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Ndipo tukageuka, tukashika safari yetu kwenda jangwani kwa njia ya Bahari ya Shamu, kama alivyoniambia Bwana; tukawa kuizunguka milima ya Seiri siku nyingi.
Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
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Bwana akanena, akaniambia,
At this time the LORD said to me,
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Mlivyouzunguka mlima huu vyatosha; geukeni upande wa kaskazini.
“You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north
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Nawe waagize watu, uwaambie, Mtapita kati ya mpaka wa ndugu zenu wana wa watu, uwaambie, Mtapita kati ya mpaka wa ndugu zenu wana wa Esau waketio Seiri; nao watawaogopa; basi jiangalieni nafsi zenu sana;
and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.
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msitete nao; kwa maana sitawapa katika nchi yao kamwe, hata kiasi cha kukanyaga wayo wa mguu; kwa kuwa nimempa Esau milima ya Seiri kuwa milki yake.
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
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Nunueni vyakula kwao kwa fedha, mpate kula; na maji nayo nunueni kwao kwa fedha, mpate kunywa.
You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”
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Kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wako, amekubarikia katika kazi yote ya mkono wako; amejua ulivyotembea katika jangwa kubwa hili; miaka arobaini hii alikuwa nawe Bwana, Mungu wako; hukukosa kitu.
Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
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Basi tukapita kando yao ndugu zetu wana wa Esau, waketio Seiri kutoka njia ya Araba, kutoka Elathi na kutoka Esion-geberi. Tukageuka tukapita njia ya bara ya Moabu.
So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
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Bwana akaniambia, usiwasumbue Wamoabi, wala usishindane nao katika mapigano; kwa kuwa sitakupa katika nchi yake kuimiliki; kwa sababu Ari nimewapa wana wa Lutu kuimiliki.
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
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(Walioketi humo hapo kale ni Waemi, nao ni watu wakubwa, wengi, warefu, mfano wa Waanaki;
(The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
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na hawa nao wadhaniwa kuwa majitu kama Waanaki;lakini Wamoabi huwaita Waemi.
Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.
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Na Wahori nao walikuwa wakikaa Seiri hapo kale, lakini wana wa Esau waliwafuata; wakawaangamiza mbele yao, wakakaa badala yao; kama alivyofanya Israeli nchi ya milki yake aliyopewa na Bwana.)
The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
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Sasa basi ondokeni, mkakivuke kijito cha Zeredi. Nasi tukakivuka kile kijito cha Zeredi.
“Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.
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Na siku tulizokuwa tukienda kutoka Kadesh-barnea hata tulipovuka kijito cha Zeredi, zilikuwa ni miaka thelathini na minane; maana, hata walipokwisha kuangamizwa watu wa vita kutoka kati ya marago, kizazi chao chote, kama walivyoapiwa na Bwana.
The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
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Tena mkono wa Bwana ulikuwa juu yao ili kuwaangamiza, kuwatoa kati ya marago, hata walipokoma.
Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.
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Basi ikawa, walipokwisha angamizwa kwa kufa watu wote wa vita kati ya watu,
Now when all the fighting men among the people had died,
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Bwana aliniambia, akasema,
the LORD said to me,
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Hivi leo ivuke Ari, mpaka wa Moabu;
“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.
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na utakaposongea kuwaelekea wana wa Amoni, usiwasumbue wana wa Amoni, wala usishindane nao; kwa kuwa sitakupa katika nchi ya hao wana wa Amoni kuwa milki yako; kwa sababu nimewapa wana wa Lutu iwe milki yao.
But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
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(Nchi hiyo nayo yadhaniwa kuwa ni nchi ya Warefai, hapo kale Warefai walikaa humo; lakini Waamoni huwaita Wazamzumi;
(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
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nao ni watu wengi, wakubwa, warefu, kama Waanaki; lakini Bwana aliwaangamiza mbele yao; wakawafuata wakakaa badala yao;
They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
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kama vile alivyowafanyia wana wa Esau, waliokaa Seiri, alipowaangamiza Wahori mbele yao; wakawafuata, wakakaa badala yao hata hivi leo;
just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
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na Waavi waliokuwa wakikaa katika vijiji mpaka Gaza waliangamizwa na Wakaftori waliotoka Kaftori, na hawa wakakaa badala yao.)
And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)
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Ondokeni, mshike safari yenu, mvuke bonde la Arnoni; tazama, nimemtia Sihoni Mwamori mfalme wa Heshboni mkononi mwako, na nchi yake; anzeni kuimiliki, mshindane naye katika mapigano.
“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.
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Hivi leo nitaanza mimi kutia utisho wako na kuhofiwa kwako juu ya watu walio chini ya mbingu kila mahali, watakaosikia uvumi wako, na kutetemeka, na kuingiwa na uchungu kwa sababu yako.
This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
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Nikatuma wajumbe kutoka bara ya Kedemothi kwenda kwa Sihoni mfalme wa Heshboni na maneno ya amani, kusema.
So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,
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Nipishe katikati ya nchi yako; nitakwenda kwa njia ya barabara, sitageuka kwenda mkono wa kuume wala wa kushoto.
“Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left.
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Nawe uniuzie chakula kwa fedha nile; unipe na maji kwa fedha, ninywe; ila unipishe katikati kwa miguu yangu, hayo tu;
You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,
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kama walivyonifanyia hao wana wa Esau waketio Seiri, na hao Wamoabi waketio Ari; hata nivuke Yordani niingie nchi tupewayo na Bwana, Mungu wetu.
just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
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Lakini Sihoni mfalme wa Heshboni hakutuacha kupitia kwake; kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wako, alimfanya mgumu roho yake, akamtia ukaidi moyoni mwake, apate mtia mkononi mwako kama alivyo hivi leo.
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.
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Kisha Bwana akaniambia, Tazama, nimeanza kumtoa Sihoni na nchi yake mbele yako; anza kuimiliki, upate kuirithi nchi yake.
Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”
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Ndipo Sihoni alipotutokea juu yetu yeye na watu wake wote, kupigana huko Yahasa.
So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz.
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Bwana, Mungu wetu, akamtoa mbele yetu, tukampiga yeye na wanawe, na watu wake wote.
And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
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Tukatwaa miji yake yote wakati huo, tukaharibu kabisa kila mji uliokuwa na watu, pamoja na wanawake na wadogo; tusimsaze hata mmoja;
At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.
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ila ng'ombe zao tuliwatwaa kuwa mawindo yetu, pamoja na nyara za miji tuliyoitwaa.
We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.
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Kutoka Aroeri iliyo katika ukingo wa bonde la Arnoni, na huo mji ulio ndani ya bonde, mpaka kufika Gileadi, hapakuwa na mji uliokuwa mrefu kutushinda; Bwana, Mungu wetu, aliiweka wazi yote mbele yetu; ila nchi ya wana wa Amoni hukuisongelea;
From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
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upande wote wa mto wa Yaboki, na miji ya nchi ile ya milimani, na kila mahali alipotukataza Bwana, Mungu wetu. </p>
But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.