1All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. 2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. 4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. 5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. 6Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 7For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; 8A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;8.8 of oil…: Heb. of olive tree of oil 9A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
10When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 11Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; 14Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; 15Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; 16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; 17And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. 18But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. 19And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. 20As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
እግዚአብሔርን አትርሳ
1በሕይወት እንድትኖሩ፣ እንድትበዙና እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ለአባቶቻችሁ በመሐላ ተስፋ የገባላቸውን ምድር ገብታችሁ እንድትወርሱ፣ ዛሬ እኔ የምሰጥህን እያንዳንዱን ትእዛዝ ለመከተል ጥንቃቄ አድርጉ። 2አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ትእዛዞቹን መጠበቅህንና በልብህ ያለውን ለማወቅ፣ ትሑት ሊያደርግህና ሊፈትንህ በእነዚህ አርባ ዓመታት በዚህ ምድረ በዳ ጕዞህ ሁሉ እንዴት እንደ መራህ አስታውስ። 3ሰው ከእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) አፍ በሚወጣው በእያንዳንዱ ቃል እንጂ፣ በእንጀራ ብቻ እንደማይኖር ሊያስተምርህ አስራበህ፤ አንተም ሆንህ አባቶችህ የማታውቁትን መና መገበህ፤ 4በእነዚህ አርባ ዓመታት ውስጥ ልብስህ አላለቀም፤ እግርህም አላበጠም። 5ስለዚህ ሰው ልጁን እንደሚቀጣ፣ አምላክህ እግዚአብሔርም (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) አንተን እንደሚቀጣህ በልብህ ዕወቅ።
6በመንገዶቹ በመሄድና እርሱንም በማክበር፣ የአምላክህን የእግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ትእዛዞች ጠብቅ። 7አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ጅረቶችና የኵሬ ውሃ ወዳለበት፣ ምንጮች ከየሸለቆውና ከየኰረብታው ወደሚፈስሱበት ወደ መልካሚቱ ምድር ያገባሃል፣ 8ስንዴና ገብስ፣ ወይንና የበለስ ዛፎች፣ ሮማን፣ የወይራ ዘይትና ማር የሚገኝባት ምድር፤ 9ምንም ነገር የማይታጣባት፣ የዳቦም ዕጦት የሌለባት፣ ዐለቶች ብረት የሆኑባት፣ ከኰረብቶቿም መዳብ ቈፍረህ ልታወጣ የምትችልባት ምድር ናት።
10በልተህ በምትጠግብበት ጊዜ እንዲህ ያለች መልካም ምድር ስለ ሰጠህ አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ባርከው። 11በዛሬዪቱ ዕለት የምሰጥህን ትእዛዙን፣ ሕጉንና ሥርዐቱን ባለመጠበቅ አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) እንዳትረሳው ተጠንቀቅ። 12አለዚያ በልተህ ስትጠግብና ጥሩ ጥሩ ቤቶችን ሠርተህ መኖር ስትጀምር፣ 13ደግሞም የከብት፣ የበግና የፍየል መንጋህ ሲበዛ፣ ብርህና ወርቅህ ሲበረክት፣ ያለህም ሁሉ በላይ በላዩ እየጨመረ ሲሄድ፣ 14ልብህ ይታበይና ከባርነት ምድር፣ ከግብፅ ያወጣህን አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ትረሳለህ። 15በዚያ ጭልጥ ባለና አስፈሪ ምድረ በዳ፣ በዚያ በሚያስጠማና ውሃ በማይገኝበት ደረቅ መሬት፣ መርዘኛ እባብና ጊንጥ ባለበት ምድረ በዳ መራህ፤ ከጽኑ ዐለትም ውሃ አፈለቀልህ። 16በመጨረሻ መልካም እንዲሆንልህ፣ አንተን ትሑት ለማድረግና ለመፈተን፣ አባቶችህ ፈጽሞ የማያውቁትን መና በምድረ በዳ መገበህ። 17ምናልባትም፣ “ይህን ሀብት ያፈራሁት በጕልበቴና በእጄ ብርታት ነው” ብለህ በልብህ ታስብ ይሆናል። 18ነገር ግን ሀብት እንድታፈራ ችሎታ የሰጠህ፣ ለአባቶችህም በመሐላ የገባውን ኪዳን ያጸናልህ እርሱ ስለሆነ፣ አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ዐስበው።
19አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ብትረሳና ሌሎችን አማልክት ብትከተል፣ ብታመልክና ለእነርሱ ብትሰግድላቸው በርግጥ እንደምትጠፉ ዛሬ እመሰክርባችኋለሁ። 20እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ከፊታችሁ ያሉትን አሕዛብ እንዳጠፋቸው ሁሉ፣ ለአምላካችሁ ለአግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ባለመታዘዛችሁ እናንተም ትጠፋላችሁ።
