Deuteronomio 4
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Nanawagan si Moises na Maging Masunurin ang Israel
4 “Ngayon, O Israel, pakinggan ninyong mabuti at sundin ang tuntuning itinuturo ko sa inyo upang mabuhay kayo nang matagal at mapasainyo ang lupaing ibinigay sa inyo ni Yahweh, na inyong Diyos. 2 Huwag(A) ninyo itong daragdagan ni babawasan. Sundin ninyo ang mga utos na ibinigay ko sa inyo mula kay Yahweh. 3 Nakita(B) ninyo ang ginawa ni Yahweh sa Baal-peor; nilipol niya ang lahat ng sumamba kay Baal, 4 ngunit kayong nanatiling tapat kay Yahweh na inyong Diyos ay buháy pa hanggang ngayon.
5 “Ngayon nga'y itinuturo ko sa inyo ang mga batas at tuntunin na ito gaya ng ipinag-utos sa akin ni Yahweh na ating Diyos. Sundin ninyo ang mga ito sa lupaing malapit na ninyong sakupin at tirhan. 6 Unawain ninyo ito at sunding mabuti. Sa gayon makikita ng ibang bansa ang inyong karunungan at pang-unawa. Kaya't masasabi nila: ‘Ang dakilang bansang ito'y matalino at may malawak na pagkaunawa.’
7 “Sinong diyos ng ibang bansa ang handang tumulong anumang oras liban kay Yahweh? 8 Aling bansa ang may makatarungang tuntunin at kautusan tulad ng ibinigay ko sa inyo ngayon? 9 Ngunit mag-ingat kayo. Huwag ninyong kakalimutan o babaliwalain ang mga bagay na inyong nasaksihan, habang kayo'y nabubuhay. Ituro ninyo ito sa inyong mga anak at mga apo. 10 Huwag ninyong kalilimutan ang sinabi ni Yahweh nang kayo'y nasa harap ng Bundok ng Sinai:[a] ‘Tipunin mo sa harapan ko ang buong bayan. Ituturo ko sa kanila ang aking mga utos upang magkaroon sila ng takot sa akin habang sila'y nabubuhay; ituturo naman nila ito sa kanilang mga anak.’
11 “At(C) kayo'y nagtipon sa paanan ng bundok; ito'y naglagablab nang abot sa langit. Pagkatapos, nabalot ito ng ulap at kadiliman. 12 Mula sa gitna ng apoy, nagsalita sa inyo si Yahweh; narinig ninyo ang kanyang tinig ngunit hindi ninyo siya nakita. 13 Ipinahayag(D) niya ang mga tuntunin ng kasunduang ginawa niya sa inyo, ang sampung utos na isinulat niya sa dalawang tapyas ng bato. 14 Noon,(E) iniutos niya sa akin na ituro sa inyo ang mga tuntunin na inyong susundin sa lupaing sasakupin ninyo.
Ang Babala Laban sa Pagsamba sa Diyus-diyosan
15 “Nang kayo'y kausapin ni Yahweh mula sa apoy sa Sinai,[b] wala kayong nakitang anyo, kaya mag-ingat kayong mabuti. 16 Huwag(F) kayong gagawa ng anumang larawan upang sambahin, maging kawangis ng tao, 17 hayop(G) sa ibabaw ng lupa, ibon, 18 ng anumang gumagapang o ng anumang isda. 19 Huwag ninyong sasambahin ang araw, buwan, bituin o alinmang bagay sa kalawakan na nilalang ni Yahweh para sa tao. 20 Iniligtas(H) kayo ni Yahweh mula sa napakainit na pugon ng pagkaalipin sa Egipto upang maging kanyang bayang hinirang. 21 Nagalit(I) sa akin si Yahweh dahil sa inyo, at isinumpa niyang hindi ako makakarating sa masaganang lupaing ibibigay niya sa inyo. 22 Hindi ninyo ako makakasama sa kabila ng Jordan. Dito na ako mamamatay ngunit kayo'y magpapatuloy upang sakupin ang lupaing iyon. 23 Mag-ingat kayo. Huwag na huwag ninyong kalilimutan ang kasunduan ninyo ni Yahweh. Huwag kayong gagawa ng anumang larawan upang sambahin, gaya ng ipinagbawal niya sa inyo. 24 Sapagkat(J) si Yahweh na inyong Diyos ay tulad ng naglalagablab na apoy at siya ay mapanibughuing Diyos.
25 “Kahit gaano katagal ang abutin ninyo roon, kahit kayo'y magkaanak at magkaapo, huwag kayong gagawa ng mga larawan upang sambahin sapagkat magagalit sa inyo si Yahweh na inyong Diyos. Masama ito sa kanyang paningin. 26 Saksi ang langit at ang lupa na kapag nilabag ninyo ang utos na ito, hindi kayo magtatagal sa lupaing iyon sa kabila ng Jordan sapagkat malilipol kayo nang lubusan. 27 Paghihiwa-hiwalayin(K) kayo ni Yahweh sa iba't ibang bansa at kaunti lamang ang matitira sa inyo. 28 At sa lugar na pagtatapunan sa inyo ay maglilingkod kayo sa mga diyus-diyosang kahoy at bato na gawa ng mga tao. Sila'y hindi nakakakita, nakakarinig, nakakaamoy ni nakakakain. 29 Gayunman,(L) matatagpuan ninyong muli si Yahweh kung siya'y buong puso ninyong hahanapin. 30 Kapag nangyari na ang lahat ng ito, at kayo'y nasa matinding kahirapan, manunumbalik na kayo kay Yahweh at maglilingkod sa kanya. 31 Siya ay mahabagin. Hindi niya kayo pababayaang malipol sapagkat hindi niya kakalimutan ang kanyang kasunduan sa inyong mga ninuno.
32 “Ipagtanong ninyo kahit saan at kahit kanino kung may naganap nang tulad nito. May nasaksihan o nabalitaan na ba kayong gaya nito mula nang likhain ng Diyos ang daigdig? 33 Maliban sa inyo, mayroon pa bang ibang sambayanan na nakarinig sa tinig ng isang diyos mula sa haliging apoy, at nanatiling buháy? 34 Sino bang diyos ang nagtangkang maglabas ng isang buong lahi mula sa isang bansa upang maging kanya sa pamamagitan ng tagisan ng kapangyarihan, ng kababalaghan, ng digmaan, at ng makapangyarihang mga gawa, tulad ng ginawa sa Egipto ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos? 35 Ang(M) mga pangyayaring ito'y ipinakita niya sa inyo upang maniwala kayo na si Yahweh ay Diyos, at wala ng iba liban sa kanya. 36 Mula sa langit, nagsalita siya sa inyo upang kayo'y turuan. At dito sa lupa nagsalita siya mula sa apoy. 37 At dahil sa pag-ibig niya sa inyong mga ninuno, pinili niya kayo, at sa pamamagitan ng kanyang kapangyarihan ay inilabas kayo sa Egipto. 38 Pinuksa niya ang mga bansang mas malaki at mas makapangyarihan kaysa inyo upang makapanirahan kayo sa lupaing ibinigay niya sa inyo ngayon. 39 Dahil dito, tandaan ninyo at huwag kalilimutan na sa langit at sa lupa'y walang ibang Diyos liban kay Yahweh. 40 Kaya nga, dapat ninyong sundin ang kanyang mga utos at tuntuning sinasabi ko sa inyo ngayon. Sa ganoon, pagpapalain kayo at ang lahing susunod sa inyo. Magtatagal kayo habang panahon sa lupaing ibinigay sa inyo ni Yahweh na inyong Diyos.”
Ang mga Lunsod-Kanlungan sa Silangan ng Jordan
41 Pagkatapos,(N) pumili si Moises ng tatlong lunsod sa kabila ng Jordan 42 upang maging kanlungan ng sinumang makapatay nang di sinasadya. Kapag ito'y nakapasok sa alinman sa mga lunsod na iyon, ligtas na ito sa paghihiganti ng mga kamag-anak ng namatay. 43 Ito ang mga lunsod na ibinukod niya: ang Bezer sa mataas na kapatagan sa ilang para sa lipi ni Ruben; ang Ramot sa Gilead para sa lipi ni Gad, at ang Golan sa Bashan para sa lipi ni Manases.
Paunang Salita tungkol sa Kautusan
44 Ito ang kautusang ibinigay ni Moises sa mga Israelita, 45 mga batas at tuntuning ipinahayag niya nang sila'y lumabas sa Egipto. 46 Sila noon ay nasa silangan ng Jordan sa libis ng Beth-peor, sakop ni Haring Sihon ng mga Amoreo. Si Haring Sihon ay nagapi nga nina Moises nang sila'y umalis sa Egipto. 47 Sinakop nila ang lupain nito, pati ang lupain ni Haring Og. Ang dalawang haring ito ng mga Amoreo ang sumakop sa silangang bahagi ng Ilog Jordan. 48 Ang lupaing nasakop nila noon ay mula sa Aroer, sa tabi ng Ilog Arnon hanggang Bundok ng Zion o Hermon, 49 sakop din ang buong Araba sa silangan ng Jordan, hanggang sa baybayin ng Dagat na Patay sa paanan ng Bundok ng Pisga.
Deuteronomy 4
New King James Version
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
- Deuteronomy 4:1 take possession of
- Deuteronomy 4:7 Or a god
- Deuteronomy 4:12 similitude
- Deuteronomy 4:14 do or perform
- Deuteronomy 4:16 similitude
- Deuteronomy 4:19 divided
- Deuteronomy 4:22 take possession of
- Deuteronomy 4:26 live long on it
- Deuteronomy 4:30 tribulation
- Deuteronomy 4:34 calamities
- Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit. seed
- Deuteronomy 4:40 you may prosper
- Deuteronomy 4:40 live long
- Deuteronomy 4:46 struck
- Deuteronomy 4:47 east
- Deuteronomy 4:48 Syr. Sirion
Deuteronomy 4
English Standard Version
Moses Commands Obedience
4 “And now, O Israel, listen to (A)the statutes and the rules[a] that I am teaching you, and do them, (B)that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 (C)You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did (D)at Baal-peor, for the Lord your God destroyed from among you all the men who followed the Baal of Peor. 4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive today. 5 See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 6 (E)Keep them and do them, for (F)that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ 7 For (G)what great nation is there that has (H)a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him? 8 And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so (I)righteous as all this law that I set before you today?
9 (J)“Only take care, and (K)keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. (L)Make them known to your children and your children's children— 10 how on (M)the day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, (N)‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, (O)so that they may learn to fear (P)me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’ 11 And (Q)you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while (R)the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom. 12 Then (S)the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, (T)but saw no form; (U)there was only a voice. 13 (V)And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, that is, (W)the Ten Commandments,[b] (X)and he wrote them on two tablets of stone. 14 And (Y)the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and rules, that you might do them in the land that you are going over to possess.
Idolatry Forbidden
15 (Z)“Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since (AA)you saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16 beware (AB)lest you act corruptly (AC)by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, (AD)the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth. 19 And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see (AE)the sun and the moon and the stars, (AF)all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. 20 But the Lord has taken you and (AG)brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, (AH)to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day. 21 Furthermore, (AI)the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance. 22 For I must die in this land; (AJ)I must not go over the Jordan. But you shall go over and take possession of (AK)that good land. 23 (AL)Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and (AM)make a carved image, the form of anything that the Lord your God has forbidden you. 24 For (AN)the Lord your God is a consuming fire, (AO)a jealous God.
25 “When you father children and children's children, and have grown old in the land, (AP)and you act corruptly by making a carved image in the form of anything, and (AQ)by doing what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, so as to provoke him to anger, 26 I (AR)call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed. 27 And the Lord (AS)will scatter you among the peoples, (AT)and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you. 28 And (AU)there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, (AV)that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 (AW)But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you (AX)in the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. 31 For the Lord your God is (AY)a merciful God. (AZ)He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.
The Lord Alone Is God
32 “For (BA)ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of. 33 (BB)Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live? 34 Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, (BC)by signs, by wonders, and (BD)by war, (BE)by a mighty hand and (BF)an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 To you it was shown, (BG)that you might know that the Lord is God; (BH)there is no other besides him. 36 (BI)Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and (BJ)you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because (BK)he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them[c] and brought you out of Egypt (BL)with his own presence, by his great power, 38 (BM)driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day, 39 know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that (BN)the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; (BO)there is no other. 40 (BP)Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, (BQ)that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”
Cities of Refuge
41 Then Moses (BR)set apart three cities in the east beyond the Jordan, 42 that (BS)the manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life: 43 (BT)Bezer in the wilderness on the (BU)tableland for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.
Introduction to the Law
44 This is the law that Moses set before the people of Israel. 45 These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the rules, which Moses spoke to the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt, 46 beyond the Jordan (BV)in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, (BW)whom Moses and the people of Israel defeated when they came out of Egypt. 47 And they took possession of his land and the land (BX)of Og, the king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who lived to the east beyond the Jordan; 48 (BY)from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount (BZ)Sirion[d] (that is, (CA)Hermon), 49 together with all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan as far as (CB)the Sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 4:1 Or just decrees; also verses 5, 8, 14, 45
- Deuteronomy 4:13 Hebrew the ten words
- Deuteronomy 4:37 Hebrew his offspring after him
- Deuteronomy 4:48 Syriac; Hebrew Sion
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