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,

And it shall come to pass, when all these things have come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call [them] to mind among all the nations whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,

2 uzabuyela eNkosini uNkulunkulu wakho, ulalele ilizwi layo, njengakho konke engikulaya khona lamuhla, wena labantwana bakho, ngenhliziyo yakho yonke langomphefumulo wakho wonke,

And shalt return to the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;

3 khona iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izabuyisa ukuthunjwa kwakho, ikuhawukele, ibuye, ikubuthe ezizweni zonke lapho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ekuhlakazele khona.

That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

4 Lanxa abaxotshiweyo bakho besemkhawulweni wamazulu, ulapho iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakubutha, ulapho-ke ikuthathe.

If [any] of thine shall be driven out to the outmost [parts] of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he bring thee:

5 LeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakungenisa elizweni oyihlo abalifuyayo, njalo uzalifuya, ikwenzele okuhle, ikwandise kulaboyihlo.

And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it: and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

6 LeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izasoka inhliziyo yakho lenhliziyo yenzalo yakho, ukuthanda iNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho ngenhliziyo yakho yonke langomphefumulo wakho wonke, ukuze uphile.

And the LORD thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

7 LeNkosi uNkulunkulu wakho izakwehlisela zonke leziziqalekiso ezitheni zakho lakwabakuzondayo ababekuzingela.

And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thy enemies, and on them that hate thee, who persecuted thee.

8 Wena-ke uzabuya ulalele ilizwi leNkosi, wenze yonke imilayo yayo engikulaya yona lamuhla.

And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

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,

And the LORD thy God will make thee to abound in every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy 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 thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, [and] if thou shalt turn to the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

11 Ngoba lumlayo engikulaya wona lamuhla kawufihlwanga kuwe, futhi kawukhatshana lawe.

For this commandment which I command thee this day, it [is] not hid from thee, neither [is] it far off.

12 Kawukho emazulwini ukuthi uthi: Ngubani ozasenyukelela emazulwini, asithathele wona ukuze siwuzwe siwenze?

It [is] not in heaven, that thou shouldst say, Who shall ascend for us to heaven, and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it?

13 Futhi kawungaphetsheya kolwandle ukuthi uthi: Ngubani ozasichaphela aye ngaphetsheya kolwandle, asithathele wona ukuze siwuzwe siwenze?

Neither [is] it beyond the sea, that thou shouldst say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it?

14 Kodwa ilizwi liseduze kakhulu lawe, emlonyeni wakho lenhliziyweni yakho ukulenza.

But the word [is] very nigh to thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

15 Bona, ngibekile phambi kwakho lamuhla impilo lokulunga, lokufa lobubi.

See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

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.

In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

17 Kodwa uba inhliziyo yakho iphenduka ukuze ungalaleli, uduhiswe, ukhothamele abanye onkulunkulu, ubakhonze,

But if thy heart shall turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

18 ngiyalitshela lamuhla ukuthi lizabhubha lokubhubha; kaliyikwelula izinsuku elizweni lapho ochaphela iJordani khona ukungena kulo ukudla ilifa lalo.

I denounce to you this day, that ye shall surely perish, [and that] ye shall not prolong [your] days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

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 to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed 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.

That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, [and] that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave to him (for he [is] thy life, and the length of thy days) that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD swore to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.