Deuteronomy 12

1 These are the laws and the decisions which you are to keep with care in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to be your heritage all the days of your life on earth.

Men lòd ak kòmandman pou nou swiv pandan tout tan nou gen pou nou viv nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye zansèt nou yo, ban nou pou nou rete a.

2 You are to give up to the curse all those places where the nations, whom you are driving out, gave worship to their gods, on the high mountains and the hills and under every green tree:

Nan peyi nou pral pran pou nou an, se pou nou kraze tout kote moun yo te konn sèvi bondye yo sou gwo mòn wo yo, sou ti bit mòn yo, anba pyebwa vèt yo.

3 Their altars and their pillars are to be broken down, and their holy trees burned with fire, and the images of their gods cut down; you are to take away their names out of that place.

Se pou nou demoli tout lòtèl yo, se pou nou gaye tout pil wòch zidòl yo. Se pou nou rache tout poto Achera yo. Se pou nou boule tout zidòl yo pou moun pa janm chonje yo te konn fè sèvis pou bondye sa yo la ankò.

4 Do not so to the Lord your God.

Nou pa fèt pou nou sèvi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, jan moun sa yo te konn sèvi bondye yo.

5 But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;

Se Bondye menm ki pral chwazi yon kote pou l' rete nan mitan pèp la, kote pou yo fè sèvis pou li. Se la n'a vin jwenn Seyè a, Bondye nou an.

6 And there you are to take your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up to the Lord, and the offerings of your oaths, and those which you give freely from the impulse of your hearts, and the first births among your herds and your flocks;

Se la n'a pote ofrann pou boule nèt nan dife pou Seyè a ak lòt bèt n'ap ofri ba li, ladim nou yo ak kado nou yo, ofrann nou te pwomèt bay Bondye, ofrann nou leve konsa nou vle fè pou Bondye, premye pitit bèf nou yo, premye pitit kabrit nou yo ak premye pitit mouton nou yo.

7 There you and all your families are to make a feast before the Lord your God, with joy in everything to which you put your hand, because the Lord has given you his blessing.

Se la, devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, n'a fè fèt, n'a manje ansanm ak tout moun nan fanmi nou yo. Se la n'a fè kè nou kontan chak lè Seyè a va beni nou pou li te fè nou fè bèl rekòt.

8 You are not to do things then in the way in which we now do them here, every man as it seems right to him:

Lè sa a, nou p'ap gen dwa fè sa n'ap fè koulye a kote chak moun ap fè sa yo pi pito,

9 For you have not come to the rest and the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

paske nou poko antre nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye sou an, ap ban nou pou nou rete ak kè poze.

10 But when you have gone over Jordan and are living in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as your heritage, and when he has given you rest from all those on every side who are fighting against you, and you are living there safely;

Men, yon fwa n'a janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an pou n' al rete nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ap ban nou an, l'a pwoteje nou nan mitan tout lènmi k'ap viv nan peyi ki sou fwontyè nou yo, n'a rete nan peyi a ak kè poze.

11 Then there will be a place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name, and there you will take all the things which I give you orders to take: your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up, and the offerings of your oaths which you make to the Lord;

Wi, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va chwazi yon sèl kote pou yo fè sèvis pou li. Se la n'a pote tout ofrann mwen mande nou yo ba li: ofrann bèt pou nou boule nèt nan dife pou Seyè a, lòt bèt n'ap ofri ba li, ladim nou yo, lòt ofrann yo ak tout lòt bèl kado nou te pwomèt pou n' te bay Seyè a.

12 And you will be glad before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, and your men-servants and your women-servants, and the Levite who is with you in your house, because he has no part or heritage among you.

Lè sa a, n'a fè fèt devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ansanm avèk pitit gason nou yo, pitit fi nou yo, gason ak fanm k'ap travay lakay nou yo ak moun Levi k'ap viv nan mitan nou yo, paske moun Levi yo pa gen ankenn pòsyon tè ki rele yo pa yo menm jan ak nou nan peyi a.

13 Take care that you do not make your burned offerings in any place you see:

Piga nou ofri bèt nou yo pou mwen nenpòt kote nou wè yo te mete apa pou lòt bondye yo.

14 But in the place marked out by the Lord in one of your tribes, there let your burned offerings be offered, and there do what I have given you orders to do.

Seyè a pral chwazi yon kote nan pòsyon tè yonn nan branch fanmi nou yo. Se la sèlman n'a ka ofri bèt pou nou boule nèt pou Seyè a, se la n'a fè tou sa li mande pou nou fè a.

15 Only you may put to death animals, such as the gazelle or the roe, for your food in any of your towns, at the desire of your soul, in keeping with the blessing of the Lord your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may take of it.

Men, nou lib pou nou touye bèt chak fwa nou vle manje vyann nenpòt kote nou ye, dapre kantite Seyè a va ban nou. Tout moun, kit sa ki nan kondisyon, kit sa ki pa nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis pou Bondye, va gen dwa manje vyann sa yo, tankou yo ta manje vyann gazèl ak vyann towo bèf.

16 But you may not take the blood for food, it is to be drained out on the earth like water.

Men, piga nou janm manje san yo. Se pou nou vide tout san an atè tankou dlo.

17 In your towns you are not to take as food the tenth part of your grain, or of your wine or your oil, or the first births of your herds or of your flocks, or anything offered under an oath, or freely offered to the Lord, or given as a lifted offering;

Nan tout lavil kote nou rete, nou p'ap gen dwa manje ladim ble, ladim diven osinon ladim lwil nou gen pou n' ofri bay Seyè a. Piga nou janm manje anyen nan sa n'ap ofri bay Seyè a: ki vle di premye pitit bèf nou yo, premye pitit kabrit osinon mouton nou yo, ou ankò kado nou ta pwomèt Seyè a pou nou ba li, kado nou leve konsa nou vle fè Seyè a, ni ankenn lòt ofrann nou pote bay Seyè a.

18 But they will be your food before the Lord your God in the place of his selection, where you may make a feast of them, with your son and your daughter, and your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is living with you: and you will have joy before the Lord your God in everything to which you put your hand.

Men, se kote Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te chwazi a, se la sèlman n'a manje ofrann yo devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ansanm ak pitit gason nou, pitit fi nou, gason ak fanm k'ap travay lakay nou ak moun Levi ki rete nan mitan nou yo. Se la n'a pran nan ofrann nou te pote yo, n'a fè fèt devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an.

19 See that you do not give up caring for the Levite as long as you are living in your land.

Toutotan n'ap viv nan peyi a, piga nou janm bliye moun Levi yo.

20 When the Lord your God makes wide the limit of your land, as he has said, and you say, I will take flesh for my food, because you have a desire for it; then you may take whatever flesh you have a desire for.

Lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va mete sou tè nou deja genyen an jan li te pwomèt nou sa a, depi nou vle manje vyann, nou mèt manje vyann lè nou vle, kantite nou vle.

21 If the place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name is far away from you, then take from your herds and from your flocks which the Lord has given you, as I have said, and have a meal of it in the towns where you may be living.

Lè kote Seyè a chwazi pou yo fè sèvis pou li a twò lwen pou nou ale, n'a gen dwa touye bèf, kabrit ak mouton Seyè a va ban nou, jan mwen te di nou pou nou fè l' la. N'a gen dwa manje vyann lakay nou lè nou vle, kantite nou vle.

22 It will be your food, like the gazelle and the roe; the unclean and the clean may take of it.

Tout moun, kit yo nan kondisyon kit yo pa nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis pou Bondye, tout moun va gen dwa manje nan vyann sa a, tankou yo gen dwa manje vyann gazèl ak vyann towo bèf.

23 But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.

Tansèlman, piga nou janm manje san an, paske san an se nanm bèt la li ye. Piga nou janm manje vyann lan ansanm ak nanm lan ladan l'.

24 Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

Piga nou janm manje san an. N'a vide l' atè tankou dlo.

25 Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

Si nou pa manje san an, tout bagay va mache byen pou nou ak pou tout ras nou apre nou, paske n'a fè sa ki fè Seyè a plezi.

26 But the holy things which you have, and the offerings of your oaths, you are to take to the place which will be marked out by the Lord:

Men, n'a pran tout ofrann nou yo ak tout kado nou te pwomèt bay Seyè a, n'a pote yo kote Seyè a te chwazi a.

27 Offering the flesh and the blood of your burned offerings on the altar of the Lord your God; and the blood of your offerings is to be drained out on the altar of the Lord your God, and the flesh will be your food.

Se la n'a ofri bèt pou boule nèt pou Seyè a sou lòtèl Seyè a. Se la n'a vide san lòt bèt n'ap ofri sou lòtèl Seyè a, epi se la n'a manje vyann lan tou.

28 Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

Se pou nou swiv pwen pa pwen tou sa m'ap mande nou fè a, se pou nou kenbe tout lòd mwen ban nou pou tout bagay toujou mache byen pou nou ak pou tout ras nou apre nou, paske n'ap fè tou sa ki byen, tou sa ki dwat devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an.

29 When the people of the land where you are going have been cut off before you by the Lord your God, and you have taken their land and are living in it;

Lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va fin disparèt nasyon yo sou chemen nou pou nou ka anvayi peyi yo a, lè n'a fin pran peyi a nan men yo pou nou ka rete nou menm ladan l',

30 After their destruction take care that you do not go in their ways, and that you do not give thought to their gods, saying, How did these nations give worship to their gods? I will do as they did.

atansyon pou nou pa kite yo pran tèt nou pou nou fè menm jan ak yo. Apre Seyè a va fin kraze nasyon sa yo devan nou, pa konprann pou n' al swiv move egzanp yo. Pa chache konnen ki bondye yo t'ap sèvi, ni ki jan yo t'ap sèvi yo, lèfini pou nou fè tankou yo.

31 Do not so to the Lord your God: for everything which is disgusting to the Lord and hated by him they have done in honour of their gods: even burning their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

Se pa konsa pou n' aji ak Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Paske, Seyè a pa ka sipòte tout vye sèvis y'ap fè pou bondye sa yo. Yo menm rive pran pwòp pitit gason ak pitit fi yo pou yo boule nan dife pou bondye yo!

32 You are to keep with care all the words I give you, making no addition to them and taking nothing from them.

Se pou nou toujou fè tou sa mwen mande nou fè la a, san nou pa ni mete ni wete anyen ladan yo.