اَلتَّثْنِيَة 12

١ 1 «هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلْفَرَائِضُ وَٱلْأَحْكَامُ ٱلَّتِي تَحْفَظُونَ لِتَعْمَلُوهَا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِكَ لِتَمْتَلِكَهَا، كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي تَحْيَوْنَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ:

These are the statutes and the regulations which ye must observe to do, in the land which Yahweh the God of thy fathers hath given unto thee, to possess it, —all the days that ye are living upon the soil:

٢ 2 تُخْرِبُونَ جَمِيعَ ٱلْأَمَاكِنِ حَيْثُ عَبَدَتِ ٱلْأُمَمُ ٱلَّتِي تَرِثُونَهَا آلِهَتَهَا عَلَى ٱلْجِبَالِ ٱلشَّامِخَةِ، وَعَلَى ٱلتِّلَالِ، وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ.

Ye must utterly destroy, all the places where the nations whom ye are dispossessing have served their gods, —Upon the high mountains And upon the hills, And under every green tree;

٣ 3 وَتَهْدِمُونَ مَذَابِحَهُمْ، وَتُكَسِّرُونَ أَنْصَابَهُمْ، وَتُحْرِقُونَ سَوَارِيَهُمْ بِٱلنَّارِ، وَتُقَطِّعُونَ تَمَاثِيلَ آلِهَتِهِمْ، وَتَمْحُونَ ٱسْمَهُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ٱلْمَكَانِ.

And ye must tear down their altars And break in pieces their pillars, And, their sacred stems, must ye consume with fire, And the carved images of their gods, must ye fell to the ground, —And destroy their name out of that place.

٤ 4 لَا تَفْعَلُوا هَكَذَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ.

Ye must not do thus unto Yahweh your God;

٥ 5 بَلِ ٱلْمَكَانُ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ لِيَضَعَ ٱسْمَهُ فِيهِ، سُكْنَاهُ تَطْلُبُونَ وَإِلَى هُنَاكَ تَأْتُونَ،

but, unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, —as his habitation, shall ye ask your way, and come in thither;

٦ 6 وَتُقَدِّمُونَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ: مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ وَذَبَائِحَكُمْ وَعُشُورَكُمْ وَرَفَائِعَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَنُذُورَكُمْ وَنَوَافِلَكُمْ وَأَبْكَارَ بَقَرِكُمْ وَغَنَمِكُمْ،

and bring in thither your ascending-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, —and your vow-offerings and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;

٧ 7 وَتَأْكُلُونَ هُنَاكَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ، وَتَفْرَحُونَ بِكُلِّ مَا تَمْتَدُّ إِلَيْهِ أَيْدِيكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَبُيُوتُكُمْ كَمَا بَارَكَكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

and shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and rejoice in all whereunto ye are putting your hand, Ye, and your households, —wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee.

٨ 8 «لَا تَعْمَلُوا حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا نَحْنُ عَامِلُونَ هُنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ، أَيْ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مَهْمَا صَلَحَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ.

Ye must not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, —every man, whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

٩ 9 لِأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَدْخُلُوا حَتَّى ٱلْآنَ إِلَى ٱلْمَقَرِّ وَٱلنَّصِيبِ ٱللَّذَيْنِ يُعْطِيكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

Because ye have not entered as yet, —into the resting-place and into the inheritance which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee.

١٠ 10 فَمَتَى عَبَرْتُمُ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ وَسَكَنْتُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي يَقْسِمُهَا لَكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ، وَأَرَاحَكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ حَوَالَيْكُمْ وَسَكَنْتُمْ آمِنِينَ،

But, when ye shall pass over the Jordan, and settle down in the land which, Yahweh your God, is causing you to inherit, —and he shall give you rest from all your enemies round about, and ye shall dwell securely,

١١ 11 فَٱلْمَكَانُ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ لِيُحِلَّ ٱسْمَهُ فِيهِ، تَحْمِلُونَ إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ مَا أَنَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ: مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ وَذَبَائِحَكُمْ وَعُشُورَكُمْ وَرَفَائِعَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَكُلَّ خِيَارِ نُذُورِكُمُ ٱلَّتِي تَنْذُرُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ.

then shall it be, that unto the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to make a habitation for his name there, thither, shall ye bring in all that I am commanding you, —your ascending-offerings and your sacrifices your tithes and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your chosen vow-offerings which ye shall vow unto Yahweh.

١٢ 12 وَتَفْرَحُونَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَبَنُوكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَعَبِيدُكُمْ وَإِمَاؤُكُمْ، وَٱللَّاوِيُّ ٱلَّذِي فِي أَبْوَابِكُمْ لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ قِسْمٌ وَلَا نَصِيبٌ مَعَكُمْ.

So shall ye rejoice before Yahweh your God, Ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your servants and your handmaids, —and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath neither portion nor inheritance with you.

١٣ 13 «اِحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تُصْعِدَ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ تَرَاهُ.

Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause thine ascending-sacrifice to go up in just any place which thou shalt see;

١٤ 14 بَلْ فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ فِي أَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِكَ. هُنَاكَ تُصْعِدُ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ، وَهُنَاكَ تَعْمَلُ كُلَّ مَا أَنَا أُوصِيكَ بِهِ.

but, in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of thy tribes, there, shalt thou cause thine ascending-sacrifice to go up, and, there, shalt thou do all that I am commanding thee.

١٥ 15 وَلَكِنْ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا تَشْتَهِي نَفْسُكَ تَذْبَحُ وَتَأْكُلُ لَحْمًا فِي جَمِيعِ أَبْوَابِكَ، حَسَبَ بَرَكَةِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاكَ. ٱلنَّجِسُ وَٱلطَّاهِرُ يَأْكُلَانِهِ كَٱلظَّبْيِ وَٱلْإِيَّلِ.

Howbeit of anything thy soul desireth, mayest thou sacrifice and so eat flesh—according to the blessing of Yahweh thy God which he hath bestowed upon thee, in all thy gates, the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, —as the gazelle and as the hart,

١٦ 16 وَأَمَّا ٱلدَّمُ فَلَا تَأْكُلْهُ. عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَسْفِكُهُ كَٱلْمَاءِ.

Howbeit, the blood, shall ye not eat, —upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water.

١٧ 17 لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَأْكُلَ فِي أَبْوَابِكَ عُشْرَ حِنْطَتِكَ وَخَمْرِكَ وَزَيْتِكَ، وَلَا أَبْكَارَ بَقَرِكَ وَغَنَمِكَ، وَلَا شَيْئًا مِنْ نُذُورِكَ ٱلَّتِي تَنْذُرُ، وَنَوَافِلِكَ وَرَفَائِعِ يَدِكَ.

Thou mayest not eat within thy gates, the tithe of thy corn or of thy new wine or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd, or of thy flock, —nor any of thy vow-offerings which thou shalt vow, nor thy freewill, offerings, nor the heave-offering of thy hand;

١٨ 18 بَلْ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ تَأْكُلُهَا فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ، أَنْتَ وَٱبْنُكَ وَٱبْنَتُكَ وَعَبْدُكَ وَأَمَتُكَ وَٱللَّاوِيُّ ٱلَّذِي فِي أَبْوَابِكَ، وَتَفْرَحُ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ بِكُلِّ مَا ٱمْتَدَّتْ إِلَيْهِ يَدُكَ.

but before Yahweh thy God, shalt thou eat it in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, thou and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates, —so shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God, in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand.

١٩ 19 اِحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تَتْرُكَ ٱللَّاوِيَّ، كُلَّ أَيَّامِكَ عَلَى أَرْضِكَ.

Take heed to thyself, lest thou forsake the Levite, —all thy days upon thy soil.

٢٠ 20 «إِذَا وَسَّعَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ تُخُومَكَ كَمَا كَلَّمَكَ وَقُلْتَ: آكُلُ لَحْمًا، لِأَنَّ نَفْسَكَ تَشْتَهِي أَنْ تَأْكُلَ لَحْمًا. فَمِنْ كُلِّ مَا تَشْتَهِي نَفْسُكَ تَأْكُلُ لَحْمًا.

When Yahweh thy God shall enlarge thy boundary—as he hath spoken unto thee—and thou shalt say. I would eat flesh because thy soul desireth to eat flesh, of whatsoever thy soul desireth, mayest thou eat flesh.

٢١ 21 إِذَا كَانَ ٱلْمَكَانُ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ لِيَضَعَ ٱسْمَهُ فِيهِ بَعِيدًا عَنْكَ، فَٱذْبَحْ مِنْ بَقَرِكَ وَغَنَمِكَ ٱلَّتِي أَعْطَاكَ ٱلرَّبُّ كَمَا أَوْصَيْتُكَ، وَكُلْ فِي أَبْوَابِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا ٱشْتَهَتْ نَفْسُكَ.

When the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose to put his name there, shall be, too far for thee, then shalt thou sacrifice of thy herd or of thy flock which Yahweh hath given unto thee, as I have commanded thee, —and shalt eat, within thine own gates, of whatsoever thy soul desireth.

٢٢ 22 كَمَا يُؤْكَلُ ٱلظَّبْيُ وَٱلْإِيَّلُ هَكَذَا تَأْكُلُهُ. ٱلنَّجِسُ وَٱلطَّاهِرُ يَأْكُلَانِهِ سَوَاءً.

Even as the gazelle and the hart is eaten, so, shalt thou eat it, —the unclean and the clean, alike shall eat it.

٢٣ 23 لَكِنِ ٱحْتَرِزْ أَنْ لَا تَأْكُلَ ٱلدَّمَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلدَّمَ هُوَ ٱلنَّفْسُ. فَلَا تَأْكُلِ ٱلنَّفْسَ مَعَ ٱللَّحْمِ.

Howbeit firmly refrain from eating the blood; for the blood, is the life, —therefore must thou not eat the life with the flesh.

٢٤ 24 لَا تَأْكُلْهُ. عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ تَسْفِكُهُ كَٱلْمَاءِ.

Thou shalt not eat it, —upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water.

٢٥ 25 لَا تَأْكُلْهُ لِكَيْ يَكُونَ لَكَ وَلِأَوْلَادِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ خَيْرٌ، إِذَا عَمِلْتَ ٱلْحَقَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ.

Thou shalt not eat it, —that it may be well with thee and with thy children after thee when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

٢٦ 26 وَأَمَّا أَقْدَاسُكَ ٱلَّتِي لَكَ وَنُذُورُكَ، فَتَحْمِلُهَا وَتَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

Howbeit, thy holy things which thou shalt have and thy vow-offerings, shalt thou take and come in, unto the place which Yahweh shall choose;

٢٧ 27 فَتَعْمَلُ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ: ٱللَّحْمَ وَٱلدَّمَ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ. وَأَمَّا ذَبَائِحُكَ فَيُسْفَكُ دَمُهَا عَلَى مَذْبَحِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، وَٱللَّحْمُ تَأْكُلُهُ.

and shalt offer thine ascending-sacrifices, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Yahweh thy God, —and the blood of thine [other] sacrifices, shall be poured out upon the altar of Yahweh thy God, and then the flesh, shalt thou eat.

٢٨ 28 اِحْفَظْ وَٱسْمَعْ جَمِيعَ هَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا أُوصِيكَ بِهَا لِكَيْ يَكُونَ لَكَ وَلِأَوْلَادِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ خَيْرٌ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، إِذَا عَمِلْتَ ٱلصَّالِحَ وَٱلْحَقَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ.

Observe and hear all these things which I am commanding thee, —that it may be well with thee and with thy children after thee, —unto times age-abiding, so long as thou shalt do that which is pleasing and right in the eyes of Yahweh thy God.

٢٩ 29 «مَتَى قَرَضَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ مِنْ أَمَامِكَ ٱلْأُمَمَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْتَ ذَاهِبٌ إِلَيْهِمْ لِتَرِثَهُمْ، وَوَرِثْتَهُمْ وَسَكَنْتَ أَرْضَهُمْ،

When Yahweh thy God shall cut off from before thee, the nations Whom thou art going in to dispossess, —and thou do dispossess them, and dwell in their land,

٣٠ 30 فَٱحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تُصَادَ وَرَاءَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا بَادُوا مِنْ أَمَامِكَ، وَمِنْ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ عَنْ آلِهَتِهِمْ قَائِلًا: كَيْفَ عَبَدَ هَؤُلَاءِ ٱلْأُمَمُ آلِهَتَهُمْ، فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَفْعَلُ هَكَذَا؟

take heed to thyself lest thou be thrust after them, after they have been destroyed from before thee, —and lest thou enquire after their gods, saying—In what manner, did these nations serve their gods, that, I too, may do likewise?

٣١ 31 لَا تَعْمَلْ هَكَذَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، لِأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ عَمِلُوا لِآلِهَتِهِمْ كُلَّ رِجْسٍ لَدَى ٱلرَّبِّ مِمَّا يَكْرَهُهُ، إِذْ أَحْرَقُوا حَتَّى بَنِيهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ بِٱلنَّارِ لِآلِهَتِهِمْ.

Thou shalt not do likewise unto Yahweh thy God, —for everything that is an abomination unto Yahweh which he doth hate, have they done unto their gods, for even their sons and their daughters, do they consume with fire unto their gods.

٣٢ 32 كُلُّ ٱلْكَلَامِ ٱلَّذِي أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ ٱحْرِصُوا لِتَعْمَلُوهُ. لَا تَزِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَلَا تُنَقِّصْ مِنْهُ.

Whatsoever be the thing which I am commanding you, the same, shall ye observe to do, —thou shalt neither add thereunto, nor take away therefrom.