Deuteronomy 29

1 these word [the] covenant which to command LORD [obj] Moses to/for to cut: make(covenant) with son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with land: country/planet Moab from to/for alone: besides [the] covenant which to cut: make(covenant) with them in/on/with Horeb

These are the things that the Israelis were required to do to keep the agreement that Yahweh was making with them. Moses/I commanded them to keep this agreement [when they/we were] in the Moab region [on the east side of the Jordan River]. This was in addition to the agreement that Yahweh had made with them/us at Sinai [Mountain].

2 and to call: call to Moses to(wards) all Israel and to say to(wards) them you(m. p.) to see: see [obj] all which to make: do LORD to/for eye: before(the eyes) your in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt to/for Pharaoh and to/for all servant/slave his and to/for all land: country/planet his

Moses/I summoned all the Israeli people and said to them, “You saw [SYN] for yourselves what Yahweh did to the king of Egypt and to his officials and to his entire country.

3 [the] trial [the] great: large which to see: see eye your [the] sign: miraculous and [the] wonder [the] great: large [the] they(masc.)

You [SYN] saw all the plagues [that Yahweh caused them to experience], and all the various miracles [DOU] [that Yahweh performed].

4 and not to give: give LORD to/for you heart to/for to know and eye to/for to see: see and ear to/for to hear: hear till [the] day: today [the] this

But until now, Yahweh has not enabled you to understand [the meaning of] all that you have seen and heard.

5 and to go: take [obj] you forty year in/on/with wilderness not to become old garment your from upon you and sandal your not to become old from upon foot your

For 40 years Yahweh has led you while you traveled/walked through the desert. During that time, your clothes and your sandals have not worn out.

6 food: bread not to eat and wine and strong drink not to drink because to know for I LORD God your

You did not have bread to eat or wine or other fermented/strong drinks to drink, but Yahweh [took care of you], in order that you would know that he is your God.

7 and to come (in): come to(wards) [the] place [the] this and to come out: come Sihon king Heshbon and Og king [the] Bashan to/for to encounter: toward us to/for battle and to smite them

“And when we came to this place, Sihon, the king who ruled in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king who ruled the Bashan [region], came [with their armies] to attack us, but we defeated them.

8 and to take: take [obj] land: country/planet their and to give: give her to/for inheritance to/for Reubenite and to/for Gad and to/for half tribe [the] Manassite

We took/conquered their land and divided it among the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh.

9 and to keep: obey [obj] word [the] covenant [the] this and to make: do [obj] them because be prudent [obj] all which to make: do [emph?]

“So faithfully keep all of this agreement, in order that you will be successful in everything that you do.

10 you(m. p.) to stand [the] day all your to/for face: before LORD God your head: leader your tribe your old: elder your and official your all man Israel

Today all of us are standing in the presence of Yahweh our God. The leaders of all our tribes, our elders, our officials, all you Israeli men,

11 child your woman: wife your and sojourner your which in/on/with entrails: among camp your from to chop tree: wood your till to draw water your

your wives, your children, and the foreigners who live among you and cut wood for you and carry water for you, are here.

12 to/for to pass you in/on/with covenant LORD God your and in/on/with oath his which LORD God your to cut: make(covenant) with you [the] day

[We are here] today to promise to keep this solemn agreement with Yahweh.

13 because to arise: establish [obj] you [the] day to/for him to/for people and he/she/it to be to/for you to/for God like/as as which to speak: promise to/for you and like/as as which to swear to/for father your to/for Abraham to/for Isaac and to/for Jacob

[He is making this agreement with you] in order to confirm that you are his people, and that he is your God. This agreement is what he promised you, and which is what he vowed to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

14 and not with you to/for alone you I to cut: make(covenant) [obj] [the] covenant [the] this and [obj] [the] oath [the] this

This agreement is not only with you.

15 for with which there he here with us to stand: stand [the] day to/for face: before LORD God our and with which nothing he here with us [the] day

He is making this agreement with us [who are here today] and also with our descendants who are not yet born.

16 for you(m. p.) to know [obj] which to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt and [obj] which to pass in/on/with entrails: among [the] nation which to pass

“You remember [the things that our ancestors suffered] in Egypt, and how they traveled through the land that belonged to other nations [after they came out of Egypt].

17 and to see: see [obj] abomination their and [obj] idol their tree: wood and stone silver: money and gold which with them

In those countries they saw those disgusting idols made of wood and stone and [decorated with] silver and gold.

18 lest there in/on/with you man or woman or family or tribe which heart his to turn [the] day from from with LORD God our to/for to go: went to/for to serve: minister [obj] God [the] nation [the] they(masc.) lest there in/on/with you root be fruitful poison and wormwood

So be sure that no man or woman or family or tribe that is here [today] turns away from Yahweh our God, to worship/serve the gods of those nations. Doing that would be like a root [of a plant that would grow] among you and bear poisonous and bitter fruit [MET].

19 and to be in/on/with to hear: hear he [obj] word [the] oath [the] this and to bless in/on/with heart his to/for to say peace: well-being to be to/for me for in/on/with stubbornness heart my to go: walk because to snatch [the] watered with [the] thirsty

“Be sure that no one here today who hears this agreement thinks, ‘Everything will go well with me, even if I stubbornly do what I want to.’ If you are stubborn like that, the result will be that Yahweh will eventually get rid of all of you, both good people and evil people [MET].

20 not be willing LORD to forgive to/for him for then be angry face: anger LORD and jealousy his in/on/with man [the] he/she/it and to stretch in/on/with him all [the] oath [the] to write in/on/with scroll: book [the] this and to wipe LORD [obj] name his from underneath: under [the] heaven

Yahweh will not forgive anyone who is [stubborn] like that. Instead, he will be extremely angry [DOU] with that person, and that person will experience all the curses that I have told you about, until Yahweh gets rid of that person and his family [IDM].

21 and to separate him LORD to/for distress: harm from all tribe Israel like/as all oath [the] covenant [the] to write in/on/with scroll: book [the] instruction [the] this

From all the tribes of Israel, Yahweh will separate that individual. Yahweh will cause him to experience all the disasters that I have listed in the agreement that states the things that Yahweh will do to curse [those who disobey] the laws [that I have written] in this scroll/book.

22 and to say [the] generation [the] last son: child your which to arise: rise from after you and [the] foreign which to come (in): come from land: country/planet distant and to see: see [obj] wound [the] land: country/planet [the] he/she/it and [obj] disease her which be weak: ill LORD in/on/with her

“In the future, your descendants and people from other countries will see the disasters and the illnesses that Yahweh has caused to happen to you.

23 brimstone and salt fire all land: country/planet her not to sow and not to spring and not to ascend: rise in/on/with her all vegetation like/as overthrow Sodom and Gomorrah Admah (and Zeboiim *Q(k)*) which to overturn LORD in/on/with face: anger his and in/on/with rage his

They will see that all your land has been ruined by burning sulfur and salt. Nothing will have been planted. Not even weeds will grow there. Your land will resemble Sodom and Gomorrah [cities], and Admah and Zeboiim [cities], which Yahweh destroyed when he was very angry [DOU] [with the people who lived there].

24 and to say all [the] nation upon what? to make: do LORD thus to/for land: country/planet [the] this what? burning [the] face: anger [the] great: large [the] this

And the people from those other nations will ask, ‘Why did Yahweh do this to this land? Why was he very angry [with the people who lived here]?’

25 and to say upon which to leave: forsake [obj] covenant LORD God father their which to cut: make(covenant) with them in/on/with to come out: send he [obj] them from land: country/planet Egypt

“Then other people will reply, ‘It is because they refused to keep the agreement that Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped], had made with them when he brought them out of Egypt.

26 and to go: went and to serve: minister God another and to bow to/for them God which not to know them and not to divide to/for them

Instead, they served/worshiped other gods that they had never worshiped before, gods that Yahweh had told them not to worship.

27 and to be incensed face: anger LORD in/on/with land: country/planet [the] he/she/it to/for to come (in): bring upon her [obj] all [the] curse [the] to write in/on/with scroll: book [the] this

So, Yahweh became very angry with the Israeli people in this land, and he caused them to experience all the disasters that their leader warned them about.

28 and to uproot them LORD from upon land: soil their in/on/with face: anger and in/on/with rage and in/on/with wrath great: large and to throw them to(wards) land: country/planet another like/as day: today [the] this

Yahweh became extremely angry [DOU] with them and took/yanked them [MET] out of their land and banished them into another land, and they are still there.’

29 [the] to hide to/for LORD God our and [the] to reveal: reveal to/for us and to/for son: child our till forever: enduring to/for to make: do [obj] all word [the] instruction [the] this

“[There are some] things that Yahweh our God has (kept secret/not revealed), but he has revealed his laws to us, and [he expects] us and our descendants to obey them forever.”