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Musa akawaita Israeli wote, akawaambia, Enyi Israeli, zisikieni amri na hukumu ninenazo masikioni mwenu leo, mpate kujifunza na kuangalia kuzitenda.
Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
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Bwana, Mungu wetu, alifanya agano nasi katika Horebu.
The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
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Bwana hakufanya agano hili na baba zetu, bali na sisi, yaani, sisi sote tuliopo hapa, tu hai.
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
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Bwana alisema nanyi uso kwa uso mlimani, toka kati ya moto;
The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
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(nami wakati ule nalisimama kati ya Bwana na ninyi, ili kuwaonyesha neno la Bwana; maana, mliogopa kwa sababu ya ule moto, wala hamkupanda mlimani); naye akasema,
At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:
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Mimi ni Bwana, Mungu wako, niliyekutoa katika nchi ya Misri, katika nyumba ya utumwa.
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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Usiwe na miungu mingine ila mimi.
You shall have no other gods before Me.
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Usijifanyie sanamu ya kuchonga, mfano wa kitu cho chote kilicho juu mbinguni, au kilicho chini duniani, au kilicho majini chini ya nchi.
You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
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Usivisujudie wala kuvitumikia; kwa kuwa mimi Bwana, Mungu wako, ni Mungu mwenye wivu, nawapatiliza wana uovu wa baba zao; hata kizazi cha tatu na cha nne cha wanichukiao,
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
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nami nawarehemu maelfu elfu wanipendao, na kuzishika amri zangu.
but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
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Usilitaje bure Jina la Bwana, Mungu wako; maana Bwana hatamhesabia kuwa hana hatia, mtu alitajaye jina lake bure.
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
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Ishike siku ya Sabato uitakase, kama Bwana, Mungu wako, alivyokuamuru.
Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
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Siku sita fanya kazi, utende mambo yako yote;
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
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lakini siku ya saba ni Sabato ya Bwana, Mungu wako; siku hiyo usifanye kazi yo yote, wewe, wala mwanao, wala binti yako, wala mtumwa wako, wala mjakazi wako, wala ng'ombe wako, wala punda wako, wala mnyama wako ye yote, wala mgeni aliye ndani ya malango yako, ili mtumwa wako na mjakazi wako wapumzike vile vile kama wewe.
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
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Nawe utakumbuka ya kuwa wewe ulikuwa mtumwa katika nchi ya Misri, na ya kuwa Bwana, Mungu wako, alikutoa huko kwa mkono wenye nguvu, na mkono ulionyoshwa; kwa sababu hiyo Bwana, Mungu wako, alikuamuru uishike sabato.
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
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Waheshimu baba yako na mama yako; kama Bwana, Mungu wako, alivyokuamuru, siku zako zipate kuzidi, nawe upate kufanikiwa katika nchi upewayo na Bwana, Mungu wako.
Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
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Usiue.
You shall not murder.
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Wala usizini.
You shall not commit adultery.
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Wala usiibe.
You shall not steal.
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Wala usimshuhudie jirani yako uongo.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
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Wala usimtamani mke wa jirani yako; wala usiitamani nyumba ya jirani yako, wala shamba lake, wala mtumwa wake, wala mjakazi wake, wala ng'ombe wake, wala punda wake, wala kitu cho chote alicho nacho jirani yako.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
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Haya ndiyo maneno ambayo Bwana aliwaambia mkutano wenu wote mlimani kwa sauti kuu toka kati ya moto, na wingu, na giza kuu; wala hakuongeza neno. Akayaandika juu ya mbao mbili za mawe, akanipa.
The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
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Ikawa, mlipoisikia sauti ile toka kati ya giza, na wakati uo huo mlima ule ulikuwa ukiwaka moto, basi, mlinikaribia, naam, wakuu wote wa kabila zenu, na wazee wenu,
And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
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mkasema, Tazama, Bwana, Mungu wetu, ametuonyesha utukufu wake, na ukuu wake, nasi tunasikia sauti yake toka kati ya moto; mmeona leo ya kuwa Mungu husema na mwanadamu, naye akaishi.
and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
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Sasa basi, mbona tufe? Maana moto huu mkubwa utatuteketeza; tukiisikia tena sauti ya Bwana, Mungu wetu, tutakufa.
But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.
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Maana katika wote wenye mwili ni nani aliyeisikia sauti ya Mungu aliye hai, akisema toka kati ya moto, kama vile sisi, asife?
For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
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Enenda karibu wewe, ukasikie yote atakayoyasema Bwana, Mungu wetu; ukatuambie yote atakayokuambia Bwana, Mungu wetu; nasi tutayasikia na kuyatenda.
Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”
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Naye Bwana akasikia sauti ya maneno yenu mliyoniambia; Bwana akaniambia, Nimesikia sauti ya maneno ya watu hawa waliyokuambia; wamesema vema yote waliyosema.
And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
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Laiti wangekuwa na moyo kama huu ndani yao sikuzote, wa kunicha, na kushika amri zangu zote sikuzote, wapate kufanikiwa wao na watoto wao milele!
If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
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Enda uwaambie, Rudini hemani mwenu.
Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’
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Lakini wewe, simama hapa karibu nami, nami nitanena nawe sheria zote, na amri na hukumu, utakazowafunza, wapate kuzifanya katika nchi niwapayo kuimiliki.
But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
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Tunzeni basi, mtende kama mlivyoamriwa na Bwana, Mungu wenu; msikengeuke kwa mkono wa kuume wala wa kushoto.
So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
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Endeni njia yote aliyowaagiza Bwana, Mungu wenu, mpate kuwa hai, na kufanikiwa, mkafanye siku zenu kuwa nyingi katika nchi mtakayoimiliki.</p>
You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.