Deuteronomy 4
1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, in order to do them, that all of you may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers gives you.
Atĩrĩrĩ, inyuĩ andũ a Isiraeli, iguai watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho marĩa ngũmũruta. Marũmagĩrĩrei nĩgeetha mũtũũre muoyo na nĩguo mũthiĩ mũtoonye mwĩgwatĩre bũrũri ũrĩa Jehova Ngai wa maithe manyu aramũhe.
2 All of you shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall all of you diminish ought from it, that all of you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Mũtikanongerere ũrĩa ngũmwatha kana mũrutarute, no rũmagiai maathani ma Jehova Ngai wanyu marĩa ngũmũhe.
3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you.
Nĩmweyoneire na maitho manyu ũrĩa Jehova eekire kũu Baali-Peori. Jehova Ngai wanyu nĩaniinire gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu ũrĩa wothe warũmagĩrĩra Baali ya Peori,
4 But all of you that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
no arĩa othe anyu maarũmĩrĩire Jehova Ngai wanyu, marĩ muoyo nginya ũmũthĩ.
5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that all of you should do so in the land where all of you go to possess it.
Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩndĩmũrutĩte watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho ta ũrĩa Jehova Ngai wakwa aanjathire, nĩgeetha mũmarũmagĩrĩre bũrũri-inĩ ũcio mũgũtoonya mũwĩgwatĩre.
6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Menyagĩrĩrai maathani macio wega, nĩgũkorwo ũguo nĩguo ũkoonania ũũgĩ na ũmenyo wanyu kũrĩ ndũrĩrĩ iria irĩiguaga ũhoro wa watho ũyũ wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, ciugage atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ rũrĩrĩ rũrũ rũnene nĩ rũũgĩ na nĩ andũ marĩ na ũmenyo wa maũndũ.”
7 For what nation is there so great, who has God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Nĩ rũrĩrĩ rũrĩkũ rũngĩ rũnene ũũ, rũrĩ na ngai ciao irĩ hakuhĩ nao ta ũrĩa Jehova Ngai witũ akoragwo hakuhĩ na ithuĩ rĩrĩa rĩothe tũkũmũhooya?
8 And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Ningĩ nĩ rũrĩrĩ rũrĩkũ rũngĩ rũnene ũũ rũrĩ na watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho ma kĩhooto ta maya ndĩramũhe ũmũthĩ?
9 Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life: but teach them your sons, and your sons' sons;
Mwĩmenyererei, na mũikare mwĩiguĩte nĩgeetha mũtikanariganĩrwo nĩ maũndũ marĩa muonete na maitho manyu, kana mũreke mehere ngoro-inĩ cianyu matukũ marĩa mothe mũgũtũũra muoyo. Marutagei ciana cianyu o na ciana cia ciana cianyu iria igooka thuutha.
10 Specially the day that you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
Ririkanai mũthenya ũrĩa mwarũgamire mbere ya Jehova Ngai wanyu kũu Horebu, rĩrĩa anjĩĩrire atĩrĩ, “Cookanĩrĩria andũ mbere yakwa nĩguo maigue ciugo ciakwa, nĩgeetha mamenye kwĩĩndigĩra rĩrĩa rĩothe megũtũũra muoyo bũrũri ũcio, na marute ciana ciao maũndũ macio.”
11 And all of you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Nĩmwakuhĩrĩirie na mũkĩrũgama magũrũ-inĩ ma kĩrĩma hĩndĩ ĩrĩa kĩarĩrĩmbũkaga mwaki wakinyĩte o igũrũ, gũkĩgĩa na matu mairũ na nduma ndumanu.
12 And the LORD spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire: all of you heard the voice of the words, but saw no embodiment; only all of you heard a voice.
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Jehova nĩamwarĩirie arĩ thĩinĩ wa mwaki ũcio. Nĩmwaiguire mũgambo, no gũtirĩ kĩndũ muonire; mũgambo noguo warĩ ho.
13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
Nĩamũmenyithirie ũhoro wa kĩrĩkanĩro gĩake, na nĩmo Maathani marĩa Ikũmi, marĩa aamwathire mũrũmagĩrĩre, na agĩcooka akĩmaandĩka ihengere-inĩ igĩrĩ cia mahiga.
14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that all of you might do them in the land where all of you go over to possess it.
Na rĩrĩ, Jehova nĩanjathire o ihinda rĩu ndĩmũrute watho ũcio wa kũrũmagĩrĩrwo, o na mawatho marĩa mũrĩrũmagĩrĩra mũrĩ bũrũri ũcio mũraringa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani mũkawĩgwatĩre.
15 Take all of you therefore good heed unto yourselves; for all of you saw no manner of embodiment on the day that the LORD spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
Mũthenya ũrĩa Jehova aamwarĩirie o kũu Horebu arĩ thĩinĩ wa mwaki, mũtionire mũhianĩre o na ũrĩkũ. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio mwĩmenyagĩrĩrei mũno,
16 Lest all of you corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the embodiment of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
nĩgeetha mũtikanethũkie na gwĩthondekera mũhianano mũicũhie, mũhiano wa kĩndũ o gĩothe, ũthondeketwo ũrĩ mũhianĩre wa mũndũ mũrũme kana wa mũndũ-wa-nja,
17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flies in the air,
kana wa nyamũ o yothe ĩrĩ gũkũ thĩ, kana wa nyoni o yothe ĩrĩa yũmbũkaga rĩera-inĩ,
18 The likeness of any thing that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
kana mũhianĩre wa nyamũ o na ĩrĩkũ ĩtambaga thĩ, kana mũhianĩre wa thamaki o na ĩrĩkũ ĩrĩa ĩrĩ maaĩ-inĩ marĩa marĩ mũhuro wa thĩ.
19 And lest you lift up your eyes unto heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Na rĩrĩa mwarora igũrũ, muona riũa, kana mweri na njata, arĩ cio mbũtũ ciothe cia igũrũ, mũtikanaguucĩrĩrio mũciinamĩrĩre, kana mũhooe indo iria Jehova Ngai wanyu aagaĩire ndũrĩrĩ iria ciothe irĩ gũkũ thĩ.
20 But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as all of you are this day.
No inyuĩ-rĩ, Jehova nĩamũrutire icua-inĩ rĩu rĩa gũtwekia igera akĩmũruta bũrũri wa Misiri, nĩgeetha mũtuĩke andũ ake kĩũmbe, o ta ũrĩa mũtariĩ rĩu.
21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance:
Jehova nĩandakarĩire nĩ ũndũ wanyu, na akĩĩhĩta na mwĩhĩtwa akiuga atĩ ndikaringa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani, ndonye bũrũri ũcio mwega ũrĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu aramũhe ũrĩ igai rĩanyu.
22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but all of you shall go over, and possess that good land.
Niĩ ngaakuĩra bũrũri ũyũ; ndikaringa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani; no inyuĩ mũkirie kũringa mũrĩmo ũrĩa ũngĩ mwĩgwatĩre bũrũri ũcio mwega.
23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest all of you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD your God has forbidden you.
Mwĩmenyererei mũtikariganĩrwo nĩ kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu kĩrĩa aarĩkanĩire na inyuĩ; mũtikanethondekere mũhianano wa kĩndũ o gĩothe kĩrĩa Ngai akaananĩtie.
24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
Nĩgũkorwo Jehova Ngai wanyu nĩ mwaki ũniinanaga, na nĩ Ngai ũrĩ ũiru.
25 When you shall brought forth children, and children's children, and all of you shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD your God, to provoke him to anger:
Thuutha wa kũgĩa na ciana, o na ciana cia ciana cianyu, na mũkorwo mũtũũrĩte bũrũri ũcio ihinda iraaya, mũngĩgacooka mwĩthũkie mwĩthondekere mũhianano mũicũhie wa mũthemba o na ũrĩkũ, na mwĩke maũndũ mooru maitho-inĩ ma Jehova Ngai wanyu, mũtũme arakare-rĩ,
26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that all of you shall soon utterly perish from off the land unto which all of you go over Jordan to possess it; all of you shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
ũmũthĩ ndeeta igũrũ na thĩ ituĩke aira atĩ nĩmũkaniinwo o narua kuuma bũrũri ũcio mũraringa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani mũkawĩgwatĩre. Mũtigatũũra kũndũ kũu ihinda iraaya na hatirĩ nganja nĩ mũkaaniinwo.
27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and all of you shall be left few in number among the heathen, where the LORD shall lead you.
Jehova nĩakamũharagania kũrĩ andũ a ndũrĩrĩ, na no andũ anini anyu magaatigara gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ iria Jehova akaamũharaganĩria.
28 And there all of you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Mũrĩ kũu, nĩmũkahooyaga ngai ithondeketwo nĩ andũ cia mĩtĩ na cia mahiga, o iria itangĩhota kuona, kana ciigue, kana irĩe, o na kana ciigue mũrukĩ.
29 But if from thence you shall seek the LORD your God, you shall find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
No mũngĩgaacaria Jehova Ngai wanyu mũrĩ kũu, nĩmũkamuona, angĩkorwo nĩmũkamũrongoria na ngoro cianyu ciothe na muoyo wanyu wothe.
30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come upon you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the LORD your God, and shall be obedient unto his voice;
Rĩrĩa mũgaakorwo mũrĩ mathĩĩna-inĩ na maũndũ maya mothe mekĩke kũrĩ inyuĩ, nĩmũgacookerera Jehova Ngai wanyu na mũmwathĩkĩre matukũ-inĩ ma thuutha.
31 (For the LORD your God is a merciful God; ) he will not forsake you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore unto them.
Nĩgũkorwo Jehova Ngai wanyu nĩ Ngai ũrĩ-tha; ndakamũtiganĩria, kana amũniine, kana ariganĩrwo nĩ kĩrĩkanĩro gĩake na maithe manyu ma tene kĩrĩa aarĩkanĩire nao na mwĩhĩtwa.
32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?
Na rĩrĩ, ũriai ũhoro wa matukũ marĩa mahĩtũku, o marĩa maarĩ mbere yanyu, kuuma mũthenya ũrĩa Ngai ombire mũndũ gũkũ thĩ; ũriai kuuma gĩturi kĩmwe kĩa igũrũ nginya kĩrĩa kĩngĩ. Nĩ kũrĩ kwahaana ũndũ mũnene ta ũyũ, kana nĩ kũrĩ kwaiguĩka ũndũ ũngĩ taguo?
33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
Nĩ kũrĩ andũ angĩ marĩ maigua mũgambo wa Ngai akĩaria arĩ thĩinĩ wa mwaki, ta ũrĩa inyuĩ mũiguĩte, na magatũũra muoyo?
34 Or has God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Nĩ kũrĩ ngai yanageria kwĩyoera rũrĩrĩ ĩrũrutĩte thĩinĩ wa rũrĩa rũngĩ, na ũndũ wa magerio, na kũringa ciama, na morirũ, na kũhũũrana mbaara, na gwĩka maũndũ na njara ĩrĩ na hinya na guoko gũtambũrũkĩtio; o na kana ciĩko ingĩ nene na cia gwĩtigĩrwo ta maũndũ marĩa mothe Jehova Ngai wanyu aamwĩkĩire kũu bũrũri wa Misiri mũkĩĩonagĩra na maitho?
35 Unto you it was showed, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
Muonirio maũndũ macio nĩgeetha mũmenye atĩ Jehova nĩwe Ngai; tiga o we wiki gũtirĩ ũngĩ.
36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and upon earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
Nĩatũmire mũigue mũgambo wake kuuma igũrũ nĩguo amũrute. Nakuo thĩ akĩmuonia mwaki wake mũnene, na mũkĩigua ciugo ciake ikiuma mwaki-inĩ ũcio.
37 And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
Tondũ nĩendeete maithe manyu ma tene, na agĩthuura njiaro iria igooka thuutha wao, nĩamũrũtire bũrũri wa Misiri na hinya mũnene, na agĩtwarana na inyuĩ,
38 To drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you are, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
nĩgeetha amũingatĩre ndũrĩrĩ nene na irĩ hinya kũmũkĩra, amũrehe bũrũri wacio, amũhe guo ũtuĩke igai rĩanyu, ta ũrĩa gũtariĩ ũmũthĩ.
39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in your heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
Menyai na mũnyiite na ngoro cianyu ũmũthĩ atĩ Jehova nĩwe Ngai kũu igũrũ na gũkũ thĩ. Gũtirĩ ũngĩ.
40 You shall keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days upon the earth, which the LORD your God gives you, for ever.
Rũmiai watho wake wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo na maathani make marĩa ngũmũhe ũmũthĩ, nĩgeetha muonage maũndũ mega inyuĩ ene na ciana cianyu iria igooka thuutha wanyu, na nĩguo mũtũũre matukũ maingĩ bũrũri ũrĩa Jehova Ngai wanyu ekũmũhe nginya tene.
41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Musa akĩamũra matũũra matatũ manene mwena wa irathĩro wa Jorodani,
42 That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unexpectedly, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
marĩa mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ ũragĩte mũndũ angĩorĩire angĩkorwo oragĩte mũndũ wa itũũra rĩake atathugundĩte, na atarĩ na rũthũũro. Nĩangĩorĩire itũũra rĩmwe rĩa macio ahonokie muoyo wake.
43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
Matũũra macio nĩmo maya: Bezeri kũu werũ-inĩ ũrĩa mwaraganu, nĩ ũndũ wa andũ a mũhĩrĩga wa Rubeni; na Ramothu kũu Gileadi, nĩ ũndũ wa andũ a mũhĩrĩga wa Gadi; na Golani kũu Bashani, nĩ ũndũ wa mũhĩrĩga wa Manase.
44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
Ũyũ nĩguo watho ũrĩa Musa aaheire andũ a Isiraeli maũrũmagĩrĩre.
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt.
Ici nĩcio irĩkanĩro na watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho marĩa Musa aamaheire rĩrĩa moimire bũrũri wa Misiri,
46 On this side Jordan, in the valley opposite to Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel stroke, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
na maarĩ gĩtuamba-inĩ gũkuhĩ na Bethi-Peori, irathĩro rĩa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani, bũrũri-inĩ wa Sihoni mũthamaki wa Aamori, ũrĩa waathanaga Heshiboni, nĩwe wahootirwo nĩ Musa na andũ a Isiraeli hĩndĩ ĩrĩa moimaga bũrũri wa Misiri.
47 And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Nĩmegwatĩire bũrũri wake na makĩĩgwatĩra bũrũri wa Ogu mũthamaki wa Bashani, athamaki acio eerĩ a Aamori a kũu irathĩro rĩa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani.
48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
Bũrũri ũcio uumĩte Aroeri, mũthia-inĩ wa kĩanda kĩa Arinoni ũgakinya kĩrĩma-inĩ kĩa Sirioni (na nĩkĩo Herimoni),
49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
na ũkanyiita Araba guothe mwena wa irathĩro rĩa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani, o nginya iria rĩa Araba, mũhuro wa iharũrũka cia Pisiga.
