Font Size
Deuteronomio 4
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Deuteronomio 4
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Moisés exhorta al pueblo a la obediencia
4 »Ahora pues, oh Israel, escucha los estatutos y los decretos que yo les enseño para que los cumplan(A), a fin de que vivan y entren a tomar posesión de la tierra que el Señor, el Dios de sus padres, les da(B). 2 Ustedes no añadirán nada a la palabra que yo les mando(C), ni quitarán nada de ella(D), para que guarden los mandamientos del Señor su Dios que yo les mando. 3 Sus ojos han visto lo que el Señor hizo en el caso de Baal Peor, pues a todo hombre que siguió a Baal Peor, el Señor, su Dios lo destruyó de en medio de ti(E). 4 Pero ustedes, que permanecieron fieles al Señor su Dios, todos están vivos hoy.
5 »Miren, yo les he enseñado estatutos y decretos tal como el Señor mi Dios me ordenó(F), para que así los cumplan en medio de la tierra en que van a entrar para poseerla. 6 Así que guárdenlos y pónganlos por obra, porque esta será su sabiduría y su inteligencia ante los ojos de los pueblos que al escuchar todos estos estatutos, dirán: “Ciertamente esta gran nación es un pueblo sabio e inteligente(G)”. 7 Porque, ¿qué nación grande(H) hay que tenga un dios tan cerca de ella como está el Señor nuestro Dios(I) siempre que lo invocamos(J)? 8 ¿O qué nación grande hay que tenga estatutos y decretos(K) tan justos como toda esta ley que hoy pongo delante de ustedes?
Israel en Horeb
9 »Por tanto, cuídate y guarda tu alma con diligencia, para que no te olvides(L) de las cosas que tus ojos han visto, y no se aparten de tu corazón todos los días de tu vida(M); sino que las hagas saber a tus hijos y a tus nietos(N). 10 Recuerda el día que estuviste delante del Señor tu Dios en Horeb, cuando el Señor me dijo: “Reúneme el pueblo para que Yo les haga oír Mis palabras, a fin de que aprendan a temerme[a] todos los días que vivan sobre la tierra(O) y las enseñen a sus hijos(P)”. 11 Ustedes se acercaron, pues, y permanecieron al pie del monte, y el monte ardía en fuego(Q) hasta el mismo cielo[b]: oscuridad, nube y densas tinieblas.
12 »Entonces el Señor les habló de en medio del fuego; oyeron su voz[c], solo la voz[d], pero no vieron figura alguna. 13 Y Él les declaró Su pacto, el cual les mandó poner por obra: esto es, los Diez Mandamientos(R), y los[e] escribió en dos tablas de piedra(S). 14 El Señor me ordenó en aquella ocasión que les enseñara estatutos y decretos, a fin de que los cumplieran en la tierra a la cual van a entrar para poseerla.
Advertencia contra la idolatría
15 »Así que tengan mucho cuidado(T), ya que no vieron ninguna figura(U) el día en que el Señor les habló en Horeb de en medio del fuego; 16 no sea que se corrompan(V) y hagan para ustedes una imagen tallada semejante a cualquier figura(W): semejanza de varón o de hembra, 17 semejanza de cualquier animal que está en la tierra, semejanza de cualquier ave que vuela en el cielo(X), 18 semejanza de cualquier animal que se arrastra sobre la tierra, semejanza de cualquier pez que hay en las aguas debajo de la tierra. 19 Y ten cuidado, no sea que levantes los ojos al cielo y veas el sol, la luna, las estrellas y todo el ejército del cielo(Y), y seas impulsado a adorarlos y servirlos(Z), cosas que el Señor tu Dios ha concedido a todos los pueblos debajo de todos los cielos. 20 Pero a ustedes el Señor los ha tomado y los ha sacado del horno de hierro, de Egipto(AA), para que fueran pueblo de Su heredad(AB) como lo son ahora.
21 »Y el Señor se enojó conmigo por causa de ustedes, y juró que yo no pasaría el Jordán, ni entraría en la buena tierra(AC) que el Señor tu Dios te da por heredad. 22 Porque yo moriré en esta tierra, no cruzaré el Jordán(AD); pero ustedes pasarán y tomarán posesión de esta buena tierra(AE). 23 Tengan cuidado, pues, no sea que olviden el pacto que el Señor su Dios hizo con ustedes(AF), y se hagan imagen tallada en forma de cualquier cosa que el Señor tu Dios te ha prohibido[f](AG). 24 Porque el Señor tu Dios es fuego consumidor(AH), un Dios celoso(AI).
25 »Cuando hayan engendrado hijos y nietos, y hayan permanecido largo tiempo en la tierra, y se corrompan(AJ) y hagan un ídolo[g] en forma de cualquier cosa(AK), y hagan lo que es malo ante los ojos del Señor su Dios para provocarlo a ira(AL), 26 hoy pongo por testigo contra ustedes(AM) al cielo y a la tierra, que pronto serán totalmente exterminados de la tierra donde van a pasar el Jordán para poseerla. No vivirán por mucho tiempo[h] en ella, sino que serán totalmente destruidos(AN). 27 El Señor los dispersará entre los pueblos(AO), y quedarán pocos en número entre las naciones adonde el Señor los llevará. 28 Allí ustedes servirán a dioses hechos por manos de hombre(AP), de madera y de piedra(AQ), que no ven, ni oyen, ni comen, ni huelen(AR).
29 »Pero desde allí buscarás[i] al Señor tu Dios, y lo hallarás si lo buscas(AS) con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma(AT). 30 En los postreros días(AU), cuando estés angustiado y todas esas cosas te sobrevengan(AV), volverás al Señor tu Dios y escucharás Su voz(AW). 31 Pues el Señor tu Dios es Dios compasivo(AX); no te abandonará(AY), ni te destruirá(AZ), ni olvidará el pacto que Él juró a tus padres(BA).
32 »Ciertamente, pregunta ahora acerca de los tiempos[j] pasados que fueron antes de ti(BB), desde el día en que Dios creó al hombre[k] sobre la tierra(BC); averigua desde un extremo de los cielos hasta el otro(BD). ¿Se ha hecho cosa tan grande como esta(BE), o se ha oído algo como esto? 33 ¿Ha oído pueblo alguno la voz de Dios, hablando de en medio del fuego, como tú la has oído, y ha sobrevivido(BF)? 34 ¿O ha intentado dios alguno tomar para sí una nación de en medio de otra nación(BG), con pruebas, con señales y maravillas(BH), con guerra y mano fuerte y con brazo extendido(BI) y hechos aterradores[l], como[m] el Señor tu Dios hizo por ti en Egipto delante de tus ojos? 35 A ti te fue mostrado, para que supieras que el Señor, Él es Dios; ningún otro hay fuera de Él(BJ).
36 »Desde los cielos el Señor te hizo oír Su voz para disciplinarte[n]; y sobre la tierra te hizo ver Su gran fuego, y oíste Sus palabras de en medio del fuego(BK). 37 Porque[o] Él amó a tus padres, por eso escogió a su descendencia[p] después de ellos(BL); y personalmente[q] te sacó de Egipto con Su gran poder(BM), 38 expulsando[r] delante de ti naciones más grandes y más poderosas que tú, para hacerte entrar y darte la tierra de ellos por heredad(BN), como sucede hoy. 39 Por tanto, reconoce hoy y reflexiona en tu corazón, que el Señor es Dios arriba en los cielos y abajo en la tierra; no hay otro(BO). 40 Así pues, guardarás Sus estatutos y Sus mandamientos(BP) que yo te ordeno hoy, a fin de que te vaya bien a ti y a tus hijos después de ti(BQ), y para que prolongues tus días sobre la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da para siempre(BR)».
Las ciudades de refugio
41 Entonces Moisés designó[s] tres ciudades al otro lado del Jordán, al oriente[t](BS), 42 para que huyera allí el que involuntariamente[u] hubiera matado a su vecino sin haber tenido enemistad contra él en el pasado; y huyendo a una de estas ciudades, salvara su vida: 43 Beser en el desierto, sobre la meseta, para los rubenitas, Ramot en Galaad para los gaditas, y Golán en Basán para los de Manasés(BT).
44 Esta es, pues, la ley que Moisés puso delante de los israelitas. 45 Estos son los testimonios, los estatutos y las ordenanzas que Moisés dio[v] a los israelitas cuando salieron de Egipto, 46 al otro lado del Jordán en el valle frente a Bet Peor(BU), en la tierra de Sehón, rey de los amorreos, que habitaba en Hesbón(BV), a quien Moisés y los israelitas derrotaron[w] cuando salieron de Egipto. 47 Y tomaron posesión de su tierra y de la tierra de Og, rey de Basán(BW), los dos reyes de los amorreos que estaban al otro lado del Jordán hacia el oriente[x], 48 desde Aroer, que está a la orilla del valle[y] del Arnón(BX), hasta el monte Sión, es decir, Hermón(BY), 49 con todo el Arabá al otro lado del Jordán, al oriente, hasta el mar del Arabá, al pie[z] de las laderas del monte Pisga.
Footnotes
- 4:10 O reverenciarme.
- 4:11 Lit. el corazón de los cielos.
- 4:12 O el sonido de palabras.
- 4:12 O el sonido.
- 4:13 Lit. las diez palabras y las.
- 4:23 Lit. ordenado.
- 4:25 O imagen tallada.
- 4:26 Lit. No prolongarán sus días.
- 4:29 Lit. buscarán.
- 4:32 Lit. días.
- 4:32 O a Adán.
- 4:34 O grandes terrores.
- 4:34 Lit. conforme a todo lo que.
- 4:36 O enseñarte.
- 4:37 Lit. Y al contrario, porque.
- 4:37 Lit. simiente.
- 4:37 Lit. con su presencia.
- 4:38 Lit. desposeyendo.
- 4:41 Lit. separó.
- 4:41 Lit. hacia la salida del sol.
- 4:42 Lit. sin saber.
- 4:45 Lit. habló.
- 4:46 Lit. hirieron.
- 4:47 Lit. hacia la salida del sol.
- 4:48 O torrente.
- 4:49 Lit. debajo.
Deuteronomy 4
King James Version
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.
Deuteronomy 4
New International Version
Deuteronomy 4
New International Version
Obedience Commanded
4 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. 2 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.
3 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, 4 but all of you who held fast to the Lord your God are still alive today.
5 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. 6 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) 7 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? 8 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?
9 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
- Deuteronomy 4:33 Or of a god
- Deuteronomy 4:48 Syriac (see also 3:9); Hebrew Siyon
- Deuteronomy 4:49 Hebrew the Sea of the Arabah
Nueva Biblia de las Américas (NBLA) 
Nueva Biblia de las Américas™ NBLA™ Copyright © 2005 por The Lockman Foundation
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.