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Hizi ndizo amri na hukumu mtakazotunza kuzifanya katika nchi aliyokupa Bwana, Mungu wa baba zako, uimiliki, siku zote mtakazoishi juu ya nchi.
These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
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Vunjeni kabisa mahali pote walipokuwa wakiitumikia miungu yao mataifa mtakayoyamiliki, juu ya milima mirefu, na juu ya vilima, na chini ya kila mti wenye majani mabichi;
Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
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nanyi zivunjeni madhabahu zao, zibomoeni nguzo zao, na maashera yao yateketezeni kwa moto, na sanamu za kuchonga za miungu yao zikateni; na jina lao lifutilieni mbali na mahali hapo.
Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
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Wala msimfanyie hivyo Bwana, Mungu wenu.
You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.
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Lakini mahali atakapochagua Bwana, Mungu wenu, katika kabila zenu zote, apaweke jina lake, maana, ni makao yake, elekezeni nyuso zenu hapo, nawe wende huko;
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
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pelekeni huko sadaka zenu za kuteketezwa, na dhabihu zenu, na zaka zenu, na sadaka ya kuinuliwa ya mikono yenu, na nadhiri zenu, na sadaka zenu za hiari, na wazaliwa wa kwanza wa makundi yenu ya ng'ombe na ya kondoo;
To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
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na huko mtakula mbele za Bwana, Mungu wenu, nanyi furahini katika yote mtakayotia mikono yenu, ninyi na wa nyumbani mwenu, aliyokubarikia Bwana, Mungu wako.
There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
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Msifanye kwa kufuata mambo yote tuyafanyayo hapa leo, kila mtu kama aonavyo vema machoni pake;
You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.
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kwani hamjafikilia bado katika raha na urithi akupao Bwana, Mungu wako.
For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
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Lakini mtakapovuka Yordani na kukaa katika nchi anayowarithisha Bwana, Mungu wenu, akawapeni raha, akiwaokoa na adui zenu pande zote, mkakaa salama;
When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
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wakati huo itakuwa kwamba mahali pale atakapopachagua Bwana, Mungu wenu, alikalishe jina lake, hapo ndipo mtakapoleta kila kitu ninachowaamuru; sadaka zenu za kuteketezwa, na dhabihu zenu, na zaka zenu, na sadaka ya kuinuliwa ya mikono yenu, na nadhiri zenu zote teule mtakazoweka kwa Bwana.
then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
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Nanyi mtafurahi mbele za Bwana, Mungu wenu, ninyi, na wana wenu, na binti zenu, na watumishi wenu wanawaume na wanawake, na Mlawi aliyemo malangoni mwenu; kwa kuwa hana sehemu wala urithi kwenu.
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
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Ujihadhari usitoe sadaka zako za kuteketezwa katika kila mahali upaonapo;
Be careful not to offer your burnt offerings in just any place you see;
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bali katika mahali atakapopachagua Bwana katika kabila zako mojawapo, ndipo utakapotoa sadaka zako za kuteketezwa, ndipo utakapotenda yote nikuamuruyo.
you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you.
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Pamoja na haya waweza kuchinja nyama na kula ndani ya malango yako yote, kwa kufuata yote yatamaniwayo na roho yako, kwa mfano wa baraka ya Bwana, Mungu wako, aliyokupa; aliye tohara na asiye tohara ana ruhusa kula katika nyama hiyo, kama ya paa na ya kulungu.
But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Both the ceremonially clean and unclean may eat it as they would a gazelle or deer,
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Lakini msiile damu; imwageni juu ya nchi kama maji.
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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Usile ndani ya malango yako zaka ya nafaka zako, wala ya divai yako, wala ya mafuta yako, wala wazaliwa wa kwanza wa makundi yako, ya ng'ombe wala ya kondoo, wala nadhiri zako uwekazo zo zote, wala sadaka zako za hiari, wala sadaka ya kuinuliwa ya mkono wako;
Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.
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lakini hivyo mtakula mbele za Bwana, Mungu wako, mahali atakapochagua Bwana, Mungu wako, wewe, na mwanao mume na mke, na mtumwa wako mume na mke, na Mlawi aliye ndani ya malango yako; nawe furahi mbele za Bwana, Mungu wako, katika yote utakayotia mkono wako.
Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,
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Jilinde nafsi yako usimwache Mlawi siku zote uishizo katika nchi yako.
and be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
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Bwana, Mungu wako, atakapoongeza mpaka wako, kama alivyokuahidi, nawe utakaposema, Nataka kula nyama, kwa kuwa roho yako yatamani kula nyama; waweza kula nyama, kwa kufuata yote inayotamani roho yako.
When the LORD your God expands your territory as He has promised, and you crave meat and say, “I want to eat meat,” you may eat it whenever you want.
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Na mahali atakapochagua Bwana, Mungu wako, apaweke jina lake, pakiwa mbali nawe mno, ndipo utakapochinja katika kundi lako la ng'ombe na kondoo alilokupa Bwana kama nilivyokuagiza, nawe utakula ndani ya malango yako, kwa kufuata yote inayotamani roho yako.
If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you may slaughter any of the herd or flock He has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat it within your gates whenever you want.
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Kama vile aliwavyo paa na kulungu, ndivyo utakavyoila nyama hii; asiyekuwa tohara na aliye tohara wataila pia.
Indeed, you may eat it as you would eat a gazelle or deer; both the ceremonially unclean and the clean may eat it.
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Ila ujihadhari kwamba usile damu, kwani ile damu ndiyo uhai; na uhai usile pamoja na nyama.
Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
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Usiile; imwage juu ya nchi kama maji.
You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
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Usiile; ili upate kufanikiwa, na watoto wako baada yako utakapofanya yaliyoelekea machoni pa Bwana.
Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
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Ila vitu vyako vitakatifu ulivyo navyo, na nadhiri zako, uvitwae ukaende mahali atakapochagua Bwana;
But you are to take your holy things and your vow offerings and go to the place the LORD will choose.
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nawe zisongeze sadaka zako za kuteketezwa, nyama na damu, juu ya madhabahu ya Bwana, Mungu wako; na damu ya dhabihu zako uimwage juu ya madhabahu ya Bwana, Mungu wako, na wewe utakula nyama yake.
Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.
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Maneno haya nikuagizayo yote yatunze na kuyasikiza, ili upate kufanikiwa na watoto wako baada yako milele, hapo uyafanyapo yaliyo mema na kuelekea machoni pa Bwana, Mungu wako.
Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
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Bwana, Mungu wako, atakapoyakatilia mbali hayo mataifa mbele yako, huko uingiako kuyamiliki, nawe ukawatwaa, na kuketi katika nchi yao;
When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,
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ujiangalie, usije ukanaswa ukawafuata, wakiisha kuangamizwa mbele yako; wala usije ukauliza habari za miungu yao, ukisema, Mataifa haya waitumikiaje miungu yao? Nami nifanye vivyo.
be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
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Usimtende kama haya Bwana, Mungu wako; kwani kila yaliyo machukizo kwa Bwana, ayachukiayo yeye, wameifanyia miungu yao; kwa maana hata wana wao na binti zao huiteketezea hiyo miungu yao ndani ya moto.
You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
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Neno niwaagizalo lo lote liangalieni kulifanya; usiliongeze, wala usilipunguze. </p>
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.