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Umwonapo ng'ombe wa nduguyo au kondoo wake akipotea, usijifiche kama usiyemwona; sharti utamrudisha kwa nduguyo.
If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
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Na kwamba yule nduguyo hayupo karibu nawe, au ukiwa humjui, umchukue kwenu nyumbani kwako, uwe naye hata aje nduguyo kumtafuta, nawe mrudishie.
If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.
3
Tena fanya vivyo kwa punda wake; tena fanya vivyo kwa mavazi yake; tena fanya vivyo kwa kila kitu kilichopotea cha nduguyo, kilichompotea ukakiona wewe; usijifiche kama usiyekiona.
And you shall do the same for his donkey, his cloak, or anything your brother has lost and you have found. You must not ignore it.
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Umwonapo punda wa nduguyo, au ng'ombe wake, ameanguka kando ya njia, usijifiche kama usiyemwona; sharti umsaidie kumwinua tena.
If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.
5
Mwanamke asivae mavazi yampasayo mwanamume, wala mwanamume asivae mavazi ya mwanamke; kwa maana kila afanyaye mambo hayo ni machukizo kwa Bwana, Mungu wako.
A woman must not wear men’s clothing, and a man must not wear women’s clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
6
Kiota cha ndege kikitukia kuwa mbele yako njiani, katika mti wo wote, au chini, chenye makinda au mayai, naye koo ameatamia juu ya makinda, au juu ya mayai, usimtwae yule koo pamoja na makinda;
If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.
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sharti umwache yule koo aende zake, lakini makinda waweza kuyatwaa uwe nayo; ili upate kufanikiwa, ufanye siku zako kuwa nyingi.
You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.
8
Utakapojenga nyumba mpya, fanya ukuta kando-kando ya dari lako, usije ukaleta damu juu ya nyumba yako, mtu akianguka huko.
If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.
9
Usipande shamba lako la mizabibu aina mbili za mbegu; yasije yakaondolewa matunda yote, mbegu ulizopanda na maongeo ya mizabibu yako.
Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled—both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard.
10
Usilime kwa ng'ombe na punda wakikokota jembe pamoja.
Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.
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Usivae nguo iliyochanganyikana sufu na kitani pamoja.
Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
12
Ujifanyizie vishada katika pembe nne za mavazi yako ya kujifunika.
You are to make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear.
13
Mtu akitwaa mke, akamwingilia na kumchukia,
Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,
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kisha akamshitaki mambo ya aibu kumzushia jina baya, akasema, Nimemtwaa mwanamke huyu, nami nilipomkaribia sikuona kwake alama za ubikira;
and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
15
ndipo babaye yule kijana na mamaye watakapotwaa alama za yule kijana za ubikira, wawatolee wazee wa mji langoni;
Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
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na baba yake yule kijana awaambie wazee, Mwanamume huyu nilimpa binti yangu awe mkewe, naye amchukia;
and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
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angalieni, amemwekea mambo ya aibu, asema, Sikuona kwa binti yako alama za ubikira, nazo hizi ndizo alama za binti yangu za ubikira. Na wayakunjue yale mavazi mbele ya wazee wa mji.
And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
18
Basi wazee wa mji ule na wamtwae yule mtu mume na kumrudi,
Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
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wamtoze shekeli mia za fedha, wampe babaye yule kijana, kwa kuwa amemzulia jina baya mwanamwali wa Israeli; naye awe mkewe; hana ruhusa ya kumwacha siku zake zote.
They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
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Lakini likiwa ni kweli neno hili, la kutoonekana kwake yule kijana alama za ubikira;
If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
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na wamtoe nje yule kijana mlangoni pa nyumba ya baba yake, na waume wa mji wake wampige kwa mawe hata afe; kwa vile alivyofanya upumbavu katika Israeli, kwa kufanya ukahaba katika nyumba ya baba yake; ndivyo utakavyoondoa uovu katikati yako.
she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
22
Akifumaniwa mtu mume amelala na mwanamke aliyeolewa na mume, na wafe wote wawili, mtu mume aliyelala na mwanamke, na yule mwanamke naye; ndivyo utakavyoondoa uovu katika Israeli.
If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
23
Pakiwa na kijana aliye mwanamwali ameposwa na mume, na mwanamume akimkuta mjini, akalala naye;
If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
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watoeni nje katika lango la mji ule, mkawapige kwa mawe hata wafe; yule kijana, kwa kuwa hakupiga ukelele, naye yu ndani ya mji; na yule mume, kwa kuwa amemtweza mke wa mwenzake; ndivyo utakavyoondoa uovu katikati yako.
you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
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Lakini yule mtu mume kama akimkuta kondeni kijana aliyeposwa, naye mume akamtenza nguvu, akalala naye; yule mtu mume aliyelala naye na afe pekee;
But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
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lakini yule kijana usimfanye neno; hana dhambi yule kijana ipasayo kuuawa, kwa kuwa ni mfano wa mtu kumwondokea mwenzake akamwua, ni vivyo lilivyo jambo hili;
Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
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kwani alimkuta kondeni; yule kijana aliyeposwa akalia, pasiwe na mtu wa kumwokoa.
When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
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Mtu mume akimwona kijana aliye mwanamwali ambaye hajaposwa, akamshika na kulala naye, wakaonekana;
If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
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yule mtu mume aliyelala naye na ampe baba yake yule kijana shekeli hamsini za fedha, kisha na awe mkewe, kwa kuwa amemtweza; hana ruhusa ya kumwacha siku zake zote.
then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
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Mtu mume asimtwae mke wa baba yake, wala asifunue ncha ya mavazi ya baba yake.
A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.