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Sikiza, Ee Israeli; hivi leo unataka kuvuka Yordani uingie kwa kuwamiliki mataifa yaliyo makubwa, na yenye nguvu kukupita wewe, miji mikubwa iliyojengewa kuta hata mbinguni,
Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
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watu wakubwa, warefu, wana wa Waanaki, uwajuao, uliokuwa ukisikia wakitajwa hivi, Ni nani awezaye kusimama mbele ya wana wa Anaki?
The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”
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Basi jua siku hii ya leo kuwa Bwana, Mungu wako, ndiye atanguliaye kuvuka mbele yako kama moto uteketezao; atawaangamiza, tena atawaangusha mbele yako; ndivyo utakavyowafukuza na kuwapoteza upesi, kama alivyokuambia Bwana.
But understand that today the LORD your God goes across ahead of you as a consuming fire; He will destroy them and subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.
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Usiseme moyoni mwako, Bwana, Mungu wako, atakapokwisha kuwasukumia nje mbele yako, ukasema, Ni kwa haki yangu alivyonitia Bwana niimiliki nchi hii; kwani ni kwa ajili ya uovu wa mataifa haya Bwana awafukuza nje mbele yako.
When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.
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Si kwa haki yako, wala kwa unyofu wa moyo wako, hivi uingiavyo kuimiliki nchi yao; lakini ni kwa uovu wa mataifa haya Bwana, Mungu wako, awafukuza nje mbele yako; tena apate kuliweka imara hilo neno Bwana alilowaapia baba zako Ibrahimu, na Isaka, na Yakobo.
It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Basi jua ya kuwa Bwana, Mungu wako, hakupi nchi hii nzuri uimiliki kwa ajili ya haki yako, kwa maana u taifa lenye shingo ngumu.
Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
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Kumbuka, usisahau ulivyomtia Bwana, Mungu wako, kasirani jangwani; tangu siku uliyotoka nchi ya Misri hata mlipofika mahali hapa, mmekuwa na uasi juu ya Bwana
Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.
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Tena mlimkasirisha Bwana katika Horebu, Bwana akakasirika nanyi hata akataka kuwaangamiza.
At Horeb you provoked the LORD, and He was angry enough to destroy you.
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Na hapo nilipokwea mlimani kwenda kuzipokea mbao za mawe, nazo ni mbao za agano Bwana alilofanya nanyi, ndipo nikakaa mle mlimani siku arobaini usiku na mchana; sikula chakula wala kunywa maji.
When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.
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Bwana akanipa zile mbao mbili za mawe zimeandikwa kwa kidole cha Mungu; na juu yake yameandikwa maneno mfano wa yote aliyosema nanyi Bwana mle mlimani toka kati ya moto siku ya mkutano.
Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.
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Ikawa mwisho wa siku arobaini usiku na mchana, Bwana alinipa zile mbao mbili za mawe, nazo ni mbao za agano.
And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
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Bwana akaniambia, Ondoka huko, shuka upesi; kwa kuwa watu wako uliowatoa Misri wamejiharibu; wamekengeuka mara katika njia niliyowaamuru; wamejifanyia sanamu ya kusubu.
And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”
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Tena Bwana akasema nami zaidi, akaniambia, Nimeliona taifa hili; na tazama, ni taifa lenye shingo ngumu;
The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
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niache, nipate kuwaangamiza, na kulifuta jina lao chini ya mbingu; nami nitakufanya wewe uwe taifa kubwa lenye nguvu kuwapita wao.
Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
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Basi nikageuka nikashuka mle mlimani, mlima ukawaka moto; na zile mbao mbili za agano zilikuwa katika mikono yangu miwili.
So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.
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Nikaangalia, na tazama, mlikuwa mmefanya dhambi juu ya Bwana, Mungu wenu; mmefanya ndama ya ng'ombe ya kusubu; mmekengeuka upesi katika njia aliyowaamuru Bwana.
And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.
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Nikazishika zile mbao mbili, nikazitupa kutoka katika mikono yangu miwili, nikazivunja mbele ya macho yenu.
So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.
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Nikaanguka nchi mbele za Bwana siku arobaini usiku na mchana, kama pale kwanza; sikula chakula wala kunywa maji; kwa sababu ya makosa yenu yote mliyokosa, kwa kufanya yaliyo maovu machoni pa Bwana, kwa kumkasirisha.
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
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Kwa kuwa niliogopa hasira na makamio aliyowakasirikia Bwana kutaka kuwaangamiza. Lakini Bwana alinisikiza wakati huo nao.
For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.
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Bwana akamkasirikia sana Haruni akataka kumwangamiza; nikamwombea Haruni naye wakati huo.
The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.
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Kisha nikaitwaa ile dhambi yenu, huyo ndama mliyemfanya, nikamteketeza kwa moto, nikamponda, nikamsaga tikitiki, hata akawa laini kama vumbi; nikalitupa vumbi lake katika kijito kilichoshuka kutoka mlimani.
And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
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Tena huko Tabera, na Masa, na Kibroth-hataava mlimtia Bwana hasira.
You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.
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Na wakati alipowatuma Bwana kutoka Kadesh-barnea, akiwaambia, Kweeni mkaimiliki nchi niliyowapa; ndipo mkaasi juu ya maagizo ya Bwana, Mungu wenu, hamkumsadiki wala hamkusikiza sauti yake.
And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
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Mmekuwa na uasi juu ya Bwana tokea siku nilipowajua ninyi.
You have been rebelling against the LORD since the day I came to know you.
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Ndipo nikaanguka nchi mbele za Bwana siku zile arobaini usiku na mchana nilizokuwa nimeanguka nchi; kwa kuwa Bwana alisema atawaangamiza.
So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
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Nikamwomba Bwana, nikasema, Ee Bwana Mungu, usiwaangamize watu wako, urithi wako, uliowakomboa kwa ukuu wako, uliowatoa Misri kwa mkono wa nguvu.
And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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Wakumbuke watumwa wako, Ibrahimu, na Isaka, na Yakobo; usiangalie upotofu wa watu hawa, wala uovu wao, wala dhambi yao;
Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.
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isije nchi uliyotutoa ikasema, Ni kwa sababu Bwana hakuweza kuwaleta katika nchi aliyowapa ahadi, tena ni kwa kuwa aliwachukia, alivyowatoa nje ili kuwaua jangwani.
Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’
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Nao ni watu wako, urithi wako, uliowatoa kwa nguvu zako kuu na mkono wako ulionyoka.
But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”