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Utunze mwezi wa Abibu, ukamfanyie pasaka Bwana, Mungu wako, kwa kuwa ilikuwa ni mwezi wa Abibu alipokutoa Misri usiku Bwana; Mungu wako.
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
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Nawe umchinjie pasaka Bwana, Mungu wako, katika kundi la kondoo na la ng'ombe, mahali atakapochagua Bwana apakalishe jina lake.
You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.
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Usimle pamoja na mikate iliyotiwa chachu; siku saba utakula naye mikate isiyotiwa chachu, nayo ni mikate ya mateso; kwa maana ulitoka nchi ya Misri kwa haraka; ili upate kukumbuka siku uliyotoka nchi ya Misri, siku zote za maisha yako.
You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.
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Wala isionekane kwako chachu muda wa siku saba katika mipaka yako yote; wala katika hiyo nyama uchinjayo siku ya kwanza jioni, kisilale cho chote usiku kucha hata asubuhi.
No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.
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Usimchinje pasaka ndani ya malango yako yote akupayo Bwana, Mungu wako;
You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.
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ila mahali atakapochagua Bwana, Mungu wako, apakalishe jina lake, ndipo mtakapomchinja pasaka jioni, katika machweo ya jua, kwa wakati kama uliotoka Misri.
You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.
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Nawe umwoke na kumla mahali atakapochagua Bwana, Mungu wako; kisha asubuhi yake ugeuke uende hemani mwako.
And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.
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Siku sita utakula mikate isiyotiwa chachu; na siku ya saba na uwe mkutano mtukufu kwa Bwana, Mungu wako, usifanye kazi yo yote.
For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.
9
Jihesabie majuma saba; tangu wakati uanzao kutia mundu katika mmea utaanza kuhesabu majuma saba.
You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
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Nawe sikukuu ya majuma umfanyie Bwana, Mungu wako, kwa kutoa sadaka ya hiari ya mkono wako, utakayotoa kwa kadiri akubarikiavyo Bwana, Mungu wako;
And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you,
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nawe utafurahi mbele ya Bwana, Mungu wako, wewe na mwana wako na binti yako, na mtumwa wako na mjakazi wako, na Mlawi aliye ndani ya malango yako, na mgeni, na yatima, na mjane aliyefiliwa na mumewe, walio katikati yako, katika mahali atakapochagua Bwana, Mungu wako, apakalishe jina lake.
and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
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Nawe kumbuka kwamba ulikuwa mtumwa huko Misri; tena zishike amri hizi kwa kuzifanya.
Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.
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Fanya sikukuu ya vibanda siku saba, utakapokwisha kuyakusanya yatokayo katika sakafu yako ya nafaka, na katika kinu chako cha divai;
You are to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days after you have gathered the produce of your threshing floor and your winepress.
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nawe utafurahi katika sikukuu yako, wewe, na mwanao, na binti yako, na mtumwa wako, na mjakazi wako, na Mlawi, na mgeni, na yatima, na mjane aliyefiliwa na mumewe, walio ndani ya malango yako.
And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
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Siku saba mfanyie sikukuu Bwana, Mungu wako, mahali atakapochagua Bwana; kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wako, atakubarikia katika maongeo yako yote, na katika kazi zote za mikono yako, nawe uwe katika kufurahi kabisa.
For seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place He will choose, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that your joy will be complete.
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Mara tatu kwa mwaka na watokee wanawaume wako wote mbele za Bwana, Mungu wako, mahali atakapochagua; katika sikukuu ya mikate isiyotiwa chachu, na katika sikukuu ya majuma, na katika sikukuu ya vibanda; wala wasitokee mbele za Bwana mikono mitupu.
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
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Kila mtu na atoe kama awezavyo, kwa kadiri ya baraka ya Bwana, Mungu wako, alivyokupa.
Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.
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Weka waamuzi na maakida katika malango yako yote akupayo Bwana, Mungu wako, kwa hesabu ya kabila zako; nao wawaamue watu kwa maamuzi ya haki.
You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
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Usipotoe maamuzi; wala usipendelee uso wa mtu; wala usitwae rushwa; kwa kuwa rushwa hupofusha macho ya wenye akili, na kugeuza daawa ya wenye haki.
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
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Yaliyo haki kabisa ndiyo utakayoyafuata, ili upate kuishi na kuirithi nchi upewayo na Bwana, Mungu wako.
Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
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Usipande mti uwao wote kuwa Ashera kwako kando ya madhabahu utakayofanya ya Bwana, Mungu wako.
Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
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Wala usisimamishe nguzo; ambayo Bwana, Mungu wako, aichukia.
and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.