Deuteronomy 4
1 And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, giveth you.
Aw Israel caanawk, Na hing o moe, nam saenawk ih Angraeng Sithaw mah paek ih prae thungah na kun o pacoengah, prae to na toep o thai hanah, kang patuk o ih lokcaekhaih hoi zaehhoihaih daannawk hae tahngai oh.
2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Kang paek o ih lok hae thap o hmah loe, azuk o hmah; kang paek o ih na Angraeng Sithaw ih kaalok to pakuem oh.
3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal-peor; for all the men that followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.
Baal-Peor pongah Angraeng mah sak ih hmuen to na hnuk o boeh; Baal-Peor hnukbang kaminawk loe Sithaw mah nangcae salak hoiah hum boih boeh.
4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
Toe na Angraeng Sithaw to kacakah patawn kaminawk loe, vaihni khoek to na hing o boih.
5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it.
Khenah, ka Angraeng Sithaw mah patuk ih baktih toengah, na toep o han ih prae thungah na patoh o hanah, lokcaekhaih hoi zaehhoihaih daannawk to kang patuk o.
6 Observe therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that, when they hear all these statutes, shall say: 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
To pongah lokcaekhaih hoi zaehhoihaih daannawk to pazui oh; to tiah ni to thuitaekhaih lok kathaih prae kaminawk boih hma ah, nangcae palunghahaih hoi panoek thaihaih to amtueng ueloe, kalen parai hae kaminawk loe palungha hoi panoek thaihaih tawn kaminawk ah oh o, tiah thui o tih.
7 For what great nation is there, that hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is whensoever we call upon Him?
Aicae lawk a thuih o naah, aicae khenzawn aicae ih Angraeng Sithaw baktiah, lawkthuih naah nihcae taengah kaom, kalen parai acaeng mi maw kaom?
8 And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Vaihniah nangcae hma ah ka suek ih katoeng lokcaekhaih hoiah zaehhoihaih daan katawn, kalen acaeng mi maw kaom?
9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
Acoe oh loe, na palungthin to patawn oh, to tih ai nahaeloe na hnuk o ih hmuennawk to na pahnet o ueloe, na hing thung palung thung hoiah amkhraeng o taak ving moeng tih; na caanawk to patuk oh, na caanawk ih caa patoeng doeh patuk oh.
10 the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me: 'Assemble Me the people, and I will make them hear My words that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.'
Horeb ah na Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah nang doet o; to naah Angraeng mah kai khaeah, Long nuiah khosak nathung kai zithaih to panoek o moe, a caanawk to patuk o thaih pacoengah, ka lok to thaisak hanah, kaminawk to ka hma ah pakhueng ah, tiah ang naa.
11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
To naah nang zoh o moe, mae tlim ah nang doet o; mae loe van um khoek to hmai angqong pongah, khovinghaih, tamai tabokhaih hoi kathah parai khovinghaih mah khuk khoep.
12 And the LORD spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire; ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only a voice.
To naah Angraeng mah hmai thung hoiah nangcae khaeah lokthuih; nangcae mah lok na thaih o; toe krang loe na hnu o ai, lok khue ni na thaih o.
13 And He declared unto you His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, even the ten words; and He wrote them upon two tables of stone.
To naah nangcae mah na sak o hanah, angmah ih lokmaihaih to nangcae khaeah ang thuih; anih mah thlung hnetto nuiah ang tarik pae moe, nangcae hanah kaalok hato ang paek.
14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
To naah na caeh o moe, na toep o han ih prae thungah na pazui o hanah, Angraeng mah lokcaekhaih hoi zaehhoihaih daannawk to kai khaeah ang thuih.
15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves — for ye saw no manner of form on the day that the LORD spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire —
Horeb ah Angraeng mah hmai thung hoiah nangcae khaeah lokthuih naah, tih krang doeh na hnu o ai; to pongah acoehaih hoiah khosah oh.
16 lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
Krang to sah o hmah; kawbaktih kanghmong krang doeh sah o hmah; nongpa krang doeh, nongpata krang doeh sah o hmah.
17 the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
Long nuiah kaom taw moi ih krang maw, van ah kazawk tavaa ih krang maw,
18 the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;
long ah kavak krang maw, tui thungah kaom tanga ih krang maw doeh sah o hmah:
19 and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
van bangah na khet o moe, na Angraeng Sithaw mah van tlim ah kaom prae kaminawk boih hanah tapraek pae ih hmuennawk boih, ni, khrah, cakaehnawk hoi van ah kaom hmuennawk boih bok hanah, minawk mah ang thuih o naah, to hmuennawk hma ah akuep o hmah loe, bok o hmah.
20 But you hath the LORD taken and brought forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto Him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
Angraeng mah nangcae to sum hmai kamngaeh, Izip prae thung hoiah, vaihni na oh o haih prae ah, angmah ih qawktoep hanah ang zaeh o boeh.
21 Now the LORD was angered with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance;
Nangcae pongah ka nuiah Angraeng palungphui; kai hae Jordan vapui angkatsak ai, na Angraeng Sithaw mah kai khaeah qawktoep hanah nangcae khaeah kang paek ih kahoih prae thungah na kun thai mak ai, tiah ang naa.
22 but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye are to go over, and possess that good land.
Kai loe hae prae ah ni ka duek han boeh; Jordan vapui kang kat mak ai; toe nangcae loe vapui to nang kat o ueloe, to prae kahoih to qawk ah na toep o tih.
23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make you a graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
Na Angraeng Sithaw hoi na sak o ih lokmaihaih pahnet han ai ah acoe oh; na Angraeng Sithaw mah sak han pakaa ih kawbaktih krang doeh sah o hmah.
24 For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
Hmai ah kangqong na Angraeng Sithaw loe, uthaih tawn Sithaw ah oh.
25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall deal corruptly, and make a graven image, even the form of any thing, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke Him;
Nangcae mah caa na sak o moe, na caanawk doeh caa sak o patoeng naah maw, to prae thungah atue kasawk ah na oh o naah maw, nam ro o moe, krangnawk hoi kanghmong krangnawk to na sak o; na Angraeng Sithaw mikhnuk ah kasae hmuen sakhaih hoiah anih to palung na phui o sak nahaeloe,
26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
nangcae ih lok to aek hanah vaihniah van hoiah long hnukung to ka kawk han, to naah nangcae loe akra ai ah na toep o han ih Jordan vapui zaeh ih prae thungah nang hma nang taa o tih; kasawk ah na hing o mak ai, nam ro o boih tih.
27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither the LORD shall lead you away.
Angraeng mah prae kaminawk salakah na haek o tih, nangcae loe Angraeng mah haek ih Sithaw panoek ai prae kaminawk salakah, zetta ah ni nang hmat o tih.
28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
To ah kami mah thing hoiah maw thlung hoiah maw sak ih, kahnu thai ai, thaihaih tawn ai, kacaa thai ai, ahmui doeh pahnuem thai ai sithawnawk to na bok o tih.
29 But from thence ye will seek the LORD thy God; and thou shalt find Him, if thou search after Him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Toe to ahmuen hoiah na Angraeng Sithaw to na pakrong o, na palungthin boih, na hinghaih boih hoiah Anih to na pakrong o nahaeloe, Anih to na hnu o tih.
30 In thy distress, when all these things are come upon thee, in the end of days, thou wilt return to the LORD thy God, and hearken unto His voice;
Hae hmuennawk hae nangcae nuiah phak boih moe, raihaih na tongh o naah, hnukkhuem ah, na Angraeng Sithaw khaeah nam laem o let moe, a lok to na tahngaih o nahaeloe,
31 for the LORD thy God is a merciful God; He will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He swore unto them.
na Angraeng Sithaw loe tahmenhaih hoiah kakoi Sithaw ah oh pongah, anih mah na pahnawt o sut mak ai, paro mak ai; nam panawk khaeah a sak ih lokmaihaih to doeh pahnet mak ai.
32 For ask now of the days past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
Sithaw mah long nui ih kaminawk sak tangsuek nathuem hoi kamtong, nangcae om ai nathuem ih atue thungah, van maeto hoi maeto bang khoek to dueng oh; hae baktih kalen hmuen oh vai maw! Hae baktih hmuen kawng na thaih o vai maw?
33 Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Nangcae mah na thaih o moe, na hing o haih baktih toengah, Sithaw mah hmai thung hoiah thuih ih lok thaih vaih kaminawk oh o maw?
34 Or hath God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before thine eyes?
Na Angraeng Sithaw mah, Izip prae ah nangcae mikhnuk ah sak ih baktih toengah, tanoekhaih, angmathaih, dawnraihaih, misatukhaih, ban thacakhaih, a ban payanghaih, zitthok hmuen hnusakhaih rang hoiah, acaeng kaminawk thung ih acaeng maeto angmah hanah qoih vai maw?
35 Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightiest know that the LORD, He is God; there is none else beside Him.
Angraeng loe Sithaw ni, tiah na panoek o hanah, hae hmuennawk hae amtuengsak; anih pacoengah kalah Sithaw roe om ai boeh.
36 Out of heaven He made thee to hear His voice, that He might instruct thee; and upon earth He made thee to see His great fire; and thou didst hear His words out of the midst of the fire.
Nangcae thuitaek hanah van hoiah lok a thuih; anih mah long ah kalen parai hmai to amtuengsak moe, hmai thung hoiah thuih ih a lok to na thaih o.
37 And because He loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with His presence, with His great power, out of Egypt,
Nam saenawk to palung pongah, nihcae ih caanawk to a qoih; a thacakhaih hoiah nangcae hma ah kaminawk to Izip prae thung hoiah a zaeh;
38 to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day;
nangcae pongah thacak, pop kaminawk to nangcae hma ah haek, vaihni ih baktih toengah, nihcae ih prae thungah ang kun o sak moe, qawk ang toep o sak.
39 know this day, and lay it to thy heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.
To pongah vaihniah, Angraeng loe van hoi long ah kaom Sithaw ah oh, tiah panoek oh loe, palung thungah poek oh; anih pacoengah kalah Sithaw roe om ai boeh.
40 And thou shalt keep His statutes, and His commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Nangmacae hoi na caanawk khoksak hoih o moe, na Angraeng Sithaw mah paek ih prae thungah hinglung na sawk o thai hanah, vaihniah kang paek ih a lokpaekhaih hoi a zaehhoih daannawk to pakuem oh, tiah a naa.
41 Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
To pacoengah Mosi mah Jordan vapui ni angyae bangah, vangpui thumto pahoe pae;
42 that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
kami maeto mah a imtaeng kami to hnukmahaih om ai ah, poek ai pui hoi hum moeng nahaeloe, to ahmuen ah cawnh han oh; anih mah hae vangpuinawk thung ih vangpui maeto ah cawn nahaeloe, anih hinghaih to pathlung pae tih.
43 Bezer in the wilderness, in the table-land, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
To vangpuinawk loe, Reuben kaminawk hanah sak ih praezaek azawn ah kaom Bezer; Gad kaminawk hanah sak ih Gilead ah karom Ramoth; Manasseh kaminawk hanah sak ih Bashan ah kaom Golan vangpuinawk hae ni.
44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel;
Mosi mah hae kaalok hae Israel kaminawk hma ah suek pae;
45 these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt;
Israel kaminawk Izip prae thung hoi angzoh o pacoengah, Mosi mah hae lokcaekhaih hoi zaehhoihaih daannawk hae kaminawk khaeah thuih pae,
46 beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt;
Mosi hoi Israel kaminawk loe, Izip prae thung hoi tacawt o pacoengah, Jordan vapui hae bang, Beth-Peor azawn mikhmai kangtong ah kaom Heshbon vangpui ih, Amor siangpahrang Sihon to tuk o;
47 and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
anih ih prae to a lak o pacoengah, Bashan siangpahrang Og ih prae doeh a lak pae o; Jordan ni angyae bangah kaom, Amor siangpahrang hnik doeh a hum o;
48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion — the same is Hermon —
Arnon vapui taengah kaom, Aroer vangpui hoi kamtong Hermon, tiah kawk ih Sion mae karoek to,
49 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
Jordan ni angyae bang ih azawn ahmuen boih, tuipui taeng boih, Azup-Pishgah vangpui khoek to a lak o.
