Thawabu Ya Utii
(Kumbukumbu 7:12-24; 28:1-14)
126:1 Kut 20:4; 23:24; Za 97:2; Isa 48:5; Yer 44:9; Hab 2:18; Hes 33:52; Kum 4:16-19; Isa 44:9-20; Za 97:7“ ‘Msijitengenezee sanamu au kusimamisha kinyago cha kuchonga, au mnara, wala jiwe la kuabudia, na pia msijiwekee jiwe lililochongwa katika nchi yenu na kusujudu mbele yake. Mimi ndimi Bwana Mungu wenu.
226:2 Kut 20:8; Law 19:30“ ‘Zishikeni Sabato zangu na kuheshimu mahali patakatifu pangu. Mimi ndimi Bwana.
326:3 Mwa 26:5; Kut 24:8; Kum 6:17; 7:12; 11:13, 22; 28:1, 9“ ‘Ikiwa mtafuata amri zangu na kuwa waangalifu kutii maagizo yangu, 426:4 Kum 11:14; 28:12; Za 65:9; 67:6; 68:9; 104:13; 147:8; Yer 5:24; Hos 6:3; Yoe 2:23; Zek 10:1; Ay 5:10; 14:9; Kut 23:24; Law 25:19nitawanyeshea mvua katika majira yake, nayo ardhi itatoa mazao yake, na miti ya mashambani itazaa matunda yake. 526:5 Kum 6:11; 11:15; Eze 36:29-30; Yoe 2:19, 26; Law 25:18Kupura nafaka kwenu kutaendelea mpaka wakati wa kuvuna zabibu. Pia kuvuna zabibu kutaendelea mpaka wakati wa kupanda mbegu, nanyi mtakula na kushiba, na mtaishi salama katika nchi yenu.
626:6 Za 3:5; 4:8; 29:11; 37:11; 85:8; 147:14; Isa 17:2; 26:3; 54:13; 60:18; Hag 2:9; Mit 3:24; Ay 11:18-19; Yer 30:10; Mik 4:4; Sef 3:13; Mwa 37:20“ ‘Nitawapa amani katika nchi, mpate kulala pasipo kutiwa hofu na yeyote. Nitawaondoa wanyama wakali watoke kwenye nchi, nao upanga hautapita katika nchi yenu. 726:7 Za 18:37; 44:5Mtawafukuza adui zenu, nanyi mtawaua kwa upanga mbele yenu. 826:8 Isa 30:17; Kum 28:7; 32:30; Yos 23:10; Amu 15:15; 1Nya 12:14Watu wenu watano watafukuza adui mia, watu wenu mia watafukuza adui elfu kumi, nao adui zenu wataanguka kwa upanga mbele yenu.
926:9 Mwa 1:22; 17:6, 7; Neh 9:23; Kut 2:25; 2Fal 13:23“ ‘Nitawaangalia kwa upendeleo na kuwafanya mzae na kuzidisha idadi yenu, nami nitalishika Agano langu na ninyi. 1026:10 Law 25:22Wakati wa kuvuna mtakuwa bado mnakula mavuno ya mwaka uliopita, na itawalazimu kuyaondoa ghalani ili mpate nafasi ya mavuno mapya. 1126:11 Kut 25:8; Za 74:7; 76:2; Eze 37:27; Kum 31:6; 1Sam 12:22; 1Fal 6:13; 2Fal 17:15Nitafanya makao yangu miongoni mwenu, nami sitawachukia. 1226:12 Mwa 3:8; 17:7; Kut 6:7; Yer 7:23; 11:4; 24:7; 30:22; 31:1; Zek 13:9; 2Kor 6:16; Efe 2:21; Ebr 3:6; Eze 11:20Nitatembea katikati yenu niwe Mungu wenu, nanyi mtakuwa watu wangu. 1326:13 Law 11:44; Kut 6:6; 13:3; Isa 10:27; Yer 2:20; 27:2; 28:10; 30:8; Eze 30:18; 34:27; Hos 11:4Mimi ndimi Bwana Mungu wenu, niliyewatoa katika nchi ya Misri ili msiendelee kuwa watumwa wa Wamisri, nikavunja kongwa lenu, na kuwawezesha kutembea mkiwa mmeinua vichwa vyenu juu.
Adhabu Ya Kutokutii
(Kumbukumbu 28:15-68)
1426:14 Kum 28:15-68; Mal 2:2“ ‘Lakini kama hamtanisikiliza na kutimiza maagizo haya yote, 1526:15 Mwa 17:7; 2Fal 17:15nanyi kama mtazikataa amri zangu na kuzichukia sheria zangu, tena mkishindwa kutimiza amri zangu na hivyo mkavunja agano langu, 1626:16 Kum 28:22, 35; Za 78:33; 107:17; 1Sam 2:33; Eze 4:17; 24:23; 33:10; Amu 6:3-6; Ay 31:8ndipo nitakapowafanyia hili: Nitawaletea juu yenu hofu ya ghafula, magonjwa ya kufisha, na homa itakayopofusha macho yenu na kuwaondolea uhai wenu. Mtapanda mbegu bila mafanikio, kwa sababu adui zenu wataila. 1726:17 Law 17:10; Eze 15:7; Kum 28:7, 25, 48; Yos 7:4, 12; Amu 2:15; 1Fal 8:33; 2Nya 6:24; Yer 9:17; 21:7; Za 106:41; 53:5; Mit 28:1; Isa 30:17Nitauelekeza uso wangu dhidi yenu ili mshindwe na adui zenu; wale wanaowachukia watawatawala, nanyi mtakimbia ingawa hakuna mtu anayewafukuza.
1826:18 Za 99:8; Yer 21:14; Amo 3:14“ ‘Kama baada ya haya yote hamtanisikiliza, nitawaadhibu mara saba zaidi kwa ajili ya dhambi zenu. 1926:19 Za 10:4; 73:6; Isa 16:6; 25:11; 28:1-3; Yer 13:9; 48:29; Eze 24:21; Amo 6:8; Sef 3:11; Kum 28:23; Ay 28:28Nitakivunja kiburi chenu cha ukaidi na kuifanya anga iliyo juu yenu iwe kama chuma, na ardhi yenu kama shaba. 2026:20 Kum 11:17; 28:24, 38; Za 127:1; Isa 17:11; 49:4; Yer 12:13; Mik 6:15; Hag 1:6Nguvu zenu zitatumika bila ya mafanikio, kwa sababu ardhi yenu haitawazalia mazao yake, wala miti ya nchi yenu haitazaa matunda yake.
2126:21 Mwa 4:15“ ‘Kama mtaendelea kuwa na uadui nami, na kukataa kunisikiliza, nitawazidishia mateso yenu mara saba zaidi, kama dhambi zenu zinavyostahili. 2226:22 Mwa 37:20; Kum 28:62; Yer 42:2; 5:6; 14:16; 15:3; 16:4; Eze 14:15Nitawatuma wanyama mwitu dhidi yenu, nao watawaibieni watoto wenu, watawaangamiza ngʼombe wenu, na kuifanya idadi yenu kuwa ndogo, hivi kwamba barabara zenu zitakuwa hazina watu.
2326:23 Yer 2:30; 5:3; 7:28; 17:23; 32:33; Sef 3:2“ ‘Ikiwa pamoja na mambo haya hamtakubali maonyo yangu lakini mkaendelea kuweka uadui nami, 2426:24 2Sam 22:27mimi mwenyewe nitaweka uadui nanyi, na kuwatesa kwa ajili ya dhambi zenu mara saba zaidi. 2526:25 Yer 5:17; 15:3; 47:6; 50:28; 51:6, 11; Eze 11:8; 14:17; 21:4; 33:2; Kut 5:3; 9:3; Hes 16:46; 1Fal 8:37; Hab 3:5Nitawaletea upanga juu yenu ili kuwapatiliza kwa kuvunja Agano langu. Mtakapokimbilia mijini mwenu, nitatuma tauni katikati yenu, nanyi mtatiwa mikononi mwa adui zenu. 2626:26 1Fal 8:37; 18:2; 2Fal 4:38; 6:25; 25:3; Za 105:16; Isa 3:1; 9:20; Yer 37:21; 52:6; Eze 4:16-17; 5:16; 14:13; Hos 4:10; Mik 6:14Nitakapowaondolea upatikanaji wa mkate wenu, wanawake kumi wataoka mkate wenu katika tanuru moja, nao wataugawa mkate kidogo kwa kupima. Mtakula, lakini hamtashiba.
27“ ‘Kama hata baada ya haya bado hamtanisikiliza lakini mkaendelea kuweka uadui nami, 2826:28 Kum 32:19; Amu 2:14; Za 78:59; 106:40; Kum 7:10; Ay 34:11; Isa 59:18; 65:5-7; 66:6; Yer 17:10; 25:29; Yoe 3:4ndipo katika hasira yangu nitaweka uadui nanyi, nami mwenyewe nitawaadhibu mara saba kwa ajili ya dhambi zenu. 2926:29 2Fal 6:29; Yer 19:6; Mao 4:10; Eze 5:10; Kum 28:53Mtakula nyama ya wana wenu na nyama ya binti zenu. 3026:30 Kum 12:2; 1Sam 9:12; 10:5; 1Fal 3:2, 4; 12:31; 13:2, 32; 2Fal 17:29; 23:20; 2Nya 34:3, 4; Za 78:58; 106:40; Eze 6:3, 6, 13; 16:16; Amo 6:8; 7:9; Isa 17:8; 27:9; 21:9; Yer 50:2Nitapaharibu mahali penu pa juu pa kuabudia miungu, nibomoe madhabahu zenu za kufukizia uvumba, na kuzilundika maiti zenu juu ya sanamu zenu zisizo na uhai, nami nitawachukia ninyi sana. 3126:31 Neh 1:3; Isa 1:7; 3:8, 26; 6:11; 24:12; 61:4; 63:18; 64:11; Yer 4:7; 9:11; 25:11; 34:22; 44:2-6, 22; Eze 36:33; 24:21; Mik 2:4; 3:12; Sef 2:5; 3:6; 2Fal 22:19; Za 74:3-7; Mao 2:7; Amo 7:9; 5:21; 8:10Nitaifanya miji yenu kuwa magofu, na kuharibu mahali patakatifu penu pa kuabudia, nami sitapendezwa na harufu nzuri ya sadaka zenu. 3226:32 Isa 5:6; 52:14; Yer 9:11; 12:11; 25:11; 26:9; 33:10; 34:22; 44:22; 18:16; 19:8; 48:39; 1Fal 9:8; 2Nya 29:8; Eze 5:14; 26:16; 27:35; 28:19Nitaiharibu nchi, ili adui zenu watakaokuja kuishi humo washangae. 3326:33 Yer 4:11; 7:34; 9:16; 13:24; 31:10; 40:3, 15; 50:17; 42:16; Eze 5:10; 12:15; 17:21; 20:23; 22:15; 34:6; Yoe 3:2; Kum 4:27; 28:64; Neh 1:8; Za 44:11; 106:27; Zek 7:14; Amo 9:4; Isa 49:19; 1Sam 15:22; Ay 36:11Nitawatawanya ninyi miongoni mwa mataifa, na kuufuta upanga wangu na kuwafuatia. Nchi yenu itaharibiwa, nayo miji yenu itakuwa magofu. 3426:34 Isa 1:7; Yer 7:34; 25:11; 44:6; Eze 33:29; 2Nya 36:21Ndipo nchi itafurahia Sabato zake muda wote ule itakapokuwa ukiwa, nanyi mkiwa katika nchi ya adui zenu. Ndipo nchi itapumzika na kufurahia Sabato zake. 3526:35 Law 25:4Wakati wote nchi itakapobaki ukiwa, itapumzika na kufurahia Sabato zake ambazo haikuzipata mlipokuwa mnaishi humo.
3626:36 Ay 13:25; 2Fal 25:5; Za 58:7; Mao 1:3-6; 4:19; Eze 21:7“ ‘Kwa habari ya wenzenu wale watakaobaki, nitaifanya mioyo yao kuwa na hofu kuu katika nchi za adui zao, kiasi kwamba sauti ya jani linalopeperushwa na upepo itawafanya wakimbie. Watakimbia kana kwamba wanakimbia upanga, nao wataanguka, ingawa hakuna anayewafukuza. 3726:37 Yer 6:21; 13:16; 46:16; Eze 3:20; Nah 3:3; Yos 7:12Watajikwaa mmoja juu ya mwingine kama wakimbiao upanga, hata ingawa hakuna anayewafuatia. Hivyo hamtaweza kusimama mbele ya adui zenu. 3826:38 Ay 4:9; 36:12; Isa 1:28; Yer 16:4; 44:27; Kum 4:26Mtaangamia katikati ya mataifa; nchi ya adui zenu itawala. 3926:39 Kut 20:5; Isa 14:21; 24:16; Eze 4:17Wale wenu watakaobaki wataangamia katika nchi za adui zao kwa sababu ya dhambi zao; pia kwa sababu ya dhambi za baba zao wataangamia.
4026:40 Law 5:5; Za 32:5; 38:18; 106:6; Neh 9:2; Yer 3:12-15; 14:20; Hos 5:15; Lk 15:18; 1Yn 1:9“ ‘Lakini kama watatubu dhambi zao na dhambi za baba zao, udanganyifu wao dhidi yangu na uadui wao kwangu, 4126:41 Kum 10:16; 4:31; 30:6; Yer 4:4; 9:25-26; 4:27; 5:10; 30:11; 31:37; 33:26; 51:5; Eze 20:43; 44:7-9; Mdo 7:51; 2Nya 7:14; 12:6; Isa 6:7; 33:24; 40:2; 53:6-11; Amu 2:1ambao ulinifanya niwe na uadui nao hata nikawapeleka katika nchi ya adui zao, wakati mioyo yao isiyotahiriwa itanyenyekea na kutubu dhambi yao, 4226:42 Za 69:25; 106:24; Isa 6:11; 32:14; 62:4; Yer 2:15; 44:2; Eze 20:13; 36:4; Hes 11:20; 14:31; 1Sam 8:7nami nitakumbuka agano langu na Yakobo, na agano langu na Isaki, na agano langu na Abrahamu, nami nitaikumbuka nchi. 43Kwa kuwa wataiacha nchi ukiwa, nayo itafurahia Sabato zake wakati itakuwa ukiwa bila wao. Wataadhibiwa kwa ajili ya dhambi zao, kwa sababu walizikataa sheria zangu na kuzichukia amri zangu. 4426:44 2Fal 17:20; 25:11; 2Nya 6:36; 36:20; Rum 11:2; Kut 6:8; Law 25:38Lakini pamoja na hili, wakati watakuwa katika nchi ya adui zao, sitawakataa wala kuwachukia kiasi cha kuwaharibu kabisa na kuvunja agano langu nao. Mimi ndimi Bwana Mungu wao. 4526:45 Kum 4:31Lakini kwa ajili yao nitalikumbuka agano langu na baba zao, ambao niliwatoa Misri mbele ya mataifa ili niwe Mungu wao. Mimi ndimi Bwana.’ ”
4626:46 Kut 19:11; Law 7:38; 27:34Hizi ndizo amri, sheria na pia masharti ambazo Bwana alifanya kati yake mwenyewe na Waisraeli katika Mlima Sinai kupitia kwa Mose.
Rewards for Obeying the Lord
1“ ‘Do not make statues of gods for yourselves. Do not set up a likeness of a god or a sacred stone for yourselves. Do not place a carved stone in your land and bow down in front of it. I am the Lord your God.
2“ ‘You must always keep my Sabbath days. Have respect for my sacred tent. I am the Lord.
3“ ‘Follow my rules. Be careful to obey my commands. 4Then I will send you rain at the right time. The ground will produce its crops. The trees will bear their fruit. 5You will continue to harvest your grain until you gather your grapes. You will continue to gather your grapes until you plant your crops. You will have all you want to eat. And you will live in safety in your land.
6“ ‘I will give you peace in the land. You will be able to sleep because no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild animals from the land. There will not be any war in your country. 7You will hunt down your enemies. You will kill them with your swords. 8Five of you will chase 100. And 100 of you will chase 10,000. You will kill your enemies with your swords.
9“ ‘I will bless you. I will give you many children so that there will be many of you. And I will be faithful to the covenant I made with you. 10You will still be eating last year’s crops when you will have to make room for new crops. 11I will live among you. I will not turn away from you. 12I will walk among you. I will be your God. And you will be my people. 13I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. I did not want you to be slaves in Egypt anymore. I threw off your heavy load. I helped you walk with your heads held high.
Punishment for Not Obeying the Lord
14“ ‘On the other hand, suppose you do not listen to me. Suppose you do not carry out all my commands. 15Suppose you say no to my rules and turn away from my laws. And suppose you break my covenant by failing to carry out all my commands. 16Then here is what I will do to you. All at once I will bring terror on you. I will send sicknesses that will make you weak. I will send fever that will destroy your sight. It will slowly take your strength away. When you plant seeds, it will not do you any good. Instead, your enemies will eat what you have planted. 17I will turn against you. Then your enemies will win the battle over you. Those who hate you will rule over you. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.
18“ ‘After all that, suppose you still will not listen to me. Then I will punish you for your sins seven times. 19I will break down your stubborn pride. I will make the sky above you like iron, and it will not rain. I will make the ground under you like bronze, and you will not be able to farm it. 20You will work with all your strength, but it will not do you any good. That is because your soil will not produce any crops. The trees of your land will not bear any fruit.
21“ ‘Suppose you continue to be my enemy. And suppose you still refuse to listen to me. Then I will multiply your troubles many times because of your sins. 22I will send wild animals against you. They will kill your children. They will destroy your cattle. There will be so few of you left that your roads will be deserted.
23“ ‘After all those things, suppose you still do not accept my warnings. And suppose you continue to be my enemy. 24Then I myself will be your enemy. I will make you suffer again and again for your sins. 25I will send war against you to punish you for breaking my covenant. When you go back into your cities, I will send a plague among you. You will be handed over to your enemies. 26I will cut off your supply of bread. Ten women will need only one oven to bake your bread. They will weigh out the bread piece by piece. Even when you eat all of it, it will not be enough to satisfy you.
27“ ‘After all that, suppose you still do not listen to me. And suppose you continue to be my enemy. 28Then I will be angry with you. I will be your enemy. I myself will again punish you for your sins over and over. 29You will eat the dead bodies of your sons. You will also eat the dead bodies of your daughters. 30I will destroy the high places where you worship other gods. I will pull down your incense altars. I will pile up your dead bodies on the lifeless statues of your gods. And I will turn away from you. 31I will completely destroy your cities. I will destroy your places of worship. The pleasant smell of your offerings will not give me any delight. 32I myself will destroy your land so completely that your enemies who live there will be shocked. 33I will scatter you among the nations. I will pull out my sword and hunt you down. Your land and your cities will be completely destroyed. 34Then the deserted land will enjoy its sabbath years. It will rest. It will not be farmed. It will enjoy its sabbaths. But you will become prisoners in the country of your enemies. 35The land will rest the whole time it is deserted. It was not able to rest during the sabbaths you lived in it.
36“ ‘Some of you will be left in the lands of your enemies. I will fill your hearts with fear. The sound of a leaf blown by the wind will scare you away. You will run as if you were escaping from swords. You will fall down, even though no one is chasing you. 37You will trip over one another as if you were running away from the battle. You will run away, even though no one is chasing you. You will not be able to stand and fight against your enemies. 38While you are still scattered among the nations, you will die. The lands of your enemies will destroy you. 39You who are left in those lands will become weaker and weaker. You will die because of your sins and the sins of your people who lived before you.
40“ ‘But suppose you admit that both you and your people who lived before you have sinned. You admit the evil and dishonest things you have done against me. And you admit you have become my enemy. 41What you did made me become your enemy. I let your enemies take you into their land. But suppose you stop being stubborn. You stop being proud. And you pay for your sin. 42Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob. I will remember my covenant with Isaac. I will remember my covenant with Abraham. I will remember what I said to them about the land. 43You will leave the land. It will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies deserted because you are not there. You will pay for your sins because you said no to my laws. You turned away from my rules. 44But even after all that, I will not say no to you or turn away from you. I will not destroy you completely in the land of your enemies. I will not break my covenant with you. I am the Lord your God. 45Because of you, I will remember the covenant I made with the people of Israel who lived before you. I brought them out of Egypt to be their God. The nations saw me do it. I am the Lord.’ ”
46These are the orders, the laws and the rules of the covenant the Lord made on Mount Sinai. He made it between himself and the Israelites through Moses.
