Discontent
1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it ; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
Kisha hao watu walikuwa kama wanung'unikao, wakinena maovu masikioni mwa Bwana; Bwana aliposikia hayo, hasira zake zikawaka; na moto wa Bwana ukawaka kati yao, ukateketeza katika mipaka ya mwisho wa marago.
2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
Ndipo watu wakamlilia Musa; naye Musa akamwomba Bwana, na ule moto ukakoma.
3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
Jina la mahali hapo likaitwa Tabera; kwa sababu huo moto wa Bwana ukawaka kati yao.
4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Kisha mkutano wa wafuasi waliokuwa kati yao, wakashikwa na tamaa; wana wa Israeli nao wakalia tena, wakasema, N'nani atakayetupa nyama tule?
5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
Twakumbuka samaki tuliokula huko Misri bure; na yale matango, na matikiti, na mboga, na vitunguu, na vitunguu saumu;
6 but now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
lakini sasa roho zetu zimekauka; hapana kitu cho chote; hatuna kitu cha kutumaini isipokuwa hii mana tu.
7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
Na hiyo mana ilikuwa mfano wa chembe za mtama na kuonekana kwake kulikuwa kama kuonekana kwake bedola.
8 And the people went about, and gathered it , and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
Watu wakazunguka-zunguka na kuikusanya, kisha wakaisaga kwa mawe ya kusagia, au kuitwanga katika vinu, kisha wakaitokosa nyunguni, na kuandaa mikate; na tamu yake ilikuwa kama tamu ya mafuta mapya.
9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
Umande ulipoyaangukia marago wakati wa usiku, hiyo mana ilianguka pamoja nao.
10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
Basi Musa akawasikia watu wakilia katika jamaa zao zote, kila mtu mlangoni pa hema yake; na hasira za Bwana zikawaka sana; Musa naye akakasirika.
11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Musa akamwambia Bwana, Mbona umenitenda uovu mimi mtumishi wako? Kwa nini sikupata neema machoni pako, hata ukanitwika mzigo wa watu hawa wote juu yangu?
12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Je! Ni mimi niliyewatungisha mimba watu hawa wote je! Ni mimi niliyewazaa, hata ikawa wewe kuniambia, Haya, wachukue kifuani mwako, mfano wa baba mwenye kulea achukuavyo mtoto anyonyaye, uende nao mpaka nchi uliyowaapia baba zao?
13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
Nipate wapi nyama ya kuwapa watu hawa wote? Kwani wanililia, wakisema Tupe nyama, tupate kula.
14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Mimi siwezi kuwachukua watu hawa wote peke yangu, kwa kuwa ni mzigo mzito sana wa kunishinda.
15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Na kama ukinitenda hivi, nakuomba uniulie mbali, kwamba nimepata fadhili mbele ya macho yako; nami nisiyaone haya mashaka yangu.
16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
Kisha Bwana akamwambia Musa, Nikusanyie watu sabini, miongoni mwa wazee wa israeli, ambao wewe wawajua kuwa ndio wazee wa watu hawa, na maakida juu yao; ukawalete hata hema ya kukutania, wasimame huko pamoja nawe.
17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
Nami nitashuka niseme nawe huko, nami nitatwaa sehemu ya roho iliyo juu yako na kuiweka juu yao; nao watachukua mzigo wa watu hawa pamoja nawe, ili usiuchukue wewe peke yako.
18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
Kisha uwaambie watu hawa, Jitakaseni nafsi zenu kabla ya kesho, nanyi mtakula nyama; kwa maana mmelia masikioni mwa Bwana, mkisema, Ni nani atakayetupa nyama, tule? Maana huko Misri tulikuwa na uheri. Basi kwa sababu hiyo Bwana atawapa nyama, nanyi mtakula.
19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
Hamtakula siku moja, wala siku mbili, wala siku tano, wala siku kumi, wala siku ishirini;
20 but even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
lakini mtakula muda wa mwezi mzima, hata hapo nyama hiyo itakapotoka katika mianzi ya pua zenu, nanyi mtaikinai, kwa sababu mmemkataa Bwana aliye kati yenu, na kulia mbele zake, mkisema, Tulitoka Misri kwa maana gani?
21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
Musa akasema, Watu hawa ambao mimi ni kati yao, ni watu sita mia elfu waendao kwa miguu; nawe umesema, Nitawapa nyama, ili wale muda wa mwezi mzima.
22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
Je! Makundi ya kondoo na ng'ombe yatachinjwa kwa ajili yao, ili kuwatosha? Au samaki wote wa baharini watakusanywa pamoja kwa ajili yao, ili kuwatosha?
23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
Bwana akamwambia Musa, Je! Mkono wa Bwana umepungua urefu wake? Sasa utaona kwamba neno langu litatimizwa kwako, au sivyo.
24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
Musa akatoka, akawaambia watu maneno ya Bwana; akawakutanisha watu sabini miongoni mwa wazee wa watu, akawaweka kuizunguka Hema.
25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
Ndipo Bwana akashuka ndani ya wingu, akanena naye, akatwaa sehemu ya roho iliyokuwa juu ya Musa, akaitia juu ya wale wazee sabini; ikawa, roho hiyo ilipowashukia, wakatabiri, lakini hawakufanya hivyo tena.
26 But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
Lakini watu wawili walisalia kambini, jina la mmoja aliitwa Eldadi, na jina la wa pili aliitwa Medadi; na roho ile ikawashukia; nao walikuwa miongoni mwao walioandikwa, lakini walikuwa hawakutoka kwenda hemani; nao wakatabiri kambini.
27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
Mtu mmoja kijana akapiga mbio, akaenda akamwambia Musa, akasema, Eldadi na Medadi wanatoa unabii kambini.
28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
Yoshua mwana wa Nuni, mtumishi wa Musa tangu ujana wake, akajibu akasema, Ee bwana wangu Musa, uwakataze.
29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
Musa akamwambia, Je! Umekuwa na wivu kwa ajili yangu; ingekuwa heri kama watu wote wa Bwana wangekuwa manabii na kama Bwana angewatia roho yake.
30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
Kisha Musa akaenda akaingia kambini, yeye na wale wazee wa Israeli.
Quails from the Sea
31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Kisha upepo ukavuma kutoka kwa Bwana, nao ukaleta kware kutoka pande za baharini, nao ukawaacha wakaanguka karibu na kambi, kama kiasi cha mwendo wa siku moja upande huu, na kama kiasi cha mwendo wa siku moja upande huu, kuizunguka, nao wakafikilia kiasi cha dhiraa mbili juu ya uso wa nchi.
32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
Watu wakaondoka mchana huo wote, na usiku huo wote, na siku ya pili yote, kuwakusanya hao kware; yeye aliyepata ya upungufu kuliko wenziwe alipata kiasi cha homeri kumi; nao wakawaanika wote kando-kando ya kambi kuizunguka pande zote.
33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
Kisha hapo hiyo nyama ilipokuwa ikali kati ya meno yao, hawajaitafuna bado, hasira za Bwana ziliwaka juu ya watu, Bwana akawapiga watu kwa pigo kuu mno.
34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
Jina la mahali pale likaitwa Kibroth-hataava; maana, ni hapo walipowazika hao watu waliotamani.
35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
Kutoka hapo Kibroth-hataava watu wakasafiri kwenda Haserothi; wakakaa huko Haserothi.
