Torati 28
1 Utakaposikiliza kwa makini sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako ili kwamba ushikilie amri zake zote ambazo nakuamuru leo, Yahwe Mungu wako atakuweka juu ya mataifa yote ya ulimwengu.
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth.
2 Baraka hizi zote zitakuja kwako na kukupita, kama utasikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako.
And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
3 Utabarikiwa ndani ya mji, na utabarikiwa shambani.
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4 Matunda ya mwili wako yatabarikiwa, na matunda ya ardhi yako, na matunda ya wanyama wako, ongezeko la ng’ombe wako, na wachanga wa mifugo wako.
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock.
5 Kitabarikiwa kikapu chako na chombo cha kukandia.
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
6 Utabarikiwa utakaporudi ndani, na utabarikiwa utakapotoka nje.
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
7 Yahwe atasababisha maadui zako wanaoinuka dhidi yako kupigwa chini mbele yako; watajitokeza dhidi yako kwa njia moja lakini watakimbia mbele zako kwa njia saba.
The LORD will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee; they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.
8 Yahwe ataamuru baraka kuja kwako katika maghala yako na katika kila unapoweka mkono wako; atakubariki katika nchi anayokupatia.
The LORD will command the blessing with thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and He will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
9 Yahwe atawaimarisha kama watu waliotengwa kwa ajili yake, kama alivyoapa kwenu, iwapo mtashikilia amri za Yahwe Mungu wenu, na kutembea katika njia zake.
The LORD will establish thee for a holy people unto Himself, as He hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in His ways.
10 Watu wote wa ulimwengu wataona ya kwamba mmeitwa kwa jina la Yahwe, nao watawaogopa.
And all the peoples of the earth shall see that the name of the LORD is called upon thee; and they shall be afraid of thee.
11 Yahwe atakufanya kuwa na mafanikio sana katika matunda ya mwili wako, katika matunda ya ng’ombe zako, katika matunda ya ardhi yako, katika nchi aliyoapa kwa mababu zako kuwapatia.
And the LORD will make thee over-abundant for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, in the land which the LORD swore unto thy fathers to give thee.
12 Yahwe atafungua kwako ghala lake la mbingu kuruhusu mvua juu ya ardhi katika muda sahihi, na kubariki kazi zote za mikono yako; utakopesha kwa mataifa mengi, lakini wewe hautakopa.
The LORD will open unto thee His good treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow.
13 Yahwe atakufanya kuwa kichwa, na sio mkia; utakuwa juu tu, na hautakuwa chini, iwapo utaisikiliza amri za Yahwe Mungu wako ambazo ninakuamuru leo, ili kuzishikilia na kuzitenda,
And the LORD will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them;
14 na usipogeuka kinyume na maneno yoyote ninayokuamuru leo, kulia kwako wala kushoto kwako, na kufuata miungu mingine na kuwatumikia.
and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
15 Lakini usiposikiliza sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako, na kushikilia amri zake zote na sheria zake ninazokuamuru leo, basi laana hizi zote zitakuja kwako na kukupita.
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
16 Utalaaniwa utakapokuwa mjini, na utalaaniwa utakapokuwa shambani.
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17 Kitalaaniwa kikapu chako na chombo chako cha kukandia.
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
18 Litalaaniwa tunda la mwili wako, tunda la ardhi yako, ongezeko la ng’ombe wako, na wachanga wa mifugo.
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock.
19 Utalaaniwa utakaporudi, na utalaaniwa utokapo.
Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
20 Yahwe atatuma laana juu yako, kuchanganyikiwa, na shutuma katika kila jambo uwekalo mikono yako, hadi utakapoangamizwa, na hadi utakapotoweka haraka kwa sababu ya matendo yako maovu ambayo utakuwa umenitelekeza mimi.
The LORD will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken Me.
21 Yahwe atafanya pigo likung’ang’anie mpaka kukuangamiza kutoka katika nchi utakayoenda kumiliki.
The LORD will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until He have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it.
22 Yahwe atakushambulia kwa magonjwa ya kuambukiza, kwa homa, kwa uvimbe, na kwa kiangazi na jua kali, na kwa upepo mkali na ukungu. Hivi vitakufukuza hadi uangamie.
The LORD will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 Mbingu zilizo juu ya vichwa vyenu zitakuwa shaba, na ardhi chini yenu itakuwa chuma.
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 Yahwe atafanya mvua ya ardhi yako kuwa unga na vumbi, kutoka mbinguni vitashuka kwako, hadi utakapoangamizwa.
The LORD will make the rain of thy land powder and dust; from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
25 Yahwe atakusababishia upigwe mbele ya maadui zako; utawafuata kwa njia moja dhidi yao lakini utakimbia mbele zao kwa njia saba. Utapelekwa huku na kule miongoni mwa falme za nchi.
The LORD will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them; and thou shalt be a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.
26 Mzoga wako utakuwa chakula kwa ndege wote wa angani na kwa wanyama wa ulimwengu; hakutakuwa na mtu wa kuwatisha.
And thy carcasses shall be food unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to frighten them away.
27 Yahwe atawashambulia na majipu ya Misri na vidonda, kiseyeye na mwasho ambazo hautapona.
The LORD will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
28 Yahwe atakushambulia kwa ukichaa, kwa upofu, pamoja na kuchanganyikiwa kwa akili.
The LORD will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.
29 Utapapasa papasa mchana kama kipofu apapasavyo usiku, na hautafanikiwa katika njia zako; daima utakandamizwa na kuporwa, na hakutakuwa na mtu wa kukuokoa.
And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosperous; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.
30 Utamchumbia mwanamke, lakini mwanamume mwingine atamkamata na kumbaka. Utajenga nyumba lakini hautaishi ndani mwake; utapanda shamba la mizabibu lakini hautafurahia matunda yake.
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her; thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.
31 Ng’ombe wako atachinjwa mbele ya macho yako, lakini hautakula nyama yake; punda wako atachukuliwa kwa nguvu mbele yako na hatarejeshwa kwako. Kondoo wako watapewa maadui zako, na hautakuwa na mtu wa kukusaidia.
Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof; thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee; thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies; and thou shalt have none to save thee.
32 Watoto wa kiume na mabinti zako watapewa kwa watu wengine; macho yako yatawatafuta siku nzima, lakini yatashindwa kwa shauku juu yao. Hakutakuwa na nguvu mikononi mwako.
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day; and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.
33 Mavuno ya ardhi yako na ya kazi yako yote – taifa usilolijua litayatafuna; daima utaonewa na kugandamizwa,
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed away:
34 ili upatwe na wazimu kwa yale utakayoona yakitendeka.
so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
35 Yahwe atakushambulia kwenye magoti na miguu kwa majibu makali ambayo hutaweza kupona, kutoka chini ya miguu yako mpaka juu ya kichwa chako.
The LORD will smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head.
36 Yahwe atawachukua pamoja na mfalme ambaye mtakuwa mmemuweka juu yenu kwa taifa ambalo hamjalijua, wala nyie au mababu zenu; kule mtaabudu miungu mingine ya mbao na mawe.
The LORD will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
37 Nawe utakuwa chanzo cha kitisho, mithali, na uvumi, miongoni mwa watu wote ambako Yahwe atakupeleka.
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.
38 Utaweka mbegu nyingi shambani, lakini utakusanya mbegu chache, kwa maana nzige itaziangamiza.
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
39 Utapanda mashamba ya mizabibu na kuyapalilia, lakini hautakunywa divai yoyote, wala hautakusanya matunda yoyote, kwa maana funza watayala.
Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them.
40 Utakuwa na miti ya mizeituni katika eneo lako, lakini hautajipaka mafuta yoyote juu yako, kwa maana mti wako wa mzeituni utaangusha matunda yake.
Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olives shall drop off.
41 Utakuwa na wana wa kiume na mabinti, lakini hawatabaki kuwa wako, kwani watachukuliwa mateka.
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.
42 Miti yako yote na matunda ya ardhi yako – nzige watajitwalia.
All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess.
43 Mgeni aliye miongoni mwako atainuka juu zaidi yako juu na juu; wewe mwenyewe utashuka chini na chini.
The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.
44 Atakukopesha, lakini hautamkopesha; atakuwa kichwa, nawe utakuwa mkia.
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
45 Laana hizi zote zitakujia juu yako na kukuandama na kukupita hadi utakapoangamizwa. Hii itatokea kwa sababu haukuisikia sauti ya Yahwe Mungu wako, ili kushikilia amri na maagizo yake aliyokuamuru.
And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded thee.
46 Laana hizi zitakuwa juu yako kama ishara na miujiza, na juu ya uzao wako milele.
And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever;
47 Kwa sababu hukumuabudu Yahwe Mungu wako kwa shangwe na furaha moyoni mwako ulipokuwa na mafanikio,
because thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
48 kwa hiyo utatumikia maadui ambao Yahwe atatuma dhidi yako; utawatumikia katika njaa, katika kiu, katika uchi, na katika umaskini. Ataweka mzigo wa chuma juu ya shingo yako hadi akuangamize.
therefore shalt thou serve thine enemy whom the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
49 Yahwe ataleta taifa dhidi yako kutoka mbali, kutoka mwisho wa ulimwengu, kama tai arukaye kwa mhanga wake, taifa ambalo lugha yake hauelewi;
The LORD will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the vulture swoopeth down; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
50 taifa lenye sura katili ambalo haliheshimu wazee na halionyeshi fadhila kwa wadogo.
a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favour to the young.
51 Watakula wachanga wa ng’ombe wako na matunda ya ardhi yako hadi utakapoangamizwa. Hawatawaachia nafaka, divai mpya, au mafuta, wachanga wa ng’ombe au mifugo yako, hadi watakaposababisha kutoweka kwako.
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee corn, wine, or oil, the increase of thy kine, or the young of thy flock, until he have caused thee to perish.
52 Watawazingira katika malango ya miji yenu, hadi kuta zenu ndefu na imara zitakaposhuka chini ardhini, kuta ambazo mliziamini. Watawazingira ndani ya malango ya miji yenu kotekote katika nchi ambayo Yahwe Mungu wenu amewapatia.
And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou didst trust, throughout all thy land; and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
53 Utakula tunda la mwili wako mwenyewe, nyama ya watoto wa kiume na binti zako, ambao Yahwe Mungu wako aliwapatia, katika uvamizi na katika dhiki ambayo adui zako wataweka juu yako.
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters whom the LORD thy God hath given thee; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall straiten thee.
54 Mwanamume laini na mlegevu miongoni mwenu – atakuwa na wivu kwa kaka yake na kwa mkewe, na kwa watoto wowote waliosalia.
The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;
55 Kwa hiyo hatawapatia kati yao nyama ya watoto wake ambayo ataenda kuila, kwa sababu hatabakiwa na chochote katika uvamizi na dhiki ambayo adui yako ataiweka juu yako ndani ya malango yote ya mji wako.
so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in all thy gates.
56 Mwanamke laini na mlegevu miongoni mwenu, ambaye hatadiriki kuweka tako la mguu wake ardhini kwa sababu ya ulaini na maringo yake – atakuwa na wivu kwa mume kipenzi wake mwenyewe, kwa mtoto wake wa kiume, na kwa binti yake,
The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter;
57 na kwa mtoto wake mchanga atakayetoka katikati ya miguu yake, na kwa watoto atakayewazaa. Atawala kwa siri kwa kukosa kitu kingine, katika uvamizi na dhiki ambayo adui yako ataweka juu yako ndani ya malango ya mji wako.
and against her afterbirth that cometh out from between her feet, and against her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in thy gates.
58 Iwapo hautashika maneno yote ya sheria yaliyoandikwa katika kitabu hiki, ili kuheshimu jina hili tukufu na la kutisha, Yahwe Mungu wako,
If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and awful Name, the LORD thy God;
59 basi Yahwe atafanya mapigo yako kuwa ya kutisha, na yale ya wazao wako; yatakuwa mapigo makuu, ya muda mrefu, na magonjwa makali, ya muda mrefu.
then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
60 Ataleta juu yako mara nyingine magonjwa yote ya Misri ambayo ulikuwa unayaogopa; yatakung’ang’ania.
And He will bring back upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast in dread of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
61 Pia kila gonjwa na pigo ambalo halijaandikwa katika kitabu cha sheria hii, hayo pia Yahwe atayaleta juu yako hadi utakapoangamizwa.
Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
62 Utabaki wachache kwa idadi, ingawa ulikuwa kama nyota wa mbinguni kwa idadi, kwa sababu haukuisikiliza sauti ya Yawhe Mungu wako.
And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
63 Kama vile hapo awali Yawhe alivyofurahia juu yako na kutenda mema, na kuwazidisha, basi atafurahia juu yako kwa kufanya upotee na kwa kukuangamiza. Utang’olewa katika nchi utakayoenda kuimiliki.
And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it.
64 Yahwe atakusambaza miongoni mwa watu wote kutoka mwisho mmoja wa dunia hadi mwisho mwingine wa dunia; huko utaabudu miungu mingine ambayo hujawajua, wewe wala mababu zako, miungu ya mbao na jiwe.
And the LORD shall scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
65 Miongoni mwa mataifa haya hautapata utulivu, na hakutakuwa na pumziko chini ya miguu yako; badala yake, Yahwe atakupatia huko moyo wa kutetemeka, macho yanayofeli na nafsi inayoomboleza.
And among these nations shalt thou have no repose, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot; but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and languishing of soul.
66 Maisha yako yataning’inia kwa mashaka mbele yako; utaogopa kila usiku na mchana na hutakuwa na uhakika kabisa maishani mwako.
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life.
67 Asubuhi utasema, “Natamani ingekuwa jioni!” na jioni utasema, “Natamani ingekuwa asubuhi!” kwa sababu ya hofu mioyoni mwenu na vitu ambavyo macho yako italazimu kuona.
In the morning thou shalt say: 'Would it were even!' and at even thou shalt say: 'Would it were morning!' for the fear of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
68 Yahwe atakuleta Misri mara nyingine kwa meli, kwa njia ambayo nilikuambia, “Hutaiona Misri tena”. Kule utajitoa kuuzwa kwa maadui zako kama watumwa wa kiume na kike, lakini hakutakuwa na mtu wa kuwanunua.
And the LORD shall bring thee back into Egypt in ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee: 'Thou shalt see it no more again'; and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwoman, and no man shall buy you.
