Deuteronomy 4
1 “Now, you Israeli people, obey all the rules and regulations [DOU] that I will teach you. If you do that, you will remain alive and you will enter and occupy/capture the land that Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [worshiped], is giving to you.
Ahora pues, oh Israel, escucha los Estatutos y Ordenanzas que les enseño para que los practiquen a fin de que vivan y entren a tomar posesión de la tierra que Yavé, el ʼElohim de sus antepasados, les da.
2 Do not add anything to what I command you, and do not take anything away from what I tell you. Obey all the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you.
Nada añadirán a la Palabra que yo les mando ni de ella quitarán, para que guarden los Mandamientos de Yavé su ʼElohim que yo les ordeno.
3 “You have seen what Yahweh did at Baal-Peor [Mountain]. He got rid of all the people who worshiped [the god] Baal there,
Los ojos de ustedes vieron lo que Yavé hizo en el caso de Baal-peor, cómo Yavé su ʼElohim destruyó de entre ustedes a todos los hombres que siguieron a Baal-peor.
4 but you who faithfully [continued to worship] Yahweh our God are still alive today.
Pero ustedes, que se aferraron a Yavé su ʼElohim están todos vivos hoy.
5 “Note that I have taught you all the rules and regulations, just like Yahweh our God told me to do. He wants you to obey them [when you are living] in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.
Miren, yo les enseñé Estatutos y Ordenanzas, tal como Yavé mi ʼElohim me mandó, para que hagan así en la tierra a donde van a entrar a poseerla.
6 Obey them faithfully because, [if you do that], you will show the people of other nations that you are very wise. When they hear about all these laws, they will say, ‘The people of this great nation [of Israel] are certainly very wise [DOU]!’
Obsérvenlos y practíquenlos, pues esta es su sabiduría y su entendimiento a la vista de las naciones, las cuales oirán todos estos Estatutos y dirán: ¡En verdad esta gran nación es un pueblo sabio y entendido!
7 Even if other nations are great, there is none [RHQ] of them that has a god who is as near to them as Yahweh our God is to us! Whenever we call out to him [to help us, he answers/helps us]
Pues ¿cuál nación hay tan grande que tenga ʼelohim tan cerca de ella, como Yavé nuestro ʼElohim está siempre cuando lo invocamos?
8 And there is no [RHQ] other nation, even if it is a great nation, that has laws that are as just/fair as the laws that I am telling to you today.
¿Y cuál nación hay tan grande que tenga Estatutos y Ordenanzas tan justos como toda esta Ley que hoy presento ante ustedes?
9 “But be very careful! [DOU, IDM] Do not forget what you [SYN] have seen [God do]. Remember those things as long as you are alive. Tell them to your children and your grandchildren.
Por tanto, guárdate y guarda tu alma con diligencia. No olvides las cosas que vieron tus ojos, ni se aparten de tu corazón en todos los días de tu vida. Las enseñarás a tus hijos y a tus nietos.
10 Tell them about the day that your ancestors stood in the presence of Yahweh our God at Sinai [Mountain], when he said to me, ‘Gather the people together, in order that they can hear what I say. I want them to learn to have an awesome respect for me as long as they are alive, and I want them to teach their children to do that also.’
El día cuando estuviste delante de Yavé tu ʼElohim en Horeb, cuando Yavé me dijo: Congrégame al pueblo y haré que oigan mis Palabras para que aprendan a temerme todos los días que vivan sobre esta tierra, y las enseñen a sus hijos.
11 [Tell them that] your ancestors came near the bottom of the mountain, while the mountain burned with a fire that went up to the sky, and the mountain was covered with dark clouds and black [smoke].
Se acercaron y permanecieron al pie de la montaña mientras la montaña ardía en fuego hasta el centro del cielo, en medio de oscuridad, nubes y densa niebla.
12 Then Yahweh spoke to your ancestors out of the middle of the fire. Your ancestors heard him speak, but they did not see him. They only heard his voice.
Yavé les habló desde en medio del fuego. Ustedes oían el sonido de palabras, pero no percibían figura alguna, sino una voz.
13 And he declared to them his agreement. That agreement contained the Ten Commandments that he wants you to obey. He wrote those on two stone tablets.
Él mismo les anunció su Pacto, el cual les mandó observar: los Diez Mandamientos que escribió sobre dos tablas de piedra.
14 Yahweh commanded me to teach all the rules and regulations to you, in order that you would obey them in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.”
En aquel tiempo Yavé me mandó enseñarles los Estatutos y Ordenanzas para que los practiquen en la tierra a donde pasan para heredarla.
15 “On the day that Yahweh spoke to your ancestors at Sinai [Mountain], he was invisible. So, be careful
Así que guárdense cuidadosamente, ya que ninguna forma vieron el día cuando Yavé les habló en Horeb desde en medio del fuego,
16 that you do not sin by making for yourselves any idol [of something that can be seen!] not make an idol that resembles any person, either a man or a woman,
no sea que se corrompan y se hagan escultura de imagen en la forma de cualquier figura con semejanza de hombre o de mujer,
17 or that resembles any animal or any bird
de bestia que está en la tierra, de ave que vuela por el cielo,
18 or any (reptile/creature that scurries across the ground) or any fish in the deep ocean.
de reptil que se arrastra por el suelo, o de pez que nada en las aguas debajo de la tierra.
19 And be careful to not look up toward the sky and be tempted to worship anything that you see there—the sun or the moon or the stars. Yahweh our God has given those to [be a blessing to] all people everywhere, [but you must not worship them].
No sea que, al levantar tus ojos al cielo y al ver el sol, la luna y las estrellas, toda la hueste del cielo, te desvíes y te postres ante ellos y les rindas culto. Porque Yavé tu ʼElohim los concedió a todos los pueblos debajo de todo el cielo.
20 Yahweh has brought your ancestors out of Egypt, where [they were suffering as though] they were in a blazing furnace, in order that they would be people who belong to him, which is what you are today.
Yavé los tomó a ustedes y los sacó del horno de hierro de Egipto para que sean el pueblo de su herencia, como son hoy.
21 “But Yahweh was angry with me because of [what] your ancestors [made me do]. He vowed that I would not cross the Jordan [River] to enter the good/fertile land that he is giving to you.
Yavé se mostró enojado contra mí por causa de ustedes, y juró que no pasaría el Jordán ni entraría en la buena tierra que Yavé su ʼElohim les da como heredad.
22 He said that I must die here in this land and never cross the Jordan [River]. But you will go across it, and you will occupy that land.
Así que yo moriré en esta tierra. No pasaré el Jordán, pero ustedes pasarán y poseerán esa buena tierra.
23 Be sure that you do not forget the agreement that Yahweh our God made with you. He commanded you to not make any kind of idol, because he has forbidden that.
Por tanto, guárdense para que no olviden el Pacto que Yavé su ʼElohim hizo con ustedes, y se hagan escultura, imagen de todo lo que les prohibió Yavé su ʼElohim.
24 [You must not do that] because Yahweh your God will destroy [anyone who worships idols, ] like [MET] a fire completely destroys things. He [wants people to worship only him, he] (cannot accept/will punish) people who worship anyone or anything else.
Porque Yavé su ʼElohim es fuego consumidor, ʼElohim celoso.
25 “When you have been in the land [of Canaan] for a long time and you have children and grandchildren, do not sin by making an idol that represents anything at all, because Yahweh says that is evil, and if you do that, you will cause him to become angry with you [and punish you].
Cuando engendren hijos y nietos y envejezcan en la tierra, si se depravan, hacen escultura, imagen de cualquier cosa y hacen lo malo ante Yavé su ʼElohim y lo irritan,
26 Today I am requesting everyone who is in heaven and everyone who is on the earth [MTY] to watch what you are doing. [If you disobey what I am telling you], you will soon all die in the land that you will be crossing the Jordan [River] to occupy. You will not live very long there; Yahweh will completely get rid of many [HYP] of you.
hoy yo llamo al cielo y la tierra como testigos contra ustedes con respecto a que pronto perecerán en la tierra hacia la cual cruzan el Jordán para poseerla. No prolongarán sus días en ella, sino serán absolutamente destruidos.
27 And [the rest of you], Yahweh will force you to go and live among the people of many other nations. Only a few of you will (survive/remain alive) there.
Yavé los esparcirá entre los pueblos, y serán pocos en número entre las naciones a las cuales Yavé los llevará.
28 When you are in those nations, you will worship gods that are made of wood and stone, gods made by humans, gods that cannot see anything or hear anything or eat anything or smell anything.
Allí servirán a ʼelohim hechos por manos humanas, de palo y de piedra, que no ven, ni oyen, ni comen, ni olfatean.
29 But while you are there, if you will try to know Yahweh your God, and if you try with your entire inner being to know him, he will (answer/reveal himself to) you.
Pero desde allí buscarás a Yavé tu ʼElohim y lo hallarás, si lo buscas con todo tu corazón y toda tu alma.
30 In the future, after you have been mistreated there and all those bad things happen to you, you will again worship only Yahweh and obey him.
Cuando estés en angustia y todas estas cosas lleguen sobre ti en los últimos días, entonces regresarás a Yavé tu ʼElohim y escucharás su voz.
31 Yahweh is a God who acts mercifully. [If you continue to obey him], he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the agreement that he solemnly made with your ancestors.”
Porque Yavé tu ʼElohim es misericordioso, no te abandonará, ni te destruirá, ni olvidará el Pacto que les juró a tus antepasados.
32 “Now think about the past, about the time before you were born, about all the time since God first created people here on the earth. You could search everywhere, in heaven and on the earth. (Has anything like this ever happened that is as great as [what Yahweh did for the Israeli people]?/Certainly nothing has ever happened that is as great [as what Yahweh did for the Israeli people].) [RHQ] (Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?/Certainly no one has ever heard of anything like this.) [RHQ]
Pues pregunta ahora con respecto a los días pasados, desde el día cuando ʼElohim creó al hombre sobre la tierra y desde un extremo del cielo hasta el otro: ¿Sucedió alguna vez o se oyó jamás cualquier cosa como ésta?
33 (Has any group ever remained alive after they heard a god speak to them from the middle of a fire, like we did?/Certainly no group has ever remained alive after they heard a god speak to them from the middle of a fire, like we did.) [RHQ]
¿Alguna vez otro pueblo oyó la voz de ʼElohim que habla en medio del fuego, como tú la oíste y seguiste vivo?
34 Certainly no other god has ever tried to take a [huge] group of people from one nation [to another location], like he did for us when he brought us out of Egypt. We saw Yahweh our God use great power [MTY, DOU] when he performed many kinds of [DOU] miracles, and sent plagues, and did many other very terrifying things in Egypt for us, [and rescued us when the army of Egypt tried to fight against us].
¿O intentó jamás un ʼelohim venir a tomar para él una nación de entre otra, con pruebas, señales y prodigios, con guerra, mano poderosa y brazo extendido, y con grandes portentos como todo lo que hizo con ustedes Yavé su ʼElohim delante de sus ojos en Egipto?
35 “Yahweh showed all these things to you, in order that you would know that only he is truly God, and that there is no other God.
A ti te fue mostrado para que sepas que Yavé es ʼElohim, y no hay otro fuera de Él.
36 He allowed your ancestors to hear him speak from heaven in order that he could discipline them. Here on the earth he allowed them to see his great fire [on Sinai Mountain], and he spoke to them from the middle of the fire.
Desde el cielo te permitió oír su voz para instruirte y sobre la tierra te permitió ver su gran fuego. Oíste sus palabras desde en medio del fuego.
37 Because he loved our ancestors, he chose you Israelis who are their descendants, and by his great power he brought your ancestors out of Egypt.
Porque amó a tus antepasados y escogió a su descendencia después de ellos, ʼElohim personalmente te sacó de Egipto por medio de su gran poder,
38 [As they advanced], he expelled the people of nations that were greater and more powerful than they were, in order that he could allow them to capture their land and cause it to become yours, which is [what is happening] now.
y expulsó de delante de ti a naciones grandes y más poderosas que tú para introducirte y darte en heredad la tierra de ellos, como sucede hoy.
39 “So today you should (meditate on/think about) the fact that Yahweh is God, that he is/rules in heaven and also on the earth, and that there is no other god.
Por tanto, reconoce hoy y reflexiona en tu corazón que Yavé es ʼElohim arriba en el cielo y abajo en la tierra, y que no hay otro.
40 Obey all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today, in order that things will go well for you and for your descendants, and that you will live a long time in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, [to belong to you] forever.”
Guarda, pues, sus Estatutos y Mandamientos que yo te ordeno hoy para que te vaya bien, a ti y a tus hijos, y prolongues tus días sobre la tierra que Yavé tu ʼElohim te da para siempre.
41 Then Moses/I set apart three cities that are on the east side of the Jordan [River].
Entonces Moisés apartó tres ciudades al otro lado del Jordán, hacia el nacimiento del sol,
42 If someone accidentally killed another person, a person who had not been his enemy previously, he could escape to one of those cities. He would be safe/protected in one of those cities [because the people there would protect him].
para que huya allí el homicida que mate a su prójimo sin intención, y sin aborrecerlo antes. Al huir a cualquiera de estas ciudades podrá salvar su vida.
43 For the tribe of Reuben, Moses/I set apart Bezer [city] in the (plateau/high level) area. For the tribe of Gad, Moses/I set apart Ramoth [city] in the Gilead [area]. For the tribe of Manasseh, Moses/I set apart Golan [city] in the Bashan [region].
a Beser en la llanura del desierto, para los rubenitas, a Ramot en Galaad para los gaditas, y a Golán en Basán para los de Manasés.
44 Moses/I gave [God’s] laws to the Israeli people.
Esta es la Ley que Moisés expuso ante los hijos de Israel.
45 They included all the rules and instructions and commands that Moses/I gave to them, after they/we had come out of Egypt,
Estos son los Testimonios, Estatutos y Ordenanzas que Moisés promulgó a los hijos de Israel cuando salieron de Egipto,
46 when they/we were in the valley east of the Jordan [River]. They/We were across from Beth-Peor [town], in the land that [previously] was ruled by Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city]. Moses/I and the other Israelis had defeated his [army] when they/we came out of Egypt.
al otro lado del Jordán, en el valle que está frente a Bet-peor, en la tierra de Sehón, rey de los amorreos, que habitaba en Hesbón, al cual Moisés y los hijos de Israel derrotaron después que salieron de Egipto.
47 They/We captured Sihon’s land and the land that Og, the king of the Bashan [region], ruled. They were the two kings who ruled the Amor people-group [in the area] east of the Jordan [River].
Poseyeron esta tierra, así como la tierra de Og, rey de Basán, dos reyes amorreos que estaban al otro lado del Jordán, hacia el oriente,
48 Their land extended from Aroer [town in the south] along the Arnon [River], as far [north] as Sirion Mountain, which [most people] call Hermon Mountain.
desde Aroer, que está junto a la ribera del arroyo Arnón, hasta la Montaña de Sion, que es Hermón,
49 It also included all the area east of the Jordan [River] Valley, all the way south to the Dead Sea and east to the slopes of Pisgah [Mountain].
con todo el Arabá al otro lado del Jordán, hacia el oriente, hasta el mar del Arabá, al pie de las laderas de la montaña Pisga.
