Deuteronomy 4
1 And now, Israel, hear the ordinances and judgments, all that I teach you this day to do: that you may live, and be multiplied, and that you may go in and inherit 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 You shall not add to the word which I command you, and you shall not take from it: keep the commandments of the Lord our God, all that I command you this day.
Mũtikanongerere ũrĩa ngũmwatha kana mũrutarute, no rũmagiai maathani ma Jehova Ngai wanyu marĩa ngũmũhe.
3 Your eyes have seen all that the Lord our God did in [the case of] Beel-phegor; for every man that went after Beel-phegor, the Lord your God has utterly destroyed him 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 you that kept close to the Lord your God are all alive today.
no arĩa othe anyu maarũmĩrĩire Jehova Ngai wanyu, marĩ muoyo nginya ũmũthĩ.
5 Behold, I have shown you ordinances and judgments as the Lord commanded me, that you should do so in the land into which you go to inherit it.
Atĩrĩrĩ, nĩndĩmũrutĩte watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho ta ũrĩa Jehova Ngai wakwa aanjathire, nĩgeetha mũmarũmagĩrĩre bũrũri-inĩ ũcio mũgũtoonya mũwĩgwatĩre.
6 And you shall keep and do them: for this is your wisdom and understanding before all nations, as many as shall hear all these ordinances; and they shall say, Behold, 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 manner of nation [is so] great, which has God so near to them as the Lord our God [is] in all things in whatever we may call upon him?
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 manner of nation [is so] great, which has righteous ordinances and judgments according to 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 Take heed to yourself, and keep your heart diligently: forget not any of the things, which your eyes have seen, and let them not depart from your heart all the days of your life; and you shall teach 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 [even the things that happened in] the day in which you stood before the Lord our God in Choreb in the day of the assembly; for the Lord said to me, Gather the people to me, and let them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days which they live upon the earth, and they shall teach their sons.
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 you drew near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire up to heaven: [there was] darkness, blackness, [and] tempest.
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 to you out of the midst of the fire a voice of words, which you heard: and you saw no likeness, only [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 announced to you his covenant, which he commanded you to keep, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them on 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 ordinances and judgments, that you should do them on the land, into which you go to inherit 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 And take good heed to your hearts, for you saw no similitude in the day in which the Lord spoke to you in Choreb in the mountain 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 you transgress, and make to yourselves a carved image, any kind of 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 of those that are on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird which flies under heaven,
kana wa nyamũ o yothe ĩrĩ gũkũ thĩ, kana wa nyoni o yothe ĩrĩa yũmbũkaga rĩera-inĩ,
18 the likeness of any reptile which creeps on the earth, the likeness of any fish of those which are in the waters under 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 having looked up to the sky, and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the heavenly bodies, you should go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord your God has distributed to all the nations under 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 God took you, and led you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at 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 And the Lord God was angry with me for the things said by you, and sware that I should not go over this Jordan, and that I should not enter into the 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 For I am to die in this land, and shall not pass over this Jordan; but you are to pass over, and shall inherit this good land.
Niĩ ngaakuĩra bũrũri ũyũ; ndikaringa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani; no inyuĩ mũkirie kũringa mũrĩmo ũrĩa ũngĩ mwĩgwatĩre bũrũri ũcio mwega.
23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord our God, which he made with you, and you transgress, and make to yourselves a graven image of any of the things concerning which the Lord your God commanded 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, a jealous God.
Nĩgũkorwo Jehova Ngai wanyu nĩ mwaki ũniinanaga, na nĩ Ngai ũrĩ ũiru.
25 And when you shall have begotten sons, and shall have sons' sons, and you shall have lived a long time on the land, and shall have transgressed, and made a graven image of any thing, and shall have done wickedly before the Lord your God to provoke him;
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 this day to witness against you, that you shall surely perish from off the land, into which you go across Jordan to inherit it there; you shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall be utterly cut off.
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 all nations, and you shall be left few in number among all the nations, among which the Lord shall bring you.
Jehova nĩakamũharagania kũrĩ andũ a ndũrĩrĩ, na no andũ anini anyu magaatigara gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ iria Jehova akaamũharaganĩria.
28 And you shall there serve other gods, the works of the hands of men, wood and stones, which can’t see, nor can they 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 And there you shall seek the Lord your God, and you shall find him whenever you shall seek him with all your heart, and with all your soul in your affliction.
No mũngĩgaacaria Jehova Ngai wanyu mũrĩ kũu, nĩmũkamuona, angĩkorwo nĩmũkamũrongoria na ngoro cianyu ciothe na muoyo wanyu wothe.
30 And all these things shall come upon you in the last days, and you shall turn to the Lord your God, and shall listen to 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 Because the Lord your God [is] a God of pity: he will not forsake you, nor destroy you; he will not forget the covenant of your fathers, which the Lord sware to 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 Ask of the former days which were before you, from the day when God created man upon the earth, and [beginning] at the [one] end of heaven to the other end of heaven, if there has happened any thing like to this great event, if such a thing has been heard:
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 if a nation have heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard and have lived;
Nĩ kũrĩ andũ angĩ marĩ maigua mũgambo wa Ngai akĩaria arĩ thĩinĩ wa mwaki, ta ũrĩa inyuĩ mũiguĩte, na magatũũra muoyo?
34 if God has assayed to go and take to himself a nation out of the midst of [another] nation with trial, and with signs, and with wonders, and with war, and with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights, according to all the things which the Lord our God did in Egypt in your sight.
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 So that you should know that the Lord your God he is God, and there is none beside him.
Muonirio maũndũ macio nĩgeetha mũmenye atĩ Jehova nĩwe Ngai; tiga o we wiki gũtirĩ ũngĩ.
36 His voice was made audible from heaven to instruct you, and he showed you upon the earth 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 Because he loved your fathers, he also chose you their seed after them, and he brought you himself with his great strength 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 destroy nations great and stronger than you before your face, to bring you in, to give you their land to inherit, as you have it this day.
nĩgeetha amũingatĩre ndũrĩrĩ nene na irĩ hinya kũmũkĩra, amũrehe bũrũri wacio, amũhe guo ũtuĩke igai rĩanyu, ta ũrĩa gũtariĩ ũmũthĩ.
39 An you shall know this day, and shall consider in your heart, that the Lord your God he [is] God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath, and there is none else but he.
Menyai na mũnyiite na ngoro cianyu ũmũthĩ atĩ Jehova nĩwe Ngai kũu igũrũ na gũkũ thĩ. Gũtirĩ ũngĩ.
40 And keep you his commandments, and his ordinances, all that I command you this day; that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, that you may be long-lived 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 separated three cities beyond Jordan on the east,
Hĩndĩ ĩyo Musa akĩamũra matũũra matatũ manene mwena wa irathĩro wa Jorodani,
42 that the slayer might flee there, who should have slain his neighbor unintentionally, and should not have hated him in times past, and he shall flee to one of these cities and 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 Bosor in the wilderness, in the plain country of Ruben, and Ramoth in Galaad [belonging to] Gad, and Gaulon in Basan [belonging to] Manasse.
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 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 ordinances, and the judgments, which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt:
Ici nĩcio irĩkanĩro na watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo, na mawatho marĩa Musa aamaheire rĩrĩa moimire bũrũri wa Misiri,
46 on the other side of Jordan, in the valley near the house of Phogor, in the land of Seon king of the Amorites, who lived in Esebon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel struck when they came out of the land 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 inherited his land, and the land of Og king of Basan, two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan eastward.
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 on the border of the brook Arnon, even to the mount of Seon, which is Aermon.
Bũrũri ũcio uumĩte Aroeri, mũthia-inĩ wa kĩanda kĩa Arinoni ũgakinya kĩrĩma-inĩ kĩa Sirioni (na nĩkĩo Herimoni),
49 All Araba beyond Jordan eastward under Asedoth hewn in the rock.
na ũkanyiita Araba guothe mwena wa irathĩro rĩa Rũũĩ rwa Jorodani, o nginya iria rĩa Araba, mũhuro wa iharũrũka cia Pisiga.
