Deuteronomy 12

«هذِهِ هِيَ الْفَرَائِضُ وَالأَحْكَامُ الَّتِي تَحْفَظُونَ لِتَعْمَلُوهَا فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَعْطَاكَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُ آبَائِكَ لِتَمْتَلِكَهَا؛ كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي تَحْيَوْنَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ:

These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

تُخْرِبُونَ جَمِيعَ الأَمَاكِنِ حَيْثُ عَبَدَتِ الأُمَمُ الَّتِي تَرِثُونَهَا آلِهَتَهَا عَلَى الْجِبَالِ الشَّامِخَةِ، وَعَلَى التِّلاَلِ، وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ.

Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

وَتَهْدِمُونَ مَذَابِحَهُمْ، وَتُكَسِّرُونَ أَنْصَابَهُمْ، وَتُحْرِقُونَ سَوَارِيَهُمْ بِالنَّارِ، وَتُقَطِّعُونَ تَمَاثِيلَ آلِهَتِهِمْ، وَتَمْحُونَ اسْمَهُمْ مِنْ ذلِكَ الْمَكَانِ.

And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

لاَ تَفْعَلُوا هكَذَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمْ.

Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

بَلِ الْمَكَانُ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِكُمْ لِيَضَعَ اسْمَهُ فِيهِ، سُكْنَاهُ تَطْلُبُونَ وَإِلَى هُنَاكَ تَأْتُونَ،

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

وَتُقَدِّمُونَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ: مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ وَذَبَائِحَكُمْ وَعُشُورَكُمْ وَرَفَائِعَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَنُذُورَكُمْ وَنَوَافِلَكُمْ وَأَبْكَارَ بَقَرِكُمْ وَغَنَمِكُمْ،

And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

وَتَأْكُلُونَ هُنَاكَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمْ، وَتَفْرَحُونَ بِكُلِّ مَا تَمْتَدُّ إِلَيْهِ أَيْدِيكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَبُيُوتُكُمْ كَمَا بَارَكَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ.

And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

«لاَ تَعْمَلُوا حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا نَحْنُ عَامِلُونَ هُنَا الْيَوْمَ، أَيْ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مَهْمَا صَلَحَ فِي عَيْنَيْهِ.

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.

لأَنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَدْخُلُوا حَتَّى الآنَ إِلَى الْمَقَرِّ وَالنَّصِيبِ اللَّذَيْنِ يُعْطِيكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ.

For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.

فَمَتَى عَبَرْتُمُ الأُرْدُنَّ وَسَكَنْتُمُ الأَرْضَ الَّتِي يَقْسِمُهَا لَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ، وَأَرَاحَكُمْ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَعْدَائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ حَوَالَيْكُمْ وَسَكَنْتُمْ آمِنِينَ،

But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

فَالْمَكَانُ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ لِيُحِلَّ اسْمَهُ فِيهِ، تَحْمِلُونَ إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ مَا أَنَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ: مُحْرَقَاتِكُمْ وَذَبَائِحَكُمْ وَعُشُورَكُمْ وَرَفَائِعَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَكُلَّ خِيَارِ نُذُورِكُمُ الَّتِي تَنْذُرُونَهَا لِلرَّبِّ.

Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:

وَتَفْرَحُونَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَبَنُوكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَعَبِيدُكُمْ وَإِمَاؤُكُمْ، وَاللاَّوِيُّ الَّذِي فِي أَبْوَابِكُمْ لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ قِسْمٌ وَلاَ نَصِيبٌ مَعَكُمْ.

And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

«اِحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تُصْعِدَ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ تَرَاهُ.

Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:

بَلْ فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ فِي أَحَدِ أَسْبَاطِكَ. هُنَاكَ تُصْعِدُ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ، وَهُنَاكَ تَعْمَلُ كُلَّ مَا أَنَا أُوصِيكَ بِهِ.

But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

وَلكِنْ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا تَشْتَهِي نَفْسُكَ تَذْبَحُ وَتَأْكُلُ لَحْمًا فِي جَمِيعِ أَبْوَابِكَ، حَسَبَ بَرَكَةِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ الَّتِي أَعْطَاكَ. النَّجِسُ وَالطَّاهِرُ يَأْكُلاَنِهِ كَالظَّبْيِ وَالإِيَّلِ.

Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.

وَأَمَّا الدَّمُ فَلاَ تَأْكُلْهُ. عَلَى الأَرْضِ تَسْفِكُهُ كَالْمَاءِ.

Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

لاَ يَحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَأْكُلَ فِي أَبْوَابِكَ عُشْرَ حِنْطَتِكَ وَخَمْرِكَ وَزَيْتِكَ، وَلاَ أَبْكَارَ بَقَرِكَ وَغَنَمِكَ، وَلاَ شَيْئًا مِنْ نُذُورِكَ الَّتِي تَنْذُرُ، وَنَوَافِلِكَ وَرَفَائِعِ يَدِكَ.

Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

بَلْ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ تَأْكُلُهَا فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ، أَنْتَ وَابْنُكَ وَابْنَتُكَ وَعَبْدُكَ وَأَمَتُكَ وَاللاَّوِيُّ الَّذِي فِي أَبْوَابِكَ، وَتَفْرَحُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ بِكُلِّ مَا امْتَدَّتْ إِلَيْهِ يَدُكَ.

But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

اِحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تَتْرُكَ اللاَّوِيَّ، كُلَّ أَيَّامِكَ عَلَى أَرْضِكَ.

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

«إِذَا وَسَّعَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ تُخُومَكَ كَمَا كَلَّمَكَ وَقُلْتَ: آكُلُ لَحْمًا، لأَنَّ نَفْسَكَ تَشْتَهِي أَنْ تَأْكُلَ لَحْمًا. فَمِنْ كُلِّ مَا تَشْتَهِي نَفْسُكَ تَأْكُلُ لَحْمًا.

When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

إِذَا كَانَ الْمَكَانُ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ لِيَضَعَ اسْمَهُ فِيهِ بَعِيدًا عَنْكَ، فَاذْبَحْ مِنْ بَقَرِكَ وَغَنَمِكَ الَّتِي أَعْطَاكَ الرَّبُّ كَمَا أَوْصَيْتُكَ، وَكُلْ فِي أَبْوَابِكَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَا اشْتَهَتْ نَفْسُكَ.

If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

كَمَا يُؤْكَلُ الظَّبْيُ وَالإِيَّلُ هكَذَا تَأْكُلُهُ. النَّجِسُ وَالطَّاهِرُ يَأْكُلاَنِهِ سَوَاءً.

Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

لكِنِ احْتَرِزْ أَنْ لاَ تَأْكُلَ الدَّمَ، لأَنَّ الدَّمَ هُوَ النَّفْسُ. فَلاَ تَأْكُلِ النَّفْسَ مَعَ اللَّحْمِ.

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

لاَ تَأْكُلْهُ. عَلَى الأَرْضِ تَسْفِكُهُ كَالْمَاءِ.

Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

لاَ تَأْكُلْهُ لِكَيْ يَكُونَ لَكَ وَلأَوْلاَدِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ خَيْرٌ، إِذَا عَمِلْتَ الْحَقَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ.

Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

وَأَمَّا أَقْدَاسُكَ الَّتِي لَكَ وَنُذُورُكَ، فَتَحْمِلُهَا وَتَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي يَخْتَارُهُ الرَّبُّ.

Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:

فَتَعْمَلُ مُحْرَقَاتِكَ: اللَّحْمَ وَالدَّمَ عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ. وَأَمَّا ذَبَائِحُكَ فَيُسْفَكُ دَمُهَا عَلَى مَذْبَحِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ، وَاللَّحْمُ تَأْكُلُهُ.

And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.

اِحْفَظْ وَاسْمَعْ جَمِيعَ هذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي أَنَا أُوصِيكَ بِهَا لِكَيْ يَكُونَ لَكَ وَلأَوْلاَدِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ خَيْرٌ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، إِذَا عَمِلْتَ الصَّالِحَ وَالْحَقَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ.

Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

«مَتَى قَرَضَ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ مِنْ أَمَامِكَ الأُمَمَ الَّذِينَ أَنْتَ ذَاهِبٌ إِلَيْهِمْ لِتَرِثَهُمْ، وَوَرِثْتَهُمْ وَسَكَنْتَ أَرْضَهُمْ،

When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;

فَاحْتَرِزْ مِنْ أَنْ تُصَادَ وَرَاءَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا بَادُوا مِنْ أَمَامِكَ، وَمِنْ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ عَنْ آلِهَتِهِمْ قَائِلاً: كَيْفَ عَبَدَ هؤُلاَءِ الأُمَمُ آلِهَتَهُمْ، فَأَنَا أَيْضًا أَفْعَلُ هكَذَا؟

Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

لاَ تَعْمَلْ هكَذَا لِلرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ، لأَنَّهُمْ قَدْ عَمِلُوا لآلِهَتِهِمْ كُلَّ رِجْسٍ لَدَى الرَّبِّ مِمَّا يَكْرَهُهُ، إِذْ أَحْرَقُوا حَتَّى بَنِيهِمْ وَبَنَاتِهِمْ بِالنَّارِ لآلِهَتِهِمْ.

Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

كُلُّ الْكَلاَمِ الَّذِي أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ احْرِصُوا لِتَعْمَلُوهُ. لاَ تَزِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَلاَ تُنَقِّصْ مِنْهُ.

What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.