Deuteronomy 11
1 Ẹ fẹ́ràn Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, kí ẹ sì pa ìfẹ́ rẹ̀, ìlànà rẹ̀, òfin rẹ̀ àti àṣẹ rẹ̀ mọ́ ní ìgbà gbogbo.
“[Because of all that] Yahweh your God [has done for you], you must love him and continually obey all his rules and regulations and commandments.
2 Ẹ rántí lónìí pé, kì í ṣe àwọn ọmọ yín, ni ó rí ìbáwí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín; títóbi rẹ̀, ọwọ́ agbára rẹ̀, nína ọwọ́ rẹ̀;
It was you and your ancestors, not your children, whom he disciplined [by causing all of you to have/experience difficulties]. So, starting today, continue to think about how very great and very powerful he is [DOU, MTY].
3 iṣẹ́ àmì rẹ̀ àti ohun tí ó ṣe ní àárín àwọn ará Ejibiti, sí Farao ọba Ejibiti àti gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè rẹ̀.
Think about the various miracles [DOU] that he performed in Egypt. Think about what he did to the king of Egypt and to his country.
4 Ohun tí ó ṣe sí àwọn jagunjagun Ejibiti, sí kẹ̀kẹ́ ogun àti ẹlẹ́ṣin rẹ̀: bí ó ṣe rì wọ́n sínú Òkun Pupa, bí wọ́n ṣe ń lé e yín tí Olúwa fi pa wọ́n run pátápátá títí di òní olónìí yìí.
Think about what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots. Think about how he caused the Red Sea to flood/cover over them while they were pursuing your ancestors, and how the army of Egypt was completely (wiped out/destroyed).
5 Kì í ṣe àwọn ọmọ yín ni ó rí ohun tí ó ṣe fún un yín ní aginjù, títí ẹ fi dé ìhín yìí,
Think about what Yahweh did for your ancestors in the desert before you arrived at this place.
6 ohun tí ó ṣe sí Datani àti Abiramu, àwọn ọmọ Eliabu, ẹ̀yà Reubeni, bí ilẹ̀ ti lanu ní ojú gbogbo ará Israẹli tí ó sì gbé wọn mì pẹ̀lú gbogbo ìdílé wọn, gbogbo àgọ́ ọ wọn àti gbogbo ohun alààyè tí ó jẹ́ tiwọn.
Think about what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the two sons of Eliab from the tribe of Reuben. While all of your ancestors were watching, the earth split open, and they fell into the opening [and disappeared], along with their families and their tents, their servants, and their animals.
7 Ṣùgbọ́n ojú u yín gan an ni ó rí gbogbo nǹkan ńlá wọ̀nyí tí Olúwa ti ṣe.
You [SYN] and your ancestors have seen all these miracles that Yahweh performed.
8 Nítorí náà, ẹ kíyèsi gbogbo àṣẹ tí mo ń fún yín lónìí, kí ẹ ba à lè lágbára àti lọ, kí ẹ sì gba ilẹ̀ náà tí ẹ ó la Jordani kọjá lọ.
So, obey all the commandments that I am giving you today, in order that you will be strong and able to cross the river and occupy the land that you are about to enter,
9 Kí ẹ ba à lè pẹ́ ní orí ilẹ̀ tí Olúwa ti búra fún àwọn baba ńlá a yín, láti fún àwọn àti àwọn ọmọ wọn: ilẹ̀ tí ó ń sàn fún wàrà àti oyin.
and in order that you will live for a long time in that land, the land that Yahweh solemnly promised your ancestors that he would give to them and to their descendants, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 Ilẹ̀ tí ẹ̀ ń wọ̀ lọ láti gbà kò rí bí ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, níbi tí ẹ ti wá, níbi tó jẹ́ wí pé ẹsẹ̀ yín ni ẹ fi ń rìn lọ bomirin irúgbìn tí ẹ gbìn bí oko ẹ̀fọ́.
The land that you are about to enter and occupy is not like the land of Egypt, where your ancestors lived. In Egypt, after they planted seeds, it was necessary for them to work hard [MTY] to water [the plants that grew].
11 Ṣùgbọ́n ilẹ̀ tí ẹ ó la Jordani kọjá láti gbà, jẹ́ ilẹ̀ olókè àti pẹ̀tẹ́lẹ̀ tí òjò ń rọ̀ sí latọ̀run.
But the land that you are about to enter is a land where there are many hills and valleys, where there is plenty of rain.
12 Ilẹ̀ tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín ń mójútó ni, ojú Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín sì ń fi ìgbà gbogbo wà lórí rẹ̀, láti ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ọdún dé òpin ọdún.
Yahweh takes care of that land. He [SYN] watches over it every day, from the beginning of each year to the end of each year.
13 Nítorí náà, bí ẹ bá gbọ́rọ̀ sí àṣẹ tí mo fún un yín lónìí tọkàntọkàn: tí ẹ fẹ́ràn Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, tí ẹ sì sìn ín, pẹ̀lú gbogbo àyà yín àti gbogbo ọkàn yín:
Today I am commanding you to love Yahweh our God and to serve him with your entire inner beings. If you do that,
14 nígbà náà, èmi yóò rọ òjò sórí ilẹ̀ ẹ yín lákòókò rẹ̀, àti òjò àkọ́rọ̀ àti ti àrọ̀kẹ́yìn, kí ẹ ba à lè kórè oúnjẹ yín wọlé àní wáìnì tuntun àti òróró.
each year he will send rain on your land at the (right times/times when it is needed), (in the autumn/at the end of the dry season) and (in the spring/before the next dry season starts). As a result, you will have grain and [grapes to make] wine and [olives to make olive] oil.
15 Èmi yóò mú kí koríko hù lórí ilẹ̀ yín fún àwọn ohun ọ̀sìn in yín, ẹ ó sì jẹ, ẹ ó sì yó.
And he will cause grass to grow in your fields for your livestock [to eat]. You will have all the food that you want.
16 Ẹ ṣọ́ra, kí a má ba à tàn yín jẹ láti yípadà kí ẹ sì sin ọlọ́run mìíràn àti láti máa foríbalẹ̀ fún wọn.
“But I warn you, do not turn away from Yahweh our God and start to worship other gods,
17 Nígbà náà ni ìbínú Olúwa yóò sì ru sí i yín, Òun yóò ti ìlẹ̀kùn ọ̀run kí òjò má ba à rọ̀, ilẹ̀ kì yóò sì so èso kankan, ẹ ó sì ṣègbé ní ilẹ̀ rere tí Olúwa fi fún un yín.
because if you do that, Yahweh will become very angry with you. He will prevent any rain from falling. As a result, the crops will not grow, and you will soon die [from hunger] in the good land that Yahweh is about to give to you.
18 Ẹ fi gbogbo ọ̀rọ̀ mi wọ̀nyí sí àyà a yín, àti ọkàn an yín, ẹ so wọ́n bí àmì sórí ọwọ́ yín, kí ẹ sì so wọ́n mọ́ iwájú orí yín.
So, keep thinking [IDM] about these commands. Write them [on tiny scrolls] and fasten them to your arms/wrists, and write them on bands that you fasten to your foreheads [to help you to remember them].
19 Ẹ máa fi wọ́n kọ́ àwọn ọmọ yín, ẹ máa sọ̀rọ̀ nípa wọn bí ẹ bá jókòó nínú ilé, àti ní ojú ọ̀nà bí ẹ bá ń rìn lọ, bí ẹ bá sùn àti bí ẹ bá jí.
Teach them to your children again and again. Talk about them [all the time]: When you are in your houses and when you are walking outside; talk about them when you are lying down at night and when you are getting up in the morning.
20 Kí ìwọ kí ó kọ wọ́n sára òpó ilé rẹ̀, àti sí ara ìlẹ̀kùn ọ̀nà òde rẹ.
Write them on the doorposts and on the gates of your houses.
21 Kí ọjọ́ ọ yín àti ti àwọn ọmọ yín lè pọ̀ ní ilẹ̀ tí Olúwa ti búra láti fi fún àwọn baba ńlá a yín, ní ìwọ̀n ìgbà tí ọ̀run wà lókè tí ayé sì ń bẹ ní ìsàlẹ̀.
Do that in order that you and your children will live for a long time in the land that Yahweh promised to our ancestors that he would give to them. That land will belong to you [and your descendants] as long as there is a sky above the earth.
22 Bí ẹ bá fi ara balẹ̀ kíyèsi àwọn òfin tí mo ń fún un yín, láti tẹ̀lé, láti fẹ́ Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, láti máa rìn ní gbogbo ọ̀nà rẹ̀ àti láti dìímú ṣinṣin:
“Faithfully continue to obey what I am commanding you to do—to love Yahweh our God, and to conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and to (be faithful to/have a close relationship with) him.
23 Olúwa yóò sì lé gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè wọ̀nyí kúrò níwájú u yín. Ẹ ó sì gba orílẹ̀-èdè tí ó lágbára tí ó sì tóbi jù yín lọ.
If you do that, Yahweh will expel all the people-groups in that land as you advance, people-groups that are more numerous and more powerful than you are.
24 Gbogbo ibi tí ẹ bá fi ẹsẹ̀ ẹ yín tẹ̀ ni yóò jẹ́ tiyín, ilẹ̀ ẹ yín yóò gbilẹ̀ láti aginjù dé Lebanoni, àti láti odò Eufurate dé Òkun Ńlá.
All the ground [in that land] on which you walk will be yours. Your territory will extend from the desert [in the south] to the Lebanon [Mountains in the north], and from the Euphrates River [in the east] to the [Mediterranean] Sea in the west.
25 Kò sí ẹni náà tí yóò lè kò yín lójú ìjà, Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín yóò fi ẹ̀rù àti ìwárìrì i yín sórí gbogbo ilẹ̀ náà bí ó ti ṣèlérí fún un yín ní gbogbo ibi tí ẹ bá lọ.
Yahweh our God will cause all the people in that land to be afraid of you, which is what he promised, with the result that no people-group will be able to stop you.
26 Ẹ kíyèsi i, mo fi ìbùkún àti ègún lélẹ̀ níwájú u yín lónìí:
“Listen carefully: Today I am telling you [that Yahweh will either] bless [you or he will] curse you.
27 ìbùkún ni, bí ẹ bá pa òfin Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, tí mo ń fún un yín lónìí mọ́.
If you obey the commandments of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you today, he will bless you.
28 Ègún ni, bí ẹ bá ṣàìgbọ́ràn, sí òfin Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, tí ẹ sì yapa kúrò ní ọ̀nà tí mo ti là sílẹ̀ fún yín lónìí, nípa títẹ̀lé ọlọ́run mìíràn, tí ẹ kò tí ì mọ̀.
If you do not obey them, and if you turn away from him to worship other gods that you have never known about before, he will curse you.
29 Nígbà tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín bá ti mú un yín dé ilẹ̀ náà tí ẹ ń wọ̀ láti gbà, kí ẹ kéde àwọn ìbùkún náà ní orí òkè Gerisimu, kí ẹ sì kéde àwọn ègún ní orí òkè Ebali.
And when Yahweh brings you into the land that you are about to enter and occupy, [some of you must stand on top of] Gerizim Mountain and proclaim what will cause Yahweh to bless you, and [the others must stand on top of] Ebal Mountain and proclaim [what will cause Yahweh to] curse you.”
30 Bí ẹ ti mọ̀ pé àwọn òkè wọ̀nyí wà ní ìkọjá a Jordani ní apá ìwọ̀-oòrùn lójú ọ̀nà lọ sí ìhà ìlà-oòrùn, ní ẹ̀gbẹ́ igi ńlá igbó More, ní ilẹ̀ àwọn ará a Kenaani, tí wọ́n ń gbé ní aginjù, ni agbègbè Gilgali.
(Those two mountains are [RHQ] west of the Jordan [River], west of the Jordan Valley near the huge oak tree at Moreh [village] in the land where the Canaan people-group lives. They live close to the sacred trees near Gilgal.)
31 Ẹ ti ṣetán láti la Jordani kọjá láti lè gba ilẹ̀ náà tí Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín ń fún un yín. Nígbà tí ẹ bá gbà á, tí ẹ bá sì ń gbé ibẹ̀,
“You will soon cross the Jordan [River] to occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. When you enter that land and start to live there,
32 ẹ rí i dájú pé ẹ̀ ń gbọ́rọ̀ sí gbogbo ìlànà àti òfin tí mo ń gbé kalẹ̀ fún un yín lónìí.
be sure to obey all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.”
