Deteronòm 4

1 Apre sa, Moyiz di pèp la: -Koulye a, nou menm pèp Izrayèl, se pou nou kenbe tout lòd ak tout prensip mwen te moutre nou yo. Se pou nou mache dapre lòd sa yo pou nou ka viv, pou nou ka antre nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye zansèt nou yo, ap ban nou an.

Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

2 Piga nou mete, piga nou wete anyen sou sa mwen mande nou fè a. Se pou nou kenbe tout kòmandman Seyè a, Bondye nou an, jan mwen te moutre nou yo a.

You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

3 Nou menm, nou te wè sa Seyè a te fè bò mòn Peyò a, lè li te touye tout moun nan mitan nou ki te al fè sèvis pou Baal sou mòn lan.

Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.

4 Men, nou menm ki pa t' lage pye Seyè a, Bondye nou an, nou tout la byen vivan toujou.

But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.

5 Gade! Mwen te moutre nou tout lòd ak tout regleman, jan Seyè a, Bondye mwen an, te mande m' fè l' la, pou nou te ka viv dapre lòd sa yo nan peyi nou pral pran pou nou an.

See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

6 Se pou nou kenbe yo, se pou nou fè tou sa yo mande nou fè ladan yo. Paske, se konsa n'a fè lòt nasyon yo wè jan nou gen konprann, jan nou gen lespri. Lè y'a rive tande pale tout lòd sa yo, y'a di: Ala yon gwo pèp, papa! Pèp sa a gen tan gen konprann, yo gen tan gen lespri!

Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

7 Paske pa gen lòt nasyon, li te mèt gran kou l' gran, ki gen yon Bondye toupre yo, yon Bondye k'ap kanpe la avèk yo, tankou Seyè a, Bondye nou an, fè l' pou nou chak fwa nou rele l'.

For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?

8 Pa gen lòt nasyon, li te mèt gran kou l' gran, ki gen bon lòd ak bon prensip pou regle tout bagay san patipri tankou lalwa mwen mete devan nou jòdi a.

And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

9 Tansèlman, veye kò nou! Atansyon pou nou pa janm bliye bagay nou te wè ak pwòp je nou, pou nou pa janm wete yo nan lide nou pandan tout lavi nou. Okontrè, se pou nou moutre pitit nou ak pitit pitit nou yo tout bagay sa yo.

Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

10 Pa bliye jou nou te kanpe sou mòn Orèb la, devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Lè sa a, li te di mwen: Sanble tout pèp la pou m' ka fè yo tande pawòl mwen gen pou m' di yo, pou yo aprann respekte m' pandan tout lavi yo sou latè, lèfini pou yo moutre pitit yo fè menm bagay la tou.

The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”

11 N'a di yo ki jan nou te pwoche bò pye mòn lan. Lè sa a, gwo flanm dife t'ap soti sou mòn lan, yo t'ap moute byen wo nan syèl la.

You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

12 Seyè a rete nan mitan dife a li pale ak nou. Se bri bouch li ase nou te tande ap pale.

And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

13 Seyè a te fè nou konnen kontra li te pase ak nou an. Li mande nou pou nou kenbe l'. Li te ekri dis kòmandman yo sou de wòch plat yo, li mande pou nou swiv yo.

He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.

14 Lè sa a, Seyè a pase m' lòd pou m' moutre nou tout lwa ak tout prensip nou gen pou nou swiv nan peyi kote nou pral antre a, peyi nou pral pran pou nou an.

At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

15 Veye kò nou, tande! Se pou byen nou wi! Lè Seyè a te pale ak nou nan mitan dife a, sou mòn Orèb la, nou pa t' wè anyen ki ta sanble ak yon bagay.

So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful

16 Piga nou fè sa nou pa dwe fè. Piga n' al fè ankenn zidòl pou nou adore, kit li gen fòm gason, osinon fòm fanm,

that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,

17 kit li gen fòm zannimo oswa fòm zwazo,

of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,

18 kit li gen fòm bèt k'ap trennen sou vant yo osinon fòm pwason.

or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.

19 Konsa tou, lè nou leve je nou nan syèl la, nou wè solèy la, lalin lan, zetwal yo ak tout lòt bagay ki anwo nan syèl la. Pa kite yo vire tèt nou pou nou fè sèvis pou yo. Pa al mete ajenou devan yo. Bondye mete yo la pou sèvis tout moun ki sou latè.

When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

20 Kanta nou menm, Seyè a te pran nou, li fè nou soti kite peyi Lejip ki te pou nou tankou yon gwo fou dife kote yo fonn fè, epi li fè nou tounen sa nou ye koulye a: yon pèp ki rele l' pa l'.

Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

21 Men, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te fache sou mwen poutèt nou. Li fè sèman li p'ap kite m' janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an, ni li p'ap kite m' mete pwent pye m' nan bon peyi li menm, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ap fè nou kado a.

The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

22 Se konsa, mwen menm, m'ap mouri bò isit la, mwen p'ap janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an. Men, nou menm, n'ap janbe lòt bò larivyè a, nou pral pran bon peyi sa a pou nou.

For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.

23 Veye kò nou pou nou pa janm bliye kontra Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te pase ak nou an. Piga nou janm fè ankenn zidòl, ankenn pòtre bagay Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te defann nou fè.

Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.

24 Paske Seyè a, Bondye nou an, se yon Bondye ki fè jalouzi anpil, li tankou yon dife k'ap boule tout bagay kote l' pase.

For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

25 Lè n'a gen pitit ak pitit pitit, lè n'a fin vye granmoun nan peyi a, piga nou fè sa nou pa t' dwe fè. Piga nou fè estati osinon pòtre ankenn bagay pou nou fè sèvis pou yo. Piga nou fè sa ki mal nan je Seyè a, Bondye nou an, pou nou fè l' fache.

After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—

26 Si nou fè bagay konsa, men m'ap pran syèl la ak latè a pou temwen pou yo tande sa m'ap di nou jòdi a: N'ap rete konsa, n'ap disparèt nan peyi nou pral pran pou nou lòt bò larivyè Jouden an. Nou p'ap rete lontan nan peyi a, paske nou tout pral disparèt nèt.

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

27 Seyè a pral gaye nou toupatou nan mitan lòt nasyon yo. Se yon ti ponyen moun ase nan nou ki p'ap mouri nan peyi kote Seyè a pral mennen nou an.

Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

28 Lè n'a rive nan peyi sa yo, nou pral fè sèvis pou bondye moun fè ak men yo, pou zidòl fèt an bwa, osinon an wòch, zidòl ki pa ka wè, ki pa ka tande, ki pa ka manje, ki pa ka pran sant anyen.

And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

29 Men, lè sa a, n'a pran chache Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Si nou chache l' ak tout kè nou, n'a jwenn li.

But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

30 Men, lè n'a gen kè sere, lè tout bagay sa yo va rive nou vre, bout pou bout yon jou n'a tounen nan pye Seyè a, Bondye nou an. N'a koute tou sa l' t'ap di nou an.

When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

31 Paske Seyè a, Bondye nou an, se yon Bondye ki gen bon kè, li p'ap lage nou, ni li p'ap detwi nou. Li p'ap janm bliye kontra li menm li te pase ak zansèt nou yo, kontra li te fè sèman l'ap toujou kenbe a.

For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.

32 Chache konnen sa ki te pase nan tan lontan, nan tan ki te la anvan nou te fèt, depi lè Bondye te mete moun sou latè. Ale toupatou sou latè, mande si yon gwo bagay konsa te janm rive. Eske yo janm tande yon gwo koze tankou koze sa a?

Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?

33 Eske janm gen yon pèp ki te tande Bondye rete nan mitan dife pou pale ak yo, jan nou menm nou te tande l' la, epi ki pa mouri apre sa?

Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?

34 Eske te janm gen yon bondye ki te penmèt li al chache yon pèp nan mitan yon lòt pèp pou fè li tounen pèp pa li, yon bondye ki te janm fè tout mirak ak tout bèl bagay sa yo, yon bondye ki te janm goumen tout goumen sa yo ak fòs ponyèt li, ak gwo kouraj li epi ki te fè anpil bagay pou fè moun tranble jan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te fè l' pou nou devan je nou nan peyi Lejip la?

Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

35 Se nou menm sèl Seyè a te fè wè tou sa pou nou te ka konnen se Seyè a ki sèl Bondye tout bon an, pa gen lòt ankò.

You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.

36 Li rete nan syèl la, li fè nou tande vwa l' pou l' te ka moutre nou anpil bagay. Sou latè menm, li fè nou wè yon gwo dife, epi li rete nan mitan dife a, li pale ak nou.

He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.

37 Li te renmen zansèt nou yo, li te chwazi pitit pitit yo apre yo, kifè li te fè yo santi li la ak yo, li fè yo wè gwo pouvwa li, li fè yo soti kite peyi Lejip.

Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

38 Lèfini, li fè yon bann nasyon ki pi gran, ki pi fò pase nou kouri mete deyò pou fè plas ban nou. Li fè nou antre nan peyi yo. Li ban nou yo pou yo rele nou pa nou, jan sa ye jouk jòdi a.

to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.

39 Bon. Koulye a, konprann sa byen. Pa janm bliye se Seyè a ki Bondye anwo nan syèl la ak isit la sou latè. Wi, se li menm, pa gen lòt.

Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.

40 Se pou nou swiv tout lòd ak tout kòmandman mwen ban nou jòdi a. Konsa, ni nou menm, ni tout pitit nou yo apre nou, n'a viv lontan ak kè kontan nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ap ban nou pou rele nou pa nou pou tout tan.

Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

41 Apre sa, Moyiz chwazi twa lavil lòt bò larivyè Jouden, sou bò solèy leve,

Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east

42 lavil kote moun gen dwa kouri al kache si li ta touye yon moun pèp Izrayèl parèy li san li pa fè espre, san li pa janm gen anyen avè l'. Li gen dwa al kache kò l' nan yonn nan lavil sa yo pou yo pa touye l'.

to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:

43 Pou moun branch fanmi Woubenn yo, se te lavil Bezè nan dezè ki anwo sou platon an. Pou moun branch fanmi Gad yo, se te lavil Ramòt nan zòn Galarad la. Pou moun fanmi Manase yo, se te lavil Golan nan peyi Bazan.

Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.

44 Men lalwa Moyiz te mete devan moun pèp Izrayèl yo.

This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.

45 Men kòmandman, lòd ak prensip Moyiz te ba yo apre yo te fin soti kite peyi Lejip.

These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,

46 Lè sa a, yo te deja rive lòt bò larivyè Jouden, sou bò solèy leve, nan fon ki anfas Bètpeyò a, nan peyi wa Siyon an. Siyon sa a te wa peyi Amori a, li te rete lavil Esbon. Men, Moyiz ak moun pèp Izrayèl yo te bat li apre yo te fin soti kite peyi Lejip la.

while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.

47 Yo pran peyi a nan men l'. Yo fè menm bagay la tou nan peyi Bazan, kote wa Og t'ap gouvènen an. De wa peyi Amori sa yo t'ap viv lòt bò larivyè Jouden, sou bò solèy leve.

They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—

48 Peyi yo te pran an te konmanse depi lavil Awoyè ki sou tèt falèz toupre larivyè Anon an, li rive jouk mòn Siryon. Yo rele mòn sa a mòn Emon tou.

extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),

49 Yo te pran tou tout zòn Araba a, ki sou bò solèy leve larivyè Jouden an, rive lanmè Mouri a nan pye mòn Pisga.

including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.