اَلتَّثْنِيَة 29

١ 1 هَذِهِ هِيَ كَلِمَاتُ ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلَّذِي أَمَرَ ٱلرَّبُّ مُوسَى أَنْ يَقْطَعَهُ مَعَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي أَرْضِ مُوآبَ، فَضْلًا عَنِ ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَهُمْ فِي حُورِيبَ.

These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

٢ 2 وَدَعَا مُوسَى جَمِيعَ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ شَاهَدْتُمْ مَا فَعَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ أَمَامَ أَعْيُنِكُمْ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ بِفِرْعَوْنَ وَبِجَمِيعِ عَبِيدِهِ وَبِكُلِّ أَرْضِهِ،

Moses called to all Israel, and said to them: Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh did in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;

٣ 3 ٱلتَّجَارِبُ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ ٱلَّتِي أَبْصَرَتْهَا عَيْنَاكَ، وَتِلْكَ ٱلْآيَاتِ وَٱلْعَجَائِبَ ٱلْعَظِيمَةُ.

the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders.

٤ 4 وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يُعْطِكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ قَلْبًا لِتَفْهَمُوا، وَأَعْيُنًا لِتُبْصِرُوا، وَآذَانًا لِتَسْمَعُوا إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

But Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

٥ 5 فَقَدْ سِرْتُ بِكُمْ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، لَمْ تَبْلَ ثِيَابُكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَنَعْلُكَ لَمْ تَبْلَ عَلَى رِجْلِكَ.

I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not grown old on you, and your sandals have not grown old on your feet.

٦ 6 لَمْ تَأْكُلُوا خُبْزًا وَلَمْ تَشْرَبُوا خَمْرًا وَلَا مُسْكِرًا لِكَيْ تَعْلَمُوا أَنِّي أَنَا ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.

٧ 7 وَلَمَّا جِئْتُمْ إِلَى هَذَا ٱلْمَكَانِ خَرَجَ سِيحُونُ مَلِكُ حَشْبُونَ وَعُوجُ مَلِكُ بَاشَانَ لِلِقَائِنَا لِلْحَرْبِ فَكَسَّرْنَاهُمَا،

When you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we struck them.

٨ 8 وَأَخَذْنَا أَرْضَهُمَا وَأَعْطَيْنَاهَا نَصِيبًا لِرَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادَ وَنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى.

We took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.

٩ 9 فَٱحْفَظُوا كَلِمَاتِ هَذَا ٱلْعَهْدِ وَٱعْمَلُوا بِهَا لِكَيْ تَفْلَحُوا فِي كُلِّ مَا تَفْعَلُونَ.

Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

١٠ 10 «أَنْتُمْ وَاقِفُونَ ٱلْيَوْمَ جَمِيعُكُمْ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ: رُؤَسَاؤُكُمْ، أَسْبَاطُكُمْ، شُيُوخُكُمْ وَعُرَفَاؤُكُمْ وَكُلُّ رِجَالِ إِسْرَائِيلَ،

All of you stand today in the presence of Yahweh your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

١١ 11 وَأَطْفَالُكُمْ وَنِسَاؤُكُمْ، وَغَرِيبُكُمُ ٱلَّذِي فِي وَسَطِ مَحَلَّتِكُمْ مِمَّنْ يَحْتَطِبُ حَطَبَكُمْ إِلَى مَنْ يَسْتَقِي مَاءَكُمْ،

your little ones, your wives, and the foreigners who are in the middle of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water,

١٢ 12 لِكَيْ تَدْخُلَ فِي عَهْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِكَ وَقَسَمِهِ ٱلَّذِي يَقْطَعُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكَ مَعَكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ،

that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you today,

١٣ 13 لِكَيْ يُقِيمَكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ لِنَفْسِهِ شَعْبًا، وَهُوَ يَكُونُ لَكَ إِلَهًا كَمَا قَالَ لَكَ، وَكَمَا حَلَفَ لِآبَائِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ.

that he may establish you today as his people, and that he may be your God, as he spoke to you and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

١٤ 14 وَلَيْسَ مَعَكُمْ وَحْدَكُمْ أَقْطَعُ أَنَا هَذَا ٱلْعَهْدَ وَهَذَا ٱلْقَسَمَ،

Neither do I make this covenant and this oath with you only,

١٥ 15 بَلْ مَعَ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ هُنَا مَعَنَا وَاقِفًا ٱلْيَوْمَ أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا، وَمَعَ ٱلَّذِي لَيْسَ هُنَا مَعَنَا ٱلْيَوْمَ.

but with those who stand here with us today before Yahweh our God, and also with those who are not here with us today

١٦ 16 لِأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ عَرَفْتُمْ كَيْفَ أَقَمْنَا فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، وَكَيْفَ ٱجْتَزْنَا فِي وَسَطِ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ مَرَرْتُمْ بِهِمْ،

(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the middle of the nations through which you passed;

١٧ 17 وَرَأَيْتُمْ أَرْجَاسَهُمْ وَأَصْنَامَهُمُ ٱلَّتِي عِنْدَهُمْ مِنْ خَشَبٍ وَحَجَرٍ وَفِضَّةٍ وَذَهَبٍ،

and you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which were among them);

١٨ 18 لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ فِيكُمْ رَجُلٌ أَوِ ٱمْرَأَةٌ أَوْ عَشِيرَةٌ أَوْ سِبْطٌ قَلْبُهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ مُنْصَرِفٌ عَنِ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا لِكَيْ يَذْهَبَ لِيَعْبُدَ آلِهَةَ تِلْكَ ٱلْأُمَمِ. لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ فِيكُمْ أَصْلٌ يُثْمِرُ عَلْقَمًا وَأَفْسَنْتِينًا.

lest there should be among you man, woman, family, or tribe whose heart turns away today from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that produces bitter poison;

١٩ 19 فَيَكُونُ مَتَى سَمِعَ كَلَامَ هَذِهِ ٱللَّعْنَةِ، يَتَبَرَّكُ فِي قَلْبِهِ قَائِلًا: يَكُونُ لِي سَلَامٌ، إِنِّي بِإِصْرَارِ قَلْبِي أَسْلُكُ لِإِفْنَاءِ ٱلرَّيَّانِ مَعَ ٱلْعَطْشَانِ.

and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, “I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,” to destroy the moist with the dry.

٢٠ 20 لَا يَشَاءُ ٱلرَّبُّ أَنْ يَرْفُقَ بِهِ، بَلْ يُدَخِّنُ حِينَئِذٍ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ وَغَيْرَتُهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ٱلرَّجُلِ، فَتَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ كُلُّ ٱللَّعَنَاتِ ٱلْمَكْتُوبَةِ فِي هَذَا ٱلْكِتَابِ، وَيَمْحُو ٱلرَّبُّ ٱسْمَهُ مِنْ تَحْتِ ٱلسَمَاءِ.

Yahweh will not pardon him, but then Yahweh’s anger and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book will fall on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under the sky.

٢١ 21 وَيُفْرِزُهُ ٱلرَّبُّ لِلشَّرِّ مِنْ جَمِيعِ أَسْبَاطِ إِسْرَائِيلَ حَسَبَ جَمِيعِ لَعَنَاتِ ٱلْعَهْدِ ٱلْمَكْتُوبَةِ فِي كِتَابِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ هَذَا.

Yahweh will set him apart for evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.

٢٢ 22 فَيَقُولُ ٱلْجِيلُ ٱلْأَخِيرُ، بَنُوكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُومُونَ بَعْدَكُمْ، وَٱلْأَجْنَبِيُّ ٱلَّذِي يَأْتِي مِنْ أَرْضٍ بَعِيدَةٍ، حِينَ يَرَوْنَ ضَرَبَاتِ تِلْكَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَأَمْرَاضَهَا ٱلَّتِي يُمْرِضُهَا بِهَا ٱلرَّبُّ.

The generation to come—your children who will rise up after you, and the foreigner who will come from a far land—will say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which Yahweh has made it sick,

٢٣ 23 كِبْرِيتٌ وَمِلْحٌ، كُلُّ أَرْضِهَا حَرِيقٌ، لَا تُزْرَعُ وَلَا تُنْبِتُ وَلَا يَطْلُعُ فِيهَا عُشْبٌ مَّا، كَٱنْقِلَابِ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَأَدْمَةَ وَصَبُويِيمَ، ٱلَّتِي قَلَبَهَا ٱلرَّبُّ بِغَضَبِهِ وَسَخَطِهِ.

that all of its land is sulfur, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, doesn’t produce, nor does any grass grow in it, like the overthrow of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath.

٢٤ 24 وَيَقُولُ جَمِيعُ ٱلْأُمَمِ: لِمَاذَا فَعَلَ ٱلرَّبُّ هَكَذَا بِهَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ لِمَاذَا حُمُوُّ هَذَا ٱلْغَضَبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ؟

Even all the nations will say, “Why has Yahweh done this to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?”

٢٥ 25 فَيَقُولُونَ: لِأَنَّهُمْ تَرَكُوا عَهْدَ ٱلرَّبِّ إِلَهِ آبَائِهِمِ ٱلَّذِي قَطَعَهُ مَعَهُمْ حِينَ أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ،

Then men will say, “Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt,

٢٦ 26 وَذَهَبُوا وَعَبَدُوا آلِهَةً أُخْرَى وَسَجَدُوا لَهَا. آلِهَةً لَمْ يَعْرِفُوهَا وَلَا قُسِمَتْ لَهُمْ.

and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they didn’t know and that he had not given to them.

٢٧ 27 فَٱشْتَعَلَ غَضَبُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى تِلْكَ ٱلْأَرْضِ حَتَّى جَلَبَ عَلَيْهَا كُلَّ ٱللَّعَنَاتِ ٱلْمَكْتُوبَةِ فِي هَذَا ٱلسِّفْرِ.

Therefore Yahweh’s anger burned against this land, to bring on it all the curses that are written in this book.

٢٨ 28 وَٱسْتَأْصَلَهُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ مِنْ أَرْضِهِمْ بِغَضَبٍ وَسَخَطٍ وَغَيْظٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَأَلْقَاهُمْ إِلَى أَرْضٍ أُخْرَى كَمَا فِي هَذَا ٱلْيَوْمِ.

Yahweh rooted them out of their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and thrust them into another land, as it is today.”

٢٩ 29 ٱلسَّرَائِرُ لِلرَّبِّ إِلَهِنَا، وَٱلْمُعْلَنَاتُ لَنَا وَلِبَنِينَا إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، لِنَعْمَلَ بِجَمِيعِ كَلِمَاتِ هَذِهِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةِ.

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.