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Ginlaygayan ni Moises ang mga Israelinhon nga Magmatinumanon

Dayon nagsiling si Moises, “Mga Israelinhon, pamatii ninyo ang mga sugo kag mga pagsulundan nga ginatudlo ko sa inyo. Tumana ninyo ini agod magkabuhi kamo kag makaestar sa duta nga ginahatag sa inyo sang Ginoo, ang Dios sang inyo mga katigulangan. Indi ninyo pagdugangan ukon pagbuhinan ang mga sugo nga ginahatag ko sa inyo halin sa Ginoo nga inyo Dios. Dapat tumanon gid ninyo ini. Nakita ninyo mismo ang ginhimo sang Ginoo sa Baal Peor. Ginpamatay sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios ang inyo kapareho nga mga Israelinhon nga nagsimba kay Baal. Pero kamo iya nga matutom sa Ginoo nga inyo Dios buhi pa hasta subong.

“Ginatudlo ko sa inyo ang mga sugo kag mga pagsulundan nga ginhatag sa akon sang Ginoo nga akon Dios agod sundon ninyo ini pag-abot ninyo sa duta nga inyo kadtuan kag panag-iyahan. Sundon ninyo ini sing maayo, kay paagi sini mapakita ninyo ang inyo kaalam kag pag-intiendi sa iban nga mga nasyon. Kon mabatian nila ining tanan nga pagsulundan magasiling sila, ‘Matuod gid nga may kaalam kag pag-intiendi ang mga tawo sang sining gamhanan nga nasyon.’ Wala na sing iban nga gamhanan nga nasyon nga may dios nga malapit sa ila pareho sa Ginoo nga aton Dios nga malapit sa aton sa tagsa ka tion nga magpanawag kita sa iya. Kag wala man sing iban nga gamhanan nga nasyon nga may mga sugo kag mga pagsulundan nga pareho sang akon ginatudlo sa inyo subong. Pero mag-andam gid kamo! Indi ninyo pagkalimti ang mga butang nga inyo nakita nga ginpanghimo sang Ginoo. Kinahanglan nga magpabilin ini sa inyo mga tagipusuon samtang buhi kamo. Isugid ninyo ini sa inyo kabataan kag kaapuhan. 10 Dumduma ninyo ang adlaw nga nagtindog kamo sa atubangan sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios sa Bukid sang Sinai[a] nga sa diin nagsiling siya sa akon, ‘Tipuna ang mga tawo sa akon presensya sa pagpamati sang akon mga pulong agod makahibalo sila sa pagtahod sa akon samtang nagakabuhi sila, kag agod matudlo nila ini sa ila kabataan.’ 11 Dayon nagpalapit kamo kag nagtindog sa ubos sang bukid samtang nagadabadaba ang bukid nga ang kalayo sini daw sa nagalambot sa langit, kag nalikupan ini sing puwerte kadamol nga gal-om. 12 Dayon naghambal ang Ginoo halin sa tunga sang kalayo. Nabatian ninyo ang iya tingog, pero wala kamo sing may nakita. 13 Ginsugid niya sa inyo ang mga butang nga inyo himuon sa pagtuman sang iya kasugtanan sa inyo. Ini amo ang Napulo ka Sugo, nga iya ginmando nga tumanon ninyo. Kag ginpasulat niya ini sa duha ka malapad nga bato. 14 Sadto nga tion, ginsugo ako sang Ginoo sa pagtudlo sa inyo sang mga sugo kag mga pagsulundan nga inyo tumanon didto sa duta nga inyo panag-iyahan.

15 “Sang nagpakighambal ang Ginoo sa inyo sa Bukid sang Sinai halin sa tunga sang kalayo, wala kamo sing may nakita nga porma sang Ginoo. Gani mag-andam gid kamo sa inyo kaugalingon 16 nga indi ninyo paghigkuan ang inyo kaugalingon paagi sa paghimo sang mga dios-dios sa bisan ano nga porma ukon dagway—lalaki man ukon babayi, 17 sapat man nga nagalakat ukon nagalupad, 18 ukon nagakamang ukon nagalangoy. 19 Indi kamo magpadala-dala sa pagsimba sa mga butang sa langit—sa adlaw, bulan, kag mga bituon. Ginbutang ini sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios para sa tanan nga katawhan sa bug-os nga kalibutan. 20 Dumduma nga ginkuha kamo sang Ginoo sa Egipto, ang lugar nga pareho sa nagadabadaba nga hurnohan nga tunawan sang salsalon, agod mangin iya katawhan, kag amo ina kamo subong.

21 “Naakig ang Ginoo sa akon tungod sa inyo, kag nagsumpa gid siya nga indi ako makatabok sa Jordan kag makasulod sa maayo nga duta nga ginahatag sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios bilang palanublion ninyo. 22 Mapatay ako sa sini nga duta nga indi makatabok sa Jordan, pero kamo inyo magatabok sa pagpanag-iya sang maayo nga duta. 23 Pero mag-andam gid kamo nga indi ninyo malimtan ang kasugtanan nga ginhimo sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios sa inyo. Indi kamo maghimo sang mga dios-dios sa dagway sang bisan ano nga butang, kay ginadilian ini sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios. 24 Indi gid siya gusto nga may ginasimba kamo nga iban nga dios. Kay kon magsilot ang Ginoo nga inyo Dios, daw sa kalayo nga nagapang-upos.

25 “Sa ulihi, kon makapamata na kamo kag makapangapo, kag makaestar na sa amo nga duta sang malawig nga tion, indi ninyo paghigkui ang inyo kaugalingon paagi sa paghimo sang mga dios-dios sa bisan ano nga porma. Malaot ini sa panulok sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios kag makapaakig sa iya.

26 “Subong nga adlaw ginakabig ko ang langit kag ang duta nga saksi kontra sa inyo. Kon maghimo kamo sang mga dios-dios, dali lang kamo magkalawala sa duta nga inyo panag-iyahan sa tabok sang Jordan. Magaestar kamo didto sa malip-ot lang nga tion, dayon malaglag kamo sing bug-os. 27 Palaptahon kamo sang Ginoo sa iban nga mga nasyon, kag gamay lang ang mabilin sa inyo didto sa mga nasyon nga sa diin kamo tabugon sang Ginoo. 28 Kag didto magasimba kamo sa mga dios nga ginhimo sang tawo halin sa kahoy kag bato, nga indi makakita, makabati, makakaon, ukon makapanimaho. 29 Pero kon magpangita kamo didto sa Ginoo nga inyo Dios, makita ninyo siya kon pangitaon ninyo siya sa bug-os ninyo nga tagipusuon. 30 Kon mag-abot ini nga kalisod sa inyo sa ulihi, magabalik kamo sa Ginoo nga inyo Dios kag magatuman sa iya. 31 Kay maluluy-on ang Ginoo nga inyo Dios. Indi niya kamo pagpabay-an ukon paglaglagon. Indi niya pagkalimtan ang kasugtanan nga iya ginsumpaan sa inyo mga katigulangan.

May Isa lang ka Dios

32 “Usisaa ang mga hitabo halin sang adlaw nga gintuga sang Dios ang tawo sa kalibutan hasta subong. Dayon usisaa ang bug-os nga kalibutan kon bala may makatilingala nga butang nga natabo pareho sini. 33 May ara bala sang iban nga mga tawo nga nabuhi pa pagkatapos nga nakabati sila sang tingog sang Dios halin sa kalayo, pareho sang inyo nabatian? 34 May ara bala sang iban nga dios nga nangahas sa pagkuha sang isa ka grupo sang katawhan halin sa isa ka nasyon agod mangin iya paagi sa mga pagtilaw, milagro, makatilingala nga mga butang, inaway, puwerte nga gahom, kag grabe nga mga binuhatan? Pero amo ina ang ginhimo sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios didto sa Egipto, kag nakita ninyo mismo. 35 Ginpakita ato nga mga butang sa inyo agod mahibaluan ninyo nga ang Ginoo amo ang Dios, kag wala na sing iban pa. 36 Ginpabati niya kamo sang iya tingog halin sa langit sa pagtudlo sa inyo. Ginpakita niya sa inyo diri sa duta ang iya gamhanan nga kalayo kag naghambal siya sa inyo halin sa sini nga kalayo. 37 Kag tungod kay ginhigugma niya ang inyo mga katigulangan, ginpili niya kamo kag ginpaguwa sa Egipto paagi sa iya presensya kag puwerte nga gahom. 38 Ginpatabog niya sa inyo ang mga nasyon nga mas gamhanan pa sang sa inyo sa pagdala sa inyo sa ila duta agod ihatag ini sa inyo bilang palanublion ninyo, pareho subong.

39 “Gani dumduma ninyo subong kag itanom sa inyo tagipusuon nga ang Ginoo Dios sa langit kag sa duta, kag wala na sing iban pa nga dios. 40 Tumana ninyo ang iya mga sugo kag mga pagsulundan nga ginahatag ko sa inyo subong, agod wala sing may malain nga matabo sa inyo kag sa inyo mga kaliwat, kag agod magkabuhi kamo sing malawig sa duta nga ginahatag sa inyo sang Ginoo nga inyo Dios agod panag-iyahan ninyo hasta san-o.”

Ang mga Banwa nga Dalangpan

41 Dayon nagpili si Moises sing tatlo ka banwa sa sidlangan sang Jordan 42 agod makapalagyo didto ang tawo nga nakapatay sang iya isigkatawo nga indi hungod kag wala niya ginplano. Makapalagyo siya sa isa sa sini nga mga banwa agod indi siya maano. 43 Amo ini ang mga banwa: Bezer sa mataas nga patag sang kamingawan para sa tribo ni Reuben; Ramot sa Gilead para sa tribo ni Gad; kag Golan sa Bashan para sa tribo ni Manase.

44 Ginhatag ni Moises sa mga Israelinhon ini nga mga sugo, 45 pagpanudlo, kag pagsulundan sang nagguwa sila sa Egipto 46 kag samtang nagakampo sila sa pulopatag nga malapit sa Bet Peor sa sidlangan sang Jordan. Ini nga duta sakop sadto ni Sihon nga hari sang mga Amornon, nga nagaestar sa Heshbon. Siya kag ang iya mga tinawo ginpierdi ni Moises kag sang mga Israelinhon sang pagguwa nila sa Egipto. 47 Gin-agaw nila ni Moises ang iya duta kag ang duta ni Haring Og sang Bashan. Sila ang duha ka Amornon nga mga hari sa sidlangan sang Jordan. 48 Ang ila mga duta nga naagaw sang mga Israelinhon nagaumpisa sa Aroer, sa ibabaw sang Arnon nga ililigan sang tubig pakadto sa Bukid sang Sirion [b] nga ginatawag man nga Hermon, 49 kag pati ang bug-os nga Kapatagan sang Jordan[c] sa sidlangan sang Suba sang Jordan hasta sa Patay nga Dagat,[d] sa ubos nga bahin sang Pisga.

Footnotes

  1. 4:10 Sinai: sa Hebreo, Horeb. Amo man sa bersikulo 15.
  2. 4:48 Sirion: Amo ini sa Syriac. Sa Hebreo, Zion.
  3. 4:49 Kapatagan sang Jordan: sa Hebreo, Araba.
  4. 4:49 Patay nga Dagat: sa Hebreo, Dagat sang Araba.

Israel Must Obey God

Moses said:

Israel, listen to these laws and teachings! If you obey them, you will live, and you will go in and take the land that the Lord is giving you. He is the God your ancestors worshiped, (A) and now he is your God. I am telling you everything he has commanded, so don't add anything or take anything away.

(B) You saw how he killed everyone who worshiped the god Baal Peor.[a] But all of you that were faithful to the Lord your God are still alive today.

5-8 (C) No other nation has laws that are as fair as the ones the Lord my God told me to give you. If you faithfully obey them when you enter the land, you will show other nations how wise you are. In fact, everyone that hears about your laws will say, “That great nation certainly is wise!” And what makes us greater than other nations? We have a God who is close to us and answers our prayers.

You must be very careful not to forget the things you have seen God do for you. Keep reminding yourselves, and tell your children and grandchildren as well. 10 Do you remember the day you stood in the Lord's presence at Mount Sinai?[b] The Lord said, “Moses, bring the people of Israel here. I want to speak to them so they will obey me as long as they live, and so they will teach their children to obey me too.”

11 (D) Mount Sinai[c] was surrounded by deep dark clouds, and fire went up to the sky. You came to the foot of the mountain, 12 and the Lord spoke to you from the fire. You could hear him and understand what he was saying, but you couldn't see him. 13 (E) The Lord said he was making an agreement with you, and he told you that your part of the agreement is to obey the Ten Commandments. Then the Lord wrote these Commandments on two flat stones.

14 (F) That's when the Lord commanded me to give you the laws and teachings you must obey in the land that you will conquer west of the Jordan River.

Don't Worship Idols

Moses said to Israel:

15 When God spoke to you from the fire, he was invisible. So be careful 16 (G) not to commit the sin of worshiping idols. Don't make idols to be worshiped, whether they are shaped like men, women, 17 (H) animals, birds, 18 reptiles, or fish. 19 And when you see the sun or moon or stars, don't be tempted to bow down and worship them. The Lord put them there for all the other nations to worship. 20 (I) But you are the Lord's people, because he rescued you from Egypt, that fiery furnace.

21 (J) The Lord was angry with me because of what you said,[d] and he told me that he would not let me cross the Jordan River into the good land that he is giving you.[e] 22 So I must stay here and die on this side of the Jordan, but you will cross the river and take the land.

23 Always remember the agreement that the Lord your God made with you, and don't make an idol in any shape or form. 24 (K) The Lord will be angry if you worship other gods, and he can be like a fire destroying everything in its path.

25-26 Soon you will cross the Jordan River and settle down in the land. Then in the years to come, you will have children, and they will give you grandchildren. After many years, you might lose your sense of right and wrong and make idols, even though the Lord your God hates them. So I am giving you fair warning today, and I call the earth and the sky as witnesses. If you ever make idols, the Lord will be angry, and you won't have long to live, because the Lord will let you be wiped out. 27 (L) Only a few of you will survive, and the Lord will force you to leave the land and will scatter you among the nations. 28 There you will have to worship gods made of wood and stone, and these are nothing but idols that can't see or hear or eat or smell.

29-30 (M) In all of your troubles, you may finally decide that you want to worship only the Lord. And if you turn back to him and obey him completely, he will again be your God. 31 The Lord your God will have mercy—he won't destroy you or desert you. The Lord will remember his promise, and he will keep the agreement he made with your ancestors.

32-34 When the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt, you saw how he fought for you and showed his great power by performing terrifying miracles. You became his people, and at Mount Sinai you heard him talking to you out of fiery flames. And yet you are still alive! Has anything like this ever happened since the time God created humans? No matter where you go or who you ask, you will get the same answer. No one has ever heard of another god even trying to do such things as the Lord your God has done for you.

35-36 (N) The Lord wants you to know he is the only true God, and he wants you to obey him. That's why he let you see his mighty miracles and his fierce fire on earth, and why you heard his voice from that fire and from the sky.

37 The Lord loved your ancestors and decided that you would be his people. So the Lord used his great power to bring you out of Egypt. 38 Now you face other nations more powerful than you are, but the Lord has already started forcing them out of their land and giving it to you.

39 So remember that the Lord is the only true God, whether in the sky above or on the earth below. 40 Today I am explaining his laws and teachings. And if you always obey them, you and your descendants will live long and be successful in the land the Lord is giving you.

Safe Towns

41-43 (O) Moses said, “People of Israel, you must set aside the following three towns east of the Jordan River as Safe Towns: Bezer in the desert highlands belonging to the Reuben tribe; Ramoth in Gilead, belonging to the Gad tribe; and Golan in Bashan, belonging to the Manasseh tribe. If you kill a neighbor without meaning to, and if you had not been angry with that person, you can run to one of these towns and find safety.”[f]

The Second Speech: Moses Tells What the Lord Demands

Israel at Beth-Peor

44-46 The Israelites had come from Egypt and were camped east of the Jordan River near Beth-Peor, when Moses gave these laws and teachings. The land around their camp had once belonged to King Sihon of Heshbon. But Moses and the Israelites defeated him 47 and King Og of Bashan, and took their lands. These two Amorite kings had ruled the territory east of the Jordan River 48 from the town of Aroer on the edge of the Arnon River gorge, north to Mount Hermon.[g] 49 Their land included the eastern side of the Jordan River valley, as far south as the Dead Sea[h] below the slopes of Mount Pisgah.

Footnotes

  1. 4.3 Baal Peor: See Numbers 25.1-9.
  2. 4.10 Mount Sinai: See the note at 1.1-5.
  3. 4.11 Mount Sinai: See the note at 1.1-5.
  4. 4.21 what you said: Or “you people.”
  5. 4.21 The Lord was angry … giving you: See 1.37; 3.26.
  6. 4.41-43 find safety: From the victim's clan, who might appoint one of their men to track down and put to death the killer (see also 19.1-13).
  7. 4.48 Hermon: The Hebrew text also includes the name “Sion,” probably another form of “Sirion,” the name used by the Sidonians.
  8. 4.49 the Dead Sea: Hebrew “the Sea of the Arabah.”

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