Deotoronomia 1
1 Iretoañe o tsara nilañona’ i Mosè am’ Israele iaby alafe’ Iardeney, am-patrambey ao, an-tane mira tandrife i Sofe añivo’ i Parane naho i Tòfele naho i Labane naho i Katseròte vaho i Dizahabe.
In this book is written what Moses/I said to the Israeli people. He/I told them these things when they/we were in the desert, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. They/We had set up our tents near [a place named] Suph, between Paran [town on the one side of the river] and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab [towns on the other side of the river].
2 (Mahamodo andro folo-raik’ amby ty lia mb’e Kadàse-Barnèa mb’eo t’ie miary mb’e Vohi-Seire añe.)
To walk from Sinai [Mountain] to the Kadesh-Barnea [oasis], people usually travel for only eleven days, going by way of the hilly area named Edom.
3 Aa ie tamy taom-paha efa-poloy, ami’ty vola’e faha-folo-raik’amby, ami’ty andro valoha’ i volañey le ninday lañonañe amo ana’ Israeleo t’i Mosè, amy nampisaontsie’ Iehovày aze;
Forty years after (the Israelis/we) left Egypt, in the middle of January, Moses/I told the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me to tell them.
4 naho fa zinevo’e t’i Sihone mpanjaka’ o nte-Amore nimoneñe e Khesboneo, naho i Oge mpanjaka’ i Basane nimoneñe e Astaròte e Ederèy ao;
This was after they/we had defeated Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king of the Bashan [region] who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei [towns].
5 alafe’ Iardeney atoy, an-tane’ i Moabe, ty nimanea’ i Mosè halangesañe i Hake ami’ty hoe:
Moses/I told them these things while the people were in the Moab region, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. He/I (explained to them/enabled them to understand) God’s laws. This is what he/I said to them:
6 Nitsara aman-tika e Korebe añe t’Iehovà Andrianañaharentika nanao ty hoe: Ihe loho tambatse ami’ty vohitse toy:
“Yahweh our God said to us when we were at Sinai [Mountain], ‘You have stayed for a very long time at [the bottom of] this mountain.
7 mitoliha naho tonjohizo ty lia’ areo, le mionjona mb’am-bohi’ o nte Amoreo mb’eo; naho mb’an-tane mañohoke aze iaby mb’ an-tane-mira ey naho mb’amo vohibohitseo naho mb’am-bavatane ao naho mb’ atimo añe naho mb’ añolon-driake mb’eo pak’ an-tane’ i nte-Kanàney naho pake Lebanone añe vaho migadoña amy oñe ra’elahiy, i oñe Peràtey.
So now continue traveling. Go to the hilly area where the Amor people-group lives and to the nearby areas—to the Jordan [River] Valley, to the hilly region, to the western (foothills/hills at the bottom of the mountains), to the desert area to the south, to the [Mediterranean] Seacoast, to all of Canaan land, to the Lebanon [Mountains], and [northeast] to the great Euphrates River.
8 Ingo, fa nalahako añatrefa’ areo o taneo; akia rambeso ho anahareo i tane nifañinà’ Iehovà aman-droae’ areoy: amy Avrahame naho am’ Ietsake vaho am’ Iakobe, t’ie hatolots’ am’ iareo naho o tarira’ iareo hanonjohio.
Note that I will give that land to you. I, Yahweh, promised to your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob that I would give it to them and to their descendants. So now go and occupy it.’”
9 Ie amy zay nanao ty hoe ama’ areo iraho, Tsy lefeko ty mivave anahareo, izaho avao,
Moses/I also said to the people, “When [we were still at Sinai Mountain], I told your ancestors ‘It is a very big burden/responsibility for me to govern all of you. So I cannot do it by myself.
10 fa nampanaranàhe’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo ho mira ami’ty ia’ o vasian-dikerañeo androany.
Yahweh our God has caused us Israelis to now become as numerous as the stars in the sky.
11 Le ee te hampitomboe’ Iehovà Andrianañaharen-droae’ areo añ’ arivo ty ia’ areo vaho hitahy anahareo amy nampitamae’ey.
And I hope/desire that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], will cause us to become 1,000 times as numerous as we are now and that he will bless us just like he promised to do.
12 Fa aia ty hahavaveako, t’ie raike, ty fañangara’ areo naho ty fampioremeña’ areo vaho ty fampihohokohofa’ areo ahiko.
But I certainly cannot [RHQ] (solve/deal with) all of your complaints/problems.
13 Tendreo o mahilala’ areoo, o mahihitseo naho o maharofoanañe amo rofoko’ areoo le hanoeko mpifehe’ areo.
So choose some men from your tribes who are wise and who have good sense and who are respected. Then I will appoint them to be your leaders.’
14 Le natoi’ areo ty hoe, Mete i nisaontsia’o hanoeñey.
Your ancestors replied, ‘What you have suggested is good for us to do.’
15 Aa le rinambeko o mpiaolo’ o fifokoa’ areoo, o mahihitse naho mahilalao naho najadoko ho talè’ areo ho mpifelek’ arivo, naho mpifeleke zato, naho mpifeleke limampolo, naho mpifeleke folo, vaho ho mpitoronjo, ki-foko, ki-foko.
So I took the wise and respected men [that your ancestors chose] from your tribes, and I appointed them to be your leaders. I appointed some to (rule/have authority) over 1,000 people, some to have authority over 100 people, some to have authority over 50 people, and some to have authority over ten people. I also appointed other officers from throughout your tribes.
16 Le nafantoko amo mpizaka’ areoo amy andro zay, ty hoe: Mijanjiña añivo’ o rolongo’ areoo vaho mizakà an-katò añivo’ ze ondaty naho ty rahalahi’e ndra ze renetane ama’e.
I instructed/told your leaders, ‘Listen to the disputes that occur among your people. Judge each dispute, including disputes between close relatives and quarrels between your people and people from other countries who live among you.
17 Ko mirihy an-jaka; fe janjiño ty kede naho ty bey; ko hembañe ami’ty lahara’ ondaty, fa an’Andrianañahare ty zaka, le ze tsy lefe’ areo ro hasese amako ho tsanoñeko.
You must (be impartial/not favor one person more than another); you must treat poor people and important people equally. You must not worry about what anyone will think [about how you decide matters], because you will decide matters as God [wants you to]. If any quarrel/dispute is very difficult and you are unable to decide it, bring it to me, and I will decide.’
18 Aa le nililieko henane zay ze hene raha hanoe’ areo.
At that time I also told you other things that you should do.”
19 Aa ie nienga i Korebe tika, le niranga i fatrañe jabajaba maharevendreveñe nioni’ areo am-piariañe ty vohi’ o nte-Amoreoy, amy nandilia’ Iehovà Andrianañaharentikañey; le nivotrake e Kadese-Barneà eo,
“Then, just like Yahweh our God commanded us, we left Sinai [Mountain] and went through that huge desert that was very (dangerous/difficult to travel through), on the road to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. We arrived at Kadesh-Barnea.
20 vaho hoe ty nanoeko: ie fa nandoak’ am-bohi’ o nte-Amoreo, i hatolo’ Iehovà Andrianañaharen-tika aman-tikañey.
I said to your ancestors, ‘We have now come to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. This is part of the area that Yahweh our God, the one whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to us.
21 Ingo fa napo’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’o añatrefa’o eo o taneo: aa le mionjona mb’eo naho rambeso ami’ty nitsara’ Iehovà Andrianañaharen-droae’o, ko hembañe vaho ko mitsolofìñe.
Note that Yahweh our God is giving this land to us. So go and occupy it as he commanded. Do not be (at all/even a little bit) afraid.’
22 Aa le songa niharine amako nanao ty hoe: hamantoke ondaty hiaolo antika mb’eo zahay hitsikarake i taney vaho hinday saontsy amantika ami’ty lalañe hionjonan-tika mb’eo naho o rova higaoñan-tikañeo.
But all of your ancestors came to me and said, ‘Before we go, we should [first] send some men there to explore the land, in order that they can return and tell us which will be the best road to go there and what kind of towns are there.’
23 Toe ninòko i saontsy zay, vaho rinambeko t’indaty folo-ro’ amby, songa raike ami’ty fifokoañe;
I thought that it would be good to do that, so I chose twelve men, one man from each tribe.
24 le nitolike iereo nionjoñe mb’am-bohibohitse mb’eo naho nandoak’ am-bavatane Eskole vaho nitsoetsoek’ ao.
They went up into the hilly area as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area.
25 Nandrambesa’ iareo am-pitàñe ty voka’ i taney le nendese’ iareo nizotso mb’ aman-tikañe atoy, vaho ninday saontsy aman-tika nanao ty hoe: Soa i tane natolo’ Iehovà Andrianañaharen-tika aman-tikañey.
They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good/fertile.”
26 F’ie amy zay, tsy ni-mete nionjom-beo nahareo te mone niola ami’ty nandilia’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo,
“But your ancestors refused to go [and conquer that land]. They rebelled against what Yahweh our God had commanded them to do, and they would not go into that land.
27 vaho niñeoñeoñe an-kiboho’ areo ao ami’ty hoe: ty falai’ Iehovà antika ty nañakara’e antika an-tane Mitsraime hanesea’e am-pità’ o nte-Amoreo harotsake.
Your ancestors [stayed] in their tents and complained saying ‘Yahweh hates us. So he has brought us here from Egypt just to allow the Amor people-group to destroy us.
28 Aia ty hionjonan-tika? Nahamohake ty arofo’ay ty enta’ o longontikañeo nanao ty hoe, Ra’elahy naho abo te amantika ondatio naho jabajaba o rova’ iareo reketse kijoly mitiotiotse mb’andikerañ’ eio vaho niisa’ay ao o ana’ i Anàkeo.
(Why should we go there?/We do not want to go there.) [RHQ] The men whom we sent there have caused us to become very discouraged/afraid. They have told us that the people there are much stronger and taller than we are and that there are extremely high [HYP] walls around their towns. Also they reported that they saw [giants there that are] descendants of Anak.’
29 Aa le nanoeko ty hoe, Ko irevendreveñañe, ko ihembañañe.
Then I said to your ancestors, ‘Do not be afraid (at all/even a little bit) [DOU] of those people!
30 Iehovà Andrianañahare Mpiaolo ro hialy ho anahareo hambañe amy nanoe’e e Mitsraime añe aolom-pihaino’ areoy;
Yahweh our God will go ahead of you, and he will fight for you, just like you saw him do for you in Egypt
31 naho tam-patrambey añe; fa niisa’ areo ty fiotroña’ Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo, manahake ty fiotroña’ ondaty i ana-dahi’ey, amo lia’ areo iabio ampara’ te nivotrak’ an-tane atoy.
and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely here, like a man would carry his son. [SIM]’
32 F’ie amy zay, tsy natokisa’ areo t’Iehovà Andrianañahare’ areo,
[I reminded them that] he always went ahead of them while they traveled [in the desert]. He directed them by [a pillar of] fire during the night and a [pillar of] cloud during the day. He showed them places to set up their tents. But in spite of what I said, your ancestors would not trust Yahweh our God.
33 i Mpiaolo am-pañaveloañey nipay ze hañoreña’ areo o kibohotseo, ie añ’afo ao te haleñe hanoroa’e ty lalan-kombà’ areo vaho an-drahoñe ao te handro.
34 Ie jinanji’ Iehovà i feon’ enta’ areo zay, le niviñetse vaho nifanta ty hoe:
Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared,
35 Leo raik’ amo retoañe—o tariratse raty reo—tsy hahaisake i tane soa nifañinàko hatolotse aman-droae’ areoy,
‘Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants [some of] the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land which I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.’
36 naho tsy i Kalèbe ana’ Iefonè. Ie ty hahaisake, le hatoloko aze naho amo tarira’eo i tane niliàm-pandia’ey ami’ty fañoriha’e fatratse Iehovà.
37 Izaho ka niviñera’ Iehovà ty ama’ areo amy tsara’ey, ty hoe: Tsy himoak’ ao ka irehe.
But because of [what] your ancestors [did], Yahweh was also angry with me. He said to me, ‘You also will not enter that land.
38 I Iehosoa ana’ i None, mpitoro’oy, ty himoak’ ao; osiho amy t’ie ty hampandova Israele aze.
Joshua, the son of Nun, who is your helper, will enter it. Encourage him, because he is the one who will enable you Israeli people to occupy that land.’
39 Le o keleia’ areoo, o natao’ areo ho nikopaheñeo, o ana’ areoo; i mboe tsy nahilala ty soa naho ty raty henane zay rey ty himoak’ ao; le hatoloko iareo vaho ho rambese’ iareo ho fanañañe.
Then Yahweh said to all of us, ‘You said that your children would be captured by your enemies. Because they are very young, they do not yet know what is good and what is evil. But they are the ones to whom I will give that land, and they will enter it and occupy it.
40 F’inahareo ka, mitoliha naho mionjona mb’am-patrambey miary amy Ria-Binday mb’eo.
But as for you, turn around and go back into the desert, toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba).’
41 Nanoiñ’ ahy ami’ty hoe nahareo, Toe anaña’ Iehovà hakeo! Veka’e hionjoñe hialy zahay ami’ty nandilia’ Iehovà Andrianañaharen-tika. Aa le songa nidiam-pialiañe ondatio fa natao’e ho mora ty hionjoñe mb’am-bohibohitse mb’eo.
Then your ancestors replied, ‘We have sinned; we have disobeyed Yahweh. So we will go and attack [the people who live in] that land, just like Yahweh our God commanded us to do.’ And each of their men put on his weapons, and they thought that it would be easy to invade the hilly region.
42 Le hoe t’Iehovà amako, Isaontsio ty hoe: Ko mionjom’ beo vaho ko mialy, amy te tsy añivo’ areo ao iraho tsy mone ho rotsak’ aolo’ o rafelahi’ areoo.
But Yahweh said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up there and attack those people, because I will not go with you. If you go, your enemies will defeat you.”’
43 Fe ndra te nivolañeko, tsy nihaoñe’ areo. Niola amy nandilia’ Iehovày, an-tsatrin-troke ty nionjona’ areo mb’ am-bohibohitse mb’eo.
So I told that to your ancestors, but they would not heed what I said. They [again] rebelled against what Yahweh commanded them to do. Their soldiers proudly/arrogantly marched up into that hilly region.
44 Niavotse, niatrek’ anahareo amy zao o nte-Amore mpimoneñe am-bohitseo vaho nihoridañe’e hoe rene tantele. Rinotsa’ iareo am-pibara e Seire pake Kormà añe.
Then the men of the Amor people-group who lived in that region came out [of their towns] and attacked those soldiers. They pursued your ancestors’ soldiers like [a swarm of] bees pursues people, and they pursued them [south] from the Edom area and defeated them at Hormah [city].
45 Aa le nibalike naho nirovetse añatrefa’ Iehovà, fe tsy hinao’ Iehovà ty fiarañanaña’ areo, tsy nanokilaña’e ravembia.
So your ancestors went back [to Kadesh-Barnea] and cried out to request Yahweh [to help them], but he did not heed them. He did not pay any attention to them [DOU].
46 Aa le nitobe e Kadese ao ela ty amo andro nitoboha’ areoo.
So we stayed there at Kadesh-Barnea for a long time.”
