Deuteronomy 32

1 Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

1 Sikilizeni, enyi mbingu, nami nitasema; sikia, ee nchi, maneno ya kinywa changu.

2 Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

2 Mafundisho yangu na yanyeshe kama mvua, na maneno yangu na yashuke kama umande, kama manyunyu juu ya majani mabichi, kama mvua tele juu ya mimea myororo.

3 For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!

3 Nitalitangaza jina la Bwana. Naam, sifuni ukuu wa Mungu wetu!

4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

4 Yeye ni Mwamba, kazi zake ni kamilifu, njia zake zote ni haki. Mungu mwaminifu ambaye hakosei, yeye ni mnyofu na mwenye haki.

5 His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the blemish on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

5 Wamefanya mambo ya upotovu mbele zake; kwa aibu yao, wao si watoto wake tena, lakini ni kizazi kilicho kiovu na kilichopotoka.

6 Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?

6 Je, hii ndiyo njia ya kumlipa Bwana, enyi watu wajinga na wasio na busara? Je, yeye siye Baba yenu, Muumba wenu, aliyewafanya ninyi na kuwaumba?

7 Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

7 Kumbuka siku za kale; tafakari vizazi vya zamani vilivyopita. Uliza baba yako, naye atakuambia, wazee wako, nao watakueleza.

8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

8 Aliye Juu Sana alipowapa mataifa urithi wao, alipogawanya wanadamu wote, aliweka mipaka kwa ajili ya mataifa sawasawa na hesabu ya wana wa Israeli.

9 But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

9 Kwa kuwa fungu la Bwana ni watu wake, Yakobo kura yake ya urithi.

10 He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

10 Katika nchi ya jangwa alimkuta, katika nyika tupu ivumayo upepo. Alimhifadhi na kumtunza; akamlinda kama mboni ya jicho lake,

11 As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.

11 kama tai avurugaye kiota chake, na kurukaruka juu ya makinda yake, ambaye hutanda mabawa yake kuwadaka, na huwachukua kwenye mabawa yake.

12 The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.

12 Bwana peke yake alimwongoza; hakuwepo mungu mgeni pamoja naye.

13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

13 Akamfanya apande sehemu zilizoinuka za nchi, akamlisha kwa mavuno ya mashamba. Akamlea kwa asali toka mwambani, na kwa mafuta kutoka mwamba mgumu,

14 with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

14 kwa jibini na maziwa kutoka makundi ya ngʼombe na kutoka makundi ya mbuzi, kwa mafuta ya wana-kondoo na mbuzi, kwa kondoo dume wazuri wa Bashani, na kwa ngano nzuri. Ukanywa damu ya zabibu inayotoa povu.

15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

15 Yeshuruni alinenepa na kupiga teke; alikuwa na chakula tele, akawa mzito na akapendeza sana. Akamwacha Mungu aliyemuumba, na kumkataa Mwamba Mwokozi wake.

16 They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

16 Wakamfanya Mungu kuwa na wivu kwa miungu yao migeni, na kumkasirisha kwa sanamu zao za machukizo.

17 They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.

17 Wakatoa dhabihu kwa pepo, ambao si Mungu: miungu wasiyoijua, miungu iliyojitokeza siku za karibuni, miungu ambayo baba zenu hawakuiogopa.

18 You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

18 Mkamwacha Mwamba, aliyewazaa ninyi; mkamsahau Mungu aliyewazaa.

19 When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

19 Bwana akaona hili, akawakataa, kwa sababu alikasirishwa na wanawe na binti zake.

20 He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.

20 Akasema, “Nitawaficha uso wangu, nami nione mwisho wao utakuwa nini, kwa kuwa wao ni kizazi kilichopotoka, watoto ambao si waaminifu.

21 They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.

21 Wamenifanya niwe na wivu kwa kile ambacho si mungu, na kunikasirisha kwa sanamu zao zisizokuwa na thamani. Nitawafanya wawaonee wivu wale ambao si taifa. Nitawafanya wakasirishwe na taifa lile lisilo na ufahamu.

22 For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

22 Kwa maana moto umewashwa kwa hasira yangu, ule uwakao hadi kwenye vina vya mauti. Utateketeza dunia pamoja na mazao yake, na kuwasha moto katika misingi ya milima.

23 I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

23 “Nitalundika majanga juu yao na kutumia mishale yangu dhidi yao.

24 They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.

24 Nitatuma njaa kali dhidi yao maradhi mabaya, yateketezayo na tauni ya kufisha; nitawapelekea meno makali ya wanyama mwitu, na sumu ya nyoka wale watambaao mavumbini.

25 Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

25 Barabarani upanga utawakosesha watoto; nyumbani mwao hofu itatawala. Vijana wao wa kiume na wa kike wataangamia, pia watoto wachanga na wazee wenye mvi.

26 I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

26 Nilisema ningewatawanya na kufuta kumbukumbu lao katika mwanadamu.

27 if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”

27 Lakini nilihofia dhihaka za adui, adui asije akashindwa kuelewa, na kusema, ‘Mikono yetu imeshinda; Bwana hakufanya yote haya.’”

28 Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.

28 Wao ni taifa lisilo na akili, hakuna busara ndani yao.

29 If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

29 Laiti wangekuwa na hekima wangefahamu hili, na kutambua mwisho wao utakuwa aje!

30 How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

30 Mtu mmoja angewezaje kufukuza elfu moja, au wawili kufukuza elfu kumi, kama si kwamba Mwamba wao amewauza, kama si kwamba Bwana amewaacha?

31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.

31 Kwa kuwa mwamba wao si kama Mwamba wetu, sawasawa na vile adui zetu wanavyokiri.

32 But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.

32 Mzabibu wao unatoka kwenye mzabibu wa Sodoma, na kutoka kwenye mashamba ya Gomora. Zabibu zake zimejaa sumu, na vishada vyake vimejaa uchungu.

33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.

33 Mvinyo wao ni sumu ya nyoka, sumu yenye kufisha ya swila.

34 “Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?

34 “Je, hili sikuliweka akiba na kulifungia kwenye vyumba vyangu vya hazina?

35 Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

35 Ni juu yangu kulipiza kisasi; nitalipiza. Wakati utakapowadia, mguu wao utateleza; siku yao ya maafa ni karibu, na maangamizo yao yanawajia haraka.”

36 For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

36 Bwana atawahukumu watu wake, na kuwahurumia watumishi wake atakapoona nguvu zao zimekwisha wala hakuna yeyote aliyebaki, mtumwa au aliye huru.

37 He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,

37 Atasema: “Sasa iko wapi miungu yao, mwamba walioukimbilia,

38 which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!

38 miungu wale waliokula mafuta ya dhabihu zao na kunywa mvinyo wa sadaka zao za vinywaji? Wainuke basi, wawasaidie! Wawapeni basi ulinzi!

39 See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

39 “Tazama basi, Mimi mwenyewe, Mimi Ndiye! Hakuna mungu mwingine ila Mimi. Mimi ninaua na Mimi ninafufua, Mimi nimejeruhi na Mimi nitaponya, wala hakuna awezaye kuokoa kutoka mkononi mwangu.

40 For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,

40 Ninainua mkono wangu kuelekea mbinguni na kusema: Hakika kama niishivyo milele,

41 when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.

41 wakati ninapounoa upanga wangu unaometameta na mkono wangu unapoushika ili kutoa hukumu, nitalipiza kisasi juu ya adui zangu na kuwalipiza wale wanaonichukia.

42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”

42 Nitailevya mishale yangu kwa damu, wakati upanga wangu ukitafuna nyama: damu ya waliochinjwa pamoja na mateka, vichwa vya viongozi wa adui.”

43 Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.

43 Furahini, enyi mataifa, pamoja na watu wake, kwa kuwa atailipiza damu ya watumishi wake, atalipiza kisasi juu ya adui zake na kufanya upatanisho kwa ajili ya nchi na watu wake.

44 Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

44 Mose na Yoshua mwana wa Nuni wakaja, wakanena maneno yote ya wimbo watu wakiwa wanasikia.

45 When Moses had finished reciting all these words to all Israel,

45 Mose alipomaliza kuyasoma maneno haya yote kwa Israeli wote,

46 he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

46 akawaambia, “Yawekeni moyoni maneno yote ambayo nimewatangazia kwa makini siku hii ya leo, ili kwamba mpate kuwaagiza watoto wenu wayatii kwa bidii maneno yote ya sheria hii.

47 For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

47 Siyo maneno matupu tu kwenu, bali ni uzima wenu. Kwa hayo mtaishi maisha marefu katika nchi mnayovuka Yordani kuimiliki.”

48 On that same day the LORD said to Moses,

48 Siku hiyo hiyo Bwana akamwambia Mose,

49 “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites as their own possession.

49 “Kwea katika mapangano ya Mlima Abarimu hadi kilima cha Nebo kilichoko Moabu, ngʼambo ya Yeriko, na uitazame Kanaani, nchi ninayowapa Waisraeli kama milki yao wenyewe.

50 And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.

50 Utafia kwenye mlima huo unaokwea na kukusanyika pamoja na watu wako, kama ndugu yako Aroni alivyofia juu ya Mlima Hori naye akakusanyika kwa watu wake.

51 For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.

51 Hii ni kwa sababu ninyi wawili mlivunja uaminifu nami mbele ya Waisraeli kwenye maji ya Meriba-Kadeshi katika Jangwa la Sini, na kwa sababu hamkuuinua utakatifu wangu miongoni mwa Waisraeli.

52 Although you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”

52 Kwa hiyo, utaiona tu nchi kwa mbali; wewe hutaingia nchi ninayowapa watu wa Israeli.”