< Teutalonome 4 >

1 Pea ko eni ʻe ʻIsileli, “Ke ke tokanga ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo e ngaahi fakamaau, ʻaia ʻoku ou ako ʻaki kiate kimoutolu, ke mou fai ia, koeʻuhi ke mou moʻui, pea ʻalu ʻo maʻu ʻae fonua ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai kiate kimoutolu.
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which YHWH Elohim of your fathers giveth you.
2 ‌ʻOua naʻa mou fakalahi ki he lea ʻaia ʻoku ou fekau kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻoua naʻa mou fakasiʻisiʻi ia, koeʻuhi ke mou tauhi ʻae ngaahi fekau ʻa Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ʻaia ʻoku ou fekau kiate kimoutolu.
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of YHWH your Elohim which I command you.
3 Kuo mamata ʻe homou mata ʻaia naʻe fai ʻe Sihova koeʻuhi ko Peali-Peoli: he ko e kau tangata kotoa pē naʻe muimui ʻia Peali-Peoli, kuo fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova ko homou ʻOtua meiate kimoutolu.
Your eyes have seen what YHWH did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, YHWH thy Elohim hath destroyed them from among you.
4 Ka ko kimoutolu naʻe pikitai kia Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ʻoku mou moʻui kotoa pē he ʻaho ni.
But ye that did cleave unto YHWH your Elohim are alive every one of you this day.
5 “Vakai, kuo u ako ʻaki kiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo e ngaahi fakamaau, ʻio, ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Sihova ko hoku ʻOtua kiate au, koeʻuhi ke mou fai pehē ʻi he fonua ʻaia ʻoku mou ʻalu ke nofo ai.
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as YHWH my Elohim commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
6 Ko ia ke mou tauhi mo fai ki ai; he ko hoʻomou poto ia, mo hoʻomou ʻiloʻanga ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻaia ʻe fanongo ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ni kotoa pē, ʻonau pehē, ‘Ko e moʻoni ko e puleʻanga lahi ni ko e kakai poto mo faʻa ʻilo.’
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
7 He ko e fē ha kakai ʻoku pehē ni hono lahi, ʻaia ʻoku ofi pehē ni ʻae ʻOtua kiate kinautolu, ʻo hangē ko Sihova ko hotau ʻOtua mo ʻene ofi ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku tau kole ai kiate ia?
For what nation is there so great, who hath Elohim so nigh unto them, as YHWH our Elohim is in all things that we call upon him for?
8 Pea ko e fē ha kakai ʻoku pehē ni hono lahi ʻaia kuo maʻu ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni mo e ngaahi fakamaau māʻoniʻoni, ʻo tatau mo e fono ni kotoa pē, ʻaia ʻoku ou fokotuʻu ʻi homou ʻao he ʻaho ni?
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
9 Ka ke vakai pe kiate koe pea tauhi ʻi he fakamātoato ho laumālie, telia naʻa ngalo ʻiate koe ʻae ngaahi meʻa kuo mamata ki ai ho mata, pea telia naʻa nau mahuʻi mei ho loto ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo hoʻo moʻui: ka ke ako ʻaki ia ki ho ngaahi foha, pea ki he fānau ʻa ho ngaahi foha;
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
10 ‌ʻAe ʻaho ko ia naʻa ke tuʻu ai ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻi Holepi, ʻaia naʻe folofola ai ʻa Sihova kiate au, ‘Ke ke fakakātoa ʻae kakai kenau fakataha kiate au, pea te u fakaongo atu ʻeku ngaahi lea kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhi kenau ʻilo ke manavahē kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻaia tenau moʻui ai ʻi māmani, pea kenau akonakiʻi ʻenau fānau.’
Specially the day that thou stoodest before YHWH thy Elohim in Horeb, when YHWH said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
11 Pea naʻa mou haʻu ʻo ofi ʻo tuʻu ʻi he lalo moʻunga; pea naʻe vela ʻae moʻunga ʻi he afi ʻo aʻu atu ki he loto langi, ʻi he fakapoʻuli, mo e ngaahi ʻao, mo e poʻuli matolu.
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
12 Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kiate kimoutolu mei he loto afi: naʻa mou ongoʻi ʻae leʻo ʻoe ngaahi lea, ka naʻe ʻikai te mou mamata ki ha meʻa fakatātā; naʻa mou ongoʻi ʻae leʻo pe.
And YHWH spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
13 Pea naʻa ne fakapapau kiate kimoutolu ʻene fuakava, ʻaia naʻa ne fekau ke mou fai, ʻio, ko e fekau ʻe hongofulu; pea naʻa ne tohi ia ʻi he maka lafalafa ʻe ua.
And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14 Pea naʻe fekau kiate au ʻe Sihova ʻi he kuonga ko ia ke u ako ʻaki kiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni mo e ngaahi fakamaau, koeʻuhi ke mou fai ia ʻi he fonua ʻaia ʻoku mou ʻalu atu ke maʻu.
And YHWH commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15 Ko ia ke mou faʻa vakai kiate kimoutolu; he naʻe ʻikai te mou mamata ki ha meʻa fakatātā ʻi he ʻaho naʻe folofola ai ʻa Sihova kiate kimoutolu ʻi Holepi mei he loto afi:
Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that YHWH spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
16 Telia naʻa mou fakahalaʻi ʻakimoutolu, ʻo tā haʻamou meʻa fakatātā, ko e fakatātā ʻo ha meʻa ʻe taha, pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha tangata pe ha fefine,
Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 Pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha manu ʻoku ʻi he fonua, pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha manu kapakau ʻoku puna ʻi he ʻatā,
The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 Pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha manu ʻoku totolo ʻi he kelekele, pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha ika ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi vai ʻi lalo ʻi he fonua:
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19 Pea telia naʻa ke hanga hake ho mata ki he langi, pea sio ki he laʻā, mo e māhina, mo e ngaahi fetuʻu, ʻio ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻi he langi, pea fakahēʻi koe ke lotu ki ai, ʻo tauhi ia, ʻaia kuo vaheʻi ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ki he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻoku ʻi he lalo langi kotoa pē.
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which YHWH thy Elohim hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
20 Ka kuo toʻo ʻakimoutolu ʻe Sihova, ʻo ne ʻomi ʻakimoutolu mei he tutuʻanga ukamea, ʻio, mei ʻIsipite, ke [mou ]hoko kiate ia ko e kakai ʻo hono tofiʻa, ʻo hangē ko ia he ʻaho ni.
But YHWH hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
21 Pea naʻe houhau foki ʻa Sihova kiate au koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, pea ne fuakava ʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu au ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioatani, pea ʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu ki he fonua lelei ko ia, ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe ko ho tofiʻa:
Furthermore YHWH was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which YHWH thy Elohim giveth thee for an inheritance:
22 Ka kuo pau pe ke u mate ʻi he fonua ni, kuo pau ʻe ʻikai te u aʻa ʻi Sioatani: ka ʻe Lakaatu ʻakimoutolu, ʻo maʻu ʻae fonua lelei ko ia.
But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
23 Vakai lelei kiate kimoutolu, telia naʻa mou fakangaloʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, ʻaia kuo fai ʻe ia mo kimoutolu, pea mou ngaohi haʻamou fakatātā kuo tā, pe ko e fakatātā ki ha meʻa ʻe taha, ʻaia kuo fakatapui ai koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of YHWH your Elohim, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which YHWH thy Elohim hath forbidden thee.
24 He ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ko e afi fakaʻauha, ʻio, ko e ʻOtua fuaʻa.
For YHWH thy Elohim is a consuming fire, even a jealous El.
25 ʻOka tupu ʻiate koe ʻae fānau, mo e fānau ʻae fānau, pea kuo fuoloa hoʻomou nofo ʻi he fonua, pea kuo mou fakahalaʻi ʻakimoutolu, ʻo ngaohi ha fakatātā kuo tā, pe ko e fakatātā ki ha meʻa ʻe taha, pea mou fai kovi, ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ke fakatupu hono houhau:
When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of YHWH thy Elohim, to provoke him to anger:
26 ‌ʻOku ou ui ki he langi mo māmani ke fakamoʻoni kiate kimoutolu he ʻaho ni, koeʻuhi ʻe vave ʻa hoʻomou ʻauha ʻaupito mei he fonua ʻaia ʻoku mou aʻa ʻi Sioatani ke nofo ai; ʻe ʻikai te mou fakatolonga homou ngaahi ʻaho ʻi ai, ka ʻe ʻauha ʻaupito ʻakimoutolu.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
27 Pea ʻe fakahēʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe Sihova ki he ngaahi puleʻanga, pea ʻe fakatoe ʻakimoutolu ke tokosiʻi ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai taʻelotu ʻaia ʻe tataki ʻakimoutolu ki ai ʻe Sihova.
And YHWH shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither YHWH shall lead you.
28 Pea te mou tauhi ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi ʻotua, ko e ngāue ʻae nima ʻoe kau tangata, ʻae ʻakau mo e maka, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai mamata, pe ongoʻi, pe kai, pe nanamu.
And there ye shall serve elohim, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 Ka ko eni, kapau te ke kumi mei ai ʻa Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, te ke ʻilo ia, kapau ʻoku ke kumi ia ʻaki ho loto kotoa mo ho laumālie kotoa.
But if from thence thou shalt seek YHWH thy Elohim, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30 ‌ʻOka moʻua koe ʻi he mamahi, pea kuo hoko ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē kiate koe, ʻio ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻamui, kapau te ke tafoki kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, pea ke fai talangofua ki hono leʻo;
When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to YHWH thy Elohim, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
31 (He ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ko e ʻOtua ʻaloʻofa; ) ʻe ʻikai te ne liʻaki koe, pe fakaʻauha koe, pe fakangaloʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa hoʻo ngaahi tamai ʻaia naʻa ne fuakava ai kiate kinautolu.
(For YHWH thy Elohim is a merciful El; ) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
32 He ko eni, ke ke fehuʻi ki he ngaahi ʻaho kuo ʻosi, ʻaia naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻiate koe, talu ʻae ʻaho naʻe fakatupu ai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae tangata ʻi māmani, pea fehuʻi mei he potu ʻe taha ʻoe langi ʻo aʻu ki hono potu ʻe taha, pe naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻa pehē ʻo hangē ko e meʻa lahi ni, pe kuo ai ha fanongo ki ha meʻa pehē?
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that Elohim created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
33 Pe naʻe ai ha kakai naʻe fanongo ki he leʻo ʻoe ʻOtua ʻoku folofola mei he loto afi, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo ongoʻi, pea moʻui?
Did ever people hear the voice of Elohim speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34 Pe kuo finangalo ʻae ʻOtua ke ʻalu ʻo toʻo kiate ia ha kakai mei he lotolotonga ʻoe puleʻanga kehe, ʻi he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi, mo e ngaahi fakaʻilonga, ʻi he ngaahi mana, pea ʻi he tau, pea ʻi he nima māfimafi, pea ʻi he nima kuo mafao, pea ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakailifia lahi, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ko homou ʻOtua kiate kimoutolu ʻi ʻIsipite ʻi homou ʻao?
Or hath Elohim assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that YHWH your Elohim did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 Naʻe fakahā ia kiate koe, koeʻuhi ke ke ʻilo ko Sihova ko ia ko e ʻOtua; ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha mo ia,
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that YHWH he is Elohim; there is none else beside him.
36 Naʻa ne ngaohi koe ke ke ongoʻi hono leʻo mei he loto langi, koeʻuhi ke ne akonakiʻi koe: pea naʻa ne fakahā kiate koe ʻi māmani ʻene afi lahi; pea naʻa ke ongoʻi ʻene ngaahi folofola mei he loto afi.
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
37 Pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ʻofa ki hoʻo ngaahi tamai, ko ia kuo ne fili ai honau hako ki mui ʻiate kinautolu, ʻo ne ʻomi koe kituaʻā ʻi hono ʻao ʻi hono mālohi lahi mei ʻIsipite;
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
38 Ke kapusi atu ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga mei ho ʻao, ʻoku lahi hake mo mālohi lahi ʻiate koe, ke ʻomi koe ki loto, ke foaki kiate koe honau fonua, ko ho tofiʻa, ʻo hangē ko ia he ʻaho ni.
To drive out 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 Ko ia ke ke ʻilo he ʻaho ni, pea fakakaukau ki ai ʻi ho loto, ko Sihova ko ia ko e ʻOtua ʻi he langi ʻi ʻolunga, pea ʻi māmani ʻi lalo ni: ʻoku ʻikai mo ha tokotaha.
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that YHWH he is Elohim in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
40 Ko ia ke ke tauhi ʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo ʻene ngaahi fekau, ʻaia ʻoku ou fekau ai kiate koe he ʻaho ni, koeʻuhi ke hoko ʻae lelei kiate koe, pea mo hoʻo fānau kimui ʻiate koe, pea koeʻuhi ke ke fakatolonga ai ho ngaahi ʻaho ʻi māmani, ʻaia ʻoku foaki kiate koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻo taʻengata.”
Thou shalt keep therefore 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 prolong thy days upon the earth, which YHWH thy Elohim giveth thee, for ever.
41 Pea naʻe toki vaheʻi ʻe Mōsese ʻae kolo ʻe tolu ʻi he kauvai ki heni ʻo Sioatani ki he feituʻu hahake;
Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
42 Koeʻuhi ke hola ki ai ʻae tāmate faainoa, ʻaia kuo tāmate lavenoaʻia ai hono kaungāʻapi, pea naʻe ʻikai fehiʻa kiate ia ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho kuo hili; pea koeʻuhi ʻi heʻene hola ki he kolo ʻe taha ʻoe ngaahi kolo ni ke ne moʻui ai:
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
43 Ko Peseli ʻi he toafa, ʻi he potu fonua toafa ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Lupeni mo Lemoti ʻi Kiliati, ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Kata mo Kolani ʻi Pesani, ʻi he faʻahinga ʻo Manase.
Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
44 Pea ko eni ʻae fono naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Mōsese ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli:
And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45 Ko eni ʻae ngaahi fakamoʻoni, mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo e ngaahi fakamaau, ʻaia naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Mōsese ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, hili ʻenau haʻu mei ʻIsipite,
These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt.
46 ‌ʻI he potu mai ʻo Sioatani, ʻi he potu māʻulalo ʻo hangatonu atu ki Pete Peoli ʻi he fonua ʻo Sihoni ko e tuʻi ʻoe kau ʻAmoli, ʻaia naʻe nofo ʻi Hesiponi, ʻaia naʻe teʻia ʻe Mōsese mo e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, hili ʻenau haʻu mei ʻIsipite:
On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
47 Pea naʻa nau maʻu hono fonua, mo e fonua ʻo Oki ko e tuʻi ʻo Pesani, ko e tuʻi ʻe toko ua ʻoe kau ʻAmoli, naʻe ʻi he potu ki heni ʻo Sioatani ʻo hanga atu ki he hopoʻangalaʻā;
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
48 Mei ʻAloeli ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he matavai ʻoe vaitafe ko ʻAlanoni ʻo aʻu ki he moʻunga ko Saione, ʻaia ko Heamoni,
From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
49 Pea mo e potu tafangafanga kotoa pē ʻi he potu ki heni ʻo Sioatani ʻo hanga ki hahake, ʻio, ʻo aʻu atu ki he tahi ʻoe toafa, ʻi lalo ʻi he ngaahi matavai ʻo Pisika.
And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.

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