Deuteronomy 29

1 These are the words of the agreement which Moses was ordered by the Lord to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the agreement which he made with them in Horeb.

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

2 And Moses said in the hearing of all Israel, You have seen all the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his servants and all his land;

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

3 The great tests which your eyes saw, and the signs and wonders:

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

4 But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.

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

5 For forty years I have been your guide through the waste land: your clothing has not become old on your backs, or your shoes on your feet.

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

6 You have had no bread, or wine, or strong drink: so that you might see that I am the Lord your God.

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

7 When you came to this place, Sihon, king of Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, came out to make war against us and we overcame them:

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

8 And we took their land and gave it to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for their heritage.

٨ وَأَخَذْنَا أَرْضَهُمَا وَأَعْطَيْنَاهَا نَصِيبًا لِرَأُوبَيْنَ وَجَادَ وَنِصْفِ سِبْطِ مَنَسَّى.

9 So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.

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

10 You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,

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

11 And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you:

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

12 With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:

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

13 And so that he may make you his people today, and be your God, as he has said to you, and as he made an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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

14 And not with you only do I make this agreement and this oath;

١٤ وَلَيْسَ مَعَكُمْ وَحْدَكُمْ أَقْطَعُ أَنَا هَذَا ٱلْعَهْدَ وَهَذَا ٱلْقَسَمَ،

15 But with everyone who is here with us today before the Lord our God, as well as with those who are not here:

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

16 (For you have in mind how we were living in the land of Egypt; and how we came through all the nations which were on your way;

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

17 And you have seen their disgusting doings, and the images of wood and stone and silver and gold which were among them: )

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

18 So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;

١٨ 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.

19 If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:

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

20 The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth.

٢٠ 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.

21 He will be marked out by the Lord, from all the tribes of Israel, for an evil fate, in keeping with all the curses of the agreement recorded in this book of the law.

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

22 And future generations, your children coming after you, and travellers from far countries, will say, when they see the punishments of that land and the diseases which the Lord has sent on it;

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

23 And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath:

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

24 Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?

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

25 Then men will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he took them out of the land of Egypt:

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

26 And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them:

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

27 And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against this land, to send on it all the curse recorded in this book:

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

28 Rooting them out of their land, in the heat of his wrath and passion, and driving them out into another land, as at this day.

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

29 The secret things are the Lord our God's: but the things which have been made clear are ours and our children's for ever, so that we may do all the words of this law.

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