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Bwana akamwambia Musa, Ingia kwa Farao, ukamwambie, Bwana asema hivi, Wape watu wangu ruhusa, ili wapate kunitumikia.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
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Tena kama ukikataa kuwapa ruhusa, tazama, nitaipiga mipaka yako yote kwa kuleta vyura;
But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
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na huo mto utafurika vyura, nao watakwea juu na kuingia ndani ya nyumba yako, na ndani ya chumba chako cha kulala, na juu ya kitanda chako, na ndani ya nyumba ya watumishi wako, na juu ya watu wako, na ndani ya meko yako, na ndani ya vyombo vyako vya kukandia unga.
The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
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Kisha hao vyura watakwea juu yako wewe, na juu ya watu wako, na juu ya watumishi wako wote.
The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”
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Bwana akamwambia Musa, Mwambie Haruni, Nyosha mkono wako na fimbo yako juu ya mito, juu ya vijito, na juu ya maziwa ya maji, ukawalete vyura waje juu ya nchi yote ya Misri.
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
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Basi Haruni akaunyosha mkono wake juu ya maji yote ya Misri; na hao vyura wakakwea juu, wakaifunika nchi ya Misri.
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
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Waganga nao wakafanya mfano wa hayo kwa uganga wao; na kuwaleta vyura juu ya nchi ya Misri.
But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
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Ndipo Farao akawaita Musa na Haruni na kuwaambia, Mwombeni Bwana, ili awaondoe vyura hawa kwangu mimi na kwa watu wangu; nami nitawapa watu ruhusa waende zao, ili wamtolee Bwana dhabihu.
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
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Musa akamwambia Farao, Haya, ujitukuze juu yangu katika jambo hili; sema ni lini unapotaka nikuombee wewe, na watumishi wako, na watu wako, ili hao vyura waangamizwe watoke kwako wewe na nyumba zako, wakae ndani ya mto tu.
Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
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Akamwambia, Kesho, Akasema, Na yawe kama neno lako; ili upate kujua ya kwamba hapana mwingine mfano wa Bwana, Mungu wetu.
“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
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Hao vyura wataondoka kutoka kwako wewe na nyumba zako, na watumishi wako, na watu wako; watasalia mtoni tu.
The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
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Basi Musa na Haruni wakatoka kwa Farao; Musa akamlilia Bwana katika jambo la hao vyura aliokuwa amewaleta juu ya Farao.
After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.
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Bwana akafanya sawasawa na neno la Musa; na hao vyura wakafa kutoka katika zile nyumba, na katika viwanja, na katika mashamba.
And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.
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Wakawakusanya chungu chungu; na nchi ikatoa uvundo.
They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.
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Lakini Farao alipoona ya kuwa pana nafuu, akaufanya moyo wake kuwa mzito, asiwasikize; kama Bwana alivyonena.
When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
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Bwana akamwambia Musa, Mwambie Haruni, Nyosha fimbo yako, ukayapige mavumbi ya nchi, ili kwamba yawe chawa katika nchi yote ya Misri.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
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Nao wakafanya; Haruni akaunyosha mkono wake na fimbo yake, na kuyapiga mavumbi ya nchi, nayo yakawa chawa juu ya wanadamu na juu ya wanyama; mavumbi yote ya nchi yakawa ni chawa katika nchi yote ya Misri.
This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
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Hao waganga nao wakafanya mfano wa hayo kwa uganga wao, ili kwamba walete chawa, lakini wasiweze; nako kulikuwa na chawa juu ya wanadamu, na juu ya wanyama.
The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.
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Ndipo wale waganga wakamwambia Farao, Jambo hili ni chanda cha Mungu; na moyo wake Farao ukawa mgumu asiwasikize; vile vile kama Bwana alivyonena.
“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
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Bwana akamwambia Musa, Inuka asubuhi na mapema usimame mbele ya Farao; angalia! Atoka aende majini; kamwambie, Bwana asema, Wape watu wangu ruhusa waende zao, ili wanitumikie mimi.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
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Au kwamba huwapi ruhusa watu wangu, tazama, nitaleta wingi wa mainzi juu yako wewe, na juu ya watumishi wako, na juu ya watu wako, nao wataingia ndani ya nyumba zako; na nyumba za Wamisri zitajawa na wingi wa mainzi, na nchi nayo ambayo wa juu yake.
But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.
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Nami siku hiyo nitatenga nchi ya Gosheni, watu wangu wanayokaa, ili hao mainzi wasiwe huko; ili kwamba upate kujua wewe ya kuwa mimi ndimi Bwana kati ya dunia.
But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
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Nami nitatia mpaka kati ya watu wangu na watu wako; ishara hiyo italetwa kesho.
I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”
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Bwana akafanya; wakaja wingi wa mainzi kwa uzito sana, wakaingia nyumbani mwa Farao, na katika nyumba za watumishi wake, tena katika nchi yote ya Misri; nayo nchi iliharibiwa kwa ajili ya wale mainzi.
And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.
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Farao akawaita Musa na Haruni akawaambia, Endeni mkamtolee Mungu wenu dhabihu ndani ya nchi hii.
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within this land.”
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Musa akasema, Haitupasi kufanya hivyo; kwa kuwa tutamchinjia sadaka Bwana, Mungu wetu, na hayo machukizo ya Wamisri; je! Tutachinja sadaka ya hayo machukizo ya Wamisri mbele ya macho yao, wasitupige kwa mawe?
But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
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La, tutakwenda safari ya siku tatu jangwani, tumchinjie dhabihu Bwana, Mungu wetu, kama atakavyotuagiza.
We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.”
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Farao akasema, Mimi nitawapa ruhusa mwende, ili mmchinjie dhabihu Bwana, Mungu wenu, jangwani; lakini hamtakwenda mbali sana; haya niombeeni.
Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
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Musa akasema, Tazama, mimi natoka kwako, nami nitamwomba Bwana ili hao mainzi wamtoke Farao, na watumishi wake, na watu wake kesho; lakini Farao asitende kwa udanganyifu tena, kwa kutowaacha watu waende kumchinjia Bwana dhabihu.
“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”
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Musa akatoka kwa Farao, akamwomba Bwana.
Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD,
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Bwana akafanya kama neno la Musa, akawaondoa wale mainzi wabaya kwake Farao, na kwa watumishi wake, na watu wake; hakusalia hata mmoja.
and the LORD did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.
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Farao akaufanya moyo wake kuwa mzito mara hiyo nayo, wala hakuwapa ruhusa hao watu waende zao.
But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time as well, and he would not let the people go.