Rewards for Obeying the Lord
1“ ‘Do not make statues of gods for yourselves. Do not set up a likeness of a god or a sacred stone for yourselves. Do not place a carved stone in your land and bow down in front of it. I am the Lord your God.
2“ ‘You must always keep my Sabbath days. Have respect for my sacred tent. I am the Lord.
3“ ‘Follow my rules. Be careful to obey my commands. 4Then I will send you rain at the right time. The ground will produce its crops. The trees will bear their fruit. 5You will continue to harvest your grain until you gather your grapes. You will continue to gather your grapes until you plant your crops. You will have all you want to eat. And you will live in safety in your land.
6“ ‘I will give you peace in the land. You will be able to sleep because no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild animals from the land. There will not be any war in your country. 7You will hunt down your enemies. You will kill them with your swords. 8Five of you will chase 100. And 100 of you will chase 10,000. You will kill your enemies with your swords.
9“ ‘I will bless you. I will give you many children so that there will be many of you. And I will be faithful to the covenant I made with you. 10You will still be eating last year’s crops when you will have to make room for new crops. 11I will live among you. I will not turn away from you. 12I will walk among you. I will be your God. And you will be my people. 13I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt. I did not want you to be slaves in Egypt anymore. I threw off your heavy load. I helped you walk with your heads held high.
Punishment for Not Obeying the Lord
14“ ‘On the other hand, suppose you do not listen to me. Suppose you do not carry out all my commands. 15Suppose you say no to my rules and turn away from my laws. And suppose you break my covenant by failing to carry out all my commands. 16Then here is what I will do to you. All at once I will bring terror on you. I will send sicknesses that will make you weak. I will send fever that will destroy your sight. It will slowly take your strength away. When you plant seeds, it will not do you any good. Instead, your enemies will eat what you have planted. 17I will turn against you. Then your enemies will win the battle over you. Those who hate you will rule over you. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.
18“ ‘After all that, suppose you still will not listen to me. Then I will punish you for your sins seven times. 19I will break down your stubborn pride. I will make the sky above you like iron, and it will not rain. I will make the ground under you like bronze, and you will not be able to farm it. 20You will work with all your strength, but it will not do you any good. That is because your soil will not produce any crops. The trees of your land will not bear any fruit.
21“ ‘Suppose you continue to be my enemy. And suppose you still refuse to listen to me. Then I will multiply your troubles many times because of your sins. 22I will send wild animals against you. They will kill your children. They will destroy your cattle. There will be so few of you left that your roads will be deserted.
23“ ‘After all those things, suppose you still do not accept my warnings. And suppose you continue to be my enemy. 24Then I myself will be your enemy. I will make you suffer again and again for your sins. 25I will send war against you to punish you for breaking my covenant. When you go back into your cities, I will send a plague among you. You will be handed over to your enemies. 26I will cut off your supply of bread. Ten women will need only one oven to bake your bread. They will weigh out the bread piece by piece. Even when you eat all of it, it will not be enough to satisfy you.
27“ ‘After all that, suppose you still do not listen to me. And suppose you continue to be my enemy. 28Then I will be angry with you. I will be your enemy. I myself will again punish you for your sins over and over. 29You will eat the dead bodies of your sons. You will also eat the dead bodies of your daughters. 30I will destroy the high places where you worship other gods. I will pull down your incense altars. I will pile up your dead bodies on the lifeless statues of your gods. And I will turn away from you. 31I will completely destroy your cities. I will destroy your places of worship. The pleasant smell of your offerings will not give me any delight. 32I myself will destroy your land so completely that your enemies who live there will be shocked. 33I will scatter you among the nations. I will pull out my sword and hunt you down. Your land and your cities will be completely destroyed. 34Then the deserted land will enjoy its sabbath years. It will rest. It will not be farmed. It will enjoy its sabbaths. But you will become prisoners in the country of your enemies. 35The land will rest the whole time it is deserted. It was not able to rest during the sabbaths you lived in it.
36“ ‘Some of you will be left in the lands of your enemies. I will fill your hearts with fear. The sound of a leaf blown by the wind will scare you away. You will run as if you were escaping from swords. You will fall down, even though no one is chasing you. 37You will trip over one another as if you were running away from the battle. You will run away, even though no one is chasing you. You will not be able to stand and fight against your enemies. 38While you are still scattered among the nations, you will die. The lands of your enemies will destroy you. 39You who are left in those lands will become weaker and weaker. You will die because of your sins and the sins of your people who lived before you.
40“ ‘But suppose you admit that both you and your people who lived before you have sinned. You admit the evil and dishonest things you have done against me. And you admit you have become my enemy. 41What you did made me become your enemy. I let your enemies take you into their land. But suppose you stop being stubborn. You stop being proud. And you pay for your sin. 42Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob. I will remember my covenant with Isaac. I will remember my covenant with Abraham. I will remember what I said to them about the land. 43You will leave the land. It will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies deserted because you are not there. You will pay for your sins because you said no to my laws. You turned away from my rules. 44But even after all that, I will not say no to you or turn away from you. I will not destroy you completely in the land of your enemies. I will not break my covenant with you. I am the Lord your God. 45Because of you, I will remember the covenant I made with the people of Israel who lived before you. I brought them out of Egypt to be their God. The nations saw me do it. I am the Lord.’ ”
46These are the orders, the laws and the rules of the covenant the Lord made on Mount Sinai. He made it between himself and the Israelites through Moses.
Èrè ìgbọ́ràn
1“ 26.1: Le 19.4; El 20.4,23; De 4.15-18; 27.15.‘Ẹ̀yin kò gbọdọ̀ mọ ère òrìṣà, tàbí kí ẹ̀yin gbe ère kalẹ̀ tàbí kí ẹ̀yin gbẹ́ ère òkúta: kí ẹ̀yin má sì gbẹ́ òkúta tí ẹ̀yin yóò gbé kalẹ̀ láti sìn. Èmi ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín.
226.2: El 20.8; 23.12; 34.21; 35.2,3; Le 19.3,30; De 5.12-15.“ ‘Ẹ pa ọjọ́ ìsinmi mi mọ́ kí ẹ̀yin sì bọ̀wọ̀ fún ibi mímọ́ mi: Èmi ni Olúwa.
326.3-13: De 7.12-26; 28.1-14.“ ‘Bí ẹ̀yin bá tẹ̀lé àṣẹ mi, tí ẹ̀yin sì ṣọ́ra láti pa òfin mi mọ́. 4Èmi yóò rọ̀jò fún yín ní àkókò rẹ̀, kí ilẹ̀ yín le mú èso rẹ̀ jáde bí ó tí yẹ kí àwọn igi eléso yín so èso. 5Èrè oko yín yóò pọ̀ dé bi pé ẹ ó máa pa ọkà títí di àsìkò ìkórè igi eléso, ẹ̀yin yóò sì máa gbé ní ilẹ̀ yín láìléwu.
6“ ‘Èmi yóò fún yín ní àlàáfíà ní ilẹ̀ yín, ẹ̀yin yóò sì sùn láìsí ìbẹ̀rù ẹnikẹ́ni. Èmi yóò mú kí gbogbo ẹranko búburú kúrò ní ilẹ̀ náà: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni idà kì yóò la ilẹ̀ yín já. 7Ẹ̀yin yóò lé àwọn ọ̀tá yín: wọn yóò sì tipa idà kú. 8Àwọn márùn-ún péré nínú yín yóò máa ṣẹ́gun ọgọ́rùn-ún ènìyàn: Àwọn ọgọ́rùn-ún yóò sì máa ṣẹ́gun ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́wàá: Àwọn ọ̀tá yín yóò tipa idà kú níwájú yín.
9“ ‘Èmi yóò fi ojúrere wò yín: Èmi yóò mú kí ẹ bí sí i, èmi yóò jẹ́ kí ẹ pọ̀ sí i: Èmi yóò sì pa májẹ̀mú mi mọ́ pẹ̀lú yín. 10Àwọn èrè oko yín yóò pọ̀ tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí ẹ̀yin ó máa jẹ èrè ọdún tí ó kọjá, ẹ̀yin ó sì kó wọn jáde: kí ẹ̀yin lè rí ààyè kó tuntun sí. 1126.11,12: 2Kọ 6.16.Èmi yóò kọ́ àgọ́ mímọ́ mi sí àárín yín. Èmi kò sì ní kórìíra yín. 12Èmi yóò wà pẹ̀lú yín: Èmi yóò máa jẹ́ Ọlọ́run yín: Ẹ̀yin yóò sì máa jẹ́ ènìyàn mi. 13Èmi ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín tí ó mú yín jáde kúrò ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti: kí ẹ̀yin má ba à jẹ́ ẹrú fún wọn mọ́. Mo sì já ìdè àjàgà yín: mo sì mú kí ẹ̀yin máa rìn gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹni tí a gbé lórí sókè.
Ìjìyà fún àìgbọ́ràn
1426.14-45: De 28.16-68.“ ‘Bí ẹ̀yin kò bá fetí sí mi tí ẹ̀yin kò sì ṣe gbogbo òfin wọ̀nyí. 15Bí ẹ̀yin bá kọ àṣẹ mi tí ẹ̀yin sì kórìíra òfin mi, tí ẹ̀yin sì kùnà láti pa ìlànà mi mọ́, nípa èyí tí ẹ̀yin ti ṣẹ̀ sí májẹ̀mú mi. 16Èmi yóò ṣe àwọn nǹkan wọ̀nyí sí yín: Èmi yóò mú ìpayà òjijì bá yín: àwọn ààrùn afiniṣòfò, àti ibà afọ́nilójú, tí í pa ni díẹ̀díẹ̀. Ẹ̀yin yóò gbin èso ilẹ̀ yín lásán: nítorí pé àwọn ọ̀tá yín ni yóò jẹ gbogbo ohun tí ẹ̀yin ti gbìn. 17Èmi yóò dojúkọ yín títí tí ẹ̀yin ó fi di ẹni ìkọlù; àwọn tí ó kórìíra yín ni yóò sì ṣe àkóso lórí yín. Ìbẹ̀rù yóò mú yín dé bi pé ẹ̀yin yóò máa sá káàkiri nígbà tí ẹnikẹ́ni kò lé yín.
18“ ‘Bí ẹ̀yin kò bá wá gbọ́ tèmi lẹ́yìn gbogbo èyí: Èmi yóò fi kún ìyà yín ní ìlọ́po méje nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín. 19Èmi yóò fọ́ agbára ìgbéraga yín: ojú ọ̀run yóò le koko bí irin: ilẹ̀ yóò sì le bí idẹ (òjò kò ní rọ̀: ilẹ̀ yín yóò sì le). 20Ẹ ó máa lo agbára yín lásán torí pé ilẹ̀ yín kì yóò so èso, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn igi yín kì yóò so èso pẹ̀lú.
21“ ‘Bí ẹ bá tẹ̀síwájú láì gbọ́ tèmi, Èmi yóò tún fa ìjayà yín le ní ìgbà méje gẹ́gẹ́ bí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín. 22Èmi yóò rán àwọn ẹranko búburú sí àárín yín, wọn yóò sì pa àwọn ọmọ yín, wọn yóò run agbo ẹran yín, díẹ̀ nínú yín ni wọn yóò ṣẹ́kù kí àwọn ọ̀nà yín lè di ahoro.
23“ ‘Bí ẹ kò bá tún yípadà lẹ́yìn gbogbo ìjìyà wọ̀nyí, tí ẹ sì tẹ̀síwájú láti lòdì sí mi. 24Èmi náà yóò lòdì sí yín. Èmi yóò tún fa ìjìyà yín le ní ìlọ́po méje ju ti ìṣáájú. 25Èmi yóò mú idà wá bá yín nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín láti fi gbẹ̀san májẹ̀mú mi tí ẹ kò pamọ́. Bí ẹ ba sálọ sí ìlú yín fún ààbò: Èmi yóò rán àjàkálẹ̀-ààrùn sí àárín yín: Àwọn ọ̀tá yín, yóò sì ṣẹ́gun yín. 26Èmi yóò dá ìpèsè oúnjẹ yín dúró, dé bi pé: inú ààrò kan ni obìnrin mẹ́wàá yóò ti máa se oúnjẹ yín. Òṣùwọ̀n ni wọn yóò fi máa yọ oúnjẹ yín: Ẹ ó jẹ ṣùgbọ́n, ẹ kò ní yó.
27“ ‘Lẹ́yìn gbogbo èyí, bí ẹ kò bá gbọ́ tèmi, tí ẹ sì lòdì sí mi, 28Ní ìbínú mi èmi yóò korò sí yín, èmi tìkára mi yóò fìyà jẹ yín ní ìgbà méje nítorí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín. 29Ebi náà yóò pa yín dé bi pé ẹ ó máa jẹ ẹran-ara àwọn ọmọ yín ọkùnrin, àti àwọn ọmọ yín obìnrin. 30Èmi yóò wó àwọn pẹpẹ òrìṣà yín, lórí òkè níbi tí ẹ ti ń sìn: Èmi yóò sì kó òkú yín jọ, sórí àwọn òkú òrìṣà yín. Èmi ó sì kórìíra yín. 31Èmi yóò sọ àwọn ìlú yín di ahoro, èmi yóò sì ba àwọn ilé mímọ́ yín jẹ́. Èmi kì yóò sì gbọ́ òórùn dídùn yín mọ́. 32Èmi yóò pa ilẹ̀ yín run dé bi pé ẹnu yóò ya àwọn ọ̀tá yín tí ó bá gbé ilẹ̀ náà. 33Èmi yóò sì tú yín ká sínú àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè: Èmi yóò sì yọ idà tì yín lẹ́yìn, ilẹ̀ yín yóò sì di ahoro: àwọn ìlú yín ni a ó sì parun. 34Ilẹ̀ náà yóò ní ìsinmi (tí kò ni lákòókò ìsinmi rẹ̀) fún gbogbo ìgbà tí ẹ fi wà ní ilẹ̀ àjèjì tí ẹ kò fi lò ó. Ilẹ̀ náà yóò sinmi láti fi dípò ọdún tí ẹ kọ̀ láti fún un. 35Níwọ́n ìgbà tí ẹ kò lò ó, ilẹ̀ náà yóò ní ìsinmi tí kò ní lákòókò ìsinmi rẹ̀ lákokò tí ẹ fi ń gbé orí rẹ̀.
36“ ‘Èmi yóò jẹ́ kí ó burú fún àwọn tí ó wà ní ilẹ̀ ìgbèkùn dé bi pé ìró ewé tí ń mì lásán yóò máa lé wọn sá. Ẹ ó máa sá bí ẹni tí ń sá fún idà. Ẹ ó sì ṣubú láìsí ọ̀tá láyìíká yín 37Wọn yóò máa ṣubú lu ara wọn, bí ẹni tí ń sá fún idà nígbà tí kò sí ẹni tí ń lé yín. Ẹ̀yin kì yóò sì ní agbára láti dúró níwájú ọ̀tá yín. 38Ẹ̀yin yóò ṣègbé láàrín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè abọ̀rìṣà. Ilẹ̀ ọ̀tá yín yóò sì jẹ yín run. 39Àwọn tí ó ṣẹ́kù nínú yín ni yóò ṣòfò dànù ní ilẹ̀ ọ̀tá yín torí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yín àti ti àwọn baba ńlá yín.
4026.40,41: Ap 7.51.“ ‘Bí wọ́n bá jẹ́wọ́ ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn àti ti baba ńlá wọn, ìwà ìṣọ̀tẹ̀ wọn àti bí wọ́n ti ṣe lòdì sí mi. 41Èyí tó mú mi lòdì sí wọn tí mo fi kó wọn lọ sí ilẹ̀ àwọn ọ̀tá wọn. Nígbà tí wọ́n bá rẹ àìkọlà àyà wọn sílẹ̀ tí wọ́n bá sì gba ìbáwí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn. 42Nígbà náà ni Èmi yóò rántí májẹ̀mú mi pẹ̀lú Jakọbu àti pẹ̀lú Isaaki àti pẹ̀lú Abrahamu, Èmi yóò sì rántí ilẹ̀ náà. 43Àwọn ènìyàn náà yóò sì fi ilẹ̀ náà sílẹ̀, yóò sì ní ìsinmi rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó bá wà lófo láìsí wọn níbẹ̀. Wọn yóò sì jìyà ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wọn torí pé wọ́n kọ àwọn òfin mi. Wọ́n sì kórìíra àwọn àṣẹ mi. 44Pẹ̀lú gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí, nígbà tí wọ́n bá wà nílé àwọn ọ̀tá wọn, èmi kì yóò ta wọ́n nù, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni èmi kì yóò kórìíra wọn pátápátá: èyí tí ó lè mú mi dá májẹ̀mú mi pẹ̀lú wọn. Èmi ni Ọlọ́run wọn 45Nítorí wọn, èmi ó rántí májẹ̀mú mi tí mo ti ṣe pẹ̀lú baba ńlá wọn. Àwọn tí mo mú jáde kúrò ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti lójú gbogbo àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè láti jẹ́ Ọlọ́run wọn. Èmi ni Olúwa.’ ”
46Ìwọ̀nyí ni òfin àti ìlànà tí Olúwa fún Mose ní orí òkè Sinai láàrín òun àti àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.
