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Deuteronomio 4
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Moisés exhorta a Israel a ser obediente

4 Y ahora, Israel, escucha los preceptos y las normas que les enseño a cumplir, para que vivan y entren a tomar posesión de la tierra que les da el Señor, Dios de sus antepasados. 2 No añadan ni quiten palabra alguna a lo que yo les mando, sino cumplan estos mandamientos del Señor, su Dios, que yo les prescribo. 3 Con sus propios ojos han visto lo que el Señor hizo con Baal Peor: a todo aquel que siguió a Baal Peor, el Señor tu Dios, lo exterminó de en medio de ti; 4 en cambio ustedes, que se mantuvieron fieles al Señor, su Dios, siguen hoy todavía con vida.

5 Miren, les he enseñado las normas y preceptos como me mandó el Señor, mi Dios, para que los pongan en práctica en la tierra donde van a entrar para tomar posesión de ella. 6 Obedézcanlos puntualmente, y así mostrarán a los demás pueblos lo sabios y prudentes que son. Cuando oigan hablar de sus leyes, dirán: “¡Qué sabiduría y sensatez tiene esa gran nación!”. 7 ¿Existe acaso alguna nación tan grande que tenga dioses tan cercanos a ellos como lo está de nosotros el Señor, nuestro Dios, cada vez que lo invocamos? 8 Y ¿qué nación hay tan grande cuyos preceptos y normas sean tan justas como toda esta ley que yo les promulgo hoy? 9 Pero ten cuidado, no permitas que se te olviden las cosas que han visto tus ojos ni dejes que se aparten de tu memoria en todos los días de tu vida; cuéntaselas a tus hijos y a tus nietos.

La revelación de Dios en el monte Horeb

10 El día en que estuviste delante del Señor tu Dios, en el Horeb, cuando el Señor me dijo: “Reúneme al pueblo y les haré escuchar mis palabras, para que aprendan a respetarme mientras vivan en la tierra y se las enseñen a sus hijos”, 11 ustedes se acercaron y permanecieron al pie de la montaña, mientras la montaña ardía envuelta en llamas que llegaban hasta el corazón del cielo, en medio de oscuros y densos nubarrones. 12 El Señor les habló desde el fuego: ustedes oían rumor de palabras, pero no veían figura alguna; solamente escuchaban una voz. 13 Así les reveló su alianza y les mandó cumplir los diez mandamientos que escribió en dos losas de piedra: 14 Y a mí el Señor me mandó entonces que les enseñase los preceptos y normas que habían de cumplir en la tierra donde van a entrar para tomar posesión de ella.

Advertencia contra la idolatría

15 El día que el Señor les habló desde el fuego en el Horeb, no vieron figura alguna. Por lo tanto, cuídense mucho 16 de no pervertirse haciéndose estatuas en forma de ídolos: sean imágenes de hombre o de mujer; 17 de animales terrestres o de aves que vuelan por el cielo; 18 de reptiles que se arrastran por el suelo o de peces que viven en las aguas, debajo de la tierra. 19 Y cuando mires al cielo y veas el sol, la luna, las estrellas y todos los astros del firmamento, no te dejes seducir de manera que te postres ante ellos y los adores. El Señor tu Dios se los ha repartido como dioses a todos los pueblos que hay bajo el cielo. 20 A ustedes, en cambio, el Señor los tomó y los sacó del horno de hierro de Egipto, para que fueran el pueblo de su propiedad, como efectivamente ahora lo son.

21 Sin embargo, por culpa de ustedes, el Señor se enojó conmigo y juró que yo no cruzaría el Jordán ni entraría en la fértil tierra que él te da en herencia. 22 Por tanto, yo voy a morir en esta tierra sin haber cruzado el Jordán, pero ustedes lo cruzarán y tomarán posesión de esa fértil tierra. 23 Tengan mucho cuidado de no olvidar la alianza que el Señor su Dios ha pactado con ustedes. No se fabriquen ningún ídolo, ninguna imagen de aquello que el Señor te ha prohibido, 24 ya que el Señor tu Dios es fuego devorador, es un Dios celoso.

25 Si después de haber tenido hijos y nietos, y de haber habitado largo tiempo en el país, se pervierten esculpiendo tallas de ídolos que representen cualquier cosa, y causan enojo al Señor tu Dios haciendo lo que él reprueba, 26 hoy pongo al cielo y a la tierra por testigos contra ustedes, de que desaparecerán inmediatamente de la tierra que van a tomar en posesión una vez que crucen el Jordán, y de que no pasarán mucho tiempo allí sin que sean aniquilados por completo. 27 El Señor los dispersará entre las naciones y no quedarán más que unos pocos en medio de esas naciones a las que el Señor los deportará. 28 Allí darán culto a dioses que han sido fabricados por manos humanas, con piedra y madera; dioses que no ven ni oyen, no comen ni huelen.

29 Entonces, desde allí, buscarás al Señor tu Dios, y lo encontrarás si lo buscas con todo tu corazón y con toda tu alma. 30 Cuando al cabo de los años hayas pasado por estos sufrimientos y angustias, entonces te volverás al Señor tu Dios y le obedecerás, 31 porque el Señor tu Dios es un Dios misericordioso, que no te abandonará ni te aniquilará ni se olvidará de la alianza que con juramento hizo a tus antepasados.

32 Pregunta, si no, a los tiempos pasados que te precedieron, remontándote al día en que Dios creó al ser humano sobre la tierra, a ver si de un extremo a otro del cielo ha sucedido algo tan admirable o se ha oído cosa semejante. 33 ¿Acaso existe algún pueblo que, como ustedes, haya oído a Dios hablándole desde el fuego y continúe con vida? 34 ¿Acaso algún dios se ha atrevido a tomar para sí a un pueblo en medio de otro, con tantas pruebas, milagros y prodigios, combatiendo con poder y destreza sin igual, y realizando tremendas hazañas, como realizó por ustedes y ante sus ojos el Señor, su Dios, en Egipto?

35 Pues a ti te ha mostrado el Señor todo esto para que sepas que sólo él es Dios y no hay otro fuera de él. 36 Desde el cielo te permitió escuchar su voz para instruirte, y en la tierra te permitió ver su gran fuego mientras escuchabas sus palabras que salían del fuego. 37 Por amor a tus antepasados y porque escogió a su descendencia después de ellos, el Señor en persona te sacó de Egipto con gran poder; 38 expulsó delante de ti a naciones más numerosas y fuertes que tú, te condujo a su tierra y te la dio en posesión, como está hoy a la vista.

39 Así que reconoce hoy y convéncete de que el Señor es el único Dios: ni arriba en el cielo ni abajo en la tierra hay ningún otro. 40 Cumple sus normas y preceptos que hoy te prescribo. De este modo serán dichosos tú y tus hijos después de ti, y vivirán mucho tiempo en la tierra que el Señor tu Dios te da para siempre.

Ciudades de refugio

41 Moisés escogió entonces tres ciudades al este del Jordán, 42 para que, refugiándose en una de estas ciudades, pudiera buscar asilo y salvar su vida el homicida que sin querer y sin previa enemistad hubiese matado a su prójimo. 43 Estas ciudades fueron: para los rubenitas, Béser, que está situada en la zona desértica de la meseta; para los gaditas, Ramot de Galaad; y para los manasitas, Golán, en Basán.

II.— SEGUNDO DISCURSO DE MOISÉS (4,44—11,32)

Introducción histórica

44 Esta es la ley que promulgó Moisés a los israelitas. 45 Estas son las normas, estatutos y preceptos que les propuso Moisés a los israelitas después de salir de Egipto, 46 cuando estaban al este del Jordán, en el valle cercano a Bet Peor, en el territorio de Sijón, rey de los amorreos, que vivía en Jesbón y que fue derrotado por Moisés y los israelitas cuando salieron de Egipto. 47 Los israelitas se apoderaron de su territorio y del territorio de Og, rey de Basán, dos reyes amorreos que vivían en el lado oriental del Jordán, 48 y cuyo territorio abarcaba desde Aroer, junto al torrente de Arnón, hasta el monte Sirión —o sea, el Hermón—, 49 y toda la Arabá, en la parte oriental del Jordán, hasta el Mar Muerto, al pie de las laderas del Pisga.

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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

  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
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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

  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
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