Deotoronomia 12
1 Izao no didy sy fitsipika izay hotandremanareo harahina any amin’ ny tany izay omen’ i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny razanao, anao holovana amin’ ny andro rehetra hiainanareo ambonin’ ny tany.
“(I will now tell you again/These, [again], are) the rules and regulations that you must faithfully obey in the land that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to you to occupy. You must obey these laws all the time that you are alive.
2 Horavanareo mihitsy ny toerana rehetra izay nanompoan’ ny firenen-tsamy hafa izay horoahinareo ny andriamaniny teny ambonin’ ny tendrombohitra avo sy ny havoana ary teny ambanin’ ny hazo maitso rehetra.
You must destroy all the places where the people-groups that you will expel worship their gods, on the tops of mountains and hills and under big green trees.
3 Dia horavanareo ny alitarany, ary hotorotoroinareo ny tsangam-baton-tsampiny, ary hodoranareo amin’ ny afo ny Aserahany, ary ny sarin-javatra voasokitra, izay andriamaniny, dia hokapainareo, ka dia hofoananareo tsy ho eo amin’ izany tany izany intsony ny anarany.
You must tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Completely burn the statues of their goddess Asherah in fires, and chop down their wooden idols, in order that no one will ever worship them [MTY] in those places again.
4 Aza manao toy izany amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo ianareo.
“Do not worship Yahweh like [the people in Canaan worship their gods].
5 Fa ny tany izay hofidin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo amin’ ny firenenareo rehetra hasiany ny anarany sy honenany no hohatoninareo sy halehanareo.
Instead, you must go to the place that Yahweh will choose. It will be in the area where one of your tribes will live. That is where you must go to worship Yahweh.
6 Ary any no hitondranareo ny fanatitra doranareo sy ny fanatitrareo hafa alatsa-drà sy ny fahafolon-karenareo sy ny fanatitra asandratry ny tananareo sy ny fanalam-boadinareo sy ny fanati-tsitraponareo ary ny voalohan-teraky ny ombinareo sy ny ondry aman’ osinareo;
That is the place where you must bring your sacrifices that will be completely burned on the altar, and your other sacrifices, (your tithes/ten percent of all of your crops), other offerings that you decide to give, and the firstborn animals from your cattle and sheep.
7 ary any no hihinananareo sy ny ankohonanareo eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo ary hifalianareo amin’ izay rehetra harin’ ny tananareo, izay efa nitahian’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao.
There, in the presence of Yahweh our God, who has [greatly] blessed you, you and your families will eat the good things that you have worked to produce, and you will be happy.
8 Aza manao araka izay rehetra ataontsika eto ankehitriny intsony ianareo, dia izao samy manao izay mahitsy eo imasony avy izao.
“[When you are in that land], you must not do some of the things that we have been doing. Until now, you have all been worshiping [Yahweh] the way you wanted to,
9 Fa ianareo tsy mbola tonga any amin’ ny fitsaharana sy ny lova izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao.
because you have not yet arrived in the land which Yahweh is giving to you, where you will be able to live peacefully.
10 Fa rehefa tafita an’ i Jordana ianareo ka monina any amin’ ny tany izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo anareo holovana, ary homeny fitsaharan’ ady amin’ ny fahavalonareo rehetra manodidina ianareo ka mandry fahizay,
But when you cross the Jordan [River], you will start to live in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. He will protect you from all your enemies that will surround you, and you will live peacefully/safely.
11 dia eo amin’ ny tany izay hofidin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo hampitoerany ny anarany no hitondranareo izay rehetra andidiako anareo, dia ny fanatitra doranareo sy ny fanatitrareo hafa alatsa-drà sy ny fahafolon-karenareo sy ny fanatitra asandratry ny tananareo, ary izay zavatra tsara ataonareo voady amin’ i Jehovah.
“Yahweh will choose one place where he wants you to worship him. That is the place to which you must bring all the offerings that I command you to bring: The sacrifices that must be completely burned [on the altar], your other sacrifices, other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, (your tithes/ten percent of all your crops), and all the special offerings that you will solemnly promise to give to Yahweh.
12 Dia hifaly eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo ianareo sy ny zanakareo-lahy sy ny zanakareo-vavy sy ny ankizilahinareo sy ny ankizivavinareo ary ny Levita izay ao an-tanànanareo; fa ny Levita tsy mba manana anjara na lova eo aminareo.
Rejoice there in the presence of Yahweh, along with your children, your male and female servants, and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns. Do not forget that the descendants of Levi will not have their own land, like you will have.
13 Mitandrema mba tsy haterinao eny amin’ izay tany rehetra tianao ny fanatitra doranao;
Be sure that you do not offer sacrifices anywhere you want to.
14 fa eo amin’ ny tany izay hofidin’ i Jehovah ihany amin’ ny firenenao anankiray no hanateranao azy, sady eo koa no hanaovanao izay rehetra andidiako anao.
You must offer them only in the place that Yahweh will choose for you, in an area that belongs to one of your tribes. That is the only place where he wants you to offer sacrifices that will be completely burned [on the altar], and to do the other things that I am commanding you to do [when you worship him].
15 Kanefa mahazo mamono zavatra sy mihinan-kena ianao, araka izay rehetra irinao eny amin’ ny tanànanao rehetra, araka ny fitahian’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao izay omeny anao; na ny maloto, na ny madio dia samy mahazo mihinana azy ihany, tahaka ny ahazoany mihinana ny gazela sy ny diera.
“However, you will be permitted to kill and eat the meat of your animals in the places where you live. As often as you want to, you may eat the meat of the animals that Yahweh our God will bless you by giving them to you. Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God and those who have not done things like that may all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
16 Kanefa ny ràny no aza hanina, fa aidino amin’ ny tany toy ny rano.
But you must not eat the blood [of any animals]; you must let the blood drain onto the ground [before you cook the meat].
17 Tsy azonao hanina ao an-tanànanao, na ny ampahafolon’ ny varinao sy ny ranom-boalobokao sy ny diloilonao, na ny voalohan-teraky ny ombinao sy ny ondry aman’ osinao, na ny zavatra rehetra hataonao voady, na ny fanati-tsitraponao, na ny fanatitra asandratry ny tananao.
In the places where you live, you must not eat the things that you are offering [to Yahweh]: You must not eat the (tithes/ten percent) of your grain or of your wine, or of your [olive] oil, or the firstborn of your cattle and sheep, or the offerings that you yourselves decide to give to Yahweh, or any other offerings.
18 Fa eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao no hihinananao azy, dia eo amin’ ny tany izay hofidin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao, dia ianao sy ny zanakao-lahy sy ny zanakao-vavy sy ny ankizilahinao sy ny ankizivavinao ary ny Levita izay ao an-tanànanao; ary hifaly eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ianao amin’ izay rehetra hanin’ ny tananao.
Instead, you and your children and your male and female servants and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns must go to the place that he has chosen and eat those things there in the presence of Yahweh. And you should rejoice in the presence of Yahweh about everything that you do.
19 Mitandrema mba tsy ho foinao ny Levita amin’ ny andro rehetra hiainanao amin’ ny taninao.
Be sure that you take care of the descendants of Levi all during the time that you live in your land.
20 Raha hitarin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ny fari-taninao, araka izay nolazainy taminao, ka hoy ianao: Hihinan-kena aho, satria maniry hihinan-kena ny fanahinao, dia mahazo mihinan-kena araka izay rehetra irin’ ny fanahinao ianao.
“When Yahweh our God gives you much more land [than you will have when you first occupy it], which is what he has promised to do, and you say ‘I would like some meat to eat’ because you are craving/wanting some meat, you will be permitted to eat meat whenever you want to.
21 Raha lavitra anao loatra ny tany izay hofidin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao hasiany ny anarany, dia hamonoanao ny ombinao sy ny ondry aman’ osinao izay nomen’ i Jehovah anao, araka izay efa nandidiako anao, ary hohaninao ao an-tanànanao, araka izay rehetra irin’ ny fanahinao izany.
If the place that Yahweh our God chooses to be the place for you to worship him is far [from where you live], you are permitted to kill some of your cattle or sheep that Yahweh has given to you, and you may eat that meat at the places where you live, just like I have told you to do.
22 Kanefa tahaka ny ahazoanao mihinana ny gazela sy ny diera no hahazoanao mihinana ireny: na ny maloto na ny madio dia samy mahazo mihinana azy.
Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God, and those who have not done things like that, are all permitted to all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope.
23 Kanefa tandremo tsara mba tsy hohaninao ny rà, fa ny rà no aina, ary tsy mahazo mihinana ny aina amin’ ny hena ianao.
But be sure that you do not eat the blood [of any animal], because it is the blood that sustains life in living beings, and so you must not eat the life along with the meat.
24 Aza mihinana azy ianao, fa aidino amin’ ny tany toy ny rano izy;
Do not eat the blood; instead, let it drain onto the ground.
25 eny, aza mihinana azy ianao, mba hahita soa ianao sy ny taranakao mandimby anao, raha manao izay mahitsy eo imason’ i Jehovah ianao.
If you obey this command and do what Yahweh says is right [for you to do], things will go well for you and for your descendants.
26 Kanefa ny zava-masinao sy ny zavatra nataonao voady dia ento mankany amin’ ny tany izay hofidin’ i Jehovah.
“But the sacred offerings that Yahweh has told you to give and the other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, you must take to the place that Yahweh will choose.
27 Ary atero eo amin’ ny alitaran’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ny fanatitra doranao, dia ny henany sy ny ràny; ary ny ran’ ny fanatitrao hafa dia aidino eo amin’ ny alitaran’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao, fa ny henany dia azonao hohanina ihany.
You must offer there the sacrifices that will be completely burned [on Yahweh’s altar]. You must also offer there the sacrifices from which you may eat some of meat after you [kill the animals and] drain out the blood and some of it is thrown on the [sides of the] altar.
28 Tandremo, ka henoy izao teny rehetra izao, izay andidiako anao, mba hahita soa ianao sy ny taranakao mandimby anao mandrakizay, raha manao izay tsara sy mahitsy eo imason’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ianao.
Faithfully obey all these things that I have commanded you. If you do that, things will go well forever for you and your descendants, because you will be doing what Yahweh our God says is right [for you to do] and what pleases him.
29 Rehefa aringan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao eo anoloanao ny firenen-tsamy hafa, izay alehanao horesenao, ary handresy azy ianao ka honina eo amin’ ny taniny,
“When you enter the land that you will occupy, as you advance, Yahweh our God will get rid of the people-groups that live there.
30 dia mitandrema, fandrao voafandrika hanaraka ny fanaony ianao, rehefa voaringana eo anoloanao izy; ary andrao mamotopototra ny amin’ ny andriamaniny ianao ka manao hoe: Nanao ahoana no nanompoan’ ireny firenena ireny ny andriamaniny? fa izaho koa mba hanao toy izany.
After he does that, be sure that you do not [worship the gods] that they have been worshiping, because if you do that, you will be caught in the same trap [that they were caught in] [MET]. Do not ask anyone about those gods, saying, ‘Tell me how they worshiped their gods, in order that I can [worship them] also.’
31 Aza manao toy izany amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao; fa ny fahavetavetana rehetra, izay halan’ i Jehovah, no nataony tamin’ ny andriamaniny; fa ny zananilahy sy ny zananivavy aza dia nodorany tamin’ ny afo ho an’ ny andriamaniny.
Do not try to worship Yahweh our God like they have worshiped their gods, because when they worship them, they do disgusting things, things that Yahweh hates. [The worst thing that they do is] that they sacrifice their own children and burn them [on their altars].
32 Izay rehetra andidiako anareo dia tandremo mba harahina; aza ampianao izany, ary aza anesoranao.
“Be sure to do everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not add anything to these commands, and do not take anything away from them.”
