Deuteronomy · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Deuteronomy 4 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 And now, O Israel, hear the commandments and judgments which I teach thee: that doing them, thou mayst live, and entering in mayst possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers will give you.
1 AHORA pues, oh Israel, oye los estatutos y derechos que yo os enseño, para que los ejecutéis, y viváis, y entréis, y poseáis la tierra que Jehová el Dios de vuestros padres te da.
2 You shall not add to the word that I speak to you, neither shall you take away from it: keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.
2 No añadiréis á la palabra que yo os mando, ni disminuiréis de ella, para que guardéis los mandamientos de Jehová vuestro Dios que yo os ordeno.
3 Your eyes have seen all that the Lord hath done against Beelphegor, how he hath destroyed all his worshippers from among you.
3 Vuestros ojos vieron lo que hizo Jehová con motivo de Baal-peor; que á todo hombre que fué en pos de Baal-peor destruyó Jehová tu Dios de en medio de ti.
4 But you that adhere to the Lord your God, are all alive until this present day.
4 Mas vosotros que os allegasteis á Jehová vuestro Dios, todos estáis vivos hoy.
5 You know that I have taught you statutes and justices, as the Lord my God hath commanded me: so shall you do them in the land which you shall possess:
5 Mirad, yo os he enseñado estatutos y derechos, como Jehová mi Dios me mandó, para que hagáis así en medio de la tierra en la cual entráis para poseerla.
6 And you shall observe, and fulfill them in practice. For this is your wisdom, and understanding in the sight of nations, that hearing all these precepts, they may say: Behold a wise and understanding people, a great nation.
6 Guardadlos, pues, y ponedlos por obra: porque esta es vuestra sabiduría y vuestra inteligencia en ojos de los pueblos, los cuales oirán todos estos estatutos, y dirán: Ciertamente pueblo sabio y entendido, gente grande es ésta.
7 Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all our petitions.
7 Porque ¿qué gente grande hay que tenga los dioses cercanos á sí, como lo está Jehová nuestro Dios en todo cuanto le pedimos?
8 For what other nation is there so renowned that hath ceremonies, and just judgments, and all the law, which I will set forth this day before your eyes?
8 Y ¿qué gente grande hay que tenga estatutos y derechos justos, como es toda esta ley que yo pongo hoy delante de vosotros?
9 Keep thyself therefore, and thy soul carefully. Forget not the words that thy eyes have seen, and let them not go out of thy heart all the days of thy life. Thou shalt teach them to thy sons and to thy grandsons,
9 Por tanto, guárdate, y guarda tu alma con diligencia, que no te olvides de las cosas que tus ojos han visto, ni se aparten de tu corazón todos los días de tu vida: y enseñarlas has á tus hijos, y á los hijos de tus hijos;
10 From the day in which thou didst stand before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord spoke to me, saying: Call together the people unto me, that they may hear my words, and may learn to fear me all the time that they live on the earth, and may teach their children.
10 El día que estuviste delante de Jehová tu Dios en Horeb, cuando Jehová me dijo: Júntame el pueblo, para que yo les haga oir mis palabras, las cuales aprenderán, para temerme todos los días que vivieren sobre la tierra: y [las] enseñarán á sus hijos;
11 And you came to the foot of the mount, which burned even unto heaven: and there was darkness, and a cloud and obscurity in it.
11 Y os llegasteis, y os pusisteis al pie del monte; y el monte ardía en fuego hasta en medio de los cielos con tinieblas, nube, y oscuridad.
12 And the Lord spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the voice of his words, but you saw not any form at all.
12 Y habló Jehová con vosotros de en medio del fuego: oisteis la voz de sus palabras, mas á excepción de [oir] la voz, ninguna figura visteis:
13 And he shewed you his covenant, which he commanded you to do, and the ten words that he wrote in two tables of stone.
13 Y él os anunció su pacto, el cual os mandó poner por obra, las diez palabras; y escribiólas en dos tablas de piedra.
14 And he commanded me at that time that I should teach you the ceremonies and judgments which you shall do in the land, that you shall possess.
14 A mí también me mandó Jehová entonces enseñaros los estatutos y derechos, para que los pusieseis por obra en la tierra á la cual pasáis para poseerla.
15 Keep therefore your souls carefully. You saw not any similitude in the day that the Lord God spoke to you in Horeb from the midst of the fire:
15 Guardad pues mucho vuestras almas: pues ninguna figura visteis el día que Jehová habló con vosotros de en medio del fuego:
16 Lest perhaps being deceived you might make you a graven similitude, or image of male or female,
16 Porque no os corrompáis, y hagáis para vosotros escultura, imagen de figura alguna, efigie de varón ó hembra,
17 The similitude of any beasts, that are upon the earth, or of birds, that fly under heaven,
17 Figura de algún animal que sea en la tierra, figura de ave alguna alada que vuele por el aire,
18 Or of creeping things, that move on the earth, or of fishes, that abide in the waters under the earth:
18 Figura de ningún [animal] que vaya arrastrando por la tierra, figura de pez alguno que haya en el agua debajo de la tierra:
19 Lest perhaps lifting up thy eyes to heaven, thou see the sun and the moon, and all the stars of heaven, and being deceived by error thou adore and serve them, which the Lord thy God created for the service of all the nations, that are under heaven.
19 Y porque alzando tus ojos al cielo, y viendo el sol y la luna y las estrellas, y todo el ejército del cielo, no seas incitado, y te inclines á ellos, y les sirvas; que Jehová tu Dios los ha concedido á todos los pueblos debajo de todos los cielos.
20 But the Lord hath taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to make you his people of inheritance, as it is this present day.
20 Empero á vosotros Jehová os tomó, y os ha sacado del horno de hierro, de Egipto, para que le seáis por pueblo de heredad como en este día.
21 And the Lord was angry with me for your words, and he swore that I should not pass over the Jordan, nor enter into the excellent land, which he will give you.
21 Y Jehová se enojó contra mí sobre vuestros negocios, y juró que yo no pasaría el Jordán, ni entraría en la buena tierra, que Jehová tu Dios te da por heredad.
22 Behold I die in this land, I shall not pass over the Jordan: you shall pass, and possess the goodly land.
22 Así que yo voy á morir en esta tierra; y no paso el Jordán: mas vosotros pasaréis, y poseeréis aquella buena tierra.
23 Beware lest thou ever forget the covenant of the Lord thy God, which he hath made with thee: and make to thyself a graven likeness of those things which the Lord hath forbid to be made:
23 Guardaos no os olvidéis del pacto de Jehová vuestro Dios, que él estableció con vosotros, y os hagáis escultura ó imagen de cualquier cosa, que Jehová tu Dios te ha vedado.
24 Because the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
24 Porque Jehová tu Dios es fuego que consume, Dios celoso.
25 If you shall beget sons and grandsons, and abide in the land, and being deceived, make to yourselves any similitude, committing evil before the Lord your God, to provoke him to wrath:
25 Cuando hubiereis engendrado hijos y nietos, y hubiereis envejecido en la tierra, y os corrompiereis, é hiciereis escultura ó imagen de cualquier cosa, é hiciereis mal en ojos de Jehová vuestro Dios, para enojarlo;
26 I call this day heaven and earth to witness, that you shall quickly perish out of the land, which, when you have passed over the Jordan, you shall possess. You shall not dwell therein long, but the Lord will destroy you,
26 Yo pongo hoy por testigos al cielo y á la tierra, que presto pereceréis totalmente de la tierra hacia la cual pasáis el Jordán para poseerla: no estaréis en ella largos días sin que seáis destruídos.
27 And scatter you among all nations, and you shall remain a few among the nations, to which the Lord shall lead you.
27 Y Jehová os esparcirá entre los pueblos, y quedaréis pocos en número entre las gentes á las cuales os llevará Jehová:
28 And there you shall serve gods, that were framed with men’s hands: wood and stone, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
28 Y serviréis allí á dioses hechos de manos de hombres, á madera y á piedra, que no ven, ni oyen, ni comen, ni huelen.
29 And when thou shalt seek there the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him: yet so, if thou seek him with all thy heart, and all the affliction of thy soul.
29 Mas si desde allí buscares á Jehová tu Dios, lo hallarás, si lo buscares de todo tu corazón y de toda tu alma.
30 After all the things aforesaid shall and thee, in the latter time thou shalt return to the Lord thy God, and shalt hear his voice.
30 Cuando estuviereis en angustia, y te alcanzaren todas estas cosas, si en los postreros días te volvieres á Jehová tu Dios, y oyeres su voz;
31 Because the Lord thy God is a merciful God: he will not leave thee, nor altogether destroy thee, nor forget the covenant, by which he swore to thy fathers.
31 Porque Dios misericordioso es Jehová tu Dios; no te dejará, ni te destruirá, ni se olvidará del pacto de tus padres que les juró.
32 Ask of the days of old, that have been before thy time from the day that God created man upon the earth, from one end of heaven to the other end thereof, if ever there was done the like thing, or it hath been known at any time,
32 Porque pregunta ahora de los tiempos pasados, que han sido antes de ti, desde el día que crió Dios al hombre sobre la tierra, y desde el un cabo del cielo al otro, si se ha hecho cosa semejante á esta gran cosa, ó se haya oído otra como ella.
33 That a people should hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of fire, as thou hast heard, and lived:
33 ¿Ha oído pueblo la voz de Dios, que hablase de en medio del fuego, como tú la has oído, y vivido?
34 If God ever did so as to go, and take to himself a nation out of the midst of nations by temptations, signs, and wonders, by fight, and a strong hand, and stretched out arm, and horrible visions according to all the things that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before thy eyes.
34 ¿O ha Dios probado á venir á tomar para sí gente de en medio [de otra] gente, con pruebas, con señales, con milagros, y con guerra, y mano fuerte, y brazo extendido, y grandes espantos, según todas las cosas que hizo con vosotros Jehová vuestro Dios en Egipto ante tus ojos?
35 That thou mightest know that the Lord he is God, and there is no other besides him.
35 A ti te fué mostrado, para que supieses que Jehová él es Dios; no hay más fuera de él.
36 From heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might teach thee. And upon earth he shewed thee his exceeding great fire, and thou didst hear his words out of the midst of the fire,
36 De los cielos te hizo oir su voz, para enseñarte: y sobre la tierra te mostró su gran fuego: y has oído sus palabras de en medio del fuego.
37 Because he loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them. And he brought thee out of Egypt, going before thee with his great power,
37 Y por cuanto él amó á tus padres, escogió su simiente después de ellos, y sacóte delante de sí de Egipto con su gran poder;
38 To destroy at thy coming very great nations, and stronger than thou art, and to bring thee in, and give thee their land for a possession, as thou seest at this present day.
38 Para echar de delante de ti gentes grandes y más fuertes que tú, y para introducirte, y darte su tierra por heredad, como hoy.
39 Know therefore this day, and think in thy heart that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath, and there is no other.
39 Aprende pues hoy, y reduce á tu corazón que Jehová él es el Dios arriba en el cielo, y abajo sobre la tierra; no hay otro.
40 Keep his precepts and commandments, which I command thee: that it may be well with thee, and thy children after thee, and thou mayst remain a long time upon the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee.
40 Y guarda sus estatutos y sus mandamientos, que yo te mando hoy, para que te vaya bien á ti y á tus hijos después de ti, y prolongues tus días sobre la tierra que Jehová tu Dios te da para siempre.
41 Then Moses set aside three cities beyond the Jordan at the east side,
41 Entonces apartó Moisés tres ciudades de esta parte del Jordán al nacimiento del sol,
42 That any one might flee to them who should kill his neighbour unwillingly, and was not his enemy a day or two before, and that he might escape to some one of these cities:
42 Para que huyese allí el homicida que matase á su prójimo por yerro, sin haber tenido enemistad con él desde ayer ni antes de ayer; y que huyendo á una de estas ciudades salvara la vida:
43 Bosor in the wilderness, which is situate in the plains of the tribe of Ruben: and Ramoth in Galaad, which is in the tribe of Gad: and Golan in Basan, which is in the tribe of Manasses.
43 A Beser en el desierto, en tierra de la llanura, de los Rubenitas; y á Ramoth en Galaad, de los Gaditas; y á Golán en Basán, de los de Manasés.
44 This is the law, that Moses set before the children of Israel,
44 Esta, pues, es la ley que Moisés propuso delante de los hijos de Israel.
45 And these are the testimonies and ceremonies and judgments, which he spoke to the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt,
45 Estos son los testimonios, y los estatutos, y los derechos, que Moisés notificó á los hijos de Israel, cuando hubieron salido de Egipto;
46 Beyond the Jordan in the valley over against the temple of Phogor, in the land of Sehon king of the Amorrhites, that dwelt in Hesebon, whom Moses slew. And the children of Israel coming out of Egypt,
46 De esta parte del Jordán, en el valle delante de Beth-peor, en la tierra de Sehón rey de los Amorrheos, que habitaba en Hesbón, al cual hirió Moisés con los hijos de Israel, cuando hubieron salido de Egipto:
47 Possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Basan, of the two kings of the Amorrhites, who were beyond the Jordan towards the rising of the sun:
47 Y poseyeron su tierra, y la tierra de Og rey de Basán; dos reyes de los Amorrheos que estaban de esta parte del Jordán, al nacimiento del sol:
48 From Aroer, which is situate upon the bank of the torrent Amen, unto mount Sion, which is also called Hermon,
48 Desde Aroer, que está junto á la ribera del arroyo de Arnón, hasta el monte de Sión, que es Hermón;
49 All the plain beyond the Jordan at the east side, unto the see of the wilderness, and unto the foot of mount Phasga.
49 Y toda la llanura de esta parte del Jordán, al oriente, hasta la mar del llano, las vertientes de las aguas abajo del Pisga.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
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- 1 Romans 10:5; Ezekiel 20:11; Deuteronomy 8:1; Leviticus 18:5; Deuteronomy 5:1
- 2 Proverbs 30:6; Deuteronomy 12:32; Revelation 22:18–19; Joshua 1:7; Matthew 5:18
- 3 Numbers 25:1–9; Psalm 106:28–29; Hosea 9:10; Numbers 26:64; Numbers 31:16
- 4 Deuteronomy 10:20; Joshua 23:8; John 6:67–69; Romans 12:9; Revelation 14:4
- 5 Matthew 28:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2; Hebrews 3:5; Deuteronomy 4:1; Proverbs 22:19–20
- 6 Psalm 111:10; Job 28:28; 2 Timothy 3:15; Proverbs 1:7; 1 Kings 10:6–9
- 7 Psalm 145:18; 2 Samuel 7:23; Psalm 34:18; Psalm 73:28; James 4:8
- 8 Psalm 147:19–20; Romans 7:12–14; Psalm 119:127–128; Psalm 119:86; Psalm 19:7–11
- 9 Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 11:19; Psalm 78:3–8; Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 32:46
- 10 Exodus 19:9; Hebrews 12:18–19; Exodus 19:16; Deuteronomy 17:19; Exodus 20:20
- 11 Deuteronomy 5:23; Exodus 19:16–18; Hebrews 12:18–19; Exodus 20:18–19
- 12 Deuteronomy 5:4; Deuteronomy 5:22; Deuteronomy 4:15; John 12:28–30; Matthew 3:17
- 13 Exodus 34:28; Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 9:9–11; Exodus 24:12; Exodus 19:5
- 14 Ezekiel 21:1–23; Psalm 105:44–45
- 15 Deuteronomy 4:12; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6; Isaiah 40:18; Malachi 2:15; Jeremiah 17:21
- 16 Acts 17:29; Deuteronomy 5:8; Romans 1:22–24; Deuteronomy 4:23; Exodus 20:4–5
- 17 Romans 1:23
- 19 Romans 1:25; Deuteronomy 17:3; 2 Kings 21:3; Genesis 1:16–18; 2 Kings 17:16
- 20 1 Kings 8:51; Jeremiah 11:4; Exodus 19:5–6; Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalm 135:4
- 21 Numbers 20:12; Deuteronomy 1:37; Psalm 106:32–33; Deuteronomy 3:26; Deuteronomy 31:2
- 22 Deuteronomy 3:25; Deuteronomy 3:27; 2 Peter 1:13–15; Hebrews 12:6–10; 1 Kings 13:21–22
- 23 Deuteronomy 4:9; Isaiah 24:5; Ezekiel 16:59; Joshua 23:16; Deuteronomy 29:25
- 24 Hebrews 12:29; Deuteronomy 9:3; Exodus 24:17; Nahum 1:6; Isaiah 33:14
- 25 Deuteronomy 4:16; 1 Corinthians 10:22; Hosea 9:9; Exodus 32:7; 2 Kings 21:14–16
- 26 Deuteronomy 32:1; Micah 6:2; Deuteronomy 30:18–19; Isaiah 1:2; Jeremiah 22:29
- 27 Deuteronomy 28:62–64; Leviticus 26:33; Nehemiah 1:8–9; Ezekiel 32:26; Ezekiel 12:15
- 28 Deuteronomy 28:64; Jeremiah 16:13; Isaiah 46:7; Deuteronomy 28:36; 1 Samuel 26:19
- 29 Jeremiah 29:12–14; Psalm 119:2; 2 Chronicles 15:4; Isaiah 55:6–7; Psalm 119:10
- 30 Joel 2:12–13; Jeremiah 23:20; Hosea 3:5; Deuteronomy 31:29; Genesis 49:1
- 31 Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 116:5; Nehemiah 9:31; Jonah 4:2; 2 Chronicles 30:9
- 32 Job 8:8; Psalm 44:1; Deuteronomy 32:7; Matthew 24:31; Joel 1:2
- 33 Deuteronomy 5:24; Judges 6:22; Exodus 33:20; Deuteronomy 5:26; Exodus 24:11
- 34 Deuteronomy 26:8; Deuteronomy 5:15; Exodus 6:6; Deuteronomy 7:19; Deuteronomy 7:8–9
- 35 Isaiah 45:18; 1 Samuel 2:2; Isaiah 45:5; Isaiah 44:8; Deuteronomy 4:39
- 36 Exodus 19:19; Exodus 19:9; Deuteronomy 4:33; Nehemiah 9:13; Hebrews 12:25
- 37 Deuteronomy 10:15; Isaiah 63:11–12; Exodus 13:9; Exodus 13:3; Exodus 13:14
- 38 Deuteronomy 7:1; Exodus 23:27–28; Deuteronomy 11:23; Deuteronomy 9:1–5; Psalm 44:2–3
- 39 Joshua 2:11; Deuteronomy 4:35; 1 Chronicles 29:11; Hosea 7:2; Psalm 135:6
- 40 Deuteronomy 6:3; Ephesians 6:3; Deuteronomy 12:25; Leviticus 22:31; Deuteronomy 12:28
- 41 Numbers 35:6; Numbers 35:14–15; Joshua 20:2–9
- 42 Deuteronomy 19:1–10; Hebrews 6:18; Numbers 35:6; Numbers 35:15–28; Numbers 35:11–12
- 43 Joshua 20:8; 1 Chronicles 6:71; 1 Chronicles 6:80; Joshua 21:27; 1 Kings 4:13
- 44 Deuteronomy 27:26; Leviticus 27:34; Malachi 4:4; Deuteronomy 27:8; Deuteronomy 1:5
- 45 1 Kings 2:3; Psalm 119:14; Psalm 119:24; Deuteronomy 6:20; Deuteronomy 4:1
- 46 Deuteronomy 3:29; Numbers 32:19; Deuteronomy 2:30–36; Deuteronomy 3:8; Deuteronomy 1:4–5
- 47 Deuteronomy 29:7–8; Numbers 21:33–35; Deuteronomy 3:1–14
- 48 Deuteronomy 3:9; Deuteronomy 2:36; Deuteronomy 3:12; Psalm 133:3; Joshua 13:24–33
- 49 Deuteronomy 3:17; Deuteronomy 34:1; Joshua 13:20
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… And he does thus explain what are meant by the things in heaven: "Lest when," he says, "looking towards heaven, and observing the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and all the ornament of heaven, falling into error, thou shouldest adore and serve them." And Moses himself, being a man of God, was indeed given as a god before …
… their own pride, as fowls of the air, nor their own curiosities, by which (like the fishes of the sea) they wander over the unknown paths of the abyss, nor their own extravagance, as the "beasts of the field," that Thou, Lord, "a consuming fire," mayest burn up their lifeless cares and renew them immortally.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
"For ye shall not add," saith he, "unto the word which I command you this day, and ye shall not take away from it." But not the less were they innovating; as in this instance, that one ought not to eat with unwashen hands, that we must wash cups and brazen vessels, that we must wash also ourselves.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Wherefore Moses saith also to the Israelites: And take ye good heed to your own souls, for ye saw no similitude.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… (God), even if, as those who are skilful in these matters say, it were derived from Theein (to run) or from Aithein (to blaze), from continual motion, and because He consumes evil conditions of things (from which fact He is also called A Consuming Fire), would still be one of the Relative Names, and not an Absolute one; as again …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)