The Covenant Confirmed
1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
Kisha Bwana akamwambia Musa, Kweeni wewe, na Haruni, na Nadabu, na Abihu, na watu sabini wa wazee wa Israeli, mkamfikilie Bwana; mkasujudie kwa mbali;
2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
na Musa peke yake ndiye atakayekaribia karibu na Bwana; lakini hao hawatakaribia karibu; wala hao watu hawatakwea pamoja naye.
3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
Musa akaenda akawaambia watu maneno yote ya Bwana, na hukumu zake zote; watu wote wakajibu kwa sauti moja, wakasema, Maneno yote aliyoyanena Bwana tutayatenda.
4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
Basi Musa akayaandika maneno yote ya Bwana, akaondoka asubuhi na mapema, akajenga madhabahu chini ya mlima, na nguzo kumi na mbili, kwa hesabu ya kabila kumi na mbili za Israeli,
5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
akapeleka vijana wa wana wa Israeli, waliotoa sadaka za kuteketezwa, wakamchinjia Bwana sadaka za amani za ng'ombe.
6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Musa akatwaa nusu ya ile damu, akaitia katika mabakuli; na nusu ya ile damu akainyunyiza juu ya madhabahu.
7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
Kisha akakitwaa kitabu cha agano akakisoma masikioni mwa watu; wakasema, Hayo yote aliyoyanena Bwana tutayatenda, nasi tutatii.
8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
Musa akaitwaa ile damu, akawanyunyizia watu, akasema, Hii ndiyo damu ya agano alilolifanya Bwana pamoja nanyi katika maneno haya yote.
9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
Ndipo akakwea juu, Musa, na haruni, na Nadabu, na Abihu, na watu sabini miongoni mwa wazee wa Israeli;
10 and they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
wakamwona Mungu wa Israeli; chini ya miguu yake palikuwa na kama sakafu iliyofanyizwa kwa yakuti samawi, kama zile mbingu zenyewe kwa usafi wake.
11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
Naye hakuweka mkono wake juu ya hao wakuu wa wana wa Israeli; nao wakamwona Mungu, wakala na kunywa.
12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Bwana akamwambia Musa, Njoo huku juu kwangu mlimani, uwe huku; nami nitakupa mbao za mawe na ile sheria na hiyo amri niliyoiandika ili uwafundishe.
13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Musa akaondoka na Yoshua, mtumishi wake, Musa akapanda mlimani kwa Mungu.
14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
Akawaambia hao wazee, Tungojeeni hapa, mpaka tutakaporudi kwenu; na tazameni, Haruni na Huri wapo pamoja nanyi; kila mtu aliye na neno na awaendee.
15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Musa akapanda mlimani, lile wingu likaufunikiza mlima.
16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
Na huo utukufu wa Bwana ukakaa juu ya mlima wa Sinai; lile wingu likaufunikiza siku sita; na siku ya saba akamwita Musa toka kati ya lile wingu.
17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Na kuonekana kwake ule utukufu wa Bwana kulikuwa kama moto uteketezao, juu ya mlima machoni pa wana wa Israeli.
18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Musa akaingia ndani ya lile wingu, akapanda mlimani; Musa akawa humo katika ule mlima siku arobaini, mchana na usiku.
