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Bwana akanena na Musa na Haruni katika nchi ya Misri, akawaambia,
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
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Mwezi huu utakuwa mwanzo wa miezi kwenu; utakuwa ni mwezi wa kwanza wa mwaka kwenu.
“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
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Semeni na mkutano wote wa Israeli, mkawaambie, Siku ya kumi ya mwezi huu kila mtu atatwaa mwana-kondoo, kwa hesabu ya nyumba ya baba zao, mwana-kondoo kwa watu wa nyumba moja;
Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.
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na ikiwa watu wa nyumba ni wachache kwa mwana-kondoo, basi yeye na jirani yake aliye karibu na nyumba yake na watwae mwana-kondoo mmoja, kwa kadiri ya hesabu ya watu; kwa kadiri ya ulaji wa kila mtu, ndivyo mtakavyofanya hesabu yenu kwa yule mwana-kondoo.
If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
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Mwana-kondoo wenu atakuwa hana ila, mume wa mwaka mmoja; mtamtwaa katika kondoo au katika mbuzi.
Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
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Nanyi mtamweka hata siku ya kumi na nne ya mwezi ule ule; na kusanyiko lote la mkutano wa Israeli watamchinja jioni.
You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
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Nao watatwaa baadhi ya damu yake na kuitia katika miimo miwili na katika kizingiti cha juu, katika zile nyumba watakazomla.
They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
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Watakula nyama yake usiku ule ule, imeokwa motoni, pamoja na mkate usiotiwa chachu; tena pamoja na mboga zenye uchungu.
They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
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Msiile mbichi, wala ya kutokoswa majini, bali imeokwa motoni; kichwa chake pamoja na miguu yake, na nyama zake za ndani.
Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.
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Wala msisaze kitu chake cho chote hata asubuhi, bali kitu kitakachosalia hata asubuhi mtakichoma kwa moto.
Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.
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Tena mtamla hivi; mtakuwa mmefungwa viuno vyenu, mmevaa viatu vyenu miguuni, na fimbo zenu mikononi mwenu; nanyi mtamla kwa haraka; ni pasaka ya Bwana.
This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
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Maana nitapita kati ya nchi ya Misri usiku huo, nami nitawapiga wazaliwa wa kwanza wote katika nchi ya Misri, wa mwanadamu na wa mnyama; nami nitafanya hukumu juu ya miungu yote ya Misri; Mimi ndimi Bwana.
On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
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Na ile damu itakuwa ishara kwenu katika zile nyumba mtakazokuwamo; nami nitakapoiona ile damu, nitapita juu yenu, lisiwapate pigo lo lote likawaharibu, nitakapoipiga nchi ya Misri.
The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
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Na siku hii itakuwa ukumbusho kwenu, nanyi mtaifanya iwe sikukuu kwa Bwana; mtaifanya iwe sikukuu katika vizazi vyenu vyote, kwa amri ya milele
And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
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Mtakula mikate isiyochachwa muda wa siku saba; siku hiyo ya kwanza mtaondoa chachu yote isiwe katika nyumba zenu kabisa; kwa kuwa mtu ye yote atakayekula mkate uliochachwa tangu siku hiyo ya kwanza hata siku ya saba, nafsi hiyo atakatiliwa mbali na Israeli.
For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
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Siku ya kwanza kutakuwa kwenu na kusanyiko takatifu, na siku ya saba kutakuwa kusanyiko takatifu; haitafanywa kazi yo yote katika siku hizo, isipokuwa kwa hiyo ambayo kila mtu hana budi kula, hiyo tu ifanyike kwenu.
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
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Nanyi mtaitunza ile sikukuu ya mikate isiyochachwa; kwa kuwa katika siku iyo hiyo mimi nimeyatoa majeshi yenu katika nchi ya Misri; kwa hiyo mtaitunza siku hiyo katika vizazi vyenu vyote, kwa amri ya milele.
So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
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Mwezi wa kwanza, siku ya mwezi kumi na nne, wakati wa jioni, mtakula mikate isiyochachwa, hata siku ya mwezi ishirini na moja jioni.
In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.
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Muda wa siku saba isionekane chachu katika nyumba zenu kabisa; kwa kuwa mtu ye yote atakayekula hiyo iliyotiwa chachu, nafsi hiyo atakatiliwa mbali na mkutano wa Israeli, akiwa mwenye kukaa hali ya ugeni, au akiwa mtu aliyezaliwa katika nchi.
For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.
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Msile kitu chochote kilichochachwa; mtakula mikate isiyochachwa katika makao yenu yote.
You are not to eat anything leavened; eat unleavened bread in all your homes.”
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Hapo ndipo Musa akawaita wazee wa Israeli, na kuwaambia, Nendeni, mkajitwalie wana-kondoo kama jamaa zenu zilivyo mkamchinje pasaka.
Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.
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Nanyi twaeni tawi la hisopu, mkalichovye katika ile damu iliyo bakulini na kukipiga kizingiti cha juu, na miimo miwili ya mlango, kwa hiyo damu iliyo katika bakuli; tena mtu ye yote miongoni mwenu asitoke mlangoni mwa nyumba yake hata asubuhi.
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
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Kwa kuwa Bwana atapita ili awapige hao Wamisri; na hapo atakapoiona hiyo damu katika kizingiti cha juu, na katika ile miimo miwili, Bwana atapita juu ya mlango, wala hatamwacha mwenye kuharibu aingie nyumbani mwenu kuwapiga ninyi.
When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
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Nanyi mtalitunza jambo hili kuwa ni amri kwako na kwa wanao milele.
And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.
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Itakuwa hapo mtakapoifikilia hiyo nchi, Bwana atakayowapa, kama alivyoahidi, ndipo mtakapoushika utumishi huu.
When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.
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Kisha itakuwa, hapo watoto wenu watakapowauliza, N'nini maana yake utumishi huu kwenu?
When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
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Ndipo mtawaambia, Ni dhabihu ya pasaka ya Bwana, kwa kuwa alipita juu ya nyumba za wana wa Israeli huko Misri, hapo alipowapiga Wamisri, akaziokoa nyumba zetu. Hao watu wakainama vichwa na kusujudia.
you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
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Basi wana wa Israeli wakaenda na kufanya mambo hayo; vile vile kama Bwana alivyowaamuru Musa na Haruni, ndivyo walivyofanya.
And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
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Hata ikawa, usiku wa manane Bwana akawapiga wazaliwa wa kwanza wote katika nchi ya Misri, tangu mzaliwa wa kwanza wa Farao aliyeketi katika kiti chake cha enzi, hata mzaliwa wa kwanza wa mtu aliyefungwa katika nyumba ya wafungwa; na wazaliwa wa kwanza wote wa wanyama.
Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
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Farao akaondoka usiku, yeye na watumishi wake wote, na Wamisri wote; pakawa na kilio kikuu katika Misri; maana hapakuwa na nyumba hata moja asimokufa mtu.
During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
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Akawaita Musa na Haruni usiku, akasema, Ondokeni tokeni katika watu wangu, ninyi na wana wa Israeli; enendeni, kamtumikieni Bwana kama mlivyosema.
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
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Twaeni kondoo zenu na ng'ombe zenu kama mlivyosema, enendeni zenu, mkanibariki mimi pia.
Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”
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Wamisri nao wakawahimiza watu, kuwatoa katika nchi kwa haraka, maana walisema, Tumekwisha kufa sote.
And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”
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Watu wakauchukua unga wa mikate yao kabla haijatiwa chachu, na vyombo vyao vya kukandia wakavitia ndani ya nguo zao mabegani.
So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.
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Wana wa Israeli wakafanya kama neno lile la Musa; wakataka kwa Wamisri vyombo vya fedha na vyombo vya dhahabu, na mavazi.
Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
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Bwana akawajalia kupendelewa na Wamisri hata wakawapa kila walichokitaka. Nao wakawateka Wamisri nyara.
And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.
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Wana wa Israeli wakasafiri kutoka Ramesesi mpaka Sukothi, walipata hesabu yao kama watu sita mia elfu watu waume waliokwenda kwa miguu, bila kuhesabu watoto.
The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
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Na kundi kubwa la watu waliochangamana mno wakakwea pamoja nao; na kondoo na ng'ombe, wanyama wengi sana.
And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
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Nao wakaoka mikate isiyochachwa ya ule unga waliouchukua walipotoka Misri, maana, haukutiwa chachu, kwa sababu walitolewa watoke Misri, wasiweze kukawia, nao walikuwa hawajajifanyia tayari chakula.
Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.
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Basi wana wa Israeli kukaa kwao, maana, muda waliokaa ndani ya Misri, ulikuwa ni miaka mia nne na thelathini.
Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.
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Ilikuwa mwisho wa miaka hiyo mia nne na thelathini, ilikuwa siku ile ile, ya kwamba majeshi yote ya Bwana yalitoka nchi ya Misri.
At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
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Ni usiku wa kuangaliwa sana mbele za Bwana kwa sababu ya kuwatoa katika nchi ya Misri; huu ndio usiku wa Bwana, ambao wapasa kuangaliwa sana na wana wa Israeli wote katika vizazi vyao.
Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.
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Bwana akawaambia Musa na Haruni, Amri ya pasaka ni hii; mtu mgeni asimle;
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.
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lakini mtumishi wa mtu awaye yote aliyenunuliwa kwa fedha, ukiisha kumtahiri, ndipo hapo atamla pasaka.
But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.
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Akaaye kwenu hali ya ugeni, na mtumishi aliyeajiriwa, wasimle pasaka.
A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.
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Na aliwe ndani ya nyumba moja; usiichukue nje ya nyumba nyama yake yo yote; wala msivunje mfupa wake uwao wote.
It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.
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Na wafanye jambo hili mkutano wa Israeli wote.
The whole congregation of Israel must celebrate it.
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Na mgeni atakapoketi pamoja nawe, na kupenda kumfanyia Bwana pasaka, waume wake wote na watahiriwe, ndipo hapo akaribie na kufanya pasaka; naye atakuwa mfano mmoja na mtu aliyezaliwa katika nchi; lakini mtu ye yote asiyetahiriwa asimle.
If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
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Sheria ni hiyo moja kwa mtu aliyezaliwa kwenu, na kwa mgeni akaaye kati yenu ugenini.
The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
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Ndivyo walivyofanya wana wa Israeli wote; kama Bwana alivyowaagiza Musa na Haruni, ndivyo walivyofanya.
Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
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Ilikuwa siku ile ile moja, Bwana akawatoa wana wa Israeli katika nchi ya Misri kwa majeshi yao. </p>
And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.