Obey Your Papa And Live
Moses press one point: you hear voice for Horeb but you no see any shape, so no make image of anything. If you forget and dem scatter you, you go still find Am when you seek Am with all your heart, because your Papa get mercy and E no go forget im covenant.
4 1Now, Israel, listen to di statutes and di rules wey I dey teach you make you follow, so you fit live and go take di land wey your Papa, di God of your ancestors, dey give you. 2No add anytin to di word wey I command you, and no take anytin comot from am, so you fit keep di commandments of your Papa wey I command you. 3Na your own eyes see wetin your Papa do for Baal-peor: he destroy comot from among you every man wey follow di Baal of Peor. 4But una wey hold tight to your Papa, Oga, all of una still dey alive today. 5See, I teach you statutes and rules, as your Papa command me, make una do dem for di land wey una dey enter go possess. 6Keep dem and do dem; na dis be your wisdom and understanding before di nations, wey go hear all dis decrees and talk say, ‘Dis great nation na true-true people wey get wisdom and understanding.’ 7Which great nation get god wey dey near am like how your Papa dey near us anytime wey we call am? 8Which great nation get statutes and rules wey correct like all dis law wey I put before you today?
9Only take care and watch yourself well-well, so you no go forget wetin your eyes don see, and make dem no comot from your heart all your days. Make you make your children and your children children sabi dem.
10Remember di day wey you stand before your Papa for Horeb, wen he tell me, “Gather di people come meet me, and I go make dem hear my words, so dem go learn to fear me all di days wey dem dey live for di earth, and teach dia children.”
11Una come near and stand for di foot of di mountain wen e dey burn with fire reach di heart of heaven—wrapped inside darkness, cloud, and thick gloom. 12Your Papa talk to una from inside di fire. Una hear di sound of words but una no see any form—na only voice. 13He declare im Covenant to una, and command una make una keep am—di Ten Words—and he write dem for two stone tablets. 14And your Papa command me dat time to teach una statutes and rules make una follow for di land wey una dey cross go possess.
No Image Fit Capture Your Papa
15So watch unaself very carefully, since una no see any form di day wey your Papa talk to una for Horeb from inside di fire, 16take care make una no do corrupt tin by carving image for unaself, for di form of any figure, di likeness of male or female, 17di likeness of any animal wey dey for di earth, di likeness of any bird wey get wings wey dey fly for di sky, 18di likeness of anytin wey dey crawl for di ground, of any fish wey dey inside di water under di earth. 19And no lift your eyes go di heavens and, wen you see di sun, moon, and stars—all di host of heaven—make dem no draw you go bow to dem and serve dem, wey your Papa share to all di peoples under di whole heaven. 20Your Papa take una and bring una comot from Egypt, di iron furnace, make una be im own people, im inheritance, as una be today. a a v20 Di “iron furnace” dey picture di blast-hot kiln wey smelter dey use — na Moses image for di crushing, refining suffer-suffer of slavery for Egypt. 21Now your Papa vex with me because of una, and he swear say I no go cross di Jordan or enter di good land wey your Papa dey give una to inherit. 22I must die for dis land; I no go cross di Jordan. But una dey cross go take dat good land. 23Take care make una no forget di Covenant wey your Papa make with una, and make una no carve image for di form of anytin wey your Papa don forbid una. 24For your Papa na fire wey dey consume, na Papa wey no dey share im own. 25Wen you don born children and grandchildren and you don grow old for di land, if you do wicked tin by carving image for di form of anytin, and do wetin be evil for your Papa eyes, dey provoke am to anger, 26today I call heaven and earth to witness against una: una go soon perish complete from di land wey una dey cross di Jordan go possess. Your days for there go be few; dem go wipe una out complete. 27Your Papa go scatter una among di peoples, and na few una go remain among di nations wey your Papa go drive una go. 28For there una go serve gods of wood and stone, di work of human hand, wey no fit see, hear, chop, or smell. 29But from there una go seek your Papa and find am, if una search for am with all your heart and soul. 30Wen una dey for distress and all dis tins come on una for later days, una go return to your Papa and obey im voice. 31Your Papa na Papa wey get mercy; he no go abandon una, or destroy una, or forget di Covenant wey he swear to your ancestors.
Na our Papa Alone Be God
32Look back for di days wey don pass long time, since our Papa create human being for di earth, and ask from one end of heaven to di other: any tin wey great like dis ever happen or dem ever hear am? 33Any people ever hear god voice dey talk from inside fire, like how una hear am, and still dey alive? 34Or any god ever dare to take one nation comot from inside another nation for imself, by trials, signs, wonders, war, mighty hand, arm wey he stretch out, and great terrors, according to all wetin your Papa do for una for Egypt before your very eyes? 35Dem show you dis, so you go know say our Papa na di Papa; no other one dey besides am. b b v35 Wen Moses declare say no God dey except di Papa, he dey name di one God wey Jesus reveal as Papa — one-ness wey hold Papa, Pikin, and Spirit together as one God. 36From heaven he make you hear im voice to discipline you; for earth he show you im great fire, and you hear im words from inside di fire. 37Because he love your ancestors and choose dia descendants after dem, he bring you comot from Egypt imself, by im great power, 38dey drive out before you nations wey big and strong pass you, to bring you in and give you dia land as inheritance, as e be today. 39Know today, and take am put for your heart, say our Papa na di Papa for heaven up and for di earth down; no other one dey. 40Keep im statutes and commandments, wey I command you today, so e go dey well with you and your children after you, and you go live long for di land wey your Papa dey give you for all time.
Moses Set Apart Cities of Refuge
41Then Moses set apart three cities for di region beyond di Jordan towards where sun dey rise, 42so anybody wey kill im neighbour without meaning am, wey no hate am before, fit run go one of dis cities and live: 43Bezer for di wilderness on di plateau for di Reubenites, Ramoth for Gilead for di Gadites, and Golan for Bashan for di Manassites.
Di Law Wey Moses Put Before Israel
44Na dis be di law wey Moses put before di people of Israel. 45Na dis be di testimonies, statutes, and rules wey Moses talk to Israel wen dem comot from Egypt. 46For east of di Jordan, for di valley opposite Beth-peor, for di land of Sihon di Amorite king wey dey live for Heshbon, wey Moses and Israel defeat after dem comot from Egypt. 47Dem take possess im land and di land of Og king of Bashan, di two Amorite kings wey dey live beyond di Jordan towards where sun dey rise, 48from Aroer wey dey for di edge of di Arnon Valley reach Mount Sion (dat one na Hermon), 49with all di Arabah beyond di Jordan for di east side, reach di Sea of di Arabah, under di slopes of Pisgah.
