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Wakati ule Bwana akaniambia, Chonga mbao mbili za mawe mfano wa zile za kwanza, kisha uje kwangu huku mlimani, ukajifanyie na sanduku la mti.
At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
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Nami nitaandika juu ya hizo mbao maneno hayo yaliyokuwa juu ya mbao za kwanza, ulizozivunja, nawe uzitie ndani ya hilo sanduku.
And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
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Basi nikafanya sanduku la mti wa mshita, nikachonga mbao mbili za mawe mfano wa zile za kwanza, nikakwea mle mlimani, na zile mbao mbili mkononi mwangu.
So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
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Naye akaandika juu ya mbao mfano wa maandiko ya kwanza, zile amri kumi, alizowaambia Bwana huko mlimani toka kati ya moto siku ya mkutano; Bwana akanipa.
And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
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Basi nikageuka nikashuka kutoka mlimani, nikazitia mbao ndani ya sanduku nililofanya; nazo zimo humo kama alivyoniamuru Bwana.
and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
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(Wana wa Israeli wakasafiri kutoka visima vya Bene-Yaakani kwenda Mosera; Haruni akafa huko, akazikwa huko; na Eleazari mwanawe alitumika utumishi wa ukuhani badala yake.
The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
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Wakasafiri kutoka huko kwenda Gudgoda; wakatoka Gudgoda wakaenda Yotbatha, nayo ni nchi ya vijito vya maji.
From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land with streams of water.
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Na wakati huo Bwana aliitenga kabila ya Lawi ili walichukue lile sanduku la agano la Bwana, wasimame mbele ya Bwana kwa kumtumikia, na kuwabarikia watu kwa jina lake, hata hivi leo.
At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.
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Ndipo asiwe na fungu Lawi, wala urithi pamoja na nduguze; Bwana ndiye urithi wake, kwa mfano wa vile alivyomwambia Bwana, Mungu wako.)
That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
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Nikakaa mle mlimani kama hapo kwanza, siku arobaini usiku na mchana; Bwana akanisikiza wakati huo nao; asitake Bwana kukuangamiza.
I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
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Bwana akaniambia, Ondoka, ushike safari yako mbele ya watu; nao wataingia waimiliki nchi, niliyowaapia baba zao ya kuwa nitawapa.
Then the LORD said to me, “Get up. Continue your journey ahead of the people, that they may enter and possess the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.”
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Na sasa, Israeli, Bwana, Mungu wako, anataka nini kwako, ila umche Bwana, Mungu wako, na kwenda katika njia zake zote, na kumpenda, na kumtumikia Bwana, Mungu wako, kwa moyo wako wote, na kwa roho yako yote;
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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kuzishika amri za Bwana na sheria zake, ninazokuamuru leo, upate uheri?
and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
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Tazama, mbingu ni mali za Bwana, Mungu wako, na mbingu za mbingu, na nchi, na vitu vyote vilivyomo.
Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
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Tena, Bwana aliwafurahia baba zako, na kuwapenda, akawachagua wazao wao baada yao, naam, na ninyi zaidi ya mataifa yote kama hivi leo.
Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
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Basi, zitahirini govi za mioyo yenu, wala msiwe na shingo ngumu.
Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
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Kwa maana Bwana, Mungu wenu, yeye ndiye Mungu wa miungu, na Bwana wa mabwana, Mungu mkuu, mwenye kuogofya, asiyependelea nyuso za watu, wala hakubali rushwa.
For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
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Huwafanyia yatima na mjane hukumu ya haki, naye humpenda mgeni, akimpa chakula na mavazi.
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
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Basi, mpendeni mgeni, kwa sababu ninyi wenyewe mlikuwa wageni katika nchi ya Misri.
So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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Mche Bwana, Mungu wako, umtumikie yeye; ambatana naye, na kuapa kwa jina lake.
You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
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Yeye ndiye fahari yako, na yeye ndiye Mungu wako, aliyekutendea mambo haya makubwa, ya kutisha, uliyoyaona kwa macho yako.
He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
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Baba zako walishukia Misri na watu sabini; na sasa Bwana, Mungu wako, amekufanya kama nyota za mbinguni kwa wingi.
Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.