The Lord Will Bless His People
1I have told you about all these blessings and curses. The Lord your God will bring them on you. Then you will think carefully about the blessings and curses. You will think about them everywhere the Lord your God scatters you among the nations. 2You and your children will return to the Lord your God. You will obey him with all your heart and with all your soul. That will be according to everything I’m commanding you today. 3When all that happens, the Lord your God will bless you with great success again. He will be very kind to you. He’ll bring you back from all the nations where he scattered you. 4Suppose you have been forced to go away to the farthest land on earth. The Lord your God will bring you back even from there. 5He will bring you to the land that belonged to your people of long ago. You will take it over. He’ll make you better off than your people were. He’ll cause there to be more of you than there were of them. 6The Lord your God will keep you from being stubborn. He’ll do the same thing for your children and their children. Then you will love him with all your heart and with all your soul. And you will live. 7The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies. They hated you and hunted you down. 8You will obey the Lord again. You will obey all his commands that I’m giving you today. 9Then the Lord your God will give you great success in everything you do. You will have many children. Your livestock will have many little ones. Your crops will do very well. The Lord will take delight in you again. He’ll give you success. That’s what he did for your people of long ago. 10But you must obey the Lord your God. You must keep his commands and rules. They are written in this Book of the Law. You must turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Choose Life, Not Death
11What I’m commanding you today is not too hard for you. It isn’t beyond your reach. 12It isn’t up in heaven. So you don’t have to ask, “Who will go up into heaven to get it? Who will announce it to us so we can obey it?” 13And it isn’t beyond the ocean. So you don’t have to ask, “Who will go across the ocean to get it? Who will announce it to us so we can obey it?” 14No, the message isn’t far away at all. In fact, it’s really near you. It’s in your mouth and in your heart so that you can obey it.
15Today I’m giving you a choice. You can have life and success. Or you can have death and harm. 16I’m commanding you today to love the Lord your God. I’m commanding you to live exactly as he wants you to live. You must obey his commands, rules and laws. Then you will live. There will be many of you. The Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to take as your own.
17Don’t let your hearts turn away from the Lord. Instead, obey him. Don’t let yourselves be drawn away to other gods. And don’t bow down to them and worship them. 18If you do, I announce to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You are about to go across the Jordan River and take over the land. But you won’t live there very long.
19I’m calling for the heavens and the earth to be witnesses against you this very day. I’m offering you the choice of life or death. You can choose either blessings or curses. But I want you to choose life. Then you and your children will live. 20And you will love the Lord your God. You will obey him. You will remain true to him. The Lord is your very life. He will give you many years in the land. He promised to give that land to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Ang mga Dapat Gawin upang Pagpalain ng Dios
1“Kapag nangyari na sa inyo ang mga bagay na ito – ang mga pagpapala at ang mga sumpa na aking sinabi sa inyo – at maalala ninyo ito kapag naroon na kayo sa mga bansa kung saan ipinabihag kayo ng Panginoon na inyong Dios, 2at kung sa mga oras na iyon ay magbabalik-loob kayo sa Panginoon na inyong Dios, at susundin ninyo nang buong puso at kaluluwa ang lahat ng iniutos ko sa inyo ngayon, 3kaaawaan kayo ng Panginoon na inyong Dios at titipunin mula sa lahat ng bansa kung saan ipinabihag niya kayo, at pagkatapos ay muling magiging mabuti ang kalagayan ninyo. 4Kahit itinaboy pa niya kayo sa pinakamalayong bahagi ng mundo, titipunin pa rin kayo ng Panginoon na inyong Dios 5at pababalikin sa lupain ng inyong mga ninuno, at aangkinin ninyo ito. Pauunlarin at padadamihin pa niya kayo kaysa sa inyong mga ninuno. 6Babaguhin ng Panginoon na inyong Dios ang mga puso ninyo at ang mga puso ng inyong lahi para mahalin ninyo siya nang buong pusoʼt kaluluwa, at mabubuhay kayo nang matagal. 7Ipaparanas ng Panginoon na inyong Dios ang lahat ng sumpang ito sa inyong mga kaaway na napopoot at gumigipit sa inyo. 8Muli ninyong susundin ang Panginoon at tutuparin ang lahat ng utos niya na ibinibigay ko sa inyo ngayon. 9Pauunlarin kayo ng Panginoon na inyong Dios sa lahat ng ginagawa ninyo. Pararamihin niya ang inyong mga anak, mga hayop at ang inyong mga ani, dahil natutuwa ang Panginoong pagpalain kayo gaya ng pagpapala niya sa inyong mga ninuno. 10Mangyayari ito kung susundin ninyo ang Panginoon na inyong Dios at tutuparin ang lahat ng utos niya at tuntuning nakasulat sa Aklat ng Kautusan, at kung manunumbalik kayo sa kanya nang buong pusoʼt kaluluwa.
11“Hindi mahirap unawain at gawin ang mga utos na ito na ibinibigay ko sa inyo ngayon. 12Wala ito sa langit para magtanong kayo, ‘Sino ba ang aakyat sa langit para kunin ito at ipahayag sa atin upang masunod natin?’ 13Wala rin naman ito sa kabila ng dagat para magtanong kayo, ‘Sino ba ang tatawid sa dagat para kunin ito at ipahayag sa atin upang masunod natin?’ 14Nasa inyo ito, sa bibig at puso ninyo, kaya sundin ninyo ito.
15“Makinig kayo! Sa araw na ito, pinapapili ko kayo: buhay o kamatayan, kasaganaan o kahirapan. 16Inuutusan ko kayo ngayon na mahalin ang Panginoon na inyong Dios, na mamuhay ayon sa kanyang pamamaraan, at sundin ang kanyang mga utos at tuntunin. Kung gagawin ninyo ito, mabubuhay kayo nang matagal at dadami, at pagpapalain kayo ng Panginoon doon sa lupaing titirhan at aangkinin ninyo.
17“Ngunit kung tatalikod kayo at hindi susunod sa kanya, at kung sasamba kayo at maglilingkod sa ibang mga dios; 18ngayon pa lang, binabalaan ko na kayo na siguradong mamamatay kayo. Hindi kayo mabubuhay nang matagal sa lupaing titirhan ninyo at mamanahin doon sa kabila ng Jordan.
19“Sa araw na ito, tinawag ko ang langit at lupa na maging saksi kung alin dito ang pipiliin ninyo: buhay o kamatayan, pagpapala o sumpa. Piliin sana ninyo ang buhay para mabuhay kayo nang matagal pati na ang inyong mga anak.30:19 mga anak: o, lahi. 20Mahalin ninyo ang Panginoon na inyong Dios. Sundin ninyo siya at manatili kayo sa kanya, dahil siya ang inyong buhay. Kung gagawin ninyo ito, mabubuhay kayo nang matagal doon sa lupain na ipinangako niyang ibibigay sa inyong mga ninuno na sina Abraham, Isaac, at Jacob.”
