ወደ እግዚአብሔር በመመለስ የሚገኝ በረከት
1በፊትህ ያስቀመጥሁት ይህ በረከትና መርገም ሁሉ በአንተ ላይ ሲመጣና አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) በትኖህ በምትኖርበት አሕዛብ መካከል ሆነህ ወደ ልብህ ተመልሰህ ነገሮቹን በምታስተውልበት ጊዜ፣ 2እንዲሁም ዛሬ እኔ በማዝዝህ ሁሉ መሠረት አንተና ልጆችህ ወደ አምላካችሁ ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ተመልሳችሁ በፍጹም ልባችሁና በፍጹም ነፍሳችሁ እርሱን ስትታዘዙ፣ 3አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ምርኮህን ይመልስልሃል30፥3 ወይም፣ ከግዞት ይመልስሃል።፤ ይራራልሃልም፤ አንተን ከበተነበት አሕዛብ መካከልም እንደ ገና ይሰበስብሃል። 4ከሰማይ በታች እጅግ ሩቅ ወደ ሆነ ምድር ብትጋዝ እንኳ፣ አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ከዚያ ይሰበስብሃል፤ መልሶም ያመጣሃል። 5የአባቶችህ ወደ ሆነችው ምድር ያመጣሃል፤ አንተም ትወርሳታለህ። ከአባቶችህ ይበልጥ ያበለጽግሃል፤ ያበዛሃልም። 6አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) በፍጹም ልብህና በፍጹም ነፍስህ እንድትወድደው፣ በሕይወትም እንድትኖር፣ አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) የአንተንና የዘርህን ልብ ይገርዛል። 7አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ይህን ርግማን ሁሉ በሚጠሉህና በሚያሳድዱህ ጠላቶችህ ላይ ያደርገዋል። 8አንተም ተመልሰህ ለእግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ትታዘዛለህ፤ ዛሬ እኔ የማዝዝህን ትእዛዝ ሁሉ ትጠብቃለህ። 9ከዚያም አምላክህ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) በእጅህ ሥራ ሁሉና በወገብህ ፍሬ፣ በእንስሳትህ ግልገሎችና በምድርህ ሰብል እጅግ ያበለጽግሃል። በአባቶችህ ደስ እንደ ተሰኘ ሁሉ፣ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) አንተንም በማበልጸግ ደስ ይለዋልና። 10ይህም የሚሆነው፣ አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ከታዘዝህና በዚህ የሕግ መጽሐፍ የተጻፉትን ትእዛዙንና ሥርዐቱን በመጠበቅ፣ በፍጹም ልብህና በፍጹም ነፍስህ ወደ አምላክህ ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ስትመለስ ነው።
ሕይወትን ወይም ሞትን ስለ መምረጥ
11በዛሬው ዕለት የምሰጥህ ትእዛዝ ይህን ያህል አስቸጋሪ ወይም ከአንተ የራቀች አይደለችም። 12“እንድንፈጽማት አምጥቶ ይነግረን ዘንድ፣ ማን ወደ ሰማይ ይወጣል?” እንዳትል፣ በላይ በሰማይ አይደለችም። 13ደግሞም፣ “እንድናደርጋት አምጥቶ ይነግረን ዘንድ፣ ማን ባሕሩን ይሻገራል?” እንዳትልም፣ ከባሕር ማዶ አይደለችም። 14ነገር ግን ቃሉ ለአንተ በጣም ቅርብ ነው፤ ታደርገውም ዘንድ በአፍህና በልብህ ውስጥ ነው።
15እነሆ፤ ዛሬ ሕይወትንና በረከትን፣ ሞትንና ጥፋትን በፊትህ አኑሬአለሁ። 16አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) እንድትወድ፣ በመንገዱም እንድትሄድና ትእዛዙን፣ ሥርዐቱንና ሕጉን እንድትጠብቅ አዝዝሃለሁ፤ ከዚያም በሕይወት ትኖራለህ፤ ትበዛለህም፤ አምላክህም እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) ትወርሳት ዘንድ በምትገባበት ምድር ይባርክሃል።
17ዳሩ ግን ልብህ ወደ ኋላ ቢመለስና ባትታዘዝ፣ ለሌሎች አማልክት ለመስገድ ብትታለልና ብታመልካቸው፣ 18በርግጥ እንደምትጠፉ እኔ በዛሬው ዕለት እነግራችኋለሁ፤ ዮርዳኖስን ተሻግረህ ትወርሳት ዘንድ በምትገባባት ምድር ብዙ አትኖሩባትም።
19ሕይወትንና ሞትን፣ በረከትንና ርግማንን በፊትህ እንዳስቀመጥሁ ዛሬ ሰማይንና ምድርን ምስክር አድርጌ እጠራብሃለሁ። እንግዲህ አንተና ልጆችህ በሕይወት እንድትኖሩ ሕይወትን ምረጥ፤ 20ይኸውም አምላክህን እግዚአብሔርን (ኤሎሂም ያህዌ) እንድትወድ፣ ቃሉን እንድታደምጥና ከእርሱ ጋር እንድትጣበቅ ነው። ምክንያቱም እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) ሕይወትህ ነው፤ ለአባቶችህ ለአብርሃም፣ ለይስሐቅና ለያዕቆብ ሊሰጣቸው በማለላቸው ምድር ረዥም ዕድሜ ይሰጥሃል።
Prosperity After Turning to the Lord
1When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations, 2and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, 3then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes30:3 Or will bring you back from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. 4Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back. 5He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors. 6The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. 7The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you. 8You will again obey the Lord and follow all his commands I am giving you today. 9Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The Lord will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, 10if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
The Offer of Life or Death
11Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” 13Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” 14No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
15See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
17But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.
19This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
