اَلتَّثْنِيَة 30

١ 1 «وَمَتَى أَتَتْ عَلَيْكَ كُلُّ هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورِ، ٱلْبَرَكَةُ وَٱللَّعْنَةُ، ٱللَّتَانِ جَعَلْتُهُمَا قُدَّامَكَ، فَإِنْ رَدَدْتَ فِي قَلْبِكَ بَيْنَ جَمِيعِ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ طَرَدَكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ إِلَيْهِمْ،

One day after you experience all this, the blessings and curses I've told you about, you'll think about them, living in all the different nations where the Lord your God has exiled you.

٢ 2 وَرَجَعْتَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ، وَسَمِعْتَ لِصَوْتِهِ حَسَبَ كُلِّ مَا أَنَا أُوصِيكَ بِهِ ٱلْيَوْمَ، أَنْتَ وَبَنُوكَ، بِكُلِّ قَلْبِكَ وَبِكُلِّ نَفْسِكَ،

When that happens, and when you and your children come back to the Lord your God, and when you do what he says with all your mind and all your being in accordance with everything I'm telling you today, then the Lord your God will be merciful to you.

٣ 3 يَرُدُّ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ سَبْيَكَ وَيَرْحَمُكَ، وَيَعُودُ فَيَجْمَعُكَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ ٱلشُّعُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ بَدَّدَكَ إِلَيْهِمِ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ.

He will bring you back home, gathering you from all the nations where he scattered you.

٤ 4 إِنْ يَكُنْ قَدْ بَدَّدَكَ إِلَى أَقْصَاءِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ، فَمِنْ هُنَاكَ يَجْمَعُكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ، وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ يَأْخُذُكَ،

Even if you were exiled to the ends of the earth, will gather you from there and bring you back.

٥ 5 وَيَأْتِي بِكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي ٱمْتَلَكَهَا آبَاؤُكَ فَتَمْتَلِكُهَا، وَيُحْسِنُ إِلَيْكَ وَيُكَثِّرُكَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ آبَائِكَ.

The Lord your God will bring you home to the country that belonged to your forefathers and you will own it again. He will make you successful, and you will have even more descendants than your forefathers.

٦ 6 وَيَخْتِنُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ قَلْبَكَ وَقَلْبَ نَسْلِكَ، لِكَيْ تُحِبَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ مِنْ كُلِّ قَلْبِكَ وَمِنْ كُلِّ نَفْسِكَ لِتَحْيَا.

The Lord your God will make you and your descendants his again, and you will love him with all your mind and with all your being, so that you'll live.

٧ 7 وَيَجْعَلُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ ٱللَّعَنَاتِ عَلَى أَعْدَائِكَ، وَعَلَى مُبْغِضِيكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَرَدُوكَ.

Then the Lord your God will place all these curses upon your enemies instead, on those who hate and persecute you.

٨ 8 وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَتَعُودُ تَسْمَعُ لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَتَعْمَلُ بِجَمِيعِ وَصَايَاهُ ٱلَّتِي أَنَا أُوصِيكَ بِهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ،

You will once again do what the Lord tells you and follow all his commandments that I'm giving you today.

٩ 9 فَيَزِيدُكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ خَيْرًا فِي كُلِّ عَمَلِ يَدِكَ، فِي ثَمَرَةِ بَطْنِكَ وَثَمَرَةِ بَهَائِمِكَ وَثَمَرَةِ أَرْضِكَ. لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ يَرْجِعُ لِيَفْرَحَ لَكَ بِٱلْخَيْرِ كَمَا فَرِحَ لِآبَائِكَ،

The Lord your God will make you successful in everything you do, you will have children, your livestock will be productive, and you will have good harvests. The Lord will once again be happy to do you good, as he did to your forefathers,

١٠ 10 إِذَا سَمِعْتَ لِصَوْتِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ لِتَحْفَظَ وَصَايَاهُ وَفَرَائِضَهُ ٱلْمَكْتُوبَةَ فِي سِفْرِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ هَذَا. إِذَا رَجَعْتَ إِلَى ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ بِكُلِّ قَلْبِكَ وَبِكُلِّ نَفْسِكَ.

if you obey the Lord your God by keeping his commandments and regulations written in this book of the Law, and if you come back to him with all your mind and with all your being.

١١ 11 «إِنَّ هَذِهِ ٱلْوَصِيَّةَ ٱلَّتِي أُوصِيكَ بِهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ لَيْسَتْ عَسِرَةً عَلَيْكَ وَلَا بَعِيدَةً مِنْكَ.

The instruction I'm giving you today isn't too difficult for you to follow. It's not as if it's so far from you that it's impossible to achieve.

١٢ 12 لَيْسَتْ هِيَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ حَتَّى تَقُولَ: مَنْ يَصْعَدُ لِأَجْلِنَا إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَيَأْخُذُهَا لَنَا وَيُسْمِعُنَا إِيَّاهَا لِنَعْمَلَ بِهَا؟

It's not in heaven so you have to ask, “Who is going to go up to heaven get it for us and let us know what it says so we can obey it?”

١٣ 13 وَلَا هِيَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْبَحْرِ حَتَّى تَقُولَ: مَنْ يَعْبُرُ لِأَجْلِنَا ٱلْبَحْرَ وَيَأْخُذُهَا لَنَا وَيُسْمِعُنَا إِيَّاهَا لِنَعْمَلَ بِهَا؟

It's not across the ocean not beyond the sea so you have to ask, “Who is going to cross the ocean to get it for us and let us know what it says so we can obey it?”

١٤ 14 بَلِ ٱلْكَلِمَةُ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنْكَ جِدًّا، فِي فَمِكَ وَفِي قَلْبِكَ لِتَعْمَلَ بِهَا.

No—you have this instruction is right there with you. It's in your mouth and in your mind so you can obey it.

١٥ 15 «اُنْظُرْ. قَدْ جَعَلْتُ ٱلْيَوْمَ قُدَّامَكَ ٱلْحَيَاةَ وَٱلْخَيْرَ، وَٱلْمَوْتَ وَٱلشَّرَّ،

Listen! Today I've placed a choice before you: life and what's good, or death and what's evil.

١٦ 16 بِمَا أَنِّي أَوْصَيْتُكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَنْ تُحِبَّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ وَتَسْلُكَ فِي طُرُقِهِ وَتَحْفَظَ وَصَايَاهُ وَفَرَائِضَهُ وَأَحْكَامَهُ لِكَيْ تَحْيَا وَتَنْمُوَ، وَيُبَارِكَكَ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتَ دَاخِلٌ إِلَيْهَا لِكَيْ تَمْتَلِكَهَا.

I'm telling you today to love the Lord your God, to follow his ways, and to keep his commandments, rules, and regulations, so you can live and grow in number, and so the Lord your God may bless you in the country that you are entering and will own.

١٧ 17 فَإِنِ ٱنْصَرَفَ قَلْبُكَ وَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ، بَلْ غَوَيْتَ وَسَجَدْتَ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى وَعَبَدْتَهَا،

If you disregard this and you refuse to listen, if you're lured into bowing down to other gods and worshiping them,

١٨ 18 فَإِنِّي أُنْبِئُكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَنَّكُمْ لَا مَحَالَةَ تَهْلِكُونَ. لَا تُطِيلُ ٱلْأَيَّامَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتَ عَابِرٌ ٱلْأُرْدُنَّ لِكَيْ تَدْخُلَهَا وَتَمْتَلِكَهَا.

then I warn you right now that you will definitely die. You won't live long in the country that you're going to own after you cross the Jordan.

١٩ 19 أُشْهِدُ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلسَّمَاءَ وَٱلْأَرْضَ. قَدْ جَعَلْتُ قُدَّامَكَ ٱلْحَيَاةَ وَٱلْمَوْتَ. ٱلْبَرَكَةَ وَٱللَّعْنَةَ. فَٱخْتَرِ ٱلْحَيَاةَ لِكَيْ تَحْيَا أَنْتَ وَنَسْلُكَ،

I call on heaven and earth to be my witnesses against you today that I have placed before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life, so you and your descendants will live,

٢٠ 20 إِذْ تُحِبُّ ٱلرَّبَّ إِلَهَكَ وَتَسْمَعُ لِصَوْتِهِ وَتَلْتَصِقُ بِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ حَيَاتُكَ وَٱلَّذِي يُطِيلُ أَيَّامَكَ لِكَيْ تَسْكُنَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي حَلَفَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِآبَائِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُمْ إِيَّاهَا.

so you will love the Lord your God, obey him, and hold onto him. For he is your life, and he will give you long lives in the country that the Lord promised to give your forefathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.