Deotoronomia 30

1 Ary rehefa tonga aminao izany zavatra rehetra izany, dia ny fitahiana sy ny fanozonana izay nataoko teo anoloanao, ary mahatsiaro izany ao am-ponao any amin’ ny firenena rehetra izay androahan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao ianao,

“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 ka miverina amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao sy mihaino ny feony amin’ ny fonao rehetra sy ny fanahinao rehetra, araka izay rehetra andidiako anao sy ny zanakao anio,

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

3 dia hampodin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao avy amin’ ny fahababoanao ianao, ary hamindra fo aminao Izy ka hanangona anao indray avy any amin’ ny firenena rehetra izay nampielezan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao.

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 Raha misy aminao voaroaka any amin’ ny faravodilanitra, dia avy any no hanangonan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao, ary avy any indray no hanalany anao.

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 Dia hampidirin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ao amin’ ny tany izay nolovan’ ny razanao ianao, ka holovanao izany; ary hanisy soa anao Izy sy hahamaro anao mihoatra noho ny razanao.

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 Dia hoforan’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ny fonao sy ny fon’ ny taranakao hitiavanao an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao amin’ ny fonao rehetra sy ny fanahinao rehetra, mba ho velona ianao.

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 Ary hataon’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao amin’ ny fahavalonao sy ny mankahala anao izay nanenjika anao ireny fanozonana rehetra ireny.

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 Dia hihaino ny feon’ i Jehovah indray ianao ka hanaraka ny didiny rehetra, izay andidiako anao anio.

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 Ary hataon’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao manana amby ampy ianao amin’ izay hahasoa anao, dia amin’ ny asan’ ny tananao sy ny ateraky ny kibonao sy ny ateraky ny biby fiompinao ary ny vokatry ny taninao; fa ho faly aminao indray Jehovah ka hahasoa anao, araka izay nahafaliany tamin’ ny razanao,

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 raha mihaino ny feon’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ianao, hitandremanao ny didiny sy ny lalàny, izay voasoratra amin’ ity bokin’ ny lalàna ity, ka miverina amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao amin’ ny fonao rehetra sy ny fanahinao rehetra.

[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 Fa izao lalàna izao, izay andidiako anao anio, tsy dia saro-pantarina aminao, ary tsy lavitra.

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 Tsy any an-danitra izany ka hanaovanao hoe: Iza no hiakatra any an-danitra haka azy ho antsika, mba hohenointsika ka harahintsika?

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 Ary tsy any an-dafin’ ny ranomasina izany ka hanaovanao hoe: Iza no hankany an-dafin’ ny ranomasina haka azy ho antsika mba hohenointsika ka harahintsika?

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 Fa eo akaikinao indrindra ny teny, dia eo am-bavanao sy ao am-ponao, mba harahinao.

[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 Indro efa nataoko teo anoloanao androany ny fiainana sy ny soa ary ny fahafatesana sy ny loza,

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 tamin’ ny nandidiako anao androany ho tia an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ka handeha amin’ ny lalany ary hitandrina ny didiny sy ny lalàny ary ny fitsipiny, mba ho velona ianao ka hihamaro, ary mba hitahian’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao anao any amin’ ny tany izay efa hidiranao holovana.

[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 Fa raha mivily kosa ny fonao, ka tsy mihaino ianao, fa voataona hiankokoha eo anatrehan’ izay andriamani-kafa sy hanompo azy,

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 dia lazaiko aminareo anio fa ho ringana tokoa ianareo, ary tsy ho maro andro eo amin’ ny tany izay efa hidiranao holovana, rehefa tafita an’ i Jordana ianareo.

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 Miantso ny lanitra sy ny tany aho anio ho vavolombelona aminareo fa efa nataoko teo anoloanao ny fiainana sy ny fahafatesana ary ny fitahiana sy ny fanozonana; koa mifidiana ny fiainana, mba ho velona ianao sy ny taranakao,

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 dia ny ho tia an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrao ianao ka hihaino ny feony sy hifikitra aminy; fa izany no fiainanao sy fahamaroan’ ny andronao, mba honenanao eo amin’ ny tany izay nianianan’ i Jehovah tamin’ i Abrahama sy Isaka ary Jakoba razanao, homena azy.

[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.”