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Pakiwa na mashindano kati ya watu, wakaenda maamuzini, na hao waamuzi wakawaamua; na wampe haki mwenye haki, na wamhukumie makosa yule mwovu;
If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
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na iwe, ikimpasa kupigwa yule mwovu, alazwe chini na mwamuzi, na kupigwa mbele ya uso wake, kwa kadiri ya uovu wake, kwa kuhesabu.
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
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Aweza kumpiga fimbo arobaini asizidishe asije akaonekana nduguyo kuwa amedharauliwa kwako, azidishapo kwa kumpiga fimbo nyingi juu ya hizi.
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
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Ng'ombe apurapo nafaka usimfunge kinywa.
Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
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Watakapoketi pamoja mtu na nduguye, mmojawapo akafa, wala hana mwana wa kiume, mke wa yule aliyekufa asiolewe nje na mgeni; nduguye yule mumewe amwingilie amweke kwake awe mkewe, kumfanyia yampasayo nduguye mumewe.
When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
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Na iwe, yule mzaliwa wa kwanza atakayemzaa, amfuate nduguye aliyekufa kwa jina lake, lisije likafutwa jina lake katika Israeli.
The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
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Na yule mtu kwamba hapendi kumtwaa mke wa nduguye, aende huyo mke wa nduguye langoni kwa wazee, akawaambie, Nduguye mume wangu yuakataa kumsimamishia nduguye jina katika Israeli, hataki kunitimizia yampasayo nduguye mume wangu.
But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s name in Israel. He is not willing to perform the duty of a brother-in-law for me.”
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Ndipo wamwite wazee wa mji wake waseme naye; naye akisimama na kusema, Sitaki mimi kumtwaa mwanamke huyu,
Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
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ndipo mke wa nduguye amkaribie mbele ya hao wazee, amvue kiatu chake mguuni mwake, na kumtemea mate ya uso; kisha atajibu yule mwanamke, aseme, Mume akataaye kumjengea nduguye nyumba yake na afanywe hivi.
his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”
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Na jina lake katika Israeli liitwe, Nyumba ya mvuliwa kiatu.
And his family name in Israel will be called “The House of the Unsandaled.”
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Washindanapo waume wao kwa wao, akakaribia mke wa mmojawapo, ili kumwokoa mumewe katika mkono wa ampigaye, yule mke akatoa mkono wake, na kumkamata tupu yake;
If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
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umkate ule mkono wake, lisiwe na huruma jicho lako.
you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
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Usiwe na mawe ya kupimia mbalimbali, kubwa na dogo, katika mfuko wako.
You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.
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Usiwe na vipimo mbalimbali, kikubwa na kidogo, katika nyumba yako.
You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.
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Uwe na jiwe timilifu la haki, uwe na kipimo kitimilifu cha haki; zipate kuwa nyingi siku zako, katika nchi akupayo Bwana, Mungu wako.
You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
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Kwa kuwa wote wayatendao mambo kama haya, wote watendao yasiyo haki, ni machukizo kwa Bwana, Mungu wako.
For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.
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Kumbuka aliyokufanya Amaleki katika njia mlipokuwa mkitoka Misri;
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
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jinsi alivyokukuta katika njia, akapiga katika watu wako walioachwa nyuma, wote waliokuwa wanyonge nyuma yako, ulipokuwa umechoka na kuzimia; wala asimche Mungu.
how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.
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Basi itakuwa, hapo atakapokwisha kukupumzisha Bwana, Mungu wako, katika adui zako wote walio kando-kando, katika nchi akupayo Bwana, Mungu wako, iwe urithi uimiliki, ndipo uufute ukumbuko wa Amaleki chini ya mbingu; usisahau. </p>
When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!