Ekyamateeka Olwokubiri 4
1 Kale nno kaakano, muwulire, Ayi Isirayiri, mutege amatu eri amateeka n’ebiragiro bye ŋŋenda okubayigiriza. Mubigonderenga era mubigobererenga, muliba balamu, mulyoke muyingire mu nsi Mukama Katonda wa bajjajjammwe gy’abawa mugyetwalire ebeere obutaka bwammwe obw’enkalakkalira.
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 Temwongerangako ku mateeka ge mbalagira, so temugatoolangako, naye mukwatenga ebiragiro bya Mukama Katonda wammwe, bye mbategeeza.
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 Mwerabirako n’amaaso gammwe gennyini ebyo byonna Mukama bye yakola e Baali Peoli. Abo bonna mu mmwe abaagoberera, era ne basinza Baali e Peoli, Mukama Katonda wo yabazikiriza;
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 naye mmwe abaanywerera ku Mukama Katonda wammwe, mukyali balamu leero.
but ye that did cleave to Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.
5 Kale, mulabe nno, mbayigirizza amateeka n’ebiragiro nga Mukama Katonda wange bwe yandagira, mulyoke mubigobererenga nga mutuuse mu nsi gye mugenda okuyingiramu, n’okugyefunira ng’obutaka bwammwe obw’enkalakkalira.
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 Mugagobererenga n’obwegendereza, kubanga ekyo kiriraga ensi endala obugezi bwammwe n’obutegeevu bwammwe. Ensi ezo bwe ziriwulira ku mateeka gano gonna zirigamba nti, “Ddala abantu b’eggwanga lino ekkulu bategeevu era ba magezi.”
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 Kubanga ggwanga ki eddala ekkulu erimanyiddwa eririna bakatonda b’abantu baalyo okumpi n’abantu abo, nga ffe bwe tulina Mukama Katonda waffe, abeera okumpi naffe buli lwe tumukoowoola?
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 Era ggwanga ki eddala ekkulu erimanyiddwa eririna amateeka n’ebiragiro eby’obwenkanya nga bino bye nteeka mu maaso gammwe leero?
And what great nation is there that hath righteous statutes and ordinances, as all this law which I set before you this day?
9 “Ekikulu, weekuume nnyo nga weerabirira mu ngeri gye weeyisaamu, olemenga kwerabira ebyo byonna amaaso go bye gazze galaba oleme okubiganya okuva mu mutima gwo ennaku zonna ez’obulamu bwo. Biyigirizenga abaana bo, nabo babiyigirizenga abaana baabwe.
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 Kirungi mujjukire nga bwe mwayimirira awali Mukama Katonda wammwe, ku lusozi Kolebu, bwe yaŋŋamba nti, ‘Kuŋŋaanya abantu bonna obandeetere wano we ndi, bawulire ebigambo byange, balyoke bayige okumpulira nga bantya; banzisengamu ekitiibwa ennaku zonna ze balimala ku nsi, era ebigambo ebyo babiyigirizenga abaana baabwe.
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 Mwasembera ne muyimirira wansi w’olusozi, ne mulaba nga lwaka omuliro ogwatuukira ddala waggulu ku ggulu, nga gwetooloddwa ebire n’ekizikiza ekikutte.’
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 Bw’atyo Mukama Katonda n’ayogera nammwe ng’asinziira wakati mu muliro. Mwawulira envuga y’ebigambo bye, naye ekikula kye temwakiraba; mwakoma ku ddoboozi lyokka.
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 Yabategeeza endagaano ye eyali mu Mateeka Ekkumi, ge yawandiika ku bipande by’amayinja ebibiri, n’abalagira okugagobereranga.
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 Era mu kaseera ako Mukama Katonda n’andagira mbayigirize amateeka n’ebiragiro bye musaana okugonderanga, nga muli mu nsi gye mugenda okwefunira ng’obutaka bwammwe obw’enkalakkalira, nga mumaze okusomoka Yoludaani.
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 “Ku lunaku olwo Mukama Katonda bwe yayogera gye muli ng’asinziira wakati mu muliro ku lusozi Kolebu, temwalaba kikula kye kya ngeri yonna. Noolwekyo mwekuumenga nnyo,
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 mulemenga okweyonoona nga mwekolera bakatonda abalala, aba buli ngeri, abali mu bifaananyi ebiri ng’omusajja oba ng’omukazi,
lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female,
17 oba ebifaanana ng’ensolo ez’oku nsi, oba ng’ennyonyi ezibuuka mu bbanga,
the pattern of any beast that is on the earth, the pattern of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
18 oba ebifaanana ng’ebiramu byonna ebitambulira wansi oba ebyekulula ku ttaka; oba ebifaanana ng’ebyennyanja ebiri mu mazzi agali wansi w’ettaka.
the pattern of anything that creepeth on the ground, the pattern of any fish that is in the waters under the earth;
19 Era weekuumenga nnyo bw’onooyimusanga amaaso go okutunula waggulu ku ggulu, n’olaba enjuba, n’omwezi n’emmunyeenye, n’ebitiibwa byabyo, n’osendebwasendebwa n’obiweereza, era n’obivuunamira n’obisinza; songa ebyo byonna bye bintu Mukama Katonda wo bye yawa amawanga gonna agali wansi w’eggulu.
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 Naye mmwe, Mukama yabaggya mu Misiri, mu mbiga esaanuusa ebyuma, mubeerenga bantu be ab’obusika bwe, nga bwe muli leero.
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 “Ate n’ekirala, Mukama yansunguwalira ku lwammwe, ne yeerayirira nti nze sigenda kusomoka mugga ogwo Yoludaani nnyingire mu nsi eyo ennungi Mukama Katonda wammwe gy’abawa okubeera obusika bwammwe.
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 Naye nze kinsaanira okufiira wano mu nsi eno kaakano mwe tuli, sigenda kusomoka mugga Yoludaani; naye mmwe muligusomoka ne mwefunira ensi eyo ennungi okubeera obutaka bwammwe obw’enkalakkalira.
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 Mwegenderezanga nnyo ne muteerabira ndagaano ya Mukama Katonda wammwe gye yakola nammwe. Temwekoleranga bitali Katonda mu kufaanaanyiriza okw’ekintu kyonna Mukama Katonda wo kye yakugaana okukola.
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 Kubanga Mukama Katonda wo muliro ogwokya ne gusaanyaawo, ye Katonda ow’obuggya.
For Jehovah thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
25 “Bw’olimala okuzaala abaana ng’ofunye n’abazzukulu, era nga mu nsi omwo mumazeemu emyaka mingi nga mukaddiye; ne mugenda mweyonoonanga nga mwekolera bakatonda abalala ab’engeri zonna, ne mukolanga ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda wo ne mumusunguwazanga,
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 nkoowoola eggulu n’ensi okubeera abajulirwa bange ku lunaku lwa leero nga mbakuutira mmwe nti, Bwe muneeyonoonanga bwe mutyo, muliggweerawo ddala mu nsi eyo gye mugenda okwefunira okuba obutaka bwammwe, nga mumaze okusomoka Yoludaani. Muligibeeramu akabanga katono ne muzikirizibwa mwenna.
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 Mukama anaabasaasaanyanga mu mawanga amalala, era erisigalayo batono mu mmwe abalibeera mu nsi ezo Mukama Katonda gy’anaabanga abasindiikirizza.
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 Nga muli eyo munaasinzanga bakatonda abakolebwa n’emikono gy’abantu, mu miti ne mu mayinja, abatayinza kulaba, oba okuwulira oba okulya, wadde okuwunyiriza.
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 Naye ng’oli eyo, bw’onoonoonyanga Mukama Katonda wo, onoomulabanga, singa onoomunoonyanga n’omutima gwo gwonna awamu n’omwoyo gwo gwonna.
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 Ebintu ebyo byonna bwe binaakutuukangako n’olaba ennaku nnyingi, olwo onookomangawo eri Mukama Katonda wo mu biseera eby’oluvannyuma, n’omugonderanga.
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 Kubanga Mukama Katonda wo ajjudde okusaasira, taakusuulirirenga wadde okukuzikiriza, oba okwerabira endagaano ye gye yakola ne bajjajjaabo gye yabalayiririra.
— 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 “Kale, weebuuze leero ku byafaayo eby’ebiro eby’edda, nga naawe tonnabeerawo, okuva ku lunaku Katonda lwe yatonderako omuntu n’amuteeka ku nsi; weebuuze okuva ku luuyi olumu olw’eggulu okutuuka ku luuyi olulala. Waali wabaddewo ekintu ekikulu nga kino, oba waali wabaddewo akiwulirako?
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 Abantu abamawanga amalala baali bawuliddeko ku ddoboozi lya Katonda ng’ayogerera mu muliro, ne basigala nga bakyali balamu, nga mmwe bwe mwaliwulira ne muba balamu?
Did [ever] people hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34 Nantiki, waali wabaddewo katonda eyali agezezzaako okwetwalira eggwanga erimu ng’aliggya wakati mu ggwanga eddala, ng’ataddewo ebigezo, n’okukola ebyamagero, n’obubonero, n’ebyewuunyo, n’entalo, ng’alaga omukono gwe ogw’amaanyi, n’omukono gwe omuwanvu; oba n’ebikolwa ebinene ebitiisa, okufaanana ng’ebintu Mukama Katonda wammwe bye yabakolera nga muli mu Misiri, nga mwenna mutunula?
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 “Walagibwa ebintu ebyo byonna olyoke otegeere nga Mukama ye Katonda; era nga awatali ye tewali mulala.
Unto thee it was shewn, that thou mightest know that Jehovah, he is God — there is none other besides him.
36 Yakuleka n’owulira eddoboozi lye nga liva mu ggulu alyoke akuyigirize. Yakulaga omuliro gwe omungi ennyo ku nsi, n’owulira ebigambo bye nga biva mu muliro ogwo.
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 Olw’okubanga yayagala nnyo bajjajjaabo naawe muzzukulu waabwe eyabaddirira, yakuggya mu nsi y’e Misiri ng’akozesa obuyinza bwe obungi.
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 Yakuwangulira amawanga amakulu era agakusinga ggwe amaanyi, alyoke akuyingize mu nsi yaabwe, era agikuwe ggwe okubeeranga obusika bwo nga bwe kiri leero.
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 “Noolwekyo osaana okitegeerere ddala okuva ku lunaku lwa leero, era okinywereze ddala mu mutima gwo nti Mukama ye Katonda yekka ali waggulu mu ggulu ne wansi ku nsi; so tewali mulala.
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 Kale, mugonderenga amateeka ge n’ebiragiro bye, bye nkulagira leero; olwo nno eby’obulamu bwo n’embeera yo biryoke bikugenderenga bulungi, ggwe n’ezzadde lyo eririddawo; bw’otyo olyoke owangaalenga ng’oli mu nsi Mukama Katonda wo gy’akuwa okubeeranga obutaka bwo obw’enkalakkalira.”
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 Awo Musa n’ayawula ebibuga bisatu ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba olw’omugga Yoludaani,
Then Moses separated three cities on this side the Jordan toward the sun-rising,
42 nga mu bibuga ebyo, omuntu yenna anaabanga asse muntu munne nga tagenderedde, mw’anaddukiranga, kubanga munne anaabanga amusse mu butanwa nga tamuliiko kiruyi kubanga tabangako mulabe we; anaddukiranga mu kimu ku bibuga ebyo yeewonye naye okuttibwa.
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 Bino bye byali ebibuga ebyo: Bezeri, nga kiri mu ddungu mu nsi engulumivu kyokka nga waggulu mbyabyatavu, nga kye ky’Abalewubeeni; ne Lamusi mu Gireyaadi, nga kye ky’Abagaadi; ne Golani mu Basani, nga ky’ekitundu ky’Abamanase abaagabana oluuyi olwo.
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 Gano ge mateeka Musa ge yateeka mu maaso g’abaana ba Isirayiri,
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45 era ono ye kalonda w’obujulirwa, n’amateeka, n’ebiragiro, Musa bye yategeeza abaana ba Isirayiri nga bavudde mu Misiri,
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 nga bali mu kiwonvu ekiriraanye Besu Peoli ku buvanjuba bw’omugga Yoludaani, mu nsi eya Sikoni kabaka w’Abamoli, eyafugiranga mu Kesuboni, Musa n’abaana ba Isirayiri gwe baali bamaze okuwangula nga bavudde mu nsi ey’e Misiri.
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 Ensi eyo baali bagitutte awamu n’ensi ya Ogi kabaka wa Basani, abo nga be bakabaka ababiri abaabanga ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba olw’omugga Yoludaani.
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 Ensi eyo yali eva ku Aluweri ekiri ku njegoyego y’Ekiwonvu Alunoni n’okutuuka ku lusozi olunene Siriyoni era olwo ye Kerumooni,
from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, as far as mount Sion, which is Hermon,
49 n’ezingiramu ne Alaba ekiri ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba obwa Yoludaani, okutuukira ddala ku Nnyanja ya Alaba, ye Nnyanja ey’Omunnyo, wansi w’olugulungujjo lw’olusozi Pisuga.
and all the plain on this side the Jordan, eastward, and as far as the sea of the plain, under the slopes of Pisgah.
