Gũcookerithia 28
1 Ũngĩathĩkĩra Jehova Ngai waku kũna na ũmenyerere maathani make mothe marĩa ngũkũhe ũmũthĩ, Jehova Ngai waku nĩagagũtũũgĩria igũrũ rĩa ndũrĩrĩ ciothe cia thĩ.
If you truly obey what the Lord your God tells you, and carefully follow all his commandments that I'm giving you today, then the Lord your God will place you high above all the nations of the earth.
2 Irathimo ici ciothe nĩ igagũkinyĩra na itwaranage nawe ũngĩathĩkĩra Jehova Ngai waku:
You will have all the following blessings and even more, if you do what the Lord your God says.
3 Nĩũkarathimĩrwo kũu itũũra-inĩ inene, na ũrathimĩrwo mĩgũnda-inĩ.
You will be blessed when you're in the town; you will be blessed when you're in the countryside.
4 Ũciari wa nda yaku nĩũkarathimwo, o na ũrathimĩrwo maciaro ma mũgũnda waku na maciaro ma mahiũ maku, nĩmo njaũ cia ngʼombe ciaku na tũũri twa ndũũru ciaku cia mbũri.
You will be blessed with many children. You will be blessed with good harvests. You will be blessed with livestock—your cattle will have many calves, and your sheep will have many lambs.
5 Kĩondo gĩaku o na ndĩrĩ yaku ya gũkandĩra mũtu nĩikarathimwo.
You will be blessed with plenty of bread.
6 Nĩũrĩrathimagwo rĩinũkĩro-inĩ rĩa gwaku mũciĩ o na riumagarĩro-inĩ.
You will be blessed wherever you go and in everything you do.
7 Jehova nĩarĩĩtũmaga thũ iria ingĩarahũka igũũkĩrĩre ihootagĩrwo mbere yaku. Irĩkũhithũkagĩra na njĩra ĩmwe, no irĩkũũragĩra na njĩra mũgwanja.
The Lord will defeat the enemies who come to attack you. They will come at you from one direction, but they will scatter seven different ways.
8 Jehova nĩagatũma kĩrathimo kũu makũmbĩ-inĩ maku o na ũndũ-inĩ o wothe ũngĩka na moko maku. Jehova Ngai waku nĩagakũrathimĩra bũrũri-inĩ ũcio arakũhe.
The Lord will bless your income and everything you do. The Lord your God will bless you in the country he is giving you.
9 Jehova nĩagakũhaanda agũtue rũrĩrĩ rwake rũtheru o ta ũrĩa aakwĩrĩire na mwĩhĩtwa, ũngĩmenyerera maathani ma Jehova Ngai waku na ũthiiage na njĩra ciake.
The Lord will make you his holy people, just as he promised you, if you obey the Lord your God's commandments and follow his ways.
10 Hĩndĩ ĩyo nacio ndũrĩrĩ ciothe cia gũkũ thĩ nĩcikoona atĩ wĩtanĩtio na rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova, nacio nĩigagwĩtigĩra.
Then everyone on earth will see that the Lord has chosen you to be his, and they will be afraid of you.
11 Jehova nĩagakũhe ũgaacĩru mũingĩ, akũgaacĩrithie ũciari-inĩ wa nda yaku, na maciaro-inĩ ma ũhiũ waku, na maciaro-inĩ ma mĩgũnda yaku, kũu bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa erĩire maithe manyu ma tene na mwĩhĩtwa atĩ nĩagakũhe.
The Lord will make you very prosperous. You will have many children, your livestock will produce plenty of young, and your land will grow good harvests—all this in the country the Lord promised your forefathers he would give you.
12 Jehova nĩakahingũra igũrũ, o kũu kũrĩ nyũmba cia mũthiithũ wa indo iria aheanaga, nĩguo oirĩrie bũrũri waku mbura hĩndĩ yayo yakinya, na arathime wĩra wothe wa moko maku. Nĩũgakombagĩra ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ indo, no wee ndũgakomba kuuma kũrĩ mũndũ o na ũrĩkũ.
The Lord will provide rain for your land at the right time from his heavenly storehouse to bless all your work growing crops. You will lend money to many nations but you won't need to borrow from any of them.
13 Jehova agaagũtua wa gũtongoria, no ti wa kũrigia. Ũngĩrũmbũiya maathani ma Jehova Ngai waku marĩa ndĩrakũhe ũmũthĩ, na ũmenyerere ũmarũmĩrĩre, ũrĩkoragwo hĩndĩ ciothe ũrĩ wa mbere na ndũgatuĩka wa kũrigagia.
The Lord will put you in first place, not the last. You will only go up, never down, as long as you listen to and follow carefully the commandments of the Lord your God that I'm giving you today.
14 Ndũkanehũgũre mwena wa ũrĩo kana wa ũmotho ũtigane na rĩathani o na rĩmwe rĩa maya ndĩrakũhe ũmũthĩ, kana ũrũmagĩrĩre ngai ingĩ na ũcitungatagĩre.
Don't deviate from any of my instructions today. Don't go and worship other gods.
15 No rĩrĩ, ũngĩaga gwathĩkĩra Jehova Ngai waku, na wage kũrũmĩrĩra wega maathani make mothe na irĩra cia watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo iria ndĩrakũhe ũmũthĩ, irumi ici ciothe nĩigagũkinyĩrĩra:
But if you don't obey the Lord your God by following carefully all his commandments and regulations I'm giving you today, then you will experience all the following curses and more:
16 Nĩũkanyiitwo nĩ kĩrumi ũrĩ itũũra-inĩ inene o na ũnyiitwo nĩ kĩrumi ũrĩ mĩgũnda-inĩ.
You will be cursed when you're in the town; you will be cursed when you're in the countryside.
17 Kĩondo gĩaku na ndĩrĩ yaku ya gũkandĩrwo mũtu nĩikanyiitwo nĩ kĩrumi.
You will be cursed by not having bread.
18 Ũciari wa nda yaku nĩũkanyiitwo nĩ kĩrumi, o na irio cia mũgũnda waku, na mahiũ maku, ma njaũ cia ngʼombe na tũũri twa ndũũru ciaku cia mbũri.
You will be cursed by not having children, and by not having good harvests, and by your cattle not having calves, and your sheep not having lambs.
19 Nĩũkanyiitwo nĩ kĩrumi rĩinũkĩro-inĩ rĩa gwaku mũciĩ, na ũnyiitwo nĩ kĩrumi ũkiumagara.
You will be cursed wherever you go and in everything you do.
20 Jehova nĩagakũrehithĩria irumi, na kĩrigiicano, na ikũũma ũndũ-inĩ ũrĩa wothe ũrĩĩkaga na guoko gwaku, nginya akũniine ũthire na ihenya nĩ ũndũ wa wĩhia ũrĩa wĩkĩte wa kũmũtiganĩria.
The Lord will send you curses, making you confused and frustrated in everything you do, until you are brought down and die quickly because of the evil that you've done by abandoning him.
21 Jehova nĩagakũhũũra na mĩrimũ nginya akũniine wehere bũrũri ũrĩa ũratoonya ũwĩgwatĩre.
The Lord will give you infectious diseases until he has wiped you out from the country you are entering town.
22 Jehova nĩagakũhũũra na mũrimũ wa kũhũrũrũka mwĩrĩ, na wa kũhiũha mwĩrĩ, na wa kũrugĩka, na agũcine na ũrugarĩ mũingĩ, na kwaga mbura, na mbaa na mbuu, maũndũ macio makũhũũre nginya makũniine.
Then Lord will hit you with sickness that makes you waste away, with a severe fever and swelling like you're burning up, while your crops are damaged by drought and blight and mildew. These will attack you until you die.
23 Matu marĩa marĩ igũrũ wa mũtwe waku nĩmagatuĩka gĩcango, nakuo thĩ waku gũtuĩke kĩgera.
The sky above you will be like bronze, and the earth beneath you will be like iron.
24 Jehova nĩagatũma mbura ya bũrũri waku ĩtuĩke rũkũngũ na mũtutu; ĩgaakuurĩra yumĩte igũrũ nginya ũniinwo.
The Lord will change the rain of your land into dust and sand; it will fall from the sky on you until you're destroyed.
25 Jehova nĩagatũma ũhootwo nĩ thũ ciaku. Ũgaacihithũkĩra na njĩra ĩmwe, no ũciũrĩre na njĩra mũgwanja, na nĩ ũgaatuĩka kĩndũ kĩ magigi harĩ mothamaki mothe ma thĩ.
The Lord will have your enemies defeat you. You will attack them from one direction, but you will scatter seven different ways. Everyone on earth will be horrified at what happens to you.
26 Ciimba ciaku igaatuĩka irio cia nyoni ciothe cia rĩera-inĩ na cia nyamũ cia gũkũ thĩ, na gũtikagĩa mũndũ wa gũcihahũra ciũre.
Your dead bodies will be food for birds of prey and wild animals, and there won't be anyone to scare them away.
27 Jehova nĩagakũhũũra na mahũha marĩa ma bũrũri wa Misiri, na mĩrimũ ya ngaaĩ, na ironda iratogota, na ũhere, na ndũkahona.
The Lord will give you boils like he did to the Egyptians, with swellings and scabs and skin rashes that can't be cured.
28 Jehova nĩagakũhũũra na ũgũrũki na ũtumumu, na kĩrigiicano kĩa meciiria.
The Lord will send you mad and make you blind and confused,
29 Nĩũgathiĩ ũkĩhambatagĩria kũrĩ mũthenya barigici ta mũndũ mũtumumu arĩ nduma-inĩ. Ndũkagaacĩra ũndũ-inĩ o wothe ũgeeka; mũthenya o mũthenya nĩũkahinyagĩrĩrio na ũgatunywo indo ciaku, hatarĩ mũndũ ũngĩgũteithũra.
so that even at noon you will be groping around like a blind man in the dark. You won't be successful in what you do. You'll be persecuted and robbed the whole time, and no one will come and save you.
30 Nĩ ũkaagĩa kĩrĩĩko na mũndũ-wa-nja gĩa kũmũhikia, no mũndũ ũngĩ nĩakamuoya akome nake. Nĩũgaka nyũmba no ndũkamĩtũũra. Nĩũkahaanda mũgũnda wa mĩthabibũ no ndũkambĩrĩria gũkenera maciaro mayo.
You will be engaged to marry a woman, but another man will sleep with her. You will build a house but you won't live in it. You will plant a vineyard but won't benefit from any harvest.
31 Ndegwa yaku nĩĩgathĩnjwo ũkĩonaga na maitho maku, no ndũkamĩrĩa. Ũgaatunywo ndigiri yaku na hinya na ndĩgacookio. Ngʼondu ciaku nĩikaneanwo kũrĩ thũ ciaku na gũtirĩ mũndũ ũgaaciteithũkia.
Your ox will be slaughtered right in front of you, but you won't eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and won't be returned to you. Your sheep will be taken by your enemies, and no one will come and save you.
32 Aanake aku na airĩtu aku nĩmakaneanwo kũrĩ rũrĩrĩ rũngĩ, namo maitho maku mathire hinya ũkĩmacũthĩrĩria mũthenya o mũthenya, na ndũkahota gwĩka ũndũ na guoko gwaku.
Your sons and daughters will be taken away as slaves to other nations while you watch, and you'll wear your eyes out crying over them, but there won't be anything you can do about it.
33 Rũrĩrĩ ũtooĩ nĩrũkarĩa irio cia bũrũri iria ũrutĩire wĩra, na gũtirĩ kĩndũ ũkaagĩa nakĩo, tiga o kũhinyĩrĩrio gũkĩru matukũ maku mothe.
A foreign nation you've never heard of will eat all the crops you worked so hard to grow. You will be continually persecuted and downtrodden.
34 Maũndũ marĩa ũkoona nĩ magaatũma ũgũrũke.
What you see will drive you mad.
35 Jehova nĩakahũũra maru maku na magũrũ maku na mahũha marĩ ruo matangĩhona, namo mahunje kuuma makinya maku nginya ruototia rwa mũtwe waku.
The Lord will give you painful boils that can't be cured on your knees and thighs, in fact from head to toe.
36 Jehova nĩagagũtwara hamwe na mũthamaki ũrĩa wĩrũgamĩirie agwathage kũrĩ rũrĩrĩ ũtooĩ kana rũkamenywo nĩ maithe manyu. Ũrĩ kũu nĩũkahooyaga ngai ingĩ, ngai cia mĩtĩ na cia mahiga.
The Lord will exile you and your chosen king you to a foreign nation that neither you nor your forefathers had ever heard of. There you will worship other gods, idols made of wood and stone.
37 Ũgaatuĩka kĩndũ kĩ magigi, na kĩndũ gĩa gũthekererwo na kũnyararwo nĩ ndũrĩrĩ ciothe kũu Jehova agaagũtwara.
You will be something that horrifies all the nations where you've been exiled by the Lord. They will laugh at you and ridicule you.
38 Ũkaahaanda mbegũ nyingĩ mũgũnda-inĩ no ũkaagetha o tũnini, nĩ ũndũ nĩikarĩĩo nĩ ngigĩ.
You will sow a lot of seed in the field, but harvest very little because the locusts will destroy it.
39 Ũkaahaanda mĩgũnda ya mĩthabibũ na ũmĩrĩmĩre, no ndũkanyua ndibei yayo kana ũtue thabibũ, nĩ ũndũ igunyũ nĩigacirĩa.
You will plant and vineyards and care for them, but you won't harvest the grapes or drink the wine, because they'll be eaten by maggots.
40 Ũgaakorwo na mĩtĩ ya mĩtamaiyũ bũrũri-inĩ waku wothe, no ndũkahũthĩra maguta mayo, nĩ ũndũ ndamaiyũ nĩigaitĩka thĩ.
You will have olive trees all over the country but you won't have any olive oil to use, because the olives will drop early from the trees.
41 Ũkaagĩa na aanake na ũgĩe na airĩtu no ndũgatũũra nao, nĩ ũndũ nĩmagatahwo mathiĩ ũkombo-inĩ.
You will have sons and daughters, but you won't have them for long, because they will be taken off into captivity as slaves.
42 Mĩrumbĩ ya ngigĩ nĩĩkegwatĩra mĩtĩ yaku yothe na ĩrĩe irio cia bũrũri waku.
Locust swarms will destroy all your trees and crops.
43 Mũndũ wa kũngĩ ũrĩa ũtũũranagia na inyuĩ agaakĩrĩrĩria kwambatĩra igũrũ rĩaku, na we ũkĩrĩrĩrie o kũnyiiha.
Foreigners who live with you will rise higher and higher in status above you, while you sink lower and lower.
44 Nĩ agagũkombagĩra nowe ndũkamũkombagĩra. Agaatuĩka wa gũtongoria nawe ũtuĩke wa kũrigia.
They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the first, and you will be the last.
45 Irumi ici ciothe nĩigagũkinyĩrĩra. Nĩigathingatana nawe igũtoorie nginya ikũniine, nĩ tondũ ndwathĩkĩire Jehova Ngai waku, na ndũmenyereire maathani na irĩra cia watho wa kũrũmĩrĩrwo iria aakũheire.
All these curses will come down on you. They will chase after you and attack you until you die because you did not obey the Lord your God and keep the commandments and regulations he gave you.
46 Igaatuĩka kĩmenyithia na igegania harĩwe, o na harĩ njiaro ciaku nginya tene.
They will be lasting evidence, visible signs of what happened to you and your descendants.
47 Tondũ ndũigana gũtungatĩra Jehova Ngai waku ũrĩ na gĩkeno na ũcanjamũkĩte hĩndĩ ya ũgaacĩru,
Because you did not serve the Lord your God with happiness and with a joyful attitude,
48 tondũ ũcio ũgaatungatĩra thũ ciaku iria Jehova agaagũtũmĩra igũũkĩrĩre, ũrĩ mũhũtu na ũnyootiĩ, na ũrĩ njaga na ũrĩ mũthĩĩnĩku mũno. Nĩagagwĩkĩra icooki rĩa kĩgera ngingo nginya akũniine.
you will serve your enemies that the Lord sends to attack you with hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty. He will tie an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
49 Jehova nĩagakũrehithĩria rũrĩrĩ ruumĩte kũraya, rũgũũkĩrĩre, kuuma ituri-inĩ cia thĩ, rũmbũkĩte o ta nderi, rũrĩrĩ ũtangĩmenya rwario rwa ruo,
The Lord will bring a nation to attack you from a long way off, from the ends of the earth. They will swoop down upon you like an eagle, this nation whose language you won't understand.
50 rũrĩrĩ rwa gwĩtigĩrwo, rũtangĩtĩĩa andũ akũrũ kana rũiguĩre andũ ethĩ tha.
They are a ruthless nation who don't respect for the old and have no mercy on the young.
51 Nĩmakarĩa njaũ cia mahiũ maku, na marĩe maciaro ma bũrũri waku nginya makũniine. Matigagũtigĩria ngano, kana ndibei ya mũhihano, kana maguta, o na kana magũtigĩre njaũ o na ĩmwe ya ndũũru cia ngʼombe ciaku kana tũũri twa rũũru rwa mbũri ciaku, nginya ũthĩĩnĩke biũ.
They will eat your lambs and calves and the crops you've grown until you are destroyed. They won't leave you any grain or new wine or olive oil, no calves from your herds or lambs from your flocks, so you'll die of starvation.
52 Nĩmakarigiicĩria matũũra mothe manene guothe bũrũri-inĩ waku, o nginya thingo icio ndaihu ciakĩtwo na hinya na wĩhokete imomoke. Nĩmakarigiicĩria matũũra manene mothe marĩa marĩ bũrũri-inĩ ũrĩa Jehova Ngai waku egũkũhe.
They will besiege all the towns in your country, until the high, fortified walls that you trust in have fallen. They will besiege all your towns in your country that the Lord your God has given you.
53 Tondũ wa thĩĩna ũrĩa ũkaareherwo nĩ thũ yaku hĩndĩ ya kũrigiicĩrio, nĩ ũkaarĩa maciaro ma nda, ũrĩe nyama cia ariũ na airĩtu arĩa Jehova Ngai waku akũheete.
You'll end up eating your children, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God gave you, because of the siege and the suffering that your enemy will cause you.
54 O na mũndũ ũrĩa mũhooreri mũno na ũrĩ tha gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu ndakaiguĩra mũrũ wa nyina tha, kana mũtumia wake ũrĩa endete, kana ciana ciake iria itigaire,
The kindest and most sensitive man among you will refuse to share his food with his brother, the wife he loves, and those of his own children who are left.
55 na ndarĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wao akaahe nyama cia ciana ciake icio araarĩa. Icio nocio kĩndũ kĩrĩa agaakorwo atigĩtie nĩ ũndũ wa thĩĩna ũrĩa thũ yaku ĩgaakũrehere hĩndĩ ĩrĩa ĩkaarigiicĩria matũũra maku manene mothe.
He will refuse to share with any of them the flesh of his children that he's forced to eat because he doesn't have anything else because of the siege and suffering your enemy has caused you in all your towns.
56 Mũndũ-wa-nja ũrĩa mũhooreri mũno na ũrĩ tha gatagatĩ-inĩ kanyu, ũcio ũrĩ tha mũno na mũhooreri nginya ndangĩũmĩrĩria kũhutia thĩ na ikinya rĩake, nĩakaima mũthuuriwe ũrĩa endete, na mũriũ kana mwarĩ,
The kindest and most sensitive woman among you, so kind and sensitive she wouldn't ever go barefoot on the ground, will refuse to share her food, a baby and its afterbirth, with the husband she loves and her own son and daughter.
57 njogu ĩrĩa yumĩte nda yake na ciana iria agaciara. Nĩgũkorwo no ende gũcirĩa na hitho hĩndĩ ĩyo ya kũrigiicĩrio na ya thĩĩna ũrĩa thũ ciaku igaakũrehere kũu matũũra-inĩ manene manyu.
She will even secretly eat her the babies she gives birth to and the afterbirth, since she doesn't have anything else because of the siege and suffering your enemy has caused you in all your towns,
58 Ũngĩaga kũrũmĩrĩra wega ciugo ciothe cia watho ũyũ, iria ciandĩkĩtwo ibuku-inĩ rĩĩrĩ, na wage gũtĩĩa rĩĩtwa rĩĩrĩ rĩrĩ riiri na rĩa gwĩtigĩrwo, rĩa Jehova Ngai waku,
If you don't carefully observe all these laws written down in this book so that you may show respect for this glorious and awesome Lord your God,
59 Jehova nĩagakũrehithĩria mĩthiro ya kũmakania, wee na njiaro ciaku, na thĩĩna mũnene na wa ihinda iraaya, o na mĩrimũ mĩũru na ya gũikara mũno.
he will bring down on you and your descendants unbelievable disasters, intense and long-lasting diseases, and terrible and incurable sicknesses.
60 Nĩagakũrehithĩria mĩrimũ yothe ya bũrũri wa Misiri ĩrĩa wetigĩrĩte, nayo nĩĩgakwĩgwatĩrĩra.
He will give you all the diseases you were terrified of in Egypt, and they will stay with you.
61 O na ningĩ Jehova nĩagakũrehithĩria mĩrimũ ya mĩthemba yothe o na mathĩĩna marĩa matarĩ maandĩke Ibuku-inĩ rĩĩrĩ rĩa Watho, nginya ũniinwo.
The Lord will also give you every sickness and disease, even those not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.
62 Inyuĩ mwarĩ aingĩ ta njata cia igũrũ, mũgaatigara o andũ anini mũgĩtarwo, nĩ ũndũ wa kwaga gwathĩkĩra Jehova Ngai wanyu.
You who grew as numerous as the stars in the sky will end up as only a few, because you would not obey what Lord your God told you.
63 O ta ũrĩa Jehova aakeneire kũmũgaacĩrithia na kũmũingĩhia, noguo agaakena akĩmũharagania na akĩmũniina. Nĩmũkamunywo mweherio bũrũri ũrĩa mũrathiĩ mũwĩgwatĩre.
In the same way as he wanted to make you prosperous and increase in number, so now he will wipe you out and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the country you are going in to own.
64 Ningĩ Jehova nĩagakũhurunja ndũrĩrĩ-inĩ ciothe, kuuma gĩturi kĩmwe gĩa thĩ nginya kĩrĩa kĩngĩ. Ũrĩ kũu ũkaahooyaga ngai ingĩ, ngai cia mĩtĩ na cia mahiga, iria wee o na maithe manyu mũtooĩ.
The Lord will scatter you among the nations all over the earth, and there you will worship other gods, gods made of wood and stone, which you and your fathers had never heard of.
65 Ũrĩ gatagatĩ-inĩ ka ndũrĩrĩ icio ndũkoona ũndũ mwega, kana wone handũ ha kũhurũkia ikinya rĩa kũgũrũ gwaku. Mũrĩ kũu Jehova nĩagatũma ũtangĩke meciiria na maitho mage kuona, o na ũũrwo nĩ hinya.
You won't find any place to rest among those nations, no place of your own. The Lord will make you anxious, with failing eyesight and a mind full of despair.
66 Ũgaatũũra na wagagu, ũiyũrĩtwo nĩ guoya ũtukũ na mũthenya, ũtarĩ na ma ya ũtũũro waku.
You will see your life hanging in the balance as you doubt. You will be afraid day and night, terrified you won't survive.
67 Rũciinĩ ũkoiga atĩrĩ, “Naarĩ korwo nĩ hwaĩ-inĩ!” Naguo hwaĩ-inĩ ũkoiga atĩrĩ, “Naarĩ korwo nĩ rũciinĩ!” Tondũ wa kĩmakania kĩrĩa gĩgaakorwo kĩmũiyũrĩte ngoro cianyu, na maũndũ marĩa maitho manyu makeyonera.
In the morning you'll say, “I wish it was evening!” and in the evening you'll say, “I wish it was morning!” because you're so frightened by the terrifying things you see.
68 Jehova akaamũcookia bũrũri wa Misiri na meeri, rũgendo rũrĩa ndoigire mũtikanarũthiĩ rĩngĩ. Mũrĩ kũu nĩkuo mũkeneana mũgũrwo nĩ thũ cianyu, mũrĩ ngombo cia arũme na cia andũ-a-nja, no gũtirĩ mũndũ ũkaamũgũra.
The Lord will send you back to Egypt in ships to a place that I said you weren't ever meant to see again. You will put yourselves on sale there to your enemies as male and female slaves, but nobody will want to buy you.
