1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Ninyi mmekuwa wana wa Bwana, Mungu wenu; msijitoje miili yenu, wala msifanye upaa katikati ya macho yenu kwa ajili ya aliyekufa.
2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Kwa kuwa u taifa takatifu kwa Bwana, Mungu wako, na Bwana amekuchagua kuwa watu wake hasa, kuliko mataifa yote yaliyo juu ya uso wa nchi.
3 Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
Usile kitu cho chote kichukizacho.
4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
Wanyama mtakaokula ni hawa ng'ombe, na kondoo, na mbuzi,
5 the hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
kulungu, na paa, na kongoni, na mbuzi wa mwitu, na paa mweupe, na pofu, na mbuzi wa mlima;
6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
na kila mnyama aliyepasuliwa ukwato, ukapasuka ukwato wake zikawa mbili, naye ni mnyama mwenye kucheua akatafuna tena, katika wanyama wote, ndiye mnyama mtakayemla.
7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
Lakini, hawa msile katika wale wenye kucheua, na hao waliopasuliwa ukwato; ngamia, na sungura, na kwang'a, kwa kuwa hucheua, lakini hawakupasuliwa kwato, ni najisi kwenu;
8 And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
na nguruwe, kwa kuwa amepasuliwa ukwato lakini hacheui, huyu ni najisi kwenu msile nyama zao, wala mizoga yao msiiguse.
9 These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
Mtakula hawa katika wote walio majini; kila kilicho na mapezi na magamba mtakula;
10 and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
na kila kisichokuwa na mapezi na magamba msile; ni najisi kwenu.
11 Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
Mna ruhusa kula katika nyuni wote walio safi.
12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
Lakini hawa msiwale; tai, na furukombe, na kipungu;
13 and the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
na kengewa, na kozi, na mwewe kwa aina zake;
14 and every raven after his kind,
na kila kunguru kwa aina zake;
15 and the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
na mbuni, na kirukanjia, na dudumizi, na kipanga kwa aina zake;
16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
na bundi, na mumbi, na bundi mkubwa;
17 and the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
na mwari, na nderi, na mnandi;
18 and the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
na membe, na koikoi, kwa aina zake; na hudihudi, na popo.
19 And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
Na wadudu wote watambaao wenye mabawa ni najisi kwenu; msiwale.
20 But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
Mna ruhusa kula katika nyuni wote walio safi.
21 Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
Msile nyamafu yo yote; waweza kumpa mgeni aliye ndani ya malango yako, ili apate kula; au kumliza mtu wa mataifa; kwa kuwa wewe u taifa takatifu kwa Bwana, Mungu wako. Usimtokose mwana-mbuzi katika maziwa ya mamaye.
22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
Usiache kutoa zaka ya fungu la kumi katika maongeo yote ya mbegu zako, yatokayo shamba mwaka baada ya mwaka.
23 And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
Nawe utakula mbele za Bwana, Mungu wako, mahali atakapochagua apakalishe jina lake, zaka ya nafaka zako, na divai yako, na mafuta yako, na wazaliwa wa kwanza wa makundi yako ya ng'ombe na ya kondoo; ili upate kujifunza kumcha Bwana, Mungu wako, daima.
24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
Na njia ikiwa ndefu mno nawe, usiweze kuzichukua kwa kuwa mahali ni mbali nawe mno atakapochagua Bwana, Mungu wako, apakalishe jina lake, hapo atakapokubarikia Bwana, Mungu wako;
25 then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
ndipo uzibadili ziwe fedha, na kufunga zile fedha uende nazo mkononi mwako, hata mahali atakapochagua Bwana, Mungu wako;
26 and thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
na zile fedha zitumie kwa cho chote itakachotamani roho yako, ng'ombe, au kondoo, au divai, au kileo, au roho yako itakacho kwako cho chote; nawe utakula huko mbele za Bwana, Mungu wako; tena furahi, wewe na nyumba yako;
27 and the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
na Mlawi aliye ndani ya malango yako usimwache, kwani hana fungu wala urithi pamoja nawe.
28 At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
Kila mwaka wa tatu, mwisho wake, toa fungu la kumi lote la maongeo yako ya mwaka huo, uliweke ndani ya malango yako;
29 and the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
na Mlawi kwa kuwa hana fungu wala urithi pamoja nawe, na mgeni, na yatima, na mjane aliyefiliwa na mumewe, walio ndani ya malango yako, na waje wale na kushiba; ili kwamba Bwana, Mungu wako, akubarikie katika kazi yote ya mkono wako uifanyayo.
