Deuteronomy 29

1 These are the words of the covenant which YHWH commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

These are the words that Yahweh commanded Moses to tell the people of Israel in the land of Moab, words that were added to the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb.

2 Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, You have seen all that YHWH did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;

Moses called to all Israel and said to them, “You have seen everything that Yahweh did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to all his land—

3 the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders:

the great sufferings that your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders.

4 but YHWH has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

But until today Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

5 I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your shoes have not worn out on your feet.

I have led you for forty years in the wilderness; your clothes did not wear out on you, and your sandals did not wear out on your feet.

6 You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink; that you may know that I am YHWH your God.

You did not eat any bread, and you did not drink any wine or other alcoholic drinks, so that you might know that I am Yahweh your God.

7 When you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle, and we struck them:

When you came to this place, Sihon, the king of Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us to fight, and we struck them down.

8 and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.

We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

9 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, so that you may prosper in everything that you do.

10 You stand this day all of you before YHWH your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

You stand today, all of you, before Yahweh your God; your chiefs, your tribes, your elders, and your officers—all the men of Israel,

11 your little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who is in the midst of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water;

your little ones, your wives, and the foreigner who is among you in your camp, from him who cuts your wood to him who draws your water.

12 that you may enter into the covenant of YHWH your God, and into his oath, which YHWH your God makes with you this day,

You are here in order to enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God and into the oath that Yahweh your God is making with you today,

13 so that he may establish you today as his people, and that he may your God, as he spoke to you and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

so that he may make you today into a people for himself, and that he may be God for you, as he spoke to you, and as he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,

For it is not only with you that I am making this covenant and this oath—

15 but with him who stands here with us this day before YHWH our God, and also with him who is not here with us this day

with everyone standing here with us today before Yahweh our God—but also with those who are not here with us today.

16 (for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;

You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed.

17 and you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);

You have seen their disgusting idols made of wood and stone, silver and gold, that were among them.

18 lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from YHWH our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;

Make sure there is not among you any man, woman, clan, or tribe whose heart is turning away today from Yahweh our God, so as to go worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is not among you any root that produces gall and wormwood.

19 and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, "I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry."

When that person hears the words of this curse, he will bless himself in his heart and say, 'I will have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This would destroy the wet together with the dry.

20 God will not be willing to forgive him, but then the anger of YHWH and his jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse that is written in this book shall rest on him, and YHWH will blot out his name from under heaven.

Yahweh will not pardon him, but instead, the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smolder against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book will come on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under heaven.

21 YHWH will set him apart to evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.

Yahweh will set him apart for disaster out of all the tribes of Israel, in keeping with all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law.

22 The generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner who shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which YHWH has made it sick;

The generation to come, your children who will rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, will speak when they see the plagues on this land and the diseases with which Yahweh has made it sick—

23 and that the whole land of it is sulfur, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which YHWH overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

and when they see that the whole land has become sulfur and burning salt, where nothing is sown or bears fruit, where no vegetation grows, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, that Yahweh destroyed in his anger and wrath—

24 even all the nations shall say, "Why has YHWH done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?"

they will say together with all the other nations, 'Why has Yahweh done this to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?'

25 Then men shall say, "Because they forsook the covenant of YHWH, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,

Then people will say, 'It is because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, that he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt,

26 and went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods that they did not know, and that he had not given to them:

and because they went and served other gods and bowed down to them, gods that they had not known and that he had not given to them.

27 therefore the anger of YHWH was kindled against this land, to bring on it all the curse that is written in this book;

Therefore the anger of Yahweh has been kindled against this land, so as to bring on it all the curses that are written in this book.

28 and YHWH rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day."

Yahweh has uprooted them from their land in anger, in wrath, and in great fury, and has thrown them into another land, as today.'

29 The secret things belong to YHWH our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

The secret matters belong alone to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong forever to us and to our descendants, so that we may do all the words of this law.