Deuteronomy 30
1 “Now when all these things will have fallen over you, the blessing or the curse that I have set forth in your sight, and you will have been led to repentance in your heart among all the nations to which the Lord your God will have dispersed you,
Kuzakuthi-ke, zonke izinto lezi sezikwehlele, isibusiso lesiqalekiso, engizibekileyo phambi kwakho, uzivuselele enhliziyweni yakho phakathi kwezizwe zonke lapho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekuxotshele khona,
2 and when you will have returned to him, so as to obey his commandments, just as I have instructed you this day, with your sons, with your whole heart and with your whole soul,
uzabuyela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, ulalele ilizwi layo, njengakho konke engikulaya khona lamuhla, wena labantwana bakho, ngenhliziyo yakho yonke langomphefumulo wakho wonke,
3 then the Lord your God will lead you away from your captivity, and he will take pity on you, and he will gather you again from all the nations to which he had dispersed you before.
khona iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izabuyisa ukuthunjwa kwakho, ikuhawukele, ibuye, ikubuthe ezizweni zonke lapho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekuhlakazele khona.
4 Even if you will have been scattered as far as the poles of the heavens, the Lord your God will retrieve you from there.
Lanxa abaxotshiweyo bakho besemkhawulweni wamazulu, ulapho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakubutha, ulapho-ke ikuthathe.
5 And he will take you up and lead you into the land which your fathers had possessed, and you shall obtain it. And in blessing you, he will make you greater in number than your fathers ever were.
LeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakungenisa elizweni oyihlo abalifuyayo, njalo uzalifuya, ikwenzele okuhle, ikwandise kulaboyihlo.
6 The Lord your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, so that you may love the Lord your God with your entire heart and with your entire soul, so that you may be able to live.
LeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izasoka inhliziyo yakho lenhliziyo yenzalo yakho, ukuthanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ngenhliziyo yakho yonke langomphefumulo wakho wonke, ukuze uphile.
7 And he will turn all these curses upon your enemies, and upon those who hate and persecute you.
LeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakwehlisela zonke leziziqalekiso ezitheni zakho lakwabakuzondayo ababekuzingela.
8 But you shall return, and you shall listen to the voice of the Lord your God. And you shall carry out all the commandments which I am entrusting to you this day.
Wena-ke uzabuya ulalele ilizwi leNkosi, wenze yonke imilayo yayo engikulaya yona lamuhla.
9 And the Lord your God will cause you to abound in all the works of your hands, in the progeny of your womb, and in the fruit of your cattle, in the fertility of your land, and with an abundance of all things. For the Lord will return, so that he may rejoice over you in all good things, just as he rejoiced in your fathers:
Njalo iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakwandisa kuwo wonke umsebenzi wesandla sakho, esithelweni sesizalo sakho, lesithelweni sezifuyo zakho, lesithelweni somhlaba wakho, ukuthi kulunge; ngoba iNkosi izabuya ukukuthabela kube kuhle, njengalokhu yathabela oyihlo,
10 but only if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep his precepts and ceremonies, which have been written in this law, and only if you return to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
uba uzalalela ilizwi leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ukugcina imilayo yayo lezimiso zayo ezibhalwe kulolugwalo lomlayo, uba uphendukela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho ngenhliziyo yakho yonke langomphefumulo wakho wonke.
11 This commandment, which I entrust to you today, is not high above you, nor has it been placed far away.
Ngoba lumlayo engikulaya wona lamuhla kawufihlwanga kuwe, futhi kawukhatshana lawe.
12 Nor is it in heaven, so that you would be able to say, ‘Which of us can ascend to heaven, so as to carry it back to us, and so that we may hear it and fulfill it in deed?’
Kawukho emazulwini ukuthi uthi: Ngubani ozasenyukelela emazulwini, asithathele wona ukuze siwuzwe siwenze?
13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you would excuse yourself by saying, ‘Which of us is able to cross the sea, and to carry it back to us, so that we may be able to hear and to do what has been instructed?’
Futhi kawungaphetsheya kolwandle ukuthi uthi: Ngubani ozasichaphela aye ngaphetsheya kolwandle, asithathele wona ukuze siwuzwe siwenze?
14 Instead, the word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.
Kodwa ilizwi liseduze kakhulu lawe, emlonyeni wakho lenhliziyweni yakho ukulenza.
15 Consider what I have set forth in your sight this day, life and good, or, on the opposite side, death and evil,
Bona, ngibekile phambi kwakho lamuhla impilo lokulunga, lokufa lobubi.
16 so that you may love the Lord your God, and walk in his ways, and keep his commandments and ceremonies and judgments, and so that you may live, and he may multiply you and bless you in the land, which you shall enter in order to possess.
Ngoba ngiyakulaya lamuhla ukuthanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, lokuhamba endleleni zayo, lokugcina imilayo yayo lezimiso zayo lezahlulelo zayo, ukuze uphile wande; leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakubusisa elizweni oya kulo ukudla ilifa lalo.
17 But if your heart will have been turned aside, so that you are not willing to listen, and, having been deceived by error, you adore strange gods and serve them,
Kodwa uba inhliziyo yakho iphenduka ukuze ungalaleli, uduhiswe, ukhothamele abanye onkulunkulu, ubakhonze,
18 then I predict to you this day that you will perish, and you will remain for only a short time in the land, for which you shall cross the Jordan, and which you shall enter in order to possess.
ngiyalitshela lamuhla ukuthi lizabhubha lokubhubha; kaliyikwelula izinsuku elizweni lapho ochaphela iJordani khona ukungena kulo ukudla ilifa lalo.
19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your offspring may live,
Lamuhla ngiyabiza amazulu lomhlaba ukufakaza ngani. Impilo lokufa ngikubekile phambi kwakho, isibusiso lesiqalekiso. Ngakho khetha impilo ukuze uphile wena lenzalo yakho,
20 and so that you may love the Lord your God, and obey his voice, and cling to him, (for he is your life and the length of your days) and so that you may live in the land, about which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give it to them.”
ukuthanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ukulalela ilizwi layo, lokunamathela kuyo. Ngoba iyimpilo yakho lobude bensuku zakho, ukuze uhlale elizweni iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho eyafungela oyihlo, uAbrahama, uIsaka, loJakobe, ukubanika lona.
