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Kisha Bwana akamwambia Musa, Chonga mbao mbili za mawe mfano wa zile za kwanza; nami nitaandika juu ya mbao hizo maneno hayo yaliyokuwa juu ya mbao za kwanza, hizo ulizozivunja.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
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Nawe uwe tayari asubuhi, na asubuhi ukwee juu katika mlima wa Sinai, nawe hudhurisha nafsi yako kwangu huko katika kilele cha mlima.
Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.
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Asikwee mtu pamoja nawe, wala asionekane mtu awaye yote katika huo mlima; wala kondoo na ng'ombe wasilishe mbele ya huo mlima.
No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
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Naye akachonga mbao mbili za mawe mfano wa zile za kwanza; na Musa akainuka na mapema asubuhi, naye akakwea katika mlima wa Sinai, kama Bwana alivyomwamuru, akazichukua hizo mbao mbili za mawe mkononi mwake.
So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
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Bwana akashuka ndani ya lile wingu, akasimama pamoja naye huko, akalitangaza jina la Bwana.
And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
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Bwana akapita mbele yake, akatangaza, Bwana, Bwana, Mungu mwingi wa huruma, mwenye fadhili, si mwepesi wa hasira, mwingi wa rehema na kweli;
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
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mwenye kuwaonea huruma watu elfu elfu, mwenye kusamehe uovu na makosa na dhambi; wala si mwenye kumhesabia mtu mwovu kuwa hana hatia kamwe; mwenye kuwapatiliza watoto uovu wa baba zao, na wana wa wana wao pia, hata kizazi cha tatu na cha nne.
maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
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Musa akafanya haraka, akainamisha kichwa chake hata nchi, akasujudu.
Moses immediately bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
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Akasema, Ikiwa sasa nimepata neema mbele zako, Bwana, nakuomba, Bwana, uende kati yetu, maana ni watu wenye shingo ngumu; ukasamehe uovu wetu na dhambi yetu, ukatutwae tuwe urithi wako.
“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
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Akasema, Tazama, nafanya agano; mbele ya watu wangu wote nitatenda miujiza, ya namna isiyotendeka katika dunia yote, wala katika taifa lo lote; na watu wote ambao unakaa kati yao wataona kazi ya Bwana, kwa maana ni neno la kutisha nikutendalo.
And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.
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Liangalie neno hili ninalokuamuru leo; tazama, mbele yako namtoa Mwamori, na Mkanaani, na Mhiti, na Mperizi, na Mhivi, na Myebusi.
Observe what I command you this day. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
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Ujihadhari nafsi yako, usije ukafanya agano na wenyeji wa nchi ile unayoiendea, lisiwe mtego katikati yako.
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
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Bali utabomoa madhabahu zao, na kuvunja-vunja nguzo zao, na kuyakata-kata maashera yao.
Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.
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Maana hutamwabudu mungu mwingine, kwa kuwa Bwana, ambaye jina lake ni mwenye wivu, ni Mungu mwenye wivu.
For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
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Usije ukafanya agano na wenyeji wa nchi, watu wakaenda kufanya uzinzi na miungu yao, na kuitolea sadaka miungu yao; mtu mmoja akakuita, ukaila sadaka yake.
Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
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Ukawaoza wana wako binti zao, nao binti zao wakaenda kufanya uzinzi na miungu yao, wakawavuta wana wenu wafanye uzinzi na miungu yao.
And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.
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Usijifanyizie miungu ya kuyeyusha.
You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
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Hiyo sikukuu ya mikate isiyotiwa chachu utaitunza. Utakula mikate isiyotiwa chachu muda wa siku saba, kama nilivyokuagiza, kwa majira yaliyoaganwa katika mwezi wa Abibu; kwa kuwa ulitoka Misri katika mwezi huo wa Abibu.
You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.
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Kila kifunguacho mimba ni changu mimi; na wanyama wako wote walio waume, wazaliwa wa kwanza wa ng'ombe na wa kondoo.
The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.
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Na mzaliwa wa kwanza wa punda utamkomboa kwa mwana-kondoo; tena kwamba hutaki kumkomboa, ndipo utamvunja shingo. Wazaliwa wa kwanza wote wa wanao utawakomboa. Wala hapana atakayehudhuria mbele zangu mikono mitupu.
You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.
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Utafanya kazi siku sita, lakini katika siku ya saba utapumzika; wakati wa kulima mashamba, na wakati wa kuvuna pia, utapumzika.
Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
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Nawe utaitunza sikukuu ya majuma, nayo ni ya malimbuko ya mavuno ya ngano, na sikukuu ya kukusanya vitu mwisho wa mwaka.
And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
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Mara tatu kila mwaka watu waume wako wote watahudhuria mbele za Bwana MUNGU, Mungu wa Israeli.
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
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Kwa kuwa mimi nitazitupa nje taifa za watu mbele yako, na kuipanua mipaka yako; wala hapana mtu ye yote atakayeitamani nchi yako, hapo utakapokwea kwenda kuhudhuria mbele za Bwana Mungu wako mara tatu kila mwaka.
For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
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Usisongeze damu ya sadaka yangu pamoja na mkate uliotiwa chachu; wala hiyo sadaka ya sikukuu ya pasaka haitasazwa hata asubuhi.
Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
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Vitu vya kwanza vya malimbuko ya nchi yako utavileta na kuvitia ndani ya nyumba ya Bwana Mungu wako. Usimtokose mwana-mbuzi katika maziwa ya mama yake.
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
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Bwana akamwambia Musa, Andika maneno haya; kwa kuwa mimi nimefanya agano nawe, na pamoja na Israeli, kwa mujibu wa maneno haya.
The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
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Naye alikuwa huko pamoja na Bwana siku arobaini na masiku yake; hakula chakula, wala hakunywa maji. Naye akaandika katika hizo mbao, hayo maneno ya maagano, hizo amri kumi.
So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
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Hata ikawa, Musa aliposhuka katika mlima Sinai, na zile mbao mbili za ushuhuda zilikuwa mkononi mwa Musa, hapo aliposhuka katika mlima, Musa hakujua ya kuwa ngozi ya uso wake iling'aa kwa sababu amesema naye.
And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.
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Basi Haruni na wana wote wa Israeli walipomwona Musa, tazama, ngozi ya uso wake iling'aa; nao wakaogopa kumkaribia.
Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him.
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Musa akawaita; Haruni na wakuu wote wa kusanyiko wakarudi kwake; Musa akasema nao.
But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
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Baadaye wana wa Israeli wote wakakaribia; akawausia maneno yote ambayo Bwana amemwambia katika mlima Sinai.
And after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai.
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Na Musa alipokuwa amekwisha kusema nao, akatia utaji juu ya uso wake.
When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
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Lakini desturi ya Musa ilikuwa alipoingia mbele za Bwana kusema naye, kuuvua huo utaji mpaka atoke; akatoka akawaambia wana wa Israeli maneno yote aliyoambiwa.
But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would remove the veil until he came out. And when he came out, he would tell the Israelites what he had been commanded,
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Wana wa Israeli wakauona uso wa Musa ya kuwa ngozi ya uso wake Musa iling'aa; naye Musa akautia utaji juu ya uso wake tena, hata alipoingia kusema naye.
and the Israelites would see that the face of Moses was radiant. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.