Laws About Mercy and Fairness
1“Do not spread reports that are false. Do not help a guilty person by telling lies in court.
2“Do not follow the crowd when they do what is wrong. When you are a witness in court, do not turn what is right into what is wrong. Do not go along with the crowd. 3Do not show favor to a poor person in court.
4“Suppose you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering away. Then be sure to return it. 5Suppose you see that the donkey of someone who hates you has fallen down under its load. Then do not leave it there. Be sure you help them with it.
6“Be fair to your poor people in their court cases. 7Do not have anything to do with a false charge. Do not put to death people not guilty of doing anything wrong. I will not let guilty people go free.
8“Do not take money from people who want special favors. It makes you blind to the truth. It twists the words of good people.
9“Do not treat outsiders badly. You yourselves know how it feels to be outsiders. Remember, you were outsiders in Egypt.
Sabbath Laws
10“For six years plant your fields and gather your crops. 11But during the seventh year do not plow your land or use it. Then the poor people among you can get food from it. The wild animals can eat what is left over. Do the same thing with your vineyards and your groves of olive trees.
12“Do all your work in six days. But do not do any work on the seventh day. Then your oxen and donkeys can rest. The slaves born in your house can be renewed. And so can the outsiders who live among you.
13“Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not speak the names of other gods. Do not even let them be heard on your lips.
Laws About Celebrating the Three Main Feasts
14“Three times a year you must celebrate a feast in my honor.
15“Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days, eat bread made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Do it at the appointed time in the month of Aviv. You came out of Egypt in that month.
“You must not come to worship me with your hands empty.
16“Celebrate the Feast of Weeks. Bring the first share of your crops from your fields.
“Celebrate the Feast of Booths. Hold it in the fall when you gather in your crops from your fields.
17“Three times a year all your men must come to worship me. I am your Lord and King.
18“Do not include anything made with yeast when you offer me the blood of a sacrifice.
“Suppose the fat from sacrifices is left over from my feasts. Then do not keep it until morning.
19“Bring the best of the first share of your crops to my house. I am the Lord your God.
“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
God’s Angel Will Prepare the Way
20“I am sending an angel ahead of you. He will guard you along the way. He will bring you to the place I have prepared. 21Pay attention to him. Listen to what he says. Do not refuse to obey him. He will not forgive you if you turn against him. He has my full authority. 22Listen carefully to what he says. Do everything I say. Then I will be an enemy to your enemies. I will fight against those who fight against you. 23My angel will go ahead of you. He will bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites. I will wipe them out. 24Do not do what they do. Do not bow down to their gods or worship them. You must destroy the statues of their gods. You must break their sacred stones to pieces. 25Worship the Lord your God. Then he will bless your food and water. I, the Lord, will take away any sickness you may have. 26In your land no woman will give birth to a dead baby. Every woman will be able to have children. I will give you a long life.
27“I will send my terror ahead of you. I will throw every nation you meet into a panic. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run away. 28I will send hornets ahead of you. They will drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. 29But I will not drive them out in just one year. If I did, the land would be deserted. There would be too many wild animals for you. 30I will drive them out ahead of you little by little. I will do that until there are enough of you to take control of the land.
31“I will make your borders secure from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. They will go from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will hand over to you the people who live in the land. You will drive them out to make room for yourselves. 32Do not make a covenant with them or with their gods. 33Do not let them live in your land. If you do, they will cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, that will certainly be a trap for you.”
Sheria Za Haki Na Rehema
123:1 Mwa 36:7; Mt 19:18; Lk 3:14; Kut 20:16; Kum 5:20; 19:16-21; Za 27:12; 35:11; Mit 19:5; Mdo 6:11“Usieneze habari za uongo. Usimsaidie mtu mwovu kwa kuwa shahidi mwenye nia ya kudhuru wengine.
223:2 Law 19:15, 33; Kum 1:17; 27:19; 1Sam 8:3; Kum 24:17; 16:19; Ay 31:34“Usifuate umati wa watu katika kutenda mabaya. Unapotoa ushahidi kwenye mashtaka, usipotoshe haki ukijumuika na umati wa watu, 323:3 Rum 12:20; Law 6:2-3; 19:11; Kum 22:1-2nawe usimpendelee mtu maskini katika mashtaka yake.
4“Kama ukikutana na maksai au punda wa adui yako anapotea, hakikisha umemrudisha kwake. 523:5 Kum 22:4Ukiona punda wa mtu anayekuchukia ameanguka na mzigo wake, usimwache hapo alipoangukia; hakikisha kuwa umemsaidia.
623:6 Kum 23:16; Mit 22:22“Usiwanyime haki watu wako walio maskini katika mashtaka yao. 723:7 Kut 20:16; Efe 4:24-25; Mt 27:4; Mwa 18:23; Kut 34:7; Kum 19:18; 25:1Ujiepushe na mashtaka ya uongo, wala usimuue mtu asiye na hatia au mtu mwaminifu, kwa maana sitamhesabia hana hatia yeye aliye na hatia.
823:8 Kut 18:21; Law 9:15; Kum 10:17; 27:25; Ay 15:34; 36:18; Za 26:10; Mit 6:35; 15:27; 17:8; Isa 1:23; 5:23; Mik 3:11; 7:3“Usipokee rushwa, kwa kuwa rushwa hupofusha wale waonao, na kupinda maneno ya wenye haki.
923:9 Kut 22:21; Law 19:33-34; Eze 22:7“Usimwonee mgeni; ninyi wenyewe mnajua jinsi mgeni anavyojisikia, kwa sababu mlikuwa wageni Misri.
Sheria Za Sabato
10“Kwa muda wa miaka sita mtapanda mashamba yenu na kuvuna mazao, 1123:11 Law 25:1-7; Neh 10:31lakini katika mwaka wa saba usiilime ardhi wala kuitumia, ili watu walio maskini miongoni mwenu waweze kupata chakula kutoka kwenye hayo mashamba, nao wanyama pori wapate chakula kwa yale mabaki watakayobakiza. Utafanya hivyo katika shamba lako la mizabibu na la mizeituni.
1223:12 Kut 20:9; Lk 13:14; Mwa 2:2-3“Kwa siku sita fanya kazi zako, lakini siku ya saba usifanye kazi, ili maksai wako na punda wako wapate kupumzika, naye mtumwa aliyezaliwa nyumbani mwako, pamoja na mgeni, wapate kustarehe.
1323:13 Kum 4:9, 23; 1Tim 4:16; Kum 12:3; Yos 23:7; Za 16:4; Zek 13:2; Kum 18:20; Hos 2:17“Uzingatie kutenda kila kitu nilichokuambia. Usiombe kwa majina ya miungu mingine, wala usiyaruhusu kusikika kinywani mwako.
Sikukuu Tatu Za Mwaka
(Kutoka 34:18-26; Kumbukumbu 16:1-17)
1423:14 Kut 12:14; 34:23-24; Kum 16:16; 1Fal 9:25; 2Nya 8:13; Eze 46:9“Mara tatu kwa mwaka utanifanyia sikukuu.
1523:15 Kut 12:17; Mt 26:17; Lk 22:1; Mdo 12:3; Kut 12:2; 22:29“Utaadhimisha Sikukuu ya Mikate Isiyotiwa Chachu; kwa siku saba utakula mikate isiyotiwa chachu kama nilivyokuagiza. Fanya jambo hili kwa wakati uliopangwa katika mwezi wa Abibu, ndio mwezi wa nne, kwa sababu katika mwezi huo ulitoka Misri.
“Mtu yeyote asije mbele yangu mikono mitupu.
1623:16 Law 23:15-21; Hes 28:26; Kum 16:9; 2Nya 8:13; Kut 22:29; 34:22; Law 23:34, 42; Kum 16:16; 31:10; Ezr 3:4; Neh 8:14; Zek 14:16; Yer 40:10; Kum 16:13“Utaadhimisha Sikukuu ya Mavuno kwa malimbuko ya mazao yako uliyopanda katika shamba lako.
“Utaadhimisha Sikukuu ya Kukusanya mavuno mwishoni mwa mwaka, unapokusanya mavuno yako toka shambani.
17“Mara tatu kwa mwaka wanaume wote watakuja mbele za Bwana Mwenyezi.
1823:18 Kut 34:25; Law 2:11; Kut 12:8“Msitoe damu ya dhabihu kwangu pamoja na kitu chochote kilicho na chachu.
“Mafuta ya mnyama wa sadaka ya sikukuu yangu yasibakizwe mpaka asubuhi.
19“Utaleta malimbuko bora ya ardhi yako katika nyumba ya Bwana Mungu wako.
“Usimchemshe mwana-mbuzi katika maziwa ya mama yake.
Malaika Wa Mungu Kuandaa Njia
2023:20 Mwa 16:7; Kut 15:17; 32:34“Tazama, ninamtuma malaika akutangulie mbele yako akulinde njiani na kukuleta mpaka mahali nilipoandaa. 2123:21 Kum 18:19; Yer 13:15; Kum 29:20; 2Fal 24:4; Mao 1:17; Hes 17:10; Kum 9:7; 31:27; Yos 24:19; Za 25:7; 78:8, 40; 106:33; 107; 11; 1Yn 5:16; Kut 3:15Mtamtii na kusikiliza kile anachokisema. Usiasi dhidi yake; hatakusamehe uasi wako, kwa maana Jina langu limo ndani yake. 2223:22 Kut 15:26; Mwa 12:3; Isa 41:11; Yer 30:20Kama ukitii kweli kweli kile asemacho na kufanya yote nisemayo, nitakuwa adui wa adui zako, na nitawapinga wale wakupingao. 2323:23 Hes 13:29; 21:21; Yos 3:10; 24:8-10; 24:8-11; Ezr 9:1Malaika wangu atatangulia mbele yako na kukuleta katika nchi ya Waamori, Wahiti, Waperizi, Wakanaani, Wahivi na Wayebusi, nami nitawafutilia mbali. 2423:24 Kut 20:5; Law 18:3; 20:23; Kum 9:4; 12:30-31; Yer 10:2; Kut 34:13; Hes 33:52; Kum 7:5; 12:3; Amu 2:2; 2Fal 18:4; 23:14; Kum 16:22; 1Fal 14:23; 3:2; 10:26; 17:20; 2Nya 14:2-3; Isa 27:9Usiisujudie miungu yao, au kuiabudu, wala kufuata desturi yao. Utayabomoa kabisa na kuvunjavunja mawe yao ya ibada vipande vipande. 2523:25 Mt 4:10; Law 26:3-13; Kum 7:12-15; 28:1-14; Kut 15:26Utamwabudu Bwana Mungu wako, na baraka zake zitakuwa juu ya vyakula vyako na maji yako. Nami nitaondoa maradhi miongoni mwako, 2623:26 Law 26:3-4; Kum 7:14; 28:4; Mal 3:11; Mwa 15:15; Kum 4:1, 40; 21:12na hakuna atakayeharibu mimba wala atakayekuwa tasa katika nchi yako. Nami nitakupa maisha makamilifu.
2723:27 Mwa 35:5; Kut 15:14; 14:24; Kum 7:23; 2Sam 22:41; Za 18:40; 21:12“Nitapeleka utisho wangu mbele yako na kufadhaisha kila taifa utakalolifikia. Nitafanya adui zako wote wakupe kisogo na kukimbia. 2823:28 Kum 7:20; Yos 24:12; Kut 33:2; 34:11, 24; Hes 13:29; Kum 4:38; 11:23; 18:12; Yos 3:10; 24:11; Za 78:55Nitatanguliza manyigu mbele yako kuwafukuza Wahivi, Wakanaani na Wahiti waondoke njiani mwako. 2923:29 Kum 7:22Lakini sitawafukuza kwa mara moja, kwa sababu nchi itabaki ukiwa na wanyama pori watakuwa wengi mno kwako. 3023:30 Yos 23:5Nitawafukuza kidogo kidogo mbele yako, mpaka uwe umeongezeka kiasi cha kutosha kuimiliki nchi.
3123:31 Mwa 2:14; Kum 34:2; Ezr 4:20; Kum 7:24; 9:3; Yos 21:44; 24:12-18; Za 80:8“Nitaweka mipaka ya nchi yako kuanzia Bahari ya Shamu hadi Bahari ya Wafilisti, na kuanzia jangwani hadi Mto Frati. Nitawatia watu wanaoishi katika nchi hizo mikononi mwako, nawe utawafukuza watoke mbele yako. 3223:32 Mwa 26:28; Kut 34:12; Kum 7:2; Yos 9:7; Amu 2:2; 1Sam 11:1; 1Fal 15:19; 20:34; Eze 17:13Usifanye agano lolote nao wala na miungu yao. 3323:33 Kut 10:7; Za 106:36Usiwaache waishi katika nchi yako, la sivyo watakusababisha utende dhambi dhidi yangu, kwa sababu ibada ya miungu yao hakika itakuwa mtego kwako.”
