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Моисей велит народу повиноваться законам Божьим

«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. Ничего не прибавляй к тому, что я заповедаю тебе, и ничего не убавляй, повинуйся заповедям Господа, Бога твоего, которые я дал тебе.

Ты видел, что Господь сделал в Ваал-Фегоре: Господь, Бог твой, истребил всех в твоём народе, кто поклонялся лжебогу Ваалу, те же, кто остался верен Господу, Богу вашему, живы и по сей день.

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. 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”.

Господь, Бог наш, близок, когда мы молим Его о помощи, и ни у какого другого народа нет бога, подобного Ему! Нет никакого другого такого народа, у которого были бы такие справедливые законы и предписания, как те, которым я учу вас сегодня! 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.

Footnotes

  1. 4:13 скрижалях То есть «табличках» или «пластинах».
  2. 4:48 Сирион Или «Сион».
  3. 4:49 Мёртвое море Буквально «море Арава», ещё называемое «Солёным морем».

Obedience Commanded

Now, Israel, hear the decrees(A) and laws I am about to teach(B) you. Follow them so that you may live(C) and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. Do not add(D) to what I command you and do not subtract(E) from it, but keep(F) the commands(G) of the Lord your God that I give you.

You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor.(H) The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who followed the Baal of Peor, but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.

See, I have taught(I) you decrees and laws(J) as the Lord my God commanded(K) me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering(L) to take possession of it. Observe(M) them carefully, for this will show your wisdom(N) and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”(O) What other nation is so great(P) as to have their gods near(Q) them the way the Lord our God is near us whenever we pray to him? And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws(R) as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

Only be careful,(S) and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach(T) them to your children(U) and to their children after them. 10 Remember the day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb,(V) when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn(W) to revere(X) me as long as they live in the land(Y) and may teach(Z) them to their children.” 11 You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain(AA) while it blazed with fire(AB) to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.(AC) 12 Then the Lord spoke(AD) to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form;(AE) there was only a voice.(AF) 13 He declared to you his covenant,(AG) the Ten Commandments,(AH) which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets. 14 And the Lord directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws(AI) you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

Idolatry Forbidden

15 You saw no form(AJ) of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb(AK) out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully,(AL) 16 so that you do not become corrupt(AM) and make for yourselves an idol,(AN) an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, 17 or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air,(AO) 18 or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below. 19 And when you look up to the sky and see the sun,(AP) the moon and the stars(AQ)—all the heavenly array(AR)—do not be enticed(AS) into bowing down to them and worshiping(AT) things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven. 20 But as for you, the Lord took you and brought you out of the iron-smelting furnace,(AU) out of Egypt,(AV) to be the people of his inheritance,(AW) as you now are.

21 The Lord was angry with me(AX) because of you, and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance. 22 I will die in this land;(AY) I will not cross the Jordan; but you are about to cross over and take possession of that good land.(AZ) 23 Be careful not to forget the covenant(BA) of the Lord your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol(BB) in the form of anything the Lord your God has forbidden. 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,(BC) a jealous God.(BD)

25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt(BE) and make any kind of idol,(BF) doing evil(BG) in the eyes of the Lord your God and arousing his anger, 26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses(BH) against you(BI) this day that you will quickly perish(BJ) from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed. 27 The Lord will scatter(BK) you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive(BL) among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods(BM) of wood and stone,(BN) which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.(BO) 29 But if from there you seek(BP) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart(BQ) and with all your soul.(BR) 30 When you are in distress(BS) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days(BT) you will return(BU) to the Lord your God and obey him. 31 For the Lord your God is a merciful(BV) God; he will not abandon(BW) or destroy(BX) you or forget(BY) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

The Lord Is God

32 Ask(BZ) now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth;(CA) ask from one end of the heavens to the other.(CB) Has anything so great(CC) as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? 33 Has any other people heard the voice of God[a] speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?(CD) 34 Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation,(CE) by testings,(CF) by signs(CG) and wonders,(CH) by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,(CI) or by great and awesome deeds,(CJ) like all the things the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other.(CK) 36 From heaven he made you hear his voice(CL) to discipline(CM) you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. 37 Because he loved(CN) your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,(CO) 38 to drive out before you nations greater and stronger than you and to bring you into their land to give it to you for your inheritance,(CP) as it is today.

39 Acknowledge(CQ) and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.(CR) 40 Keep(CS) his decrees and commands,(CT) which I am giving you today, so that it may go well(CU) with you and your children after you and that you may live long(CV) in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.

Cities of Refuge(CW)

41 Then Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan, 42 to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally(CX) killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life. 43 The cities were these: Bezer in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth(CY) in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.

Introduction to the Law

44 This is the law Moses set before the Israelites. 45 These are the stipulations, decrees and laws Moses gave them when they came out of Egypt 46 and were in the valley near Beth Peor east of the Jordan, in the land of Sihon(CZ) king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites as they came out of Egypt. 47 They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan. 48 This land extended from Aroer(DA) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge to Mount Sirion[b](DB) (that is, Hermon(DC)), 49 and included all the Arabah east of the Jordan, as far as the Dead Sea,[c] below the slopes of Pisgah.

Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:33 Or of a god
  2. Deuteronomy 4:48 Syriac (see also 3:9); Hebrew Siyon
  3. Deuteronomy 4:49 Hebrew the Sea of the Arabah

Moses Commands Obedience

“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. (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. 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. But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.

“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. 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.’

“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? 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? 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

  1. Deuteronomy 4:1 take possession of
  2. Deuteronomy 4:7 Or a god
  3. Deuteronomy 4:12 similitude
  4. Deuteronomy 4:14 do or perform
  5. Deuteronomy 4:16 similitude
  6. Deuteronomy 4:19 divided
  7. Deuteronomy 4:22 take possession of
  8. Deuteronomy 4:26 live long on it
  9. Deuteronomy 4:30 tribulation
  10. Deuteronomy 4:34 calamities
  11. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit. seed
  12. Deuteronomy 4:40 you may prosper
  13. Deuteronomy 4:40 live long
  14. Deuteronomy 4:46 struck
  15. Deuteronomy 4:47 east
  16. Deuteronomy 4:48 Syr. Sirion