1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
Msifanye sanamu yo yote, wala msijisimamishie sanamu ya kuchonga, wala mnara, wala msiweke jiwe lo lote lililochorwa katika nchi yenu ili kulisujudia; kwa kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wenu.
2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Zishikeni Sabato zangu, na kupastahi patakatifu pangu; mimi ndimi Bwana.
Promises
3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Kama mkienda katika amri zangu, na kuyashika maagizo yangu, na kuyafanya;
4 then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
ndipo nitazinyesha mvua zenu kwa nyakati zake, na nchi itazaa maongeo yake, na miti ya mashambani itazaa matunda yake.
5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Tena kupura nafaka kwenu kutaendelea hata wakati wa kuvuna zabibu, na kuvuna zabibu kutaendelea hata wakati wa kupanda mbegu; nanyi mtakula chakula chenu na kushiba, na kuketi katika nchi yenu salama.
6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
Nami nitawapa amani katika nchi, tena mtalala wala hapana atakayewatia hofu; nami nitawakomesha wanyama wabaya katika nchi yenu, wala hautapita upanga katika nchi yenu.
7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
Nanyi mtawafukuza adui zenu, nao wataanguka mbele zenu kwa upanga.
8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
Na watu watano wa kwenu watawafukuza watu mia, na watu mia wa kwenu watawafukuza watu elfu kumi; na adui zenu wataanguka mbele yenu kwa upanga.
9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Nami nitawaelekezea uso wangu, na kuwapa uzazi mwingi, na kuwaongeza; nami nitalithibitisha agano langu pamoja nanyi.
10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
Nanyi mtakula akiba ya zamani mliyoiweka siku nyingi, tena hayo ya zamani mtayatoa, ili myaweke yaliyo mapya.
11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.
Nami nitaiweka maskani yangu kati yenu; wala roho yangu haitawachukia.
12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Nami nitakwenda kati yenu, nami nitakuwa Mungu wenu, nanyi mtakuwa watu wangu.
13 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
Mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wenu, niliyewaleta mtoke katika nchi ya Misri, ili msiwe watumwa wao; nami nimeivunja miti ya kongwa lenu, nikawaendesha mwende sawasawa.
Warnings
14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
Lakini msiponisikiza, wala hamtaki kuyafanya maagizo hayo yote;
15 and if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
nanyi mkizikataa amri zangu, na roho yenu ikichukia hukumu zangu, hata ikawa hamtaki kuyafanya maagizo yangu yote, bali mwalivunja agano langu;
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
mimi nami nitawatenda jambo hili; nitaamrisha uje juu yenu utisho, hata kifua kikuu na homa, zitakazoharibu macho yenu, na kuidhoofisha roho; nanyi mtapanda mbegu yenu bure, kwa kuwa adui zenu wataila.
17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Nami nitauelekeza uso wangu kinyume chenu, nanyi mtapigwa mbele ya adui zenu; hao wawachukiao watatawala juu yenu; nanyi mtakimbia wakati ambao hapana awafukuzaye.
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Tena ikiwa baada ya hayo hamtaki kunisikiza, ndipo nitawaadhibu zaidi mara saba kwa ajili ya dhambi zenu.
19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
Nami nitakivunja kiburi cha uwezo wenu; nami nitazifanya mbingu zenu kuwa kama chuma, na nchi yenu kuwa kama shaba;
20 and your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
na nguvu zenu mtazitumia bure; kwa kuwa nchi yenu haitazaa mazao yake, wala miti ya nchi haitazaa matunda yake.
21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
Nanyi ikiwa mwaenenda kinyume changu, wala hamtaki kunisikiza; nitaleta mapigo mara saba zaidi juu yenu, kama dhambi zenu zilivyo.
22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
Nami nitaleta wanyama wakali kati yenu, ambao watawanyang'anya watoto wenu, na kuwaharibu wanyama wenu wa kufugwa, na kuwapunguza muwe wachache hesabu yenu; na njia zenu zitakuwa ni ukiwa.
23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
Tena kama hamtaki kurejezwa upya kwangu mimi kwa mambo haya, bali mwaendelea kunishikia kinyume; ndipo mimi nami nitaendelea kuwashikia ninyi kinyume;
24 then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
nami nitawapiga, naam mimi, mara saba kwa ajili ya dhambi zenu.
25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Nami nitaleta upanga juu yenu, utakaopatiliza kisasi cha hilo agano; nanyi mtakutanishwa ndani ya miji yenu; nami nitaleta tauni kati yenu; nanyi mtatiwa mkononi mwa adui.
26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Hapo nitakapovunja tegemeo lenu la mkate, wanawake kumi wataoka mikate yenu katika tanuu moja, nao watawapa mikate yenu tena kwa kupima kwa mizani; nanyi mtakula, lakini hamtashiba.
27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
Tena ikiwa baada ya hayo yote hamtaki kunisikiza, bali mwaenenda kwa kunishikia kinyume;
28 then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
ndipo nami nitakwenda kwa kuwashikia ninyi kinyume katika ghadhabu yangu; nami nitawaadhibu mara saba kwa dhambi zenu.
29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Nanyi mtakula nyama ya miili ya wana wenu, na nyama ya miili ya binti zenu mtaila.
30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
Nami nitapaharibu mahali penu palipoinuka, na kuziangusha sanamu zenu za jua, nami nitaitupa mizoga yenu juu ya mizoga ya sanamu zenu; na roho yangu itawachukia.
31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
Nami nitaifanya miji yenu iwe maganjo, na mahali penu patakatifu nitapatia ukiwa; wala sitasikia harufu ya manukato yenu yapendezayo.
32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
Nami nitaitia hiyo nchi ukiwa; na adui zenu watakaokaa huko wataistaajabia.
33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
Nanyi nitawatapanya-tapanya katika mataifa, nami nitaufuta upanga nyuma yenu; na nchi yenu itakuwa ni ukiwa, na miji yenu maganjo.
34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
Hapo ndipo nchi itakapozifurahia Sabato zake, wakati itakapokuwa hali ya ukiwa, nanyi mtakapokuwa katika nchi ya adui zenu; ndipo nchi itakapopumzika, na kuzifurahia Sabato zake.
35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
Wakati wote itakapokuwa na ukiwa, itapumzika; ni hayo mapumziko ambayo haikuwa nayo katika Sabato zenu, hapo mlipokaa katika nchi hiyo.
36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Tena hao wa kwenu watakaobaki, nitawatilia woga mioyoni mwao, katika hizo nchi za adui zao; na sauti ya jani lililopeperushwa itawakimbiza; nao watakimbia, kama mtu akimbiavyo upanga; nao wataanguka hapo ambapo hapana afukuzaye.
37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Nao wataangukiana wenyewe kwa wenyewe, kama mbele ya upanga, hapo ambapo hapana afukuzaye; wala hamtakuwa na nguvu za kusimama mbele ya adui zenu.
38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
Nanyi mtaangamia kati ya mataifa, na nchi ya adui zenu itawameza.
39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
Na watu wa kwenu watakaobaki watafifia kwa ajili ya uovu wao, katika hizo nchi za adui zenu; tena watafifia kwa ajili ya uovu wa baba zao, pamoja nao.
40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
Nao wataukiri uovu wao, na uovu wa baba zao, katika maasi yao waliyoasi juu yangu, tena ya kuwa kwa sababu wameendelea kunishikia kinyume,
41 and that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
mimi nami nimeendelea kuwashikia kinyume wao, na kuwatia katika nchi ya adui zao; lakini hapo, kama mioyo yao isiyokuwa tohara ikinyenyekea, nao wakubali adhabu ya uovu wao;
42 then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
ndipo nitakapokumbuka agano langu pamoja na Yakobo, tena agano langu na Isaka, tena agano langu na Ibrahimu nitalikumbuka; nami nitaikumbuka nchi hiyo.
43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
Nchi nayo itaachwa na wao, nayo itazifurahia Sabato zake, itakapokuwa ukiwa pasipokuwa na wao; nao wataikubali adhabu ya uovu wao; kwa sababu, naam, ni kwa sababu wamezikataa hukumu zangu, na roho zao zimezichukia amri zangu.
44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
Lakini pamoja na hayo yote, watakapokuwa katika nchi ya adui zao, mimi, sitawatupa, wala sitawachukia, niwaangamize kabisa, na kulivunja agano langu pamoja nao; kwa kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wao;
45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
lakini kwa ajili yao nitalikumbuka agano la baba zao, niliowaleta watoke katika nchi ya Misri mbele ya macho ya mataifa, ili kwamba niwe Mungu wao; mimi ndimi Bwana.
46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
Hizi ni amri na hukumu na sheria, Bwana alizozifanya kati ya yeye na hao wana wa Israeli katika huo mlima wa Sinai kwa mkono wa Musa.
