Deuteronomy 7
1 Nígbà tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ bá mú ọ dé ilẹ̀ náà, tí ìwọ yóò wọ̀ lọ láti gbà, tí ìwọ yóò sì lé ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ orílẹ̀-èdè kúrò níwájú rẹ. Àwọn ará Hiti, Girgaṣi, Amori, Kenaani, Peresi, Hifi àti àwọn ará Jebusi. Àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè méje tí wọ́n lágbára tí wọ́n sì pọ̀jù ọ lọ,
“Yahweh our God will bring you to the land that you will soon enter and occupy. As you advance, he will expel from that land seven people-groups that are more powerful and more numerous than you are. He will expel the Heth people-group, the Girgash people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group.
2 nígbà tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run rẹ bá sì ti fi wọ́n lé ẹ lọ́wọ́, tí ìwọ sì ti ṣẹ́gun wọn, kí ìwọ kí ó sì pa wọ́n run pátápátá. Má ṣe bá wọn ṣe àdéhùn àlàáfíà, ìwọ kò sì gbọdọ̀ ṣàánú fún wọn.
When Yahweh our God enables you to defeat [DOU] them, you must kill all of them. You must not make (an alliance/a peace treaty) with any of them. You must not act mercifully toward them.
3 Ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ bá wọn dá àna. Àwọn ọmọbìnrin rẹ kò gbọdọ̀ fẹ́ àwọn ọmọkùnrin wọn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ fẹ́ àwọn ọmọbìnrin wọn fún àwọn ọmọkùnrin rẹ,
You must not marry any of them. You must not allow your daughters to marry any of their sons or allow your sons to marry any of their daughters.
4 torí pé wọ́n yóò yí àwọn ọmọ rẹ padà kúrò lẹ́yìn mi, láti jẹ́ kí wọn máa sin òrìṣà, ìbínú Olúwa yóò sì wá sórí rẹ, yóò sì run yín kíákíá.
Because, if you did that, those people would cause your children to stop worshiping Yahweh and to worship other gods. If that happens, Yahweh will be very angry with you and he will get rid of you immediately.
5 Èyí ni kí ẹ ṣe sí wọn, ẹ wó pẹpẹ wọn lulẹ̀, ẹ bi òpó òkúta ibi mímọ́ òrìṣà wọn lulẹ̀, òpó òrìṣà Aṣerah wọn ni kí ẹ gé lulẹ̀ kí ẹ sì sun ère òrìṣà wọn ní iná.
This is what you must do to those people: Tear down their (altars/places for sacrificing animals), break apart the stone pillars [that are dedicated to their male god Baal], cut down the [poles that they use when they worship the goddess] Asherah, and burn their [wooden] idols.
6 Torí pé ènìyàn mímọ́ ni ẹ jẹ́ sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín ti yàn yín láàrín gbogbo ènìyàn lórí ilẹ̀ ayé, láti jẹ́ ènìyàn rẹ̀: ohun ìní iyebíye rẹ̀.
You must do that because you are a group of people who belong to Yahweh our God. He has chosen you from among all the people-groups in the world to be his own special people.
7 Olúwa kò torí pé ẹ pọ̀ lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀ ju àwọn ènìyàn yòókù lọ yàn yín, ẹ̀yin sá à lẹ kéré jù nínú gbogbo ènìyàn.
“It was not because you were more numerous than any other people-group that Yahweh preferred you; you are one of the smallest people-groups on the earth.
8 Ṣùgbọ́n torí Olúwa fẹ́ràn yín, tí ó sì pa ìbúra tí ó ṣe pẹ̀lú àwọn baba ńlá yín mọ́ ni ó ṣe fi ọwọ́ agbára ńlá mú un yín jáde tí ó sì rà yín padà nínú oko ẹrú, àti láti ọwọ́ agbára Farao ọba Ejibiti.
Instead, it is because Yahweh loved you and because he wanted to do what he vowed to your ancestors. That is the reason that he rescued you by his great power [MTY], and freed you from being slaves [MTY] of the king of Egypt.
9 Nítorí náà ẹ mọ̀ dájúdájú pé Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, Òun ni Ọlọ́run, Ọlọ́run olóòtítọ́ ni, tí ń pa májẹ̀mú ìfẹ́ rẹ̀ mọ́ fún ẹgbẹẹgbẹ̀rún ìran, àwọn tí ó fẹ́ ẹ tí ó sì ń pa àṣẹ rẹ̀ mọ́.
So do not forget that Yahweh our God is the only/true God. He will do what he agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love (for 1,000 generations/forever) all those who love him and who obey his commandments.
10 Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn tí ó kórìíra rẹ̀ ni yóò san ẹ̀san fún ní gbangba nípa pípa wọ́n run; kì yóò sì jáfara láti san ẹ̀san fún àwọn tí ó kórìíra rẹ̀ ní gbangba.
But for those who hate him, he will (pay them back/do to them what they deserve); he will punish them and quickly get rid of them.
11 Nítorí náà ẹ kíyèsi láti máa tẹ̀lé àwọn àṣẹ, ìlànà àti òfin tí mo fun un yín lónìí.
“So you must be sure to obey all the commandments and rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.
12 Bí ẹ bá ń kíyèsi àwọn òfin wọ̀nyí tí ẹ sì ń ṣọ́ra láti ṣe wọ́n, nígbà náà ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yóò pa májẹ̀mú ìfẹ́ rẹ̀ mọ́ fún un yín, bí ó ti búra fún àwọn baba ńlá a yín.
If you heed these commands and obey them faithfully, Yahweh our God will do what he has agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love you, which is what he vowed to your ancestors that he would do.
13 Yóò fẹ́ràn yín, yóò bùkún un yín yóò sì mú kí ẹ pọ̀ sí i. Yóò bùkún èso inú yín, ọ̀gbìn ilẹ̀ yín, oúnjẹ yín, wáìnì tuntun àti òróró yín, àwọn màlúù, agbo ẹran yín, àti àwọn àgùntàn, ọ̀wọ́ ẹran yín, ní ilẹ̀ tí ó ti búra fún àwọn baba ńlá yín láti fún un yín.
He will love you and bless you. He will enable you to have many children [DOU]. He will bless your fields, with the result that you will have plenty of grain and [grapes to make] wine and plenty of [olive] oil. You will have many cattle and sheep. He will do all these things for you in the land that he promised to your ancestors that he would give to you.
14 A ó bùkún un yín ju gbogbo ènìyàn lọ, kò sí ẹni tí yóò yàgàn nínú ọkùnrin tàbí obìnrin yín, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ohun ọ̀sìn in yín tí yóò wà láìlọ́mọ.
He will bless you more than he will bless any other people-group. All of you will be able to have/produce children [LIT]. All of your livestock will be able to produce offspring.
15 Olúwa yóò pa ọ́ mọ́ kúrò nínú ààrùn gbogbo, kì yóò jẹ́ kí èyíkéyìí ààrùn búburú tí ẹ mọ̀ ní Ejibiti wá sára yín, ṣùgbọ́n yóò fi wọ́n lé ara gbogbo àwọn tí ó kórìíra yín.
And Yahweh will protect you from all illnesses. You will not be afflicted with any of the dreadful diseases that [our ancestors knew about] in Egypt, but all your enemies will be inflicted with those diseases.
16 Gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín fi lé yín lọ́wọ́ ni kí ẹ parun pátápátá. Ẹ má ṣe ṣàánú fún wọn, ẹ má ṣe sin olúwa ọlọ́run wọn torí pé ìdánwò ni èyí jẹ́ fún un yín.
You must get rid of all the people-groups that Yahweh our God will enable you to conquer. Do not [SYN] act mercifully toward any of them. And do not worship their gods, because if you do that, it would be like falling into a trap [from which you will never be able to escape].
17 Ẹ lè máa rò láàrín ara yín pé, “Àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè yìí lágbára jù wá lọ. Báwo ni a o ṣe lé wọn jáde?”
“Do not think to yourselves, ‘These people-groups are more numerous/powerful than we are, so we certainly cannot [RHQ] expel them.’
18 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ má ṣe bẹ̀rù wọn, ẹ rántí dáradára ohun tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín ṣe sí Farao àti gbogbo Ejibiti.
Do not be afraid of them. Instead, think about what Yahweh our God did to the king of Egypt and to all the people whom he [ruled].
19 Ẹ sá à fi ojú u yín rí àwọn àdánwò ńlá, àwọn iṣẹ́ àmì àti iṣẹ́ ìyanu ńlá, ọwọ́ agbára àti nínà ọwọ́ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín fi mú un yín jáde. Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yóò ṣe bákan náà sí gbogbo àwọn ènìyàn náà tí ẹ ń bẹ̀rù.
Do not forget the terrible plagues that your ancestors saw [Yahweh inflict on the people of Egypt], and the many [DOU] miracles [that he performed], and the very powerful [DOU, MTY] way by which he brought your ancestors out [of Egypt]. Yahweh our God will do the same kind of things to the people-groups that you are afraid of now.
20 Pẹ̀lúpẹ̀lú, Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yóò rán oyin sáàrín wọn títí tí àwọn tí ó sálà tí wọ́n sá pamọ́ fún un yín, yóò fi ṣègbé.
Furthermore, he will cause them to become terrified, and he will destroy those who remain alive and run away to hide from you.
21 Ẹ má gbọ̀n jìnnìjìnnì torí wọn, torí pé Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín tí ó wà láàrín yín, Ọlọ́run alágbára ni, àti Ọlọ́run tí ó tóbi lọ́pọ̀lọ́pọ̀.
Do not be afraid of those people, because Yahweh our God will be with/among you. He is a great God; he is the one you should be afraid of.
22 Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yóò lé gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè wọ̀n-ọn-nì kúrò níwájú u yín díẹ̀díẹ̀. A kò nígbà yín láààyè láti lé wọn dànù lẹ́ẹ̀kan ṣoṣo. Kí àwọn ẹranko igbó má ba à gbilẹ̀ sí i láàrín yín.
He will expel those people-groups gradually. You should not [try to] expel all of them at one time, because if you did that, the number of wild animals would quickly increase, [and you would not be able to get rid of them].
23 Ṣùgbọ́n Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yóò fi wọ́n lé e yín lọ́wọ́, yóò sì máa fà wọ́n sínú dàrúdàpọ̀ títí tí wọn yóò fi run.
Instead, Yahweh will enable you to defeat your enemies [one people-group at a time]. He will cause them to panic until they are destroyed.
24 Yóò fi àwọn ọba wọn lé e yín lọ́wọ́, ẹ̀yin ó sì pa orúkọ wọn rẹ́ lábẹ́ ọ̀run. Kò sí ẹni tí yóò lè dojú ìjà kọ yín títí tí ẹ ó fi pa wọ́n run.
He will enable you to defeat [IDM] their kings. After you kill them, their names will be forgotten {people will forget about them}. No people-group will be able to stop you; you will destroy all of them.
25 Dá iná sun àwọn ère òrìṣà wọn, ẹ má ṣe ṣe ojúkòkòrò sí fàdákà tàbí wúrà tí ó wà lára wọn. Ẹ má ṣe mú un fún ara yín, bí bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́ yóò jẹ́ ìdẹ̀kùn fún un yín, torí pé ìríra ni sí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín.
You must burn the wooden idols [that represent] their gods. Do not desire to take the silver or gold [decorations] that are on those idols, because if you take them for yourselves, they will be like a trap [to cause you to want to worship those idols]. Yahweh hates [the worship of those idols].
26 Ẹ má ṣe mú ohun ìríra wá sí ilé yín, kí ìwọ má ba à di ẹni ìparun bí i rẹ̀. Ẹ kórìíra rẹ̀ kí ẹ sì kà á sí ìríra pátápátá, torí pé a yà á sọ́tọ̀ fún ìparun ni.
You must not bring any of those disgusting idols into your houses, because if you do that, God will curse you like he curses them. You must hate and despise [DOU] those idols, because they are things that [Yahweh] has cursed.”
