Deuteronomy 4
1 Nowe therefore hearken, O Israel, vnto the ordinances and to the lawes which I teache you to doe, that ye may liue and goe in, and possesse the lande, which the Lord God of your fathers giueth 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 Ye shall put nothing vnto the word which I command you, neither shall ye take ought there from, that ye may keepe the commandements of the Lord your God which I commande 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 haue seene what the Lord did because of Baal-Peor, for al the men that folowed Baal-Peor the Lord thy God hath destroyed euery one from among you.
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 ye that did cleaue vnto the Lord your God, are aliue euery one of you this day.
Ma unu niile nọgidesịrị ike soro Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu bụ ndị dị ndụ taa.
5 Behold, I haue taught you ordinances, and lawes, as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should doe euen so within the land whither ye goe to possesse it.
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 Keepe them therefore, and doe them; for that is your wisdome, and your vnderstanding in the sight of the people, which shall heare all these ordinances, and shall say, Onely this people is wise, and of vnderstanding, and a great nation.
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 nation is so great, vnto whome the gods come so neere vnto them, as the Lord our God is neere vnto vs, in all that we call vnto him for?
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 nation is so great, that hath ordinances and lawes so righteous, as all this Lawe, which I set before you this day?
Olee mba ukwu ọzọ dịkwa nke nwere ụkpụrụ na iwu ziri ezi dịka iwu ndị a m na-enye unu taa?
9 But take heede to thy selfe, and keepe thy soule diligently, that thou forget not the thinges which thine eyes haue seene, and that they depart not out of thine heart, all the dayes of thy life: but teach them thy sonnes, and thy sonnes sonnes:
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 Forget not the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said vnto me, Gather me the people together, and I wil cause them heare my wordes, that they may learne to feare me all the dayes that they shall liue vpon the earth, and that they may teache 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 Then came you neere and stoode vnder the mountaine, and the mountaine burnt with fire vnto the mids of heauen, and there was darkenesse, cloudes and mist.
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 Lord spake vnto you out of the middes of the fire, and ye heard the voyce of the wordes, but sawe no similitude, saue a voyce.
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 Then hee declared vnto you his couenant which he commanded you to doe, euen the ten commandements, and wrote them vpon two tables of stone.
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 commanded me that same time, that I should teach you ordinances and lawes, which ye should obserue in the lande, whither ye goe, to possesse it.
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 Take therefore good heede vnto your selues: for ye sawe no image in the day that the Lord spake vnto you in Horeb out of the middes 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 That ye corrupt not your selues, and make you a grauen image or representation of any figure: whither it be the likenes of 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 The likenes of any beast that is on earth, or the likenesse of any fethered foule that flieth in the aire:
maọbụ nʼụdị anụmanụ, maọbụ nʼụdị nnụnụ na-efe efe,
18 Or the likenesse of any thing that creepeth on the earth, or the likenesse of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth,
maọbụ nʼụdị anụ na-akpụ akpụ, ma ọ bụkwanụ nʼụdị azụ bi na mmiri.
19 And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne and the moone and the starres with all the host of heauen, shouldest bee driuen to worship them and serue them, which the Lord thy God hath distributed to all people vnder the whole heauen.
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 hath taken you and brought you out of the yron fornace: out of Egypt to be vnto him a people and inheritance, as appeareth this day.
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 angrie with me for your words, and sware that I should not goe ouer Iorden, and that I should not goe in vnto that good land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee for an inheritance.
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 For I must die in this land, and shall not go ouer Iorden: but ye shall goe ouer, and possesse that good land.
Aghaghị m ịnwụ nʼala a. Agaghị m agafe Jọdan. Ma unu ga-agafe gaa nweta ala ọma ahụ.
23 Take heede vnto your selues, least ye forget the couenant of the Lord your God which hee made with you, and least ye make you any grauen image, or likenes of any thing, as the Lord thy God hath charged thee.
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 thy God is a consuming fire, and a ielous God.
Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu bụ ọkụ na-erepịa erepịa. Ọ bụ Chineke ekworo.
25 When thou shalt beget children and childrens children, and shalt haue remained long in the land, if ye corrupt your selues, and make any grauen image, or likenes of any thing, and worke euill in the sight of the Lord thy God, to prouoke him to anger,
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 I call heauen and earth to record against you this day, that ye shall shortly perish from the land, whereunto ye goe ouer Iorden to possesse it: ye shall not prolong your dayes therein, but shall vtterly be destroyed.
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 shall scatter you among the people, and ye shall be left few in nomber among the nations, whither the Lord shall bring 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 And there ye shall serue gods, euen ye worke of mans hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smelll.
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 from thence thou shalt seeke the Lord thy God, thou shalt finde him, if thou seeke him with all thine heart, and with all thy soule.
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 thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come vpon thee, at the length if thou returne to the Lord thy God, and bee obedient vnto his voyce,
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 (For the Lord thy God is a mercifull God) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the couenant of thy fathers, which hee sware vnto them.
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 For inquire now of the dayes that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man vpon the earth, and aske from the one ende of heauen vnto the other, if there came to passe such a great thing as this, or whether any such like thing hath bene heard.
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 Did euer people heare the voyce of God speaking out of the middes of a fire, as thou hast heard, and liued?
O nweela ndị mmadụ nụrụ olu Chineke mgbe o si nʼọkụ gwa ha okwu dịka unu mere, ma ha anwụghị?
34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from among nations, by tentations, by signes, and by wonders, and by warre, and by a mightie hand, and by a stretched out arme, and by great feare, according vnto all that the Lord your God did vnto you in Egypt before your 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 Vnto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest knowe, that the Lord hee is God, and that there is none but he alone.
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 heauen hee made thee heare his voyce to instruct thee, and vpon earth he shewed thee his great fire, and thou heardest his voyce out of the middes 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 hee loued thy fathers, therefore hee chose their seede after them, and hath brought thee out of Egypt in his sight by his mightie 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 To thrust out nations greater and mightier then thou, before thee, to bring thee in, and to giue thee their land for inheritance: as appeareth 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 Vnderstande therefore this day, and consider in thine heart, that the Lord, he is God in heauen aboue, and vpon the earth beneath: there is none other.
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 Thou shalt keepe therefore his ordinances, and his commandements which I commaund thee this day, that it may goe well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayst prolong thy dayes vpon the earth, which the Lord thy God giueth thee for euer.
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 separated three cities on this side of Iorden toward the sunne rising:
Mgbe ahụ, Mosis họpụtara obodo atọ nʼofe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke osimiri Jọdan,
42 That the slayer should flee thither, which had killed his neighbour at vnwares, and hated him not in time past, might flee, I say, vnto one of those cities, and liue:
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 That is, Bezer in the wildernesse, in the plaine countrey of the Reubenites: and Ramoth in Gilead among the Gadites: and Golan in Bashan among them of 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 So this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
Nke a bụ iwu Mosis chere nʼihu ụmụ Izrel.
45 These are the witnesses, and the ordinances, and the lawes which Moses declared 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 this side Iorden, in the valley ouer against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon King of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were 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 possessed his land, and the lande of Og King of Bashan, two Kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Iorden towarde the sunne rising:
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, which is by the banke of the riuer Arnon, euen vnto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
Ala a sitere nʼAroea, nʼọnụ mmiri Anọn ruo nʼugwu Siriọn (ya bụ ugwu Hemon),
49 And all the plaine by Iorden Eastwarde, euen vnto the Sea, of ye plaine, vnder the springs of Pisgah.
ruo nʼala Araba niile, nke dị nʼọwụwa anyanwụ osimiri Jọdan, ruokwa nʼOsimiri Nnu, nʼala ala ugwu Pisga.
