Deuteronomy 26 – NIV & NEN

New International Version

Deuteronomy 26:1-19

Firstfruits and Tithes

1When you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, 2take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name 3and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.” 4The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. 5Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. 6But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor. 7Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. 8So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. 9He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; 10and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him. 11Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.

12When you have finished setting aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. 13Then say to the Lord your God: “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them. 14I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while I was in mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God; I have done everything you commanded me. 15Look down from heaven, your holy dwelling place, and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Follow the Lord’s Commands

16The Lord your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. 17You have declared this day that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in obedience to him, that you will keep his decrees, commands and laws—that you will listen to him. 18And the Lord has declared this day that you are his people, his treasured possession as he promised, and that you are to keep all his commands. 19He has declared that he will set you in praise, fame and honor high above all the nations he has made and that you will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised.

Kiswahili Contemporary Version (Neno: Bibilia Takatifu)

Kumbukumbu 26:1-19

Malimbuko Na Zaka

1Mtakapokuwa mmeingia nchi ile ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa kama urithi na mtakapokuwa mmeimiliki na kukaa ndani yake, 226:2 Kut 22:29; 20:24; Kum 12:5; Hes 18:12; Mit 3:9; Rum 6:23; Yak 1:18chukueni baadhi ya mavuno ya kwanza ya yale yote mtakayozalisha kutoka udongo wa nchi ambayo Bwana Mungu wenu anawapa na mweke kwenye kapu. Kisha uende mahali ambapo Bwana Mungu wako atapachagua kuwa makao kwa ajili ya Jina lake 3na umwambie kuhani atakayekuwepo kwa wakati huo, “Ninatangaza leo kwa Bwana Mungu wako kwamba nimekuja katika nchi ambayo Bwana aliwaapia baba zetu kwamba atatupa.” 4Kuhani atapokea lile kapu mikononi mwako na kuliweka chini mbele ya madhabahu ya Bwana Mungu wako. 526:5 Mwa 26:13; 25:20; 34:30; 43:14; 12:2; Hes 12:12; Kum 10:22Kisha utatangaza mbele za Bwana Mungu wako: “Baba yangu alikuwa Mwaramu aliyekuwa anatangatanga, akaenda Misri pamoja na watu wachache, akaishi huko hadi akawa taifa kubwa, lenye nguvu na watu wengi. 626:6 Hes 20:15; Kut 1:13Lakini Wamisri walituonea na kututaabisha, wakitufanyisha kazi ngumu. 726:7 Mwa 21:17; Kut 3:9; 2Fal 13:4; 14:26; Mwa 16:11; Za 42:9; 44:24; 72:14Kisha tulimlilia Bwana, Mungu wa baba zetu, naye Bwana akasikia sauti yetu na akaona huzuni yetu, taabu yetu na mateso yetu. 826:8 Hes 20:16; Kut 3:20; Kum 4:34; 34:11-12Kwa hiyo Bwana akatutoa nchi ya Misri kwa mkono wenye nguvu na ulionyooshwa, pamoja na utisho mkuu, ishara za miujiza na maajabu. 926:9 Kut 3:8Akatuleta mahali hapa akatupa nchi hii, nchi inayotiririka maziwa na asali; 1026:10 Kum 8:18nami sasa ninaleta malimbuko ya ardhi ambayo wewe, Ee Bwana, umenipa.” Weka kapu mbele za Bwana Mungu wako na usujudu mbele zake. 1126:11 Mit 10:2226:11 Kum 12:7, 12, 18; Mhu 5:18-20; Isa 65:14; Mdo 2:46, 47; Flp 4:4; 1Tim 6:17; Za 63:3, 5Kisha wewe pamoja na Walawi na wageni wote walioko miongoni mwenu mtafurahi katika vitu vyote vizuri ambavyo Bwana Mungu wenu amewapa pamoja na wa nyumbani mwenu.

1226:12 Mwa 14:20; Hes 18:24; Kum 14:28-29; Ebr 7:5-9; Law 27:30Wakati utakapokuwa umeshatoa zaka zote za mazao yako katika mwaka wa tatu, ambao ni mwaka wa zaka, utampa Mlawi, mgeni, yatima na mjane, ili waweze kula katika miji yenu na kushiba. 1326:13 Za 119:141, 153, 176Kisha umwambie Bwana Mungu wako: “Nimeondoa katika nyumba yangu ile sehemu iliyowekwa wakfu na nimempa Mlawi, mgeni, yatima na mjane, kulingana na yote uliyoamuru. Sijazihalifu amri zako wala kusahau hata mojawapo. 1426:14 Law 7:20; 21:1, 11; Hos 9:4Sijala sehemu iliyowekwa wakfu wakati nilipokuwa nikiomboleza, wala sijaondoa mojawapo wakati nilipokuwa najisi, wala sijatoa sehemu yake yoyote kwa wafu. Nimemtii Bwana Mungu wangu; nimefanya kila kitu ulichoniamuru. 1526:15 Za 68:5; 80:14; 102:19; Isa 63:12; Zek 2:13; Kut 39:43; 2Nya 6:26-27; Mdo 7:49Angalia chini kutoka mbinguni, maskani yako matakatifu, uwabariki watu wako Israeli pamoja na nchi uliyotupa kama ulivyoahidi kwa kiapo kwa baba zetu, nchi inayotiririka maziwa na asali.”

Fuata Maagizo Ya Bwana

1626:16 Kum 4:29Bwana Mungu wako anakuagiza leo kufuata amri hizi na sheria; zishike kwa bidii kwa moyo wako wote na kwa roho yako yote. 1726:17 Kut 19:8; Za 48:14Umetangaza leo kwamba Bwana ndiye Mungu wako na kwamba utafuata njia zake, kwamba utayashika maagizo yake, amri zake na sheria zake nawe utamtii. 1826:18 Kut 6:7; Kum 7:6Naye Bwana ametangaza leo kwamba ninyi ni taifa lake, hazina yake ya thamani kama alivyoahidi, ili kwamba mpate kuyashika maagizo yake yote. 1926:19 Isa 62:7; Sef 3:20; Kum 4:7-8; 28:1, 13, 44; 1Nya 14:2; Za 148:14; Isa 40:11; Kum 7:4; Kut 19:6; 1Pet 2:9Ametangaza kwamba atawaweka juu kuliko mataifa mengine aliyoyafanya katika sifa, kuwa fahari na heshima, na kwamba mtakuwa taifa takatifu kwa Bwana Mungu wenu, kama alivyoahidi.