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.

“And now, O Israel, listen to the precepts and judgments which I am teaching to you, so that, by doing these, you may live, and you may enter and possess the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, will give to 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 shall not add to the word which I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it. Preserve the commandments of the Lord your God which I am teaching to 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 all that the Lord has done against Baal-peor, in what manner he has crushed all of his worshippers from among you.

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

But you who adhere to the Lord your God are all still alive, to the present day.

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.

You know that I have taught you precepts as well as justices, just as the Lord my God has commanded me. And so shall you do in the land that you will 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!

And you shall observe and fulfill these in practice. For this is your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, so that, upon hearing all these precepts, they may say: ‘Lo, a wise and understanding people, a great nation.’

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'.

Neither is there any other nation so great, which has its gods so near to them, as our God is present to all our petitions.

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.

For what other nation is there so renowned as to have ceremonies, and just judgments, and the entire law that I will set forth today before your eyes?

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.

And so, guard yourself and your soul carefully. You should not forget the words that your eyes have seen, and do not let them be cut away from your heart, throughout all the days of your life. You shall teach them to your sons and to your grandsons,

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.

from the day on which you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, when the Lord spoke to me, saying: ‘Gather the people to me, so that they may listen to my words, and may learn to fear me, throughout all the time that they are alive on earth, and so that they may teach 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.

And you approached the base of the mountain, which was burning even toward heaven. And there was a darkness upon it, and a cloud, and a mist.

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 from the midst of fire. You heard the voice of his words, but you did not see any form at all.

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.

And he revealed his covenant to you, which he instructed you to carry out, and the ten words which 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.

And he commanded me, at that time, that I should teach you the ceremonies and judgments which you must carry out, in the land that you shall 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.

And so, guard your souls carefully. You saw no likeness on the day that the Lord God spoke to you on Horeb from the midst of fire.

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,

Otherwise, perhaps being deceived, you might have made a graven image, or an image of male or female,

17 kit li gen fòm zannimo oswa fòm zwazo,

a likeness of any of the beasts, which are upon the earth, or of birds, which fly under heaven,

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

or of reptiles, which move across the earth, or of fish, which abide in the waters under the earth.

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.

Otherwise, perhaps lifting up your eyes to heaven, you might look upon the sun and the moon and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error, you might adore and worship these things, which the Lord your God created for the service of all the nations, which are 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'.

But the Lord has taken you up, and led you away from the iron furnaces of Egypt, in order to have a people of inheritance, just as it is to the present day.

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.

And the Lord became angry against me because of your words, and he swore that I would not cross over the Jordan, nor enter into the excellent land, which he will give to you.

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.

Behold, I shall die on this soil. I shall not cross over the Jordan. You shall cross it, and you shall possess the singular 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, lest you at some time forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he has formed with you, and lest you make for yourselves a graven likeness of those things which the Lord has prohibited to be made.

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.

When you will have conceived sons and grandsons while abiding in the land, and if, having been deceived, you make for yourselves any likeness, accomplishing evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to wrath,

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 this day, that you shall quickly perish from the land, which, when you have crossed over the Jordan, you will possess. You will not live in it for a long time; instead, the Lord will destroy you.

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.

And he will scatter you among all the nations, and few of you will remain among those nations, to which the Lord will lead 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 gods which were fabricated by the hands of men: gods of wood and of stone, who neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor 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.

And when you will seek the Lord your God in that place, you shall find him, if only you seek him with all your heart, and in all the tribulation of 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.

After all these things which have been foretold have found you, in the end time, you shall return to the Lord your God, and you will hear 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, nor will he entirely destroy you, nor will he forget the covenant, which he swore to your fathers.

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?

Inquire concerning the days of antiquity, which were before you, from the day when God created man upon the earth, from one end of heaven to another, if anything similar has ever occurred, or whether any such thing has ever been known,

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?

that a people would hear the voice of God, speaking from the midst of fire, just as you have heard it, and live,

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?

whether God has acted so as to enter and take for himself a nation from the midst of the nations, by means of tests, signs, and wonders, by means of fighting, and a strong hand, and an outstretched arm, and terrible visions, in accord with all the things which the Lord your God has accomplished for you in Egypt, in the sight of 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.

So may you know that the Lord himself is God, and there is no other beside 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 has caused you to hear his voice from heaven, so that he might teach you. And he showed you his exceedingly great fire on earth, and you heard his words from the midst 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.

For he loved your fathers, and he chose their offspring after them. And he led you away from Egypt, advancing before you with his 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.

so as to wipe away, upon your arrival, nations, very great and stronger than you, and so as to lead you in, and to present to you their land as a possession, just as you discern in the present 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.

Therefore, know on this day and consider in your heart, that the Lord himself is God in heaven above, and on earth below, and 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 precepts and commandments, which I am teaching to you, so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, and so that you may remain for a long time upon the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.”

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

Then Moses set aside three cities, across the Jordan toward the eastern region,

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'.

so that anyone might flee to these if he has killed his neighbor unwillingly, who was not his enemy a day or two earlier, and so that he would be able to escape 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, which is situated in the plains of the tribe of Ruben; and Ramoth in Gilead, which is in the tribe of Gad; and Golan in Bashan, which is in the tribe of Manasseh.

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

This is the law, which Moses set forth before the sons of Israel.

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

And these are the testimonies and ceremonies as well as judgments, which he spoke to the sons of Israel, when they departed from 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.

across the Jordan, in the valley opposite the shrine of Peor, in the land of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses struck down. Accordingly, the sons of Israel, having departed from 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.

possessed his land, and the land of Og, the king of Bashan, the land of the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun:

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.

from Aroer, which is situated above the bank of the torrent Arnon, as far as Mount Zion, which is also called 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.

the entire plain across the Jordan, from its eastern region, as far as the sea of the wilderness, and even to the base of Mount Pisgah.