Kuyafukuza Mataifa
(Kutoka 34:11-16)
17:1 Law 14:34; Kum 4:38; 20:16-18; 31:3; Mwa 15:20; 10:16; 13:7; 10:17; Yos 3:10; Mdo 13:19Bwana Mungu wako akuletapo katika nchi unayoingia kuimiliki, na awafukuzapo mbele yako mataifa mengi, yaani Wahiti, Wagirgashi, Waamori, Wakanaani, Waperizi, Wahivi na Wayebusi, mataifa saba makubwa tena yenye nguvu kuliko wewe, 27:2 Kum 2:33-34; Hes 31:17; Kum 33:27; Yos 11:11; Kut 23:32; Kum 13:8; 19:13; 25:12pia Bwana Mungu wako atakapowatia mkononi mwako na ukawashinda, basi ni lazima uwaangamize wote kabisa. Usifanye agano nao, wala usiwahurumie. 37:3 Kut 34:15-16; Yos 22:16; Dan 9:7; Ezr 9:2Usioane nao. Usimtoe binti yako kuolewa na mwanawe, au kumchukua binti yake aolewe na mwanao. 47:4 Amu 3:6; Kum 4:26; 6:15; Isa 9:6; Mk 12:29; Yn 1:1; 10:30; 17:3; 1Kor 8:4; Efe 4:6; Flp 2:5, 6Kwa maana watamgeuza mwanao aache kunifuata, ili aitumikia miungu mingine, nayo hasira ya Bwana itawaka dhidi yako, naye atakuangamiza ghafula. 57:5 Kut 23:24; 24:13; Kum 12:2-3; 16:21; 30:6; Mt 22:37; Mk 12:30-32Hili ndilo utakalowafanyia: Vunja madhabahu yao, vunja mawe yao ya kuabudia, katakata nguzo zao za Ashera na kuchoma sanamu zao kwa moto. 67:6 Kut 19:6; Law 27:30; Kum 26:19; Za 30:4; 37:28; 50:5; 52:9; Kum 14:2; 1Fal 3:8; Isa 41:9; Eze 20:5; Mwa 17:7; Kut 8:22; 34:9; Isa 43:1; Rum 9:4; Tit 2:14; 1Pet 2:9; Yer 2:3Kwa kuwa wewe ni taifa takatifu kwa Bwana Mungu wako. Bwana Mungu wako amekuchagua wewe kutoka mataifa yote juu ya uso wa dunia kuwa watu wake, hazina yake ya thamani.
77:7 Mwa 22:17; 34:30; Kum 4:37; 10:22Bwana hakuweka upendo wake juu yenu na kuwachagua kwa sababu mlikuwa wengi mno kuliko watu wengine, kwa maana ninyi ndio mliokuwa wachache sana kuliko mataifa yote. 87:8 Kum 4:37; 1Fal 10:9; 2Nya 2:11; Za 44:3; Kut 32:13; Hes 14:8; Rum 11:28; Kut 3:20; 6:6; 13:14Lakini ni kwa sababu Bwana aliwapenda ninyi na kutunza kiapo alichowaapia babu zenu kwamba atawatoa ninyi kwa mkono wenye nguvu na kuwakomboa kutoka nchi ya utumwa, kutoka nguvu za Farao mfalme wa Misri. 97:9 Kum 4:35; Za 18:25; 33:4; 108:4; 145:13; 146:6; Isa 49:7; Yer 42:5; Hes 11:12; 1Kor 1:9; 1Fal 8:23; 2Nya 6:14; Neh 1:5; 9:32; Kut 20:6; Kum 5:10; Dan 9:4; 2Tim 2:13Basi ujue kwamba Bwana Mungu wako ndiye Mungu; ni Mungu mwaminifu, anayetunza Agano la upendo kwa maelfu ya vizazi vya wale wanaompenda na kuzishika amri zake. 107:10 Law 26:28; Hes 10:35; Neh 1:2Lakini
kwa wale wanaomchukia
atawalipiza kwenye nyuso zao
kwa maangamizi;
hatachelewa kuwalipiza kwenye nyuso zao
wale wamchukiao.
11Kwa hiyo, kuweni waangalifu kufuata maagizo, amri na sheria ninazowapa leo.
Baraka Za Utiifu
(Kumbukumbu 28:1-14)
127:12 Law 26:3-13; Kum 28:1-14; Za 105:8-9; Mik 7:20Kama mkizingatia sheria hizi na kuzifuata kwa uangalifu, basi Bwana Mungu wenu atatunza Agano lake la upendo nanyi, kama alivyowaapia baba zenu. 137:13 Za 11:5; 146:8; Mit 15:9; Isa 51:1; Yn 14:21; Mwa 17:6; Kut 1:7; Kum 1:10; 13:17; 30:5; Za 107:38; Mwa 49:25; 27:28; Hes 18:12; Kum 28:4Atawapenda ninyi na kuwabariki na kuongeza idadi yenu. Atabariki uzao wa tumbo lenu, mazao ya nchi yenu, nafaka, divai mpya na mafuta, ndama za ngʼombe wa makundi yenu, na kondoo za makundi yenu katika nchi ile aliyoapa kuwapa baba zenu. 147:14 Kut 23:26Mtabarikiwa kuliko mataifa mengine yote, hakuna wanaume wala wanawake kwenu watakaokosa watoto, wala mifugo yenu haitakuwa tasa. 15Bwana atawakinga na kila ugonjwa. Mungu hatatia juu yenu ugonjwa wowote mbaya mlioufahamu huko Misri, lakini atatia ugonjwa juu ya wale wote wanaokuchukia. 167:16 Yos 6:2; 10:26; Amu 3:6; Ezr 9:1; Za 106:36; Kut 10:7; Amu 8:27Ni lazima mwangamize watu wote ambao Bwana Mungu wenu atawatia mikononi mwenu. Msiwatazame kwa kuwahurumia na msiitumikie miungu yao, kwa kuwa itakuwa mtego kwenu.
177:17 Hes 33:53Mnaweza kujiuliza wenyewe “Mataifa haya ni yenye nguvu kuliko sisi. Tutawezaje kuwafukuza?” 187:18 Hes 14:9; Kum 1:21; 29; Za 105:5; 119:52Lakini msiwaogope. Kumbukeni vyema jinsi Bwana Mungu wenu alivyofanya kwa Farao na kwa wote huko Misri. 197:19 Za 136:12; Kum 4:34Mliona kwa macho yenu wenyewe majaribu makubwa, ishara za miujiza na maajabu, mkono wenye nguvu na ulionyooshwa, ambao kwa huo Bwana Mungu wenu aliwatoa mtoke Misri. Bwana Mungu wenu atawafanyia hivyo watu wote ambao mnawaogopa sasa. 207:20 Kut 23:28; Yos 24:12Zaidi ya hayo, Bwana Mungu wenu atatuma manyigu miongoni mwao hadi yale mabaki watakaojificha waangamie. 217:21 Mwa 17:7; Yos 3:10; Kum 10:17; Neh 1:5; 9:32; Za 47:2; 66:3; 68:35; Isa 9:6; Dan 9:4Msiingiwe na hofu kwa sababu yao, kwa kuwa Bwana Mungu wenu, ambaye yupo miongoni mwenu ni mkuu naye ni Mungu wa kutisha. 227:22 Kut 23:30Bwana Mungu wenu atawafukuza mataifa hayo mbele yenu kidogo kidogo. Hamtaruhusiwa kuwaondoa wote kwa mara moja, la sivyo wanyama mwitu wataongezeka na kuwa karibu nanyi. 237:23 Kut 23:27; Yos 10:11Lakini Bwana Mungu wenu atawatia watu hao mikononi mwenu, akiwatia katika kuchanganyikiwa kukubwa mpaka wawe wameangamizwa. 247:24 Yos 10:24; 1:5; 10:8; 23:9; 21:44; Za 110:5; Kut 23:31; Kum 11:25; Ay 35:7, 8; Yer 32:39; Za 41:2; Lk 10:23Atawatia wafalme wao mikononi mwenu, nanyi mtayafuta majina yao chini ya mbingu. Hakuna hata mmoja atakayeweza kusimama dhidi yenu bali mtawaangamiza. 257:25 Kut 4:14; 32:20; 20:17; Yos 7:21; Amu 8:27; 1Nya 14:12; Kum 17:1; Rum 10:3Vinyago vya miungu yao mtavichoma moto. Msitamani fedha wala dhahabu iliyo juu yao, wala msizichukue kwa ajili yenu, la sivyo mtakuwa mmetekwa navyo. Kwa kuwa ni chukizo kwa Bwana Mungu wenu. 267:26 Law 27:28-29Msilete vitu vya machukizo katika nyumba zenu kwani ninyi, mtatengwa kama vitu hivyo kwa maangamizo. Ukichukie kabisa kitu hicho kwa kuwa kimetengwa kwa maangamizo.
Driving Out the Nations
1When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— 2and when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally.7:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 26. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. 3Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 4for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the Lord’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you. 5This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles7:5 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah; here and elsewhere in Deuteronomy and burn their idols in the fire. 6For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.
7The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. 8But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments. 10But
those who hate him he will repay to their face by destruction;
he will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him.
11Therefore, take care to follow the commands, decrees and laws I give you today.
12If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your ancestors. 13He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. 14You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor will any of your livestock be without young. 15The Lord will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you. 16You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you. Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
17You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?” 18But do not be afraid of them; remember well what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt. 19You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear. 20Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished. 21Do not be terrified by them, for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God. 22The Lord your God will drive out those nations before you, little by little. You will not be allowed to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals will multiply around you. 23But the Lord your God will deliver them over to you, throwing them into great confusion until they are destroyed. 24He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them. 25The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire. Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the Lord your God. 26Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. Regard it as vile and utterly detest it, for it is set apart for destruction.
