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Na hii ndiyo sheria, na amri, na hukumu, alizoziamuru Bwana, Mungu wenu, mfundishwe, mpate kuzitenda katika nchi ile mnayoivukia kuimiliki;
These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
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upate kumcha Bwana, Mungu wako, kushika amri zake zote, na sheria zake, ninazokuamuru, wewe na mwanao, na mwana wa mwanao, siku zote za maisha yako; tena siku zako ziongezwe.
so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
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Sikiza basi, Ee Israeli, ukaangalie kuzitenda; upate kufanikiwa, mpate kuongezeka sana, kama Bwana, Mungu wa baba zako, alivyokuahidi, katika nchi ijaayo maziwa na asali.
Hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.
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Sikiza, Ee Israeli; Bwana, Mungu wetu, Bwana ndiye mmoja.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
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Nawe mpende Bwana, Mungu wako, kwa moyo wako wote, na kwa roho yako yote, na kwa nguvu zako zote.
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
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Na maneno haya ninayokuamuru leo, yatakuwa katika moyo wako;
These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.
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nawe uwafundishe watoto wako kwa bidii, na kuyanena uketipo katika nyumba yako, na utembeapo njiani, na ulalapo, na uondokapo.
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
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Yafunge yawe dalili juu ya mkono wako, nayo yatakuwa kama utepe katikati ya macho yako.
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
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Tena yaandike juu ya miimo ya nyumba yako, na juu ya malango yako.
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
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Tena itakuwa atakapokwisha Bwana, Mungu wako, kukuleta katika nchi aliyowaapia babu zako, Ibrahimu na Isaka na Yakobo, ya kuwa atakupa; miji mikubwa mizuri usiyoijenga wewe,
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
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na nyumba zimejaa vitu vyema vyote usizojaza wewe, na visima vimefukuliwa usivyofukua wewe, mashamba ya mizabibu na mizeituni usiyoipanda wewe, nawe utakula na kushiba;
with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
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ndipo ujitunze, usije ukamsahau Bwana aliyekutoa nchi ya Misri, nyumba ya utumwa.
be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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Mche Bwana, Mungu wako; ndiye utakayemtumikia, na kuapa kwa jina lake.
Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
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Msifuate miungu mingine katika miungu ya mataifa wawazungukao;
Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
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kwani Bwana, Mungu wako, aliye katikati yako ni Mungu mwenye wivu; isije ikawaka juu yako hasira ya Bwana, Mungu wako, akakuangamiza kutoka juu ya uso wa nchi.
For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.
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Msimjaribu Bwana, Mungu wenu, kama mlivyomjaribu huko Masa.
Do not test the LORD your God as you tested Him at Massah.
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Zishikeni kwa bidii sheria za Bwana, Mungu wenu, na mashuhudizo yake, na amri zake alizokuagiza.
You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you.
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Nawe fanya yaliyo sawa, na mema, machoni pa Bwana; ili mpate kufanikiwa, nawe upate kuingia na kuimiliki nchi nzuri Bwana aliyowaapia baba zako,
Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,
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ya kuwa atawasukumia nje adui zako wote mbele yako, kama alivyosema Bwana.
driving out all your enemies before you, as the LORD has said.
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Na zamani zijazo atakapokuuliza mwanao, akikuambia, N'nini mashuhudizo, na amri, na hukumu, alizowaagiza Bwana, Mungu wetu?
In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
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Ndipo umwambie mwanao, Tulikuwa watumwa wa Farao huko Misri; Bwana, akatutoa kutoka Misri kwa mkono wa nguvu;
then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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Bwana akaonya ishara na maajabu, makubwa, mazito, juu ya Misri, na juu ya Farao, na juu ya nyumba yake yote, mbele ya macho yetu;
Before our eyes the LORD inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household.
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akatutoa huko ili kututia huku, apate kutupa nchi aliyowaapia baba zetu.
But He brought us out from there to lead us in and give us the land that He had sworn to our fathers.
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Bwana akatuamuru kuzifanya amri hizi zote, tumche Bwana, Mungu wetu, tuone mema sikuzote ili atuhifadhi hai kama hivi leo.
And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.
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Tena itakuwa haki kwetu, tukitunza kufanya maagizo haya yote mbele ya Bwana, Mungu wetu, kama alivyotuagiza. </p>
And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”