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.
“And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and to the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that you live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which YHWH God of your fathers is giving to 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.
You do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of your God YHWH which I am commanding 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 are seeing that which YHWH has done in Ba‘al-Peor, for every man who has gone after Ba‘al-Peor, your God YHWH has destroyed him from your midst;
4 Kasi bino oyo bokangamaki na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, bino nyonso bozali na bomoi na mokolo ya lelo.
and you who are cleaving to your God YHWH [are] alive today—all of you.
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.
See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as my God YHWH has commanded me, to do so in the midst of the land to where you are going in 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. »
and you have kept and done [them] (for it [is] your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Surely a people wise and understanding [is] this great nation.
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 which [is] the great nation that has God [so] near to it, as our God YHWH, in all we have called to Him?
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 which [is] the great nation which has righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you today?
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 yourself, and watch your soul exceedingly, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from your heart all [the] days of your life; and you have made them known to your sons and to your 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. »
[Never forget] the day when you have stood before your God YHWH in Horeb, in YHWH’s saying to me, Assemble the people to Me, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and they teach their sons;
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 you draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire to the heart of the heavens, [with] darkness, cloud, 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 speaks to you out of the midst of the fire; you are hearing a voice of words, but you are seeing no likeness, only a voice;
13 Atalisaki bino boyokani na Ye, mibeko zomi oyo bosengeli kosalela, mpe akomaki yango na bitando mibale ya mabanga.
and He declares His covenant to you, which He has commanded you to do, the Ten Commandments, and He writes them on two tablets 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 has commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, for your doing them in the land to where you are passing 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.
And you have been very watchful of your souls, for you have not seen any likeness in the day of YHWH’s speaking to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire,
16 Bomibebisa te na kosala ekeko, elilingi ya mwasi to ya mobali,
lest you do corruptly, and have made for yourselves a carved image, a likeness of any figure: a form of male or female,
17 ya nyama nyonso ya mokili to ya ndeke nyonso oyo epumbwaka na likolo,
a form of any beast which [is] in the earth, a form of any winged bird which flies in the heavens,
18 ya ekelamu nyonso oyo etambolaka na libumu to ya mbisi nyonso oyo etiolaka na se ya mayi.
a form of any creeping thing on the ground, a form of any fish which [is] in the waters below 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 you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and have seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and have been drawn away, and have bowed yourself to them and served them, which your God YHWH has apportioned to all the peoples under all the heavens.
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.
And YHWH has taken you, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people, an inheritance, as [at] 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.
And YHWH has showed Himself angry with me because of your words, and swears to my not passing over the Jordan, and to my not going into the good land which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance;
22 Nakokufa na mokili oyo mpe nakokatisa Yordani te; kasi bino, etikali moke bokatisa mpe bokamata mokili oyo ya kitoko.
for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, but you are passing over and have possessed this 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 to yourselves lest you forget the covenant of your God YHWH which He has made with you, and have made a carved image for yourselves, a likeness of anything [concerning] which your God YHWH has charged you;
24 Pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, azali moto oyo ezikisaka, azali Nzambe na zuwa.
for your God YHWH is a consuming fire—a zealous 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 you beget sons and sons’ sons, and you have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a carved image, a likeness of anything, and have done evil in the eyes of YHWH 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 have caused the heavens and the earth to testify against you this day, that you perish utterly quickly from off the land to where you are passing over the Jordan to possess it; you do not prolong days on it, but are utterly 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 has scattered you among the peoples, and you have been left few in number among the nations to where YHWH leads 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 you have served gods there, work of man’s hands, wood and stone, which do not 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.
And you have sought your God YHWH from there, and have found [Him] when you seek Him with all your heart and with all your 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.
In the distress of yours, when all these things have found you in the latter end of the days, and you have turned back to your God YHWH and have listened to 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 your God YHWH [is] a merciful God—He does not fail you, nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He has sworn to 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 former days which have been before you, from the day that God created man on the earth, and from the [one] end of the heavens even to the [other] end of the heavens, whether there has been as this great thing, or [if anything] has 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?
Has a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, you—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 has God tried to go in to take a nation for Himself from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that your God YHWH has done to you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 Omonaki makambo nyonso wana mpo oyeba ete Yawe kaka nde azali Nzambe, mosusu azali te.
You—you have been shown [it], to know that He, YHWH, [is] God; there is none else besides 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.
He has caused you to hear His voice from the heavens, to instruct you; and on earth He has showed you His great fire, and you have heard 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 that He has loved your fathers, He also fixes on their seed after them, and brings you out in His presence, by His great power, from 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 dispossess nations greater and stronger than you from your presence, to bring you in to give their land to you [for] an inheritance, as [at] 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.
And you have known today, and have turned [it] back to your heart, that He, YHWH, [is] God in the heavens above and on the earth below—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.
and you have kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding you today, so that it is well for you, and for your sons after you, and so that you prolong days on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you—all the days.”
41 Moyize aponaki bingumba misato na ngambo ya este ya Yordani,
Then Moses separates three cities beyond the Jordan, toward the sun-rising,
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.
for the fleeing there of the manslayer who slays his neighbor unknowingly, and he is not hating him before, and he has fled to one of these cities and he has lived:
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.
Bezer in the wilderness, in the land of the plain, for the Reubenite; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadite; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassite.
44 Tala Mobeko oyo Moyize atiaki liboso ya bana ya Isalaele:
And this [is] the law which Moses has set before the sons 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 has spoken to the sons of Israel in their coming 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.
beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have struck in their coming 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 possess his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorite who [are] beyond the Jordan, [toward] the sun-rising,
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 edge of the Brook of Arnon, even to Mount Zion, 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 beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the Sea of the Plain, below the Springs of Pisgah.
