Deteronomi 4
1 Sik’oyo Isalaele, yoka malamu mitindo mpe mibeko oyo nalingi koteya yo. Salela yango mpo ete ozala na bomoi mpe okamata mokili oyo Yawe, Nzambe ya bakoko na yo, apesi yo.
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Yhwh God of your fathers giveth you.
2 Kobakisa eloko moko te na oyo natindi yo mpe kolongola eloko moko te kati na yango, kasi tosa mitindo oyo Yawe, Nzambe na yo, apesi yo.
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Yhwh your God which I command you.
3 Bomonaki bino moko makambo oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, asalaki na Bala ya Peori: abomaki kati na bino bato nyonso oyo bamipesaki na kosalela Bala ya Peori.
Your eyes have seen what Yhwh did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, Yhwh thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
4 Kasi bino oyo bokangamaki na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, bino nyonso bozali na bomoi na mokolo ya lelo.
But ye that did cleave unto Yhwh your God are alive every one of you this day.
5 Tala, nateyaki bino mitindo mpe mibeko ndenge Yawe, Nzambe na ngai, atindaki ngai, mpo ete bokoka kotosa yango na mokili oyo bokokota mpo na kozwa yango.
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as Yhwh my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
6 Botosa yango mpe bosalela yango na bokebi; yango nde ekokomisa bino bato ya bwanya mpe ya mayele na miso ya bikolo oyo bakoyoka sango ya mitindo mpe mibeko yango; mpe bakoganga: « Solo, libota monene oyo ezali na bato ya bwanya mpe na bato ya mayele. »
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
7 Pamba te ekolo nini lisusu ya monene, oyo banzambe na yango ezali pembeni na yango ndenge Yawe, Nzambe na biso, azalaka pembeni na biso tango nyonso oyo tobelelaka Ye?
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as Yhwh our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
8 Mpe ekolo nini mosusu ya monene, oyo ekoki kozala na mitindo mpe mibeko ya sembo lokola Mobeko oyo natie lelo liboso na bino?
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
9 Nzokande, sala keba mpe omisenzela mpo ete obosana te makambo oyo miso na yo emonaki to kotika te makambo yango elongwa na motema na yo na mikolo nyonso ya bomoi na yo. Teya yango na bana na yo mpe na bana na bango oyo bakobotama na sima na bango.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
10 Kanisa mokolo oyo otelemaki liboso ya Yawe, Nzambe na yo, na Orebi tango Yawe alobaki na ngai: « Sangisa bato oyo liboso na Ngai mpo na koyoka maloba na Ngai, mpo ete bakoka koyeba kopesa Ngai lokumu tango nyonso bakozala na mokili oyo mpe bakoka koteya yango na bana na bango. »
Specially the day that thou stoodest before Yhwh thy God in Horeb, when Yhwh said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
11 Yango wana, bino bopusanaki mpe botelemaki na ebandeli ya ngomba tango ezalaki kopela moto oyo ekomaki kino na likolo elongo na mapata ya mwindo mpe molili makasi.
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
12 Yawe alobelaki bino wuta na moto; boyokaki lokito ya maloba na ye kasi bomonaki ata nzoto te; mongongo kaka nde ezalaki koyokana.
And Yhwh spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
13 Atalisaki bino boyokani na Ye, mibeko zomi oyo bosengeli kosalela, mpe akomaki yango na bitando mibale ya mabanga.
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14 Na tango wana kaka, Yawe atindaki ngai koteya bino bikateli mpe mibeko oyo bosengeli kosalela na mokili oyo bokokende mpo na kozwa yango.
And Yhwh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15 Bongo, bomisenzela malamu, pamba te bomonaki nzoto te na mokolo oyo Yawe alobelaki bino na ngomba Orebi wuta na moto.
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that Yhwh spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 Bomibebisa te na kosala ekeko, elilingi ya mwasi to ya mobali,
Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 ya nyama nyonso ya mokili to ya ndeke nyonso oyo epumbwaka na likolo,
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 ya ekelamu nyonso oyo etambolaka na libumu to ya mbisi nyonso oyo etiolaka na se ya mayi.
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19 Mpe tango botalaka na mapata mpe bomonaka moyi, sanza, minzoto mpe biloko mosusu oyo ezali na likolo, bokosama te mpo na kofukamela mpe kogumbamela biloko oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, apesa na bikolo nyonso oyo ezali na mokili.
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which Yhwh thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
20 Kasi mpo na bino, Yawe azwaki bino mpe abimisaki bino na fulu ya moto ya bibende, oyo ezalaki Ejipito, mpo ete bozala bato ya libula na Ye ndenge bozali sik’oyo.
But Yhwh hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
21 Yawe asilikelaki ngai likolo na bino mpe alapaki ndayi na makasi nyonso ete nakoki te kokatisa Yordani mpe kokota na mokili kitoko oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, akopesa bino lokola libula.
Furthermore Yhwh was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which Yhwh thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
22 Nakokufa na mokili oyo mpe nakokatisa Yordani te; kasi bino, etikali moke bokatisa mpe bokamata mokili oyo ya kitoko.
But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
23 Bozala na bokebi mpe bobosana te boyokani oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, asalaki elongo na bino. Mpe bomisalela ekeko te na lolenge nyonso oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, apekisaki.
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Yhwh your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which Yhwh thy God hath forbidden thee.
24 Pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, azali moto oyo ezikisaka, azali Nzambe na zuwa.
For Yhwh thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
25 Tango bokozala na bana mpe bakoko, mpe bokowumela tango molayi na mokili, soki bokosami mpe bosali ekeko ya lolenge nyonso, soki bosali mabe na miso ya Yawe, Nzambe na bino, soki botumboli kanda na Ye,
When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of Yhwh thy God, to provoke him to anger:
26 soki bosali makambo wana, likolo mpe se ekozala motatoli kati na ngai mpe bino: bokolimwa noki na mokili oyo bokokende kozwa sima na bino kokatisa Yordani. Bokowumela kuna tango molayi te, kasi bokobebisama solo;
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
27 Yawe akopanza bino kati na bato. Kasi ndambo kaka ya bato kati na bino nde bakowumela kati na bikolo epai wapi Yawe akomema bino.
And Yhwh shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither Yhwh shall lead you.
28 Kuna, bokogumbamela banzambe oyo esalemi na maboko ya bato, banzambe ya banzete to ya mabanga, oyo ekoki komona te, koyoka te, kolia te mpe koyoka solo te.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 Kasi soki, wuta na mokili wana, boluki Yawe, Nzambe na bino, bokomona Ye soki boluki Ye na motema na bino mobimba mpe na molimo na bino mobimba.
But if from thence thou shalt seek Yhwh thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30 Tango bokozala na mawa mpe pasi nyonso oyo ekokomela bino, sima na mikolo, bokozonga epai na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, mpe bokotosa Ye.
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to Yhwh thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
31 Pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, azali Nzambe ya mawa, akosundola bino te, akobebisa bino te mpe akobosana te boyokani oyo asala na bakoko na bino tango alapaki ndayi.
( For Yhwh thy God is a merciful God; ) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
32 Luka koyeba makambo oyo esalema na mikolo ya liboso, liboso ete yo obotama, wuta mokolo oyo Nzambe asala moto na mokili; luka oyeba makambo oyo esalema kati na mokili banda na suka moko kino na suka mosusu, soki likambo ya monene boye esila kosalema, soki likambo ya boye esila koyokana.
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
33 Boni, ezali na bato bayoka mongongo ya Nzambe kolobela bango kati na moto ndenge bino boyokaki mpe botikali na bomoi?
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34 Boni, ezali na nzambe oyo ameka kobimisa mpo na ye ekolo moko wuta na ekolo mosusu na nzela ya komekama, ya bilembo, ya bikamwa, ya bitumba, ya maboko na ye ya nguya, mpe na kosembola loboko to na nzela ya misala minene ya somo lokola makambo nyonso oyo Yawe, Nzambe na bino, asala mpo na bino kati na Ejipito na miso na bino?
Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yhwh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 Omonaki makambo nyonso wana mpo oyeba ete Yawe kaka nde azali Nzambe, mosusu azali te.
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that Yhwh he is God; there is none else beside him.
36 Wuta na likolo, ayebisaki yo na mongongo na Ye mpo na koteya yo; na se, Yawe alakisaki yo moto na ye ya monene mpe oyokaki mongongo na Ye kobima kati na moto.
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
37 Lokola alingaki bakoko na yo mpe aponaki bakitani na bango, abimisaki yo na Ejipito na nguya na Ye mpe na makasi na Ye ya monene
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
38 mpo na kobengana liboso na yo bikolo minene mpe ya makasi koleka yo mpe kokotisa yo na bamboka na bango mpo na kopesa yo yango lokola libula ndenge yango ezali na mokolo ya lelo.
To drive out 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 Yeba yango lelo mpe tia yango na motema na yo ete Yawe kaka nde azali Nzambe na likolo mpe na se, mosusu azali te.
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that Yhwh he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
40 Batela bikateli mpe mitindo na Ye, oyo nazali kopesa yo lelo mpo ete ozala moto ya esengo, yo mpe bana na yo sima na yo, mpe mpo ete owumela tango molayi na mokili oyo Yawe, Nzambe, na yo apesi yo mpo na libela.
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which Yhwh thy God giveth thee, for ever.
41 Moyize aponaki bingumba misato na ngambo ya este ya Yordani,
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
42 mpo ete moto nyonso oyo akoboma moninga na ye na nko te, na kozanga koyina ye liboso, akoka kokimela na moko kati na bingumba yango mpe akoka kobikisa bomoi na ye.
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
43 Tala bingumba yango: Mpo na libota ya Ribeni, engumba Betseri kati na etando ya esobe; mpo na libota ya Gadi, engumba Ramoti ya Galadi, mpe mpo na libota ya Manase, engumba Golani kati na Bashani.
Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
44 Tala Mobeko oyo Moyize atiaki liboso ya bana ya Isalaele:
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45 Tala malako, bikateli mpe mibeko oyo Moyize apesaki na bana ya Isalaele tango babimaki na Ejipito;
These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
46 mpe tango bazalaki na lubwaku etalana na Beti-Peori, na ngambo ya este ya Yordani, kati na mokili ya Sikoni, mokonzi ya bato ya Amori, oyo azalaki kovanda na Eshiboni oyo Moyize mpe bana ya Isalaele balongaki tango babimaki na Ejipito.
On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
47 Bazwaki mokili na ye mpe mokili ya Ogi, mokonzi ya Bashani. Bakonzi nyonso mibale bazalaki bato ya Amori mpe bakonzaki na ngambo ya este ya Yordani.
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
48 Bana ya Isalaele bavandaki na etando oyo ebandaki na Aroeri, na ngomba Arinoni kino na ngomba Sirioni oyo babengi Erimoni;
From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
49 bakisa Araba nyonso na este ya Yordani kino na ebale monene ya Araba, na ebandeli ya ngomba Pisiga.
And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
