1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
Sikiza, Ee Israeli; hivi leo unataka kuvuka Yordani uingie kwa kuwamiliki mataifa yaliyo makubwa, na yenye nguvu kukupita wewe, miji mikubwa iliyojengewa kuta hata mbinguni,
2 a people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say , Who can stand before the children of Anak!
watu wakubwa, warefu, wana wa Waanaki, uwajuao, uliokuwa ukisikia wakitajwa hivi, Ni nani awezaye kusimama mbele ya wana wa Anaki?
3 Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
Basi jua siku hii ya leo kuwa Bwana, Mungu wako, ndiye atanguliaye kuvuka mbele yako kama moto uteketezao; atawaangamiza, tena atawaangusha mbele yako; ndivyo utakavyowafukuza na kuwapoteza upesi, kama alivyokuambia Bwana.
4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Usiseme moyoni mwako, Bwana, Mungu wako, atakapokwisha kuwasukumia nje mbele yako, ukasema, Ni kwa haki yangu alivyonitia Bwana niimiliki nchi hii; kwani ni kwa ajili ya uovu wa mataifa haya Bwana awafukuza nje mbele yako.
5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Si kwa haki yako, wala kwa unyofu wa moyo wako, hivi uingiavyo kuimiliki nchi yao; lakini ni kwa uovu wa mataifa haya Bwana, Mungu wako, awafukuza nje mbele yako; tena apate kuliweka imara hilo neno Bwana alilowaapia baba zako Ibrahimu, na Isaka, na Yakobo.
6 Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Basi jua ya kuwa Bwana, Mungu wako, hakupi nchi hii nzuri uimiliki kwa ajili ya haki yako, kwa maana u taifa lenye shingo ngumu.
7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
Kumbuka, usisahau ulivyomtia Bwana, Mungu wako, kasirani jangwani; tangu siku uliyotoka nchi ya Misri hata mlipofika mahali hapa, mmekuwa na uasi juu ya Bwana
8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
Tena mlimkasirisha Bwana katika Horebu, Bwana akakasirika nanyi hata akataka kuwaangamiza.
9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
Na hapo nilipokwea mlimani kwenda kuzipokea mbao za mawe, nazo ni mbao za agano Bwana alilofanya nanyi, ndipo nikakaa mle mlimani siku arobaini usiku na mchana; sikula chakula wala kunywa maji.
10 and the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
Bwana akanipa zile mbao mbili za mawe zimeandikwa kwa kidole cha Mungu; na juu yake yameandikwa maneno mfano wa yote aliyosema nanyi Bwana mle mlimani toka kati ya moto siku ya mkutano.
11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
Ikawa mwisho wa siku arobaini usiku na mchana, Bwana alinipa zile mbao mbili za mawe, nazo ni mbao za agano.
12 And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves ; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
Bwana akaniambia, Ondoka huko, shuka upesi; kwa kuwa watu wako uliowatoa Misri wamejiharibu; wamekengeuka mara katika njia niliyowaamuru; wamejifanyia sanamu ya kusubu.
13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
Tena Bwana akasema nami zaidi, akaniambia, Nimeliona taifa hili; na tazama, ni taifa lenye shingo ngumu;
14 let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
niache, nipate kuwaangamiza, na kulifuta jina lao chini ya mbingu; nami nitakufanya wewe uwe taifa kubwa lenye nguvu kuwapita wao.
15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Basi nikageuka nikashuka mle mlimani, mlima ukawaka moto; na zile mbao mbili za agano zilikuwa katika mikono yangu miwili.
16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
Nikaangalia, na tazama, mlikuwa mmefanya dhambi juu ya Bwana, Mungu wenu; mmefanya ndama ya ng'ombe ya kusubu; mmekengeuka upesi katika njia aliyowaamuru Bwana.
17 And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
Nikazishika zile mbao mbili, nikazitupa kutoka katika mikono yangu miwili, nikazivunja mbele ya macho yenu.
18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Nikaanguka nchi mbele za Bwana siku arobaini usiku na mchana, kama pale kwanza; sikula chakula wala kunywa maji; kwa sababu ya makosa yenu yote mliyokosa, kwa kufanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Bwana, kwa kumkasirisha.
19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.
Kwa kuwa niliogopa hasira na makamio aliyowakasirikia Bwana kutaka kuwaangamiza. Lakini Bwana alinisikiza wakati huo nao.
20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
Bwana akamkasirikia sana Haruni akataka kumwangamiza; nikamwombea Haruni naye wakati huo.
21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
Kisha nikaitwaa ile dhambi yenu, huyo ndama mliyemfanya, nikamteketeza kwa moto, nikamponda, nikamsaga tikitiki, hata akawa laini kama vumbi; nikalitupa vumbi lake katika kijito kilichoshuka kutoka mlimani.
22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
Tena huko Tabera, na Masa, na Kibroth-hataava mlimtia Bwana hasira.
23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
Na wakati alipowatuma Bwana kutoka Kadesh-barnea, akiwaambia, Kweeni mkaimiliki nchi niliyowapa; ndipo mkaasi juu ya maagizo ya Bwana, Mungu wenu, hamkumsadiki wala hamkusikiza sauti yake.
24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
Mmekuwa na uasi juu ya Bwana tokea siku nilipowajua ninyi.
25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first ; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
Ndipo nikaanguka nchi mbele za Bwana siku zile arobaini usiku na mchana nilizokuwa nimeanguka nchi; kwa kuwa Bwana alisema atawaangamiza.
26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Nikamwomba Bwana, nikasema, Ee Bwana Mungu, usiwaangamize watu wako, urithi wako, uliowakomboa kwa ukuu wako, uliowatoa Misri kwa mkono wa nguvu.
27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
Wakumbuke watumwa wako, Ibrahimu, na Isaka, na Yakobo; usiangalie upotofu wa watu hawa, wala uovu wao, wala dhambi yao;
28 lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
isije nchi uliyotutoa ikasema, Ni kwa sababu Bwana hakuweza kuwaleta katika nchi aliyowapa ahadi, tena ni kwa kuwa aliwachukia, alivyowatoa nje ili kuwaua jangwani.
29 Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
Nao ni watu wako, urithi wako, uliowatoa kwa nguvu zako kuu na mkono wako ulionyoka.
