Второзаконие 4
Russian New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
Моисей велит народу повиноваться законам Божьим
4 «Итак, Израиль, слушай законы и заповеди, которым я учу тебя. Повинуйся им и будешь жить, и тогда сможешь пойти завладеть землёй, которую даёт тебе Господь, Бог твоих предков. 2 Ничего не прибавляй к тому, что я заповедаю тебе, и ничего не убавляй, повинуйся заповедям Господа, Бога твоего, которые я дал тебе.
3 Ты видел, что Господь сделал в Ваал-Фегоре: Господь, Бог твой, истребил всех в твоём народе, кто поклонялся лжебогу Ваалу, 4 те же, кто остался верен Господу, Богу вашему, живы и по сей день.
5 Я научил вас законам и постановлениям, заповеданным мне Господом, Богом моим, научил вас этим законам, чтобы вы соблюдали их на земле, на которую собираетесь вступить, чтобы завладеть ею. 6 Соблюдайте неукоснительно эти законы, и это докажет вашу мудрость и рассудительность другим народам, которые, услышав об этих законах, скажут: „Воистину мудр и рассудителен этот великий народ”.
7 Господь, Бог наш, близок, когда мы молим Его о помощи, и ни у какого другого народа нет бога, подобного Ему! 8 Нет никакого другого такого народа, у которого были бы такие справедливые законы и предписания, как те, которым я учу вас сегодня! 9 Но будьте осторожны! Никогда не забывайте о том, что видели, и научите всему этому своих детей и внуков. 10 Помните тот день, когда вы стояли перед Господом, Богом вашим, у горы Хорив, и Господь сказал мне: „Собери народ! Пусть люди выслушают, что Я скажу, и тогда они научатся почитать Меня, пока будут жить на земле, и научат всему этому своих детей!”
11 Вы приблизились и встали у подножия горы, и вспыхнула гора огнём, поднявшимся до небес, и повисли чёрные густые тучи и тьма. 12 Господь обратился к вам из огня, вы слышали только голос, а образа не видели. 13 Он объявил вам о Своём соглашении, даровал вам десять заповедей и повелел следовать им, и записал законы Соглашения на двух каменных скрижалях[a]. 14 Господь велел мне тогда научить вас другим законам и предписаниям, которым вы должны следовать на той земле, которой завладеете и на которой будете жить.
15 В тот день, когда Господь из огня говорил с вами на горе Хорив, вы не видели Его, у Бога не было образа. 16 Берегитесь! Не грешите и не губите себя, делая лжебогов и изваяния по образу живых существ, не делайте идолов, изображающих мужчину или женщину. 17 Не создавайте идола, изображающего земное животное или птицу, летающую в небесах. 18 Не делайте идола, похожего на ползающую по земле тварь или на морскую рыбу. 19 Будьте осторожны, смотря на небо, солнце, луну и все звёзды в небе! Не поддавайтесь искушению поклоняться и служить им, потому что Господь, Бог ваш, позволил другим народам это поклонение. 20 Вас же Господь вывел из Египта и сделал Своим святым народом, словно Своей рукой Он вывел вас из огня горячей печи, где люди плавят железо. И теперь вы—Его народ!
21 По вашей вине Господь разгневался на меня и поклялся, что я не перейду реку Иордан и не войду в благодатную землю, которую Господь, Бог ваш, отдаёт вам. 22 И потому я должен умереть здесь, на этой земле, не перейдя Иордан. Вы же вскоре перейдёте через реку, завладеете этой доброй землёй и будете там жить. 23 Однако в этой новой земле берегитесь, чтобы не забыть соглашение, которое Господь, Бог ваш, заключил с вами. Повинуйтесь повелениям Господним и не делайте себе идолов ни по какому подобию! 24 Потому что Господь, Бог ваш, не терпит, чтобы Его народ поклонялся другим богам, так как Господь подобен всеразрушающему огню!
25 Вы будете жить в стране долгое время, там у вас будут дети и внуки, там вы состаритесь, но потом погубите свою жизнь: сотворите всякого рода идолов и тем вызовете великий гнев Божий! 26 И поэтому я сейчас предупреждаю вас: пусть будут мне свидетелями небо и земля, что если вы сотворите такое зло, то будете тотчас же уничтожены! Сейчас вы переходите Иордан, чтобы захватить эту землю, но если сделаете себе идолов, то недолго там проживёте! Вы будете полностью уничтожены! 27 Господь рассеет вас по всем народам, и лишь немногие из вас останутся в живых и отправятся в те страны, куда Господь пошлёт вас, 28 и там вы будете служить богам, сделанным человеческими руками из дерева и камня, которые не видят, не слышат, не едят и не чувствуют запахов! 29 Но в этих чужих странах вы будете искать Господа, Бога вашего, и если будете искать Его всем сердцем и всей душой, то найдёте! 30 Когда вы окажетесь в беде, и всё это случится с вами, то возвратитесь к Господу, Богу вашему, и будете повиноваться Ему. 31 Господь, Бог ваш, милосердный Бог! Он вас там не оставит, не уничтожит полностью и не забудет о соглашении, заключённом с вашими предками!»
Великие свершения Божьи
32 «Разве случалось когда столь великое? Никогда! Посмотрите на прошлое, подумайте обо всём, что произошло ещё до вашего рождения, с того самого времени, когда Бог создал на земле людей, посмотрите на всё то, что происходило на свете. Разве кто-нибудь когда-либо слышал о столь великих событиях? 33 Вы же, люди, слышали, как Бог говорил с вами из огня, и до сих пор живы! Разве такое случалось с кем-нибудь ещё?! 34 И разве когда-нибудь какой-либо другой бог пытался взять себе народ из другого народа?! Вы же видели сами, что Господь, Бог ваш, свершил эти чудесные деяния, явив вам Свою мощь и силу! Вы видели, какие бедствия постигли народ, видели чудеса и знамения, видели войну и ужасы. 35 Господь явил вам всё это, чтобы вы знали, что Он—Бог. Нет Бога подобного Ему! 36 Господь дал вам услышать с небес голос Свой, чтобы научить вас, позволил вам увидеть на земле великий огонь Свой и говорил с вами из огня.
37 Господь возлюбил ваших предков, потому и избрал вас, их потомков, и вывел вас из Египта. Господь был с вами и вывел вас оттуда Своей великой силой. 38 Когда же вы двинулись вперёд, Господь изгнал народы, которые были сильнее и могущественнее вас, и отдал вам их землю, чтобы вы на ней жили. Он и сегодня продолжает это делать. 39 Так помните же, что Господь есть Бог в небесах и на земле! Нет бога, кроме Него! 40 Так следуйте Его законам и заповедям, которые я даю вам сегодня, чтобы жилось хорошо и вам, и детям вашим после вас, и вы долго будете процветать на земле, которую Бог даёт вам. Она будет принадлежать вам навеки!»
Моисей выбирает города-убежища
41 Затем Моисей выбрал три города на восточном берегу реки Иордан, 42 чтобы человек, непреднамеренно убивший другого, мог бежать в один из этих городов и не был бы предан смерти; однако он будет находиться там в безопасности только в том случае, если совершил убийство нечаянно, а не из вражды. 43 Избранные Моисеем три города были: Бецер на равнинах, принадлежащих колену Рувима, Рамоф в Галааде, принадлежащем колену Гада, и Голан в Васане, принадлежащем колену Манассии.
Вступление к Закону Моисея
44 Вот Закон Божий, который Моисей даровал израильскому народу. 45 Он дал народу эти учения, законы и правила после исхода израильтян из Египта. 46 Моисей дал израильтянам эти законы, когда они находились на восточном берегу реки Иордан, в долине напротив Беф-Фегора, в земле Сигона, аморрейского царя, который жил в Есевоне. Моисей и израильтяне пришли из Египта и победили Сигона. 47 Израильтяне захватили землю Сигона и Ога, васанского царя, двух аморрейских царей, живших на восточном берегу реки Иордан. 48 Эти земли простираются от Ароера на краю долины Арнон до самой горы Сирион[b]. 49 В эти земли входит также вся Иорданская долина на восточном берегу реки Иордан, на юге она примыкает к Мёртвому морю[c], а на востоке достигает подножия горы Фасга.
Deuteronomy 4
New King James Version
Moses Commands Obedience
4 “Now, O Israel, listen to (A)the statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and [a]possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you. 2 (B)You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at (C)Baal Peor; for the Lord your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor. 4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.
5 “Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. 6 Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is (D)your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’
7 “For (E)what great nation is there that has (F)God[b] so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? 8 And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to yourself, and diligently (G)keep yourself, lest you (H)forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And (I)teach them to your children and your grandchildren, 10 especially concerning (J)the day you stood before the Lord your God in Horeb, when the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’
11 “Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. 12 (K)And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no [c]form; (L)you only heard a voice. 13 (M)So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, (N)the Ten Commandments; and (O)He wrote them on two tablets of stone. 14 And (P)the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might [d]observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.
Beware of Idolatry
15 (Q)“Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no (R)form when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16 lest you (S)act corruptly and (T)make for yourselves a carved image in the [e]form of any figure: (U)the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth. 19 And take heed, lest you (V)lift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, (W)all the host of heaven, you feel driven to (X)worship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has [f]given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage. 20 But the Lord has taken you and (Y)brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be (Z)His people, an inheritance, as you are this day. 21 Furthermore (AA)the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that (AB)I would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. 22 But (AC)I must die in this land, (AD)I must not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and [g]possess (AE)that good land. 23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, (AF)and make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you. 24 For (AG)the Lord your God is a consuming fire, (AH)a jealous God.
25 “When you beget children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, and (AI)do evil in the sight of the Lord your God to provoke Him to anger, 26 (AJ)I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess; you will not [h]prolong your days in it, but will be utterly destroyed. 27 And the Lord (AK)will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you. 28 And (AL)there you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, (AM)which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. 29 (AN)But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in [i]distress, and all these things come upon you in the (AO)latter days, when you (AP)turn to the Lord your God and obey His voice 31 (for the Lord your God is a merciful God), He will not forsake you nor (AQ)destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.
32 “For (AR)ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask (AS)from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard. 33 (AT)Did any people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live? 34 Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, (AU)by trials, (AV)by signs, by wonders, by war, (AW)by a mighty hand and (AX)an outstretched arm, (AY)and by great [j]terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; (AZ)there is none other besides Him. 36 (BA)Out of heaven He let you hear His voice, that He might instruct you; on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because (BB)He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their [k]descendants after them; and (BC)He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power, 38 (BD)driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Therefore know this day, and consider it in your heart, that (BE)the Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. 40 (BF)You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that [l]it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may [m]prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”
Cities of Refuge East of the Jordan
41 Then Moses (BG)set apart three cities on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun, 42 (BH)that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without having hated him in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he might live: 43 (BI)Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
Introduction to God’s Law
44 Now this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. 45 These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which Moses spoke to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt, 46 on this side of the Jordan, (BJ)in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel (BK)defeated[n] after they came out of Egypt. 47 And they took possession of his land and the land (BL)of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, who were on this side of the Jordan, toward the [o]rising of the sun, 48 (BM)from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, even to Mount [p]Sion (that is, (BN)Hermon), 49 and all the plain on the east side of the Jordan as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the (BO)slopes of Pisgah.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 4:1 take possession of
- Deuteronomy 4:7 Or a god
- Deuteronomy 4:12 similitude
- Deuteronomy 4:14 do or perform
- Deuteronomy 4:16 similitude
- Deuteronomy 4:19 divided
- Deuteronomy 4:22 take possession of
- Deuteronomy 4:26 live long on it
- Deuteronomy 4:30 tribulation
- Deuteronomy 4:34 calamities
- Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit. seed
- Deuteronomy 4:40 you may prosper
- Deuteronomy 4:40 live long
- Deuteronomy 4:46 struck
- Deuteronomy 4:47 east
- Deuteronomy 4:48 Syr. Sirion
Deuteronomy 4
King James Version
4 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.
2 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.
3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.
5 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.
6 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.
7 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?
8 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?
9 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;
10 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.
11 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.
12 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.
13 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.
14 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.
15 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:
16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
19 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.
20 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.
21 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:
22 But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
23 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.
24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
25 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:
26 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.
27 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.
28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 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.
30 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;
31 (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.
32 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?
33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34 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?
35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.
36 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.
37 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;
38 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.
39 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.
40 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.
41 Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
42 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:
43 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.
44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
45 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.
46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, 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:
47 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;
48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
49 And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
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