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.

1 «فَٱلْآنَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ ٱسْمَعِ ٱلْفَرَائِضَ وَٱلْأَحْكَامَ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا أُعَلِّمُكُمْ لِتَعْمَلُوهَا، لِكَيْ تَحْيَوْا وَتَدْخُلُوا وَتَمْتَلِكُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلَّتِي ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُ آبَائِكُمْ يُعْطِيكُمْ.

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.

2 لَا تَزِيدُوا عَلَى ٱلْكَلَامِ ٱلَّذِي أَنَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ وَلَا تُنَقِّصُوا مِنْهُ، لِكَيْ تَحْفَظُوا وَصَايَا ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمُ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِهَا.

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.

3 أَعْيُنُكُمْ قَدْ أَبْصَرَتْ مَا فَعَلَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ بِبَعْلَ فَغُورَ. إِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ ذَهَبَ وَرَاءَ بَعْلَ فَغُورَ أَبَادَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ مِنْ وَسَطِكُمْ،

4 But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.

4 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمُ ٱلْمُلْتَصِقُونَ بِٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ فَجَمِيعُكُمْ أَحْيَاءٌ ٱلْيَوْمَ.

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.

5 اُنْظُرْ. قَدْ عَلَّمْتُكُمْ فَرَائِضَ وَأَحْكَامًا كَمَا أَمَرَنِي ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهِي، لِكَيْ تَعْمَلُوا هَكَذَا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتُمْ دَاخِلُونَ إِلَيْهَا لِكَيْ تَمْتَلِكُوهَا.

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.”

6 فَٱحْفَظُوا وَٱعْمَلُوا. لِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ حِكْمَتُكُمْ وَفِطْنَتُكُمْ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْفَرَائِضِ، فَيَقُولُونَ: هَذَا ٱلشَّعْبُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ شَعْبٌ حَكِيمٌ وَفَطِنٌ.

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?

7 لِأَنَّهُ أَيُّ شَعْبٍ هُوَ عَظِيمٌ لَهُ آلِهَةٌ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنْهُ كَٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا فِي كُلِّ أَدْعِيَتِنَا إِلَيْهِ؟

8 And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

8 وَأَيُّ شَعْبٍ هُوَ عَظِيمٌ لَهُ فَرَائِضُ وَأَحْكَامٌ عَادِلَةٌ مِثْلُ كُلِّ هَذِهِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا وَاضِعٌ أَمَامَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ؟

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.

9 «إِنَّمَا ٱحْتَرِزْ وَٱحفَظْ نَفْسَكَ جِدًّا لِئَلَّا تَنْسَى ٱلْأُمُورَ ٱلَّتِي أَبْصَرَتْ عَيْنَاكَ، وَلِئَلَّا تَزُولَ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِكَ. وَعَلِّمْهَا أَوْلَادَكَ وَأَوْلَادَ أَوْلَادِكَ.

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.”

10 فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي وَقَفْتَ فِيهِ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ فِي حُورِيبَ حِينَ قَالَ لِي ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱجْمَعْ لِي ٱلشَّعْبَ فَأُسْمِعَهُمْ كَلَامِي، لِكَيْ يَتَعَلَّمُوا أَنْ يَخَافُونِي كُلَّ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلَّتِي هُمْ فِيهَا أَحْيَاءٌ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَيُعَلِّمُوا أَوْلَادَهُمْ.

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.

11 فَتَقَدَّمْتُمْ وَوَقَفْتُمْ فِي أَسْفَلِ ٱلْجَبَلِ، وَٱلْجَبَلُ يَضْطَرِمُ بِٱلنَّارِ إِلَى كَبِدِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، بِظَلَامٍ وَسَحَابٍ وَضَبَابٍ.

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.

12 فَكَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ وَسَطِ ٱلنَّارِ وَأَنْتُمْ سَامِعُونَ صَوْتَ كَلَامٍ، وَلَكِنْ لَمْ تَرَوْا صُورَةً بَلْ صَوْتًا.

13 He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.

13 وَأَخْبَرَكُمْ بِعَهْدِهِ ٱلَّذِي أَمَرَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْمَلُوا بِهِ، ٱلْكَلِمَاتِ ٱلْعَشَرِ، وَكَتَبَهُ عَلَى لَوْحَيْ حَجَرٍ.

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.

14 وَإِيَّايَ أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ أَنْ أُعَلِّمَكُمْ فَرَائِضَ وَأَحْكَامًا لِكَيْ تَعْمَلُوهَا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتُمْ عَابِرُونَ إِلَيْهَا لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا.

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

15 «فَٱحْتَفِظُوا جِدًّا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ. فَإِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَرَوْا صُورَةً مَّا يَوْمَ كَلَّمَكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ فِي حُورِيبَ مِنْ وَسَطِ ٱلنَّارِ.

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,

16 لِئَلَّا تَفْسُدُوا وَتَعْمَلُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ تِمْثَالًا مَنْحُوتًا، صُورَةَ مِثَالٍ مَّا، شِبْهَ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى،

17 of any beast that is on the earth or bird that flies in the air,

17 شِبْهَ بَهِيمَةٍ مَّا مِمَّا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، شِبْهَ طَيْرٍ مَّا ذِي جَنَاحٍ مِمَّا يَطِيرُ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ،

18 or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.

18 شِبْهَ دَبِيبٍ مَّا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، شِبْهَ سَمَكٍ مَّا مِمَّا فِي ٱلْمَاءِ مِنْ تَحْتِ ٱلْأَرْضِ.

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.

19 وَلِئَلَّا تَرْفَعَ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ، وَتَنْظُرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ وَٱلنُّجُومَ، كُلَّ جُنْدِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ ٱلَّتِي قَسَمَهَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ لِجَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ ٱلَّتِي تَحْتَ كُلِّ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، فَتَغْتَرَّ وَتَسْجُدَ لَهَا وَتَعْبُدَهَا.

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.

20 وَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ أَخَذَكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ وَأَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ كُورِ ٱلْحَدِيدِ مِنْ مِصْرَ، لِكَيْ تَكُونُوا لَهُ شَعْبَ مِيرَاثٍ كَمَا فِي هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

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.

21 وَغَضِبَ ٱلرَّبُّ عَلَيَّ بِسَبَبِكُمْ، وَأَقْسَمَ إِنِّي لَا أَعْبُرُ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ وَلَا أَدْخُلُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْجَيِّدَةَ ٱلَّتِي ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ يُعْطِيكَ نَصِيبًا.

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.

22 فَأَمُوتُ أَنَا فِي هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ، لَا أَعْبُرُ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَعْبُرُونَ وَتَمْتَلِكُونَ تِلْكَ ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْجَيِّدَةَ.

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.

23 اِحْتَرِزُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَنْسَوْا عَهْدَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمُ ٱلَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَكُمْ، وَتَصْنَعُوا لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ تِمْثَالًا مَنْحُوتًا، صُورَةَ كُلِّ مَا نَهَاكَ عَنْهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ.

24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

24 لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ هُوَ نَارٌ آكِلَةٌ، إِلَهٌ غَيُورٌ.

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—

25 «إِذَا وَلَدْتُمْ أَوْلَادًا وَأَوْلَادَ أَوْلَادٍ، وَأَطَلْتُمُ ٱلزَّمَانَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَفَسَدْتُمْ وَصَنَعْتُمْ تِمْثَالًا مَنْحُوتًا صُورَةَ شَيْءٍ مَّا، وَفَعَلْتُمُ ٱلشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ لِإِغَاظَتِهِ،

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.

26 أُشْهِدُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلسَّمَاءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ أَنَّكُمْ تَبِيدُونَ سَرِيعًا عَنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتُمْ عَابِرُونَ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ إِلَيْهَا لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا. لَا تُطِيلُونَ ٱلْأَيَّامَ عَلَيْهَا، بَلْ تَهْلِكُونَ لَا مَحَالَةَ.

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.

27 وَيُبَدِّدُكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ فِي ٱلشُّعُوبِ، فَتَبْقَوْنَ عَدَدًا قَلِيلًا بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّتِي يَسُوقُكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَيْهَا.

28 And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

28 وَتَصْنَعُونَ هُنَاكَ آلِهَةً صَنْعَةَ أَيْدِي ٱلنَّاسِ مِنْ خَشَبٍ وَحَجَرٍ مِمَّا لَا يُبْصِرُ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ وَلَا يَأْكُلُ وَلَا يَشُمُّ.

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.

29 ثُمَّ إِنْ طَلَبْتَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ تَجِدْهُ إِذَا ٱلْتَمَسْتَهُ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِكَ وَبِكُلِّ نَفْسِكَ.

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.

30 عِنْدَمَا ضُيِّقَ عَلَيْكَ وَأَصَابَتْكَ كُلُّ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ فِي آخِرِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ، تَرْجِعُ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ وَتَسْمَعُ لِقَوْلِهِ،

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.

31 لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ إِلَهٌ رَحِيمٌ، لَا يَتْرُكُكَ وَلَا يُهْلِكُكَ وَلَا يَنْسَى عَهْدَ آبَائِكَ ٱلَّذِي أَقْسَمَ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ.

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?

32 «فَٱسْأَلْ عَنِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْأُولَى ٱلَّتِي كَانَتْ قَبْلَكَ، مِنَ ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلَّذِي خَلَقَ ٱللهُ فِيهِ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، وَمِنْ أَقْصَاءِ ٱلسَّمَاءِ إِلَى أَقْصَائِهَا. هَلْ جَرَى مِثْلُ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ، أَوْ هَلْ سُمِعَ نَظِيرُهُ؟

33 Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?

33 هَلْ سَمِعَ شَعْبٌ صَوْتَ ٱللهِ يَتَكَلَّمُ مِنْ وَسَطِ ٱلنَّارِ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ أَنْتَ، وَعَاشَ؟

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?

34 أَوْ هَلْ شَرَعَ ٱللهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ وَيَأْخُذَ لِنَفْسِهِ شَعْبًا مِنْ وَسَطِ شَعْبٍ، بِتَجَارِبَ وَآيَاتٍ وَعَجَائِبَ وَحَرْبٍ وَيَدٍ شَدِيدَةٍ وَذِرَاعٍ رَفِيعَةٍ وَمَخَاوِفَ عَظِيمَةٍ، مِثْلَ كُلِّ مَا فَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ فِي مِصْرَ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِكُمْ؟

35 You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.

35 إِنَّكَ قَدْ أُرِيتَ لِتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ هُوَ ٱلْإِلَهُ. لَيْسَ آخَرَ سِوَاهُ.

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.

36 مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ أَسْمَعَكَ صَوْتَهُ لِيُنْذِرَكَ، وَعَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَرَاكَ نَارَهُ ٱلْعَظِيمَةَ، وَسَمِعْتَ كَلَامَهُ مِنْ وَسَطِ ٱلنَّارِ.

37 Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

37 وَلِأَجْلِ أَنَّهُ أَحَبَّ آبَاءَكَ وَٱخْتَارَ نَسْلَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ، أَخْرَجَكَ بِحَضْرَتِهِ بِقُوَّتِهِ ٱلْعَظِيمَةِ مِنْ مِصْرَ،

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.

38 لِكَيْ يَطْرُدَ مِنْ أَمَامِكَ شُعُوبًا أَكْبَرَ وَأَعْظَمَ مِنْكَ، وَيَأْتِيَ بِكَ وَيُعْطِيَكَ أَرْضَهُمْ نَصِيبًا كَمَا فِي هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

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.

39 فَٱعْلَمِ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَرَدِّدْ فِي قَلْبِكَ أَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ هُوَ ٱلْإِلَهُ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَعَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنْ أَسْفَلُ. لَيْسَ سِوَاهُ.

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.

40 وَٱحْفَظْ فَرَائِضَهُ وَوَصَايَاهُ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا أُوصِيكَ بِهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ لِكَيْ يُحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى أَوْلَادِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ، وَلِكَيْ تُطِيلَ أَيَّامَكَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ يُعْطِيكَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ».

41 Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east

41 حِينَئِذٍ أَفْرَزَ مُوسَى ثَلَاثَ مُدُنٍ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ نَحْوَ شُرُوقِ ٱلشَّمْسِ

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:

42 لِكَيْ يَهْرُبَ إِلَيْهَا ٱلْقَاتِلُ ٱلَّذِي يَقْتُلُ صَاحِبَهُ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مُبْغِضٍ لَهُ مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلَهُ. يَهْرُبُ إِلَى إِحْدَى تِلْكَ ٱلْمُدُنِ فَيَحْيَا.

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.

43 بَاصِرَ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ فِي أَرْضِ ٱلسَّهْلِ لِلرَّأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ، وَرَامُوتَ فِي جِلْعَادَ لِلْجَادِيِّينَ، وَجُولَانَ فِي بَاشَانَ لِلْمَنَسِّيِّينَ.

44 This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites.

44 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلشَّرِيعَةُ ٱلَّتِي وَضَعَهَا مُوسَى أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

45 These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,

45 هَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلشَّهَادَاتُ وَٱلْفَرَائِضُ وَٱلْأَحْكَامُ ٱلَّتِي كَلَّمَ بِهَا مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ

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.

46 فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ فِي ٱلْجِوَاءِ مُقَابِلَ بَيْتِ فَغُورَ، فِي أَرْضِ سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ سَاكِنًا فِي حَشْبُونَ، ٱلَّذِي ضَرَبَهُ مُوسَى وَبَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ

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—

47 وَٱمْتَلَكُوا أَرْضَهُ وَأَرْضَ عُوجٍ مَلِكِ بَاشَانَ، مَلِكَيِ ٱلْأَمُورِيِّينَ، ٱللَّذَيْنِ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ نَحْوَ شُرُوقِ ٱلشَّمْسِ.

48 extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),

48 مِنْ عَرُوعِيرَ ٱلَّتِي عَلَى حَافَةِ وَادِي أَرْنُونَ إِلَى جَبَلِ سِيئُونَ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ حَرْمُونُ

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.

49 وَكُلَّ ٱلْعَرَبَةِ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ نَحْوَ ٱلشُّرُوقِ إِلَى بَحْرِ ٱلْعَرَبَةِ تَحْتَ سُفُوحِ ٱلْفِسْجَةِ.