Deuteronomy 4

«فَالآنَ يَا إِسْرَائِيلُ اسْمَعِ الْفَرَائِضَ وَالأَحْكَامَ الَّتِي أَنَا أُعَلِّمُكُمْ لِتَعْمَلُوهَا، لِكَيْ تَحْيَوْا وَتَدْخُلُوا وَتَمْتَلِكُوا الأَرْضَ الَّتِي الرَّبُّ إِلهُ آبَائِكُمْ يُعْطِيكُمْ.

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

لاَ تَزِيدُوا عَلَى الْكَلاَمِ الَّذِي أَنَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ وَلاَ تُنَقِّصُوا مِنْهُ، لِتَحْفَظُوا وَصَايَا الرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمُ الَّتِي أَنَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِهَا.

Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

أَعْيُنُكُمْ قَدْ أَبْصَرَتْ مَا فَعَلَهُ الرَّبُّ بِبَعْلَ فَغُورَ. إِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ ذَهَبَ وَرَاءَ بَعْلَ فَغُورَ أَبَادَهُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكُمْ مِنْ وَسَطِكُمْ،

Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal–peor: for all the men that followed Baal–peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمُ الْمُلْتَصِقُونَ بِالرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمْ فَجَمِيعُكُمْ أَحْيَاءٌ الْيَوْمَ.

But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

اُنْظُرْ. قَدْ عَلَّمْتُكُمْ فَرَائِضَ وَأَحْكَامًا كَمَا أَمَرَنِي الرَّبُّ إِلهِي، لِكَيْ تَعْمَلُوا هكَذَا فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ دَاخِلُونَ إِلَيْهَا لِكَيْ تَمْتَلِكُوهَا.

Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

فَاحْفَظُوا وَاعْمَلُوا. لأَنَّ ذلِكَ حِكْمَتُكُمْ وَفِطْنَتُكُمْ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّذِينَ يَسْمَعُونَ كُلَّ هذِهِ الْفَرَائِضِ، فَيَقُولُونَ: هذَا الشَّعْبُ الْعَظِيمُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ شَعْبٌ حَكِيمٌ وَفَطِنٌ.

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

لأَنَّهُ أَيُّ شَعْبٍ هُوَ عَظِيمٌ لَهُ آلِهَةٌ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنْهُ كَالرَّبِّ إِلهِنَا فِي كُلِّ أَدْعِيَتِنَا إِلَيْهِ؟

For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

وَأَيُّ شَعْبٍ هُوَ عَظِيمٌ لَهُ فَرَائِضُ وَأَحْكَامٌ عَادِلَةٌ مِثْلُ كُلِّ هذِهِ الشَّرِيعَةِ الَّتِي أَنَا وَاضِعٌ أَمَامَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ؟

And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

«إِنَّمَا احْتَرِزْ وَاحفَظْ نَفْسَكَ جِدًّا لِئَلاَّ تَنْسَى الأُمُورَ الَّتِي أَبْصَرَتْ عَيْنَاكَ، وَلِئَلاَّ تَزُولَ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ كُلَّ أَيَّامِ حَيَاتِكَ. وَعَلِّمْهَا أَوْلاَدَكَ وَأَوْلاَدَ أَوْلاَدِكَ.

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;

فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي وَقَفْتَ فِيهِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ فِي حُورِيبَ حِينَ قَالَ لِي الرَّبُّ: اجْمَعْ لِي الشَّعْبَ فَأُسْمِعَهُمْ كَلاَمِي، لِيَتَعَلَّمُوا أَنْ يَخَافُونِي كُلَّ الأَيَّامِ الَّتِي هُمْ فِيهَا أَحْيَاءٌ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، وَيُعَلِّمُوا أَوْلاَدَهُمْ.

Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

فَتَقَدَّمْتُمْ وَوَقَفْتُمْ فِي أَسْفَلِ الْجَبَلِ، وَالْجَبَلُ يَضْطَرِمُ بِالنَّارِ إِلَى كَبِدِ السَّمَاءِ، بِظَلاَمٍ وَسَحَابٍ وَضَبَابٍ.

And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

فَكَلَّمَكُمُ الرَّبُّ مِنْ وَسَطِ النَّارِ وَأَنْتُمْ سَامِعُونَ صَوْتَ كَلاَمٍ، وَلكِنْ لَمْ تَرَوْا صُورَةً بَلْ صَوْتًا.

And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

وَأَخْبَرَكُمْ بِعَهْدِهِ الَّذِي أَمَرَكُمْ أَنْ تَعْمَلُوا بِهِ، الْكَلِمَاتِ الْعَشَرِ، وَكَتَبَهُ عَلَى لَوْحَيْ حَجَرٍ.

And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.

وَإِيَّايَ أَمَرَ الرَّبُّ فِي ذلِكَ الْوَقْتِ أَنْ أُعَلِّمَكُمْ فَرَائِضَ وَأَحْكَامًا لِكَيْ تَعْمَلُوهَا فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ عَابِرُونَ إِلَيْهَا لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا.

And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

«فَاحْتَفِظُوا جِدًّا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ. فَإِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَرَوْا صُورَةً مَّا يَوْمَ كَلَّمَكُمُ الرَّبُّ فِي حُورِيبَ مِنْ وَسَطِ النَّارِ.

Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

لِئَلاَّ تَفْسُدُوا وَتَعْمَلُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ تِمْثَالاً مَنْحُوتًا، صُورَةَ مِثَال مَّا، شِبْهَ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى،

Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

شِبْهَ بَهِيمَةٍ مَّا مِمَّا عَلَى الأَرْضِ، شِبْهَ طَيْرٍ مَّا ذِي جَنَاحٍ مِمَّا يَطِيرُ فِي السَّمَاءِ،

The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

شِبْهَ دَبِيبٍ مَّا عَلَى الأَرْضِ، شِبْهَ سَمَكٍ مَّا مِمَّا فِي الْمَاءِ مِنْ تَحْتِ الأَرْضِ.

The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

وَلِئَلاَّ تَرْفَعَ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، وَتَنْظُرَ الشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ وَالنُّجُومَ، كُلَّ جُنْدِ السَّمَاءِ الَّتِي قَسَمَهَا الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ لِجَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّتِي تَحْتَ كُلِّ السَّمَاءِ، فَتَغْتَرَّ وَتَسْجُدَ لَهَا وَتَعْبُدَهَا.

And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

وَأَنْتُمْ قَدْ أَخَذَكُمُ الرَّبُّ وَأَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ كُورِ الْحَدِيدِ مِنْ مِصْرَ، لِكَيْ تَكُونُوا لَهُ شَعْبَ مِيرَاثٍ كَمَا فِي هذَا الْيَوْمِ.

But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

وَغَضِبَ الرَّبُّ عَلَيَّ بِسَبَبِكُمْ، وَأَقْسَمَ إِنِّي لاَ أَعْبُرُ الأُرْدُنَّ وَلاَ أَدْخُلُ الأَرْضَ الْجَيِّدَةَ الَّتِي الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ يُعْطِيكَ نَصِيبًا.

Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

فَأَمُوتُ أَنَا فِي هذِهِ الأَرْضِ، لاَ أَعْبُرُ الأُرْدُنَّ، وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتَعْبُرُونَ وَتَمْتَلِكُونَ تِلْكَ الأَرْضَ الْجَيِّدَةَ.

But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

اِحْتَرِزُوا مِنْ أَنْ تَنْسَوْا عَهْدَ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمُ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَكُمْ، وَتَصْنَعُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ تِمْثَالاً مَنْحُوتًا، صُورَةَ كُلِّ مَا نَهَاكَ عَنْهُ الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ.

Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.

لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكَ هُوَ نَارٌ آكِلَةٌ، إِلهٌ غَيُورٌ.

For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

«إِذَا وَلَدْتُمْ أَوْلاَدًا وَأَوْلاَدَ أوْلادٍ، وَأَطَلْتُمُ الزَّمَانَ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَفَسَدْتُمْ وَصَنَعْتُمْ تِمْثَالاً مَنْحُوتًا صُورَةَ شَيْءٍ مَّا، وَفَعَلْتُمُ الشَّرَّ فِي عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ إِلهِكُمْ لإِغَاظَتِهِ،

When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

أُشْهِدُ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ السَّمَاءَ وَالأَرْضَ أَنَّكُمْ تَبِيدُونَ سَرِيعًا عَنِ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ عَابِرُونَ الأُرْدُنَّ إِلَيْهَا لِتَمْتَلِكُوهَا. لاَ تُطِيلُونَ الأَيَّامَ عَلَيْهَا، بَلْ تَهْلِكُونَ لاَ مَحَالَةَ.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

وَيُبَدِّدُكُمُ الرَّبُّ فِي الشُّعُوبِ، فَتَبْقَوْنَ عَدَدًا قَلِيلاً بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ الَّتِي يَسُوقُكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَيْهَا.

And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

وَتَصْنَعُونَ هُنَاكَ آلِهَةً صَنْعَةَ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ مِنْ خَشَبٍ وَحَجَرٍ مِمَّا لاَ يُبْصِرُ وَلاَ يَسْمَعُ وَلاَ يَأْكُلُ وَلاَ يَشُمُّ.

And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

ثُمَّ إِنْ طَلَبْتَ مِنْ هُنَاكَ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكَ تَجِدْهُ إِذَا الْتَمَسْتَهُ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِكَ وَبِكُلِّ نَفْسِكَ.

But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

عِنْدَمَا ضُيِّقَ عَلَيْكَ وَأَصَابَتْكَ كُلُّ هذِهِ الأُمُورِ فِي آخِرِ الأَيَّامِ، تَرْجعُ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلهِكَ وَتَسْمَعُ لِقَوْلِهِ،

When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكَ إِلهٌ رَحِيمٌ، لاَ يَتْرُكُكَ وَلاَ يُهْلِكُكَ وَلاَ يَنْسَى عَهْدَ آبَائِكَ الَّذِي أَقْسَمَ لَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ.

(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

«فَاسْأَلْ عَنِ الأَيَّامِ الأُولَى الَّتِي كَانَتْ قَبْلَكَ، مِنَ الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي خَلَقَ اللهُ فِيهِ الإِنْسَانَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ، وَمِنْ أَقْصَاءِ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى أَقْصَائِهَا. هَلْ جَرَى مِثْلُ هذَا الأَمْرِ الْعَظِيمِ، أَوْ هَلْ سُمِعَ نَظِيرُهُ؟

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

هَلْ سَمِعَ شَعْبٌ صَوْتَ اللهِ يَتَكَلَّمُ مِنْ وَسَطِ النَّارِ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ أَنْتَ، وَعَاشَ؟

Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

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

Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

إِنَّكَ قَدْ أُرِيتَ لِتَعْلَمَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الإِلهُ. لَيْسَ آخَرَ سِوَاهُ.

Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.

مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَسْمَعَكَ صَوْتَهُ لِيُنْذِرَكَ، وَعَلَى الأَرْضِ أَرَاكَ نَارَهُ الْعَظِيمَةَ، وَسَمِعْتَ كَلاَمَهُ مِنْ وَسَطِ النَّارِ.

Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

وَلأَجْلِ أَنَّهُ أَحَبَّ آبَاءَكَ وَاخْتَارَ نَسْلَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ، أَخْرَجَكَ بِحَضْرَتِهِ بِقُوَّتِهِ الْعَظِيمَةِ مِنْ مِصْرَ،

And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

لِكَيْ يَطْرُدَ مِنْ أَمَامِكَ شُعُوبًا أَكْبَرَ وَأَعْظَمَ مِنْكَ، وَيَأْتِيَ بِكَ وَيُعْطِيَكَ أَرْضَهُمْ نَصِيبًا كَمَا فِي هذَا الْيَوْمِ.

To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

فَاعْلَمِ الْيَوْمَ وَرَدِّدْ فِي قَلْبِكَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ هُوَ الإِلهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ مِنْ فَوْقُ، وَعَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنْ أَسْفَلُ. لَيْسَ سِوَاهُ.

Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

وَاحْفَظْ فَرَائِضَهُ وَوَصَايَاهُ الَّتِي أَنَا أُوصِيكَ بِهَا الْيَوْمَ لِكَيْ يُحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى أَوْلاَدِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ، وَلِكَيْ تُطِيلَ أَيَّامَكَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي الرَّبُّ إِلهُكَ يُعْطِيكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

حِينَئِذٍ أَفْرَزَ مُوسَى ثَلاَثَ مُدُنٍ فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ نَحْوَ شُرُوقِ الشَّمْسِ

Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

لِكَيْ يَهْرُبَ إِلَيْهَا الْقَاتِلُ الَّذِي يَقْتُلُ صَاحِبَهُ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ، وَهُوَ غَيْرُ مُبْغِضٍ لَهُ مُنْذُ أَمْسِ وَمَا قَبْلَهُ. يَهْرُبُ إِلَى إِحْدَى تِلْكَ الْمُدُنِ فَيَحْيَا.

That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

بَاصِرَ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ فِي أَرْضِ السَّهْلِ لِلرَّأُوبَيْنِيِّينَ، وَرَامُوتَ فِي جِلْعَادَ لِلْجَادِيِّينَ، وَجُولاَنَ فِي بَاشَانَ لِلْمَنَسِّيِّينَ.

Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.

وَهذِهِ هِيَ الشَّرِيعَةُ الَّتِي وَضَعَهَا مُوسَى أَمَامَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.

And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

هذِهِ هِيَ الشَّهَادَاتُ وَالْفَرَائِضُ وَالأَحْكَامُ الَّتِي كَلَّمَ بِهَا مُوسَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ

These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ فِي الْجِوَاءِ مُقَابِلَ بَيْتِ فَغُورَ، فِي أَرْضِ سِيحُونَ مَلِكِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ الَّذِي كَانَ سَاكِنًا فِي حَشْبُونَ، الَّذِي ضَرَبَهُ مُوسَى وَبَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ عِنْدَ خُرُوجِهِمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ

On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:

وَامْتَلَكُوا أَرْضَهُ وَأَرْضَ عُوجٍ مَلِكِ بَاشَانَ، مَلِكَيِ الأَمُورِيِّينَ، اللَّذَيْنِ فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ نَحْوَ شُرُوقِ الشَّمْسِ.

And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

مِنْ عَرُوعِيرَ الَّتِي عَلَى حَافَةِ وَادِي أَرْنُونَ إِلَى جَبَلِ سِيئُونَ الَّذِي هُوَ حَرْمُونُ

From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,

وَكُلَّ الْعَرَبَةِ فِي عَبْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ نَحْوَ الشُّرُوقِ إِلَى بَحْرِ الْعَرَبَةِ تَحْتَ سُفُوحِ الْفِسْجَةِ.

And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.