UDutheronomi 30
1 Kuzakuthi-ke, zonke izinto lezi sezikwehlele, isibusiso lesiqalekiso, engizibekileyo phambi kwakho, uzivuselele enhliziyweni yakho phakathi kwezizwe zonke lapho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekuxotshele khona,
“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,
2 uzabuyela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, ulalele ilizwi layo, njengakho konke engikulaya khona lamuhla, wena labantwana bakho, ngenhliziyo yakho yonke langomphefumulo wakho wonke,
and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
3 khona iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izabuyisa ukuthunjwa kwakho, ikuhawukele, ibuye, ikubuthe ezizweni zonke lapho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekuhlakazele khona.
then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
4 Lanxa abaxotshiweyo bakho besemkhawulweni wamazulu, ulapho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakubutha, ulapho-ke ikuthathe.
Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.
5 LeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakungenisa elizweni oyihlo abalifuyayo, njalo uzalifuya, ikwenzele okuhle, ikwandise kulaboyihlo.
And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers.
6 LeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izasoka inhliziyo yakho lenhliziyo yenzalo yakho, ukuthanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ngenhliziyo yakho yonke langomphefumulo wakho wonke, ukuze uphile.
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
7 LeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakwehlisela zonke leziziqalekiso ezitheni zakho lakwabakuzondayo ababekuzingela.
Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.
8 Wena-ke uzabuya ulalele ilizwi leNkosi, wenze yonke imilayo yayo engikulaya yona lamuhla.
And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.
9 Njalo iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakwandisa kuwo wonke umsebenzi wesandla sakho, esithelweni sesizalo sakho, lesithelweni sezifuyo zakho, lesithelweni somhlaba wakho, ukuthi kulunge; ngoba iNkosi izabuya ukukuthabela kube kuhle, njengalokhu yathabela oyihlo,
So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your goodness, as He delighted in that of your fathers,
10 uba uzalalela ilizwi leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ukugcina imilayo yayo lezimiso zayo ezibhalwe kulolugwalo lomlayo, uba uphendukela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho ngenhliziyo yakho yonke langomphefumulo wakho wonke.
if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
11 Ngoba lumlayo engikulaya wona lamuhla kawufihlwanga kuwe, futhi kawukhatshana lawe.
For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
12 Kawukho emazulwini ukuthi uthi: Ngubani ozasenyukelela emazulwini, asithathele wona ukuze siwuzwe siwenze?
It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
13 Futhi kawungaphetsheya kolwandle ukuthi uthi: Ngubani ozasichaphela aye ngaphetsheya kolwandle, asithathele wona ukuze siwuzwe siwenze?
And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
14 Kodwa ilizwi liseduze kakhulu lawe, emlonyeni wakho lenhliziyweni yakho ukulenza.
But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.
15 Bona, ngibekile phambi kwakho lamuhla impilo lokulunga, lokufa lobubi.
See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
16 Ngoba ngiyakulaya lamuhla ukuthanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, lokuhamba endleleni zayo, lokugcina imilayo yayo lezimiso zayo lezahlulelo zayo, ukuze uphile wande; leNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakubusisa elizweni oya kulo ukudla ilifa lalo.
For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
17 Kodwa uba inhliziyo yakho iphenduka ukuze ungalaleli, uduhiswe, ukhothamele abanye onkulunkulu, ubakhonze,
But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
18 ngiyalitshela lamuhla ukuthi lizabhubha lokubhubha; kaliyikwelula izinsuku elizweni lapho ochaphela iJordani khona ukungena kulo ukudla ilifa lalo.
I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
19 Lamuhla ngiyabiza amazulu lomhlaba ukufakaza ngani. Impilo lokufa ngikubekile phambi kwakho, isibusiso lesiqalekiso. Ngakho khetha impilo ukuze uphile wena lenzalo yakho,
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
20 ukuthanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho, ukulalela ilizwi layo, lokunamathela kuyo. Ngoba iyimpilo yakho lobude bensuku zakho, ukuze uhlale elizweni iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho eyafungela oyihlo, uAbrahama, uIsaka, loJakobe, ukubanika lona.
and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
