1 T hese are the statutes and ordinances which you shall be watchful to do in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, gives you to possess all the days you live on the earth.

«هَذِهِ هِيَ الشَّرائِعُ وَالفَرائِضُ الَّتِي تَحرِصُونَ عَلَى العَمَلِ بِها فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي أعطاها اللهُ إلَهُ آبائِكُمْ لَكُمْ لِتَمتَلِكُوها. فأطِيعُوها ما دُمتُمْ تَسكُنُونَ هَذِهِ الأرْضَ.

2 Y ou shall surely destroy all the places where the nations you dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains and the hills and under every green tree.

وَحِينَ تَطرُدُونَ هِذِهِ الأُمَمَ، دَمِّرُوا جَمِيعَ أماكِنِ العِبادَةِ الَّتِي عَبَدُوا فِيها آلِهَتَهُمْ تَدْميراً كامِلاً. سَواءٌ أكانَتْ عَلَى الجِبالِ المُرتَفِعَةِ أمْ عَلَى التِّلالِ أمْ تَحتَ الأشجارِ الخَضْراءِ.

3 Y ou shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and burn their Asherim with fire; you shall hew down the graven images of their gods and destroy their name out of that place.

اهدِمُوا مَذابِحَهُمْ، وَحَطِّمُوا أنْصابَهُمُ التَّذْكارِيَّةَ، وَأحْرِقُوا أعمِدَةَ عَشْتَرُوتَ الَّتِي يَعبُدُونَها، وَحَطِّمُوا تَماثِيلَ آلِهَتِهِمْ، وَلْتُمحَ أسماؤهُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ المَكانِ.

4 Y ou shall not behave so toward the Lord your God.

«وَلا تَعبُدُوا إلَهَكُمْ بِتِلكَ الطَّرِيقَةِ.

5 B ut you shall seek the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His Name and make His dwelling place, and there shall you come;

بَلِ اذهَبُوا إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي سَيَخْتارُهُ إلهُكُمْ لَكُمْ مِنْ بَينِ القَبائِلِ، حَيثُ سَيَضَعُ اسْمَهُ وَيَسكُنُ.

6 A nd there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the offering of your hands, and your vows and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock.

تَعالُوا إلَى ذَلِكَ المَكانِ بِذَبائِحِكُمْ وَعُشُورِ مَحاصِيلِكُمْ وَحَيواناتِكُمْ وَتَقدِماتِكُمُ المَرْفُوعَةِ، وَأيَّةِ تَقدِمَةٍ نَذَرتُمْ تَقدِيمَها، وَتَقدِماتِكُمُ الاختِيارِيَّةِ، وَأبْكارِ بَقَرِكُمْ وَغَنَمِكُمْ.

7 A nd there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice in all to which you put your hand, you and your households, in which the Lord your God has blessed you.

فَتَأْكُلُونَ هُناكَ فِي حَضْرَةِ إلَهِكُمْ ، وَسَتَفرَحُونَ فَرَحاً بِكُلِّ ما عَمِلَتْهُ أيدِيكُمْ أنتُمْ وَعائِلاتُكُمْ، لِأنَّ إلَهَكُمْ قَدْ بارَكَكُمْ.

8 Y ou shall not do according to all we do here this day, every man doing whatever looks right in his own eyes.

«فَلا تَعُودُوا تَسلُكُونَ كَمَا نَسلُكُ الآنَ، كُلُّ واحِدٍ عَلَى هَواهُ!

9 F or you have not yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God gives you.

لِأنَّكُمْ لَمْ تَأْتُوا بَعدُ إلَى مَكانِ الرّاحَةِ وَالأرْضِ الَّتِي سَيُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ.

10 B ut when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the Lord your God causes you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies round about so that you dwell in safety,

لَكِنَّكُمْ سَتَعبُرُونَ نَهرَ الأُردُنِّ قَرِيباً، وَسَتَكُونُونَ فِي الأرْضِ الَّتِي يُعطِيها إلَهُكُمْ لَكُمْ، فَيُعطِيكُمْ راحَةً مِنْ أعدائِكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ الجِهاتِ، وَتَعِيشُونَ بِأمانٍ.

11 T hen there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause His Name to dwell there; to it you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes and what the hand presents, and all your choicest offerings which you vow to the Lord.

فَاحمِلُوا كُلَّ ما آمُرُكُمْ بِهِ إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي يَختارُهُ إلَهُكُمْ لِيُسكِنَ اسْمَهُ فِيهِ. احمِلُوا ذَبائِحَكُمُ الصّاعِدَةَ وَتَقدِماتِكُمْ وَعُشُورَ مَحاصِيلِكُمْ وَحَيواناتِكُمْ وَتَقدِماتِكُمْ الاختِيارِيَّةَ وَالأشياءَ الثَّمينَةَ الَّتِي نَذَرتُمُوها للهِ.

12 A nd you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, and your menservants and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your towns, since he has no part or inheritance with you.

«افرَحُوا فِي حَضْرَةِ إلَهِكُمْ ، أنتُمْ وَأبناؤُكُمْ وَبَناتُكُمْ وَعَبِيدُكُمْ وَإماؤُكُمْ وَاللّاوِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ فِي مُدُنِكُمْ، لِأنَّ لَيسَ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ فِي الأرْضِ بَينَكُمْ.

13 B e watchful not to offer your burnt offerings in every place you see.

احرِصُوا عَلَى ألّا تُقَدِّمُوا تِقْدِماتِكُمُ الصّاعِدَةَ فِي أيِّ مَكانٍ تَرَونَهُ،

14 B ut in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all I command you.

بَلْ قَدِّمُوها فِي المَكانِ الَّذِي يَختارُهُ اللهُ فِي أرْضِ إحْدَى قَبائِلِكُمْ. فاعمَلُوا هُناكَ كُلَّ ما آمُرُكُمْ بِهِ.

15 H owever, you may kill and eat flesh in any of your towns whenever you desire, according to the provision for the support of life with which the Lord your God has blessed you; those unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the hart.

«وَحِينَ تَرغَبُونَ، يُمكِنُكُمْ أنْ تَذبَحُوا وَتَأكُلُوا لَحماً فِي كُلِّ مُدُنِكُمْ حَسَبَ ما أعطاكُمْ إلَهُكُمْ. إذْ يُمكِنُ لِلطّاهِرِينَ مَنكُمْ وَغَيرِ الطّاهِرِينَ أنْ يَأكُلُوا مِنهُ كَما يأكُلُونَ الغَزالَ أوِ الإيَّلَ.

16 O nly you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it upon the ground as water.

لَكِنْ لا تَأكُلُوا الدَّمَ، بَلِ اسْكُبُوهُ عَلَى الأرْضِ كَالماءِ.

17 Y ou may not eat within your towns the tithe of your grain or of your new wine or of your oil, or the firstlings of your herd or flock, or anything you have vowed, or your freewill offerings, or the offerings from your hand.

«لا تَأكُلُوا فِي مُدُنِكُمْ عُشُورَ قَمحِكُمْ وَنَبيذِكُمُ وَزَيتِكُمْ، وَلا أبْكارَ بَقَرِكُمْ أوْ غَنَمِكُمْ، وَكُلَّ الأشياءِ الَّتِي نَذَرتُمْ بِها، وَتَقدِماتِكُمُ الاختِيارِيَّةَ وتَبَرُّعاتِكُمْ.

18 B ut you shall eat them before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord your God shall choose, you and your son and your daughter, your manservant and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your towns; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all that you undertake.

فَلا تَأكُلُوا هَذِهِ التَّقدِماتِ إلّا فِي حَضْرَةِ إلَهِكُمْ ، فِي المَكانِ الَّذِي سَيَختارُهُ إلَهُكُمْ ، فَتَأكُلُونَ أنتُمْ وَأبناؤُكُمْ وَبَناتُكُمْ وَعَبِيدُكُمْ وَإماؤُكُمْ وَالَّلاوِيُّونَ السّاكِنُونَ فِي مُدُنِكُمْ، وَتَستَمتِعُونَ فِي حَضْرَةِ إلَهِكُمْ بِكُلِّ الأشياءِ الصَّالِحَةِ الَّتِي عَمِلتُمْ فِيها.

19 T ake heed not to forsake or neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.

«احرِصُوا عَلَى عَدَمِ إهمالِ الَّلاوِيِّينَ ما دُمتُمْ تَسكُنُونَ الأرْضَ.

20 W hen the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as He promised you, and you say, I will eat flesh, because you crave flesh, you may eat flesh whenever you desire.

وَإذا وَسَّعَ إلَهِكُمْ أرْضَكُمْ كَما وَعَدَكُمْ، وَرَغِبتُمْ فِي أكلِ اللَّحمِ، وَقُلتُمْ: ‹سَنَأكُلُ بَعضَ اللَّحمِ،› فَإنَّهُ يُمكِنُكُمْ أنْ تَأكُلُوا لَحماً بِقَدْرِ ما تُرِيدُونَ.

21 I f the place where the Lord your God has chosen to put His Name is too far from you, then you shall kill from your herd or flock which the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you; eat in your towns as much as you desire.

وَإنْ كانَ المَكانُ الَّذِي يَختارُهُ إلَهُكُمْ لِيَضَعَ فِيهِ اسْمَهُ بَعِيداً عَنكُمْ، فَإنَّهُ يُمكِنُكُمْ أنْ تَذبَحُوا مِنْ أبقارِكُمْ وَغَنَمِكُمُ الَّتِي أعطاها اللهُ لَكُمْ، كَما أمَرتُكُمْ، وَيُمكِنُكُمْ أنْ تَأكُلُوا قَدرَ ما تُرِيدُونَ فِي مُدُنِكُمْ.

22 J ust as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so you may eat of it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it.

كُلُوهُ كَما تَأكُلُونَ الغَزالَ أوِ الإيَّلَ. وَيَأكُلُ مِنهُ الطّاهِرُونَ وَغَيرُ الطّاهِرِينَ.

23 O nly be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you may not eat the life with the flesh.

«احْرَصُوا عَلَى أنْ لا تَأكُلُوا الدَّمَ، لِأنَّ فِيهِ الحَياةَ. فَلا تأكُلُوا الحَياةَ مَعَ اللَّحمِ.

24 Y ou shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.

لا تأكُلُوا الدَّمَ، بَلِ اسْكُبُوهُ عَلَى الأرْضِ كَالماءِ.

25 Y ou shall not eat it, that all may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.

لا تَأكُلُوهُ، لِيَكُونَ لَكُمْ وَلِأولادِكُمْ خَيرٌ. افْعَلُوا ما يَراهُ اللهُ صَلاحاً وحَقّاً.

26 O nly your holy things which you have and what you have vowed you shall take, and go to the place which the Lord shall choose.

«أمّا تَقدِماتُكُمُ المُقَدَّسَةُ وَتَقدِماتُ نُذُورِكُمْ، فَخُذُوها إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي سَيَختارُهُ اللهُ ،

27 A nd offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, and you may eat the flesh.

وَقَدِّمُوا تِقْدِماتِكُمُ الصّاعِدَةَ: اللَّحمَ وَالدَّمَ، عَلَى مَذبَحِ إلَهِكُمْ. وَأمّا دَمُ ذَبائِحِكُمُ الأُخرَى فَيَنْبَغِي أنْ يُسفَكَ أيضاً عَلَى مَذبَحِ إلَهِكُمْ. وَلَكِنْ يُمكِنُكُمْ أنْ تَأكُلُوا اللَّحمَ.

28 B e watchful and obey all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

فاحرِصُوا عَلَى إطاعَةِ جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الوَصايا الَّتِي أُعطِيها لَكُمُ اليَومَ، لِيَكُونَ لَكُمْ وَلِأولادِكُمْ خَيرٌ إلَى الأبَدِ، لأنَّكُمْ عَمِلتُمْ الصَّلاحَ وَالحَقَّ أمامَ إلَهِكُمْ.

29 W hen the Lord your God cuts off before you the nations whom you go to dispossess, and you dispossess them and live in their land,

«وَمَتَى أهلَكَ إلَهُكُمْ أمامَكُمُ الأُمَمَ الَّتِي سَتَدخُلُونَ لِتَطْرُدُوها، وَحَينَ تَطرُدُونَها وَتَسكُنُونَ فِي أرْضِهِمْ،

30 B e watchful that you are not ensnared into following them after they have been destroyed before you and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? We will do likewise.

احذَرُوا مِنْ أنْ تَقَعُوا فِي فَخِّ تَقلِيدِ أعمالِهِمْ مِنْ بَعدِ هَلاكِهِمْ أمامَكُمْ. احذَرُوا أنْ تَسألُوا عَنْ آلِهَتِهِمْ: ‹كَيفَ عَبَدَتْ هَذِهِ الأُمَمُ آلِهَتَها؟ لِكَي نَعْمَلَ نَحنُ أيضاً مِثلَهُمْ!›

31 Y ou shall not do so to the Lord your God, for every abominable thing which the Lord hates they have done for their gods. For even their sons and their daughters they have burned in the fire to their gods.

فَلا تَعبُدُوا يهوه إلَهَكُمْ بِطُرُقِهِمْ، فَهُمْ يَعْمَلُونَ لآلِهَتِهِمْ ما يُبْغِضُهُ يهوه، إذْ يُحرِقُونَ حَتَّى أبْناءَهُمْ وَبَناتِهِمْ فَي النّارِ كَقَرابينَ لآلِهَتِهِمْ.

32 W hatever I command you, be watchful to do it; you shall not add to it or diminish it.

فَاحْرِصُوا عَلَى تَطبيقِ جَمِيعِ ما أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ. لا تُضِيفُوا إلَيهِ، وَلا تَحذِفُوا مِنهُ.