1Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. 2And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, 3And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; 4And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day; 5And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; 6And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:11.6 substance…: or, living substance which followed them11.6 was…: Heb. was at their feet 7But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
8Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; 9And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
10¶ For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 11But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: 12A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.11.12 careth…: Heb. seeketh
13¶ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 15And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.11.15 send: Heb. give 16Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; 17And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
18¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: 21That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
22¶ For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; 23Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. 24Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. 25There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
26¶ Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: 28And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 29And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. 30Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? 31For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. 32And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
እግዚአብሔርን ውደድ፤ ታዘዘውም
1እንግዲህ አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ውደድ፤ ግዴታውን፣ ሥርዐቱን፣ ሕጉንና ትእዛዙን ሁልጊዜ ጠብቅ። 2የአምላካችሁን የእግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ተግሣጽ ይኸውም ግርማውን፣ ብርቱ እጁንና የተዘረጋች ክንዱን ያዩትና የተለማመዱት ልጆቻችሁ ሳይሆኑ እናንተ እንደ ሆናችሁ ዛሬ አስታውሱ፤ 3በግብፅ መካከል፣ በግብፅ ንጉሥ በፈርዖንና በመላው አገሩ ላይ ያደረጋቸውን ምልክቶችና የሠራቸውን ነገሮች፣ 4በግብፃውያን ሰራዊት፣ በፈረሶቻቸውና በሠረገሎቻቸው ላይ፣ እናንተን ባሳደዷችሁ ጊዜ በቀይ ባሕር11፥4 ዕብራይስጡ፣ ያም ሳውፍ ይለዋል፤ ይኸውም የደንገል ባሕር ማለት ነው። ውሃ እንዴት እንዳሰጠማቸውና እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ፈጽሞ እንዴት እንዳጠፋቸው አስታውሱ፤ 5ከምድረ በዳው አንሥቶ እዚህ እስከምትደርሱ ድረስ፣ ለእናንተ ያደረገላችሁን ያዩት ልጆቻችሁ አልነበሩም፤ 6የሮቤል ልጅ የኤልያብ ልጆች የሆኑትን ዳታንና አቤሮንን ከነቤተ ሰቦቻቸው፣ ከነድንኳናቸውና ከነእንስሳታቸው በመላው እስራኤል መካከል ምድር እንዴት አፏን ከፍታ እንደ ዋጠቻቸው እነርሱ አላዩም። 7የእናንተ ዐይኖች ግን እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ያደረጋቸውን ሥራዎች ሁሉ አይተዋል።
8ስለዚህ ዮርዳኖስን ተሻግራችሁ ወደምትወርሷት ምድር ለመግባትና ለመያዝ ብርታት እንድታገኙ፣ ዛሬ እኔ የምሰጣችሁን ትእዛዞች ሁሉ ጠብቁ፤ 9ለአባቶቻቸውና ለዘሮቻቸው እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሊሰጣቸው በማለላቸው፣ በዚያች ማርና ወተት በምታፈስሰው ምድር ረዥም ዕድሜ ትኖሩ ዘንድ፣ 10የምትገባባት ምድር እንደ ወጣህባትና ዘርህን ዘርተህባት በእግርህ ውሃ እንዳጠጣሃት የአትክልት ቦታ እንደ ግብፅ ምድር አይደለችም። 11ዮርዳኖስን ተሻግረህ ልትወርሳት ያለችው ምድር ግን፣ ከሰማይ ዝናብ የምትጠጣ፣ ተራሮችና ሸለቆች ያሉባት ምድር ናት። 12ይህች ምድር አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) የሚንከባከባት፣ ከዓመቱ መጀመሪያ እስከ ዓመቱ መጨረሻ የአምላክህ የእግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ዐይን ምንጊዜም የማይለያት ናት።
13ዛሬ እኔ የምሰጣችሁን ትእዛዞች በታማኝነት ብትጠብቁ፣ ይኸውም አምላካችሁን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ብትወዱና በፍጹም ልባችሁ፣ በፍጹም ነፍሳችሁም እርሱን በማገልገል በታማኝነት ብትጠብቁ፣ 14እህልህን፣ ወይንህንና ዘይትህን እንድትሰበስብ የበልጉንና የክረምቱን ዝናብ በምድርህ ላይ በየወቅቱ አዘንባለሁ። 15በሜዳ ላይ ለከብቶችህ ሣር እሰጣለሁ፤ አንተም ትበላለህ፤ ትጠግባለህም።
16ተጠንቀቁ፤ አለዚያ ተታልላችሁ ሌሎች አማልክትን ታመልካላችሁ፤ ትሰግዳላችሁም። 17ከዚያም የእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ቍጣ በላያችሁ ይነድዳል፤ እርሱም ዝናብ እንዳይዘንብ፣ ምድሪቱም ፍሬ እንዳትሰጥ ሰማያትን ይዘጋል፤ እናንተም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ከሚሰጣችሁ ከመልካሚቱ ምድር ወዲያውኑ ትጠፋላችሁ። 18እነዚህን ቃሎቼን፣ በልባችሁና በአእምሯችሁ አኑሯቸው፤ በእጆቻችሁ ላይ ምልክት አድርጋችሁ እሰሯቸው፣ በግምባራችሁም ላይ ይሁኑ። 19ልጆቻችሁንም አስተምሯቸው፤ ቤት ስትቀመጥ፣ መንገድ ስትሄድ፣ ስትተኛና ስትነሣ ስለ እነዚሁ አጫውታቸው። 20በቤትህ መቃኖችና በግቢህ በሮች ላይ ጻፋቸው፤ 21ይህን ካደረጋችሁ፣ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ለአባቶቻችሁ ለመስጠት በማለላቸው ምድር የእናንተና የልጆቻችሁ ዘመን ከምድር በላይ ያሉ ሰማያትን ርቀት ያህል ይሆናል።
22አምላካችሁን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ትወዱ ዘንድ፣ በመንገዶቹም ሁሉ ትሄዱና ከእርሱም ጋር ትጣበቁ ዘንድ እንድትከተሏቸው የምሰጣችሁን እነዚህን ትእዛዞች ሁሉ በጥንቃቄ ብትጠብቁ፣ 23እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) እነዚህን አሕዛብ ሁሉ ከፊታችሁ ያስወጣቸዋል፤ እናንተም፣ ከእናንተ ይልቅ ታላላቅና ብርቱ የሆኑትን አሕዛብ ታስለቅቃላችሁ። 24በእግራችሁ የምትረግጡት ስፍራ ሁሉ የእናንተ ይሆናል፤ ግዛታችሁም ከምድረ በዳው እስከ ሊባኖስ፣ ከኤፍራጥስ ወንዝ አንሥቶ በስተ ምዕራብ እስካለው ባሕር11፥24 የሜዲትራንያን ባሕር ነው። ይደርሳል። 25ማንም ሰው ሊቋቋማችሁ አይችልም፤ አምላካችሁ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) በሰጣችሁ ተስፋ መሠረት ማስደንገጣችሁንና መፈራታችሁን በምትሄዱበት በየትኛውም ምድር ሁሉ ላይ ያሳድራል።
26እነሆ፤ ዛሬ በረከትንና መርገምን በፊታችሁ አኖራለሁ፤ 27በረከቱ ዛሬ የምሰጣችሁን የአምላካችሁን የእግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ትእዛዞች ስትፈጽሙ ሲሆን፣ 28መርገሙ ደግሞ፣ የአምላካችሁን የእግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ትእዛዞች የማትፈጽሙ፣ የማታውቋቸውንም ሌሎች አማልክት ለመከተል እኔ ከማዝዛችሁ መንገድ የምትወጡ ከሆነ ነው። 29ልትወርሳት ወደምትሄድባት ምድር አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) በሚያስገባህ ጊዜ በረከቱን በገሪዛን ተራራ፣ መርገሙን ደግሞ በጌባል ተራራ ላይ ታሰማለህ። 30እነዚህ ተራሮች የሚገኙት ከዮርዳኖስ ማዶ11፥30 ወይም፣ ከዮርዳኖስ በስተ ምዕራብ። ፀሓይ በምትጠልቅበት አቅጣጫ ካለው መንገድ በስተ ምዕራብ በዓረባ በሚኖሩ የከነዓናውያን ምድር ውስጥ ከጌልገላ ፊት ለፊት፣ በሞሬ ታላላቅ ዛፎች አጠገብ አይደለምን? 31አምላካችሁ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) በሚሰጣችሁ ምድር ትገቡባትና ትወርሷት ዘንድ ዮርዳኖስን ልትሻገሩ ስለሆነ፣ ምድሪቱን ወርሳችሁ በምትኖሩባት ጊዜ፣ 32ዛሬ በፊታችሁ እኔ ያስቀመጥኋቸውን ሥርዐቶችና ሕጎች ሁሉ ለመፈጸም ተጠንቀቁ።
