تَثنِيَة 30

١ 1 وَعِنْدَمَا تَحِلُّ بِكُمْ هَذِهِ الْبَرَكَاتُ وَاللَّعْنَاتُ كُلُّهَا الَّتِي وَضَعْتُهَا أَمَامَكُمْ، وَرَدَّدْتُمُوهَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ حَيْثُ شَتَّتَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ،

Now when all these things shall be come upon thee, the blessing or the curse, which I have set forth before thee, and thou shalt be touched with repentance of thy heart among all the nations, into which the Lord thy God shall have scattered thee,

٢ 2 وَرَجَعْتُمْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَبَنُوكُمْ، وَسَمِعْتُمْ لِصَوْتِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَنُفُوسِكُمْ بِحَسَبِ كُلِّ مَا أَنَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ الْيَوْمَ،

And shalt return to him, and obey his commandments, as I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:

٣ 3 فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ يَرُدُّ سَبْيَكُمْ وَيَرْحَمُكُمْ، وَيَلُّمُ شَتَاتَكُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّذِينَ نَفَاكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ.

The Lord thy God will bring back again thy captivity, and will have mercy on thee, and gather thee again out of all the nations, into which he scattered thee before.

٤ 4 فَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ بَدَّدَكُمْ إِلَى أَقْصَى السَّمَاوَاتِ فَمِنْ هُنَاكَ يَجْمَعُكُمْ وَيَرْجِعُ بِكُمْ،

If thou be driven as far as the poles of heaven, the Lord thy God will fetch thee back from thence,

٥ 5 وَيُعِيدُكُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَرِثَهَا آبَاؤُكُمْ فَتَمْتَلِكُونَهَا، وَيُحْسِنُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَيُكَثِّرُكُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ آبَائِكُمْ.

And will take thee to himself, and bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it: and blessing thee, he will make thee more numerous than were thy fathers.

٦ 6 وَيُطَهِّرُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ قُلُوبَكُمْ وَقُلُوبَ نَسْلِكُمْ لِتُحِبُّوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَمِنْ كُلِّ نُفُوسِكُمْ لِتَحْيَوْا مُطْمَئِنِّينَ

The Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed: that then mayst love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayst live.

٧ 7 وَيُحَوِّلُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ كُلَّ هَذِهِ اللَّعْنَاتِ لِتَنْصَبَّ عَلَى أَعْدَائِكُمْ وَعَلَى مُبْغِضِيكُمُ الَّذِينَ طَرَدُوكُمْ،

And he will turn all these curses upon thy enemies, and upon them that hate and persecute thee.

٨ 8 وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتُطِيعُونَ صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ وَتَعْمَلُونَ بِجَمِيعِ وَصَايَاهُ الَّتِي أَنَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِها الآنَ.

But thou shalt return, and hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and shalt do all the commandments which I command thee this day:

٩ 9 فَيُفِيضُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ خَيْراً فِي كُلِّ مَا تُنْتِجُهُ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيُكَثِّرُ ثَمَرَةَ أَحْشَائِكُمْ وَنِتَاجَ بَهَائِمِكُمْ، وَغَلّاتِ أَرْضِكُمْ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَعُودُ فَيَبْتَهِجُ بِكُمْ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ مُزْدَهِرِينَ، كَمَا ابْتَهَجَ بِآبَائِكُمْ.

And the Lord thy God will make thee abound in all the works of thy hands, in the fruit of thy womb, and in the fruit of thy cattle, in the fruitfulness of thy land, and in the plenty of all things. For the Lord will return to rejoice over thee in all good things, as he rejoiced in thy fathers:

١٠ 10 هَذَا إِنْ سَمِعْتُمْ لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ وَحَفِظْتُمْ وَصَايَاهُ وَفَرَائِضَهُ الْمُدَوَّنَةَ فِي كِتَابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ هَذَا، وَإِنْ رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَمِنْ كُلِّ نُفُوسِكُمْ.

Yet so if thou hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and keep his precepts and ceremonies, which are written in this law: and return to the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

١١ 11 إِنَّ مَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ وَصَايَا لَيْسَتْ مُتَعَذِّرَةً عَلَيْكُمْ وَلا بَعِيدَةَ الْمَنَالِ،

This commandment, that I command thee this day is not above thee, nor far off from thee:

١٢ 12 فَهِيَ لَيْسَتْ فِي السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى تَقُولُوا: مَنْ يَصْعَدُ لأَجْلِنَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ لِيَأْتِيَ لَنَا بِها وَيَتْلُوَهَا عَلَيْنَا فَنَعْمَلَ بِها؟

Nor is it in heaven, that thou shouldst say: Which of us can go up to heaven to bring it unto us, and we may hear and fulfill it in work?

١٣ 13 وَلا هِيَ فِي مَا وَرَاءَ الْبَحْرِ حَتَّى تَتَسَاءَلُوا: مَنْ يَعْبُرُ الْبَحْرَ لأَجْلِنَا وَيَأْتِينَا بِها وَيَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْنَا فَنَعْمَلَ بِها؟

Nor is it beyond the sea: that thou mayst excuse thyself, and say: Which of us can cross the sea, and bring it unto us: that we may hear, and do that which is commanded?

١٤ 14 بَلِ الْكَلِمَةُ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنْكُمْ جِدّاً، فِي أَفْوَاهِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِكُمْ لِتَعْمَلُوا بِها.

But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayst do it.

١٥ 15 انْظُرُوا: هَا أَنَا قَدْ وَضَعْتُ أَمَامَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ الْحَيَاةَ وَالْخَيْرَ، وَالْمَوْتَ وَالشَّرَّ،

Consider that I have set before thee this day life and good, and on the other hand death and evil:

١٦ 16 إِذْ إِنَّنِي قَدْ أَوْصَيْتُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ أَنْ تُحِبُّوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَأَنْ تَسْلُكُوا فِي طُرُقِهِ وَتُطِيعُوا وَصَايَاهُ وَفَرَائِضَهُ وَأَحْكَامَهُ لِتَحْيَوْا وَتَنْمُوا، فَيُبَارِكَكُمُ الرَّبُّ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ مَاضُونَ إِلَيْهَا لاِمْتِلاكِهَا.

That thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and thou mayst live, and he may multiply thee, and bless thee in the land, which thou shalt go in to possess.

١٧ 17 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ تَحَوَّلَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَلَمْ تُطِيعُوا، بَلْ غَوَيْتُمْ وَسَجَدْتُمْ لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى وَعَبَدْتُمُوهَا

But if thy heart be turned away, so that thou wilt not hear, and being deceived with error thou adore strange gods, and serve them:

١٨ 18 فَإِنِّي أُنْذِرُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ أَنَّكُمْ لَا مَحَالَةَ هَالِكُونَ. لَا تُطِيلُ الأَيَّامَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَنْتَ عَابِرٌ الأُرْدُنَّ لِتَدْخُلَهَا وَتَمْتَلِكَهَا.

I foretell thee this day that thou shalt perish, and shalt remain but a short time in the land, to which thou shalt pass over the Jordan, and shalt go in to possess it.

١٩ 19 هَا أَنَا أُشْهِدُ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ السَّمَاءَ وَالأَرْضَ. قَدْ وَضَعْتُ أَمَامَكُمُ الْحَيَاةَ وَالْمَوْتَ، الْبَرَكَةَ وَاللَّعْنَةَ. فَاخْتَارُوا الْحَيَاةَ لِتَحْيَوْا أَنْتُمْ وَنَسْلُكُمْ،

I call heaven and earth to witness this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Choose therefore life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

٢٠ 20 إِذْ تُحِبُّونَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَتُطِيعُونَ صَوْتَهُ وَتَتَمَسَّكُونَ بِهِ، لأَنَّهُ هُوَ حَيَاتُكُمْ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُطِيلُ أَيَّامَكُمْ لِتَسْتَوْطِنُوا الأَرْضَ الَّتِي حَلَفَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ.

And that thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and obey his voice, and adhere to him (for he is thy life, and the length of thy days, ) that thou mayst dwell in the land, for which the Lord swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give it them.