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Kwa ajili hii mpende Bwana, Mungu wako, na kushika sikuzote mausia yake, na amri zake, na hukumu zake, na maagizo yake.
You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
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Nanyi leo jueni; kwa kuwa sisemi sasa na vijana vyenu, ambao hawakujua, wala hawakuona adhabu ya Bwana, Mungu wenu, ukuu wake, na mkono wake wa nguvu, na mkono wake ulionyoka,
Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
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na ishara zake, na kazi zake alizomfanya Farao mfalme wa Misri, na nchi yake yote, katikati ya Misri;
the signs and works He did in Egypt to Pharaoh king of Egypt and all his land;
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na alivyolifanya jeshi la Misri, farasi zao, na magari yao; na alivyowafunikiza maji ya Bahari ya Shamu walipokuwa wakiwaandamia, na alivyowaangamiza Bwana hata hivi leo;
what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
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na mambo aliyowafanyia ninyi barani, hata mkaja mahali hapa;
what He did for you in the wilderness until you reached this place;
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na alivyowafanya Dathani, na Abiramu, wana wa Eliabu mwana wa Reubeni; nchi ilivyofunua kinywa chake, ikawameza, na walio nyumbani mwao, na mahema yao, na kila kitu kilichokuwa hai kikiwafuata, katikati ya Israeli yote;
and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
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lakini macho yenu yameiona kazi kubwa ya Bwana aliyoifanya, yote.
For it is your own eyes that have seen every great work that the LORD has done.
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Kwa hiyo yaangalieni maagizo yote niwaagizayo leo, mpate kuwa na nguvu, na kuingia mkaimiliki nchi mwivukiayo kuimiliki;
You shall therefore keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and possess the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,
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nanyi mpate kuzifanya siku zenu kuwa nyingi juu ya nchi Bwana aliyowaapia baba zenu, ya kuwa atawapa wao na kizazi chao, nchi imiminikayo maziwa na asali
and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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Kwa kuwa nchi mwingiayo kuimiliki, si mfano wa nchi ya Misri mlikotoka, uliyokuwa ukipanda mbegu zako humo na kuinywesheleza kwa mguu wako, kama shamba la mboga;
For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.
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lakini nchi mwivukiayo kuimiliki ni nchi ya vilima na mabonde, nayo hunyweshwa maji ya mvua ya mbinguni;
But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.
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nayo ni nchi itunzwayo na Bwana, Mungu wako; macho ya Bwana Mungu wako, ya juu yake, tangu mwanzo wa mwaka hata mwisho wa mwaka.
It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
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Tena itakuwa, mtakaposikiza kwa bidii maagizo yangu niwaagizayo leo, kwa kumpenda Bwana, Mungu wenu, na kumtumikia kwa mioyo yenu yote na roho zenu zote,
So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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ndipo nitakapowapa mvua ya nchi yenu kwa wakati wake, mvua ya masika, na mvua ya vuli, upate kuvuna nafaka yako, na divai yako, na mafuta yako.
then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
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Nami nitakupa nyasi katika mavue yako kulisha wanyama wako wa mifugo, nawe utakula na kushiba.
And I will provide grass in the fields for your livestock, and you will eat and be satisfied.
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Jitunzeni nafsi zenu, mioyo yenu isije ikadanganywa, mkageuka na kutumikia miungu mingine na kuiabudu;
But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
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hasira za Bwana zikawaka juu yenu, naye akafunga mbingu kusiwe na mvua, wala nchi isitoe matunda yake; mkaangamia kwa upesi mtoke katika nchi nzuri awapayo Bwana.
or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.
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Kwa hiyo yawekeni maneno yangu mioyoni mwenu na rohoni mwenu; yafungeni yawe dalili juu ya mikono yenu, nayo yatakuwa kama utepe katikati ya macho yenu.
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
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Nayo wafunzeni vijana vyenu kwa kuyazungumza uketipo katika nyumba yako, na utembeapo njiani, na ulalapo, na uondokapo.
Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
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Tena yaandike juu ya miimo ya nyumba yako, na juu ya malango yako;
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,
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ili siku zenu zifanywe nyingi, na za vijana vyenu nao, juu ya nchi Bwana aliyowaapia baba zenu kuwa atawapa, kama zilivyo siku za mbingu juu ya nchi.
so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
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Kwa kuwa kwamba mtayashika kwa bidii maagizo haya yote niwaagizayo, kuyafanya; kumpenda Bwana, Mungu wenu, na kutembea katika njia zake zote, na kushikamana naye;
For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
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ndipo Bwana atakapowafukuza mataifa haya yote mbele yenu, nanyi mtamiliki mataifa makubwa yenye nguvu kuwapita ninyi.
then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
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Kila mahali mtakapokanyaga kwa nyayo za miguu yenu patakuwa penu; tokea hilo jangwa, na Lebanoni, na tokea mto wa Frati, mpaka bahari ya magharibi, itakuwa ndiyo mipaka yenu.
Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
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Hapatakuwa na mtu atakayeweza kusimama mbele yenu; Bwana, Mungu wenu, ataweka utisho wenu na kuhofiwa kwenu juu ya nchi yote mtakayoikanyaga, kama alivyowaambia.
No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
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Angalieni, nawawekea mbele yenu hivi leo baraka na laana;
See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
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baraka ni hapo mtakapoyasikiza maagizo ya Bwana, Mungu wenu, niwaagizayo leo;
a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
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na laana ni hapo msiposikiza maagizo ya Bwana, Mungu wenu, mkikengeuka katika njia niwaagizayo leo, kwa kuandama miungu mingine msiyoijua.
but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
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Tena itakuwa, atakapokuleta Bwana, Mungu wako, na kukutia katika nchi uendeayo kuimiliki, ndipo uiweke baraka juu ya mlima wa Gerizimu, na laana uiweke juu ya mlima wa Ebali.
When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
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Je! Haiwi ng'ambo ya Yordani? Nyuma ya njia ya machweo ya jua, katika nchi ya Wakanaani waketio katika Araba kuelekea Gilgali, kando ya hiyo mialoni ya More?
Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
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Kwani ninyi mtavuka Yordani mwingie kuimiliki nchi awapayo Bwana, Mungu wenu, nanyi muimiliki na kuketi humo.
For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you take possession of it and settle in it,
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Nanyi angalieni mzifanye amri na hukumu zote niwawekeazo leo mbele yenu.
be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.