< 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.
And now, Israel, hear the ordinances and judgements, all that I teach you this day to do: that you may live, and be multiplied, and that you may go in and inherit the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives 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.
You shall not add to the word which I command you, and you shall not take from it: keep the commandments of the Lord our God, all that I command you this day.
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 all that the Lord our God did in [the case of] Beel-phegor; for every man that went after Beel-phegor, the Lord your God has utterly destroyed him from amongst you.
4 Ka ko kimoutolu naʻe pikitai kia Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ʻoku mou moʻui kotoa pē he ʻaho ni.
But you that kept close to the Lord your God are all alive today.
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 shown you ordinances and judgements as the Lord commanded me, that you should do so in the land into which you go to inherit 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.’
And you shall keep and do them: for this is your wisdom and understanding before all nations, as many as shall hear all these ordinances; and they shall say, Behold, 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 manner of nation [is so] great, which has God so near to them as the Lord our God [is] in all things in whatever we may call upon him?
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 manner of nation [is so] great, which has righteous ordinances and judgements according to 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;
Take heed to yourself, and keep your heart diligently: forget not any of the things, which your eyes have seen, and let them not depart from your heart all the days of your life; and you shall teach your sons and your 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.’
[even the things that happened in] the day in which you stood before the Lord our God in Choreb in the day of the assembly; for the Lord said to me, Gather the people to me, and let them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days which they live upon the earth, and they shall teach their sons.
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 you drew near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burnt with fire up to heaven: [there was] darkness, blackness, [and] tempest.
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 the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire a voice of words, which you heard: and you saw no likeness, only [you 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 announced to you his covenant, which he commanded you to keep, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them on 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 the Lord commanded me at that time, to teach you ordinances and judgements, that you should do them on the land, into which you go to inherit 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:
And take good heed to your hearts, for you saw no similitude in the day in which the Lord spoke to you in Choreb in the mountain 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 you transgress, and make to yourselves a carved image, any kind of 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 of those that are on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird which flies under heaven,
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 reptile which creeps on the earth, the likeness of any fish of those which are in the waters under 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 having looked up to the sky, and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the heavenly bodies, you should go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord your God has distributed to all the nations under 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 God took you, and led you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at 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:
And the Lord God was angry with me for the things said by you, and sware that I should not go over this Jordan, and that I should not enter into the land, which the Lord your God gives you 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.
For I am to die in this land, and shall not pass over this Jordan; but you are to pass over, and shall inherit this 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 to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord our God, which he made with you, and you transgress, and make to yourselves a graven image of any of the things concerning which the Lord your God commanded you.
24 He ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ko e afi fakaʻauha, ʻio, ko e ʻOtua fuaʻa.
For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
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:
And when you shall have begotten sons, and shall have sons' sons, and you shall have lived a long time on the land, and shall have transgressed, and made a graven image of any thing, and shall have done wickedly before the Lord your God to provoke him;
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 this day to witness against you, that you shall surely perish from off the land, into which you go across Jordan to inherit it there; you shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall be utterly cut off.
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 the Lord shall scatter you amongst all nations, and you shall be left few in number amongst all the nations, amongst which the Lord shall bring 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 you shall there serve other gods, the works of the hands of men, wood and stones, which can’t see, nor can they 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.
And there you shall seek the Lord your God, and you shall find him whenever you shall seek him with all your heart, and with all your soul in your affliction.
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;
And all these things shall come upon you in the last days, and you shall turn to the Lord your God, and shall listen to 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.
Because the Lord your God [is] a God of pity: he will not forsake you, nor destroy you; he will not forget the covenant of your fathers, which the Lord sware to 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?
Ask of the former days which were before you, from the day when God created man upon the earth, and [beginning] at the [one] end of heaven to the other end of heaven, if there has happened any thing like to this great event, if such a thing has been heard:
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?
if a nation have heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard and have lived;
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?
if God has assayed to go and take to himself a nation out of the midst of [another] nation with trial, and with signs, and with wonders, and with war, and with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights, according to all the things which the Lord our God did in Egypt in your sight.
35 Naʻe fakahā ia kiate koe, koeʻuhi ke ke ʻilo ko Sihova ko ia ko e ʻOtua; ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha mo ia,
So that you should know that the Lord your God he is God, and there is none 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.
His voice was made audible from heaven to instruct you, and he showed you upon the earth his great fire, and you heard 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;
Because he loved your fathers, he also chose you their seed after them, and he brought you himself with his great strength 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 destroy nations great and stronger than you before your face, to bring you in, to give you their land to inherit, as you have it 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.
An you shall know this day, and shall consider in your heart, that the Lord your God he [is] God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath, and there is none else but he.
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.”
And keep you his commandments, and his ordinances, all that I command you this day; that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, that you may be long-lived upon the earth, which the Lord your God gives you 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 separated three cities beyond Jordan on the east,
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 there, who should have slain his neighbour unintentionally, and should not have hated him in times past, and he shall flee to one of these cities and 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.
Bosor in the wilderness, in the plain country of Ruben, and Ramoth in Galaad [belonging to] Gad, and Gaulon in Basan [belonging to] Manasse.
44 Pea ko eni ʻae fono naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Mōsese ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli:
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 ordinances, and the judgements, which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land 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 the other side of Jordan, in the valley near the house of Phogor, in the land of Seon king of the Amorites, who lived in Esebon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel struck when they came out of the land 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 inherited his land, and the land of Og king of Basan, two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan eastward.
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 on the border of the brook Arnon, even to the mount of Seon, which is Aermon.
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.
All Araba beyond Jordan eastward under Asedoth hewn in the rock.

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