Deuteronomy 4
1 Now, therefore, O Israel, hearken thou unto the statutes, and unto the regulations, which, I, am teaching you, to do [them], —to the end ye may live and enter and possess the land, which, Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving unto you.
Gbọ́ Israẹli, gbọ́ òfin àti ìlànà tí èmi yóò kọ́ ọ yín. Ẹ tẹ̀lé wọn kí ẹ ba à lè yè, kí ẹ ba à lè lọ láti gba ilẹ̀ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run àwọn baba yín yóò fi fún un yín.
2 Ye shall not add unto the word which, I, am commanding you, neither shall ye take away therefrom, —that ye may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, which, I, am commanding you.
Ẹ má ṣe fi kún àwọn ohun tí mo pàṣẹ fún un yín, ẹ kò sì gbọdọ̀ yọ kúrò nínú wọn, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ pa òfin Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín tí mo fún un yín mọ́.
3 Yours are the eyes, that have seen what Yahweh did in Baal-peor, for every man who went after Baal-peor, did Yahweh thy God destroy out of thy midst;
Ẹ ti fi ojú ara yín rí ohun tí Olúwa ṣe ní Baali-Peori. Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín run gbogbo àwọn tí ó tẹ̀lé òrìṣà Baali-Peori kúrò ní àárín yín.
4 but, ye who kept on cleaving unto Yahweh your God, alive, are ye all to-day.
Ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo ẹ̀yin tí ẹ gbẹ́kẹ̀lé Olúwa Ọlọ́run láìyẹsẹ̀ ni ẹ wà láààyè lónìí.
5 See! I have taught you statutes, and regulations, as Yahweh my God commanded me, —that ye should do so, in the midst of the land whereinto ye are entering to possess it.
Ẹ kíyèsi i, mo ti kọ́ ọ yín ní àwọn òfin àti àṣẹ bí Olúwa Ọlọ́run mi ti pàṣẹ fún mi, kí ẹ ba à le tẹ̀lé wọn ní ilẹ̀ náà tí ẹ ń lọ láti ní ní ìní.
6 Therefore shall ye observe, and do [them], for that, will be your wisdom, and discernment, in the eyes of the peoples, —who will hear all these statutes, and will say—Nevertheless, a people wise and discerning, is this great nation.
Ẹ máa kíyèsi wọn dáradára. Èyí ni yóò fi ọgbọ́n àti òye yín han àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè. Àwọn tí wọn yóò gbọ́ nípa àwọn ìlànà wọ̀nyí, tí wọn yóò sì máa wí pé, “Dájúdájú, orílẹ̀-èdè ńlá yìí kún fún ọgbọ́n àti òye.”
7 For what great nation is there which hath gods nigh unto it, —like Yahweh our God, whensoever we have cried out unto him.
Orílẹ̀-èdè olókìkí wo ni ọlọ́run wọn tún súnmọ́ wọn, bí Olúwa Ọlọ́run wa ti súnmọ́ wa nígbàkígbà tí a bá ń ké pè é?
8 Or what great nation which hath righteous statutes and regulations, like all this law, which, I, am setting before you to-day?
Orílẹ̀-èdè wo ló tún le lókìkí láti ní àwọn ìlànà òdodo, àti òfin gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn òfin wọ̀nyí tí mo ń gbé kalẹ̀ fún un yín lónìí.
9 Only take thou heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently, so that thou forget not the things which thine own eyes have seen, and so that they go not out of thy heart, all the days of thy life, —but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons and unto thy sons’ sons: —
Kìkì i kí ẹ kíyèsára, kí ẹ sì ṣọ́ra a yín gidigidi kí ẹ má ba à gbàgbé àwọn ohun tí ojú yín ti rí, kí wọn má sì ṣe sá kúrò lóókan àyà yín níwọ̀n ìgbà tí ẹ sì wà láààyè. Ẹ máa fi wọ́n kọ́ àwọn ọmọ yín àti àwọn ọmọ wọn tí ń bọ̀ lẹ́yìn wọn.
10 What day thou didst stand before Yahweh thy God, in Horeb, when Yahweh said unto me, Gather unto me the people, that I may let them hear my words, —which they must learn that they may revere me all the days which they are living upon the soil, their children also, must they teach.
Ẹ rántí ọjọ́ tí ẹ dúró níwájú Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín ní Horebu, nígbà tí ó wí fún mi pé, “Kó àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí jọ síwájú mi láti gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ mi, kí wọ́n lè kọ́ láti máa bu ọlá náà fún mi ní gbogbo ìgbà tí wọ́n bá gbé lórí ilẹ̀ náà, kí wọ́n sì le è fi wọ́n kọ́ àwọn ọmọ wọn.”
11 So ye drew near and stood, under the mountain. Now, the mountain, was burning with fire, up to the midst of the heavens, —darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.
Ẹ̀yin súnmọ́ tòsí, ẹ sì dúró ní ẹsẹ̀ òkè náà, òkè náà sì ń jóná dé agbede-méjì ọrun, pẹ̀lú òkùnkùn, àti àwọsánmọ̀, àti òkùnkùn biribiri.
12 Then spake Yahweh unto you out of the midst of the fire, —a voice of words, ye were hearing, no form, were ye seeing, there was only a voice.
Olúwa sì bá yín sọ̀rọ̀ láti àárín iná náà wá. Ẹ gbọ́ àwọn ìró ohùn, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ kò rí ẹnikẹ́ni, ohùn nìkan ni ẹ gbọ́.
13 Then declared he unto you his covenant which he commanded you to do, the ten words, —and wrote them upon two tables of stone.
Ó sọ àwọn májẹ̀mú rẹ̀ fún un yín àní àwọn òfin mẹ́wẹ̀ẹ̀wá tí ó pàṣẹ fún un yín láti máa tẹ̀lé, ó sì kọ wọ́n sórí wàláà òkúta méjì.
14 And unto me, gave Yahweh command, at that time, to teach you statutes and regulations, —that ye should do them, in the land whereinto ye are passing over to possess it.
Olúwa sì pàṣẹ fún mi nígbà náà láti kọ yín ní ìlànà àti ìdájọ, kí ẹ̀yin kí ó lè máa ṣe wọ́n ní ilẹ̀ náà, ní ibi tí ẹ̀yin ń lọ láti gbà á.
15 Ye must take diligent heed, therefore unto your own souls, for ye saw no manner of form, on the day Yahweh spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire;
Ẹ kíyèsára gidigidi, torí pé, ẹ kò rí ìrísí ohunkóhun ní ọjọ́ tí Olúwa bá yín sọ̀rọ̀ ní Horebu láti àárín iná wá. Torí náà ẹ ṣọ́ra yín gidigidi,
16 lest ye should break faith, and make you an image, a form of any likeness, —a model of male or female;
kí ẹ ma ba à ba ara yín jẹ́ nípa ṣíṣe ère fún ara yín, àní ère lóríṣìíríṣìí yálà èyí tí ó ní ìrísí ọkùnrin tàbí tí obìnrin,
17 a model of any beast that is in the earth, —a model of any winged bird, that flieth in the heavens;
tàbí ti ẹranko orí ilẹ̀, tàbí ti ẹyẹ tí ń fò ní òfúrufú,
18 a model of any thing that creepeth on the ground, —a model of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth;
tàbí ti àwòrán onírúurú ẹ̀dá tí ń fà lórí ilẹ̀, tàbí ti ẹja nínú omi.
19 or lest thou shouldest lift up thine eyes towards the heavens and see the sun and the moon, and the stars—all the host of the heavens, and shouldest be seduced, and shouldest bow thyself down to them and he led to serve them, —the which Yahweh thy God hath assigned unto all the peoples under all the heavens;
Bí ẹ bá wòkè tí ẹ rí oòrùn, òṣùpá àti àwọn ìràwọ̀: àwọn ohun tí a ṣe lọ́jọ̀ sójú ọ̀run, ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí wọ́n tàn yín jẹ dé bi pé ẹ̀yin yóò foríbalẹ̀ fún wọn, àti láti máa sin ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín dá fún gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè lábẹ́ ọ̀run.
20 whereas you, hath Yahweh taken, and brought you forth out of a smelting-pot of iron, out of Egypt, —that ye might become his own inherited people as at this day.
Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín sì ti mú ẹ̀yin jáde kúrò nínú iná ìléru ńlá, àní ní Ejibiti, láti lè jẹ́ ènìyàn ìní i rẹ̀, bí ẹ̀yin ti jẹ́ báyìí.
21 But, Yahweh shewed himself angry with me, for your sakes, —and sware that I should not pass over the Jordan, and that I should not enter into the good land, which, Yahweh thy God, is giving unto thee as an inheritance;
Inú Olúwa ru sí mi nítorí yín, ó sì ti búra pé èmi kì yóò la Jordani kọjá, èmi kì yóò sì wọ ilẹ̀ rere tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run fi fún un yín, ní ìní yín.
22 for, I, am about to die in this land, I am not to pass over the Jordan, —but, ye, are to pass over, and possess this good land.
Èmi yóò kú ní ilẹ̀ yìí, èmi kì yóò la Jordani kọjá, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin ti fẹ́ rékọjá sí òdìkejì odò láti gba ilẹ̀ rere náà.
23 Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he hath solemnised with you, —and so make for yourselves an image, the form of anything, the which Yahweh thy God hath forbidden thee;
Ẹ ṣọ́ra, kí ẹ má ṣe gbàgbé májẹ̀mú Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín tí ó ti bá a yín dá. Ẹ má ṣe ṣe ère ní ìrísí ohunkóhun fún ara yín, èèwọ̀ ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín kà á sí.
24 seeing that as for Yahweh thy God, a consuming fire, he is, —a jealous GOD.
Torí pé iná ajónirun ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, Ọlọ́run owú ni.
25 When thou shalt beget sons, and sons’ sons, and become careless in the land and break faith and make an image the form of any thing, and shalt do the thing that is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh thy God provoking him to anger,
Lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí ẹ ti ní àwọn ọmọ àti àwọn ọmọ ọmọ, tí ẹ sì ti gbé ní ilẹ̀ yìí pẹ́, bí ẹ bá wá ba ara yín jẹ́ nípa ṣíṣe irú ère yówù tó jẹ́, tí ẹ sì ṣe búburú lójú Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, tí ẹ sì mú un bínú.
26 I take both the heavens and the earth to witness against you to-day, that ye shall, perish, speedily, from off the land which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess, —ye shall not prolong your days thereupon; for, ye shall surely be laid waste;
Mo pe ọ̀run àti ayé láti jẹ́rìí takò yín lónìí, pé kíákíá ni ẹ ó parun ní ilẹ̀ náà tí ẹ ń la Jordani kọjá lọ láti gbà. Ẹ kò ní pẹ́ ní ilẹ̀ náà, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin yóò run pátápátá.
27 and Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, —and ye shall have left remaining of you men easily counted, among the nations whither Yahweh will drive you;
Olúwa yóò fọ́n yín ká sí àárín àwọn ènìyàn náà, àwọn díẹ̀ nínú yín ni yóò yè láàrín orílẹ̀-èdè tí Olúwa yóò fọ́n yín sí.
28 and ye will serve there gods made by the hands of man, —wood or stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.
Ẹ ó sì máa sin ọlọ́run tí á fi ọwọ́ ènìyàn ṣe: tí wọ́n fi igi àti òkúta ṣe, èyí tí kò le ríran, gbọ́rọ̀, jẹun tàbí gbọ́ òórùn.
29 If thou shalt seek from thence, Yahweh thy God, then shalt thou find him, —when thou shalt search after him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
Bí ẹ̀yin bá wá Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín láti bẹ̀ ẹ́, ẹ ó ri i, bí ẹ bá wá a, pẹ̀lú gbogbo ọkàn yín àti gbogbo àyà a yín.
30 In thy distress, when all these things have found thee out—in the afterpart of the days, thou wilt return unto Yahweh thy God, and wilt hearken to his voice.
Bí ẹ bá wà nínú wàhálà, bí gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí bá ṣẹlẹ̀ sí yín, láìpẹ́ ẹ ó tún padà tọ Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín wá, ẹ ó sì gbọ́ tirẹ̀.
31 For, a GOD of compassion, is Yahweh thy God, he will not forsake thee neither will he destroy thee, —nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
Nítorí pé Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín aláàánú ni, kò ní gbàgbé tàbí pa yín rẹ́ tàbí kó gbàgbé májẹ̀mú pẹ̀lú àwọn baba ńlá yín, èyí tí ó fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀ nípa ìbúra.
32 For ask, I pray you, of the former days which were before thee, even from the day when God created man upon the earth, yea from one end of the heavens even to the other end of the heavens, —whether aught was ever brought to pass, like this great thing, or was ever heard of like it:
Ẹ béèrè báyìí nípa ti àwọn ọjọ́ ìgbàanì ṣáájú kí a tó bí i yín, láti ìgbà tí Ọlọ́run ti dá ènìyàn sórí ilẹ̀ ayé. Ẹ béèrè láti igun ọ̀run kan sí èkejì. Ǹjẹ́ irú nǹkan olókìkí báyìí: ti ṣẹlẹ̀ rí? Ǹjẹ́ a ti gbọ́ irú u rẹ̀ rí?
33 Did a people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of fire, as, thou, didst hear, and yet live?
Ǹjẹ́ àwọn ènìyàn mìíràn tí ì gbọ́ ohùn Ọlọ́run rí, tí ó sọ̀rọ̀ jáde láti inú iná, gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀yin ti gbọ́ tí ẹ sì yè?
34 Or did a god ever make trial of entering in to take unto him a nation out of the midst of a nation, by provings, by signs and by wonders and by fighting, and by a firm hand and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, —according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
Ǹjẹ́ Ọlọ́run kan ti gbìyànjú àti mú orílẹ̀-èdè kan jáde kúrò nínú òmíràn fúnra rẹ̀ rí, nípa ìdánwò, nípa iṣẹ́ àmì, àti iṣẹ́ ìyanu nípa ogun, tàbí nípa ọwọ́ agbára tàbí nína apá, àti nípa ẹ̀rù ńlá: gẹ́gẹ́ bí gbogbo èyí tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín ṣe fún un yín ní Ejibiti ní ojú ẹ̀yin tìkára yín?
35 Thou, wast allowed to see that thou mightest know, that Yahweh, he is God, there is none other than he alone.
A fi gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí hàn yín kí ẹ bá a lè gbà pé Olúwa ni Ọlọ́run. Kò sì sí ẹlòmíràn lẹ́yìn rẹ̀.
36 Out of the heavens, he let thee hear his voice to instruct thee, —and, upon the earth, he let thee see his great fire, and his own words, thou didst hear out of the midst of the fire.
Ó jẹ́ kí ẹ gbọ́ ohùn rẹ̀ láti ọ̀run wá, láti kọ́ ọ yín. Ní ayé, ó fi iná ńlá rẹ̀ hàn yín, ẹ sì gbọ́ ohùn rẹ̀ láti àárín iná wá,
37 And because that he loved thy fathers, therefore chose he his seed after him, —and brought thee forth with his presence with his great might, out of Egypt;
torí pé ó fẹ́ràn àwọn baba ńlá yín, ó sì yan àwọn ọmọ wọn ní ipò lẹ́yìn wọn. Nípa ìwà láààyè àti nípa agbára ńlá rẹ̀ ni ó fi mú un yín kúrò ní Ejibiti.
38 to dispossess nations, greater and stronger than thou from before thee, —to bring thee in. to give unto thee their land for an inheritance: As at this day.
Láti lé àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí ó tóbi tí ó sì lágbára níwájú yín; láti le è mú un yín wá sí ilẹ̀ wọn kí ẹ lè jogún rẹ̀ bí ó ti rí lónìí.
39 So then thou must consider to-day, and bring it back to thy heart, that, Yahweh, he is God in the heavens above and upon the earth beneath, —there is none other.
Ẹ gbà kí ẹ sì fi sọ́kàn lónìí pé Olúwa ni Ọlọ́run lókè ọ̀run lọ́hùn ún àti ní ilẹ̀ ní ìsàlẹ̀ níhìn-ín. Kò sí òmíràn mọ́.
40 So shalt thou keep his statutes and his commandments which, I, am commanding thee to-day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, —and to the end thou mayest prolong thy days upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God, is giving thee, all the days.
Ẹ pa àwọn ìlànà àti àṣẹ rẹ̀ mọ́ tí mo ń fún un yín lónìí; kí ó ba à le è yẹ yín, kí ẹ̀yin sì le è pẹ́ ní ilẹ̀ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín fún un yín ní gbogbo ìgbà.
41 Then, did Moses set apart three cities, over the Jordan, —towards the rising of the sun:
Mose sì ya àwọn ìlú mẹ́ta kan sọ́tọ̀ ní apá ìwọ̀-oòrùn Jordani.
42 that the manslayer might flee thither who should slay his neighbour unawares, he, not having hated him, aforetime, —and might flee unto one of these cities, and live:
Kí apànìyàn kí ó lè máa sá síbẹ̀, tí ó bá ṣi ẹnìkejì rẹ̀ pa, tí kò sì kórìíra rẹ̀ tẹ́lẹ̀ rí, àti pé bí ó bá sá sí ọ̀kan nínú ìlú wọ̀nyí kí ó lè là.
43 namely Bezer, in the desert of the table-land, for the Reubenites, —and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
Àwọn ìlú mẹ́tẹ̀ẹ̀ta náà nìwọ̀nyí: Beseri ní ijù, ní ilẹ̀ pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀, tí àwọn ọmọ Reubeni; Ramoti ní Gileadi, ti àwọn ọmọ Gadi àti Golani ní Baṣani, ti àwọn ará Manase.
44 This, then is the law which Moses set before the sons of Israel:
Èyí ni òfin tí Mose gbé kalẹ̀ fún àwọn ará Israẹli.
45 These, are the testimonies, and the statutes and the regulations, —which Moses spake unto the sons of Israel when they came forth out of Egypt:
Wọ̀nyí ni àwọn ẹ̀rí, àti ìlànà àti ìdájọ́ tí Mose fi lélẹ̀ fún ún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli, lẹ́yìn tí wọ́n ti jáde kúrò ní Ejibiti.
46 over the Jordan in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, —whom Moses and the sons of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt:
Tí wọ́n sì wà ní ẹ̀bá àfonífojì Beti-Peori ní ìlà-oòrùn Jordani; ní ilẹ̀ Sihoni, ọba àwọn Amori tí ó jẹ ọba Heṣboni tí Mose àti àwọn ọmọ Israẹli ṣẹ́gun, bí wọ́n ṣe ń ti Ejibiti bọ̀.
47 so they took possession of his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan the two kings of the Amorites, who were over the Jordan, —towards the rising of the sun;
Wọ́n gba ilẹ̀ rẹ̀, àti ilẹ̀ Ogu ọba Baṣani àwọn ọba Amori méjèèjì tí ń bẹ ní ìlà-oòrùn Jordani.
48 from Aroer which is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon, even unto Mount Sion, the same, is Hermon;
Ilẹ̀ wọ̀nyí bẹ̀rẹ̀ láti Aroeri ní etí odò Arnoni dé orí òkè Sirioni (èyí ni Hermoni).
49 and all the waste plain over the Jordan, towards sunrise, even unto the sea of the waste plain, —under the slopes of the Pisgah.
Àti gbogbo aginjù ní ìlà-oòrùn Jordani títí dé Òkun Iyọ̀ ní ìsàlẹ̀ gẹ̀rẹ́gẹ̀rẹ́ Pisga.
