Deuteronomy 27 – NIRV & NEN

New International Reader’s Version

Deuteronomy 27:1-26

The Altar on Mount Ebal

1Moses and the elders of Israel gave commands to the people. They said, “Obey all the commands we’re giving you today. 2You will go across the Jordan River. You will enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you do, set up some large stones. Put a coat of plaster on them. 3Write all the words of this law on them. Do it when you have crossed over into the land the Lord your God is giving you. It’s a land that has plenty of milk and honey. The Lord is the God of your people of long ago. He promised you that you would enter the land. 4After you have gone across the Jordan, set up those stones on Mount Ebal. Put a coat of plaster on them. We’re commanding you today to do that. 5Build an altar there to honor the Lord your God. Make it out of stones. Don’t use any iron tool on them. 6Use stones you find in the fields to build his altar. Then offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God. 7Sacrifice friendship offerings there. Eat them and be filled with joy in the sight of the Lord your God. 8You must write all the words of this law on the stones you have set up. Write the words very clearly.”

Curses for Not Obeying the Lord

9Then Moses and the priests, who are Levites, spoke to all the Israelites. They said, “Israel, be quiet! Listen! You have now become the people of the Lord your God. 10Obey him. Obey his commands and rules that we’re giving you today.”

11Here are the commands Moses gave the people that same day.

12You will go across the Jordan River. When you do, six tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people. Those tribes are Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin. 13The other six tribes will stand on Mount Ebal to announce some curses. Those tribes are Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.

14The Levites will speak to all the Israelites in a loud voice. The Levites will say,

15“May anyone who makes a statue of a god and sets it up in secret be under the Lord’s curse. That statue is made by a skilled worker. And the Lord hates it.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

16“May anyone who brings shame on their father or mother be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

17“May anyone who moves their neighbor’s boundary stone be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

18“May anyone who leads blind people down the wrong road be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

19“May anyone who treats unfairly outsiders, widows, and children whose fathers have died be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

20“May anyone who sleeps with his stepmother be under the Lord’s curse. That man brings shame on his father by doing that.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

21“May anyone who has sex with animals be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

22“May anyone who sleeps with his sister be under the Lord’s curse. It doesn’t matter whether she is his full sister or his half sister.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

23“May anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

24“May anyone who kills their neighbor secretly be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

25“May anyone who accepts money to kill someone who isn’t guilty of doing anything wrong be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

26“May anyone who doesn’t honor the words of this law by obeying them be under the Lord’s curse.”

Then all the people will say, “Amen!”

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Kumbukumbu 27:1-26

Madhabahu Katika Mlima Ebali

127:1 Za 78:7Mose na wazee wa Israeli wakawaagiza watu: “Yashikeni maagizo haya yote ninayowaagiza leo. 227:2 Yos 4:1; Kut 24:4; Yos 24:26; 1Sam 7:12; Yos 8:31Mtakapokuwa mmevuka Mto Yordani na kuingia katika nchi awapayo Bwana Mungu wenu, msimamishe mawe makubwa na mkayatie lipu. 327:3 Kut 3:8; Kum 26:9Andikeni juu yake maneno yote ya sheria hii wakati mtakapokuwa mmevuka na kuingia katika nchi awapayo Bwana Mungu wenu, nchi itiririkayo maziwa na asali, kama vile Bwana, Mungu wa baba zenu, alivyowaahidi. 427:4 Kum 11:29; Yos 8:30Mtakapokuwa mmevuka Yordani, simamisheni mawe haya juu ya Mlima Ebali, kama ninavyowaagiza leo, mkayatie lipu. 527:5 Kut 20:24-25; Yos 8:31Huko mjengeeni Bwana Mungu wenu madhabahu, madhabahu ya mawe. Msitumie kifaa chochote cha chuma juu yake. 6Jengeni madhabahu ya Bwana Mungu wenu kwa mawe ya shambani, na mtoe sadaka za kuteketezwa juu yake kwa Bwana Mungu wenu. 727:7 Kut 32:6; Kum 16:11; Yos 8:31Toeni sadaka za amani juu yake, mkizila na kufurahia mbele za Bwana Mungu wenu. 827:8 Isa 8:1; 30:8; Hab 2:2; Yos 8:32Nanyi mtaandika maneno yote ya sheria hii kwa wazi sana juu ya mawe haya ambayo mmesimamisha.”

Laana Kutoka Mlima Ebali

927:9 Kum 17:9; 26:18Kisha Mose na makuhani, ambao ni Walawi, wakawaambia Israeli wote, “Nyamaza ee Israeli, sikiliza! Sasa umekuwa taifa la Bwana Mungu wako. 10Mtii Bwana Mungu wako, na kufuata amri zake na maagizo ninayokupa leo.”

11Siku ile ile Mose akawaagiza watu:

1227:12 Kum 11:29; Mwa 30:18; Yos 8:35; Amu 9:7Mtakapovuka Mto Yordani, makabila haya yatasimama juu ya Mlima Gerizimu kubariki watu: Simeoni, Lawi, Yuda, Isakari, Yosefu na Benyamini. 1327:13 Kum 11:29Makabila haya yatasimama juu ya Mlima Ebali kwa kutamka laana: Reubeni, Gadi, Asheri, Zabuloni, Dani na Naftali.

1427:14 Kum 33:10; Yos 8:33; Neh 8:7-8; Dan 9:11; Mal 2:7-9Nao Walawi watawasomea watu wote wa Israeli kwa sauti kubwa:

1527:15 Kut 20:4; 34:17; 1Fal 11:5-7; 2Fal 23:13; Isa 44:9, 19; 66:3; Hes 5:22; 1Kor 14:6; Law 19:4; 26:1; Kum 4:16, 23; Isa 44:9; Hos 13:2; Hes 5:22; Yer 11:5“Alaaniwe mtu afanyaye sanamu ya kuchonga au mwenye kusubu sanamu, kitu ambacho ni chukizo kwa Bwana, kazi ya mikono ya fundi stadi, na kuisimamisha kwa siri.”