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, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah 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.
Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God 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 Jehovah hath done in Baal-Peor, for every man who hath gone after Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed him from thy midst;
4 Kasi bino oyo bokangamaki na Yawe, Nzambe na bino, bino nyonso bozali na bomoi na mokolo ya lelo.
and ye who are cleaving to Jehovah your God, [are] alive, all of you, to-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.
'See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as Jehovah my God hath commanded me — to do so, in the midst of the land whither ye 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 ye 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, Only, 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 hath God near unto it, as Jehovah our God, in all we have called unto 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 hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-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 watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to 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. »
'The day when thou hast stood before Jehovah thy God in Horeb — in Jehovah's saying unto me, Assemble to Me the people, 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 their sons they teach; —
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 draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens — darkness, cloud, yea, 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 Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice;
13 Atalisaki bino boyokani na Ye, mibeko zomi oyo bosengeli kosalela, mpe akomaki yango na bitando mibale ya mabanga.
and He declareth to you His covenant, which He hath commanded you to do, the Ten Matters, and He writeth 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 me hath Jehovah commanded at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, for your doing them in the land whither ye 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 ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah's speaking 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 do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude 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 flieth 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 under 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 towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole 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 you hath Jehovah taken, 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 Jehovah hath shewed himself wroth with me because of your words, and sweareth to my not passing over the Jordan, and to my not going in unto the good land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — 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, and ye 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 ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything [concerning] which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee:
24 Pamba te Yawe, Nzambe na bino, azali moto oyo ezikisaka, azali Nzambe na zuwa.
for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming — 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 thou begettest sons and sons' sons, and ye have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a graven image, a similitude of anything, and have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, 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 to testify against you this day the heavens and the earth, that ye do perish utterly hastily from off the land whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it; ye do not prolong days upon 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 Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth 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 ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, 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 — ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest 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.
in distress [being] to thee, and all these things have found thee, in the latter end of the days, and thou hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hast hearkened 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 a merciful God [is] Jehovah thy God; He doth not fail thee, nor destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which He hath 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, I pray thee, at the former days which have been before thee, from the day that God prepared man on the earth, and from the [one] end of the heavens even unto the [other] end of the heavens, whether there hath been as this great thing — 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?
Hath a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, thou — and doth 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 tried to go in to take to Himself, a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors — according to all that Jehovah your God hath done to you, in Egypt, before your eyes?
35 Omonaki makambo nyonso wana mpo oyeba ete Yawe kaka nde azali Nzambe, mosusu azali te.
Thou, thou hast been shewn [it], to know that Jehovah He [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.
'From the heavens He hath caused thee to hear His voice, to instruct thee, and on earth He hath shewed thee His great fire, and His words thou hast heard 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 hath loved thy fathers, He doth also fix on their seed after them, and doth bring thee 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 thou, from thy presence, to bring thee in to give to thee their land — 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 thou hast known to-day, and hast turned [it] back unto thy heart, that Jehovah He [is] God, in the heavens above, and on 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.
and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee — all the days.'
41 Moyize aponaki bingumba misato na ngambo ya este ya Yordani,
Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards 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 thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, and he hath 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, of the Reubenite; and Ramoth, in Gilead, of the Gadite; and Golan, in Bashan, of the Manassahite.
44 Tala Mobeko oyo Moyize atiaki liboso ya bana ya Isalaele:
And this [is] the law which Moses hath 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 hath spoken unto 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 over-against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have smitten, 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, [towards] 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 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 beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
