Deotoronomia 4
1 Ary ankehitriny, ry Isiraely, mihainoa ny didy sy ny fitsipika izay ampianariko anareo harahinareo, mba ho velona ianareo ka hiditra sy handova ny tany izay omen’ i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny razanareo, anareo.
And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances which I teach you to do; in order that ye may live, and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, giveth unto you.
2 Aza ampianareo ny teny izay andidiako anareo, ary aza anesoranareo, fa tandremo ny didin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo izay andidiako anareo.
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, nor shall ye diminish aught from it; that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
3 Ny masonareo efa nahita izay nataon’ i Jehovah noho ny tamin’ i Bala-peora; fa ny olona rehetra izay nanaraka an’ i Bala-peora dia naringan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao tsy ho eo aminao.
Your own eyes have seen that which the Lord hath done because of Baal-peor; for every man that followed Baal-peor, him the Lord thy God hath destroyed from the midst of thee.
4 Fa ianareo izay nifikitra tamin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo kosa dia samy velona avokoa izao anio izao.
But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God, are alive, every one of you, this day.
5 Indro, efa nampianariko didy sy fitsipika ianareo, araka izay nandidian’ i Jehovah Andriamanitro ahy, mba harahinareo any amin’ ny tany izay efa hidiranareo holovana.
See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, just as the Lord my God commanded me; that ye may do so in the midst of the land whither ye go to take possession of it.
6 Koa tandremo ary ataovy izany, fa izany no ho fahendrenareo sy ho fanananareo saina eny imason’ ny firenen-tsamy hafa; fa handre izany lalàna rehetra izany izy ka hanao hoe: Olona hendry sy manan-tsaina tokoa io firenena io
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the nations, that shall hear all these statutes, and they will say, Nothing but a wise and understanding people is this great nation.
7 Fa iza no firenena, na dia lehibe aza, no mba manana andriamanitra akaiky azy tahaka an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitra amin’ izay rehetra iantsoantsika Azy?
For what great nation is there that hath gods so nigh unto it, as is the Lord our God at all times that we call upon him.
8 Ary iza no firenena, na dia lehibe aza, no mba manana didy sy fitsipika marina tahaka izao lalàna rehetra izao, izay ataoko eo anatrehanareo anio?
And what great nation is there that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as is all this law, which I lay before you this day?
9 Kanefa kosa mitandrema ianao, ka tandremo tsara ny fanahinao, fandrao hadinoinao ny zavatra izay efa hitan’ ny masonao, ary andrao miala amin’ ny fonao izany, amin’ ny andro rehetra hiainanao, fa ampahafantaro ny zanakao sy ny zafinao izany,
Only take heed to thyself, and guard thy soul diligently, that thou do not forget the things which thy eyes have seen, and that they depart not from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons, and unto thy sons' sons;
10 dia izay hitanao tamin’ ny andro izay nitsangananao teo anatrehan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao tany Horeba, fony Jehovah nilaza tamiko hoe: Angony etỳ amiko ny olona, dia hampandrenesiko azy ny teniko, izay hianarany mba hatahotra Ahy amin’ ny andro rehetra hiainany ambonin’ ny tany sady hampianariny ny zanany koa.
The day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God at Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Assemble for me the people, and I will cause them to hear my words, which they shall learn, to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and which they shall teach their children.
11 Dia nanakaiky ianareo ka nitsangana teo am-bodin’ ny tendrombohitra; ary ny tendrombohitra nirehitra afo manakatra ny lanitra, sady nisy aizina sy rahona ary aizim-pito.
And ye came near and stood at the foot of the mount; and the mount was burning with fire unto the midst of the heaven, [from amidst] darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
12 Dia niteny taminareo teo amin’ ny afo Jehovah; ny teny ihany no renareo, fa tsy nahita endrika akory ianareo.
And the Lord spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire; the sound of words ye heard, but any similitude ye saw not: there was nothing but a sound.
13 Dia nambarany taminareo ny fanekeny, izay nandidiany anareo harahina, dia ny Didy Folo ary nosoratany teo amin’ ny vato fisaka roa ireo.
And he told unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14 Ary izaho nodidian’ i Jehovah tamin’ izany andro izany hampianatra anareo didy sy fitsipika, mba harahinareo any amin’ ny tany izay efa hidiranareo holovana.
And me the Lord commanded at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15 Dia tandremo tsara ny fanahinareo; fa tsy nahita endrika akory ianareo tamin’ ny andro izay nitenenan’ i Jehovah taminareo tao amin’ ny afo tany Horeba;
Take ye therefore good heed of your souls; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spoke unto you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 fandrao manao ratsy ianareo ka manao sarin-javatra voasokitra ho anareo, araka izay endri-javatra na inona na inona, dia sarin-dehilahy, na sarim-behivavy,
That ye become not corrupt, and make yourselves a graven image, the similitude of any idol-figure, the likeness of a male or of a female,
17 na sarim-biby izay etỳ ambonin’ ny tany, na sarim-borona manana elatra izay manidina eny amin’ ny habakabaka,
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air of heaven,
18 na sarim-biby mandady na mikisaka amin’ ny tany, na sarin-kazandrano izay ao amin’ ny rano ambanin’ ny tany.
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth;
19 Ary andrao raha miandrandra ny lanitra ianao ka mahita ny masoandro sy ny volana ary ny kintana, dia izay rehetra eny amin’ ny lanitra, dia ho voataona ianao hiankokoha eo anatrehany sy hanompo azy, izay nataon’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ho anjaran’ ny firenena rehetra ambanin’ ny lanitra.
And that thou lift not up thy eyes unto the heavens, and thou see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be misled to bow down to them, and to serve them, those which the Lord thy God hath assigned unto all nations under the whole heaven.
20 Fa ianareo no nalain’ i Jehovah ka nentiny nivoaka avy tao amin’ ny memy fandrendreham-by (dia avy tany Egypta) mba ho firenena ho Azy tahaka ny amin’ izao anio izao.
But you did the Lord take, and he brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto you a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
21 Ary Jehovah dia tezitra tamiko noho ny aminareo ka nianiana fa tsy hita an’ i Jordana aho, na hiditra any amin’ ny tany soa izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ho lovanao.
Farthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and he swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth unto thee for an inheritance;
22 Fa izaho ho faty amin’ ity tany ity, fa tsy hita an’ i Jordana; fa ianareo kosa no hita ka handova izany tany soa izany.
For I must die in this land; I shall not go over the Jordan; but ye will go over and take possession of this good land.
23 Mitandrema ianareo, fandrao manadino ny faneken’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo izay nataony taminareo ka manao sarin-javatra voasokitra ho anareo, araka ny endriky ny zavatra izay efa nandraran’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao.
Take heed unto yourselves, that ye do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he hath made with you, and make yourselves a graven image, the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.
24 Fa Jehovah Andriamanitrao dia afo mandevona; eny, Andriamanitra saro-piaro Izy.
For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire; yea, a watchful God.
25 Raha miteraka sy ho loa-jafy koa ianao, ka efa nitoetra ela teo amin’ ny tany ianareo ary manao ratsy ka manao sarin-javatra voasokitra, araka izay endriky ny zavatra na inona na inona, sy manao ratsy eo imason’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ary mampahatezitra Azy,
When thou begettest children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and ye become corrupt, and make a graven image, the likeness of any thing, and do the evil in the eyes of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:
26 dia miantso ny lanitra sy ny tany ho vavolombelona aho anio fa vetivety foana dia ho fongotra tokoa ianareo tsy ho eo amin’ ny tany izay alehanareo hita an’ i Jordana holovana; tsy ho maro andro eo ianareo, fa haringana tokoa.
I call this day the heavens and the earth to witness against you, that ye shall soon perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not remain many days upon it, but ye shall surely be destroyed.
27 Ary Jehovah hampiely anareo any amin’ ny firenen-tsamy hafa; ary ho tonga olom-bitsy izay sisa aminareo any amin’ ny firenen-tsamy hafa izay hitondran’ i Jehovah anareo.
And the Lord will scatter you among the nations, and ye will be left few in number among the nations, whither the Lord will lead you.
28 Ary any no hanompoanareo andriamanitra asan’ ny tànan’ olona, dia vato aman-kazo, izay tsy mahita, na mandre, na mihinana, na manimbolo.
And ye will serve there gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which neither can see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 Kanefa any ianao no hitady an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ka hahita Azy, raha mitady Azy amin’ ny fonao rehetra sy ny fanahinao rehetra.
But thou wilt seek from there the Lord thy God, and wilt find him, if thou apply to him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30 Raha azom-pahoriana ianao, fa manjo anao ireo zavatra rehetra ireo, dia hiverina amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ianao any am-parany ka hihaino ny feony;
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things have overtaken thee, in the latter end of days: then wilt thou return to the Lord thy God, and be obedient unto his voice.
31 fa Andriamanitra mamindra fo Jehovah Andriamanitrao ka tsy hahafoy anao, na handringana anao, na hanadino ny fanekena tamin’ ny razanao, izay efa nianianany taminy.
For a merciful God is the Lord thy God; he will not forsake thee, nor destroy thee; and he will not forget the covenant of thy fathers which he hath sworn unto them.
32 Fa anontanio ange ny andro lasa, izay teo alohanao hatramin’ ny andro izay namoronan’ Andriamanitra olombelona tetỳ ambonin’ ny tany ary hatramin’ ny faravodilanitra manodidina, raha mba nisy zavatra lehibe tahaka izany, na mba efa nisy re tahaka izany.
For do but ask of former days, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of the heavens unto the other end of the heavens, whether there hath been the like of this great thing, or whether the like of it hath been heard.
33 Moa efa nisy firenena nandre ny feon’ Andriamanitra niteny tao amin’ ny afo, tahaka ny efa renao, ka velona ihany?
Hath ever a people heard the voice of a god, speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and remained alive?
34 Moa efa nanandrana handeha haka firenena ho Azy avy amin’ ny firenena hafa va Andriamanitra amin’ ny fizahan-toetra sy ny famantarana sy ny fahagagana sy ny ady sy ny tanana mahery sy ny sandry nahinjitra ary ny fampahatahorana lehibe, araka izay rehetra nataon’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo ho anareo tany Egypta teo imasonao?
Or hath a god essayed to go to take himself a nation from the midst of a nation, by proofs, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, like all that which the Lord your God hath done for you in Egypt before thy eyes.
35 Hianao no nampahitainy izany, mba hahafantaranao fa Jehovah no Andriamanitra, fa tsy misy afa-tsy Izy.
Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightest know, that the Eternal is the God: there is none else besides him.
36 Avy tany an-danitra no nampandrenesany anao ny feony hananarany anao; ary teo ambonin’ ny tany no nanehoany anao ny afony lehibe; ary ny teniny efa renao avy tao afovoan’ ny afo.
Out of the heavens he caused thee to hear his voice, to correct thee: and upon the earth he caused thee to see his great fire; and his words didst thou hear out of the midst of the fire.
37 Ary satria tia ny razanao Izy ka nifidy ny zanany mandimby azy, dia Izy no nitondra anao nivoaka avy tany Egypta tamin’ ny heriny lehibe,
And therefore, because he loved thy fathers, he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his presence with his mighty power out of Egypt;
38 handroahany eo anoloanao firenena maro izay lehibe sy mahery noho ianao, mba hampidirany anao sy hanomezany anao ny taniny ho lova, tahaka ny amin’ izao anio izao.
To drive out nations greater and mightier than thou art, from before thee, to bring thee in, to give unto thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
39 Koa aoka ho fantatrao anio, ka tsarovy ao am-ponao, fa Jehovah no Andriamanitra any amin’ ny lanitra ambony sy etỳ amin’ ny tany ambany, ka tsy misy afa-tsy Izy.
Know therefore this day, and reflect in thy heart, that the Eternal is the God in the heavens above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
40 Dia tandremo ny lalàny sy ny didiny izay andidiako anao anio, mba hahita soa ianao sy ny taranakao mandimby anao, ary mba ho maro andro ianao any amin’ ny tany, izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ho anao mandrakizay.
And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee; and that thou mayest live many days upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for all times.
41 Ary tamin’ izay Mosesy dia nanokana tanàna telo any an-dafy atsinanan’ i Jordana,
Then Moses set aside three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun;
42 mba handosiran’ izay nahafaty ny namany tsy nahy ka tsy nankahala azy teo aloha, dia ho velona izy raha mandositra ao amin’ ny anankiray amin’ ireo tanàna ireo:
That thither might flee the manslayer, who should kill his neighbor unawares, when he had not been an enemy to him in times past; and that he should flee unto one of these cities and live.
43 dia Bazera any an-efitra, amin’ ny tany lemaka, an’ ny Robenita; ary Ramota-gileada an’ ny Gadita; ary Golana any Basana an’ ny Manasita.
Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gil'ad for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Menassites.
44 Ary izao no lalàna izay nalahatr’ i Mosesy teo anatrehan’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely.
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45 Izao no teni-vavolombelona sy didy ary fitsipika, izay nambaran’ i Mosesy tamin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely, rehefa nivoaka avy tany Egypta izy,
These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,
46 tany an-dafin’ i Jordana, tao an-dohasaha tandrifin’ i Beti-peora, tao amin’ ny tanin’ i Sihona, ilay mpanjakan’ ny Amorita nonina tao Hesbona, dia ilay noresen’ i Mosesy sy ny Zanak’ Isiraely, rehefa nivoaka avy tany Egypta izy,
On this side of the Jordan, in the valley opposite to Beth-peor, in the land of Sichon the king of the Emorites, who dwelt at Cheshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt;
47 ka dia azony ny tanin’ i Sihona sy ny tanin’ i Oga, mpanjakan’ i Basana, dia ny mpanjaka roa tamin’ ny Amorita, izay tany an-dafy atsinanan’ i Jordana,
And they took possession of his land, and of the land of 'Og the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Emorites, who were on this side of the Jordan toward the rising of the sun;
48 hatrany Aroera, izay ao amoron’ ny lohasahan-driaka Arnona, ka hatramin’ ny tendrombohitra Siona (Hermona izany),
From 'Aro'er, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Chermon,
49 dia ny tani-hay rehetra any an-dafy atsinanan’ i Jordana ka hatramin’ ny ranomasina amin’ ny tani-hay eo am-bodin’ i Pisga.
And all the plain on this side of the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the declivities of Pisgah.
