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It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you,

and return to the LORD your God and obey his voice according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul,

that then the LORD your God will release you from captivity, have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you.

If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there he will bring you back.

The LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you will possess it. He will do you good, and increase your numbers more than your fathers.

The LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

The LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

You shall return and obey the LORD’s voice, and do all his commandments which I command you today.

The LORD your God will make you prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, for good; for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers,

if you will obey the LORD your God’s voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

For this commandment which I command you today is not too hard for you or too distant.

It is not in heaven, that you should say, “Who will go up for us to heaven, bring it to us, and proclaim it to us, that we may do it?”

Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who will go over the sea for us, bring it to us, and proclaim it to us, that we may do it?”

But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

Behold, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and evil.

For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.

But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away and worship other gods, and serve them,

I declare to you today that you will surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants,

to love the LORD your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

فإِذا حَلَّت بِكَ جَميعُ هٰذه الأُمورِ مِنَ البَرَكَةِ أَوِ اللَّعنَةِ الَّتي جَعَلتُها أَمامَكَ، وتَذَكَّرتَها في قَلبِكَ في وَسْطِ الأُمَمِ كُلِّها حَيثُ أَبعَدَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ

ورَجَعتَ إِلى الرَّبِّ إِلٰهِكَ وسَمِعتَ لِصَوتِه، على حَسَبِ كُلِّ ما أَنا آمُرُكَ بِه اليَومَ، أَنتَ وبَنوكَ، بِكُلِّ قَلبِكَ وكُلِّ نَفْسِكَ

يُرجِعُ الرَّبُّ إِلَيكَ أَسْراكَ ويَرحَمُكَ ويَرجِعُ فيَجمَعُكَ مِن وَسْطِ الشُّعوبِ كُلِّها حَيثُ شَتَّتَكَ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ

ولَو كانَ قد أَبعَدَكَ إِلى أَقْصى السَّماء، يَجمَعُكَ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ مِن هُناكَ ومِن هُناكَ يَأْخُذُكَ

ويَأتي بِكَ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ إِلى الأَرضِ الَّتي وَرِثَها آباؤُكَ فتَرِثُها، ويُحسِنُ إِلَيكَ ويُنْميكَ أَكثَرَ مِن آبائِكَ

ويَختِنُ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ قَلبَكَ وقَلْبَ نَسْلِكَ، لِتُحِبَّ الرَّبَّ إِلٰهَكَ بِكُلِّ قَلبِكَ وبِكُلِّ نَفْسِكَ، لِكَي تَحْيا

ويُحِلُّ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ هٰذه اللَّعَناتِ كُلَّها على أَعْدائِكَ ومُبْغِضيكَ الَّذينَ طارَدوكَ

وأَنتَ تَرجِعُ وتَسمَعُ لِصَوتِ الرَّبّ، وتَعمَلُ بِجَميعِ وَصاياه الَّتي أَنا آمُرُكَ بِها اليَوم

ويَزيدُكَ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ خَيرًا في كُلِّ عَمَلٍ مِن أَعْمالِ يَدَيكَ وفي ثَمرِ بَطنِكَ وثَمَرِ بَهائِمِكَ وثَمَرِ أَرضِكَ، فإِنَّ الرَّبَّ يَرجِعُ فيُسَرُّ بِكَ لِلخَيرِ كما سُرَّ له بِآبائِكَ

إِذا سَمِعتَ لِصَوتِ الرَّبِّ إِلٰهِكَ حافِظًا وَصاياه وفَرائِضَه المَكْتوبةَ في سِفْرِ هٰذه الشَّريعة، عِندَما تَرجِعُ إِلى الرَّبِّ إِلٰهِكَ مِن كُلِّ قَلبِكَ ومِن كُلِّ نَفْسِكَ

إِنَّ هٰذه الوَصِيَّةَ الَّتي أَنا آمُرُكَ بِها اليَومَ لَيسَت فَوقَ طاقَتِكَ ولا بَعيدةً مِنك

لا هيَ في السَّماءِ فتَقول: مَن يَصعَدُ لَنا إِلى السَّماءِ فيَتَناوَلُها لَنا ويُسمِعُنا إِيَّاها فنَعمَلَ بِها؟

ولا هيَ عَبرَ البَحرِ فتَقول: مَن يَعبُرُ لَنا البَحرَ فيَتَناوَلُها لَنا ويُسمِعُنا إِيَّاها فنَعمَلَ بِها؟

بَلِ الْكَلِمَةُ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنْكَ جِدًّا، فِي فَمِكَ وَفِي قَلْبِكَ لِتَعْمَلَ بِهَا.

أُنظُرْ! إِنِّي قد جَعَلتُ اليَومَ أَمامَكَ الحَياةَ والخَير، والمَوتَ والشَّرّ

إِذا سَمِعتَ إِلى وَصايا الرَّبِّ إِلٰهِكَ الَّتي أَنا آمُرُكَ بِها اليَوم، مُحِبًّا الرَّبَّ إِلٰهَكَ وسائِرًا في سُبُلِه وحافِظًا وَصاياه وفَرائِضَه وأَحْكامَه، تَحْيا وتَكثُرُ ويُبارِكُكَ الرَّبُّ إِلٰهُكَ في الأَرضِ الَّتي أَنتَ داخِلٌ إِلَيها لِتَرِثَها

وإِنْ تَحَوَّلَ قَلبُكَ ولم تَسمَعْ وٱبتَعَدتَ وسَجَدتَ لِآلِهَةٍ أُخْرى وعَبَدتَها

فقد أُعلِنُ لكُمُ اليَومَ أَنَّكُم تهلِكونَ هَلاكًا ولا تُطيلونَ أَيَّامَكم في الأَرضِ الَّتي أَنتَ عابِرٌ الأُردُنَّ لِتَدخُلَها وتَرِثَها

وقد أَشهَدتُ علَيكمُ اليَومَ السَّمَاءَ والأَرضَ بِأَنِّي قد جَعَلتُ أَمامَكمُ الحَياةَ والموت، البَرَكَةَ واللَّعنَة. فٱختَرِ الحَياةَ لِكَي تَحْيا أَنتَ ونَسْلُكَ

مُحِبًّا الرَّبَّ إِلٰهَكَ وسامِعًا لِصَوتِه ومُتَعَلِّقًا بِه، لِأَنَّ بِه حَياتَكَ وطولَ أَيَّامِكَ، فتُقيمُ في الأَرضِ الَّتي أَقسَمَ الرَّبُّ لِآبائِكَ إِبْراهيمَ وإِسحٰقَ ويَعقوبَ أَن يُعْطِيَهم إِيَّاها»