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Bwana akanena na Musa, na kumwambia,
Then the LORD said to Moses,
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Nena wewe na wana wa Israeli, uwaambie, Mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wenu.
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
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Nanyi msifanye matendo kama yale ya nchi ya Misri mliyokaa; wala msifanye matendo kama yale ya nchi ya Kanaani, nitakayowapeleka; wala msiende katika amri zao hao.
You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
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Mtazifanya hukumu zangu, nanyi mtazishika amri zangu, ili mwenende katika hizo; mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wenu.
You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.
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Kwa ajili ya hayo mtazishika amri zangu na hukumu zangu; ambazo mtu akizitumia ataishi kwa hizo; mimi ndimi Bwana.
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
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Mtu ye yote aliye wa kwenu asimkaribie mwenziwe aliye wa jamaa yake ya karibu ili kumfunua utupu; mimi ndimi Bwana.
None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
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Utupu wa baba yako, wala utupu wa mama yako, usifunue, maana ndiye mama yako; usifunue utupu wake.
You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
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Utupu wa mke wa baba yako, usifunue; maana, ni utupu wa baba yako.
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
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Utupu wa umbu lako, binti ya baba yako, au binti ya mama yako, kwamba alizaliwa nyumbani mwenu au kwamba alizaliwa kwengine, utupu wa hao usifunue.
You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
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Utupu wa binti ya mwanao mume, au wa binti ya binti yako, utupu wao hao usifunue; kwa kuwa ndio utupu wako mwenyewe.
You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.
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Utupu wa binti ya mkewe baba yako, aliyezaliwa na baba yako, yeye ni umbu lako, usifunue utupu wake.
You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
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Usifunue utupu wa umbu lake baba yako; maana, yeye ni jamaa aliye karibu.
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
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Usifunue utupu wa umbu la mama yako; maana, yeye ni jamaa ya mama yako ya karibu.
You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
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Usifunue utupu wa ndugu ya baba yako, usimkaribie mkewe huyo; yeye ni shangazi lako.
You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.
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Usifunue utupu wa mkweo mwanamke; yeye ni mke wa mwanao; usifunue utupu wake huyo.
You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.
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Usifunue utupu wa mke wa nduguyo; maana, ni utupu wa nduguyo.
You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.
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Usifunue utupu wa mwanamke na binti yake; usimtwae binti ya mwanawe mume, au binti ya binti yake, ili kufunua utupu wake; hao ni jamaa ya karibu; ni uovu mkuu.
You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
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Wala usitwae mwanamke pamoja na nduguye, awe mtesi wake, na kufunua utupu wake, huyo wa pili atakapokuwa yu hai.
You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
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Nawe usimkaribie mwanamke kufunua utupu wake wakati wa kutengwa kwa ajili ya unajisi wake.
You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
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Usilale na mke wa mwenzio, ukajitia unajisi naye.
You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
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Nawe usitoe kizazi chako cho chote na kuwapisha kwa Moleki, wala usilinajisi jina la Mungu wako; mimi ndimi Bwana.
You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
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Usilale na mwanamume mfano wa kulala na mwanamke; ni machukizo.
You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
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Wala usilale na mnyama ye yote, ili kujitia unajisi kwake; wala mwanamke asisimame mbele ya mnyama ili kulala naye; ni uchafuko.
You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
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Msijitie unajisi katika mambo hayo hata mojawapo; kwa maana hizo taifa nitakazozitoa mbele zenu zimekuwa najisi kwa mambo hayo yote;
Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
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na hiyo nchi imekuwa najisi; kwa ajili ya hayo naipatiliza uovu wake juu yake, na hiyo nchi yatapika wenyeji wake na kuwatoa.
Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
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Kwa hiyo mtazishika amri zangu na hukumu zangu, wala msifanye machukizo hayo mojawapo; yeye aliye mzalia, wala mgeni aketiye kati yenu;
But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
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(kwa kuwa hao watu wa nchi wameyafanya machukizo haya yote, hao waliotangulia mbele zenu, na hiyo nchi imekuwa najisi;)
For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
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ili kwamba hiyo nchi isiwatapike na ninyi pia, hapo mtakapoitia unajisi, kama ilivyoitapika hiyo taifa iliyotangulia mbele yenu.
So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.
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Kwani mtu awaye yote atakayefanya machukizo hayo mojawapo, nafsi hizo zitakazoyafanya zitakatiliwa mbali na watu wao.
Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.
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Kwa ajili ya hayo yashikeni mausia yangu, ili kwamba msifanye kabisa desturi hizi zichukizazo mojawapo, zilizotangulia kufanywa mbele zenu, wala msijitie unajisi katika mambo hayo; mimi ndimi Bwana, Mungu wenu. </p>
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”