< Deuteronomy 28 >
1 If you truly obey what the Lord your God tells you, and carefully follow all his commandments that I'm giving you today, then the Lord your God will place you high above all the nations of the earth.
and to be if to hear: obey to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your to/for to keep: careful to/for to make: do [obj] all commandment his which I to command you [the] day and to give: put you LORD God your high upon all nation [the] land: country/planet
2 You will have all the following blessings and even more, if you do what the Lord your God says.
and to come (in): come upon you all [the] blessing [the] these and to overtake you for to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your
3 You will be blessed when you're in the town; you will be blessed when you're in the countryside.
to bless you(m. s.) in/on/with city and to bless you(m. s.) in/on/with land: country
4 You will be blessed with many children. You will be blessed with good harvests. You will be blessed with livestock—your cattle will have many calves, and your sheep will have many lambs.
to bless fruit belly: womb your and fruit land: soil your and fruit animal your offspring cattle your and young flock your
5 You will be blessed with plenty of bread.
to bless basket your and kneading your
6 You will be blessed wherever you go and in everything you do.
to bless you(m. s.) in/on/with to come (in): come you and to bless you(m. s.) in/on/with to come out: come you
7 The Lord will defeat the enemies who come to attack you. They will come at you from one direction, but they will scatter seven different ways.
to give: give LORD [obj] enemy your [the] to arise: attack upon you to strike to/for face: before your in/on/with way: road one to come out: come to(wards) you and in/on/with seven way: road to flee to/for face: before your
8 The Lord will bless your income and everything you do. The Lord your God will bless you in the country he is giving you.
to command LORD with you [obj] [the] blessing in/on/with storehouse your and in/on/with all sending hand: undertake your and to bless you in/on/with land: country/planet which LORD God your to give: give to/for you
9 The Lord will make you his holy people, just as he promised you, if you obey the Lord your God's commandments and follow his ways.
(to arise: establish you *LB(ah)*) LORD to/for him to/for people holy like/as as which to swear to/for you for to keep: obey [obj] commandment LORD God your and to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct his
10 Then everyone on earth will see that the Lord has chosen you to be his, and they will be afraid of you.
and to see: see all people [the] land: country/planet for name LORD to call: call by upon you and to fear from you
11 The Lord will make you very prosperous. You will have many children, your livestock will produce plenty of young, and your land will grow good harvests—all this in the country the Lord promised your forefathers he would give you.
and to remain you LORD to/for welfare in/on/with fruit belly: womb your and in/on/with fruit animal your and in/on/with fruit land: soil your upon [the] land: soil which to swear LORD to/for father your to/for to give: give to/for you
12 The Lord will provide rain for your land at the right time from his heavenly storehouse to bless all your work growing crops. You will lend money to many nations but you won't need to borrow from any of them.
to open LORD to/for you [obj] treasure his [the] pleasant [obj] [the] heaven to/for to give: give rain land: country/planet your in/on/with time his and to/for to bless [obj] all deed: work hand your and to borrow nation many and you(m. s.) not to borrow
13 The Lord will put you in first place, not the last. You will only go up, never down, as long as you listen to and follow carefully the commandments of the Lord your God that I'm giving you today.
and to give: make you LORD to/for head and not to/for tail and to be except to/for above [to] and not to be to/for beneath for to hear: obey to(wards) commandment LORD God your which I to command you [the] day to/for to keep: careful and to/for to make: do
14 Don't deviate from any of my instructions today. Don't go and worship other gods.
and not to turn aside: turn aside from all [the] word which I to command [obj] you [the] day right and left to/for to go: follow after God another to/for to serve: minister them
15 But if you don't obey the Lord your God by following carefully all his commandments and regulations I'm giving you today, then you will experience all the following curses and more:
and to be if not to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your to/for to keep: careful to/for to make: do [obj] all commandment his and statute his which I to command you [the] day and to come (in): come upon you all [the] curse [the] these and to overtake you
16 You will be cursed when you're in the town; you will be cursed when you're in the countryside.
to curse you(m. s.) in/on/with city and to curse you(m. s.) in/on/with land: country
17 You will be cursed by not having bread.
to curse basket your and kneading your
18 You will be cursed by not having children, and by not having good harvests, and by your cattle not having calves, and your sheep not having lambs.
to curse fruit belly: womb your and fruit land: soil your offspring cattle your and young flock your
19 You will be cursed wherever you go and in everything you do.
to curse you(m. s.) in/on/with to come (in): come you and to curse you(m. s.) in/on/with to come out: come you
20 The Lord will send you curses, making you confused and frustrated in everything you do, until you are brought down and die quickly because of the evil that you've done by abandoning him.
to send: depart LORD in/on/with you [obj] [the] curse [obj] [the] tumult and [obj] [the] rebuke in/on/with all sending hand your which to make: do till to destroy you and till to perish you quickly from face: because evil deed your which to leave: forsake me
21 The Lord will give you infectious diseases until he has wiped you out from the country you are entering town.
to cleave LORD in/on/with you [obj] [the] pestilence till to end: destroy he [obj] you from upon [the] land: soil which you(m. s.) to come (in): come there [to] to/for to possess: take her
22 Then Lord will hit you with sickness that makes you waste away, with a severe fever and swelling like you're burning up, while your crops are damaged by drought and blight and mildew. These will attack you until you die.
to smite you LORD in/on/with illness and in/on/with fever and in/on/with inflammation and in/on/with heat and in/on/with sword and in/on/with blight and in/on/with mildew and to pursue you till to perish you
23 The sky above you will be like bronze, and the earth beneath you will be like iron.
and to be heaven your which upon head your bronze and [the] land: soil which underneath: under you iron
24 The Lord will change the rain of your land into dust and sand; it will fall from the sky on you until you're destroyed.
to give: make LORD [obj] rain land: country/planet your dust and dust from [the] heaven to go down upon you till to destroy you
25 The Lord will have your enemies defeat you. You will attack them from one direction, but you will scatter seven different ways. Everyone on earth will be horrified at what happens to you.
to give: give you LORD to strike to/for face: before enemy your in/on/with way: road one to come out: come to(wards) him and in/on/with seven way: road to flee to/for face: before his and to be to/for horror to/for all kingdom [the] land: country/planet
26 Your dead bodies will be food for birds of prey and wild animals, and there won't be anyone to scare them away.
and to be carcass your to/for food to/for all bird [the] heaven and to/for animal [the] land: soil and nothing to tremble
27 The Lord will give you boils like he did to the Egyptians, with swellings and scabs and skin rashes that can't be cured.
to smite you LORD in/on/with boil Egypt (and in/on/with tumor *Q(K)*) and in/on/with scab and in/on/with itch which not be able to/for to heal
28 The Lord will send you mad and make you blind and confused,
to smite you LORD in/on/with madness and in/on/with blindness and in/on/with bewilderment heart
29 so that even at noon you will be groping around like a blind man in the dark. You won't be successful in what you do. You'll be persecuted and robbed the whole time, and no one will come and save you.
and to be to feel in/on/with midday like/as as which to feel [the] blind in/on/with darkness and not to prosper [obj] way: conduct your and to be surely to oppress and to plunder all [the] day: daily and nothing to save
30 You will be engaged to marry a woman, but another man will sleep with her. You will build a house but you won't live in it. You will plant a vineyard but won't benefit from any harvest.
woman: wife to betroth and man another (to lie down: have sex her *Q(K)*) house: home to build and not to dwell in/on/with him vineyard to plant and not (to profane/begin: fruit him *L(abh)*)
31 Your ox will be slaughtered right in front of you, but you won't eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and won't be returned to you. Your sheep will be taken by your enemies, and no one will come and save you.
cattle your to slaughter to/for eye: before(the eyes) your and not to eat from him donkey your to plunder from to/for face your and not to return: rescue to/for you flock your to give: give to/for enemy your and nothing to/for you to save
32 Your sons and daughters will be taken away as slaves to other nations while you watch, and you'll wear your eyes out crying over them, but there won't be anything you can do about it.
son: child your and daughter your to give: give to/for people another and eye your to see: see and longing to(wards) them all [the] day and nothing to/for god: power hand: power your
33 A foreign nation you've never heard of will eat all the crops you worked so hard to grow. You will be continually persecuted and downtrodden.
fruit land: soil your and all toil your to eat people which not to know and to be except to oppress and to crush all [the] day: daily
34 What you see will drive you mad.
and to be be mad from appearance eye your which to see: see
35 The Lord will give you painful boils that can't be cured on your knees and thighs, in fact from head to toe.
to smite you LORD in/on/with boil bad: harmful upon [the] knee and upon [the] leg which not be able to/for to heal from palm: sole foot your and till crown your
36 The Lord will exile you and your chosen king you to a foreign nation that neither you nor your forefathers had ever heard of. There you will worship other gods, idols made of wood and stone.
to go: take LORD [obj] you and [obj] king your which to arise: establish upon you to(wards) nation which not to know you(m. s.) and father your and to serve: minister there God another tree: wood and stone
37 You will be something that horrifies all the nations where you've been exiled by the Lord. They will laugh at you and ridicule you.
and to be to/for horror: appalled to/for proverb and to/for taunt in/on/with all [the] people which to lead you LORD there [to]
38 You will sow a lot of seed in the field, but harvest very little because the locusts will destroy it.
seed many to come out: send [the] land: country and little to gather for to consume him [the] locust
39 You will plant and vineyards and care for them, but you won't harvest the grapes or drink the wine, because they'll be eaten by maggots.
vineyard to plant and to serve: labour and wine not to drink and not to gather for to eat him [the] worm
40 You will have olive trees all over the country but you won't have any olive oil to use, because the olives will drop early from the trees.
olive to be to/for you in/on/with all border: area your and oil not to anoint for to slip olive your
41 You will have sons and daughters, but you won't have them for long, because they will be taken off into captivity as slaves.
son: child and daughter to beget and not to be to/for you for to go: went in/on/with captivity
42 Locust swarms will destroy all your trees and crops.
all tree your and fruit land: soil your to possess: take [the] whirring
43 Foreigners who live with you will rise higher and higher in status above you, while you sink lower and lower.
[the] sojourner which in/on/with entrails: among your to ascend: rise upon you above [to] above [to] and you(m. s.) to go down beneath beneath
44 They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the first, and you will be the last.
he/she/it to borrow you and you(m. s.) not to borrow him he/she/it to be to/for head: leader and you(m. s.) to be to/for tail
45 All these curses will come down on you. They will chase after you and attack you until you die because you did not obey the Lord your God and keep the commandments and regulations he gave you.
and to come (in): come upon you all [the] curse [the] these and to pursue you and to overtake you till to destroy you for not to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your to/for to keep: obey commandment his and statute his which to command you
46 They will be lasting evidence, visible signs of what happened to you and your descendants.
and to be in/on/with you to/for sign: miraculous and to/for wonder and in/on/with seed: children your till forever: enduring
47 Because you did not serve the Lord your God with happiness and with a joyful attitude,
underneath: because of which not to serve: minister [obj] LORD God your in/on/with joy and in/on/with goodness heart from abundance all
48 you will serve your enemies that the Lord sends to attack you with hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty. He will tie an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
and to serve [obj] enemy your which to send: depart him LORD in/on/with you in/on/with famine and in/on/with thirst and in/on/with naked and in/on/with lack all and to give: put yoke iron upon neck your till to destroy he [obj] you
49 The Lord will bring a nation to attack you from a long way off, from the ends of the earth. They will swoop down upon you like an eagle, this nation whose language you won't understand.
to lift: bear LORD upon you nation from distant from end [the] land: country/planet like/as as which to fly [the] eagle nation which not to hear: understand tongue: language his
50 They are a ruthless nation who don't respect for the old and have no mercy on the young.
nation strong face which not to lift: kindness face: kindness to/for old and youth not be gracious
51 They will eat your lambs and calves and the crops you've grown until you are destroyed. They won't leave you any grain or new wine or olive oil, no calves from your herds or lambs from your flocks, so you'll die of starvation.
and to eat fruit animal your and fruit land: soil your till to destroy you which not to remain to/for you grain new wine and oil offspring cattle your and young flock your till to perish he [obj] you
52 They will besiege all the towns in your country, until the high, fortified walls that you trust in have fallen. They will besiege all your towns in your country that the Lord your God has given you.
and to constrain to/for you in/on/with all gate: town your till to go down wall your [the] high and [the] to gather/restrain/fortify which you(m. s.) to trust in/on/with them in/on/with all land: country/planet your and to constrain to/for you in/on/with all gate: town your in/on/with all land: country/planet your which to give: give LORD God your to/for you
53 You'll end up eating your children, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God gave you, because of the siege and the suffering that your enemy will cause you.
and to eat fruit belly: womb your flesh son: child your and daughter your which to give: give to/for you LORD God your in/on/with siege and in/on/with distress which to press to/for you enemy your
54 The kindest and most sensitive man among you will refuse to share his food with his brother, the wife he loves, and those of his own children who are left.
[the] man [the] tender in/on/with you and [the] dainty much be evil eye: appearance his in/on/with brother: compatriot his and in/on/with woman: wife bosom: embrace his and in/on/with remainder son: child his which to remain
55 He will refuse to share with any of them the flesh of his children that he's forced to eat because he doesn't have anything else because of the siege and suffering your enemy has caused you in all your towns.
from to give: give to/for one from them from flesh son: child his which to eat from without to remain to/for him all in/on/with siege and in/on/with distress which to press to/for you enemy your in/on/with all gate: town your
56 The kindest and most sensitive woman among you, so kind and sensitive she wouldn't ever go barefoot on the ground, will refuse to share her food, a baby and its afterbirth, with the husband she loves and her own son and daughter.
[the] tender in/on/with you and [the] dainty which not to test: try palm: sole foot her to set upon [the] land: soil from to delight and from tenderness be evil eye her in/on/with man: husband bosom: embrace her and in/on/with son: child her and in/on/with daughter her
57 She will even secretly eat her the babies she gives birth to and the afterbirth, since she doesn't have anything else because of the siege and suffering your enemy has caused you in all your towns,
and in/on/with afterbirth her [the] to come out: come from between foot her and in/on/with son: child her which to beget for to eat them in/on/with lack all in/on/with secrecy in/on/with siege and in/on/with distress which to press to/for you enemy your in/on/with gate: town your
58 If you don't carefully observe all these laws written down in this book so that you may show respect for this glorious and awesome Lord your God,
if not to keep: careful to/for to make: do [obj] all word [the] instruction [the] this [the] to write in/on/with scroll: book [the] this to/for to fear [obj] [the] name [the] to honor: honour and [the] to fear: revere [the] this [obj] LORD God your
59 he will bring down on you and your descendants unbelievable disasters, intense and long-lasting diseases, and terrible and incurable sicknesses.
and to wonder LORD [obj] wound your and [obj] wound seed: children your wound great: large and be faithful and sickness bad: harmful and be faithful
60 He will give you all the diseases you were terrified of in Egypt, and they will stay with you.
and to return: return in/on/with you [obj] all disease Egypt which to fear from face of their and to cleave in/on/with you
61 The Lord will also give you every sickness and disease, even those not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.
also all sickness and all wound which not to write in/on/with scroll: book [the] instruction [the] this to ascend: establish them LORD upon you till to destroy you
62 You who grew as numerous as the stars in the sky will end up as only a few, because you would not obey what Lord your God told you.
and to remain in/on/with man little underneath: because of which to be like/as star [the] heaven to/for abundance for not to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your
63 In the same way as he wanted to make you prosperous and increase in number, so now he will wipe you out and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the country you are going in to own.
and to be like/as as which to rejoice LORD upon you to/for be good [obj] you and to/for to multiply [obj] you so to rejoice LORD upon you to/for to perish [obj] you and to/for to destroy [obj] you and to pull from upon [the] land: soil which you(m. s.) to come (in): come there [to] to/for to possess: take her
64 The Lord will scatter you among the nations all over the earth, and there you will worship other gods, gods made of wood and stone, which you and your fathers had never heard of.
and to scatter you LORD in/on/with all [the] people from end [the] land: country/planet and till end [the] land: country/planet and to serve: minister there God another which not to know you(m. s.) and father your tree: wood and stone
65 You won't find any place to rest among those nations, no place of your own. The Lord will make you anxious, with failing eyesight and a mind full of despair.
and in/on/with nation [the] they(masc.) not to rest and not to be resting to/for palm: sole foot your and to give: give LORD to/for you there heart quivering and failing eye and sorrow soul
66 You will see your life hanging in the balance as you doubt. You will be afraid day and night, terrified you won't survive.
and to be life your to hang to/for you from before and to dread night and by day and not be faithful in/on/with life your
67 In the morning you'll say, “I wish it was evening!” and in the evening you'll say, “I wish it was morning!” because you're so frightened by the terrifying things you see.
in/on/with morning to say who? to give: if only! evening and in/on/with evening to say who? to give: if only! morning from dread heart your which to dread and from appearance eye your which to see: see
68 The Lord will send you back to Egypt in ships to a place that I said you weren't ever meant to see again. You will put yourselves on sale there to your enemies as male and female slaves, but nobody will want to buy you.
and to return: return you LORD Egypt in/on/with fleet in/on/with way: journey which to say to/for you not to add: again still to/for to see: see her and to sell there to/for enemy your to/for servant/slave and to/for maidservant and nothing to buy