تَثنِيَة 12

١ 1 إِلَيْكُمُ الْفَرَائِضَ وَالأَحْكَامَ الَّتِي عَلَيْكُمْ مُمَارَسَتُهَا فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِكُمْ لِتَرِثُوهَا كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِكُمْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ:

These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days that you live on the earth.

٢ 2 دَمِّرُوا جَمِيعَ الأَمَاكِنِ الَّتِي تَرِثُونَهَا، حَيْثُ عَبَدَتِ الأُمَمُ آلِهَتَهَا، سَوَاءٌ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْجِبَالِ الشَّامِخَةِ أَمْ عَلَى التِّلالِ أَمْ تَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ،

You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

٣ 3 وَاهْدِمُوا مَذَابِحَهُمْ، وَحَطِّمُوا أَنْصَابَهُمْ، وَأَحْرِقُوا سَوَارِيَهُمْ. فَتِّتُوا تَمَاثِيلَ آلِهَتِهِمْ وَامْحُوا أَسْمَاءَهُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانِ،

You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place.

٤ 4 وَلا تُمَارِسُوا أَسَالِيبَهُمْ عِنْدَمَا تَعْبُدُونَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ،

You shall not do so to the LORD your God.

٥ 5 بَلِ اطْلُبُوا الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ وَسَطَ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ لِيَضَعَ عَلَيْهِ اسْمَهُ، وَيَكُونَ مَقَرَّ سُكْنَاهُ. إِلَيْهِ تَذْهَبُونَ،

But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there.

٦ 6 وَتُقَدِّمُونَ مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ وَذَبَائِحَكُمْ وَعُشُورَكُمْ وَتَقْدِمَاتِكُمْ وَنُذُورَكُمْ وَقَرَابِينَكُمُ الطَّوْعِيَّةَ وَأَبْكَارَ بَقَرِكُمْ وَغَنَمِكُمْ،

You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock there.

٧ 7 فَتَأْكُلُونَ هُنَاكَ أَنْتُمْ وَعَائِلاتُكُمْ لَدَى الرَّبِّ، وَتَفْرَحُونَ بِكُلِّ مَا تَمْتَدُّ إِلَيْهِ أَيْدِيكُمْ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ قَدْ بَارَكَكُمْ.

There you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.

٨ 8 لَا يَصْنَعْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمْ مَا يَسْتَحْسِنُهُ كَمَا هُوَ حَادِثٌ الْيَوْمَ،

You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;

٩ 9 لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَدْخُلُوا بَعْدُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ الرَّاحَةِ وَالْمِيرَاثِ الَّذِي يَهَبُهُ لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

for you have not yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the LORD your God gives you.

١٠ 10 وَلَكِنْ مَتَى اجْتَزْتُمْ نَهْرَ الأُرْدُنِّ وَاسْتَوْطَنْتُمُ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، وَأَرَاحَكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِكُمُ الْمُحِيطِينَ بِكُمْ، وَسَكَنْتُمْ آمِنِينَ،

But when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the LORD your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety,

١١ 11 فَاحْمِلُوا جَمِيعَ مَا أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ بِهِ مِنْ مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَذَبَائِحَ وَعُشُورٍ وَتَقْدِمَاتِ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَقَرَابِينَ طَوْعِيَّةٍ، الَّتِي تُنْذِرُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لِيُحِلَّ فِيهِ اسْمَهُ،

then it shall happen that to the place which the LORD your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD.

١٢ 12 وَهُنَاكَ احْتَفِلُوا أَنْتُمْ وَبَنُوكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَعَبِيدُكُمْ وَإِمَاؤُكُمْ وَاللّاوِيُّ الْمُقِيمُ فِي جِوَارِكُمْ، لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ نَصِيبٌ أَوْ مِيرَاثٌ خَاصٌّ بِهِ.

You shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

١٣ 13 إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تُقَدِّمُوا مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ فِي أَيِّ مَكَانٍ تَرْغَبُونَ فِيهِ،

Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;

١٤ 14 إِنَّمَا تُصْعِدُونَ مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ وَتُمَارِسُونَ مَا أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ بِهِ فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ فِي أَرْضِ أَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ.

but in the place which the LORD chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

١٥ 15 اذْبَحُوا فِي أَيٍّ مِنْ مُدُنِكُمْ أَيًّا مِنَ الْحَيَوَانَاتِ، وَكُلُوا مِنْ لُحُومِهَا بِقَدْرِ مَا تَشَاؤُونَ كَالظَّبْيِ وَالأُيَّلِ حَسَبَ بَرَكَةِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ. يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا الإِنْسَانُ الطَّاهِرُ وَالنَّجِسُ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاءٍ.

Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to the LORD your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.

١٦ 16 وَأَمَّا الدَّمُ فَلا تَأْكُلُوهُ، بَلِ اسْكُبُوهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ كَمَا تَسْكُبُونَ الْمَاءَ،

Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.

١٧ 17 احْذَرُوا أَنْ تَأْكُلُوا فِي مُدُنِكُمْ عُشُورَ قَمْحِكُمْ وَخَمْرِكُمْ وَزَيْتِكُمْ، وَلا أَبْكَارَ بَقَرِكُمْ وَغَنَمِكُمْ، وَلا شَيْئاً مِنْ نُذُورِكُمْ أَوْ قَرَابِينِكُمُ الطَّوْعِيَّةِ وَتَقْدِمَاتِ أَيْدِيكُمْ.

You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your free will offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;

١٨ 18 بَلْ تَأْكُلُونَهَا أَنْتُمْ وَأَبْنَاؤُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَعَبِيدُكُمْ وَإِمَاؤُكُمْ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ الْمُقِيمُونَ فِي جِوَارِكُمْ لَدَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، وَتَحْتَفِلُونَ أَمَامَهُ بِكُلِّ مَا تَمْتَلِكُهُ أَيْدِيكُمْ

but you shall eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you put your hand to.

١٩ 19 إِيَّاكُمْ إِهْمَالَ اللّاوِيِّينَ طَوَالَ بَقَائِكُمْ عَلَى أَرْضِكُمْ.

Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

٢٠ 20 وَإذَا وَسَّعَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ حُدُودَ أَرْضِكُمْ كَمَا وَعَدَكُمْ، وَاشْتَهَتْ أَنْفُسُكُمُ اللَّحْمَ، وَقُلْتُمْ: نَوَدُّ أَكْلَ اللَّحْمِ. فَمِنْ كُلِّ مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ أَنْفُسُكُمْ مِنَ اللَّحْمِ كُلُوا.

When the LORD your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.

٢١ 21 وَإذَا كَانَ الْمَوْضِعُ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لِيَضَعَ فِيهِ اسْمَهُ بَعِيداً عَنْ مَكَانِ سُكْنَى بَعْضِكُمْ، فَاذْبَحُوا مِنْ بَقَرِكُمْ وَغَنَمِكُمُ الَّتِي أَنْعَمَ بِها الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا أَوْصَيْتُكُمْ، وَكُلُوا فِي مُدُنِكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا اشْتَهَتْهُ أَنْفُسُكُمْ

If the place which the LORD your God shall choose to put his name is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.

٢٢ 22 كُلُوهُ كَمَا يُؤْكَلُ الظَّبْيُ وَالأُيَّلُ. يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ الإِنْسَانُ الطَّاهِرُ وَالنَّجِسُ عَلَى حَدٍّ سَوَاءٍ.

Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.

٢٣ 23 لَكِنْ إِيَّاكُمْ وَأَكْلَ الدَّمِ، لأَنَّ الدَّمَ هُوَ النَّفْسُ. فَلا تَأْكُلُوا النَّفْسَ مَعَ اللَّحْمِ.

Only be sure that you do not eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.

٢٤ 24 لَا تَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ بَلِ اسْكُبُوهُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ كَمَا يُسْكَبُ الْمَاءُ.

You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.

٢٥ 25 لَا تَأْكُلُوهُ، لِتَنْعَمُوا أَنْتُمْ وَأَوْلادُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِكُمْ بِالْخَيْرِ، إِذْ صَنَعْتُمُ الْحَقَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ اللهِ.

You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do that which is right in the LORD’s eyes.

٢٦ 26 أَمَّا مَا تُقَدِّسُونَهُ مِنْ أَشْيَاءَ، وَنُذُورُكُمْ فَتَحْمِلُونَهَا وَتَمْضُونَ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ

Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD shall choose.

٢٧ 27 فَتُقَدِّمُونَ مُحْرَقَاتِكُمُ، اللَّحْمَ وَالدَّمَ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، فَيُسْكَبُ دَمُهَا عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ. أَمَّا اللَّحْمُ فَتَأْكُلُونَهُ.

You shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the LORD your God’s altar. The blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the LORD your God’s altar, and you shall eat the meat.

٢٨ 28 فَاحْفَظُوا وَأَطِيعُوا جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ الْوَصَايَا الَّتِي أَنَا أَوْصِيِكُمْ بِها لِتَتَمَتَّعُوا أَنْتُمْ وَأَوْلادُكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِكُمْ بِالْخَيْرِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، إِذْ عَمِلْتُمُ الصَّالِحَ وَالْحَقَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the LORD your God’s eyes.

٢٩ 29 وَمَتَى اسْتَأْصَلَ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمُ الأُمَمَ الَّتِي تُوْشِكُونَ عَلَى غَزْوِهِمْ، وَطَرْدِهِمْ، ثُمَّ وَرِثْتُمُوهُمْ وَاسْتَوْطَنْتُمْ فِي أَرْضِهِمْ،

When the LORD your God cuts off the nations from before you where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land,

٣٠ 30 فَاحْذَرُوا مِنَ الْوُقُوعِ فِي الشَّرَكِ، بِاتِّبَاعِ عِبَادَاتِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ فَنَائِهِمْ مِنْ أَمَامِكُمْ، وَمِنْ مُمَارَسَةِ مَرَاسِيمِ عِبَادَةِ آلِهَتِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ: كَمَا عَبَدَ هَؤُلاءِ الأُمَمُ آلِهَتَهُمْ هَكَذَا نَفْعَلُ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً.

be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them after they are destroyed from before you, and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”

٣١ 31 لَا تَصْنَعْ هَكَذَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، لأَنَّهُمْ قَدِ ارْتَكَبُوا فِي عِبَادَةِ آلِهَتِهِمْ كُلَّ مَا يَمْقُتُهُ الرَّبُّ مِنَ الأَرْجَاسِ، إِذْ أَحْرَقُوا بِالنَّارِ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَبَنَاتِهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ آلِهَتِهِمْ،

You shall not do so to the LORD your God; for every abomination to the LORD, which he hates, they have done to their gods; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.

٣٢ 32 فَاحْرِصُوا عَلَى طَاعَةِ كُلِّ مَا أُوْصِيكُمْ بِهِ. لَا تَزِيدُوا عَلَيْهِ وَلا تُنْقِصُوا مِنْهُ.

Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.