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Bwana, Mungu wako, atakapokutia katika nchi uendayo kuimiliki, atakapoyang'oa mataifa mengi watoke mbele yako, Mhiti, na Mgirgashi, na Mwamori, na Mkanaani, na Mperizi, na Mhivi, na Myebusi, mataifa saba makubwa yenye nguvu kukupita wewe;
When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
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wakati Bwana, Mungu wako, atakapowatoa mbele yako, nawe utawapiga; wakati huo ndipo uwaondoe kabisa; usifanye agano nao, wala kuwahurumia; wala usioane nao;
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
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binti yako usimpe mwanawe mume, wala usimtwalie mwanao mume binti yake.
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,
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Kwa kuwa atamkengeusha mwanao mume asinifuate, ili wapate kuabudu miungu mingine; ndipo itakapowaka hasira ya Bwana juu yenu, naye atakuangamiza upesi.
because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
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Lakini watendeni hivi; zivunjeni madhabahu zao zibomosheni nguzo zao, yakateni maashera yao, ziteketezeni kwa moto sanamu zao za kuchonga.
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
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Kwa maana wewe u taifa takatifu kwa Bwana, Mungu wako; Bwana Mungu wako, amekuchagua kuwa watu wake hasa, zaidi ya mataifa yote walioko juu ya uso wa nchi.
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
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Bwana hakuwapenda ninyi, wala hakuwachagua ninyi, kwa sababu mlikuwa wengi kuliko mataifa yote, maana mlikuwa wachache kuliko watu wote;
The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
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bali kwa sababu Bwana anawapenda, na kwa sababu alitaka kuutimiza uapo wake aliowaapia baba zenu, ndiyo sababu Bwana akawatoa kwa mkono wa nguvu, akawakomboa katika nyumba ya utumwa, katika mkono wa Farao, mfalme wa Misri.
But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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Basi jueni ya kuwa Bwana, Mungu wenu, ndiye Mungu; Mungu mwaminifu, ashikaye agano lake na rehema zake kwao wampendao, na kushika amri zake, hata vizazi elfu;
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
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naye huwalipa wamchukiao mbele ya uso wao, kuwaangamiza. Hatakuwa mlegevu kwake yeye amchukiaye, atamlipa mbele ya uso wake.
But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
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Basi zishike amri, na sheria, na hukumu ninazokuamuru leo, uzitende.
So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.
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Na itakuwa, kwa sababu mwazisikiliza hukumu hizi, na kuzishika na kuzitenda, basi Bwana, Mungu wako, atakutimilizia agano na rehema aliyowaapia baba zako;
If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
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naye atakupenda na kukubarikia na kukuongeza tena ataubarikia uzao wa tumbo lako, na uzao wa nchi yako, nafaka zako na divai yako, na mafuta yako, maongeo ya ng'ombe zako, na wadogo wa kondoo zako, katika nchi aliyowaapia baba zako kuwa atakupa.
He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
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Utabarikiwa kuliko mataifa yote; hakutakuwa na mtu mume wala mke aliye tasa kati yenu; wala kati ya wanyama wenu wa mifugo.
You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.
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Na Bwana atakuondolea ugonjwa wote; wala hatatia juu yako maradhi yo yote mabaya uyajuayo ya Misri, lakini atayaweka juu ya wote wakuchukiao.
And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
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Nawe angamiza mataifa yote atakayokupa Bwana, Mungu wako; jicho lako lisiwahurumie, wala usiitumikie miungu yao; kwani litakuwa ni mtego kwako jambo hilo.
You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
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Nawe kama ukisema moyoni mwako, Mataifa haya ni mengi kunipita mimi; nitawatoaje katika milki yao?
You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”
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Usiwaogope; kumbuka sana Bwana, Mungu wako, alivyomfanya Farao na Misri yote;
But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:
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uyakumbuke hayo majaribu makuu yaliyoyaona macho yako, na hizo ishara, na maajabu, na mkono wa nguvu, na mkono ulionyoka, aliokutolea nje Bwana, Mungu wako; ndivyo atakavyowafanya Bwana, Mungu wako, mataifa yote unaowaogopa.
the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.
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Tena Bwana, Mungu wako, atampeleka mavu kati yao, hata hao watakaosalia, hao wajifichao, waangamie mbele zako.
Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.
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Usiingiwe na kicho kwa sababu yao; kwa kuwa Bwana, Mungu wako, yu katikati yako, Mungu mkuu, mwenye utisho.
Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
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Naye Bwana, Mungu wako, atayatupia nje mataifa yale mbele yako kidogo kidogo; haikupasi kuwaangamiza kwa mara moja, wasije wakaongezeka kwako wanyama wa mwitu.
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
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Ila Bwana, Mungu wako, atawatoa mbele yako, atawatia mashaka, mashaka makuu, hata waishe kuangamizwa.
But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
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Na wafalme wao atakutilia mkononi mwako, nawe utalipoteza jina lao litoke chini ya mbingu; hapana mtu atakayeweza kusimama mbele yako, hata utakapokwisha kuwaangamiza.
He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.
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Sanamu za kuchonga za miungu yao mtaziteketeza kwa moto; usitamani fedha wala dhahabu iliyo juu yao, wala usiitwae iwe yako usije ukanaswa nayo; kwa maana ni machukizo kwa Bwana, Mungu wako;
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
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na machukizo usitie ndani ya nyumba yako, usije wewe kuwa kitu cha haramu mfano wake; ukichukie kabisa, na kukikataa kabisa; kwa kuwa ni kitu kilichoharimishwa.
And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.