Diuteronomi 30
1 Mgbe ihe ndị a niile ga-emezu nʼebe unu nọ, ya bụ, ngọzị niile na ọbụbụ ọnụ niile m gụpụtara nʼihu unu, ọ bụrụ na unu ga na-atụgharị uche na ha nʼetiti mba ndị ahụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu ga-achụba unu,
“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].
2 ọ bụrụkwa na unu ekpebie nʼobi unu nʼoge ahụ ịlọghachikwute Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu, ọ bụrụ na unu, na ụmụ unu ga-eji obi unu niile na mmụọ unu niile mezuo iwu ndị a niile m nyere unu taa.
Then, if you return to Yahweh our God and faithfully [IDM] obey all that I have today commanded you to do,
3 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu ga-anapụta unu. Ọ ga-enwe obi ebere nʼebe unu nọ kpọkọtakwa unu site na mba niile ebe ọ chụsasịrị unu.
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.
4 A sịkwarị na ọ bụ nʼala dị na nsọtụ ụwa nʼokpuru eluigwe ka a chụgara unu, nʼebe ahụ Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke gị ga-achịkọta unu, kpọghachitekwa unu.
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].
5 Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu ga-akpọlata unu nʼala ahụ bụ nke nna nna unu ha. Unu ga-enwetakwa ya, ọ ga-eme ka ihe gara unu nke ọma, meekwa ka unu baa ụba karịa nna nna unu ha.
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.
6 Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu ga-ebi obi unu, na obi ụmụ unu, na nke ụmụ ụmụ unu ugwu, ka unu were obi unu niile na mmụọ unu niile, hụ ya nʼanya, ma dịkwa ndụ.
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.
7 Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu ga-eme ka ọbụbụ ọnụ ndị a bịakwasị ndị iro unu, ndị kpọrọ unu asị na ndị na-akpagbu unu.
Yahweh our God will cause your enemies and those who oppressed/persecuted you to experience all the disasters that I have told you about.
8 Unu ga-emesịakwa rubere Onyenwe anyị isi, gbasookwa iwu ya niile nke m na-enye unu taa.
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.
9 Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu ga-eme ka unu babiga ụba oke nʼọrụ niile nke aka unu, nʼime mkpụrụ nke afọ, nʼime mkpụrụ nke anụ ụlọ gị, na mkpụrụ nke ala ubi gị. Obi ga-atọkwa Onyenwe anyị ụtọ ọzọ, ime gị ka ị baa ụba dịka ọ tọrọ ya nʼebe nna unu ha nọ.
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.
10 Ma ọ bụrụ na unu erubere Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu isi, debekwa iwu ya na ụkpụrụ ya niile nke e dere nʼAkwụkwọ iwu a, jirikwa obi unu niile na mmụọ unu niile bịaghachikwute Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke unu.
[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.
11 Idebe iwu ndị a m na-enye unu taa abụghị ọrụ sịrị ike, ọ bụkwaghị ihe karịrị unu ike ime.
The commands that I am giving to you today are not very difficult for you [to obey], and they are not [difficult to know].
12 Nʼihi na iwu ndị a adịghị nʼeluigwe nke ị ga-eji sị, “Onye ga-arịgo nʼeluigwe wedatara m ya ka m nụ ihe ọ na-ekwu, ma debekwa ya.”
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]
13 Iwu a adịghịkwa nʼofe ọzọ nke oke osimiri, nke ị ga-eji sị, “Onye ga-agafe ga weta ya, kpọsaa ya nye anyị ka anyị nụ, ma debekwa ihe ọ na-ekwu?”
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]
14 Mba, okwu ahụ dị gị nso, ọ dị gị nʼọnụ, dịrịkwa nʼobi gị, ka i nwee ike idebe ha.
[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.
15 Lee, edoola m nʼihu gị taa ndụ na ọganihu, ọnwụ na ịla nʼiyi.
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].
16 Enyela m gị iwu taa, sị gị hụ Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke gị nʼanya, ana m asịkwa gị gbasoo ụzọ ya, ma debekwa iwu na ụkpụrụ ya niile, ka ị dịrị ndụ, ghọọkwa mba buru ibu, ka Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke gị gọzie gị nʼala ahụ ị na-aga inweta.
[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.
17 Ma ọ bụrụ na obi gị e si nʼiso ya tụgharịa, ọ bụrụkwa na ị jụ ige ntị, ọ bụrụ na a dọkpụfuo gị mee ka i fee chi ndị ọzọ ofufe ma ịkpọ isiala nye ha,
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,
18 agwala m gị hoohaa taa, na ị ga-ala nʼiyi, ị gaghị enwe ogologo ndụ nʼala ahụ ị na-agafe osimiri Jọdan inweta.
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.
19 Ana m akpọku eluigwe na ụwa taa ka ha bụrụ ndị akaebe m, na edebela m nʼihu gị ọnwụ na ndụ, debekwa nʼihu gị ngọzị na ọbụbụ ọnụ. Ugbu a, họrọ ndụ, ka gị na ụmụ gị dị ndụ
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.
20 ka ị hụ Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke gị nʼanya, ṅaa ntị nʼolu ya, daberekwa na ya. Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị bụ ndụ gị, ọ ga-enye gị ụbọchị ndụ gị niile nʼala ahụ o kwere nkwa ị nye nna nna gị ha Ebraham, na Aịzik, na Jekọb.
[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.”
