تَثنِيَة 30

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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 الْكَلِمَةُ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنْكُمْ جِدّاً، فِي أَفْوَاهِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِكُمْ لِتَعْمَلُوا بِها.

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

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

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

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 أُنْذِرُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ أَنَّكُمْ لَا مَحَالَةَ هَالِكُونَ. لَا تُطِيلُ الأَيَّامَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَنْتَ عَابِرٌ الأُرْدُنَّ لِتَدْخُلَهَا 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 هَا أَنَا أُشْهِدُ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ السَّمَاءَ وَالأَرْضَ. قَدْ وَضَعْتُ أَمَامَكُمُ الْحَيَاةَ وَالْمَوْتَ، الْبَرَكَةَ وَاللَّعْنَةَ. فَاخْتَارُوا الْحَيَاةَ لِتَحْيَوْا أَنْتُمْ وَنَسْلُكُمْ،

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 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.

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.