Deuteronomy 4

1 “And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and to the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that you live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which YHWH God of your fathers is giving to you.

Pea ko eni ʻe ʻIsileli, “Ke ke tokanga ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo e ngaahi fakamaau, ʻaia ʻoku ou ako ʻaki kiate kimoutolu, ke mou fai ia, koeʻuhi ke mou moʻui, pea ʻalu ʻo maʻu ʻae fonua ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai kiate kimoutolu.

2 You do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of your God YHWH which I am commanding you.

‌ʻOua naʻa mou fakalahi ki he lea ʻaia ʻoku ou fekau kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻoua naʻa mou fakasiʻisiʻi ia, koeʻuhi ke mou tauhi ʻae ngaahi fekau ʻa Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ʻaia ʻoku ou fekau kiate kimoutolu.

3 Your eyes are seeing that which YHWH has done in Ba‘al-Peor, for every man who has gone after Ba‘al-Peor, your God YHWH has destroyed him from your midst;

Kuo mamata ʻe homou mata ʻaia naʻe fai ʻe Sihova koeʻuhi ko Peali-Peoli: he ko e kau tangata kotoa pē naʻe muimui ʻia Peali-Peoli, kuo fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova ko homou ʻOtua meiate kimoutolu.

4 and you who are cleaving to your God YHWH [are] alive today—all of you.

Ka ko kimoutolu naʻe pikitai kia Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ʻoku mou moʻui kotoa pē he ʻaho ni.

5 See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as my God YHWH has commanded me, to do so in the midst of the land to where you are going in to possess it;

“Vakai, kuo u ako ʻaki kiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo e ngaahi fakamaau, ʻio, ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Sihova ko hoku ʻOtua kiate au, koeʻuhi ke mou fai pehē ʻi he fonua ʻaia ʻoku mou ʻalu ke nofo ai.

6 and you have kept and done [them] (for it [is] your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Surely a people wise and understanding [is] this great nation.

Ko ia ke mou tauhi mo fai ki ai; he ko hoʻomou poto ia, mo hoʻomou ʻiloʻanga ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻaia ʻe fanongo ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ni kotoa pē, ʻonau pehē, ‘Ko e moʻoni ko e puleʻanga lahi ni ko e kakai poto mo faʻa ʻilo.’

7 For which [is] the great nation that has God [so] near to it, as our God YHWH, in all we have called to Him?

He ko e fē ha kakai ʻoku pehē ni hono lahi, ʻaia ʻoku ofi pehē ni ʻae ʻOtua kiate kinautolu, ʻo hangē ko Sihova ko hotau ʻOtua mo ʻene ofi ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku tau kole ai kiate ia?

8 And which [is] the great nation which has righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you today?

Pea ko e fē ha kakai ʻoku pehē ni hono lahi ʻaia kuo maʻu ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni mo e ngaahi fakamaau māʻoniʻoni, ʻo tatau mo e fono ni kotoa pē, ʻaia ʻoku ou fokotuʻu ʻi homou ʻao he ʻaho ni?

9 Only, take heed to yourself, and watch your soul exceedingly, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from your heart all [the] days of your life; and you have made them known to your sons and to your sons’ sons.

Ka ke vakai pe kiate koe pea tauhi ʻi he fakamātoato ho laumālie, telia naʻa ngalo ʻiate koe ʻae ngaahi meʻa kuo mamata ki ai ho mata, pea telia naʻa nau mahuʻi mei ho loto ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo hoʻo moʻui: ka ke ako ʻaki ia ki ho ngaahi foha, pea ki he fānau ʻa ho ngaahi foha;

10 [Never forget] the day when you have stood before your God YHWH in Horeb, in YHWH’s saying to me, Assemble the people to Me, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and they teach their sons;

‌ʻAe ʻaho ko ia naʻa ke tuʻu ai ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻi Holepi, ʻaia naʻe folofola ai ʻa Sihova kiate au, ‘Ke ke fakakātoa ʻae kakai kenau fakataha kiate au, pea te u fakaongo atu ʻeku ngaahi lea kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhi kenau ʻilo ke manavahē kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻaia tenau moʻui ai ʻi māmani, pea kenau akonakiʻi ʻenau fānau.’

11 and you draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire to the heart of the heavens, [with] darkness, cloud, and thick darkness,

Pea naʻa mou haʻu ʻo ofi ʻo tuʻu ʻi he lalo moʻunga; pea naʻe vela ʻae moʻunga ʻi he afi ʻo aʻu atu ki he loto langi, ʻi he fakapoʻuli, mo e ngaahi ʻao, mo e poʻuli matolu.

12 and YHWH speaks to you out of the midst of the fire; you are hearing a voice of words, but you are seeing no likeness, only a voice;

Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kiate kimoutolu mei he loto afi: naʻa mou ongoʻi ʻae leʻo ʻoe ngaahi lea, ka naʻe ʻikai te mou mamata ki ha meʻa fakatātā; naʻa mou ongoʻi ʻae leʻo pe.

13 and He declares His covenant to you, which He has commanded you to do, the Ten Commandments, and He writes them on two tablets of stone.

Pea naʻa ne fakapapau kiate kimoutolu ʻene fuakava, ʻaia naʻa ne fekau ke mou fai, ʻio, ko e fekau ʻe hongofulu; pea naʻa ne tohi ia ʻi he maka lafalafa ʻe ua.

14 And YHWH has commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, for your doing them in the land to where you are passing over to possess it.

Pea naʻe fekau kiate au ʻe Sihova ʻi he kuonga ko ia ke u ako ʻaki kiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni mo e ngaahi fakamaau, koeʻuhi ke mou fai ia ʻi he fonua ʻaia ʻoku mou ʻalu atu ke maʻu.

15 And you have been very watchful of your souls, for you have not seen any likeness in the day of YHWH’s speaking to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire,

Ko ia ke mou faʻa vakai kiate kimoutolu; he naʻe ʻikai te mou mamata ki ha meʻa fakatātā ʻi he ʻaho naʻe folofola ai ʻa Sihova kiate kimoutolu ʻi Holepi mei he loto afi:

16 lest you do corruptly, and have made for yourselves a carved image, a likeness of any figure: a form of male or female,

Telia naʻa mou fakahalaʻi ʻakimoutolu, ʻo tā haʻamou meʻa fakatātā, ko e fakatātā ʻo ha meʻa ʻe taha, pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha tangata pe ha fefine,

17 a form of any beast which [is] in the earth, a form of any winged bird which flies in the heavens,

Pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha manu ʻoku ʻi he fonua, pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha manu kapakau ʻoku puna ʻi he ʻatā,

18 a form of any creeping thing on the ground, a form of any fish which [is] in the waters below the earth.

Pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha manu ʻoku totolo ʻi he kelekele, pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha ika ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi vai ʻi lalo ʻi he fonua:

19 And lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and have seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and have been drawn away, and have bowed yourself to them and served them, which your God YHWH has apportioned to all the peoples under all the heavens.

Pea telia naʻa ke hanga hake ho mata ki he langi, pea sio ki he laʻā, mo e māhina, mo e ngaahi fetuʻu, ʻio ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻi he langi, pea fakahēʻi koe ke lotu ki ai, ʻo tauhi ia, ʻaia kuo vaheʻi ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ki he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻoku ʻi he lalo langi kotoa pē.

20 And YHWH has taken you, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people, an inheritance, as [at] this day.

Ka kuo toʻo ʻakimoutolu ʻe Sihova, ʻo ne ʻomi ʻakimoutolu mei he tutuʻanga ukamea, ʻio, mei ʻIsipite, ke [mou ]hoko kiate ia ko e kakai ʻo hono tofiʻa, ʻo hangē ko ia he ʻaho ni.

21 And YHWH has showed Himself angry with me because of your words, and swears to my not passing over the Jordan, and to my not going into the good land which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance;

Pea naʻe houhau foki ʻa Sihova kiate au koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, pea ne fuakava ʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu au ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioatani, pea ʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu ki he fonua lelei ko ia, ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe ko ho tofiʻa:

22 for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, but you are passing over and have possessed this good land.

Ka kuo pau pe ke u mate ʻi he fonua ni, kuo pau ʻe ʻikai te u aʻa ʻi Sioatani: ka ʻe Lakaatu ʻakimoutolu, ʻo maʻu ʻae fonua lelei ko ia.

23 Take heed to yourselves lest you forget the covenant of your God YHWH which He has made with you, and have made a carved image for yourselves, a likeness of anything [concerning] which your God YHWH has charged you;

Vakai lelei kiate kimoutolu, telia naʻa mou fakangaloʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, ʻaia kuo fai ʻe ia mo kimoutolu, pea mou ngaohi haʻamou fakatātā kuo tā, pe ko e fakatātā ki ha meʻa ʻe taha, ʻaia kuo fakatapui ai koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.

24 for your God YHWH is a consuming fire—a zealous God.

He ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ko e afi fakaʻauha, ʻio, ko e ʻOtua fuaʻa.

25 When you beget sons and sons’ sons, and you have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a carved image, a likeness of anything, and have done evil in the eyes of YHWH to provoke Him to anger,

ʻOka tupu ʻiate koe ʻae fānau, mo e fānau ʻae fānau, pea kuo fuoloa hoʻomou nofo ʻi he fonua, pea kuo mou fakahalaʻi ʻakimoutolu, ʻo ngaohi ha fakatātā kuo tā, pe ko e fakatātā ki ha meʻa ʻe taha, pea mou fai kovi, ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ke fakatupu hono houhau:

26 I have caused the heavens and the earth to testify against you this day, that you perish utterly quickly from off the land to where you are passing over the Jordan to possess it; you do not prolong days on it, but are utterly destroyed;

‌ʻOku ou ui ki he langi mo māmani ke fakamoʻoni kiate kimoutolu he ʻaho ni, koeʻuhi ʻe vave ʻa hoʻomou ʻauha ʻaupito mei he fonua ʻaia ʻoku mou aʻa ʻi Sioatani ke nofo ai; ʻe ʻikai te mou fakatolonga homou ngaahi ʻaho ʻi ai, ka ʻe ʻauha ʻaupito ʻakimoutolu.

27 and YHWH has scattered you among the peoples, and you have been left few in number among the nations to where YHWH leads you,

Pea ʻe fakahēʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe Sihova ki he ngaahi puleʻanga, pea ʻe fakatoe ʻakimoutolu ke tokosiʻi ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai taʻelotu ʻaia ʻe tataki ʻakimoutolu ki ai ʻe Sihova.

28 and you have served gods there, work of man’s hands, wood and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

Pea te mou tauhi ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi ʻotua, ko e ngāue ʻae nima ʻoe kau tangata, ʻae ʻakau mo e maka, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai mamata, pe ongoʻi, pe kai, pe nanamu.

29 And you have sought your God YHWH from there, and have found [Him] when you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Ka ko eni, kapau te ke kumi mei ai ʻa Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, te ke ʻilo ia, kapau ʻoku ke kumi ia ʻaki ho loto kotoa mo ho laumālie kotoa.

30 In the distress of yours, when all these things have found you in the latter end of the days, and you have turned back to your God YHWH and have listened to His voice—

‌ʻOka moʻua koe ʻi he mamahi, pea kuo hoko ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē kiate koe, ʻio ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻamui, kapau te ke tafoki kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, pea ke fai talangofua ki hono leʻo;

31 for your God YHWH [is] a merciful God—He does not fail you, nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He has sworn to them.

(He ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ko e ʻOtua ʻaloʻofa; ) ʻe ʻikai te ne liʻaki koe, pe fakaʻauha koe, pe fakangaloʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa hoʻo ngaahi tamai ʻaia naʻa ne fuakava ai kiate kinautolu.

32 For ask now of the former days which have been before you, from the day that God created man on the earth, and from the [one] end of the heavens even to the [other] end of the heavens, whether there has been as this great thing, or [if anything] has been heard like it.

He ko eni, ke ke fehuʻi ki he ngaahi ʻaho kuo ʻosi, ʻaia naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻiate koe, talu ʻae ʻaho naʻe fakatupu ai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae tangata ʻi māmani, pea fehuʻi mei he potu ʻe taha ʻoe langi ʻo aʻu ki hono potu ʻe taha, pe naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻa pehē ʻo hangē ko e meʻa lahi ni, pe kuo ai ha fanongo ki ha meʻa pehē?

33 Has a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, you—and live?

Pe naʻe ai ha kakai naʻe fanongo ki he leʻo ʻoe ʻOtua ʻoku folofola mei he loto afi, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo ongoʻi, pea moʻui?

34 Or has God tried to go in to take a nation for Himself from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that your God YHWH has done to you in Egypt before your eyes?

Pe kuo finangalo ʻae ʻOtua ke ʻalu ʻo toʻo kiate ia ha kakai mei he lotolotonga ʻoe puleʻanga kehe, ʻi he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi, mo e ngaahi fakaʻilonga, ʻi he ngaahi mana, pea ʻi he tau, pea ʻi he nima māfimafi, pea ʻi he nima kuo mafao, pea ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakailifia lahi, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ko homou ʻOtua kiate kimoutolu ʻi ʻIsipite ʻi homou ʻao?

35 You—you have been shown [it], to know that He, YHWH, [is] God; there is none else besides Him.

Naʻe fakahā ia kiate koe, koeʻuhi ke ke ʻilo ko Sihova ko ia ko e ʻOtua; ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha mo ia,

36 He has caused you to hear His voice from the heavens, to instruct you; and on earth He has showed you His great fire, and you have heard His words out of the midst of the fire.

Naʻa ne ngaohi koe ke ke ongoʻi hono leʻo mei he loto langi, koeʻuhi ke ne akonakiʻi koe: pea naʻa ne fakahā kiate koe ʻi māmani ʻene afi lahi; pea naʻa ke ongoʻi ʻene ngaahi folofola mei he loto afi.

37 And because that He has loved your fathers, He also fixes on their seed after them, and brings you out in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt,

Pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ʻofa ki hoʻo ngaahi tamai, ko ia kuo ne fili ai honau hako ki mui ʻiate kinautolu, ʻo ne ʻomi koe kituaʻā ʻi hono ʻao ʻi hono mālohi lahi mei ʻIsipite;

38 to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you from your presence, to bring you in to give their land to you [for] an inheritance, as [at] this day.

Ke kapusi atu ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga mei ho ʻao, ʻoku lahi hake mo mālohi lahi ʻiate koe, ke ʻomi koe ki loto, ke foaki kiate koe honau fonua, ko ho tofiʻa, ʻo hangē ko ia he ʻaho ni.

39 And you have known today, and have turned [it] back to your heart, that He, YHWH, [is] God in the heavens above and on the earth below—there is none else;

Ko ia ke ke ʻilo he ʻaho ni, pea fakakaukau ki ai ʻi ho loto, ko Sihova ko ia ko e ʻOtua ʻi he langi ʻi ʻolunga, pea ʻi māmani ʻi lalo ni: ʻoku ʻikai mo ha tokotaha.

40 and you have kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding you today, so that it is well for you, and for your sons after you, and so that you prolong days on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you—all the days.”

Ko ia ke ke tauhi ʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo ʻene ngaahi fekau, ʻaia ʻoku ou fekau ai kiate koe he ʻaho ni, koeʻuhi ke hoko ʻae lelei kiate koe, pea mo hoʻo fānau kimui ʻiate koe, pea koeʻuhi ke ke fakatolonga ai ho ngaahi ʻaho ʻi māmani, ʻaia ʻoku foaki kiate koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻo taʻengata.”

41 Then Moses separates three cities beyond the Jordan, toward the sun-rising,

Pea naʻe toki vaheʻi ʻe Mōsese ʻae kolo ʻe tolu ʻi he kauvai ki heni ʻo Sioatani ki he feituʻu hahake;

42 for the fleeing there of the manslayer who slays his neighbor unknowingly, and he is not hating him before, and he has fled to one of these cities and he has lived:

Koeʻuhi ke hola ki ai ʻae tāmate faainoa, ʻaia kuo tāmate lavenoaʻia ai hono kaungāʻapi, pea naʻe ʻikai fehiʻa kiate ia ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho kuo hili; pea koeʻuhi ʻi heʻene hola ki he kolo ʻe taha ʻoe ngaahi kolo ni ke ne moʻui ai:

43 Bezer in the wilderness, in the land of the plain, for the Reubenite; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadite; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassite.

Ko Peseli ʻi he toafa, ʻi he potu fonua toafa ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Lupeni mo Lemoti ʻi Kiliati, ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Kata mo Kolani ʻi Pesani, ʻi he faʻahinga ʻo Manase.

44 And this [is] the law which Moses has set before the sons of Israel;

Pea ko eni ʻae fono naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Mōsese ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli:

45 these [are] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses has spoken to the sons of Israel in their coming out of Egypt,

Ko eni ʻae ngaahi fakamoʻoni, mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo e ngaahi fakamaau, ʻaia naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Mōsese ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, hili ʻenau haʻu mei ʻIsipite,

46 beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have struck in their coming out of Egypt;

‌ʻI he potu mai ʻo Sioatani, ʻi he potu māʻulalo ʻo hangatonu atu ki Pete Peoli ʻi he fonua ʻo Sihoni ko e tuʻi ʻoe kau ʻAmoli, ʻaia naʻe nofo ʻi Hesiponi, ʻaia naʻe teʻia ʻe Mōsese mo e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, hili ʻenau haʻu mei ʻIsipite:

47 and they possess his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan, [toward] the sun-rising,

Pea naʻa nau maʻu hono fonua, mo e fonua ʻo Oki ko e tuʻi ʻo Pesani, ko e tuʻi ʻe toko ua ʻoe kau ʻAmoli, naʻe ʻi he potu ki heni ʻo Sioatani ʻo hanga atu ki he hopoʻangalaʻā;

48 from Aroer, which [is] by the edge of the Brook of Arnon, even to Mount Zion, which [is] Hermon—

Mei ʻAloeli ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he matavai ʻoe vaitafe ko ʻAlanoni ʻo aʻu ki he moʻunga ko Saione, ʻaia ko Heamoni,

49 and all the plain beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the Sea of the Plain, below the Springs of Pisgah.

Pea mo e potu tafangafanga kotoa pē ʻi he potu ki heni ʻo Sioatani ʻo hanga ki hahake, ʻio, ʻo aʻu atu ki he tahi ʻoe toafa, ʻi lalo ʻi he ngaahi matavai ʻo Pisika.