Deuteronomy 12

1 These are the statutes and ordinances, which ye shall take heed to do in the land, which Jehovah the God of thy fathers is giving thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the 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 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shall dispossess have served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon 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 and ye shall break down their altars, and shatter their statues, and burn their Asherahs with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and ye shall destroy the names of them 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 Ye shall not do so unto Jehovah your God;

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

5 but unto the place which Jehovah your God will choose out of all your tribes to set his name there, his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;

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 thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your voluntary-offerings, and the firstlings of your kine and of your sheep;

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 and ye shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice, ye and your households, in all the business of your hand, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.

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 Ye shall not do after all that we do here this day, each one whatever is right in his own eyes.

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 ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

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

10 But when ye have gone over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Jehovah your God causeth you to inherit, and when he hath given you rest from all your enemies round about, and ye dwell in safety,

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 shall be a place which Jehovah your God will choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye shall vow to Jehovah.

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 ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your bondmen, and your handmaids, and the Levite that is within your gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with 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 heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;

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 which Jehovah will choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

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 Nevertheless, according to all the desire of thy soul thou mayest slay and eat flesh in all thy gates, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and the hart.

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 Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

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

17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy kine or of thy sheep, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy voluntary-offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;

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 before Jehovah thy God shalt thou eat them in the place which Jehovah thy God will choose, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all the business of thy 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 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite all the days thou shalt be in thy land.

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

20 When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he promised thee, and thou say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh, thou mayest eat flesh, according to all the desire of thy soul.

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 which Jehovah thy God will choose to set his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt slay of thy kine and of thy sheep which Jehovah hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates according to all the desire of thy soul.

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 Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean alike may eat of them.

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 Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life 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 thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water:

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

25 thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

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 thy hallowed things which thou hast, and what thou hast vowed, thou shalt take, and come to the place which Jehovah will choose;

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 and thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Jehovah thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of Jehovah thy God, and the flesh shalt thou eat.

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 heed to hear all these words which I command thee, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest what is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy 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 Jehovah thy God cutteth off from before thee the nations whither thou goest, to take possession of them, and thou hast dispossessed them, and dwellest in their land,

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 take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared [to follow] after them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

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 Thou shalt not do so to Jehovah thy God; for every [thing that is] abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters have they burned 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 Everything that I command you, ye shall take heed to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor take from it.

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