Deuteronomy 4
1 Aw Israel caanawk, Na hing o moe, nam saenawk ih Angraeng Sithaw mah paek ih prae thungah na kun o pacoengah, prae to na toep o thai hanah, kang patuk o ih lokcaekhaih hoi zaehhoihaih daannawk hae tahngai oh.
NOW therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.
2 Kang paek o ih lok hae thap o hmah loe, azuk o hmah; kang paek o ih na Angraeng Sithaw ih kaalok to pakuem oh.
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
3 Baal-Peor pongah Angraeng mah sak ih hmuen to na hnuk o boeh; Baal-Peor hnukbang kaminawk loe Sithaw mah nangcae salak hoiah hum boih boeh.
Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
4 Toe na Angraeng Sithaw to kacakah patawn kaminawk loe, vaihni khoek to na hing o boih.
But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.
5 Khenah, ka Angraeng Sithaw mah patuk ih baktih toengah, na toep o han ih prae thungah na patoh o hanah, lokcaekhaih hoi zaehhoihaih daannawk to kang patuk o.
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
6 To pongah lokcaekhaih hoi zaehhoihaih daannawk to pazui oh; to tiah ni to thuitaekhaih lok kathaih prae kaminawk boih hma ah, nangcae palunghahaih hoi panoek thaihaih to amtueng ueloe, kalen parai hae kaminawk loe palungha hoi panoek thaihaih tawn kaminawk ah oh o, tiah thui o tih.
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
7 Aicae lawk a thuih o naah, aicae khenzawn aicae ih Angraeng Sithaw baktiah, lawkthuih naah nihcae taengah kaom, kalen parai acaeng mi maw kaom?
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
8 Vaihniah nangcae hma ah ka suek ih katoeng lokcaekhaih hoiah zaehhoihaih daan katawn, kalen acaeng mi maw kaom?
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
9 Acoe oh loe, na palungthin to patawn oh, to tih ai nahaeloe na hnuk o ih hmuennawk to na pahnet o ueloe, na hing thung palung thung hoiah amkhraeng o taak ving moeng tih; na caanawk to patuk oh, na caanawk ih caa patoeng doeh patuk oh.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
10 Horeb ah na Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah nang doet o; to naah Angraeng mah kai khaeah, Long nuiah khosak nathung kai zithaih to panoek o moe, a caanawk to patuk o thaih pacoengah, ka lok to thaisak hanah, kaminawk to ka hma ah pakhueng ah, tiah ang naa.
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
11 To naah nang zoh o moe, mae tlim ah nang doet o; mae loe van um khoek to hmai angqong pongah, khovinghaih, tamai tabokhaih hoi kathah parai khovinghaih mah khuk khoep.
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
12 To naah Angraeng mah hmai thung hoiah nangcae khaeah lokthuih; nangcae mah lok na thaih o; toe krang loe na hnu o ai, lok khue ni na thaih o.
And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
13 To naah nangcae mah na sak o hanah, angmah ih lokmaihaih to nangcae khaeah ang thuih; anih mah thlung hnetto nuiah ang tarik pae moe, nangcae hanah kaalok hato ang paek.
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14 To naah na caeh o moe, na toep o han ih prae thungah na pazui o hanah, Angraeng mah lokcaekhaih hoi zaehhoihaih daannawk to kai khaeah ang thuih.
And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15 Horeb ah Angraeng mah hmai thung hoiah nangcae khaeah lokthuih naah, tih krang doeh na hnu o ai; to pongah acoehaih hoiah khosah oh.
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 Krang to sah o hmah; kawbaktih kanghmong krang doeh sah o hmah; nongpa krang doeh, nongpata krang doeh sah o hmah.
Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 Long nuiah kaom taw moi ih krang maw, van ah kazawk tavaa ih krang maw,
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 long ah kavak krang maw, tui thungah kaom tanga ih krang maw doeh sah o hmah:
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19 van bangah na khet o moe, na Angraeng Sithaw mah van tlim ah kaom prae kaminawk boih hanah tapraek pae ih hmuennawk boih, ni, khrah, cakaehnawk hoi van ah kaom hmuennawk boih bok hanah, minawk mah ang thuih o naah, to hmuennawk hma ah akuep o hmah loe, bok o hmah.
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
20 Angraeng mah nangcae to sum hmai kamngaeh, Izip prae thung hoiah, vaihni na oh o haih prae ah, angmah ih qawktoep hanah ang zaeh o boeh.
But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
21 Nangcae pongah ka nuiah Angraeng palungphui; kai hae Jordan vapui angkatsak ai, na Angraeng Sithaw mah kai khaeah qawktoep hanah nangcae khaeah kang paek ih kahoih prae thungah na kun thai mak ai, tiah ang naa.
Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
22 Kai loe hae prae ah ni ka duek han boeh; Jordan vapui kang kat mak ai; toe nangcae loe vapui to nang kat o ueloe, to prae kahoih to qawk ah na toep o tih.
But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
23 Na Angraeng Sithaw hoi na sak o ih lokmaihaih pahnet han ai ah acoe oh; na Angraeng Sithaw mah sak han pakaa ih kawbaktih krang doeh sah o hmah.
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.
24 Hmai ah kangqong na Angraeng Sithaw loe, uthaih tawn Sithaw ah oh.
For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
25 Nangcae mah caa na sak o moe, na caanawk doeh caa sak o patoeng naah maw, to prae thungah atue kasawk ah na oh o naah maw, nam ro o moe, krangnawk hoi kanghmong krangnawk to na sak o; na Angraeng Sithaw mikhnuk ah kasae hmuen sakhaih hoiah anih to palung na phui o sak nahaeloe,
When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:
26 nangcae ih lok to aek hanah vaihniah van hoiah long hnukung to ka kawk han, to naah nangcae loe akra ai ah na toep o han ih Jordan vapui zaeh ih prae thungah nang hma nang taa o tih; kasawk ah na hing o mak ai, nam ro o boih tih.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
27 Angraeng mah prae kaminawk salakah na haek o tih, nangcae loe Angraeng mah haek ih Sithaw panoek ai prae kaminawk salakah, zetta ah ni nang hmat o tih.
And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.
28 To ah kami mah thing hoiah maw thlung hoiah maw sak ih, kahnu thai ai, thaihaih tawn ai, kacaa thai ai, ahmui doeh pahnuem thai ai sithawnawk to na bok o tih.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 Toe to ahmuen hoiah na Angraeng Sithaw to na pakrong o, na palungthin boih, na hinghaih boih hoiah Anih to na pakrong o nahaeloe, Anih to na hnu o tih.
But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30 Hae hmuennawk hae nangcae nuiah phak boih moe, raihaih na tongh o naah, hnukkhuem ah, na Angraeng Sithaw khaeah nam laem o let moe, a lok to na tahngaih o nahaeloe,
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
31 na Angraeng Sithaw loe tahmenhaih hoiah kakoi Sithaw ah oh pongah, anih mah na pahnawt o sut mak ai, paro mak ai; nam panawk khaeah a sak ih lokmaihaih to doeh pahnet mak ai.
(For the Lord thy God is a merciful God; ) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
32 Sithaw mah long nui ih kaminawk sak tangsuek nathuem hoi kamtong, nangcae om ai nathuem ih atue thungah, van maeto hoi maeto bang khoek to dueng oh; hae baktih kalen hmuen oh vai maw! Hae baktih hmuen kawng na thaih o vai maw?
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
33 Nangcae mah na thaih o moe, na hing o haih baktih toengah, Sithaw mah hmai thung hoiah thuih ih lok thaih vaih kaminawk oh o maw?
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34 Na Angraeng Sithaw mah, Izip prae ah nangcae mikhnuk ah sak ih baktih toengah, tanoekhaih, angmathaih, dawnraihaih, misatukhaih, ban thacakhaih, a ban payanghaih, zitthok hmuen hnusakhaih rang hoiah, acaeng kaminawk thung ih acaeng maeto angmah hanah qoih vai maw?
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 Angraeng loe Sithaw ni, tiah na panoek o hanah, hae hmuennawk hae amtuengsak; anih pacoengah kalah Sithaw roe om ai boeh.
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.
36 Nangcae thuitaek hanah van hoiah lok a thuih; anih mah long ah kalen parai hmai to amtuengsak moe, hmai thung hoiah thuih ih a lok to na thaih o.
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
37 Nam saenawk to palung pongah, nihcae ih caanawk to a qoih; a thacakhaih hoiah nangcae hma ah kaminawk to Izip prae thung hoiah a zaeh;
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
38 nangcae pongah thacak, pop kaminawk to nangcae hma ah haek, vaihni ih baktih toengah, nihcae ih prae thungah ang kun o sak moe, qawk ang toep o sak.
To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
39 To pongah vaihniah, Angraeng loe van hoi long ah kaom Sithaw ah oh, tiah panoek oh loe, palung thungah poek oh; anih pacoengah kalah Sithaw roe om ai boeh.
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
40 Nangmacae hoi na caanawk khoksak hoih o moe, na Angraeng Sithaw mah paek ih prae thungah hinglung na sawk o thai hanah, vaihniah kang paek ih a lokpaekhaih hoi a zaehhoih daannawk to pakuem oh, tiah a naa.
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.
41 To pacoengah Mosi mah Jordan vapui ni angyae bangah, vangpui thumto pahoe pae;
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
42 kami maeto mah a imtaeng kami to hnukmahaih om ai ah, poek ai pui hoi hum moeng nahaeloe, to ahmuen ah cawnh han oh; anih mah hae vangpuinawk thung ih vangpui maeto ah cawn nahaeloe, anih hinghaih to pathlung pae tih.
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
43 To vangpuinawk loe, Reuben kaminawk hanah sak ih praezaek azawn ah kaom Bezer; Gad kaminawk hanah sak ih Gilead ah karom Ramoth; Manasseh kaminawk hanah sak ih Bashan ah kaom Golan vangpuinawk hae ni.
Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
44 Mosi mah hae kaalok hae Israel kaminawk hma ah suek pae;
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45 Israel kaminawk Izip prae thung hoi angzoh o pacoengah, Mosi mah hae lokcaekhaih hoi zaehhoihaih daannawk hae kaminawk khaeah thuih pae,
These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
46 Mosi hoi Israel kaminawk loe, Izip prae thung hoi tacawt o pacoengah, Jordan vapui hae bang, Beth-Peor azawn mikhmai kangtong ah kaom Heshbon vangpui ih, Amor siangpahrang Sihon to tuk o;
On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
47 anih ih prae to a lak o pacoengah, Bashan siangpahrang Og ih prae doeh a lak pae o; Jordan ni angyae bangah kaom, Amor siangpahrang hnik doeh a hum o;
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
48 Arnon vapui taengah kaom, Aroer vangpui hoi kamtong Hermon, tiah kawk ih Sion mae karoek to,
From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
49 Jordan ni angyae bang ih azawn ahmuen boih, tuipui taeng boih, Azup-Pishgah vangpui khoek to a lak o.
And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
