Musa Alagira Abantu Okuba Abawulize
14:1 Ma 5:33; 8:1; 16:20; 30:15-20; Ez 20:11; Bar 10:5Kale nno kaakano, muwulire, Ayi Isirayiri, mutege amatu eri amateeka n’ebiragiro bye ŋŋenda okubayigiriza. Mubigonderenga era mubigobererenga, muliba balamu, mulyoke muyingire mu nsi Mukama Katonda wa bajjajjammwe gy’abawa mugyetwalire ebeere obutaka bwammwe obw’enkalakkalira. 24:2 Ma 12:32; Yos 1:7; Kub 22:18-19Temwongerangako ku mateeka ge mbalagira, so temugatoolangako, naye mukwatenga ebiragiro bya Mukama Katonda wammwe, bye mbategeeza.
34:3 Kbl 25:1-9; Zab 106:28Mwerabirako n’amaaso gammwe gennyini ebyo byonna Mukama bye yakola e Baali Peoli. Abo bonna mu mmwe abaagoberera, era ne basinza Baali e Peoli, Mukama Katonda wo yabazikiriza; 4naye mmwe abaanywerera ku Mukama Katonda wammwe, mukyali balamu leero.
5Kale, mulabe nno, mbayigirizza amateeka n’ebiragiro nga Mukama Katonda wange bwe yandagira, mulyoke mubigobererenga nga mutuuse mu nsi gye mugenda okuyingiramu, n’okugyefunira ng’obutaka bwammwe obw’enkalakkalira. 64:6 a Ma 30:19-20; Zab 19:7; Nge 1:7 b Yob 28:28Mugagobererenga n’obwegendereza, kubanga ekyo kiriraga ensi endala obugezi bwammwe n’obutegeevu bwammwe. Ensi ezo bwe ziriwulira ku mateeka gano gonna zirigamba nti, “Ddala abantu b’eggwanga lino ekkulu bategeevu era ba magezi.” 74:7 a 2Sa 7:23 b Zab 46:1; Is 55:6Kubanga ggwanga ki eddala ekkulu erimanyiddwa eririna bakatonda b’abantu baalyo okumpi n’abantu abo, nga ffe bwe tulina Mukama Katonda waffe, abeera okumpi naffe buli lwe tumukoowoola? 8Era ggwanga ki eddala ekkulu erimanyiddwa eririna amateeka n’ebiragiro eby’obwenkanya nga bino bye nteeka mu maaso gammwe leero?
94:9 a Nge 4:23 b Lub 18:19; Bef 6:4 c Zab 78:5-6“Ekikulu, weekuume nnyo nga weerabirira mu ngeri gye weeyisaamu, olemenga kwerabira ebyo byonna amaaso go bye gazze galaba oleme okubiganya okuva mu mutima gwo ennaku zonna ez’obulamu bwo. Biyigirizenga abaana bo, nabo babiyigirizenga abaana baabwe. 104:10 Kuv 19:9, 16Kirungi mujjukire nga bwe mwayimirira awali Mukama Katonda wammwe, ku lusozi Kolebu, bwe yaŋŋamba nti, ‘Kuŋŋaanya abantu bonna obandeetere wano we ndi, bawulire ebigambo byange, balyoke bayige okumpulira nga bantya; banzisengamu ekitiibwa ennaku zonna ze balimala ku nsi, era ebigambo ebyo babiyigirizenga abaana baabwe. 114:11 Kuv 19:18Mwasembera ne muyimirira wansi w’olusozi, ne mulaba nga lwaka omuliro ogwatuukira ddala waggulu ku ggulu, nga gwetooloddwa ebire n’ekizikiza ekikutte.’ 124:12 Kuv 20:22Bw’atyo Mukama Katonda n’ayogera nammwe ng’asinziira wakati mu muliro. Mwawulira envuga y’ebigambo bye, naye ekikula kye temwakiraba; mwakoma ku ddoboozi lyokka. 134:13 a Ma 9:9, 11 b Kuv 24:12; 31:18Yabategeeza endagaano ye eyali mu Mateeka Ekkumi, ge yawandiika ku bipande by’amayinja ebibiri, n’abalagira okugagobereranga. 14Era mu kaseera ako Mukama Katonda n’andagira mbayigirize amateeka n’ebiragiro bye musaana okugonderanga, nga muli mu nsi gye mugenda okwefunira ng’obutaka bwammwe obw’enkalakkalira, nga mumaze okusomoka Yoludaani.
Okusinza Bakatonda abalala Kuwerebwa
154:15 a Is 40:18 b Yos 23:11“Ku lunaku olwo Mukama Katonda bwe yayogera gye muli ng’asinziira wakati mu muliro ku lusozi Kolebu, temwalaba kikula kye kya ngeri yonna. Noolwekyo mwekuumenga nnyo, 164:16 Kuv 20:4-5; 32:7; Ma 5:8; Bar 1:23mulemenga okweyonoona nga mwekolera bakatonda abalala, aba buli ngeri, abali mu bifaananyi ebiri ng’omusajja oba ng’omukazi, 17oba ebifaanana ng’ensolo ez’oku nsi, oba ng’ennyonyi ezibuuka mu bbanga, 18oba ebifaanana ng’ebiramu byonna ebitambulira wansi oba ebyekulula ku ttaka; oba ebifaanana ng’ebyennyanja ebiri mu mazzi agali wansi w’ettaka. 194:19 a Ma 17:3; Yob 31:26 b 2Bk 17:16; 21:3; Bar 1:25Era weekuumenga nnyo bw’onooyimusanga amaaso go okutunula waggulu ku ggulu, n’olaba enjuba, n’omwezi n’emmunyeenye, n’ebitiibwa byabyo, n’osendebwasendebwa n’obiweereza, era n’obivuunamira n’obisinza; songa ebyo byonna bye bintu Mukama Katonda wo bye yawa amawanga gonna agali wansi w’eggulu. 204:20 a 1Bk 8:51; Yer 11:4 b Kuv 19:5; Ma 9:29Naye mmwe, Mukama yabaggya mu Misiri, mu mbiga esaanuusa ebyuma, mubeerenga bantu be ab’obusika bwe, nga bwe muli leero.
214:21 Kbl 20:12; Ma 1:37“Ate n’ekirala, Mukama yansunguwalira ku lwammwe, ne yeerayirira nti nze sigenda kusomoka mugga ogwo Yoludaani nnyingire mu nsi eyo ennungi Mukama Katonda wammwe gy’abawa okubeera obusika bwammwe. 224:22 Ma 3:25Naye nze kinsaanira okufiira wano mu nsi eno kaakano mwe tuli, sigenda kusomoka mugga Yoludaani; naye mmwe muligusomoka ne mwefunira ensi eyo ennungi okubeera obutaka bwammwe obw’enkalakkalira. 234:23 a nny 9, 16 b Kuv 20:4Mwegenderezanga nnyo ne muteerabira ndagaano ya Mukama Katonda wammwe gye yakola nammwe. Temwekoleranga bitali Katonda mu kufaanaanyiriza okw’ekintu kyonna Mukama Katonda wo kye yakugaana okukola. 244:24 Kuv 24:17; Ma 9:3; Beb 12:29Kubanga Mukama Katonda wo muliro ogwokya ne gusaanyaawo, ye Katonda ow’obuggya.
Ekibonerezo olw’Okusinza Bakatonda Abalala
254:25 2Bk 17:2, 17“Bw’olimala okuzaala abaana ng’ofunye n’abazzukulu, era nga mu nsi omwo mumazeemu emyaka mingi nga mukaddiye; ne mugenda mweyonoonanga nga mwekolera bakatonda abalala ab’engeri zonna, ne mukolanga ebibi mu maaso ga Mukama Katonda wo ne mumusunguwazanga, 264:26 Ma 30:18-19; Is 1:2; Mi 6:2nkoowoola eggulu n’ensi okubeera abajulirwa bange ku lunaku lwa leero nga mbakuutira mmwe nti, Bwe muneeyonoonanga bwe mutyo, muliggweerawo ddala mu nsi eyo gye mugenda okwefunira okuba obutaka bwammwe, nga mumaze okusomoka Yoludaani. Muligibeeramu akabanga katono ne muzikirizibwa mwenna. 274:27 Lv 26:33; Ma 28:36, 64; Nek 1:8Mukama anaabasaasaanyanga mu mawanga amalala, era erisigalayo batono mu mmwe abalibeera mu nsi ezo Mukama Katonda gy’anaabanga abasindiikirizza. 284:28 a Ma 28:36, 64; 1Sa 26:19; Yer 16:13 b Zab 115:4-8; 135:15-18Nga muli eyo munaasinzanga bakatonda abakolebwa n’emikono gy’abantu, mu miti ne mu mayinja, abatayinza kulaba, oba okuwulira oba okulya, wadde okuwunyiriza. 294:29 a 2By 15:4; Is 55:6 b Yer 29:13 c Ma 30:1-3, 10Naye ng’oli eyo, bw’onoonoonyanga Mukama Katonda wo, onoomulabanga, singa onoomunoonyanga n’omutima gwo gwonna awamu n’omwoyo gwo gwonna. 304:30 Ma 31:29; Yer 23:20; Kos 3:5Ebintu ebyo byonna bwe binaakutuukangako n’olaba ennaku nnyingi, olwo onookomangawo eri Mukama Katonda wo mu biseera eby’oluvannyuma, n’omugonderanga. 314:31 2By 30:9; Nek 9:31; Zab 116:5; Yon 4:2Kubanga Mukama Katonda wo ajjudde okusaasira, taakusuulirirenga wadde okukuzikiriza, oba okwerabira endagaano ye gye yakola ne bajjajjaabo gye yabalayiririra.
Isirayiri, Eggwanga Eddonde
324:32 a Ma 32:7; Yob 8:8 b Lub 1:27 c Mat 24:31“Kale, weebuuze leero ku byafaayo eby’ebiro eby’edda, nga naawe tonnabeerawo, okuva ku lunaku Katonda lwe yatonderako omuntu n’amuteeka ku nsi; weebuuze okuva ku luuyi olumu olw’eggulu okutuuka ku luuyi olulala. Waali wabaddewo ekintu ekikulu nga kino, oba waali wabaddewo akiwulirako? 334:33 Kuv 20:22; Ma 5:24-26Abantu abamawanga amalala baali bawuliddeko ku ddoboozi lya Katonda ng’ayogerera mu muliro, ne basigala nga bakyali balamu, nga mmwe bwe mwaliwulira ne muba balamu? 344:34 a Kuv 6:6 b Kuv 7:3 c Ma 7:19; 26:8 d Kuv 13:3 e Ma 34:12Nantiki, waali wabaddewo katonda eyali agezezzaako okwetwalira eggwanga erimu ng’aliggya wakati mu ggwanga eddala, ng’ataddewo ebigezo, n’okukola ebyamagero, n’obubonero, n’ebyewuunyo, n’entalo, ng’alaga omukono gwe ogw’amaanyi, n’omukono gwe omuwanvu; oba n’ebikolwa ebinene ebitiisa, okufaanana ng’ebintu Mukama Katonda wammwe bye yabakolera nga muli mu Misiri, nga mwenna mutunula?
354:35 Ma 32:39; 1Sa 2:2; Is 45:5, 18“Walagibwa ebintu ebyo byonna olyoke otegeere nga Mukama ye Katonda; era nga awatali ye tewali mulala. 364:36 Kuv 19:9, 19Yakuleka n’owulira eddoboozi lye nga liva mu ggulu alyoke akuyigirize. Yakulaga omuliro gwe omungi ennyo ku nsi, n’owulira ebigambo bye nga biva mu muliro ogwo. 374:37 a Ma 10:15 b Kuv 13:3, 9, 14Olw’okubanga yayagala nnyo bajjajjaabo naawe muzzukulu waabwe eyabaddirira, yakuggya mu nsi y’e Misiri ng’akozesa obuyinza bwe obungi. 384:38 Ma 7:1; 9:5Yakuwangulira amawanga amakulu era agakusinga ggwe amaanyi, alyoke akuyingize mu nsi yaabwe, era agikuwe ggwe okubeeranga obusika bwo nga bwe kiri leero.
394:39 nny 35; Yos 2:11“Noolwekyo osaana okitegeerere ddala okuva ku lunaku lwa leero, era okinywereze ddala mu mutima gwo nti Mukama ye Katonda yekka ali waggulu mu ggulu ne wansi ku nsi; so tewali mulala. 404:40 a Lv 22:31; Ma 5:33 b Ma 5:16 c Ma 6:3, 18; Bef 6:2-3Kale, mugonderenga amateeka ge n’ebiragiro bye, bye nkulagira leero; olwo nno eby’obulamu bwo n’embeera yo biryoke bikugenderenga bulungi, ggwe n’ezzadde lyo eririddawo; bw’otyo olyoke owangaalenga ng’oli mu nsi Mukama Katonda wo gy’akuwa okubeeranga obutaka bwo obw’enkalakkalira.”
Ebibuga eby’Obuddukiro
41Awo Musa n’ayawula ebibuga bisatu ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba olw’omugga Yoludaani, 42nga mu bibuga ebyo, omuntu yenna anaabanga asse muntu munne nga tagenderedde, mw’anaddukiranga, kubanga munne anaabanga amusse mu butanwa nga tamuliiko kiruyi kubanga tabangako mulabe we; anaddukiranga mu kimu ku bibuga ebyo yeewonye naye okuttibwa. 43Bino bye byali ebibuga ebyo: Bezeri, nga kiri mu ddungu mu nsi engulumivu kyokka nga waggulu mbyabyatavu, nga kye ky’Abalewubeeni; ne Lamusi mu Gireyaadi, nga kye ky’Abagaadi; ne Golani mu Basani, nga ky’ekitundu ky’Abamanase abaagabana oluuyi olwo.
Musa Ayanjula Amateeka
44Gano ge mateeka Musa ge yateeka mu maaso g’abaana ba Isirayiri, 45era ono ye kalonda w’obujulirwa, n’amateeka, n’ebiragiro, Musa bye yategeeza abaana ba Isirayiri nga bavudde mu Misiri, 464:46 Kbl 21:26; Ma 3:29nga bali mu kiwonvu ekiriraanye Besu Peoli ku buvanjuba bw’omugga Yoludaani, mu nsi eya Sikoni kabaka w’Abamoli, eyafugiranga mu Kesuboni, Musa n’abaana ba Isirayiri gwe baali bamaze okuwangula nga bavudde mu nsi ey’e Misiri. 47Ensi eyo baali bagitutte awamu n’ensi ya Ogi kabaka wa Basani, abo nga be bakabaka ababiri abaabanga ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba olw’omugga Yoludaani. 484:48 a Ma 2:36 b Ma 3:9Ensi eyo yali eva ku Aluweri ekiri ku njegoyego y’Ekiwonvu Alunoni n’okutuuka ku lusozi olunene Siriyoni era olwo ye Kerumooni, 49n’ezingiramu ne Alaba ekiri ku luuyi olw’ebuvanjuba obwa Yoludaani, okutuukira ddala ku Nnyanja ya Alaba, ye Nnyanja ey’Omunnyo, wansi w’olugulungujjo lw’olusozi Pisuga.
Obey the Lord
1Now, Israel, listen to the rules and laws I’m going to teach you. Obey them and you will live. You will go in and take over the land. The Lord was the God of your people of long ago. He’s giving you the land. 2Don’t add to what I’m commanding you. Don’t subtract from it either. Instead, obey the commands of the Lord your God that I’m giving you.
3Your own eyes saw what the Lord your God did at Baal Peor. He destroyed every one of your people who worshiped the Baal that was worshiped at Peor. 4But all of you who remained true to the Lord your God are still alive today.
5I have taught you rules and laws, just as the Lord my God commanded me. Obey them in the land you are entering to take as your very own. 6Be careful to keep them. That will show the nations how wise and understanding you are. They will hear about all these rules. They’ll say, “That great nation certainly has wise and understanding people.” 7The Lord our God is near us every time we pray to him. What other nation is great enough to have its gods that close to them? 8I’m giving you the laws of the Lord today. What other nation is great enough to have rules and laws as fair as these?
9Don’t be careless. Instead, be very careful. Don’t forget the things your eyes have seen. As long as you live, don’t let them slip from your mind. Teach them to your children and their children after them. 10Remember the day you stood at Mount Horeb. The Lord your God was there. He said to me, “Bring the people to me to hear my words. I want them to learn to have respect for me as long as they live in the land. I want them to teach my words to their children.” 11You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain. It blazed with fire that reached as high as the very heavens. There were black clouds and deep darkness. 12Then the Lord spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of his words. But you didn’t see any shape or form. You only heard a voice. 13He announced his covenant to you. That covenant is the Ten Commandments. He commanded you to obey them. Then he wrote them down on two stone tablets. 14At that time the Lord directed me to teach you his rules and laws. You must obey them in the land you are crossing the Jordan River to take as your own.
Don’t Make or Worship Statues of Gods
15The Lord spoke to you at Mount Horeb out of the fire. But you didn’t see any shape or form that day. So be very careful. 16Make sure you don’t commit a horrible sin. Don’t make for yourselves a statue of a god. Don’t make a god that looks like a man or woman or anything else. 17Don’t make one that looks like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the sky. 18Don’t make a statue that looks like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish that swims in the water. 19When you look up at the heavens, you will see the sun and moon. And you will see huge numbers of stars. Don’t let anyone tempt you to bow down to the sun, moon or stars. Don’t worship things the Lord your God has provided for all the nations on earth. 20Egypt was like a furnace that melts iron down and makes it pure. But the Lord took you and brought you out of Egypt. He wanted you to be his very own people. And that’s exactly what you are.
21The Lord was angry with me because of what you did. He promised that he would never let me go across the Jordan River. He promised that I would never enter that good land. It’s the land the Lord your God is giving you as your own. 22I’ll die here in this land. I won’t go across the Jordan. But you are about to cross over it. You will take that good land as your own. 23Be careful. Don’t forget the covenant the Lord your God made with you. Don’t make for yourselves a statue of any god at all. He has told you not to. So don’t do it. 24The Lord your God is like a fire that burns everything up. He wants you to worship only him.
25So don’t make a statue of a god. Don’t commit that horrible sin. Don’t do it even after you have had children and grandchildren. Don’t do it even after you have lived in the land a long time. If you do, that will be an evil thing in the sight of the Lord your God. You will make him angry. 26Today I’m calling out to the heavens and the earth to be witnesses against you. Suppose you do these things. Then you will quickly die in the land you are going across the Jordan River to take over. You won’t live there very long. You will certainly be destroyed. 27The Lord will drive you out of your land. He will scatter you among the nations. Only a few of you will remain alive there. 28There you will worship gods that men have made out of wood and stone. Those gods can’t see, hear, eat or smell. 29Perhaps while you are there, you will seek the Lord your God. You will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30All the things I’ve told you about might happen to you. And you will be in trouble. But later you will return to the Lord your God. You will obey him. 31The Lord your God is tender and loving. He won’t leave you or destroy you. He won’t forget the covenant he made with your people of long ago. He gave his word when he made it.
The Lord Is God
32Ask now about the days of long ago. Find out what happened long before your time. Ask about what has happened since the time God created human beings on the earth. Ask from one end of the world to the other. Has anything as great as this ever happened? Has anything like it ever been heard of? 33You heard the voice of God speaking out of fire. And you lived! Has that happened to any other people? 34Has any god ever tried to take one nation out of another to be his own? Has any god done it by testing his people? Has any god done it with signs and amazing deeds or with war? Has any god reached out his mighty hand and powerful arm? Or has any god shown his people his great and wonderful acts? The Lord your God did all those things for you in Egypt. With your very own eyes you saw him do them.
35The Lord showed you those things so that you might know he is God. There is no other God except him. 36From heaven he made you hear his voice. He wanted to teach you. On earth he showed you his great fire. You heard his words coming out of the fire. 37He loved your people of long ago. He chose their children after them. So he brought you out of Egypt. He used his great strength to do it. 38He drove out nations to make room for you. They were greater and stronger than you are. He will bring you into their land. He wants to give it to you as your very own. The whole land is as good as yours right now.
39The Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. Today you must agree with that and take it to heart. There is no other God. 40I’m giving you his rules and commands today. Obey them. Then things will go well with you and your children after you. You will live a long time in the land. The Lord your God is giving you the land for all time to come.
Cities to Run to for Safety
41Then Moses set apart three cities east of the Jordan River. 42Suppose someone killed a person they didn’t hate and without meaning to do it. That person could run to one of those cities and stay alive. 43Here are the names of the cities. Bezer was for the people of Reuben. It was in the high plains in the desert. Ramoth was for the people of Gad. It was in Gilead. Golan was for the people of Manasseh. It was in Bashan.
Moses Gives the Law to Israel
44Here is the law Moses gave the Israelites. 45Here are its terms, rules and laws. Moses gave them to the people when they came out of Egypt. 46They were now east of the Jordan River in the valley near Beth Peor. They were in the land of Sihon, the king of the Amorites. He ruled in Heshbon. But Moses and the Israelites won the battle over him after we came out of Egypt. 47They captured his land and made it their own. They also took the land of Og, the king of Bashan. Sihon and Og were the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River. 48Their land reached from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon River valley to Mount Hermon. 49It included the whole Arabah Valley east of the Jordan. It included land all the way to the Dead Sea below the slopes of Pisgah.
