1Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:6.1 go: Heb. pass over 2That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
3¶ Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.6.7 teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 9And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. 10And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, 11And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; 12Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.6.12 bondage: Heb. bondmen or, servants 13Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. 14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; 15(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
16¶ Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, 19To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. 20And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?6.20 in…: Heb. to morrow 21Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: 22And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:6.22 sore: Heb. evil 23And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 25And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን ውደድ
1ዮርዳኖስን ተሻግራችሁ በምትወርሷት ምድር እንድትጠብቁት አስተምራችሁ ዘንድ አምላካችሁ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) የሰጠኝ ትእዛዝ፣ ሥርዐትና ሕግ ይህ ነው፤ 2ይኸውም፣ የምሰጣችሁን ሥርዐቱንና ትእዛዙን ሁሉ በመጠበቅ፣ ዕድሜያችሁ እንዲረዝም፣ አንተ፣ ልጆችህና ከእነርሱ በኋላ የሚመጡት ልጆቻቸው በሕይወት ዘመናችሁ ሁሉ አምላካችሁን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ትፈሩት ዘንድ ነው። 3እንግዲህ እስራኤል ሆይ ስማ፤ የአባቶችህ አምላክ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) በሰጠህ ተስፋ መሠረት፣ ማርና ወተት በምታፈስሰው ምድር መልካም እንዲሆንልህና እጅግ እንድትበዛ፣ ትእዛዙንም ትጠብቅ ዘንድ ጥንቃቄ አድርግ።
4እስራኤል ሆይ ስማ፤ አምላካችን እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) አንድ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ነው6፥4 ወይም፣ እግዚአብሔር አምላካችን ነው፤ እግዚአብሔር አንድ ነው ወይም እግዚአብሔር አምላካችን ነው፤ እግዚአብሔር ብቻውን። 5አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) በፍጹም ልብህ፣ በፍጹም ነፍስህ፣ በፍጹም ኀይልህ ውደድ። 6ዛሬ የምሰጥህን እነዚህን ትእዛዞች በልብህ ያዝ። 7ለልጆችህም አስጠናቸው፤ በቤትህ ስትቀመጥ፣ በመንገድም ስትሄድ፣ ስትተኛና ስትነሣም ስለ እነርሱ ተናገር። 8በእጅህ ላይ ምልክት አድርገህ እሰራቸው፤ በግንባርህም ላይ ይሁኑ። 9በቤትህ መቃኖች በግቢህም በሮች ላይ ጻፋቸው።
10አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ለአንተ ለመስጠት ለአባቶችህ ለአብርሃም፣ ለይስሐቅና ለያዕቆብ ወደ ማለላቸው ምድር ሲያስገባህ፣ በዚያም ያልሠራሃቸውን ታላላቅና ያማሩ ከተሞችን፣ 11የራስህ ባልነበሩ መልካም ነገሮች ሁሉ የተሞሉ ቤቶችን፣ ያልቈፈርሃቸውን የውሃ ጕድጓዶች፣ ያልተከልሃቸውን የወይን ተክሎችና የወይራ ዛፎች ሲሰጥህና በልተህም ስትጠግብ፣ 12ከባርነት ምድር ከግብፅ ያወጣህን እግዚአብሔርን (ያህዌ) እንዳትረሳ ተጠንቀቅ!
13አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ፍራ፤ እርሱን ብቻ አገልግል፤ በስሙም ማል። 14በዙሪያህ ያሉ ሕዝቦች የሚያመልኳቸውን ሌሎች አማልክት አትከተል፤ 15ምክንያቱም በመካከልህ ያለው አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ቀናተኛ አምላክ (ኤሎሂም) ስለሆነ፣ በአንተም ላይ ቍጣው ስለሚነድድ፣ ከምድር ገጽ ያጠፋሃል። 16በማሳህ እንዳደረጋችሁት አምላካችሁን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) አትፈታተኑት። 17አምላካችሁ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) የሰጣችሁን ትእዛዞች፣ መመሪያዎችና ሥርዐቶች በጥንቃቄ ጠብቁ። 18መልካም እንዲሆንልህና እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ለአባቶችህ በመሐላ እንድትወርሳት፣ በእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ፊት ተስፋ የሰጣቸውን መልካሚቱን ምድር ገብተህ ቀናና መልካም የሆነውን አድርግ፤ 19እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) በተናገረው መሠረትም ጠላቶችህን ሁሉ ከፊትህ ታስወጣለህ። 20በሚመጡት ዘመናት ልጅህ፣ “አምላካችን እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ ኤሎሂም) ያዘዛችሁ የመመሪያዎቹ፣ የሥርዐቶቹና የሕጎቹ ትርጕም ምንድን ነው?” ብሎ በሚጠይቅህ ጊዜ፣ 21እንዲህ በለው፤ “እኛ በግብፅ የፈርዖን ባሮች ነበርን፤ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ግን በብርቱ እጅ ከግብፅ አወጣን። 22እኛ በዐይናችን እያየን እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ታላላቅና አስፈሪ የሆኑ ታምራዊ ምልክቶችና ድንቆችን በግብፅ፣ በፈርዖንና በመላው ቤተ ሰዎቹ ላይ አደረገ። 23እኛን ግን ለአባቶቻችን በመሐላ ተስፋ ወደ ሰጣቸው ምድር ሊያስገባንና ሊሰጠን ከዚያ አወጣን። 24ዛሬ እንደ ሆነው ሁሉ ምንጊዜም መልካም እንዲሆንልንና በሕይወት እንድንኖር ይህን ሥርዐት ሁሉ እንድንፈጽም፣ አምላካችንንም እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) እንድንፈራ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) አዘዘን። 25እንግዲህ ይህን ሁሉ ሕግ እርሱ ባዘዘን መሠረት፣ በአምላካችን በእግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ፊት ተጠንቅቀን ከጠበቅን፣ ያ ለእኛ ጽድቃችን ይሆናል።”
