Deuteronomy 4
1 Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
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.
2 You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
Aza ampianareo ny teny izay andidiako anareo, ary aza anesoranareo, fa tandremo ny didin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo izay andidiako anareo.
3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
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.
4 But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.
Fa ianareo izay nifikitra tamin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo kosa dia samy velona avokoa izao anio izao.
5 See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
Indro, efa nampianariko didy sy fitsipika ianareo, araka izay nandidian’ i Jehovah Andriamanitro ahy, mba harahinareo any amin’ ny tany izay efa hidiranareo holovana.
6 Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
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
7 For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
Fa iza no firenena, na dia lehibe aza, no mba manana andriamanitra akaiky azy tahaka an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitra amin’ izay rehetra iantsoantsika Azy?
8 And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
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?
9 Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
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,
10 The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
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.
11 You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
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.
12 And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.
Dia niteny taminareo teo amin’ ny afo Jehovah; ny teny ihany no renareo, fa tsy nahita endrika akory ianareo.
13 He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.
Dia nambarany taminareo ny fanekeny, izay nandidiany anareo harahina, dia ny Didy Folo ary nosoratany teo amin’ ny vato fisaka roa ireo.
14 At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
Ary izaho nodidian’ i Jehovah tamin’ izany andro izany hampianatra anareo didy sy fitsipika, mba harahinareo any amin’ ny tany izay efa hidiranareo holovana.
15 So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
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;
16 that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,
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,
17 of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,
na sarim-biby izay etỳ ambonin’ ny tany, na sarim-borona manana elatra izay manidina eny amin’ ny habakabaka,
18 or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.
na sarim-biby mandady na mikisaka amin’ ny tany, na sarin-kazandrano izay ao amin’ ny rano ambanin’ ny tany.
19 When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
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.
20 Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
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.
21 The LORD, however, was angry with me on account of you, and He swore that I would not cross the Jordan to enter the good land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
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.
22 For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.
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.
23 Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
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.
24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Fa Jehovah Andriamanitrao dia afo mandevona; eny, Andriamanitra saro-piaro Izy.
25 After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—
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,
26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
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.
27 Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
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.
28 And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
Ary any no hanompoanareo andriamanitra asan’ ny tànan’ olona, dia vato aman-kazo, izay tsy mahita, na mandre, na mihinana, na manimbolo.
29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Kanefa any ianao no hitady an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ka hahita Azy, raha mitady Azy amin’ ny fonao rehetra sy ny fanahinao rehetra.
30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
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;
31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.
fa Andriamanitra mamindra fo Jehovah Andriamanitrao ka tsy hahafoy anao, na handringana anao, na hanadino ny fanekena tamin’ ny razanao, izay efa nianianany taminy.
32 Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
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.
33 Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
Moa efa nisy firenena nandre ny feon’ Andriamanitra niteny tao amin’ ny afo, tahaka ny efa renao, ka velona ihany?
34 Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
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?
35 You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
Hianao no nampahitainy izany, mba hahafantaranao fa Jehovah no Andriamanitra, fa tsy misy afa-tsy Izy.
36 He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
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.
37 Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
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,
38 to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.
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.
39 Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
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.
40 Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
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.
41 Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
Ary tamin’ izay Mosesy dia nanokana tanàna telo any an-dafy atsinanan’ i Jordana,
42 to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:
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:
43 Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.
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.
44 This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.
Ary izao no lalàna izay nalahatr’ i Mosesy teo anatrehan’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely.
45 These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
Izao no teni-vavolombelona sy didy ary fitsipika, izay nambaran’ i Mosesy tamin’ ny Zanak’ Isiraely, rehefa nivoaka avy tany Egypta izy,
46 while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
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,
47 They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—
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,
48 extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
hatrany Aroera, izay ao amoron’ ny lohasahan-driaka Arnona, ka hatramin’ ny tendrombohitra Siona (Hermona izany),
49 including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
dia ny tani-hay rehetra any an-dafy atsinanan’ i Jordana ka hatramin’ ny ranomasina amin’ ny tani-hay eo am-bodin’ i Pisga.
