Deuteronomy 28
1 It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that the LORD your God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth:
“Ne èwɔ Yehowa, wò Mawu la ƒe se siwo katã mele mia nam egbe la dzi pɛpɛpɛ la, awɔ wò nàzu dukɔ gãtɔ le xexea me,
2 and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God.
eye yayra siawo katã agbã go ɖe dziwò ne àɖo to Yehowa, wò Mawu la ƒe gbe.
3 You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.
Woayra wò le du me kple agble me siaa.
4 You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock.
Woayra wò alimeviwo, eye wò agblemenukuwo, wò lãwo ƒe viwo, wò nyiwo kple wò alẽwo siaa adzi ɖe edzi.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough shall be blessed.
Woayra wò kusi kple wò amɔze.
6 You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out.
Woayra wò ne èva aƒe me kple ne èdo go.
7 The LORD will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways.
“Yehowa aɖu wò futɔwo dzi le ŋgɔwò. Woaƒo ƒu alũ ɖe dziwò, gake woaka ahlẽ asi to teƒe adre le ŋgɔwò!
8 The LORD will command the blessing on you in your storehouses, and in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Yehowa ayra wò kple nuku nyuiwo kple nyi siwo ƒe lãme nyo. Ana nàkpɔ dzidzedze le nu sia nu si nàwɔ ne èva ɖo anyigba si Yehowa, wò Mawu la le nawòm la dzi.
9 The LORD will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in his ways.
“Yehowa wò Mawu atrɔ wò nàzu dukɔ kɔkɔe na eɖokui abe ale si wòdo ŋugbe be yeawɔ ne ànya wɔ ɖe yeƒe sewo dzi, eye nàzɔ le yeƒe mɔwo dzi la ko ene.
10 All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of you.
Dukɔwo katã le xexea me adze sii be Yehowa tɔ nènye, eye woƒe nu aku.
11 The LORD will make you plenteous for good, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
“Yehowa ana nu nyuiwo wò le anyigba la dzi ale be viwòwo, wò lãwo kple wò agblemenukuwo nasɔ gbɔ fũu abe ale si wòdo ŋugbe ene.
12 The LORD will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.
Yehowa aʋu dziƒo nu, tsi adza na wò, eye wòana agblemenukuwo wò ɣe sia ɣi. Ayra nu sia nu si nàwɔ; àdo nugbana na dukɔ geɖewo, gake wò ŋutɔ ya màdo nugbana le wo si o.
13 The LORD will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do,
Ne mianya ɖo to, eye miawɔ Yehowa miaƒe Mawu ƒe se siwo mele dedem na mi egbea dzi ko la, Yehowa awɔ wò nàzu ta, eye mànye asike o; àɖu dzi le nu sia nu me ɣe sia ɣi.
14 and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Ke yayra siawo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe ku ɖe ale si màɖe asi le se siwo mede na wò la dzi wɔwɔ ŋu le mɔ aɖeke nu o la ŋu. Gawu la, mèkpɔ mɔ asubɔ mawu bubu aɖeke gbeɖegbeɖe o.”
15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.
“Ne màɖo to Yehowa, wò Mawu la ƒe gbe o, eye màwɔ ɖe eƒe se kple ɖoɖo siwo mexlẽ na wò egbea dzi o la, Mawu ƒe fiƒode siawo katã ava dziwò, eye woaɖi ŋuwò.
16 You shall be cursed in the city, and you shall be cursed in the field.
Ne èle du me la, aɖi ŋuwò eye ne èle agble hã, aɖi ŋuwò.
17 Your basket and your kneading trough shall be cursed.
Aɖi wò kusi kple wò amɔze hã ŋu.
18 The fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock shall be cursed.
Aɖi wò alimeviwo, wò agblemenukuwo, wò nyiwo kple wò alẽwo hã ŋu.
19 You shall be cursed when you come in, and you shall be cursed when you go out.
Ne èva aƒe me la, aɖi ŋuwò, ne èdo go hã aɖi ŋuwò.
20 The LORD will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.
“Yehowa ŋutɔ aƒo fi ade wò; àtɔtɔ, eye màkpɔ dzidzedze le nu sia nu si nàwɔ la me o va se ɖe esime wò ŋutɔ nàtsrɔ̃ mlɔeba le ale si nègblẽ Mawu ɖi la ta.
21 The LORD will make the pestilence cling to you, until he has consumed you from off the land, where you go in to possess it.
Yehowa akplɔ dɔvɔ̃ ade dowòme va se ɖe esime nàtsrɔ̃ ɖa keŋkeŋ le anyigba si dzi yim nèle la ƒe ŋkume.
22 The LORD will strike you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.
Yehowa akplɔ kpedɔ, ŋudza, lãmedɔ bubuwo, dɔvɔ̃ kple aʋawɔwɔ ade dowòme. Ana wò agblemenukuwo nayrɔ, eye woadzi ŋɔviwo. Dzɔgbevɔ̃e siawo katã adze yowòme va se ɖe esime nàtsrɔ̃, eye nuwò nayi.
23 Your sky that is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
“Dziƒowo asẽ dzi me abe akɔbli ene ɖe wò tame, eye anyigba anɔ abe gayibɔ ene ɖe tewò.
24 The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
Anyigba la aƒu abe ʋuʋudedi ene le kuɖiɖi ta, eye ahom atu, eye kekuiwo atsrɔ̃ wò.
25 The LORD will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
“Yehowa ana wò futɔwo naɖu dziwò. Wò aʋakɔ aƒo ƒu azɔ ayi aʋa, ke atɔtɔ, aka ahlẽ le futɔwo ŋkume, eye nàtsa tsaglalã le anyigbadzidukɔwo dome.
26 Your dead body shall be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.
Wò ame kukuwo azu nuɖuɖu na xewo kple gbemelãwo, eye ame aɖeke manɔ anyi anya wo ɖa o.
27 The LORD will strike you with the boil of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed.
“Yehowa, wò Mawu la aɖo Egiptetɔwo ƒe ƒoƒoe, anyi kple akpa ɖe dowòme, eye atike manɔ anyi na wo dometɔ aɖeke o.
28 The LORD will strike you with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;
Ana tsukuku, ŋkuagbã, vɔvɔ̃ kple dzodzo nyanyanya nadze dziwò;
29 and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.
àtsa asi le ŋdɔkutsu dzatsi nu abe ale si ŋkuagbãtɔ tsaa asi le viviti me ene tututu. Nu siwo katã nàwɔ la dometɔ aɖeke madze edzi na wò o. Woate wò ɖe to; woada adzo wò enuenu, eye naneke maɖe wò o.
30 You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell in it: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use its fruit.
“Ŋutsu bubu sãa aɖe nyɔnu si ta nèbia, ame bubu sãa anɔ aƒe si nètso la me, eye ame bubu sãa aɖu waingble si nède la me kutsetsewo.
31 Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of it: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to save you.
Woafli wò nyitsuwo ƒe lã le wò ŋutɔ wò ŋkume, ke woƒe lãkɔ kakɛ aɖeke gɔ̃ hã maka nu na wò o. Woanya wò tedziwo dzoe le wò ŋkume, eye womagatrɔ ava gbɔwò gbeɖe o. Woatsɔ wò alẽwo na wò futɔwo, eye ame aɖeke manɔ anyi axɔ na wò o.
32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people; and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nothing in the power of your hand.
Ànɔ viwò ŋutsuwo kple viwò nyɔnuwo kpɔm hafi woakplɔ wo adzoe abe kluviwo ene. Wò ŋkuwo atsi wo ŋu, wò dzi agbã, gake màte ŋu awɔ naneke o.
33 The fruit of your ground, and all your labors, shall a nation which you do not know eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always;
Didiƒe dukɔ aɖe si ƒe ŋkɔ mèse kpɔ gɔ̃ hã o la aɖu wò agblemenuku siwo nèƒã kple kutrikuku geɖe. Woate wò ɖe anyi, eye woafiti wò ɣe sia ɣi.
34 so that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
Dzɔgbevɔ̃e siwo nàkpɔ woaƒo xlã wò la ana nàku tsu.
35 The LORD will strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
Yehowa ana ƒoƒoe naƒo wò tso tagbɔ va se ɖe afɔgɔme.
36 The LORD will bring you, and your king whom you shall set over you, to a nation that you have not known, you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone.
“Yehowa, wò Mawu la aɖe aboyo wò kple fia si nàɖo la ayi dukɔ aɖe si ŋu wò ŋutɔ kple tɔgbuiwòwo siaa miebu kpɔ o la me, àsubɔ mawu siwo wowɔ kple ati kple kpe.
37 You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where the LORD shall lead you away.
Àzu ŋɔdzinu, lodonu kple alɔmeɖenu le dukɔwo katã dome, elabena Yehowa aɖe wò aƒu gbe.
38 You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
“Àƒã nukuwo fũu, gake nuku ʋɛ aɖewo ko nàŋe, elabena ʋetsuviwo agblẽ wò nukuawo.
39 You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine, nor harvest; for the worm shall eat them.
Àde waingblewo, eye nàwɔ dɔ le wo me kple vevidodo nu, ke màɖu woƒe tsetseawo o, eye màno wain si woafia tso wo me hã o, elabena ŋɔ aɖu wo.
40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olives shall drop off.
Amitiwo amie ɖe afi sia afi, gake màkpɔ ami wòasɔ gbɔ be nàsi na ɖokuiwò gɔ̃ hã o.
41 You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours; for they shall go into captivity.
Woalé viwò ŋutsuwo kple viwò nyɔnuwo abe kluviwo ene adzoe le gbɔwò.
42 All your trees and the fruit of your ground shall the locust possess.
Ʋetsuviwo agblẽ wò atiwo kple wò waingblewo.
43 The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.
Amedzro siwo le dowòme la anɔ hotsui kpɔm ɖe edzi,
44 He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
le esime wò ŋutɔ nànɔ ahe dam ɖe edzi. Woado nugbana na wò, ke wò ya màdo naneke na wo o! Woawoe anye ta, eye wò ŋutɔ nàzu asike!
45 All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you did not listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:
“Fiƒode siawo katã aɖi ŋuwò, eye woanɔ yowòme va se ɖe esime nàtsrɔ̃ keŋkeŋ le esi nègbe be yemaɖo to Yehowa, wò Mawu o la ta.
46 and they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your descendants forever.
Ŋɔdzinu siawo ava wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo dzi, eye woanye nusɔsrɔ̃ na wò.
47 Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
Esi mèsubɔ Yehowa wò Mawu kple dzidzɔ le nu nyui siwo katã wòwɔ na wò o la ta,
48 therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck, until he has destroyed you.
Yehowa ana nàzu kluvi na wò futɔwo le dɔwuame, tsikɔwuame kple amamanɔnɔ me. Nu sia nu ahiã wò. Yehowa ade gakɔkuti kɔ na wò va se ɖe esime wòatsrɔ̃ wò ɖa gbidii.
49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from a distant land, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;
“Yehowa akplɔ dukɔ aɖe si ƒe gbe mèse o la tso didiƒe ke, wòava dze dziwò abe ale si hɔ̃ dzea eƒe nuɖuɖu dzi ene.
50 a nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not respect the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,
Dukɔ sia me tɔwo nye ame nyanyrawo, ame siwo makpɔ nublanui na ɖeviwo alo ame tsitsiwo o.
51 and shall eat the fruit of your livestock, and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; that also shall not leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your livestock, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
Woaɖu nu le wò aƒe me va se ɖe esime wò nyiwo, agblemenukuwo, bli, wain yeye, ami, nyiviwo kple alẽviwo navɔ keŋkeŋ.
52 They shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.
Dukɔ ma aɖe to ɖe wò duwo, eye wòamu wò gli kɔkɔ siwo ŋu nèɖoa ŋu ɖo be woaxɔ na ye la aƒu anyi.
53 You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.
Àɖu wò ŋutɔ viwò ŋutsuviwo kple viwò nyɔnuviwo ƒe lã gɔ̃ hã le ɣeyiɣi vɔ̃ siwo gbɔna, esime woaɖe to ɖe wò la me.
54 The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining;
Nublanuikpɔnamela gãtɔ siwo le dowòme la asẽ ŋuta le eya ŋutɔ nɔvia ŋutsu, srɔ̃a lɔlɔ̃a kple via siwo aganɔ agbe la ŋu.
55 so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he has nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your gates.
Mana viawo ƒe lã si ɖum wòanɔ hã wo o, le dɔtoto si va dua me esi futɔwo ɖe to ɖee ta.
56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Wò nyɔnu bɔbɔe si malɔ̃ be yeatu afɔ anyigba na gɔ̃ hã o la, agbe mana nu srɔ̃a lɔlɔ̃a, via ŋutsuwo kple via nyɔnuwo gɔ̃ hã o.
57 and toward her young one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.
Aɣla amenɔ si le eƒe atawo dome kple vidzĩ si wòdzi la ɖe wò ale be eya ɖeka nate ŋu aɖu wo le adzame. Le ɣeyiɣi si me woaɖe to ɖe dua la, dɔwuame kple fukpekpe si wò futɔwo ahe vɛ la nu asẽ ŋutɔŋutɔ.
58 If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, The LORD your God;
“Ne ègbe mèwɔ se siwo katã woŋlɔ ɖe agbalẽ sia me dzi o, eye nèto esia me gbe, mèvɔ̃ Yehowa, wò Mawu la ƒe ŋkɔ si ŋu bubu kple ŋɔdzi le o la,
59 then the LORD will make your plagues extraordinary, and the plagues of your descendants, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and severe sicknesses, and of long continuance.
ekema Yehowa ahe dɔvɔ̃ si nu matso o la va wò kple viwòwo dzi.
60 He will bring on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they shall cling to you.
Yehowa ahe Egiptetɔwo ƒe dɔléle siwo nèvɔ̃na ŋutɔ la ava dziwò, eye woaxɔ anyigba la dzi.
61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, the LORD will bring them on you, until you are destroyed.
Menye nu siawo ɖeɖe ko ava dziwò o! Yehowa ahe dɔléle ɖe sia ɖe si le xexea me la, esiwo dzi wometɔ asii le Segbalẽ sia me o hã ava dziwò va se ɖe esime nàtsrɔ̃ gbidigbidi.
62 You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because you did not listen to the voice of the LORD your God.
Togbɔ be miesɔ gbɔ abe ɣletiviwo ene kpɔ hã la, mia dometɔ ʋɛ aɖewo koe asusɔ. Esiawo katã ava eme ne mèɖo to Yehowa, wò Mawu la ƒe gbe o.
63 It shall happen that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so the LORD will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and you shall be plucked from off the land where you go in to possess it.
Abe ale si Yehowa kpɔ dzidzɔ le ŋuwò, wɔ nu wɔnuku mawo na wò, eye wòna nèdzi sɔ gbɔ ene la, nenema kee, le ɣeyiɣi si gbɔna me la, Yehowa akpɔ dzidzɔ le ale si wòatsrɔ̃ wò ŋu, eye nàbu le anyigba la dzi,
64 The LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.
elabena Yehowa aka wò ahlẽ ɖe dukɔwo katã dome tso anyigba la ƒe seƒe ɖeka yi eƒe seƒe bubu. Le afi ma la, àsubɔ mawu siwo wowɔ kple ati kple kpe, mawu siwo wò ŋutɔ kple tɔgbuiwòwo mienya o!
65 Among these nations you shall find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot: but the LORD will give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;
Le dukɔ mawo dome la, màkpɔ dzidzeme o, elabena Yehowa ana vɔvɔ̃dzi kple viviti wò, eye wòana nuxaxa kple vɔvɔ̃ nana wò ŋutilã nanyunyɔ.
66 and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.
Àtsi dzodzodzoe le wò agbe ŋu, ànɔ agbe le vɔvɔ̃ me zã kple keli, eye naneke mana nàxɔe ase be ŋu ake ɖe ye o.
67 In the morning you shall say, "I wish it were evening." and at evening you shall say, "I wish it were morning." for the fear of your heart which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
Le ŋdi la, àgblɔ be, ‘O! Zã mee wòanye hafi!’ Le fiẽ me la, àgblɔ be, ‘O! Ŋkeke me wòanye hafi!’ Àgblɔ nya siawo le ŋɔdzinu siwo aƒo xlã wò la ta.
68 The LORD will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I said to you, You shall see it no more again: and there you shall sell yourselves to your enemies for bondservants and for bondmaids, and no man shall buy you.
Ekema Yehowa agbugbɔ mi aɖo ɖe Egipte le tɔdziʋuwo me togbɔ be edo ŋugbe na mi be miagade afi ma o hã hafi! Le afi ma la, miatsɔ mia ɖokuiwo ana woaƒle abe kluviwo ene, gake ame aɖeke madi be yeaƒle mi gɔ̃ hã o.”
