Deuteronomy 12

1 “These are the precepts and judgments which you must do in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, will give to you, so that you may possess it during all the days that you shall walk upon the soil.

Men lòd ak kòmandman pou nou swiv pandan tout tan nou gen pou nou viv nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye zansèt nou yo, ban nou pou nou rete a.

2 Overturn all the places where the nations, which you will possess, worshipped their gods on lofty mountains, and on hills, and under every leafy tree.

Nan peyi nou pral pran pou nou an, se pou nou kraze tout kote moun yo te konn sèvi bondye yo sou gwo mòn wo yo, sou ti bit mòn yo, anba pyebwa vèt yo.

3 Scatter their altars and break their statues. Burn their sacred groves with fire and crush their idols. Abolish their names from those places.

Se pou nou demoli tout lòtèl yo, se pou nou gaye tout pil wòch zidòl yo. Se pou nou rache tout poto Achera yo. Se pou nou boule tout zidòl yo pou moun pa janm chonje yo te konn fè sèvis pou bondye sa yo la ankò.

4 But you shall not do the same to the Lord your God.

Nou pa fèt pou nou sèvi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, jan moun sa yo te konn sèvi bondye yo.

5 Instead, you shall approach the place which the Lord your God will choose among all your tribes, so that he may set his name there, and may dwell in that place.

Se Bondye menm ki pral chwazi yon kote pou l' rete nan mitan pèp la, kote pou yo fè sèvis pou li. Se la n'a vin jwenn Seyè a, Bondye nou an.

6 And you shall offer, in that place, your holocausts and victims, the tithes and first-fruits of your hands, and your vows and gifts, the firstborn of the cattle and of the sheep.

Se la n'a pote ofrann pou boule nèt nan dife pou Seyè a ak lòt bèt n'ap ofri ba li, ladim nou yo ak kado nou yo, ofrann nou te pwomèt bay Bondye, ofrann nou leve konsa nou vle fè pou Bondye, premye pitit bèf nou yo, premye pitit kabrit nou yo ak premye pitit mouton nou yo.

7 And you shall eat it there, in the sight of the Lord your God. And you shall rejoice in all the things to which you shall set your hand: you and your household, which the Lord your God has blessed for you.

Se la, devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, n'a fè fèt, n'a manje ansanm ak tout moun nan fanmi nou yo. Se la n'a fè kè nou kontan chak lè Seyè a va beni nou pou li te fè nou fè bèl rekòt.

8 You shall not do there the things that we are doing here today: each one doing what seems good to himself.

Lè sa a, nou p'ap gen dwa fè sa n'ap fè koulye a kote chak moun ap fè sa yo pi pito,

9 For even until the present time, you did not arrive at the rest and the possession, which the Lord your God will give to you.

paske nou poko antre nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye sou an, ap ban nou pou nou rete ak kè poze.

10 You shall cross over the Jordan, and you shall live in the land which the Lord your God will give to you, so that you may have rest from all the surrounding enemies, and so that you may live without any fear,

Men, yon fwa n'a janbe lòt bò larivyè Jouden an pou n' al rete nan peyi Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ap ban nou an, l'a pwoteje nou nan mitan tout lènmi k'ap viv nan peyi ki sou fwontyè nou yo, n'a rete nan peyi a ak kè poze.

11 in the place which the Lord your God will choose, so that his name may be in it. To that place, you shall bring all the things that I instruct you: holocausts, and victims, and tithes, and the first-fruits of your hands, and whatever is best among the gifts that you shall vow to the Lord.

Wi, Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va chwazi yon sèl kote pou yo fè sèvis pou li. Se la n'a pote tout ofrann mwen mande nou yo ba li: ofrann bèt pou nou boule nèt nan dife pou Seyè a, lòt bèt n'ap ofri ba li, ladim nou yo, lòt ofrann yo ak tout lòt bèl kado nou te pwomèt pou n' te bay Seyè a.

12 In that place, you shall feast before the Lord your God: you, and your sons and daughters, your men and women servants, as well as the Levite who dwells in your cities. For he has no other portion or possession among you.

Lè sa a, n'a fè fèt devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ansanm avèk pitit gason nou yo, pitit fi nou yo, gason ak fanm k'ap travay lakay nou yo ak moun Levi k'ap viv nan mitan nou yo, paske moun Levi yo pa gen ankenn pòsyon tè ki rele yo pa yo menm jan ak nou nan peyi a.

13 Take care that you do not offer your holocausts in any place that you see.

Piga nou ofri bèt nou yo pou mwen nenpòt kote nou wè yo te mete apa pou lòt bondye yo.

14 Instead, you shall offer sacrifices in the place which the Lord will choose within one of your tribes, and you shall do whatsoever I instruct you.

Seyè a pral chwazi yon kote nan pòsyon tè yonn nan branch fanmi nou yo. Se la sèlman n'a ka ofri bèt pou nou boule nèt pou Seyè a, se la n'a fè tou sa li mande pou nou fè a.

15 So, if you wish to eat, and if the eating of flesh pleases you, then kill and eat according to the blessing of the Lord your God, which he has given to you, in your cities: you may eat it whether it is unclean, that is, having blemish or defect, or whether it is clean, that is, whole and without blemish, of the kind which is permitted to be offered, such as the roe deer and the stag.

Men, nou lib pou nou touye bèt chak fwa nou vle manje vyann nenpòt kote nou ye, dapre kantite Seyè a va ban nou. Tout moun, kit sa ki nan kondisyon, kit sa ki pa nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis pou Bondye, va gen dwa manje vyann sa yo, tankou yo ta manje vyann gazèl ak vyann towo bèf.

16 Only the blood you shall not eat. Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water.

Men, piga nou janm manje san yo. Se pou nou vide tout san an atè tankou dlo.

17 You may not eat in your towns the tithes of your crops, and your wine and oil, the firstborn of your herds and your flocks, nor anything which you will vow, or which you will offer spontaneously, nor the first-fruits of your hands.

Nan tout lavil kote nou rete, nou p'ap gen dwa manje ladim ble, ladim diven osinon ladim lwil nou gen pou n' ofri bay Seyè a. Piga nou janm manje anyen nan sa n'ap ofri bay Seyè a: ki vle di premye pitit bèf nou yo, premye pitit kabrit osinon mouton nou yo, ou ankò kado nou ta pwomèt Seyè a pou nou ba li, kado nou leve konsa nou vle fè Seyè a, ni ankenn lòt ofrann nou pote bay Seyè a.

18 But you shall eat these before the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord your God will choose: you, and your son, and your daughter, and your man servant and woman servant, and the Levite who dwells in your cities. And you shall rejoice and be refreshed in the sight of the Lord your God by all the things to which you will extend your hand.

Men, se kote Seyè a, Bondye nou an, te chwazi a, se la sèlman n'a manje ofrann yo devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ansanm ak pitit gason nou, pitit fi nou, gason ak fanm k'ap travay lakay nou ak moun Levi ki rete nan mitan nou yo. Se la n'a pran nan ofrann nou te pote yo, n'a fè fèt devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an.

19 Be careful, lest you abandon the Levite, at any time while you are living in the land.

Toutotan n'ap viv nan peyi a, piga nou janm bliye moun Levi yo.

20 When the Lord your God will have enlarged your borders, just as he has spoken to you, and when you would eat the flesh that your soul desires,

Lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va mete sou tè nou deja genyen an jan li te pwomèt nou sa a, depi nou vle manje vyann, nou mèt manje vyann lè nou vle, kantite nou vle.

21 but if the place which the Lord your God will choose, so that his name may be there, is far away, you may kill, from your herds and your flocks which you will have, in the manner I have instructed to you, and you may eat in your towns, as it pleases you.

Lè kote Seyè a chwazi pou yo fè sèvis pou li a twò lwen pou nou ale, n'a gen dwa touye bèf, kabrit ak mouton Seyè a va ban nou, jan mwen te di nou pou nou fè l' la. N'a gen dwa manje vyann lakay nou lè nou vle, kantite nou vle.

22 Just as the roe deer and the stag may be eaten, so also may you eat these: you may eat both the clean and the unclean alike.

Tout moun, kit yo nan kondisyon kit yo pa nan kondisyon pou fè sèvis pou Bondye, tout moun va gen dwa manje nan vyann sa a, tankou yo gen dwa manje vyann gazèl ak vyann towo bèf.

23 Only beware of this: you may not eat the blood. For their blood is for the soul. And because of this, you must not eat the soul with the flesh.

Tansèlman, piga nou janm manje san an, paske san an se nanm bèt la li ye. Piga nou janm manje vyann lan ansanm ak nanm lan ladan l'.

24 Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water,

Piga nou janm manje san an. N'a vide l' atè tankou dlo.

25 so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, when you will do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord.

Si nou pa manje san an, tout bagay va mache byen pou nou ak pou tout ras nou apre nou, paske n'a fè sa ki fè Seyè a plezi.

26 But the things that you have sanctified and vowed to the Lord, you shall take up and bring to the place which the Lord will choose.

Men, n'a pran tout ofrann nou yo ak tout kado nou te pwomèt bay Seyè a, n'a pote yo kote Seyè a te chwazi a.

27 And you shall offer your oblations of flesh and of blood upon the altar of the Lord your God. You shall poor out the blood of your victims upon the altar. And you yourself shall eat the flesh.

Se la n'a ofri bèt pou boule nèt pou Seyè a sou lòtèl Seyè a. Se la n'a vide san lòt bèt n'ap ofri sou lòtèl Seyè a, epi se la n'a manje vyann lan tou.

28 Observe and heed all the things that I instruct to you, so that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, continually, when you will do what is good and pleasing in the sight of the Lord your God.

Se pou nou swiv pwen pa pwen tou sa m'ap mande nou fè a, se pou nou kenbe tout lòd mwen ban nou pou tout bagay toujou mache byen pou nou ak pou tout ras nou apre nou, paske n'ap fè tou sa ki byen, tou sa ki dwat devan Seyè a, Bondye nou an.

29 When the Lord your God will have abolished before your face the nations, which you shall enter so as to possess them, and when you will possess them and live in their land,

Lè Seyè a, Bondye nou an, va fin disparèt nasyon yo sou chemen nou pou nou ka anvayi peyi yo a, lè n'a fin pran peyi a nan men yo pou nou ka rete nou menm ladan l',

30 be careful that you do not imitate them, after they have been overturned at your arrival, and that you do not seek their ceremonies, saying: ‘Just as these nations have worshipped their gods, so also will I worship.’

atansyon pou nou pa kite yo pran tèt nou pou nou fè menm jan ak yo. Apre Seyè a va fin kraze nasyon sa yo devan nou, pa konprann pou n' al swiv move egzanp yo. Pa chache konnen ki bondye yo t'ap sèvi, ni ki jan yo t'ap sèvi yo, lèfini pou nou fè tankou yo.

31 You shall not act in like manner toward the Lord your God. For they have done to their gods all the abominations that the Lord spurns, offering their sons and daughters, and burning them with fire.

Se pa konsa pou n' aji ak Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Paske, Seyè a pa ka sipòte tout vye sèvis y'ap fè pou bondye sa yo. Yo menm rive pran pwòp pitit gason ak pitit fi yo pou yo boule nan dife pou bondye yo!

32 What I command to you, this only shall you do, for the Lord. You may neither add nor subtract anything.”

Se pou nou toujou fè tou sa mwen mande nou fè la a, san nou pa ni mete ni wete anyen ladan yo.