< Deuteronomy 29 >
1 These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he had made with them in Horeb.
These [are] the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Choreb.
2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye yourselves have seen all that the Lord hath done before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
And Moses called all the sons of Israel and said to them, You have seen all things that the Lord did in the land of Egypt before you to Pharao and his servants, and all his land;
3 The great proofs which thy eyes have seen, those great signs, and miracles:
the great temptations which your eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders.
4 Yet the Lord gave you not a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.
Yet the Lord God has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day.
5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes did not fall worn out from off you, and thy shoe did not fall worn out from off thy foot.
And he led you forty years in the wilderness; your garments did not grow old, and your sandals were not worn away off your feet.
6 Bread have ye not eaten, and wine or strong drink have ye not drunk; in order that ye might understand that I am the Lord your God.
You did not eat bread, you did not drink wine or strong drink, that you might know that I [am] the Lord your God.
7 And when ye came unto this place, Sichon the king of Cheshbon, and 'Og the king of Bashan went out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
And you came as far as this place; and there came forth Seon king of Esebon, and Og king of Basan, to meet us in war.
8 And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of the Menassites.
And we struck them and took their land, and I gave it for an inheritance to Ruben and Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasse.
9 Keep ye therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
And you shall take heed to do all the words of this covenant, that you may understand all things that you shall do.
10 Ye are standing this day, all of you, before the Lord your God; your heads of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,
You all stand today before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, every man of Israel,
11 Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
your wives, and your children, and the stranger who is in the midst of your camp, from your hewer of wood even to your drawer of water,
12 That thou shouldst enter into the covenant of the Lord thy God, and into his oath of denunciation, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day.
that you should enter into the covenant of the Lord your God and into his oaths, as many as the Lord your God appoints you this day;
13 In order to raise thee up today unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath spoken unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
that he may appoint you to himself for a people, and he shall be your God, as he said to you, and as he sware to your fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob.
14 And not with you alone do I make this covenant and this oath;
And I do not appoint to you alone this covenant and this oath;
15 But with him that is standing here with us this day before the Lord our God, and with him that is not here with us this day.
but to those also who are here with you today before the Lord your God, and to those who are not here with you today.
16 (For ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we passed through the nations through which ye have passed;
For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, how we came through the midst of the nations through whom you came.
17 And ye saw their abominations, and their idols, of wood and stone, silver and gold, which they had with them: )
And you saw their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which are amongst them.
18 So that there may not be among you a man, or a woman, or a family, or a tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go to serve the gods of these nations; that there may not be among you a root that beareth abundantly poison and wormwood.
Lest there be amongst you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart has turned aside from the Lord your God, having gone to serve the gods of these nations; lest there be in you a root springing up with gall and bitterness.
19 And it might come to pass, when he heareth the words of this denunciation, that he would bless himself in his heart, saying, There will be peace unto me, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart; in order that the indulgence of the passions may appease the thirst [for them]:
And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with [him]:
20 The Lord will not pardon him; but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and there shall rest upon him all the curse that is written in this book; and the Lord will blot out his name from under the heavens.
God shall by no means be willing to pardon him, but then the wrath of the Lord and his jealousy shall flame out against that man; and all the curses of this covenant shall attach themselves to him, which are written in this book, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.
21 And the Lord will single him out unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the denunciations of the covenant which is written in this book of the law.
And the Lord shall separate that man for evil of all the children of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in the book of this law.
22 And the latest generation, your children that will rise up after you, and the stranger that will come from a far land, will say, when they see the plagues of that land, and its sufferings with which the Lord hath smitten it;
And another generation shall say—even your sons who shall rise up after you, and the stranger who shall come from a land afar off, and shall see the plagues of that land and their diseases, which the Lord has sent upon it,
23 [That] the whole soil thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning waste, which is not sown, and beareth not, and in which no kind of grass springeth up, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboyim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: —
brimstone and burning salt, (the whole land shall not be sown, neither shall any green thing spring, nor rise upon it, as Sodom and Gomorrha were overthrown, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord overthrew in his wrath and anger: )—
24 Even all the nations will say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? whence the heat of this great anger?
and all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? what [is] this great fierceness of anger?
25 Then shall men say, Because they had forsaken the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt;
And [men] shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, the things which he appointed to their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt:
26 And they went and served other gods, and bowed down to them, gods which they knew not, and which he had not assigned unto them;
and they went and served other gods, which they knew not, neither did he assign [them] to them.
27 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it the entire curse that is written in this book;
And the Lord was exceedingly angry with that land to bring upon it according to all the curses which are written in the book of this law.
28 And the Lord plucked them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and he cast them into another land, as it is this day.
And the Lord removed them from their land in anger, and wrath, and very great indignation, and cast them out into another land as at present.
29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are publicly known belong unto us and to our children for ever, to do all the words of this law.
The secret things [belong] to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed [belong] to us and to our children for ever, to do all the words of this law.