Deuteronomy 4
1 “And now, O Israel, listen to the precepts and judgments which I am teaching to you, so that, by doing these, you may live, and you may enter and possess the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, will give to you.
“Koulye a, O Israël, koute règleman avèk jijman ke mwen ap enstwi nou pou nou fè, pou nou kapab viv. Antre ladann e pran posesyon a peyi a ke SENYÈ a, Bondye a zansèt nou yo, ap bannou.
2 You shall not add to the word which I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it. Preserve the commandments of the Lord your God which I am teaching to you.
Nou p ap mete yon mo sou sa ke mwen ap kòmande nou an ni retire nan li; pou nou kapab kenbe kòmandman a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ke mwen te kòmande nou yo.
3 Your eyes have seen all that the Lord has done against Baal-peor, in what manner he has crushed all of his worshippers from among you.
“Zye nou gen tan wè sa ke SENYÈ a te fè nan ka Baal-Peor a, paske tout moun ki te swiv Baal-Peor yo, SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te detwi yo nan mitan nou.
4 But you who adhere to the Lord your God are all still alive, to the present day.
Men nou menm ki te kenbe fèm a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, nou vivan jodi a, nou chak.
5 You know that I have taught you precepts as well as justices, just as the Lord my God has commanded me. And so shall you do in the land that you will possess.
“Nou wè, mwen te enstwi nou règleman avèk jijman yo jis jan SENYÈ a, Bondye mwen an, te kòmande mwen an, pou nou ta fè konsa nan peyi kote nou ap antre pou posede a.
6 And you shall observe and fulfill these in practice. For this is your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, so that, upon hearing all these precepts, they may say: ‘Lo, a wise and understanding people, a great nation.’
Pou sa, kenbe yo e fè yo paske sa se sajès avèk konprann nou devan zye a tout pèp ki va tande tout règleman sa yo e ki va di: ‘Anverite, nasyon sa a se yon pèp ki saj e ki gen konprann.’
7 Neither is there any other nation so great, which has its gods so near to them, as our God is present to all our petitions.
Paske ki gran nasyon ki genyen, avèk yon dye ki osi touprè li kòm SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, nenpòt lè nou rele Li?
8 For what other nation is there so renowned as to have ceremonies, and just judgments, and the entire law that I will set forth today before your eyes?
Oswa ki gran nasyon ki genyen avèk règleman ak jijman ki dwat tankou sa ke mwen ap mete devan nou jodi a?
9 And so, guard yourself and your soul carefully. You should not forget the words that your eyes have seen, and do not let them be cut away from your heart, throughout all the days of your life. You shall teach them to your sons and to your grandsons,
“Sèlman, veye tèt ou e kenbe nanm ou avèk dilijans, pou ou pa bliye bagay ke zye ou te wè yo; pou yo pa kite kè nou pandan tout jou lavi ou; men fè fis ou yo ak fis a fis ou yo konnen yo.
10 from the day on which you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when the Lord spoke to me, saying: ‘Gather the people to me, so that they may listen to my words, and may learn to fear me, throughout all the time that they are alive on earth, and so that they may teach their children.’
Sonje jou ke ou te kanpe devan SENYÈ a, Bondye ou an, nan mòn Horeb, lè SENYÈ a te di mwen: ‘Rasanble pèp Mwen an pou Mwen kapab kite yo tande pawòl Mwen, pou yo kapab aprann gen lakrent Mwen pou tout jou ke yo ap viv sou latè yo; epi pou yo kapab enstwi pitit pa yo.’
11 And you approached the base of the mountain, which was burning even toward heaven. And there was a darkness upon it, and a cloud, and a mist.
“Nou te pwoche e ou te kanpe nan pye mòn nan. Mòn nan te brile avèk dife jis rive nan kè syèl la: tenèb, nwaj avèk fènwa.
12 And the Lord spoke to you from the midst of fire. You heard the voice of his words, but you did not see any form at all.
Epi SENYÈ a te pale avèk nou soti nan mitan dife a: nou te tande son pawòl yo, men nou pa t wè okenn fòm——sèlman yon vwa.
13 And he revealed his covenant to you, which he instructed you to carry out, and the ten words which he wrote on two tablets of stone.
Konsa, Li te deklare bay nou akò ke Li te kòmande nou pou fè a, sa vle di, Dis Kòmandman yo. Li te ekri yo sou de tab an wòch.
14 And he commanded me, at that time, that I should teach you the ceremonies and judgments which you must carry out, in the land that you shall possess.
SENYÈ a te kòmande mwen nan tan sa a pou enstwi nou lwa avèk règleman li yo, pou nou ta kapab fè yo nan peyi kote nou pral travèse pou posede a.
15 And so, guard your souls carefully. You saw no likeness on the day that the Lord God spoke to you on Horeb from the midst of fire.
“Pou sa, veye tèt nou, akoz ke nou pa t wè okenn fòm nan jou ke SENYÈ a te pale avèk nou nan Horeb la, soti nan mitan dife a,
16 Otherwise, perhaps being deceived, you might have made a graven image, or an image of male or female,
pou nou pa aji yon jan konwonpi, e fè yon imaj taye pou nou menm nan fòm a okenn bagay, ki sanble a ni mal, ni femèl,
17 a likeness of any of the beasts, which are upon the earth, or of birds, which fly under heaven,
sanblab a nenpòt bèt ki sou latè, oswa sanblab a nenpòt zwazo a zèl ki vole anlè,
18 or of reptiles, which move across the earth, or of fish, which abide in the waters under the earth.
ki sanblab a nenpòt sa ki ranpe atè, ki sanblab a nenpòt pwason ki nan dlo anba tè a.
19 Otherwise, perhaps lifting up your eyes to heaven, you might look upon the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error, you might adore and worship these things, which the Lord your God created for the service of all the nations, which are under heaven.
Veye ke nou pa leve zye nou vè syèl la pou wè solèy la, lalin avèk zetwal yo, avèk tout lame syèl la, e mennen pou adore ak sèvi yo, sila ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te chwazi pou tout lòt pèp anba tout syèl la.
20 But the Lord has taken you up, and led you away from the iron furnaces of Egypt, in order to have a people of inheritance, just as it is to the present day.
Men SENYÈ a te pran nou e mennen nou sòti nan founo fè a, an Égypte, pou nou kapab yon pèp pou pwòp posesyon pa Li, tankou jodi a.
21 And the Lord became angry against me because of your words, and he swore that I would not cross over the Jordan, nor enter into the excellent land, which he will give to you.
“Alò, SENYÈ a te fache avè m akoz de nou, e Li te sèmante pou mwen pa t travèse Jourdain an; epi pou Mwen pa ta antre nan bon peyi ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ap bannou kòm eritaj nou an.
22 Behold, I shall die on this soil. I shall not cross over the Jordan. You shall cross it, and you shall possess the singular land.
Paske mwen va mouri nan peyi sila a. Mwen p ap travèse Jourdain an, men nou va travèse e pran posesyon a bon peyi sila a.
23 Be careful, lest you at some time forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he has formed with you, and lest you make for yourselves a graven likeness of those things which the Lord has prohibited to be made.
Pou sa, veye nou, pou nou pa bliye akò a SENYÈ a, ke Li te fè avèk nou, e fè pou nou menm yon imaj taye nan okenn fòm kont sila SENYÈ Bondye nou an, te kòmande nou an.
24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, se yon dife voras, yon Bondye ki jalou.
25 When you will have conceived sons and grandsons while abiding in the land, and if, having been deceived, you make for yourselves any likeness, accomplishing evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to wrath,
“Lè nou devni papa a pitit, pitit a pitit, gen tan rete lontan nan peyi a, aji yon jan konwonpi, fè yon zidòl nan fòm a nenpòt bagay, e fè sa ki mal nan zye a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou pwovoke Li a lakòlè,
26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses this day, that you shall quickly perish from the land, which, when you have crossed over the Jordan, you will possess. You will not live in it for a long time; instead, the Lord will destroy you.
Mwen rele syèl la avèk tè a kòm temwen kont nou jodi a, ke nou va vrèman peri vit nan peyi kote nou ap pase Jourdain an pou posede a. Nou p ap viv pandan anpil tan ladann, men nou va detwi nèt.
27 And he will scatter you among all the nations, and few of you will remain among those nations, to which the Lord will lead you.
SENYÈ a va gaye nou pami pèp yo; epi nou va rete pa anpil an kantite pami nasyon kote SENYÈ a bourade nou yo.
28 And there, you will serve gods which were fabricated by the hands of men: gods of wood and of stone, who neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
La, nou va sèvi dye yo, zèv men a lòm yo, bwa avèk wòch, ki pa wè ni tande, ni manje ni santi anyen.
29 And when you will seek the Lord your God in that place, you shall find him, if only you seek him with all your heart, and in all the tribulation of your soul.
Men soti la, nou va chache SENYÈ a; epi nou va jwenn Li si nou chache Li avèk tout kè nou e avèk tout nanm nou.
30 After all these things which have been foretold have found you, in the end time, you shall return to the Lord your God, and you will hear his voice.
Lè nou nan gwo pwoblèm e tout bagay sa yo rive nou; nan dènye jou yo, nou va retounen a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, e nou va koute vwa Li.
31 For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not abandon you, nor will he entirely destroy you, nor will he forget the covenant, which he swore to your fathers.
Paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, se yon Bondye ki plen avèk mizerikòd; Li p ap lage nou, ni detwi nou ni bliye akò avèk zansèt nou yo ke Li te sèmante a yo menm.
32 Inquire concerning the days of antiquity, which were before you, from the day when God created man upon the earth, from one end of heaven to another, if anything similar has ever occurred, or whether any such thing has ever been known,
Anverite, mande, koulye a, konsènan ansyen jou avan nou yo, soti jou ke Bondye te kreye lòm sou latè a, e mande soti nan yon pwent syèl la jis rive nan lòt la. Èske yon gran bagay konsa janm fèt, oswa èske yo janm tande anyen konsa?
33 that a people would hear the voice of God, speaking from the midst of fire, just as you have heard it, and live,
Èske okenn pèp te janm tande vwa Bondye pale ak yo soti nan mitan dife, jan nou te tande l e viv la?
34 whether God has acted so as to enter and take for himself a nation from the midst of the nations, by means of tests, signs, and wonders, by means of fighting, and a strong hand, and an outstretched arm, and terrible visions, in accord with all the things which the Lord your God has accomplished for you in Egypt, in the sight of your eyes.
Oswa èske yon dye te janm eseye pran pou li menm yon nasyon soti nan yon lòt nasyon pa eprèv, pa sign ak mirak avèk lagè, pa yon men pwisan, pa yon bwa lonje e pa gran bagay etonan, jan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te fè pou nou an Égypte devan zye nou?
35 So may you know that the Lord himself is God, and there is no other beside him.
A nou menm, li te montre ke nou ta kapab konnen ke SENYÈ a, se Bondye; nanpwen lòt sof ke Li menm.
36 He has caused you to hear his voice from heaven, so that he might teach you. And he showed you his exceedingly great fire on earth, and you heard his words from the midst of the fire.
Soti nan syèl yo, Li te kite nou tande vwa Li pou korije nou; epi sou latè, Li te kite nou wè gran dife Li a; epi nou te tande pawòl Li soti nan mitan dife a.
37 For he loved your fathers, and he chose their offspring after them. And he led you away from Egypt, advancing before you with his great power,
Paske Li te renmen zansèt nou yo; pou sa, Li te chwazi desandan apre yo. Epi Li menm, pou kont Li, Li te mennen nou sòti an Égypte avèk gran pouvwa Li,
38 so as to wipe away, upon your arrival, nations, very great and stronger than you, and so as to lead you in, and to present to you their land as a possession, just as you discern in the present day.
epi te pouse devan nou tout nasyon ki pi gran e ki pi pwisan ke nou menm yo, pou mennen nou antre pou bannou teren pa yo kòm eritaj, jan li ye nan jodi a.
39 Therefore, know on this day and consider in your heart, that the Lord himself is God in heaven above, and on earth below, and there is no other.
Pou sa, konnen jodi a e fè sa antre nan kè nou, ke SENYÈ a, Li menm, se Bondye anwo nan syèl la e anba sou tè a; nanpwen lòt.
40 Keep his precepts and commandments, which I am teaching to you, so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, and so that you may remain for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.”
Pou sa, nou va kenbe règleman Li yo avèk kòmandman Li yo ke mwen ap bannou jodi a, pou li kapab ale byen avèk nou e avèk zanfan apre nou yo; epi pou nou kapab viv anpil tan sou tè ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ap bannou pou tout tan an.”
41 Then Moses set aside three cities, across the Jordan toward the eastern region,
Epi Moïse te mete apa twa vil lòtbò Jourdain an vè lès,
42 so that anyone might flee to these if he has killed his neighbor unwillingly, who was not his enemy a day or two earlier, and so that he would be able to escape to one of these cities:
pou yon moun ki touye yon moun ta kapab sove ale, ki te san entansyon touye vwazen li san ke li pa t gen rayisman anvè li nan tan pase yo; pou li ta kab sove ale nan youn nan vil sa yo:
43 Bezer in the wilderness, which is situated in the plains of the tribe of Ruben; and Ramoth in Gilead, which is in the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, which is in the tribe of Manasseh.
Betser, nan dezè sou platon an pou Ribenit yo, Ramoth nan Galaad pou Gadit yo ak Golan nan Basan pou Manasit yo.
44 This is the law, which Moses set forth before the sons of Israel.
Alò, sa se lalwa ke Moïse te mete devan fis Israël yo;
45 And these are the testimonies and ceremonies as well as judgments, which he spoke to the sons of Israel, when they departed from Egypt,
sa yo se temwayaj avèk lwa avèk règleman ke Moïse te pale a fis Israël yo, lè yo te sòti an Égypte,
46 across the Jordan, in the valley opposite the shrine of Peor, in the land of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses struck down. Accordingly, the sons of Israel, having departed from Egypt,
anfas Jourdain an, nan vale ki anfas Beth-Peor a, nan peyi a wa Sihon an, wa Amoreyen yo ki te rete Hesbon an, ke Moïse avèk fis Israël yo te bat lè yo te sòti an Égypte la.
47 possessed his land, and the land of Og, the king of Bashan, the land of the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun:
Yo te pran posesyon a teren pa li an avèk teren Og la, wa Basan an, de wa Amoreyen ki te anfas Jourdain yo vè lès,
48 from Aroer, which is situated above the bank of the torrent Arnon, as far as Mount Zion, which is also called Hermon,
soti nan Aroër ki vin touche vale Arnon an, jis rive nan Mòn Sion (sa vle di Hermon),
49 the entire plain across the Jordan, from its eastern region, as far as the sea of the wilderness, and even to the base of Mount Pisgah.
avèk tout Araba anfas Jourdain an vè lès, jis rive nan lanmè Araba, nan pye pant mòn Pisga a.
