Teutalonome 4
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Pea ko eni ʻe ʻIsileli, “Ke ke tokanga ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo e ngaahi fakamaau, ʻaia ʻoku ou ako ʻaki kiate kimoutolu, ke mou fai ia, koeʻuhi ke mou moʻui, pea ʻalu ʻo maʻu ʻae fonua ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻo hoʻomou ngaahi tamai kiate kimoutolu.
1And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, giveth you.
2ʻOua naʻa mou fakalahi ki he lea ʻaia ʻoku ou fekau kiate kimoutolu, pea ʻoua naʻa mou fakasiʻisiʻi ia, koeʻuhi ke mou tauhi ʻae ngaahi fekau ʻa Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ʻaia ʻoku ou fekau kiate kimoutolu.
2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
3Kuo mamata ʻe homou mata ʻaia naʻe fai ʻe Sihova koeʻuhi ko Peali-Peoli: he ko e kau tangata kotoa pē naʻe muimui ʻia Peali-Peoli, kuo fakaʻauha ʻakinautolu ʻe Sihova ko homou ʻOtua meiate kimoutolu.
3Your eyes have seen what the LORD did in Baal-peor; for all the men that followed the Baal of Peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.
4Ka ko kimoutolu naʻe pikitai kia Sihova ko homou ʻOtua ʻoku mou moʻui kotoa pē he ʻaho ni.
4But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
5“Vakai, kuo u ako ʻaki kiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo e ngaahi fakamaau, ʻio, ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Sihova ko hoku ʻOtua kiate au, koeʻuhi ke mou fai pehē ʻi he fonua ʻaia ʻoku mou ʻalu ke nofo ai.
5Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it.
6Ko ia ke mou tauhi mo fai ki ai; he ko hoʻomou poto ia, mo hoʻomou ʻiloʻanga ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻaia ʻe fanongo ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ni kotoa pē, ʻonau pehē, ‘Ko e moʻoni ko e puleʻanga lahi ni ko e kakai poto mo faʻa ʻilo.’
6Observe therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that, when they hear all these statutes, shall say: 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
7He ko e fē ha kakai ʻoku pehē ni hono lahi, ʻaia ʻoku ofi pehē ni ʻae ʻOtua kiate kinautolu, ʻo hangē ko Sihova ko hotau ʻOtua mo ʻene ofi ʻi he ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku tau kole ai kiate ia?
7For what great nation is there, that hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is whensoever we call upon Him?
8Pea ko e fē ha kakai ʻoku pehē ni hono lahi ʻaia kuo maʻu ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni mo e ngaahi fakamaau māʻoniʻoni, ʻo tatau mo e fono ni kotoa pē, ʻaia ʻoku ou fokotuʻu ʻi homou ʻao he ʻaho ni?
8And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
9Ka ke vakai pe kiate koe pea tauhi ʻi he fakamātoato ho laumālie, telia naʻa ngalo ʻiate koe ʻae ngaahi meʻa kuo mamata ki ai ho mata, pea telia naʻa nau mahuʻi mei ho loto ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻo hoʻo moʻui: ka ke ako ʻaki ia ki ho ngaahi foha, pea ki he fānau ʻa ho ngaahi foha;
9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;
10ʻAe ʻaho ko ia naʻa ke tuʻu ai ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻi Holepi, ʻaia naʻe folofola ai ʻa Sihova kiate au, ‘Ke ke fakakātoa ʻae kakai kenau fakataha kiate au, pea te u fakaongo atu ʻeku ngaahi lea kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhi kenau ʻilo ke manavahē kiate au ʻi he ʻaho kotoa pē ʻaia tenau moʻui ai ʻi māmani, pea kenau akonakiʻi ʻenau fānau.’
10the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me: 'Assemble Me the people, and I will make them hear My words that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.'
11Pea naʻa mou haʻu ʻo ofi ʻo tuʻu ʻi he lalo moʻunga; pea naʻe vela ʻae moʻunga ʻi he afi ʻo aʻu atu ki he loto langi, ʻi he fakapoʻuli, mo e ngaahi ʻao, mo e poʻuli matolu.
11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
12Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kiate kimoutolu mei he loto afi: naʻa mou ongoʻi ʻae leʻo ʻoe ngaahi lea, ka naʻe ʻikai te mou mamata ki ha meʻa fakatātā; naʻa mou ongoʻi ʻae leʻo pe.
12And the LORD spoke unto you out of the midst of the fire; ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only a voice.
13Pea naʻa ne fakapapau kiate kimoutolu ʻene fuakava, ʻaia naʻa ne fekau ke mou fai, ʻio, ko e fekau ʻe hongofulu; pea naʻa ne tohi ia ʻi he maka lafalafa ʻe ua.
13And He declared unto you His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, even the ten words; and He wrote them upon two tables of stone.
14¶ Pea naʻe fekau kiate au ʻe Sihova ʻi he kuonga ko ia ke u ako ʻaki kiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni mo e ngaahi fakamaau, koeʻuhi ke mou fai ia ʻi he fonua ʻaia ʻoku mou ʻalu atu ke maʻu.
14And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
15Ko ia ke mou faʻa vakai kiate kimoutolu; he naʻe ʻikai te mou mamata ki ha meʻa fakatātā ʻi he ʻaho naʻe folofola ai ʻa Sihova kiate kimoutolu ʻi Holepi mei he loto afi:
15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves — for ye saw no manner of form on the day that the LORD spoke unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire —
16Telia naʻa mou fakahalaʻi ʻakimoutolu, ʻo tā haʻamou meʻa fakatātā, ko e fakatātā ʻo ha meʻa ʻe taha, pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha tangata pe ha fefine,
16lest ye deal corruptly, and make you a graven image, even the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
17Pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha manu ʻoku ʻi he fonua, pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha manu kapakau ʻoku puna ʻi he ʻatā,
17the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
18Pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha manu ʻoku totolo ʻi he kelekele, pe ko e fakatātā ʻo ha ika ʻoku ʻi he ngaahi vai ʻi lalo ʻi he fonua:
18the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;
19Pea telia naʻa ke hanga hake ho mata ki he langi, pea sio ki he laʻā, mo e māhina, mo e ngaahi fetuʻu, ʻio ʻae ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻi he langi, pea fakahēʻi koe ke lotu ki ai, ʻo tauhi ia, ʻaia kuo vaheʻi ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ki he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻoku ʻi he lalo langi kotoa pē.
19and 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, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
20Ka kuo toʻo ʻakimoutolu ʻe Sihova, ʻo ne ʻomi ʻakimoutolu mei he tutuʻanga ukamea, ʻio, mei ʻIsipite, ke mou hoko kiate ia ko e kakai ʻo hono tofiʻa, ʻo hangē ko ia he ʻaho ni.
20But you hath the LORD taken and brought forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto Him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
21Pea naʻe houhau foki ʻa Sihova kiate au koeʻuhi ko kimoutolu, pea ne fuakava ʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu au ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo Sioatani, pea ʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu ki he fonua lelei ko ia, ʻaia ʻoku foaki ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua kiate koe ko ho tofiʻa:
21Now the LORD was angered with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance;
22Ka kuo pau pe ke u mate ʻi he fonua ni, kuo pau ʻe ʻikai te u aʻa ʻi Sioatani: ka ʻe Lakaatu ʻakimoutolu, ʻo maʻu ʻae fonua lelei ko ia.
22but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye are to go over, and possess that good land.
23Vakai lelei kiate kimoutolu, telia naʻa mou fakangaloʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa Sihova ko homou ʻOtua, ʻaia kuo fai ʻe ia mo kimoutolu, pea mou ngaohi haʻamou fakatātā kuo tā, pe ko e fakatātā ki ha meʻa ʻe taha, ʻaia kuo fakatapui ai koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.
23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and make you a graven image, even the likeness of any thing which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
24He ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ko e afi fakaʻauha, ʻio, ko e ʻOtua fuaʻa.
24For the LORD thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
25¶ ʻOka tupu ʻiate koe ʻae fānau, mo e fānau ʻae fānau, pea kuo fuoloa hoʻomou nofo ʻi he fonua, pea kuo mou fakahalaʻi ʻakimoutolu, ʻo ngaohi ha fakatātā kuo tā, pe ko e fakatātā ki ha meʻa ʻe taha, pea mou fai kovi, ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ke fakatupu hono houhau:
25When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall deal corruptly, and make a graven image, even the form of any thing, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke Him;
26ʻOku ou ui ki he langi mo māmani ke fakamoʻoni kiate kimoutolu he ʻaho ni, koeʻuhi ʻe vave ʻa hoʻomou ʻauha ʻaupito mei he fonua ʻaia ʻoku mou aʻa ʻi Sioatani ke nofo ai; ʻe ʻikai te mou fakatolonga homou ngaahi ʻaho ʻi ai, ka ʻe ʻauha ʻaupito ʻakimoutolu.
26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
27Pea ʻe fakahēʻi ʻakimoutolu ʻe Sihova ki he ngaahi puleʻanga, pea ʻe fakatoe ʻakimoutolu ke tokosiʻi ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe kakai taʻelotu ʻaia ʻe tataki ʻakimoutolu ki ai ʻe Sihova.
27And the LORD shall scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither the LORD shall lead you away.
28Pea te mou tauhi ʻi ai ʻae ngaahi ʻotua, ko e ngāue ʻae nima ʻoe kau tangata, ʻae ʻakau mo e maka, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai mamata, pe ongoʻi, pe kai, pe nanamu.
28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29Ka ko eni, kapau te ke kumi mei ai ʻa Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, te ke ʻilo ia, kapau ʻoku ke kumi ia ʻaki ho loto kotoa mo ho laumālie kotoa.
29But from thence ye will seek the LORD thy God; and thou shalt find Him, if thou search after Him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30ʻOka moʻua koe ʻi he mamahi, pea kuo hoko ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē kiate koe, ʻio ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ʻamui, kapau te ke tafoki kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, pea ke fai talangofua ki hono leʻo;
30In thy distress, when all these things are come upon thee, in the end of days, thou wilt return to the LORD thy God, and hearken unto His voice;
31(He ko Sihova ko ho ʻOtua, ko e ʻOtua ʻaloʻofa;) ʻe ʻikai te ne liʻaki koe, pe fakaʻauha koe, pe fakangaloʻi ʻae fuakava ʻa hoʻo ngaahi tamai ʻaia naʻa ne fuakava ai kiate kinautolu.
31for the LORD thy God is a merciful God; He will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He swore unto them.
32He ko eni, ke ke fehuʻi ki he ngaahi ʻaho kuo ʻosi, ʻaia naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻiate koe, talu ʻae ʻaho naʻe fakatupu ai ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae tangata ʻi māmani, pea fehuʻi mei he potu ʻe taha ʻoe langi ʻo aʻu ki hono potu ʻe taha, pe naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻa pehē ʻo hangē ko e meʻa lahi ni, pe kuo ai ha fanongo ki ha meʻa pehē?
32For ask now of the days past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
33Pe naʻe ai ha kakai naʻe fanongo ki he leʻo ʻoe ʻOtua ʻoku folofola mei he loto afi, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo ongoʻi, pea moʻui?
33Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34Pe kuo finangalo ʻae ʻOtua ke ʻalu ʻo toʻo kiate ia ha kakai mei he lotolotonga ʻoe puleʻanga kehe, ʻi he ngaahi ʻahiʻahi, mo e ngaahi fakaʻilonga, ʻi he ngaahi mana, pea ʻi he tau, pea ʻi he nima māfimafi, pea ʻi he nima kuo mafao, pea ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakailifia lahi, ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē naʻe fai ʻe Sihova ko homou ʻOtua kiate kimoutolu ʻi ʻIsipite ʻi homou ʻao?
34Or hath God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before thine eyes?
35Naʻe fakahā ia kiate koe, koeʻuhi ke ke ʻilo ko Sihova ko ia ko e ʻOtua; ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha mo ia,
35Unto thee it was shown, that thou mightiest know that the LORD, He is God; there is none else beside Him.
36Naʻa ne ngaohi koe ke ke ongoʻi hono leʻo mei he loto langi, koeʻuhi ke ne akonakiʻi koe: pea naʻa ne fakahā kiate koe ʻi māmani ʻene afi lahi; pea naʻa ke ongoʻi ʻene ngaahi folofola mei he loto afi.
36Out of heaven He made thee to hear His voice, that He might instruct thee; and upon earth He made thee to see His great fire; and thou didst hear His words out of the midst of the fire.
37Pea ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene ʻofa ki hoʻo ngaahi tamai, ko ia kuo ne fili ai honau hako ki mui ʻiate kinautolu, ʻo ne ʻomi koe kituaʻā ʻi hono ʻao ʻi hono mālohi lahi mei ʻIsipite;
37And because He loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with His presence, with His great power, out of Egypt,
38Ke kapusi atu ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga mei ho ʻao, ʻoku lahi hake mo mālohi lahi ʻiate koe, ke ʻomi koe ki loto, ke foaki kiate koe honau fonua, ko ho tofiʻa, ʻo hangē ko ia he ʻaho ni.
38to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day;
39Ko ia ke ke ʻilo he ʻaho ni, pea fakakaukau ki ai ʻi ho loto, ko Sihova ko ia ko e ʻOtua ʻi he langi ʻi ʻolunga, pea ʻi māmani ʻi lalo ni: ʻoku ʻikai mo ha tokotaha.
39know this day, and lay it to thy heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.
40Ko ia ke ke tauhi ʻene ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo ʻene ngaahi fekau, ʻaia ʻoku ou fekau ai kiate koe he ʻaho ni, koeʻuhi ke hoko ʻae lelei kiate koe, pea mo hoʻo fānau kimui ʻiate koe, pea koeʻuhi ke ke fakatolonga ai ho ngaahi ʻaho ʻi māmani, ʻaia ʻoku foaki kiate koe ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻo taʻengata.”
40And thou shalt keep 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 land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
41¶ Pea naʻe toki vaheʻi ʻe Mōsese ʻae kolo ʻe tolu ʻi he kauvai ki heni ʻo Sioatani ki he feituʻu hahake;
41Then Moses separated three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
42Koeʻuhi ke hola ki ai ʻae tāmate faainoa, ʻaia kuo tāmate lavenoaʻia ai hono kaungāʻapi, pea naʻe ʻikai fehiʻa kiate ia ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho kuo hili; pea koeʻuhi ʻi heʻene hola ki he kolo ʻe taha ʻoe ngaahi kolo ni ke ne moʻui ai:
42that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
43Ko Peseli ʻi he toafa, ʻi he potu fonua toafa ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Lupeni mo Lemoti ʻi Kiliati, ʻoe faʻahinga ʻo Kata mo Kolani ʻi Pesani, ʻi he faʻahinga ʻo Manase.
43Bezer in the wilderness, in the table-land, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.
44¶ Pea ko eni ʻae fono naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Mōsese ʻi he ʻao ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli:
44And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel;
45Ko eni ʻae ngaahi fakamoʻoni, mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni, mo e ngaahi fakamaau, ʻaia naʻe leaʻaki ʻe Mōsese ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, hili ʻenau haʻu mei ʻIsipite,
45these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt;
46ʻI he potu mai ʻo Sioatani, ʻi he potu māʻulalo ʻo hangatonu atu ki Pete Peoli ʻi he fonua ʻo Sihoni ko e tuʻi ʻoe kau ʻAmoli, ʻaia naʻe nofo ʻi Hesiponi, ʻaia naʻe teʻia ʻe Mōsese mo e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, hili ʻenau haʻu mei ʻIsipite:
46beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt;
47Pea naʻa nau maʻu hono fonua, mo e fonua ʻo Oki ko e tuʻi ʻo Pesani, ko e tuʻi ʻe toko ua ʻoe kau ʻAmoli, naʻe ʻi he potu ki heni ʻo Sioatani ʻo hanga atu ki he hopoʻangalaʻā;
47and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;
48Mei ʻAloeli ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he matavai ʻoe vaitafe ko ʻAlanoni ʻo aʻu ki he moʻunga ko Saione, ʻaia ko Heamoni,
48from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even unto mount Sion — the same is Hermon —
49Pea mo e potu tafangafanga kotoa pē ʻi he potu ki heni ʻo Sioatani ʻo hanga ki hahake, ʻio, ʻo aʻu atu ki he tahi ʻoe toafa, ʻi lalo ʻi he ngaahi matavai ʻo Pisika.
49and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
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