Deuteronômio 12

1 These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess all the days that you live on the earth. 2 You shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods: on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 3 You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place. 4 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God. 5 But to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and you shall come there. 6 You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock there. 7 There you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you. 8 You shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes; 9 for you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which Yahweh your God gives you. 10 But when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety, 11 then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh. 12 You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God—you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you. 13 Be careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; 14 but in the place which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

15 Yet you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer. 16 Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water. 17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your free will offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand; 18 but you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to. 19 Be careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

20 When Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, "I want to eat meat," because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul. 21 If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to put his name is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul. 22 Even as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike. 23 Only be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat. 24 You shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water. 25 You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do that which is right in Yahweh’s eyes. 26 Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose. 27 You shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on Yahweh your God’s altar. The blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on Yahweh your God’s altar, and you shall eat the meat. 28 Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in Yahweh your God’s eyes.

29 When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations from before you where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, 30 be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them after they are destroyed from before you, and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, "How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise." 31 You shall not do so to Yahweh your God; for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, they have done to their gods; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods. 32 Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.

Ngā Mea Whakapakoko me Whakamōtī

1 Tēnei anō ngā tikanga me ngā whakaritenga, hei pupuri mā koutou hei mahi ki te whenua e hōmai ana Ihowā, e te Atua o ōu mātua, ki a koe kia nohoia, i ngā rā katoa e ora ai runga i te whenua. 2 Whakamōtītia rawatia e koutou ngā wāhi katoa i mahi ai ngā iwi ka riro nei i a koutou ki ō rātou atua, i runga i ngā maunga teitei, i ngā pukepuke hoki, i raro hoki i ngā rākau kōuru nui katoa. 3 Pākarua ā rātou āta, wāhia kia kongakonga ā rātou pou, ko ā rātou Aherimi tahuna e koutou ki te ahi; ā, tuaina ki raro ngā whakapakoko o ō rātou atua, ā, whakangaromia rawatia atu ō rātou ingoa i taua wāhi.

4 Aua e pēnā ki a Ihowā, ki tō koutou Atua. 5 Engari, me whai ki tōna nohoanga, ki te wāhi e whiriwhiri ai a Ihowā, tō koutou Atua, i roto i ō koutou iwi katoa, kia waiho tōna ingoa ki reira, me haere hoki koe ki reira. 6 Ā, me kawe e koutou ki reira ā koutou tahunga tinana, ā koutou patunga tapu, ā koutou whakatekau ngā whakahere e hapahapainga ana e ō koutou ringa, ā koutou kī taurangi, ā koutou whakahere tuku noa, me ngā whānau mātāmua o ā koutou kau, o ā koutou hipi. 7 Ā, ko reira koutou kai ai, ko te aroaro o Ihowā, o tō koutou Atua, ā, ka koa koutou ki ngā mea katoa e whātoro atu ai ō koutou ringa, koutou me ō koutou whare, ki ngā manaaki a Ihowā, a tōu Atua, i a koe.

8 Kei rite tā koutou mahi ki ēnei katoa e mahia nei e tātou i konei i tēnei rā, he tika tonu ia tangata ki tāna titiro ake; 9 kāhore nei hoki koutou kia tae noa ki te okiokinga, ki te kāinga tupu e hōmai ana e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, ki a koe. 10 Engari, ki te whiti koutou i Horano, ā, ka noho ki te whenua e hōmai ana e Ihowā, e tō koutou Atua hei kāinga tupu mō koutou, ā, ka meinga e ia kia okioki i ō koutou hoa whawhai katoa i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha, ā, ka noho koutou i runga i te whenua rangatira. 11 Kātahi ka ai te wāhi e whiriwhiria e Ihowā, e tō koutou Atua, ki reira tōna ingoa noho ai, hei kawenga mā koutou i ngā mea katoa e whakahaua nei e ahau ki a koutou; ā koutou tahunga tinana, ā koutou patunga tapu, ā koutou whakatekau, me ngā whakahere hapahapai a ō koutou ringa, me ngā mea papai katoa o ngā mea i kīia taurangitia e koutou mā Ihowā. 12 Ā, ka koa koutou ki te aroaro o Ihowā, o tō koutou Atua, koutou, ā koutou tama, ā koutou tamāhine, ā koutou pononga tāne, ā koutou pononga wāhine, me te Rīwaiti i roto i ō koutou tatau, kāhore hoki ia i rato tahi me koutou i tētahi wāhi, i tētahi kāinga tupu rānei mōna.

Te Wāhi Kotahi mō te Whakahere

13 Kia mahara kei tukua e koe āu tahunga tinana ki ngā wāhi katoa e kite ai koe; 14 engari, hei te wāhi e whiriwhiria e Ihowā i roto i tētahi o ōu iwi, hei reira koe tuku ai i āu tahunga tinana, hei reira hoki koe mea ai i ngā mea katoa e whakahau atu nei ahau ki a koe.

15 Otiia ka āhei koe ki te patu, ki te kai hoki he kikokiko i roto i ōu tatau katoa, ki tā te hiahia katoa a tōu ngākau, kia rite ki te manaaki a Ihowā, a tōu Atua, i hōmai ai ki a koe; me kai e te poke, e te pokekore, he pērā me te kahera, me te hāta. 16 Engari rāia kei kainga e koutou te toto; ringihia atu ki te whenua ānō he wai. 17 E kore koe e tukua kia kai i roto i ōu tatau i ngā whakatekau o tāu wīti, o tāu wāina rānei, o tāu hinu rānei, i ngā mātāmua rānei o āu kau, o āu hipi rānei, i tētahi rānei o ngā mea e kīia taurangitia e koe, i āu whakahere tuku noa rānei, i ngā whakahere hapahapai rānei a tōu ringa. 18 Engari, me kai ēnā ki te aroaro o Ihowā, o tōu Atua, hei te wāhi e whiriwhiri ai a Ihowā, tōu Atua, e koe, e tāu tama e tāu tamāhine, e tāu pononga tāne, e tāu pononga wahine, e te Rīwaiti hoki i roto i ōu tatau. Ā, ka koa koe ki te aroaro o Ihowā, o tōu Atua, ki ngā mea katoa e totoro atu ai ōu ringa. 19 Kia tūpato kei mahue i a koe te Rīwaiti i ngā rā katoa e ora ai koe i runga i te whenua.

20 E whakanui a Ihowā, tōu Atua, i tōu rohe, e pērā me tāna i kōrero ai ki a koe, ā, ka mea koe, "Ka kai kikokiko ahau," he hiahia hoki nō tōu ngākau ki te kai kikokiko, e kai koe i te kikokiko, i te hiahia katoa a tōu ngākau. 21 Ki te mamao rawa atu i a koe te wāhi e whiriwhiri ai a Ihowā, tōu Atua, kia waiho tōna ingoa i reira, nā, patua tētahi o āu kau, o āu hipi rānei, kua hōmai nā e Ihowā ki a koe, kia rite ki tāku i whakahau ai ki a koe, ā, ka kai i roto i ōu tatau, i tā te hiahia katoa a tōu ngākau. 22 Kainga ēnā, pērātia me te kahera, me te hāta e kainga ana; ko te poke, ko te pokekore, rite tahi rāua te kai. 23 Engari, rāia kia tino ū koe kia kaua e kainga te toto; ko te toto hoki te ora; kaua hoki e kainga ngātahitia e koe te toto me te kikokiko. 24 Kaua tēnā e kainga e koe; me riringi e koe ki te whenua ānō he wai. 25 Kei kainga tēnā e koe; kia whiwhi ai koe ki te pai, koutou ko āu tamariki i muri i a koe, ina mahi koe i te mea e tika ana ki tā Ihowā titiro.

26 Ko āu mea tapu ia, i a koe nā, me āu kī taurangi, me tango e koe, ka haere ki te wāhi e whiriwhiri ai a Ihowā. 27 Nā, ka tuku mai koe i āu tahunga tinana, i te kikokiko me te toto, ki runga ki te āta a Ihowā, a tōu Atua. Nā, ko te toto o āu patunga tapu me riringi ki runga ki te āta a Ihowā, a tōu Atua, ko te kikokiko ia me kai e koe.

28 Maharatia, whakarangona ēnei kupu katoa e whakahau nei ahau ki a koe, kia whiwhi ai koe ki te pai, koutou ko āu tamariki i muri i a koe, ake tonu atu, ina mahi koe i te mea e pai ana, e tika ana ki te titiro a Ihowā, a tōu Atua.

He Whakatūpato ki te Karakia Whakapakoko

29 Ina hunā e Ihowā, e tōu Atua, i tōu aroaro ngā iwi, e haere nei koe ki reira ki te pei, ā, ka riro rātou i a koe, ā, ka noho koe ki tō rātou whenua; 30 kia tūpato ki a koe, kei māhangatia koe kia whai i muri i a rātou, ina whakangaromia atu rātou i tōu aroaro; kei ui atu anō hoki koe ki ō rātou atua, kei mea, "E pēhea ana te mahi a ēnei iwi ki ō rātou atua? Ka pēnā anō hoki ahau." 31 Kei pērā tāu mahi ki a Ihowā, ki tōu Atua; ko ngā mea katoa hoki e whakarihariha ai a Ihowā, e kino ai, ko ia tā rātou i mahi ai ki ō rātou atua. Nā, ko ā rātou tama nei anō, me ā rātou tamāhine e tahuna ana e rātou ki te ahi mā ō rātou atua.

32 Ko ngā mea katoa e whakahau ai ahau ki a koutou, ko ēnā tā koutou e mahara ai kia mahia; kaua e tāpiritia ki ētahi atu, kaua anō hoki e kinitia atu tētahi wāhi.