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።
Do Not Forget the Lord
1Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors. 2Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. 3He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. 4Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. 5Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.
6Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him. 7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; 8a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; 9a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.
10When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. 11Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. 12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, 13and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, 14then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 15He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. 16He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you. 17You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” 18But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.
19If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed. 20Like the nations the Lord destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God.
