Deuteronomy 30

1 “I have now told you about the ways that Yahweh our God will bless you [if you obey him] and the ways that he will curse you [if you disobey him]. I am saying that you must choose which you want. But when [you choose not to obey his laws], some day you will be living in the countries to which he will scatter you, and you will remember [what I told you].

١ وَعِنْدَمَا تَحِلُّ بِكُمْ هَذِهِ الْبَرَكَاتُ وَاللَّعْنَاتُ كُلُّهَا الَّتِي وَضَعْتُهَا أَمَامَكُمْ، وَرَدَّدْتُمُوهَا فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ حَيْثُ شَتَّتَكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ،

2 Then, if you return to Yahweh our God and faithfully [IDM] obey all that I have today commanded you to do,

٢ وَرَجَعْتُمْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ وَبَنُوكُمْ، وَسَمِعْتُمْ لِصَوْتِهِ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَنُفُوسِكُمْ بِحَسَبِ كُلِّ مَا أَنَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ الْيَوْمَ،

3 he will be merciful to you. He will bring you back from the nations to which he scattered you, and he will cause you to be prosperous again.

٣ فَإِنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ يَرُدُّ سَبْيَكُمْ وَيَرْحَمُكُمْ، وَيَلُّمُ شَتَاتَكُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ جَمِيعِ الشُّعُوبِ الَّذِينَ نَفَاكُمُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ.

4 Even if you have been scattered to the most distant places on the earth, Yahweh our God will gather you from there and bring you back [to your land].

٤ فَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ بَدَّدَكُمْ إِلَى أَقْصَى السَّمَاوَاتِ فَمِنْ هُنَاكَ يَجْمَعُكُمْ وَيَرْجِعُ بِكُمْ،

5 He will enable you to possess again the land where your ancestors lived. And he will cause you to be more prosperous and more numerous than you are now.

٥ وَيُعِيدُكُمْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَرِثَهَا آبَاؤُكُمْ فَتَمْتَلِكُونَهَا، وَيُحْسِنُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَيُكَثِّرُكُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ آبَائِكُمْ.

6 Yahweh our God will change [MET] your inner beings, with the result that you will love him more than you love anything else and want to do only what he wants you to do. And then you will continue to live in that land.

٦ وَيُطَهِّرُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ قُلُوبَكُمْ وَقُلُوبَ نَسْلِكُمْ لِتُحِبُّوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَمِنْ كُلِّ نُفُوسِكُمْ لِتَحْيَوْا مُطْمَئِنِّينَ

7 Yahweh our God will cause your enemies and those who oppressed/persecuted you to experience all the disasters that I have told you about.

٧ وَيُحَوِّلُ الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ كُلَّ هَذِهِ اللَّعْنَاتِ لِتَنْصَبَّ عَلَى أَعْدَائِكُمْ وَعَلَى مُبْغِضِيكُمُ الَّذِينَ طَرَدُوكُمْ،

8 You will do what Yahweh wants you to do, as you did before, and you will obey all the commands that I have given to you today.

٨ وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَتُطِيعُونَ صَوْتَ الرَّبِّ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ وَتَعْمَلُونَ بِجَمِيعِ وَصَايَاهُ الَّتِي أَنَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِها الآنَ.

9 Yahweh our God will cause you to be very successful in all that you do. You will have many children [IDM], and a lot of cattle, and you will have abundant crops. He will again be happy to enable you to prosper, just like he was happy to enable your ancestors to prosper.

٩ فَيُفِيضُ الرَّبُّ عَلَيْكُمْ خَيْراً فِي كُلِّ مَا تُنْتِجُهُ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيُكَثِّرُ ثَمَرَةَ أَحْشَائِكُمْ وَنِتَاجَ بَهَائِمِكُمْ، وَغَلّاتِ أَرْضِكُمْ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ يَعُودُ فَيَبْتَهِجُ بِكُمْ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ مُزْدَهِرِينَ، كَمَا ابْتَهَجَ بِآبَائِكُمْ.

10 [But he will do those things only] if you do what he has told you to do, and if you obey all his rules and regulations that I have written about [in this scroll], and if you will love him more than you love anything else and want to do only what he wants you to do.

١٠ هَذَا إِنْ سَمِعْتُمْ لِصَوْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ وَحَفِظْتُمْ وَصَايَاهُ وَفَرَائِضَهُ الْمُدَوَّنَةَ فِي كِتَابِ الشَّرِيعَةِ هَذَا، وَإِنْ رَجَعْتُمْ إِلَى الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ وَمِنْ كُلِّ نُفُوسِكُمْ.

11 The commands that I am giving to you today are not very difficult for you [to obey], and they are not [difficult to know].

١١ إِنَّ مَا أُوصِيكُمْ بِهِ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ وَصَايَا لَيْسَتْ مُتَعَذِّرَةً عَلَيْكُمْ وَلا بَعِيدَةَ الْمَنَالِ،

12 They are not in heaven, with the result that you need to say, ‘(Who will need to go up to heaven for us to bring them [down here to us] in order that we can hear them and obey them?/Someone will need to go up to heaven for us to bring them [down here to us] in order that we can hear them and obey them.)’ [RHQ]

١٢ فَهِيَ لَيْسَتْ فِي السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى تَقُولُوا: مَنْ يَصْعَدُ لأَجْلِنَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ لِيَأْتِيَ لَنَا بِها وَيَتْلُوَهَا عَلَيْنَا فَنَعْمَلَ بِها؟

13 And they are not on the other side of the sea, with the result that you need to say, ‘(Who will need to cross the sea for us and bring them back to us, in order that we can hear them and obey them?/Someone will need to cross the sea for us and bring them back to us, in order that we can hear them and obey them.)’ [RHQ]

١٣ وَلا هِيَ فِي مَا وَرَاءَ الْبَحْرِ حَتَّى تَتَسَاءَلُوا: مَنْ يَعْبُرُ الْبَحْرَ لأَجْلِنَا وَيَأْتِينَا بِها وَيَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْنَا فَنَعْمَلَ بِها؟

14 [You do not need to do that because] his commands are here with you. You know them [MTY] and you have (memorized them/put them in your minds). So you can [easily] obey them.

١٤ بَلِ الْكَلِمَةُ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنْكُمْ جِدّاً، فِي أَفْوَاهِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِكُمْ لِتَعْمَلُوا بِها.

15 So listen! Today I am allowing you to choose between [doing what is] evil and [doing what is] good, between what will enable you to live [for a long time] and [what will cause you] to die [while you are still young].

١٥ انْظُرُوا: هَا أَنَا قَدْ وَضَعْتُ أَمَامَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ الْحَيَاةَ وَالْخَيْرَ، وَالْمَوْتَ وَالشَّرَّ،

16 [I say again], if you obey the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you today, and if you love him and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and if you obey all his rules and regulations, you will prosper and become very numerous, and Yahweh our God will bless you in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

١٦ إِذْ إِنَّنِي قَدْ أَوْصَيْتُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ أَنْ تُحِبُّوا الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَأَنْ تَسْلُكُوا فِي طُرُقِهِ وَتُطِيعُوا وَصَايَاهُ وَفَرَائِضَهُ وَأَحْكَامَهُ لِتَحْيَوْا وَتَنْمُوا، فَيُبَارِكَكُمُ الرَّبُّ فِي الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَنْتُمْ مَاضُونَ إِلَيْهَا لاِمْتِلاكِهَا.

17 But if you turn away [from Yahweh] and refuse to heed what he says, and if you allow yourselves to be led away to worship other gods,

١٧ وَلَكِنْ إِنْ تَحَوَّلَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَلَمْ تُطِيعُوا، بَلْ غَوَيْتُمْ وَسَجَدْتُمْ لآلِهَةٍ أُخْرَى وَعَبَدْتُمُوهَا

18 I am warning you today that you will [soon] die. You will not live for a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan [River] to enter and possess.

١٨ فَإِنِّي أُنْذِرُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ أَنَّكُمْ لَا مَحَالَةَ هَالِكُونَ. لَا تُطِيلُ الأَيَّامَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أَنْتَ عَابِرٌ الأُرْدُنَّ لِتَدْخُلَهَا وَتَمْتَلِكَهَا.

19 I am requesting that [everyone in] heaven and the earth testify to you, that today I am allowing you to choose whether you [want to] live for a long time or to soon die, whether [you want Yahweh to] bless you or to curse you. So choose to live.

١٩ هَا أَنَا أُشْهِدُ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ السَّمَاءَ وَالأَرْضَ. قَدْ وَضَعْتُ أَمَامَكُمُ الْحَيَاةَ وَالْمَوْتَ، الْبَرَكَةَ وَاللَّعْنَةَ. فَاخْتَارُوا الْحَيَاةَ لِتَحْيَوْا أَنْتُمْ وَنَسْلُكُمْ،

20 [Choose to] love Yahweh our God, and to obey him [MTY], and to (be faithful to/have a close relationship with) him. If you do that, you and your descendants will live for a long time in the land that Yahweh solemnly promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give to them.”

٢٠ إِذْ تُحِبُّونَ الرَّبَّ إِلَهَكُمْ وَتُطِيعُونَ صَوْتَهُ وَتَتَمَسَّكُونَ بِهِ، لأَنَّهُ هُوَ حَيَاتُكُمْ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُطِيلُ أَيَّامَكُمْ لِتَسْتَوْطِنُوا الأَرْضَ الَّتِي حَلَفَ الرَّبُّ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهَا لِآبَائِكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ.