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 O Israel listen to the statutes and to the judgments which I [am] about to teach you to observe so that you may live and you will go and you will take possession of the land which Yahweh [the] God of ancestors your [is] about to give to 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.
Not you must add to the word which I [am] about to command you and not you must diminish from it to keep [the] commandments of Yahweh God your which I [am] about to 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.
Own eyes your [are] the [ones which] saw [that] which he did Yahweh at Baal Peor for every person who he walked after Baal Peor he destroyed him Yahweh God your from midst your.
4 Ma unu niile nọgidesịrị ike soro Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu bụ ndị dị ndụ taa.
And you who were clinging on Yahweh God your [are] alive all 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 judgments just as he commanded me Yahweh God my to do thus in [the] midst of the land where you [are] about to go there towards to take possession of 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 you will take care and you will observe [them] for that [will be] wisdom your and understanding your to [the] eyes of the peoples which they will hear! all the statutes these and they will say certainly [is] a people wise and understanding the nation great this.
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 who? [is] a nation great which [belongs] to it a god near to it like Yahweh God our in all calling we to him.
8 Olee mba ukwu ọzọ dịkwa nke nwere ụkpụrụ na iwu ziri ezi dịka iwu ndị a m na-enye unu taa?
And who? [is] a nation great which [belongs] to it statutes and judgments righteous like all the law this which I [am] setting 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 yourself and guard self your exceedingly lest you should forget the things which they have seen eyes your and lest they should depart from heart your all [the] days of life your and you will make known them to children your and to [the] children of children your.
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 When you stood before Yahweh God your at Horeb when said Yahweh to me assemble to me the people so I may make hear them words my that they will learn! to fear me all the days which they [will be] alive on the land and children their they will teach!
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 you drew near! and you stood! under the mountain and the mountain [was] burning with fire to [the] heart of the heavens darkness cloud and thick darkness.
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 he spoke Yahweh to you from [the] middle of the fire a sound of words you [were] hearing and a form not you [were] seeing except 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 covenant his which he commanded you to observe [the] ten the words and he inscribed them on two tablets 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 me he commanded Yahweh at the time that to teach you statutes and judgments to observe you them in the land where you [are] about to pass over there towards to take possession of 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 you will take heed exceedingly to selves your for not you saw any form on [the] day [when] he spoke Yahweh to you at Horeb from [the] middle 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 you should act corruptly! and you will make for yourselves an image of a form of any figure a likeness of a male or a female.
17 maọbụ nʼụdị anụmanụ, maọbụ nʼụdị nnụnụ na-efe efe,
A likeness of any animal which [is] on the earth a likeness of any bird of wing which it flies in the heavens.
18 maọbụ nʼụdị anụ na-akpụ akpụ, ma ọ bụkwanụ nʼụdị azụ bi na mmiri.
A likeness of any creeping [thing] on the ground a likeness of any fish which [is] in the waters from under to 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 you should lift up eyes your the heavens towards and you will see the sun and the moon and the stars all [the] host of the heavens and you will be drawn aside and you will bow down to them and you will serve them which he has assigned Yahweh God your them to all the peoples under all the heavens.
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.
And you he took Yahweh and he brought out you from [the] furnace of iron from Egypt to become for him a people of inheritance as the day this.
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 Yahweh he was angry with me on words your and he swore to not to pass over I the Jordan and to not to go into the land good which Yahweh God your [is] about to give to you an inheritance.
22 Aghaghị m ịnwụ nʼala a. Agaghị m agafe Jọdan. Ma unu ga-agafe gaa nweta ala ọma ahụ.
For I [am] about to die in the land this not I [am] about to pass over the Jordan and you [are] about to pass over and you will take possession of the land good this.
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 you should forget [the] covenant of Yahweh God your which he has made with you and you will make for yourselves an image a form of anything which he commanded you Yahweh God your.
24 Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu bụ ọkụ na-erepịa erepịa. Ọ bụ Chineke ekworo.
For Yahweh God your [is] a fire consuming he a God jealous.
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
For you will father children and children of children and you will grow old in the land and you will act corruptly and you will make an image of a form of anything and you will do the evil in [the] eyes of Yahweh God your to provoke to anger him.
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 as witnesses against you this day the heavens and the earth that certainly you will perish! quickly from on the land where you [are] about to pass over the Jordan there towards to take possession of it not you will prolong! days on it for utterly you will be 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 he will scatter Yahweh you among the peoples and you will be left men of number among the nations where he will drive away Yahweh you there towards.
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 you will serve there gods [the] work of [the] hands of a human wood and stone which not they see! and not they hear! and not they eat! and not they 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 you will seek from there Yahweh God your and you will find [him] for you will seek him with all heart your and with all being your.
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.
When it is distress to you and they will come upon you all the things these at [the] end of the days and you will return to Yahweh God your and you will listen to voice his.
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 [is] a God compassionate Yahweh God your not he will abandon you and not he will destroy you and not he will forget [the] covenant of ancestors your which he swore to 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.
That ask please to days former which they were before you from the day when he created God - humankind on the earth and to from [the] end of the heavens and to [the] end of the heavens ¿ has it happened like the thing great this or ¿ has it 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?
¿ Has it heard a people [the] voice of a god speaking from [the] middle of the fire just as you have heard you and has it lived?
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 - ¿ has it attempted a god to come to take for itself a nation from [the] midst of a nation by trials by signs and by wonders and by battle and by a hand strong and by an arm outstretched and by terrors great like all that he did for you Yahweh God your in Egypt to eyes your.
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.
You you were shown to know that Yahweh he [is] God there not [is] still more from to alone 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 caused to hear you voice his to discipline you and on the earth he showed you fire his great and words his you heard from [the] middle 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 that he loved ancestors your and he chose offspring his after him and he brought out you by own presence his by power his great from 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 great and mighty more than you from before you to bring in you to give to you land their an inheritance as the day this.
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.
And you will know this day and you will bring back to heart your that Yahweh he [is] God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath there not [is] still more.
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 you will keep statutes his and commandments his which I [am] commanding you this day that it will go well for you and for children your after you and so that you may prolong days on (the land *L(abh)*) which Yahweh God your [is] about to give to you all the days.
41 Mgbe ahụ, Mosis họpụtara obodo atọ nʼofe ọwụwa anyanwụ nke osimiri Jọdan,
Then he set apart Moses three cities on [the] other side of the Jordan [the] rising of towards [the] sun.
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.
To flee there towards a killer who he will kill neighbor his with no knowledge and he not [was] hating him from yesterday [the] third day and he will flee to one of the cities these and he will 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] land of the plain for the Reubenite[s] and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadite[s] and Golan in Bashan for the Manassite[s].
44 Nke a bụ iwu Mosis chere nʼihu ụmụ Izrel.
And this [is] the law which he set Moses before [the] people 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 judgments which he spoke Moses to [the] people of Israel when came out they from 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 [the] other side of the Jordan in the valley opposite to Beth Peor in [the] land of Sihon [the] king of the Amorite[s] who [was] dwelling in Heshbon whom he struck down Moses and [the] people of Israel when came out they from 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 land his and [the] land of - Og [the] king of Bashan [the] two [the] kings of the Amorite[s] who [was] on [the] other side of the Jordan [the] rising of [the] sun.
48 Ala a sitere nʼAroea, nʼọnụ mmiri Anọn ruo nʼugwu Siriọn (ya bụ ugwu Hemon),
From Aroer which [is] on [the] edge of [the] wadi of Arnon and to [the] mountain of Siyon that [is] Hermon.
49 ruo nʼala Araba niile, nke dị nʼọwụwa anyanwụ osimiri Jọdan, ruokwa nʼOsimiri Nnu, nʼala ala ugwu Pisga.
And all the Arabah [the] other side of the Jordan east-wards and to [the] sea of the Arabah under [the] slopes of Pisgah.
