Deotoronomia 12

1 Izao no didy sy fitsipika izay hotandremanareo harahina any amin’ ny tany izay omen’ i Jehovah, Andriamanitry ny razanao, anao holovana amin’ ny andro rehetra hiainanareo ambonin’ ny tany.

“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.

2 Horavanareo mihitsy ny toerana rehetra izay nanompoan’ ny firenen-tsamy hafa izay horoahinareo ny andriamaniny teny ambonin’ ny tendrombohitra avo sy ny havoana ary teny ambanin’ ny hazo maitso rehetra.

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.

3 Dia horavanareo ny alitarany, ary hotorotoroinareo ny tsangam-baton-tsampiny, ary hodoranareo amin’ ny afo ny Aserahany, ary ny sarin-javatra voasokitra, izay andriamaniny, dia hokapainareo, ka dia hofoananareo tsy ho eo amin’ izany tany izany intsony ny anarany.

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

4 Aza manao toy izany amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo ianareo.

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

5 Fa ny tany izay hofidin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo amin’ ny firenenareo rehetra hasiany ny anarany sy honenany no hohatoninareo sy halehanareo.

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.

6 Ary any no hitondranareo ny fanatitra doranareo sy ny fanatitrareo hafa alatsa-drà sy ny fahafolon-karenareo sy ny fanatitra asandratry ny tananareo sy ny fanalam-boadinareo sy ny fanati-tsitraponareo ary ny voalohan-teraky ny ombinareo sy ny ondry aman’ osinareo;

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.

7 ary any no hihinananareo sy ny ankohonanareo eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo ary hifalianareo amin’ izay rehetra harin’ ny tananareo, izay efa nitahian’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao.

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.

8 Aza manao araka izay rehetra ataontsika eto ankehitriny intsony ianareo, dia izao samy manao izay mahitsy eo imasony avy izao.

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

9 Fa ianareo tsy mbola tonga any amin’ ny fitsaharana sy ny lova izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao.

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.

10 Fa rehefa tafita an’ i Jordana ianareo ka monina any amin’ ny tany izay omen’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo anareo holovana, ary homeny fitsaharan’ ady amin’ ny fahavalonareo rehetra manodidina ianareo ka mandry fahizay,

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,

11 dia eo amin’ ny tany izay hofidin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo hampitoerany ny anarany no hitondranareo izay rehetra andidiako anareo, dia ny fanatitra doranareo sy ny fanatitrareo hafa alatsa-drà sy ny fahafolon-karenareo sy ny fanatitra asandratry ny tananareo, ary izay zavatra tsara ataonareo voady amin’ i Jehovah.

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.

12 Dia hifaly eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo ianareo sy ny zanakareo-lahy sy ny zanakareo-vavy sy ny ankizilahinareo sy ny ankizivavinareo ary ny Levita izay ao an-tanànanareo; fa ny Levita tsy mba manana anjara na lova eo aminareo.

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.

13 Mitandrema mba tsy haterinao eny amin’ izay tany rehetra tianao ny fanatitra doranao;

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

14 fa eo amin’ ny tany izay hofidin’ i Jehovah ihany amin’ ny firenenao anankiray no hanateranao azy, sady eo koa no hanaovanao izay rehetra andidiako anao.

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.

15 Kanefa mahazo mamono zavatra sy mihinan-kena ianao, araka izay rehetra irinao eny amin’ ny tanànanao rehetra, araka ny fitahian’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao izay omeny anao; na ny maloto, na ny madio dia samy mahazo mihinana azy ihany, tahaka ny ahazoany mihinana ny gazela sy ny diera.

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.

16 Kanefa ny ràny no aza hanina, fa aidino amin’ ny tany toy ny rano.

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

17 Tsy azonao hanina ao an-tanànanao, na ny ampahafolon’ ny varinao sy ny ranom-boalobokao sy ny diloilonao, na ny voalohan-teraky ny ombinao sy ny ondry aman’ osinao, na ny zavatra rehetra hataonao voady, na ny fanati-tsitraponao, na ny fanatitra asandratry ny tananao.

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.

18 Fa eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao no hihinananao azy, dia eo amin’ ny tany izay hofidin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao, dia ianao sy ny zanakao-lahy sy ny zanakao-vavy sy ny ankizilahinao sy ny ankizivavinao ary ny Levita izay ao an-tanànanao; ary hifaly eo anatrehan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ianao amin’ izay rehetra hanin’ ny tananao.

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.

19 Mitandrema mba tsy ho foinao ny Levita amin’ ny andro rehetra hiainanao amin’ ny taninao.

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

20 Raha hitarin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ny fari-taninao, araka izay nolazainy taminao, ka hoy ianao: Hihinan-kena aho, satria maniry hihinan-kena ny fanahinao, dia mahazo mihinan-kena araka izay rehetra irin’ ny fanahinao ianao.

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,

21 Raha lavitra anao loatra ny tany izay hofidin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao hasiany ny anarany, dia hamonoanao ny ombinao sy ny ondry aman’ osinao izay nomen’ i Jehovah anao, araka izay efa nandidiako anao, ary hohaninao ao an-tanànanao, araka izay rehetra irin’ ny fanahinao izany.

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.

22 Kanefa tahaka ny ahazoanao mihinana ny gazela sy ny diera no hahazoanao mihinana ireny: na ny maloto na ny madio dia samy mahazo mihinana azy.

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.

23 Kanefa tandremo tsara mba tsy hohaninao ny rà, fa ny rà no aina, ary tsy mahazo mihinana ny aina amin’ ny hena ianao.

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.

24 Aza mihinana azy ianao, fa aidino amin’ ny tany toy ny rano izy;

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

25 eny, aza mihinana azy ianao, mba hahita soa ianao sy ny taranakao mandimby anao, raha manao izay mahitsy eo imason’ i Jehovah ianao.

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.

26 Kanefa ny zava-masinao sy ny zavatra nataonao voady dia ento mankany amin’ ny tany izay hofidin’ i Jehovah.

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.

27 Ary atero eo amin’ ny alitaran’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ny fanatitra doranao, dia ny henany sy ny ràny; ary ny ran’ ny fanatitrao hafa dia aidino eo amin’ ny alitaran’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao, fa ny henany dia azonao hohanina ihany.

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.

28 Tandremo, ka henoy izao teny rehetra izao, izay andidiako anao, mba hahita soa ianao sy ny taranakao mandimby anao mandrakizay, raha manao izay tsara sy mahitsy eo imason’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ianao.

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.

29 Rehefa aringan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao eo anoloanao ny firenen-tsamy hafa, izay alehanao horesenao, ary handresy azy ianao ka honina eo amin’ ny taniny,

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,

30 dia mitandrema, fandrao voafandrika hanaraka ny fanaony ianao, rehefa voaringana eo anoloanao izy; ary andrao mamotopototra ny amin’ ny andriamaniny ianao ka manao hoe: Nanao ahoana no nanompoan’ ireny firenena ireny ny andriamaniny? fa izaho koa mba hanao toy izany.

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.’

31 Aza manao toy izany amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao; fa ny fahavetavetana rehetra, izay halan’ i Jehovah, no nataony tamin’ ny andriamaniny; fa ny zananilahy sy ny zananivavy aza dia nodorany tamin’ ny afo ho an’ ny andriamaniny.

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.

32 Izay rehetra andidiako anareo dia tandremo mba harahina; aza ampianao izany, ary aza anesoranao.

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