Deuteronomy 4
1 And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Ugbu a, O Izrel, gee ntị nʼụkpụrụ na iwu niile m na-aga ikuziri unu ka unu na-eme ma ọ bụrụ na unu chọrọ ịdị ndụ banye, ma nwetakwa ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna unu ha na-enye unu.
2 Make no addition to the orders which I give you, and take nothing from them, but keep the orders of the Lord your God which I give you.
Unu atụkwasịla iwu ọzọ nʼelu iwu ndị a, ma ọ bụkwanụ site na ha wepụ iwu ọbụla. Kama, meenụ ihe iwu ndị a na-ekwu, nʼihi na ha si nʼaka Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu.
3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for destruction came from the Lord on all those among you who went after Baal-peor.
Unu ji anya unu hụ ihe Onyenwe anyị mere na Baal-Peoa. Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu sitere nʼetiti unu bibie ndị niile gbasoro Baal nke Peoa.
4 But you who kept faith with the Lord are living, every one of you, today.
Ma unu niile nọgidesịrị ike soro Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu bụ ndị dị ndụ taa.
5 I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.
Lee, ezila m unu ụkpụrụ na iwu niile Onyenwe anyị Chineke m sị m zi unu, iwu unu na-aghaghị idebe nʼala ahụ unu na-aga inweta.
6 So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.
Lezienụ anya hụ na unu debere ha, nʼihi na nke a ga-egosi mba gbara unu gburugburu na unu bụ ndị nwere nghọta na amamihe. Nʼihi na mgbe ha nụrụ banyere ụkpụrụ ndị a, ha ga-ekwu okwu sị, “Nʼezie, ndị jupụtara na mba ukwu a bụ ndị nwere nghọta na amamihe.”
7 For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?
Olee mba ọzọ dị ukwuu, nke e mere ka chi ha nọọ ha nso dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị si na-anọ anyị nso mgbe ọbụla anyị kpọkuru ya nʼekpere?
8 And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?
Olee mba ukwu ọzọ dịkwa nke nwere ụkpụrụ na iwu ziri ezi dịka iwu ndị a m na-enye unu taa?
9 Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;
Naanị kpachapụnụ anya unu, ma cheenụ onwe unu nche mgbe niile, ka unu ghara ichefu ihe ndị a niile unu ji anya unu hụ, ka ha gharakwa isi nʼobi unu pụọ ụbọchị niile nke ndụ unu. Kama kuziere ha ụmụ unu, na ụmụ ụmụ ndị ga-esote ha.
10 That day when you were waiting before the Lord your God in Horeb, and the Lord said to me, Make all the people come together, so that hearing my words they may go in fear of me all the days of their life on earth and give this teaching to their children.
Cheta ụbọchị ahụ unu bịara guzo nʼihu Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nʼugwu Horeb, nʼụbọchị ahụ ọ gwara m okwu sị m, “Kpọkọtaa ụmụ Izrel ka ha bịa nʼihu m, nụrụ okwu m, ka ha nwee ike mụta ịtụ m egwu ụbọchị niile nke ha ga-ebi nʼala ahụ, ka ha nweekwa ike ikuziri ụmụ ha.”
11 And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.
Ọ bụ nʼala ugwu ahụ ka unu bịara nso, guzo, mgbe ọkụ si nʼugwu ahụ na-ere, na-alali elu iru eluigwe, ya na igwe ojii nakwa oke ọchịchịrị.
12 And the voice of the Lord came to you out of the fire: the sound of his words came to your ears but you saw no form; there was nothing but a voice.
Mgbe ahụ Onyenwe anyị sitere nʼọkụ ahụ gwa unu okwu. Unu nụrụ ụda olu ya, ma unu ahụghị oyiyi ọbụla anya, naanị ụda olu.
13 And he gave you his agreement with you, the ten rules which you were to keep, which he put in writing on the two stones of the law.
O nyere unu ọgbụgba ndụ ya, nke unu na-aghaghị idebe. Ha dị iwu iri. O dere ha na mbadamba nkume abụọ.
14 And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.
E, ọ bụ nʼoge ahụ ka Onyenwe anyị nyere m iwu sị m nye unu ụkpụrụ na iwu unu ga-agbaso mgbe unu banyere nʼala ahụ dị nʼofe Jọdan, nke unu na-aga inweta.
15 So keep watch on yourselves with care; for you saw no form of any sort on the day when the voice of the Lord came to you in Horeb out of the heart of the fire:
Unu maara na unu ahụghị ụdịdị Onyenwe anyị anya nʼụbọchị ahụ o sitere nʼọkụ gwa unu okwu nʼugwu Horeb. Ya mere kpachapụrụnụ onwe unu anya
16 So that you may not be turned to evil ways and make for yourselves an image in the form of any living thing, male or female,
ka unu ghara imerụ onwe unu site nʼịkpụ oyiyi ọbụla dịka arụsị, ụdị oyiyi ihe ọbụla, maọbụ nʼụdị nwoke maọbụ nʼụdị nwanyị,
17 Or any beast of the earth, or winged bird of the air,
maọbụ nʼụdị anụmanụ, maọbụ nʼụdị nnụnụ na-efe efe,
18 Or of anything which goes flat on the earth, or any fish in the water under the earth.
maọbụ nʼụdị anụ na-akpụ akpụ, ma ọ bụkwanụ nʼụdị azụ bi na mmiri.
19 And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven.
Mgbe unu lere anya na mbara eluigwe hụ anyanwụ, ọnwa, na kpakpando, dịka ha si basaa na mbara eluigwe, unu ekwela ka unu bụrụ ndị a na-arafu ịkpọ isiala nye ha na ife ha ofufe bụ ihe ndị a Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu kere nye mba niile bi nʼokpuru eluigwe.
20 But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.
Ma banyere unu, Onyenwe anyị kpọọrọ unu, kpọpụta unu site nʼime ọkụ na-agbaze igwe, site nʼIjipt pụta, ka unu bụrụ ihe nketa ya, dịka unu dị ugbu a.
21 And the Lord was angry with me because of you, and made an oath that I was not to go over Jordan into the good land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage:
Onyenwe anyị wesoro m iwe nʼihi unu, ọ ṅụrụ iyi na m agaghị agafe osimiri Jọdan ịbanye nʼala ọma ahụ nke Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị dịka ihe nketa gị.
22 But death is to come to me in this land, I may not go over Jordan: but you will go over and take that good land for your heritage.
Aghaghị m ịnwụ nʼala a. Agaghị m agafe Jọdan. Ma unu ga-agafe gaa nweta ala ọma ahụ.
23 Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.
Lezienụ anya ka unu ghara ichefu ọgbụgba ndụ unu na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nwekọrọ, unu emerela onwe unu arụsị yiri ụdịdị ihe ọbụla, ndị ahụ iwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nyere megidere.
24 For the Lord your God is an all-burning fire, and he will not let the honour which is his be given to any other.
Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu bụ ọkụ na-erepịa erepịa. Ọ bụ Chineke ekworo.
25 If, when you have had children and children's children, and have been living a long time in the land, you are turned to evil ways, and make an image of any sort, and do evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, moving him to wrath:
Mgbe ị ga-amụ ụmụ, nwekwa ụmụ ụmụ, mgbe unu birila ọtụtụ oge nʼala ahụ, ọ bụrụ na unu emerụọ onwe unu site nʼimere onwe unu ụdị arụsị ọbụla, si otu a mee ihe dị njọ nʼanya Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, ma kpasuo ya iwe
26 May heaven and earth be my witnesses against you today, that destruction will quickly overtake you, cutting you off from that land which you are going over Jordan to take; your days will not be long in that land, but you will come to a complete end.
ana m akpọku eluigwe na ụwa ka ha bụrụ ndị akaebe mụ na unu taa, na a ga-ala unu nʼiyi ngwangwa nʼala ahụ bụ nke unu na-agafe Jọdan inweta. Unu agaghị ebi ogologo oge nʼebe ahụ, nʼihi na a ga-ekpochapụ unu.
27 And the Lord will send you wandering among the peoples; only a small band of you will be kept from death among the nations where the Lord will send you.
Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka unu gbasasịa nʼetiti mba ndị ọzọ. Ọ bụkwa naanị mmadụ ole na ole ga-afọdụ ndụ nʼetiti mba ndị ahụ Onyenwe anyị ga-achụga unu.
28 There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.
Nʼebe ahụ, unu ga-efe chi ndị bụ ọrụ aka mmadụ nke e ji osisi tụọ na nke e ji nkume pịa, nke na-adịghị ahụ ụzọ, nke na-adịghị anụ ihe, nke na-apụghị iri nri ma ọ bụkwanụ ịnụ isisi.
29 But if in those lands you are turned again to the Lord your God, searching for him with all your heart and soul, he will not keep himself from you.
Ma ọ bụrụ na unu anọrọ nʼebe ahụ chọọ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, unu ga-achọtakwa ya, mgbe unu ji obi unu niile na mkpụrụobi unu niile chọọ ya.
30 When you are in trouble and all these things have come on you, if, in the future, you are turned again to the Lord your God, and give ear to his voice:
Mgbe mkpagbu bịara, mgbe ihe ilu ndị a bịakwasịrị unu nʼoge dị nʼihu, unu ga-emesịa lọghachikwute Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, unu ga-egekwa ntị nʼihe ọ ga-agwa unu.
31 Because the Lord your God is a God of mercy, he will not take away his help from you or let destruction overtake you, or be false to the agreement which he made by an oath with your fathers.
Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu bụ Chineke na-eme ebere. Ọ gaghị agọnarị unu maọbụ laa unu nʼiyi, maọbụ chefuo ọgbụgba ndụ ya na nna nna unu ha gbara, nke o ji iyi ọ ṅụrụ mesie ike.
32 Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.
Nyochaanụ ihe mere nʼoge gara aga, tupu a mụọ unu, na tupu Chineke ekee mmadụ nʼụwa. Jụọnụ ajụjụ nʼụwa niile, jụta ma ihe ukwu dị otu a o metụla mgbe ọbụla.
33 Has any people ever gone on living after hearing the voice of God out of the heart of the fire as you did?
O nweela ndị mmadụ nụrụ olu Chineke mgbe o si nʼọkụ gwa ha okwu dịka unu mere, ma ha anwụghị?
34 Has God ever before taken a nation for himself from out of another nation, by punishments and signs and wonders, by war and by a strong hand and a stretched-out arm and great acts of wonder and fear, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes?
O nweela chi ọzọ nwara ka o site na mba ọzọ nwetara onwe ya otu mba, site nʼihe nwalee, site nʼihe ịrịbama na ihe ebube dị iche iche, site nʼagha, nʼaka dị ike, na ogwe aka esetipụrụ esetipụ, maọbụ nʼihe dị oke egwu dị iche iche, dịka ihe niile nke Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu mere nʼala Ijipt nʼihu anya unu abụọ?
35 All this he let you see, so that you might be certain that the Lord is God and there is no other.
O gosiri unu ihe ndị a ka unu mara na Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke nʼezie, na ọ dịkwaghị onye ọzọ ma ọ bụghị ya.
36 Out of heaven itself his voice came to you, teaching you; and on earth he let you see his great fire; and his words came to your ears out of the heart of the fire.
O sitere nʼeluigwe mee ka unu nụ olu ya maka ịdọ unu aka na ntị. Nʼụwa, o mere ka unu hụ oke ogidi ọkụ ahụ o wuru, unu nụkwara olu ya nʼetiti ọkụ ahụ.
37 And because of his love for your fathers, he took their seed and made it his, and he himself, present among you, took you out of Egypt by his great power;
Nʼihi ịhụnanya o nwere nʼebe nna nna unu nọ na nʼihi nhọpụta ọ họpụtara ụmụ ụmụ ha, ka o ji si nʼIjipt dupụta unu nʼihu ya. Ọ bụkwa ike aka ya ka o ji mezuo nke a.
38 Driving out before you nations greater and stronger than you, to take you into their land and give it to you for your heritage, as at this day.
Ka o site nʼihu unu chụpụ mba dị ukwuu na ndị dị ike, ma kpọbata unu nʼala ha, inye unu ala ahụ dịka ihe nketa unu, dị ka o si dị taa.
39 So today be certain, and keep the knowledge deep in your hearts, that the Lord is God, in heaven on high and here on earth; there is no other God.
Matanụ nke ọma, ma nabata okwu a nʼobi unu na Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke nʼeluigwe na nʼụwa. O nwekwaghị chi ọzọ dị ma ọ bụghị ya.
40 Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.
Debenụ ụkpụrụ ya na iwu ndị a niile m na-enye unu taa, ka ihe niile gaara unu na ụmụ unu nke ọma, ka unu biekwa nʼala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke na-enye unu ruo mgbe niile.
41 Then Moses had three towns marked out on the far side of Jordan looking to the east;
Mgbe ahụ, Mosis họpụtara obodo atọ nʼofe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke osimiri Jọdan,
42 To which anyone causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate, might go in flight; so that in one of these towns he might be kept from death:
ebe onye ọbụla gburu mmadụ ga-agbaba ọsọ ndụ, ma ọ bụrụ na ha gburu onye agbataobi ha na-amaghị ama, na-akpọghị ya asị na mgbe gara aga. Ọ ga-agbaba nʼotu ime obodo ndị a ichebe ndụ ya.
43 The names of the towns were Bezer in the waste land, in the table-land, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for Manasseh.
Obodo ndị ahụ bụ, Beza, nke dị nʼugwu elu ya dị larịị nʼime ọzara. A họpụtara ya maka ebo Ruben. Ramọt, nke dị na Gilead, maka ebo Gad, na Golan, nke dị na Bashan, maka ebo Manase.
44 This is the law which Moses put before the children of Israel:
Nke a bụ iwu Mosis chere nʼihu ụmụ Izrel.
45 These are the rules and the laws and the decisions which Moses gave to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt;
Ndị a bụ ihe ama, na ụkpụrụ, na iwu Mosis nyere ụmụ Izrel nke ha aghaghị idebe mgbe ha si nʼIjipt pụta
46 On the far side of Jordan, in the valley facing Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel overcame after they had come out of Egypt:
na ndagwurugwu Bet-Peoa nke dị nʼọwụwa anyanwụ Jọdan, nʼala Saịhọn, eze ndị Amọrait, onye na-achị na Heshbọn, bụ onye Mosis na ndị Izrel meriri nʼagha mgbe ha si nʼIjipt pụta.
47 And they took his land for a heritage, and the land of Og, king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, whose lands were on the other side of Jordan to the east;
Ndị Izrel nwetaara onwe ha ala ya na ala Ọg, eze Bashan. Eze abụọ ndị a bụ eze ndị Amọrait ndị ala ha dị nʼọwụwa anyanwụ nke osimiri Jọdan.
48 From Aroer on the edge of the valley of the Arnon as far as Mount Sion, which is Hermon,
Ala a sitere nʼAroea, nʼọnụ mmiri Anọn ruo nʼugwu Siriọn (ya bụ ugwu Hemon),
49 And all the Arabah on the far side of Jordan to the east, as far as the sea of the Arabah under the slopes of Pisgah.
ruo nʼala Araba niile, nke dị nʼọwụwa anyanwụ osimiri Jọdan, ruokwa nʼOsimiri Nnu, nʼala ala ugwu Pisga.
