< 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 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 Temwongerangako ku mateeka ge mbalagira, so temugatoolangako, naye mukwatenga ebiragiro bya Mukama Katonda wammwe, bye mbategeeza.
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 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;
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 naye mmwe abaanywerera ku Mukama Katonda wammwe, mukyali balamu leero.
And you who were clinging on Yahweh God your [are] alive all 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 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 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 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 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 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 Era ggwanga ki eddala ekkulu erimanyiddwa eririna amateeka n’ebiragiro eby’obwenkanya nga bino bye nteeka mu maaso gammwe leero?
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 “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 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 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 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 Mwasembera ne muyimirira wansi w’olusozi, ne mulaba nga lwaka omuliro ogwatuukira ddala waggulu ku ggulu, nga gwetooloddwa ebire n’ekizikiza ekikutte.’
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 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 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 Yabategeeza endagaano ye eyali mu Mateeka Ekkumi, ge yawandiika ku bipande by’amayinja ebibiri, n’abalagira okugagobereranga.
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 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 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 “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 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 mulemenga okweyonoona nga mwekolera bakatonda abalala, aba buli ngeri, abali mu bifaananyi ebiri ng’omusajja oba ng’omukazi,
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 oba ebifaanana ng’ensolo ez’oku nsi, oba ng’ennyonyi ezibuuka mu bbanga,
A likeness of any animal which [is] on the earth a likeness of any bird of wing which it flies in the heavens.
18 oba ebifaanana ng’ebiramu byonna ebitambulira wansi oba ebyekulula ku ttaka; oba ebifaanana ng’ebyennyanja ebiri mu mazzi agali wansi w’ettaka.
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 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 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 Naye mmwe, Mukama yabaggya mu Misiri, mu mbiga esaanuusa ebyuma, mubeerenga bantu be ab’obusika bwe, nga bwe muli leero.
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 “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 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 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 [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 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 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 Kubanga Mukama Katonda wo muliro ogwokya ne gusaanyaawo, ye Katonda ow’obuggya.
For Yahweh God your [is] a fire consuming he a God jealous.
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,
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 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 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 Mukama anaabasaasaanyanga mu mawanga amalala, era erisigalayo batono mu mmwe abalibeera mu nsi ezo Mukama Katonda gy’anaabanga abasindiikirizza.
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 Nga muli eyo munaasinzanga bakatonda abakolebwa n’emikono gy’abantu, mu miti ne mu mayinja, abatayinza kulaba, oba okuwulira oba okulya, wadde okuwunyiriza.
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 Naye ng’oli eyo, bw’onoonoonyanga Mukama Katonda wo, onoomulabanga, singa onoomunoonyanga n’omutima gwo gwonna awamu n’omwoyo gwo gwonna.
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 Ebintu ebyo byonna bwe binaakutuukangako n’olaba ennaku nnyingi, olwo onookomangawo eri Mukama Katonda wo mu biseera eby’oluvannyuma, n’omugonderanga.
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 Kubanga Mukama Katonda wo ajjudde okusaasira, taakusuulirirenga wadde okukuzikiriza, oba okwerabira endagaano ye gye yakola ne bajjajjaabo gye yabalayiririra.
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 “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?
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 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?
¿ 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 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 - ¿ 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 “Walagibwa ebintu ebyo byonna olyoke otegeere nga Mukama ye Katonda; era nga awatali ye tewali mulala.
You you were shown to know that Yahweh he [is] God there not [is] still more from to alone 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 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 Olw’okubanga yayagala nnyo bajjajjaabo naawe muzzukulu waabwe eyabaddirira, yakuggya mu nsi y’e Misiri ng’akozesa obuyinza bwe obungi.
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 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 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 “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.
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 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 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 Awo Musa n’ayawula ebibuga bisatu ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba olw’omugga Yoludaani,
Then he set apart Moses three cities on [the] other side of the Jordan [the] rising of towards [the] sun.
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.
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 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] 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 Gano ge mateeka Musa ge yateeka mu maaso g’abaana ba Isirayiri,
And this [is] the law which he set Moses before [the] people 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 judgments which he spoke Moses to [the] people of Israel when came out they from 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 [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 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 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 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] edge of [the] wadi of Arnon and to [the] mountain of Siyon that [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 Arabah [the] other side of the Jordan east-wards and to [the] sea of the Arabah under [the] slopes of Pisgah.