Keessa Deebii 30

1 Yommuu eebbii fi abaarsi ani fuula kee dura kaaʼe kun hundi si argatee ati saboota Waaqayyo Waaqni kee keessatti si bittinneessu hunda gidduu jiraatutti yoo ati waan sana yaadattu,

“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 yommuu atii fi ijoolleen kee gara Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiitti deebitanii akkuma waan ani harʼa isin ajaju hundaatti garaa keessanii fi lubbuu keessan guutuudhaan isaaf ajajamtan,

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

3 Waaqayyo Waaqni kee boojuu kee siif deebisee garaa siif laafuudhaan saboota gidduu isaaniitti si bittinneesse hunda keessaa deebisee walitti si qaba.

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 Yoo ati samii jalatti lafa akka malee fagootti geeffamtee jiraatte illee Waaqayyo Waaqni kee walitti si qaba; deebisees si fida.

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 Inni biyya abbootii keetiitti si galcha; atis ni dhaalta. Inni abbootii kee caalaa si sooromsa; akka malee si baayʼisas.

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 Akka ati garaa kee guutuudhaan, lubbuu kee guutuudhaan isa jaallattee jiraattuuf Waaqayyo Waaqni kee garaa keetii fi garaa sanyiiwwan keetii dhagna ni qaba.

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 Waaqayyo Waaqni kee abaarsa kana hunda warra si jibbanii si rakkisan irra ni kaaʼa.

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 Atis deebitee Waaqayyoof ni ajajamta; ajaja isaa kanneen ani harʼa si ajaju hundas ni eegda.

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 Ergasiis Waaqayyo Waaqni kee hojii harka keetii hundaa fi ijoollee gudeeda keetii baʼaniin, jabboota keetii fi midhaan lafa qotiisaa keetiitiin si sooromsa. Waaqayyo akkuma abbootii keetti gammade sana sittis gammadee si sooromsa;

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 kunis yoo ati Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiif ajajamtee ajajawwanii fi qajeelchawwan isaa kanneen Kitaaba Seeraa kana keessatti barreeffaman eeguudhaan garaa kee guutuu fi lubbuu kee guutuudhaan gara Waaqayyo Waaqa keetiitti deebite taʼa.

[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 Wanni ani harʼa si ajaju kun rakkisaa yookaan kan sirraa fagaate miti.

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 Akka ati, “Akka nu dhageenyee isa eegnuuf eenyutu gara samiitti ol baʼee fidee nutti hima?” jettee hin gaafanneef inni ol samii gubbaa hin jiru.

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 Yookaan akka ati, “Akka nu dhageenyee isa eegnuuf eenyutu galaana ceʼee fidee nutti hima?” jettee hin gaafanneef inni galaana gama hin jiru.

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 Dubbiin sun garuu baayʼee sitti dhiʼoo jira; akka ati isa eegduufis inni afaan keetii fi garaa kee keessa jira.

[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 Kunoo ani harʼa jireenyaa fi eebba, duʼaa fi badiisa fuula kee dura kaaʼeera.

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 Ani akka ati Waaqayyo Waaqa kee jaallattu, akka karaa isaa irras deemtuu fi akka ati ajajawwan isaa, qajeelchawwan isaatii fi seerawwan isaa eegdu si ajaja; ergasiis ati lubbuun jiraattee ni baayʼatta; Waaqayyo Waaqni kees biyya ati dhaaluuf itti galtutti si eebbisa.

[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 Garuu yoo yaadni kee karaa irraa jalʼatee ati ajajamuu baatte, yoo ati waaqota kaan waaqeffachuu fi isaan tajaajiluuf jettee fudhatamte,

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 ani akka isin dhugumaan baddan harʼa isinittin hima. Isin Yordaanosin ceetanii biyya itti galtanii dhaaltan keessas bara dheeraa hin jiraattan.

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 Ani akkan jireenyaa fi duʼa, eebbaa fi abaarsa fuula kee dura kaaʼee jiru harʼa samii fi lafa ragaan godhee sitti waama. Egaa atii fi ijoolleen kee akka jiraattaniif jireenya filadhu;

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 kunis akka ati Waaqayyo Waaqa kee jaallatuuf, akka dubbii isaa dhageessee isatti maxxantee jiraattuuf. Waaqayyo sababii jireenya kee taʼeef, biyya abbootii kee Abrahaamiif, Yisihaaqii fi Yaaqoobiif kennuuf kakateef sana keessatti bara dheeraa siif kenna.

[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.”