Deteronòm 4

1 “Koulye a, O Israël, koute règleman avèk jijman ke mwen ap enstwi nou pou nou fè, pou nou kapab viv. Antre ladann e pran posesyon a peyi a ke SENYÈ a, Bondye a zansèt nou yo, ap bannou.

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.

2 Nou p ap mete yon mo sou sa ke mwen ap kòmande nou an ni retire nan li; pou nou kapab kenbe kòmandman a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ke mwen te kòmande nou yo.

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.

3 “Zye nou gen tan wè sa ke SENYÈ a te fè nan ka Baal-Peor a, paske tout moun ki te swiv Baal-Peor yo, SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te detwi yo nan mitan nou.

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;

4 Men nou menm ki te kenbe fèm a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, nou vivan jodi a, nou chak.

but, ye who kept on cleaving unto Yahweh your God, alive, are ye all to-day.

5 “Nou wè, mwen te enstwi nou règleman avèk jijman yo jis jan SENYÈ a, Bondye mwen an, te kòmande mwen an, pou nou ta fè konsa nan peyi kote nou ap antre pou posede a.

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.

6 Pou sa, kenbe yo e fè yo paske sa se sajès avèk konprann nou devan zye a tout pèp ki va tande tout règleman sa yo e ki va di: ‘Anverite, nasyon sa a se yon pèp ki saj e ki gen konprann.’

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.

7 Paske ki gran nasyon ki genyen, avèk yon dye ki osi touprè li kòm SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, nenpòt lè nou rele Li?

For what great nation is there which hath gods nigh unto it, —like Yahweh our God, whensoever we have cried out unto him.

8 Oswa ki gran nasyon ki genyen avèk règleman ak jijman ki dwat tankou sa ke mwen ap mete devan nou jodi a?

Or what great nation which hath righteous statutes and regulations, like all this law, which, I, am setting before you to-day?

9 “Sèlman, veye tèt ou e kenbe nanm ou avèk dilijans, pou ou pa bliye bagay ke zye ou te wè yo; pou yo pa kite kè nou pandan tout jou lavi ou; men fè fis ou yo ak fis a fis ou yo konnen yo.

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: —

10 Sonje jou ke ou te kanpe devan SENYÈ a, Bondye ou an, nan mòn Horeb, lè SENYÈ a te di mwen: ‘Rasanble pèp Mwen an pou Mwen kapab kite yo tande pawòl Mwen, pou yo kapab aprann gen lakrent Mwen pou tout jou ke yo ap viv sou latè yo; epi pou yo kapab enstwi pitit pa yo.’

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.

11 “Nou te pwoche e ou te kanpe nan pye mòn nan. Mòn nan te brile avèk dife jis rive nan kè syèl la: tenèb, nwaj avèk fènwa.

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.

12 Epi SENYÈ a te pale avèk nou soti nan mitan dife a: nou te tande son pawòl yo, men nou pa t wè okenn fòm——sèlman yon vwa.

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.

13 Konsa, Li te deklare bay nou akò ke Li te kòmande nou pou fè a, sa vle di, Dis Kòmandman yo. Li te ekri yo sou de tab an wòch.

Then declared he unto you his covenant which he commanded you to do, the ten words, —and wrote them upon two tables of stone.

14 SENYÈ a te kòmande mwen nan tan sa a pou enstwi nou lwa avèk règleman li yo, pou nou ta kapab fè yo nan peyi kote nou pral travèse pou posede a.

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.

15 “Pou sa, veye tèt nou, akoz ke nou pa t wè okenn fòm nan jou ke SENYÈ a te pale avèk nou nan Horeb la, soti nan mitan dife a,

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;

16 pou nou pa aji yon jan konwonpi, e fè yon imaj taye pou nou menm nan fòm a okenn bagay, ki sanble a ni mal, ni femèl,

lest ye should break faith, and make you an image, a form of any likeness, —a model of male or female;

17 sanblab a nenpòt bèt ki sou latè, oswa sanblab a nenpòt zwazo a zèl ki vole anlè,

a model of any beast that is in the earth, —a model of any winged bird, that flieth in the heavens;

18 ki sanblab a nenpòt sa ki ranpe atè, ki sanblab a nenpòt pwason ki nan dlo anba tè a.

a model of any thing that creepeth on the ground, —a model of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth;

19 Veye ke nou pa leve zye nou vè syèl la pou wè solèy la, lalin avèk zetwal yo, avèk tout lame syèl la, e mennen pou adore ak sèvi yo, sila ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te chwazi pou tout lòt pèp anba tout syèl la.

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;

20 Men SENYÈ a te pran nou e mennen nou sòti nan founo fè a, an Égypte, pou nou kapab yon pèp pou pwòp posesyon pa Li, tankou jodi a.

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.

21 “Alò, SENYÈ a te fache avè m akoz de nou, e Li te sèmante pou mwen pa t travèse Jourdain an; epi pou Mwen pa ta antre nan bon peyi ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ap bannou kòm eritaj nou an.

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;

22 Paske mwen va mouri nan peyi sila a. Mwen p ap travèse Jourdain an, men nou va travèse e pran posesyon a bon peyi sila a.

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.

23 Pou sa, veye nou, pou nou pa bliye akò a SENYÈ a, ke Li te fè avèk nou, e fè pou nou menm yon imaj taye nan okenn fòm kont sila SENYÈ Bondye nou an, te kòmande nou an.

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;

24 Paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, se yon dife voras, yon Bondye ki jalou.

seeing that as for Yahweh thy God, a consuming fire, he is, —a jealous GOD.

25 “Lè nou devni papa a pitit, pitit a pitit, gen tan rete lontan nan peyi a, aji yon jan konwonpi, fè yon zidòl nan fòm a nenpòt bagay, e fè sa ki mal nan zye a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, pou pwovoke Li a lakòlè,

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,

26 Mwen rele syèl la avèk tè a kòm temwen kont nou jodi a, ke nou va vrèman peri vit nan peyi kote nou ap pase Jourdain an pou posede a. Nou p ap viv pandan anpil tan ladann, men nou va detwi nèt.

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;

27 SENYÈ a va gaye nou pami pèp yo; epi nou va rete pa anpil an kantite pami nasyon kote SENYÈ a bourade nou yo.

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;

28 La, nou va sèvi dye yo, zèv men a lòm yo, bwa avèk wòch, ki pa wè ni tande, ni manje ni santi anyen.

and ye will serve there gods made by the hands of man, —wood or stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

29 Men soti la, nou va chache SENYÈ a; epi nou va jwenn Li si nou chache Li avèk tout kè nou e avèk tout nanm nou.

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.

30 Lè nou nan gwo pwoblèm e tout bagay sa yo rive nou; nan dènye jou yo, nou va retounen a SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, e nou va koute vwa Li.

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.

31 Paske SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, se yon Bondye ki plen avèk mizerikòd; Li p ap lage nou, ni detwi nou ni bliye akò avèk zansèt nou yo ke Li te sèmante a yo menm.

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.

32 Anverite, mande, koulye a, konsènan ansyen jou avan nou yo, soti jou ke Bondye te kreye lòm sou latè a, e mande soti nan yon pwent syèl la jis rive nan lòt la. Èske yon gran bagay konsa janm fèt, oswa èske yo janm tande anyen konsa?

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:

33 Èske okenn pèp te janm tande vwa Bondye pale ak yo soti nan mitan dife, jan nou te tande l e viv la?

Did a people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of fire, as, thou, didst hear, and yet live?

34 Oswa èske yon dye te janm eseye pran pou li menm yon nasyon soti nan yon lòt nasyon pa eprèv, pa sign ak mirak avèk lagè, pa yon men pwisan, pa yon bwa lonje e pa gran bagay etonan, jan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, te fè pou nou an Égypte devan zye nou?

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?

35 A nou menm, li te montre ke nou ta kapab konnen ke SENYÈ a, se Bondye; nanpwen lòt sof ke Li menm.

Thou, wast allowed to see that thou mightest know, that Yahweh, he is God, there is none other than he alone.

36 Soti nan syèl yo, Li te kite nou tande vwa Li pou korije nou; epi sou latè, Li te kite nou wè gran dife Li a; epi nou te tande pawòl Li soti nan mitan dife a.

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.

37 Paske Li te renmen zansèt nou yo; pou sa, Li te chwazi desandan apre yo. Epi Li menm, pou kont Li, Li te mennen nou sòti an Égypte avèk gran pouvwa Li,

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;

38 epi te pouse devan nou tout nasyon ki pi gran e ki pi pwisan ke nou menm yo, pou mennen nou antre pou bannou teren pa yo kòm eritaj, jan li ye nan jodi a.

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.

39 Pou sa, konnen jodi a e fè sa antre nan kè nou, ke SENYÈ a, Li menm, se Bondye anwo nan syèl la e anba sou tè a; nanpwen lòt.

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.

40 Pou sa, nou va kenbe règleman Li yo avèk kòmandman Li yo ke mwen ap bannou jodi a, pou li kapab ale byen avèk nou e avèk zanfan apre nou yo; epi pou nou kapab viv anpil tan sou tè ke SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, ap bannou pou tout tan an.”

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.

41 Epi Moïse te mete apa twa vil lòtbò Jourdain an vè lès,

Then, did Moses set apart three cities, over the Jordan, —towards the rising of the sun:

42 pou yon moun ki touye yon moun ta kapab sove ale, ki te san entansyon touye vwazen li san ke li pa t gen rayisman anvè li nan tan pase yo; pou li ta kab sove ale nan youn nan vil sa yo:

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:

43 Betser, nan dezè sou platon an pou Ribenit yo, Ramoth nan Galaad pou Gadit yo ak Golan nan Basan pou Manasit yo.

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.

44 Alò, sa se lalwa ke Moïse te mete devan fis Israël yo;

This, then is the law which Moses set before the sons of Israel:

45 sa yo se temwayaj avèk lwa avèk règleman ke Moïse te pale a fis Israël yo, lè yo te sòti an Égypte,

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:

46 anfas Jourdain an, nan vale ki anfas Beth-Peor a, nan peyi a wa Sihon an, wa Amoreyen yo ki te rete Hesbon an, ke Moïse avèk fis Israël yo te bat lè yo te sòti an Égypte la.

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:

47 Yo te pran posesyon a teren pa li an avèk teren Og la, wa Basan an, de wa Amoreyen ki te anfas Jourdain yo vè lès,

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;

48 soti nan Aroër ki vin touche vale Arnon an, jis rive nan Mòn Sion (sa vle di Hermon),

from Aroer which is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon, even unto Mount Sion, the same, is Hermon;

49 avèk tout Araba anfas Jourdain an vè lès, jis rive nan lanmè Araba, nan pye pant mòn Pisga a.

and all the waste plain over the Jordan, towards sunrise, even unto the sea of the waste plain, —under the slopes of the Pisgah.