mtakayoimiliki.
