Diuteronomi 4
1 Ugbu a, O Izrel, gee ntị nʼụkpụrụ na iwu niile m na-aga ikuziri unu ka unu na-eme ma ọ bụrụ na unu chọrọ ịdị ndụ banye, ma nwetakwa ala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke nna nna unu ha na-enye unu.
And now, Israel, hearken to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah the God of your fathers giveth you.
2 Unu atụkwasịla iwu ọzọ nʼelu iwu ndị a, ma ọ bụkwanụ site na ha wepụ iwu ọbụla. Kama, meenụ ihe iwu ndị a na-ekwu, nʼihi na ha si nʼaka Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu.
Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall ye take from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.
3 Unu ji anya unu hụ ihe Onyenwe anyị mere na Baal-Peoa. Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu sitere nʼetiti unu bibie ndị niile gbasoro Baal nke Peoa.
Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-Peor; for all the men that followed Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from among you;
4 Ma unu niile nọgidesịrị ike soro Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu bụ ndị dị ndụ taa.
but ye that did cleave to Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.
5 Lee, ezila m unu ụkpụrụ na iwu niile Onyenwe anyị Chineke m sị m zi unu, iwu unu na-aghaghị idebe nʼala ahụ unu na-aga inweta.
See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye may do so in the land into which ye enter to possess it.
6 Lezienụ anya hụ na unu debere ha, nʼihi na nke a ga-egosi mba gbara unu gburugburu na unu bụ ndị nwere nghọta na amamihe. Nʼihi na mgbe ha nụrụ banyere ụkpụrụ ndị a, ha ga-ekwu okwu sị, “Nʼezie, ndị jupụtara na mba ukwu a bụ ndị nwere nghọta na amamihe.”
And ye shall keep and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Verily this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
7 Olee mba ọzọ dị ukwuu, nke e mere ka chi ha nọọ ha nso dịka Onyenwe anyị Chineke anyị si na-anọ anyị nso mgbe ọbụla anyị kpọkuru ya nʼekpere?
For what great nation is there that hath God near to them as Jehovah our God is in everything we call upon him for?
8 Olee mba ukwu ọzọ dịkwa nke nwere ụkpụrụ na iwu ziri ezi dịka iwu ndị a m na-enye unu taa?
And what great nation is there that hath righteous statutes and ordinances, as all this law which I set before you this day?
9 Naanị kpachapụnụ anya unu, ma cheenụ onwe unu nche mgbe niile, ka unu ghara ichefu ihe ndị a niile unu ji anya unu hụ, ka ha gharakwa isi nʼobi unu pụọ ụbọchị niile nke ndụ unu. Kama kuziere ha ụmụ unu, na ụmụ ụmụ ndị ga-esote ha.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),
10 Cheta ụbọchị ahụ unu bịara guzo nʼihu Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nʼugwu Horeb, nʼụbọchị ahụ ọ gwara m okwu sị m, “Kpọkọtaa ụmụ Izrel ka ha bịa nʼihu m, nụrụ okwu m, ka ha nwee ike mụta ịtụ m egwu ụbọchị niile nke ha ga-ebi nʼala ahụ, ka ha nweekwa ike ikuziri ụmụ ha.”
the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said to me, Gather me the people together, that I may cause them to hear my words, that they may learn them, and fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and teach them to their children.
11 Ọ bụ nʼala ugwu ahụ ka unu bịara nso, guzo, mgbe ọkụ si nʼugwu ahụ na-ere, na-alali elu iru eluigwe, ya na igwe ojii nakwa oke ọchịchịrị.
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and obscurity.
12 Mgbe ahụ Onyenwe anyị sitere nʼọkụ ahụ gwa unu okwu. Unu nụrụ ụda olu ya, ma unu ahụghị oyiyi ọbụla anya, naanị ụda olu.
And Jehovah spoke to you from the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but ye saw no form; only [ye heard] a voice.
13 O nyere unu ọgbụgba ndụ ya, nke unu na-aghaghị idebe. Ha dị iwu iri. O dere ha na mbadamba nkume abụọ.
And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to do, the ten words; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.
14 E, ọ bụ nʼoge ahụ ka Onyenwe anyị nyere m iwu sị m nye unu ụkpụrụ na iwu unu ga-agbaso mgbe unu banyere nʼala ahụ dị nʼofe Jọdan, nke unu na-aga inweta.
And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it.
15 Unu maara na unu ahụghị ụdịdị Onyenwe anyị anya nʼụbọchị ahụ o sitere nʼọkụ gwa unu okwu nʼugwu Horeb. Ya mere kpachapụrụnụ onwe unu anya
And take great heed to your souls (for ye saw no form on the day that Jehovah spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire),
16 ka unu ghara imerụ onwe unu site nʼịkpụ oyiyi ọbụla dịka arụsị, ụdị oyiyi ihe ọbụla, maọbụ nʼụdị nwoke maọbụ nʼụdị nwanyị,
lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female,
17 maọbụ nʼụdị anụmanụ, maọbụ nʼụdị nnụnụ na-efe efe,
the pattern of any beast that is on the earth, the pattern of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
18 maọbụ nʼụdị anụ na-akpụ akpụ, ma ọ bụkwanụ nʼụdị azụ bi na mmiri.
the pattern of anything that creepeth on the ground, the pattern of any fish that is in the waters under the earth;
19 Mgbe unu lere anya na mbara eluigwe hụ anyanwụ, ọnwa, na kpakpando, dịka ha si basaa na mbara eluigwe, unu ekwela ka unu bụrụ ndị a na-arafu ịkpọ isiala nye ha na ife ha ofufe bụ ihe ndị a Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu kere nye mba niile bi nʼokpuru eluigwe.
and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven.
20 Ma banyere unu, Onyenwe anyị kpọọrọ unu, kpọpụta unu site nʼime ọkụ na-agbaze igwe, site nʼIjipt pụta, ka unu bụrụ ihe nketa ya, dịka unu dị ugbu a.
But you hath Jehovah taken, and hath brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, that ye might be to him a people of inheritance, as it is this day.
21 Onyenwe anyị wesoro m iwe nʼihi unu, ọ ṅụrụ iyi na m agaghị agafe osimiri Jọdan ịbanye nʼala ọma ahụ nke Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị na-enye gị dịka ihe nketa gị.
And Jehovah was angry with me on your account, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not enter in to that good land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance;
22 Aghaghị m ịnwụ nʼala a. Agaghị m agafe Jọdan. Ma unu ga-agafe gaa nweta ala ọma ahụ.
for I shall die in this land, I shall not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess this good land.
23 Lezienụ anya ka unu ghara ichefu ọgbụgba ndụ unu na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nwekọrọ, unu emerela onwe unu arụsị yiri ụdịdị ihe ọbụla, ndị ahụ iwu Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu nyere megidere.
Take heed to yourselves lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.
24 Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu bụ ọkụ na-erepịa erepịa. Ọ bụ Chineke ekworo.
For Jehovah thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25 Mgbe ị ga-amụ ụmụ, nwekwa ụmụ ụmụ, mgbe unu birila ọtụtụ oge nʼala ahụ, ọ bụrụ na unu emerụọ onwe unu site nʼimere onwe unu ụdị arụsị ọbụla, si otu a mee ihe dị njọ nʼanya Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, ma kpasuo ya iwe
When thou begettest sons, and sons' sons, and ye have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, to provoke him to anger,
26 ana m akpọku eluigwe na ụwa ka ha bụrụ ndị akaebe mụ na unu taa, na a ga-ala unu nʼiyi ngwangwa nʼala ahụ bụ nke unu na-agafe Jọdan inweta. Unu agaghị ebi ogologo oge nʼebe ahụ, nʼihi na a ga-ekpochapụ unu.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days on it, but shall be utterly destroyed.
27 Onyenwe anyị ga-eme ka unu gbasasịa nʼetiti mba ndị ọzọ. Ọ bụkwa naanị mmadụ ole na ole ga-afọdụ ndụ nʼetiti mba ndị ahụ Onyenwe anyị ga-achụga unu.
And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left a small company among the nations to which Jehovah will lead you.
28 Nʼebe ahụ, unu ga-efe chi ndị bụ ọrụ aka mmadụ nke e ji osisi tụọ na nke e ji nkume pịa, nke na-adịghị ahụ ụzọ, nke na-adịghị anụ ihe, nke na-apụghị iri nri ma ọ bụkwanụ ịnụ isisi.
And ye shall there serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 Ma ọ bụrụ na unu anọrọ nʼebe ahụ chọọ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, unu ga-achọtakwa ya, mgbe unu ji obi unu niile na mkpụrụobi unu niile chọọ ya.
And from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, if thou shalt seek him with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul.
30 Mgbe mkpagbu bịara, mgbe ihe ilu ndị a bịakwasịrị unu nʼoge dị nʼihu, unu ga-emesịa lọghachikwute Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, unu ga-egekwa ntị nʼihe ọ ga-agwa unu.
In thy tribulation, and when all these things shall come upon thee, at the end of days, thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice,
31 Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu bụ Chineke na-eme ebere. Ọ gaghị agọnarị unu maọbụ laa unu nʼiyi, maọbụ chefuo ọgbụgba ndụ ya na nna nna unu ha gbara, nke o ji iyi ọ ṅụrụ mesie ike.
— for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God, — he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he swore unto them.
32 Nyochaanụ ihe mere nʼoge gara aga, tupu a mụọ unu, na tupu Chineke ekee mmadụ nʼụwa. Jụọnụ ajụjụ nʼụwa niile, jụta ma ihe ukwu dị otu a o metụla mgbe ọbụla.
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from one end of the heavens to the other end of the heavens, whether there hath been anything as this great thing is, or if anything hath been heard like it?
33 O nweela ndị mmadụ nụrụ olu Chineke mgbe o si nʼọkụ gwa ha okwu dịka unu mere, ma ha anwụghị?
Did [ever] people hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34 O nweela chi ọzọ nwara ka o site na mba ọzọ nwetara onwe ya otu mba, site nʼihe nwalee, site nʼihe ịrịbama na ihe ebube dị iche iche, site nʼagha, nʼaka dị ike, na ogwe aka esetipụrụ esetipụ, maọbụ nʼihe dị oke egwu dị iche iche, dịka ihe niile nke Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu mere nʼala Ijipt nʼihu anya unu abụọ?
Or hath God essayed to come to take him a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a powerful hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 O gosiri unu ihe ndị a ka unu mara na Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke nʼezie, na ọ dịkwaghị onye ọzọ ma ọ bụghị ya.
Unto thee it was shewn, that thou mightest know that Jehovah, he is God — there is none other besides him.
36 O sitere nʼeluigwe mee ka unu nụ olu ya maka ịdọ unu aka na ntị. Nʼụwa, o mere ka unu hụ oke ogidi ọkụ ahụ o wuru, unu nụkwara olu ya nʼetiti ọkụ ahụ.
From the heavens he made thee hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and on the earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words from the midst of the fire.
37 Nʼihi ịhụnanya o nwere nʼebe nna nna unu nọ na nʼihi nhọpụta ọ họpụtara ụmụ ụmụ ha, ka o ji si nʼIjipt dupụta unu nʼihu ya. Ọ bụkwa ike aka ya ka o ji mezuo nke a.
And because he loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them, he brought thee out with his countenance, with his great power, out of Egypt,
38 Ka o site nʼihu unu chụpụ mba dị ukwuu na ndị dị ike, ma kpọbata unu nʼala ha, inye unu ala ahụ dịka ihe nketa unu, dị ka o si dị taa.
to dispossess nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
39 Matanụ nke ọma, ma nabata okwu a nʼobi unu na Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke nʼeluigwe na nʼụwa. O nwekwaghị chi ọzọ dị ma ọ bụghị ya.
Thou shalt know therefore this day, and consider it in thy heart, that Jehovah, he is God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath: [there is] none else.
40 Debenụ ụkpụrụ ya na iwu ndị a niile m na-enye unu taa, ka ihe niile gaara unu na ụmụ unu nke ọma, ka unu biekwa nʼala ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke na-enye unu ruo mgbe niile.
And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days on the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.
41 Mgbe ahụ, Mosis họpụtara obodo atọ nʼofe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke osimiri Jọdan,
Then Moses separated three cities on this side the Jordan toward the sun-rising,
42 ebe onye ọbụla gburu mmadụ ga-agbaba ọsọ ndụ, ma ọ bụrụ na ha gburu onye agbataobi ha na-amaghị ama, na-akpọghị ya asị na mgbe gara aga. Ọ ga-agbaba nʼotu ime obodo ndị a ichebe ndụ ya.
that the manslayer might flee thither, who should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not previously, that fleeing to one of these cities, he might live:
43 Obodo ndị ahụ bụ, Beza, nke dị nʼugwu elu ya dị larịị nʼime ọzara. A họpụtara ya maka ebo Ruben. Ramọt, nke dị na Gilead, maka ebo Gad, na Golan, nke dị na Bashan, maka ebo Manase.
Bezer in the wilderness, in the plateau, of the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
44 Nke a bụ iwu Mosis chere nʼihu ụmụ Izrel.
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45 Ndị a bụ ihe ama, na ụkpụrụ, na iwu Mosis nyere ụmụ Izrel nke ha aghaghị idebe mgbe ha si nʼIjipt pụta
these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances that Moses declared to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,
46 na ndagwurugwu Bet-Peoa nke dị nʼọwụwa anyanwụ Jọdan, nʼala Saịhọn, eze ndị Amọrait, onye na-achị na Heshbọn, bụ onye Mosis na ndị Izrel meriri nʼagha mgbe ha si nʼIjipt pụta.
on this side the Jordan, in the valley opposite to Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote when they came out of Egypt;
47 Ndị Izrel nwetaara onwe ha ala ya na ala Ọg, eze Bashan. Eze abụọ ndị a bụ eze ndị Amọrait ndị ala ha dị nʼọwụwa anyanwụ nke osimiri Jọdan.
and they took possession of his land, and the land of Og the king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who were on this side the Jordan, toward the sun-rising;
48 Ala a sitere nʼAroea, nʼọnụ mmiri Anọn ruo nʼugwu Siriọn (ya bụ ugwu Hemon),
from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, as far as mount Sion, which is Hermon,
49 ruo nʼala Araba niile, nke dị nʼọwụwa anyanwụ osimiri Jọdan, ruokwa nʼOsimiri Nnu, nʼala ala ugwu Pisga.
and all the plain on this side the Jordan, eastward, and as far as the sea of the plain, under the slopes of Pisgah.
