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።
Love and Obey the Lord
1Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always. 2Remember today that your children were not the ones who saw and experienced the discipline of the Lord your God: his majesty, his mighty hand, his outstretched arm; 3the signs he performed and the things he did in the heart of Egypt, both to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his whole country; 4what he did to the Egyptian army, to its horses and chariots, how he overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea11:4 Or the Sea of Reeds as they were pursuing you, and how the Lord brought lasting ruin on them. 5It was not your children who saw what he did for you in the wilderness until you arrived at this place, 6and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth right in the middle of all Israel and swallowed them up with their households, their tents and every living thing that belonged to them. 7But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the Lord has done.
8Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, 9and so that you may live long in the land the Lord swore to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden. 11But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. 12It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.
13So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul— 14then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil. 15I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.
16Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them. 17Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you, and he will shut up the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the Lord is giving you. 18Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, 21so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.
22If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him and to hold fast to him— 23then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you. 24Every place where you set your foot will be yours: Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea. 25No one will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God, as he promised you, will put the terror and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.
26See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse— 27the blessing if you obey the commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today; 28the curse if you disobey the commands of the Lord your God and turn from the way that I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known. 29When the Lord your God has brought you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim on Mount Gerizim the blessings, and on Mount Ebal the curses. 30As you know, these mountains are across the Jordan, westward, toward the setting sun, near the great trees of Moreh, in the territory of those Canaanites living in the Arabah in the vicinity of Gilgal. 31You are about to cross the Jordan to enter and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you. When you have taken it over and are living there, 32be sure that you obey all the decrees and laws I am setting before you today.
